Chapter 28 Acting


    After all the planning for the demonic


    creatures, Lucian immediately felt much more relaxed.


    At last, he has an enormous army at his beck and call.


    As for six months later, they had one chance to choose to leave.


    But Lucian wasn’t worried about that.


    Because he believed that in the next six months, they would be completely inseparable from him.


    After achieving his goal, Lucian began to consider retreating back to the Demonic Forest.


    This was, after all, Human territory.


    Reinforcements from the Holy Empire would


    arrive sooner or later.


    They would only be sitting ducks if they stayed here.


    But before he left, he had to maximize the benefits of this war.


    The biggest difference between the demonic creatures in the Demonic Forest and Human soldiers was the difference in strength.


    In fact, the soldiers of the Demon Forest were actually stronger than Humans in terms of individual strength.


    But when they fought head-on, they were often no match for Human soldiers.


    This was mainly because the quality of the


    weapons the Humans possess is


    incomparable.


    Humans had excellent blacksmiths who could


    forge sharp, solid weapons for them.


    However, the demonic creatures in the


    Demonic Forest did not have such luxury.


    Their weapons were made of wood, stone, or animal bones.


    ‘It’s more primitive.’


    Its lethality and sturdiness were far inferior


    to the steel weapons in Human hands.


    So before they left, Lucian led the soldiers to empty the armory in Kaidi City.


    In order to prevent the subsequent reinforcements from getting supplies,


    Before they left, they moved as much of the


    official granary as they could.


    Those that could not be moved were


    destroyed.


    Once that was done, Lucian assembled all the


    troops and prepared to evacuate.


    But he had one more person to arrange before


    the evacuation.


    That would be the knight, Anthony Davis.


    After all, he was a Human. If he followed him


    back to the Demonic Forest, he would be


    useless.


    It was better to let him stay with the Humans.


    He would be much more useful here.


    But if he simply left Anthony behind, there would be many hidden dangers.


    For example, all the nobles in Kaidi City,


    including the city lord, were dead. Why was Anthony, the First Knight, able to survive alone?


    ‘That’s a problem.’


    If he wanted Anthony to continue to gain a foothold with the Humans, he had to play


    along.


    After careful discussion and research, Lucian had an idea.


    So that night, Anthony put on his black robe and quietly left the City Lord’s mansion under


    the cover of night.


    Two days later, Anthony reappeared.


    Now he was on his horse again, with a group


    of Human soldiers behind him.


    These were the remnants of the Kaidi City


    army he had gathered after two days.


    Those people quickly fled the night the demon soldiers attacked the city and scattered everywhere.


    On the other hand, Anthony used his status as the First Knight to gather these people together again and form a considerable force. At this moment, Anthony had already led the


    group of soldiers to the courtyard door of the City Lord’s Mansion.


    Their stance suggested that they would attack


    at any moment.


    “Foolish demons! You have defeated our


    defending soldiers in a despicable manner and entered Kaidi City!”


    “After entering the city, your despicable acts


    of cruelty were fully displayed! You burned, killed, and plundered. You committed all kinds of crimes!”


    “Do you think you can cover your crimes with


    a few words to fool the people? I’m telling


    you, it’s impossible!”


    “Today, Anthony Davis, First Knight of Kaidi


    City, my soldiers will expel all you demons


    from the city of Humans! Prepare to meet your maker!”


    Anthony was shouting in front of the city lord’s house.


    Under Anthony’s passionate speech, the soldiers looked as if they shared a common


    enemy.


    The commotion quickly attracted the


    attention of the citizens in the city. They


    stuck their heads out and watched from afar.


    When they saw that it was Anthony’s soldiers


    who had come to expel the demonic creatures, their faces revealed excitement. “Oh, that’s Anthony, our First Knight! He’s


    finally back. He’s coming to defeat the monsters!”


    “Oh, my God! Thank God, Anthony’s alive. He’ll banish all these monsters!”


    “Long live Anthony! We would love to embrace you as the new City Lord!”


    Although the commoners’ shouts were far


    away, they still formed quite a commotion when they worked together. Anthony’s face broke into an almost


    imperceptible smile at the shouts of the citizens.


    Actually, he had discussed these lines with


    Lucian.


    Lucian, who was a good speaker, worked out the best lines for him.


    And after he read from the script, he did achieve the expected results. Anthony couldn’t help but admire Lucian


    again. Then Lucian began to play along with


    Anthony according to the script they had discussed earlier.


    The demon army rushed out of the courtyard


    of the City Lord mansion and fought with the remaining Human soldiers.


    These Human soldiers that Anthony had forcefully gathered had developed a natural fear of demons after the siege that night.


    Furthermore, after two days and two nights of


    continuous attacks, they were indeed a little exhausted.


    Therefore, in the face of the energetic Demon Stone, it collapsed at once.


    However, in order to shape Anthony’s image,


    Lucian had ordered in advance that these demonic creatures must hold back. Therefore, their battle was presented to the


    citizens as an evenly matched battle.


    After fighting for a while, the demonic creatures quickly fell into a disadvantage. They began to retreat toward the city gates.


    Anthony’s side had an imposing aura as they chased after the demonic creatures.


    The soldiers chasing after the demons looked


    confused.


    They did not expect to be able to defeat these powerful creatures.


    However, this confusion only lasted for a


    moment. Soon, their emotions were pulled back into the intense battle. After an hour of pursuit, the demonic creatures were completely driven out of the


    city gate.


    And as the four gates were retaken by the Humans.


    An earth-shattering cheer went up in the city.


    People were crying with joy, shouting Anthony’s name.


    Anthony was not idle. He had to make some


    political achievements before reinforcements arrived.


    For example, making the people worship him


    even more.


    So he quickly organized the soldiers to start the rescue effort.


    And recruit civilian volunteers to start organizing disaster relief efforts. It was after three busy days that the Imperial reinforcements finally arrived.