The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

Looking at the terrifying Knight Lars before him, the demon high priest kept retreating.

Although the high priest of the demon race had sensed something when the demon god's offspring fell, he still showed an expression of disbelief when humans actually appeared in the black mist protected by the demon god.

"Are you... really human?"

Looking at the impeccably armored figures before him, the High Priest had reason to suspect that they weren't actually human.

"Don't we look like humans?"

"I don't know, but I think power armor is pretty cool."

"really."

The knights of Lars chatted noisily in the sacred Kara.

"We are, of course, human, and have come on the orders of the Governor of the North to punish you demons who have invaded the East!"

After saying that, Hammond even brandished his Guan Dao (a type of halberd) and struck a pose.

"Your human grandfather is here to take your dog's life!"

“Boss, it seems you didn’t speak aloud, you just spoke in the sacred Kara.”

"..."

Well, it seems Hammond still has a lot to practice with this public dream.

Looking at the silent but aggressive Lars Knights before him, the High Priest shouted maniacally, "The Demon God will protect His people! I will drive you out of the Demon God's kingdom!"

After saying this, the high priest waved his wand, and the somewhat frenzied believers around him rushed forward.

In that instant, the power armor of the Lars Knights was activated at full power, and in a single exchange, Hammond rushed in front of the high priest and beheaded him with a single strike.

"Vulnerable."

Hammond's voice finally came through the helmet, sounding somewhat distorted.

The overwhelming dominance remains unchanged.

Just as Hammond was about to remount the troop carrier and continue searching for the main force of the demons, he suddenly felt that his power armor was entangled by something, but it was quickly cleaned up by the power armor.

Hammond followed the feeling and saw that it was the strange sensation emanating from the high priest's wand. It seemed that the high priest had indeed manipulated something within the black mist to launch an attack on him.

But aren't demons supposed to have a hard time learning other magic? Or is this some kind of demon bloodline magic?

Just as the other Lars soldiers were preparing to board the specially designed off-road troop carriers, Hammond came to the high priest's corpse and began to ponder it.

No, it couldn't be bloodline magic. Demonic bloodline magic couldn't directly control the black mist. Besides, the attack just now was more like... divine magic than bloodline magic?

After questioning Hammond in the sacred Kara, he realized that the attack was not an illusion. Although the attack was insignificant to the power armor, the high priest had indeed manipulated the black mist to attack.

"Wait a minute, search carefully and take away all the books and scrolls of this demonic cult."

To nip problems in the bud, Hammond despised the demon race, but he never despised this black mist or the so-called demon god.

......

"Finally, we've finally escaped!"

A small demon squad escaped the control range of the black mist, panting heavily.

Humans have finally entered the black fog, and the black fog is no longer safe.

Although His Majesty Antipas kept declaring that humans were nothing to fear, and that as long as the demons and the offspring of the demon gods cooperated, the little knight Lars would naturally be easy to deal with.

However, the demons' morale had already collapsed. Antipas's notification was tantamount to admitting that humans could now attack the Black Mist, and some of his lower-ranking demon soldiers began to desert and disobey orders.

"Boss, are we really safe after escaping?"

"Don't worry, as long as we escape, His Majesty Antipa won't pursue us. I've already contacted the people on Avar's side, and they will take us to the continent of Solon. They are willing to accept us. Once we get to the new continent, we'll be living the high life!"

Not long ago, the Avars were working for the demons for a piece or two of land on this continent, but now the tables have turned.

"Although it's not as wealthy as the Kingdom of Cape, Avar said that if we help conquer other countries, he will give some of the conquered land to our demon race to establish a kingdom! And although there are high-level human professionals on that continent, most of them are still ordinary soldiers, while we demons are the elite of the elite!"

"Haha, I'm going to be a prince then!"

"Fool, do you think you can just become a prince whenever you want?"

A few not-so-bright demons were still dreaming about life on the new continent when they saw vehicles bearing the banner of the North Wind Bear driving on the newly built road in the distance.

The demons immediately lowered their bodies and hid.

"Don't worry, there are only a few of us. As long as we hide, the Northerners won't be able to find us!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the sound of feet stomping on the ground and endless wailing came from behind the demons.

The offspring of the demon god, dragging its enormous body, stepped out from the black mist.

Only then did these demons realize that the steel monsters were not coming towards them, but towards the demon god's offspring behind them.

The enormous bodies that the demon god's offspring were so proud of, and the mournful cries that could affect people's minds, now became the best way for humans to locate the demon god's offspring.

Several northern soldiers driving troop transports did not notice the demons until the troop transports ran over them. The demons screamed in agony as they were run over, and only then did the soldiers stop.

The two stared at each other awkwardly.

"Hello."

The northern soldier spoke first, politely breaking the deathly silence.

......

"well-done."

In the distance, in a human village, a First Army officer patted a villager on the shoulder.

"Undeterred by danger, you were the first to discover and report the demon monsters. You deserve credit for this battle!"

When the villager saw that the neatly dressed officer was addressing him with honorifics, he quickly said, "I dare not accept such praise, sir, I dare not accept such praise!"

"I was just lucky to hear the monsters' voices first."

The villager looked rather insecure, but the officer said, "It's already quite remarkable that an ordinary person could hear that sound without being affected mentally. You deserve this reward, but please note that the areas we've designated are dangerous zones. Unless absolutely necessary, please do not enter these dangerous zones. If you need to enter, or if you discover anything unusual, please report it to the nearest government department."

"Yes, sir, I've got it."

"There's no need to call me 'Sir.' I'm just an ordinary guard officer, and protecting you is our duty..."

Looking at the villagers' fearful faces, the officer didn't say anything more and changed the subject, saying, "Tell us what you were thinking when you heard that monster's roar."

"Ah."

When this was mentioned, the villager's face was filled with pride again.

“When I first heard that sound, I was very scared because, as you know, our village is quite close to those eerie black mists. But then I remembered what the village chief’s newspaper said: these monsters are just big, and they are always driven away by you, sir. What’s so scary about them? So I looked into the distance and saw that there were indeed shadows in the black mist, and they were gradually becoming clearer. So I ran to the village chief’s house to report it.”

"That monster is just a little scary-looking. As long as you're not afraid of it, it's nothing special."

Upon hearing this answer, the officer wrote it down and nodded.

This monster is nothing special.

Once the fear subsided, the people of this world seemed to be much more accepting of twisted and terrifying monsters than Lind had been in his previous life, or rather, much more resistant to such things.