Strongest Superhuman System

Chapter 618 An Unexpected Situation

"Sir, we are a few kilometers away from the Myriad Castle. It should be in our line of sight once we crest the hill in the distance."

One of the soldiers under James spoke up, and James nodded from his place on a chariot moving forward. The chariot was crafted from strong wood and matted with silver joints and plaques that denoted his position as a leader in the army. Up in front of James, Duke Grant was also riding in a chariot, but this one was of a far more elaborate design and covered in gold. The chariots were being pulled forward by winged horses, but they were not flying because they wanted the horses and soldiers to preserve their strength as much as possible for the coming fight. Once they crested the hill, they would all take to the sky as one.

The soldiers finally crested the hill and began to descend towards the bottom, but James was shocked when many of them stopped in their tracks as they finally came into view of the Myriad Castle. James frowned as his chariot almost moved past his father's chariot, and he had to stop it and look up to see what everyone was focused on. And once James saw it, he couldn't stop his jaw from dropping!

There were hundreds of demons lined up in front of the castle as well as on the castle walls, waiting for the angels to arrive. But that wasn't what shocked the angel army into stopping. It was what was in front of those demons that shocked them so much.

Angels.

Hundreds of angel prisoners had been tied up and put on their knees all around the demon army. The angel prisoners lined the walls, and they were also put in front of the army on the ground to serve as some sort of barricade against an angel attack.

"What the hell is this?"

James heard his father speak in a gruff, furious voice as his hand tightened on the reins of his horse, and James could understand his father's anger. It wouldn't be that big of a deal if the angels that were being used as shields were just soldiers. That would have even been fine since the soldiers would happily lay down their lives to kill some of the demons. But the situation was completely different because even from here, James could easily pick out the forms of young children and women also being used in the shield.

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The succubus landed in front of Duke Grant and held out a letter towards him with a small frown on her face. The Duke glared down at her, and his hand started to glow with a light skill as he prepared to blast her to oblivion, but a darkening hue colored the sky over at the Myriad castle, and the Duke saw that all the demons there were preparing dark skills to shoot at them.

Were they threatening him?

They only activated their dark skills once he used the light spell, so the Duke could only guess that they were trying to warn him. If he attacked her, then they would attack the army. And since the Angels were hesitant to attack their own people, the army would be forced to retreat. The Duke's frown deepened as he saw this, and he let the light skill die out and grabbed the letter from the woman's hand. The succubus gave the Duke a sultry smile, and the Duke cursed the slight feeling of arousal that it got out of him before she turned around and started to fly off towards the castle.

The Duke opened the letter and read through it quickly, and by the time he was finished, a vein was popping out from his neck and throbbing in anger as he squeezed the letter to pieces and tore it apart!

Beside him, James watched his father glaring at the castle with intense hatred and asked what the letter said.

The Duke stayed silent for a moment before he completely ignored the letter and shouted out an order to the army.

"Stand down and prepare a tent for me! All troops stay on guard for any attacks, but do not initiate any battle."

James was stunned by this and asked his father again what the letter had said. Duke Grant came down from his chariot and finally answered his son's question with only one sentence.

"The Demon Lord wishes to have a meeting with me."