If you look down at the world from an absolute high altitude, you will find that some places north of certain areas in the central part of the Gunningsen Empire are showing an abnormal red color. Even at night, it looks like red land under the afterglow of the setting sun.

At certain color boundary positions, there is a dark cloud that is constantly changing, and some subtle or spectacular lights are constantly rising at the boundary positions, and the density of the entire dark cloud is gradually decreasing.

The red area is located there. In addition to the erosion of the power of hell, underground magma has begun to erupt in many places.

Moreover, except for some special places where the lava eruption is particularly violent, there is not even much volcanic ash and smoke in other places.

“Puff…Puff…Puff…”

“Gurgle…Gurgle…Gurgle…”

At a location where magma erupted, the hot magma flowed into a small lake, and a large amount of geothermal heat scorched the air in a large area of ​​the surrounding environment, making it seem distorted.

Bubbles surged and new magma emerged from the ground. It seemed that the magma here showed no signs of cooling down, which was very unreasonable.

“Gurgle…Gurgle…Gurgle…”

Special fat demons were lying at the place where the magma was gushing out, drinking the strange magma in big gulps. Their bodies were already very large, and the smallest one was more than 20 meters long. They looked like red fat maggots with a head, a big mouth, and eight clawed limbs.

The humanoid demon, which was considered relatively small among demons, stood on top of a stone peak submerged in magma, gazing at the sky in the distance.

Just before, it seemed to give it a strange feeling, but perhaps it was too far away, or perhaps it was blocked by the locust swarms hundreds of kilometers away, so it was unable to see any light or visions.

As for the other big demon, since he is watching over the ruins of Asia, which is inlaid with the remaining crystals of the Ashes Ship, his perception may be more acute, but he cannot escape for the time being.

"Gu...Pulu...Pulu..."

Not far away, a strange worm-shaped demon that was drinking magma was wriggling its huge body. An organ in its tail opened and closed, and it began to lay eggs covered with burnt smoke. Some were large, some were small, and they were very uneven.

There were also some similar weird demons laying eggs further away. Of course, some of them had slight differences in appearance and only cared about drinking magma and nothing else.

The humanoid demon smiled, and his sharp teeth looked cold even under the scorching red light of the magma.

"These bastards finally laid eggs."

Turning his head to look towards the south where the locust tide was huddled, those strange bugs were really an eyesore. After waiting for a few days, there was no possible follow-up. It seemed that even if these bugs were really not native species of this world, there were no changes that he needed to be wary of.

The next moment, the big demon jumped up lightly, with its tail swinging behind it in a blurry air.

"Pah~"

The air dozens of meters behind him suddenly exploded, the ground behind his feet was cracked, the magma outside was shaking, and the figure of the big devil was no longer there. He could only vaguely see the wind pressure blowing towards both sides along a path.

Beside the egg-laying demons, some low-level demons swept the eggs roughly, kicking, pushing or throwing them, dropping the eggs to some positions close to the edge of the magma without causing them to fall directly into the overly hot magma.

…

According to the locations on the information map, each unit has rushed to its own tactical point.

The convoy where the SKULL Division is located is composed mainly of infantry vehicles carrying soldiers, and a large number of trucks specializing in transporting the latest mobile armed defense stations. On the contrary, there are not many traditional tanks, and most of them have outstanding mobility.

At the end of the plain road in the distance, in two important military towns that supported each other, there were about 60,000 to 70,000 troops of the Gunningsen Empire.

In addition to the troops that were evacuated from the cities ahead and gathered here, some of these troops were royal guards drawn from the imperial capital.

One of these two military towns is a city gate at the mouth of a valley, and the other is located several kilometers away, facing some low areas of the mountains.

Although some generals did not show it in front of the soldiers, many of them sighed in private, feeling that their chances of winning were very slim.

Since the evil demons suddenly appeared, the mortal army had no way to resist. After so many years of military service, this was the first time that these generals saw a situation where there was no news at all in the occupied areas. Except for those military messengers who were lucky enough to ride past with military information before the battle, there were neither refugees nor defeated soldiers returning.

These two passes are one of the northernmost defense points of Gunningsen. The soldiers here all know that in some cities further south, the closer ones have basically been deserted, and they are all empty cities. Even if there are people, they are just gathered soldiers.

This inevitably makes these front-line fortresses feel somewhat isolated and lonely. Ordinary soldiers only know what their superiors have told them, and the ones who are truly entangled and fearful are some officers with slightly greater power.

The dark and terrifying clouds before also made many soldiers uneasy. The buzzing sound made people upset and breed panic. Some large locusts flying low were also seen by some sharp-eyed soldiers.

Later, a messenger soldier came from the imperial capital to inform them that they could connect to the "heaven". This might be false news to stabilize morale, but these soldiers also held a glimmer of hope. After all, the evil demons had appeared, and it was time for the God of Light to protect the mortal world.

In the second half of the night tonight, a more violent roar than ever before came from the south, and a large series of light beams appeared on the ground in the distance. The soldiers who were not on guard became more awake, and those who were asleep woke up in panic.

While the generals were trying to remain calm and make preparations, a monster with a hurricane flew across the sky, and the soothing voice of the imperial minister came from the loudspeaker.

Then the giant beast in the sky that was wrapped in the storm slowly descended in altitude, and several officials from the imperial capital walked out from it, as well as an unusually tall "person from heaven".

The army's morale was stabilizing faster than expected. As the news spread, a large number of soldiers and officers stood on the city walls or any high points, gazing at the approaching heavenly army.

“Woo…woo…woo…”

Those giant beasts from heaven were roaring in low and solemn voices, approaching at a seemingly slow but actually extremely fast speed. Some of the wells in the city were shaking continuously, causing ripples caused by the vibration.

Several generals who were civilized people could see that when the tracks of those armored vehicles rolled over some stones, the stones were directly crushed into pieces. It was obvious that these big guys in the heavens were very heavy.

Throughout the second half of the night, the people on the ridge watched the subsequent operations of the heavenly army in shock with excitement and awe.

One after another, huge vehicles gathered in front of the city gate and began to unfold with the roar of machinery. Military cranes began to operate, and the armored and combat parts of the armed defense station were hoisted bit by bit.

The metal connecting rods were erected little by little, and there was a high-intensity light dozens of meters high every few hundred meters. After a series of "click, click, click..." lights being turned on, countless Ridgetop soldiers knelt down almost immediately, because those high-altitude lights that illuminated the surroundings as if it were daytime were more like suns picked up from the mortal world.

Many scenes were found very interesting by many American soldiers, but due to military discipline and time constraints they did not use their American humor to tease the natives.

One after another, mine-laying vehicles with special chassis drove to the col and efficiently laid high-explosive mines against armored targets...

Inside the city gates, the heavenly army also began to deploy, and the sounds of "boom" and "boom" were heard constantly. Many barracks that were too crowded were knocked down.

This was the first time that the people of Ridgetop truly witnessed the terrifying power of the heavenly soldiers.

The Evolved officers and Evolved agents did not use any machinery, but simply punched down the wooden barracks one by one, as if they were just taking a slow walk and just waved their hands. The barracks that seemed to be taken care of by the people on the ridgetop had already collapsed. Then, bulldozers came to clear the obstacles and make room for the subsequent artillery array.

Those hideous human technological heavy firepower, with their eerie violent beauty, appeared in the sight of the people on the ridgetop.

The dark muzzle and slender barrel are awe-inspiring just by looking at them.

Many Ridgetop soldiers were wondering whether these so-called "heavenly weapons" that were taller than many buildings could throw large rocks 1,000 steps away or shoot dozens of javelins and arrows at once?

Will the giant steel bird that brings the storm in the sky peck at the evil spirits very ferociously?

…

After nearly another day, the locust swarm became increasingly sparse and could no longer block out the sun's light. A large number of locusts seemed to have lost the courage given by their terrifying numbers, and more and more small groups of flying insects were flying in all directions.

The major human fronts, as the first batch of vanguards who are almost like dead soldiers, are also ready to test the weight of the demons.

One party is still in the dark, while the other party is waiting quietly.