The intense battle persisted for an entire night. When dawn arrived the next day, a warrior named Guarba beheaded the last demon and pierced through its heart. With that, the battle finally came to an end.
After the battle was over, the exhausted warriors directly sat on the ground and gasped for air that was ignited by the evil flames. Even if the ground was still flowing with the demon blood, they did not care so much.
After the battle concluded, exhaustion engulfed their entire bodies. Some warriors even collapsed onto the ground and started snoring loudly.
The patrolling captains of the battlefield didn't wake them up. They had already fought with all their might, and should be given a good rest.
Only powerful divines like Tang En and Aiguin could disregard the exhaustion of a night of intense battle. Instead, they gathered at the command center in high spirits and discussed the shortcomings of this battle. Then, they converted it into experience to prevent the same mistakes from happening again.
The greatest mistake of this battle was to underestimate the cunning of the demons. Previously, the smooth sailing frontal battle had almost been overturned by the sudden craftiness of the demons.
If not for the support of Ellington's formidable technology and advanced equipment that far surpassed the current era, the outcome of this battle would've been hard to determine.
In this war, everyone had witnessed the powerful firepower of the tanks and their indestructible armor. Now, they strongly called for the production of enough tanks to join the battle as soon as possible. With such a weapon of war, whether it was against the demons or the creatures of Chaos, the chances of winning would be greatly increased.
However, Tang En had his own misgivings. Although the firepower of the tanks, their outstanding defensive capabilities and their outstanding mobility had inspired the hearts of the people, they still had their shortcomings.
After all, the battles of Prandal were different from those of Earth. Modern warfare on Earth was basically long-range warfare. In fact, there were even large amounts of over-the-horizon warfare. Often, the enemy wouldn't even appear. After the radar locked onto the target, missiles would descend from the skies and bombard the enemy.
Battles on Earth relied on the disparity in technology and weaponry.
However, Prandal was different. Most of the time, it was close combat. With their strong physical defense, the effect of Magic Shield, and the power of spells, the demons could endure a lot of damage and directly rush into the close range of the tanks.
This created a phenomenon. Once the demons charged into the team, the powerful firepower of the tanks would be useless. The power of the cannonballs was great, but this was not a game. A cannonball would not only kill the demons, but it would also hurt the allies. Close combat would limit the firepower of the tanks.
This gave Tang En an idea. Instead of continuing to enhance the tank's long-range firepower, it would be better to further enhance its close-range collision ability. For example, he could redesign an armored vehicle, eliminate its long-range attack ability, and focus on strengthening its close-range killing ability. In battle, it would not consider anything else other than charging back and forth among the enemy.
For example, the design of the combine harvester could be further enhanced and installed in front of the armored vehicle. The harvester could be further designed to become a grinding wheel. When the enemy collided with the enemy, the harvester could be twisted into a grinding wheel.
He felt that such a simple and crude design would be more effective on the battlefield than the tanks.
It was worth mentioning that the emergence of the tanks played a pivotal role in this battle. However, it was the inconspicuous magic-powered mobile phone that decided the victory of the Irus army.
When the magic-powered mobile phones were first invented, they were already equipped at the camp in the Rift Valley. Depp, Locke, and Ultraman were already used to using them to exchange information.
This time, when they discovered that the demons had surrounded the army, they immediately notified Depp and Locke at the rear. The two of them then contacted the commanders of the central and southern battlefronts and urgently mobilized their forces. They used the powerful mobility of the off-road vehicles to transport the troops to the northern battlefront. They formed a counter-encirclement with the main force and killed the demons together.
This was the importance of the speed of information transmission.
If it weren't for the fact that the magic-powered mobile phones could transmit information to the rear immediately, according to the original transmission method, by the time the signallers reached the rear, the frontline would have already been wiped out. Well, with Tang En and Aiguin around, it was impossible for the whole army to be wiped out, but heavy casualties were absolutely unavoidable.
Now, all the captains who were equipped with the magic-powered mobile phones knew very well what it meant. They now wore the phones close to their bodies every day and checked if the phones were working properly three times a day.
In addition, the Comet motorcycles' aerial reconnaissance ability also played a pivotal role. After stopping the demons from flying, the aerial combat units riding the Comet motorcycles had almost no worries at all (the spells in the sky were blocked by Tang En). They could easily complete the reconnaissance mission of the entire battlefield and accurately convey the enemy's distribution to the commanders so that the commanders could make the best decisions in the first place.
In this one day and one night of battle, the Irus army lost a total of more than two thousand soldiers. Most of them died to the demons' sneak attacks. In a situation where death was certain, even if they had the Goddess' Blood or the Homeward Crystal, the soldiers wouldn't have the time to use it. This was the most vulnerable point of Tang En's soldiers at the moment.
The two thousand soldiers received special permission from Tang En to appear at the celebratory feast to celebrate the victory with their comrades. After that, they were received by Victor and the others to the Hall of Valhalla. The next step for the soldiers was to receive training in the Hall of Valhalla to further strengthen their souls and prepare to become Einherjars to continue protecting this world.
The Einherjars' death diluted the atmosphere of sorrow brought about by the fallen soldiers. The celebratory feast almost completely turned into a carnival. After the demon portal was destroyed by Tang En, it would not appear again for at least ten days. A demon wave of this scale was not common, and in a short period of time, the pressure on the camp in the Rift Valley would be greatly reduced. Depp timely requested for the soldiers to go back and rest for a few days.
Of course, Tang En, who had seen the soldiers fight without regard for their own lives, would not cold-bloodedly reject the request. He gladly agreed and promised that every soldier would be rewarded with a hundred gold coins and three days of leave. As for how the leave would be arranged, it was up to Depp and the others to arrange it.
Aiguin originally wanted to stay at the camp in the Rift Valley to continue fighting, but after hearing about the Chaos religion from Tang En, she thought about it and decided to return to Ellington with Tang En. She would wait until the news about the Chaos religion was confirmed before moving together.
There was no need to mention Grandia. She would follow Aegwynn wherever she went, just like a die-hard fan. However, Twain did not intend to let her continue to be so free. When he returned to Ellington, he gave her a mission, which was to bring her back to the Temple of the Earth Goddess to study the seeds.
As for Salatimor …
Tang En raised his doubts. "The demons have been appearing frequently on the surface recently. Is it because they were misled by you?"
"What? I have no idea what you're talking about! "
Salatimor shook her head vigorously in response to Tang En's doubts, strongly protesting against Tang En's groundless accusations. "We are not at a disadvantage on the Blood Battlefield. We don't need you to share the pressure of the demons. We disdain using such methods."
Tang En fiddled with the Balor's corpse as if nothing had happened. "Is that so? But as far as I know, demons like to use such little tricks, don't they? "
"That's a misunderstanding! It's a misunderstanding! "
Salatimor stared at the Balor's corpse, her saliva almost dripping to the ground. She wiped her saliva and said righteously, "Although we like to play with humans, it's just a form of entertainment. To us, the battle with demons is a very serious matter that cannot be tainted!"
"Then why don't you explain to me why there are so many demons?"
Salatimor looked at Tang En eagerly. "You'll give it to me if I explain?"
Tang En nodded.
"I think it might be because of the Balor (see Chapter 858)." Salatimor wiped her mouth. "Although you killed it that time, it must have transmitted the spatial coordinates and the situation here before it died, so it attracted a large number of demons here."
Tang En frowned. "You mean, the situation on the surface world has now spread among the demons?"
"In theory, yes."
"In other words, if we don't get rid of all the demons, we'll have to face an endless stream of demons appearing here in the future?"
"It should be like this … Can I start now?"
"Sign this first."
Salatimor looked at the contract and became anxious. "Ten years?! Why is it ten years again?! Ten years after ten years, ten years after ten years, it's almost fifty years, Boss! "
Are you a f * cking spy?!
Tang En ignored Salatimor's complaints. He had a headache.
In the end, the matter with the demons was caused by him messing around. Otherwise, the demons would still be fighting to the death with the devils in the underground world. How could they have the time to come to the surface world to cause trouble?
He had to clean up the mess he caused, but …
That was the Abyss of Purgatory!
That was a bloody battlefield!
The home ground of the devils and demons!
They had been fighting there for more than ten thousand years, and the outcome had not been decided yet …
Just based on his current team?
Going there was simply sending them to their deaths!
The upset Tang En took back the contract signed by Salatimor and threw the complete corpse of the Balor to it. After instructing it to continue to help deal with the demons here, he returned to Ellington with Aiguin, Grandia, and Nokia.
He immediately found Kloto, Estisa, and the others. After absorbing their experience, it was another round of armaments upgrade!
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