Supreme Monarch-Chapter 284 C284. The Post War Clean Up
As she watched the two heads rolling on the ground, Velon was unable to speak as her mind had suddenly gone blank at the appearance of what were clearly two insanely high-leveled devils the likes of which she could not comprehend.
As the most skilled scout in her group, her perception skills were quite a bit higher than her Conrads hence why it had taken her men a moment longer before they could even sense the presence of these two terrifying beings which just goes to emphasize how fucked they were.
Even if they had a hundred times the number of men they do now, they would still not get close to defeating even one of those devils much less the both of them at the same time.
This situation was way off the course of their expectations as not even their team which was known for their wide array of expertise when it came to dealing with an unexpected situation in dangerous missions like these could ever hope to handle this.
As she was only at the advanced stages of the 4th tier, neither she nor her men could even sense the auras of the devils much less hope to follow their movements.
However, they were all specially trained scouts for one of the Five Great Families that held dominion over this continent, and thus, each of them had been around actual demigods and had even been brutally trained by them on occasions.
So even when faced with the constraints of their mortal flesh that prevented them from comprehending the auras of the divine, with the training they've endured from those demigods, every single one of them could acutely sense the threat of death looming over them and could clearly feel how dangerous these devils were just by their overwhelming presence.
"Well hello, fancy meeting you here. I've been given the task of showing my lovely underling here the ropes, would you lot mind helping him out. I would hate to have to punish his ignorance again."
The female Devil that walked casually ahead of the pair spoke slyly as her soft-spoken words seems to cause cold sweat to run through the backs of everyone there, including the pale-looking yet handsome male Devil beside her.
He seemed to hesitate a bit before sensing the gaze of the female Devil land on him before he hurriedly stepped forward. Even in his current state that made him appear pathetic to all onlookers, their levels were just too far apart as even with a casual step from him, his figure suddenly appeared imposing as he seems to have grown massively with his shadow looming over them.
"Retreat!"
Naturally, Velon wasn't foolish enough to believe they could somehow fight against such monsters as even getting away from them normally was impossible.
They could all clearly sense the danger that lay ahead if they were to foolishly forge ahead simply because they practically outnumbered the devils 24 to 1.
"Escape formation Bata!"
Following her loud order for her men to retreat, Velon hurriedly issued a follow-up order that could increase her chances of escape before the devils would realize what she was aiming for.
At this point, even the least bright amongst her men were keenly aware that the only option left to them right now was to sacrifice a few of their men in hopes of buying enough time for the orders to use their escape tools which only require a few seconds to activate.
However, a few seconds was like hours in the presence of demigods.
At the very least, she needed to ensure her survival as everyone here besides her could be easily replaced no matter how much of a setback that course of action was to the family.
As highly trained rogues, her team all snapped out of their stupor and broke free from their fear-stricken state in the presence of these devils as they all moved like clockwork, with not a single one of them missing a beat.
They had immediately begun their escape as a few of them began the chants of their spells while the rest of them took off running in all directions, trying to spread out the attention of the devils.
Their strange tactics seem to have worked as the male Devil seemed a little confused by their logic as the powerful spells of various types shot towards him like a raging storm.
Seeing her chance, Velon began her escape as she brought out a scroll from a spatial storage box and quickly activated it.
?Dimensional Move?
This was not an ordinary teleportation scroll but rather a spiritual teleportation scroll that allows movements between vast locations in space by shifting the spiritual plane at the right coordinates while using the spiritual reality as a conduit.
Unlike regular teleportation, this ability could not be sealed by any sort of spatial lock or Magic seal/barrier be it spell or skill.
This was the reason why they had chosen this scroll as their escape tool and with the quick reaction of her men who were all prepared to die, the chances of her escape should've increased significantly.
However—
None of their tactics had even concerned Azalea as he had no interest in them personally and even the master Lord Moloc served didn't need any of them alive and only required their corpses intact so there was no need for him to hold back.
He had only been amused by the fact that these ants had chosen to escape in the same method as actual insects which was why he hadn't made his move instantly.
This had been his only semblance of comfort over the past few hours that felt like centuries to him so the thought of going easy on these scouts had been fleeting as the memories of what had been done to him by the person currently watching his every move from behind had quickly changed his mind and he just decided not to hold anything back and went all out with the slight hope of destroying all his problems along with these pests.
?Plane of Lies?
Using one of his most powerful skills from the get-go, Azalea did not stop there as he immediately made an absolute decree.
[Divine Law: As of this moment, the state of life in this plane is false! Whatever exists shall seize to exist and whatever did not shall become true. Resistance is futile.]
It was a fact that Azalea had absolute dominion over his realm so naturally, he could create and enforce any law as long as they aligned with the fundamental element of this realm which was centered around enforcing lies.
The only ones who could resist this law were obviously only those stronger or equal to him and not even God Tier artifacts would be able to save or protect anyone weaker than him.
Frankly speaking, a part of him had hoped he would've grown strong enough to surpass Moloc over the past decades since he last saw her so he may have been secretly hoping this ability would also kill her but reality seems to really hate him as she had easily resisted the effects of his laws and as a higher ranking being of the same race, there was a chance she could even overwhelm his claims over this realm which made using it against her completely pointless.
The moment Azalea had voiced out his decree, an invisible force swept over the entire realm as it enforced his law, and immediately, the state of alive and dead was swapped, and all who could not resist dropped to the ground like puppets whose strings had been cut.
"Oh... impressive, you manage to take care of all of them in an instant, as expected of Moloc's darling pupil. You've surely grown a lot, haven't you? That pleases me greatly. However, was it just me or did it feel like you were also trying to kill me with that attack weren't you?" f𝓇𝘦𝒆𝘄𝑒𝗯𝑛𝗼ѵ𝙚l.𝒄𝘰𝓶
Azalea's expression darken as a cold thrill ran down his spine and his mind began to race as he began to panic. He had tried desperately to hide his true intentions but apparently, it had been completely read by Moloc.
[Err... no that's... that's not the case, I swear! I didn't...]
"There's no need to fret, killing each other is a devil's natural instinct so it's only natural. If anything, it would be weird if you didn't have even a hint of such thoughts towards Moloc even though I'm currently so adorably cute that anyone that lays their eyes on Moloc should naturally be in love with Moloc, I mean look at these."
Moloc shrugged off Azalea's worries as she later puffed her cheeks and leaned in to emphasize the cleavage of her large breasts in a seductive yet adorable pose that would most likely drive any man who laid eyes on her insane.
However, Azalea did not have such a reaction as it felt as though his soul had just escaped from his body as it seems Moloc's current appearance was even more unnerving to him whenever his brain instinctively compare her current image to his original image of the four-armed Devil Lord he knew back in the underworld.
"Tsk... What a boorish reaction. I'll have to punish you for that."
Moloc clicked her tongue after not getting the reaction she wanted from him and decided to take it out on him later on.
[Wait that's not what I—]
Hearing the words that came out of Moloc's mouth, Azalea almost passed out as he tried to explain himself but was interrupted by the disinterested Chaos Lord.
"Forget it, why don't you just gather up the bodies and send them back. We still have two more of these tasks to complete after all. It would be bad if they sense what's going on and scurry away. Well, bad for you anyway fufufufu..."
Moloc spoke as she casually waved her hand and the world of lies immediately collapsed before Azalea's stunned gaze. While the law of death and life had shattered along with that realm, it did not change the fate of the forty-plus bodies on the ground.
Moloc had offered to use these hidden scouts as a method to train Azalea in following orders so he could quickly get used to serving under lord Ty which was a good enough reason for Z to grant her permission as it was his duty, to begin with, but he felt the issue would be resolved faster if Moloc was in charge of it.
Although he had felt that the Devil barging into his meeting— with the others who could he considered Lord Ty's Generals— was rude. He had decided to excuse the issue giving as she had only interrupted to volunteer herself to handle their issue.
His plan was for them to take out all three camp sides of the scouts at once so there are no information leaks but this was also fine as they get to properly observe the scouts in secret which may provide them valuable information they had yet to even consider.
Although, the fact that only a single devil would be doing the fighting was a bit concerning given as the Devil hadn't yet sworn himself to Lord Ty and could not be considered a trustworthy comrade.
However, with Moloc supervising Azalea and his secret supervision, there was only no chance of any of these scouts escaping but also no chance of Azalea's betrayal without immediately losing his life.
Returning to the current situation, Moloc patiently waited for Azalea to retrieve the bodies of the scout and send them back via Emrys's portal gate before they leisurely made their way to their next destination.
In a similar manner, two other temporary camps of around 50 rogue-type scouts were completely decimated in an instant as the long night finally came to an end.
The undead war that was expected to last several days or even weeks due to the interference of the Great Five had ended abruptly in a single night with the complete annihilation of the army along with every single demigod that had made an appearance with the exception of those that had been taken alive as war prisoners.
