The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

Although Antipa knew that the so-called demon god was fake, it did not stop the demons below from worshipping this so-called demon god.

"High Priest, will the demon god truly protect us?"

At a gathering in the black mist, several demons were praying devoutly.

However, since the so-called demon god copied human religions in everything from doctrines to prayer rituals, if religious people saw this prayer in person, they would probably cover their eyes.

This is essentially a hybrid religion that combines primitive beliefs with elements of goddess worship, and all its rituals are indescribable.

"It's natural."

The demon, known as the High Priest, gently stroked the head of the foremost believer and said, "Otherwise, why is it that only we demons can become the offspring of the Demon God, while those lowly humans can only be corrupted and become our food?"

"This black mist is an extension of the Demon God's divine kingdom. Only the people of the gods can enter. The Demon God is undoubtedly the god of our demon race."

“He is watching us; He has heard our prayers!”

The demons exchanged bewildered glances. The high priest had been acting increasingly strangely lately, seemingly growing more and more fanatical.

At this moment, several believers stepped forward and whispered, "Priest, His Majesty the Demon King only asked you to stabilize the people's hearts. Have you gone too far? You wouldn't actually have come to believe in that holy relic, would you?"

The high priest merely stared coldly at the few believers who had come up to him and whispered in his ear, and asked in return, "What? You don't believe me?"

The believers were stunned. They knew, of course, that the so-called demon god was fake, but now, this fake demon god was becoming more and more like the real one.

The high priest approached the believers and roared, "I know some of you don't actually believe in the Demon God, because even our doctrines are copied!"

Upon hearing this, the gathered believers all lowered their heads.

"But He needs faith, not words. Pray with your hearts! Prove your loyalty with your actions! Now, continue, let His grace descend and destroy all false gods!"

After he uttered these words, a rousing roar erupted from the crowd. Even the demon gods' offspring, not far away, seemed to applaud the high priest's speech, and the cheers lingered for a long time.

The demon god's followers had shouted themselves hoarse, but the cheers from the demon god's offspring in the distance showed no sign of stopping.

The high priest was taken aback. Something was wrong. Why did the demon god's offspring seem to be cheering, but rather wailing?

"Priest, is it true that humans cannot enter the black mist?"

"Of course, this is a divine kingdom protected by the Demon God!"

"But, but I heard that a knight named Lars stepped into the black mist before."

The demon priest seemed to have heard a joke and laughed loudly: "Even if some Lars knights really came in, those Lars knights would either become food for the demon god's offspring or become the demon god's followers. How could any human be allowed to freely enter and leave the demon god's kingdom?"

During the conversation, the enormous demonic offspring that was wailing in the distance seemed to be responding to the demonic priest's words, and it lost its balance and collapsed.

Trembling, these demons could no longer distinguish whether they were trembling or the earth was trembling because of the fall of the demon god's offspring.

Something terrifying is coming.

......

The Demon God's offspring, a monster who once nearly drove the North back to its homeland, is now nothing more than that in Hammond's eyes.

The demon's offspring is now taller and more terrifying than before, but when Hammond encounters this demon's offspring again, he no longer feels the same fear as before.

As the Governor once famously said: All fear stems from insufficient firepower.

After all the Lars Knights were equipped with power armor, rapid-fire hand cannons, portable holy water mist cannons, and chain grenade launchers, these demon gods' offspring seemed nothing special.

The flesh and blood of the fallen demonic offspring splattered on the ground, a scene resembling purgatory. However, Hammond casually grabbed a piece of flesh that seemed to be trying to escape and was still alive, and crushed it.

The power armor of the Lars Knights had been soaked in holy water for a long time, and the flesh and blood of these demon gods' offspring were almost instantly purified by the white steam that gushed onto the power armor.

Coupled with the red light emanating from the helmet windows of the Lars Knights when their power armor is activated, these Lars Knights wielding the Melt-Slice Sword look even more terrifying than those twisted demon offspring.

At least that's how the demon soldiers saw it.

Seeing the Lars Knights, their eyes glowing red, their bodies emitting white mist, clad in massive armor, slowly turning their heads to look at them from within the black fog, the demon soldiers with slightly weaker minds collapsed and sat frozen in place.

Is this a dream? The rumors are actually true! Those Lars Knights actually broke through the black mist and moved freely within it.

What terrified these demons even more was that this was a silent army; the massive armored figures were like humanoid tools, faithfully carrying out the orders to hunt.

This silence seemed out of place on a battlefield that should have been filled with fierce fighting and roars of anger. These Lars Knights no longer seemed human. The black mist that had originally protected the demons now seemed more like an accomplice to these Lars Knights, adding an eerie background to these silent Lars Knights.

The demons were convinced that these Lars Knights were created solely to kill demons.

However, at this time, it is within the sacred Kara.

"Holy crap, my head's stuck!"

"Have you forgotten that the connection part of the power armor helmet requires magic to operate? Your neck isn't that strong."

"Damn it, I stepped in shit! Can't these demons do any city management? There's not even a toilet!"

"That's not shit, it's the blood plasma from the offspring of a demon god, you idiot! Holy crap, why doesn't the power armor automatically purify itself? It really is shit!"

"It's a mixture of feces and blood..."

"Okay, stop talking..."

Hammond spoke helplessly in the sacred Kara: "Let's not talk about things unrelated to the battle anymore. The Eastern Territory never had any urban planning to begin with, and the demons probably won't do any construction after occupying it. Isn't it normal to step in poop on the road? Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore, let's move on!"

"Huh? Did I say it out loud? Holy crap, how did I say it again?"

"How about we ask the team leader to use their privileges to block it for you..."

Listening to the noisy pronouncements within the sacred Kara, Hammond couldn't help but cover his helmet with his hand.

It's probably because the Governor got the hang of using the Holy Kara so quickly that he thought controlling his thoughts in the public dream was no problem at all. But in reality, most knights still can't control their speaking frequency well and occasionally reveal some of their true feelings.

It seems even the governor can miscalculate. Although it doesn't affect its use, these Lars Knights still need some training on how to use it.

Hammond couldn't help but cover his face with his hands.

However, from the demons' perspective, the leader, Knight Lars, suddenly covered his head with his hand.

"Oh no! Those mechanical monsters are about to go out of control! Run!"