Valon: Even a supporting character can change his fate.

When the believers who went to the battlefield to kill the enemies saw the archbishop in person, their morale naturally soared.

However, morale is only an auxiliary means to enhance combat effectiveness. After all, these soldiers have not received professional training, and their weapons and equipment are of varying quality; however, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is cooperation.

These people are soldiers in wartime and farmers in peacetime. They only train for a period of time right before the war begins. How can they form a tacit understanding?

In comparison, the Imperial Army is different. They are under unified management on weekdays, and the soldiers eat, sleep and live together. They can't be said to be as close as brothers, but they are almost like brothers.

They naturally had a tacit understanding when fighting. Even in the melee when the two armies were intertwined, the imperial soldiers could fight in twos and threes with each other.

After five days of fighting, it was no surprise that the Vatican lost. In order for the army to withdraw, someone had to stay behind to cover their retreat.

There is no doubt that the archbishop who was replaced by the Lord of Dread is also the strongest fighting force on the side of the Holy See. He took the initiative to take 500 people to stay.

Needless to say, the Dreadlord is very powerful. Even without these five hundred people, he can still repel him with his true strength.

This is indeed the case. After seeing the opponent's strength, in order to prevent further losses, the Imperial Army chose to withdraw.

According to convention, the victorious imperial army should clean up the battlefield at this time, but this time the emperor directly gave them an order to retreat, so they had no choice but to retreat.

Seeing the Imperial Army retreat, the five hundred people who followed the Dreadlord couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but they didn't know that their misfortune had just begun.

As the Lord of Dread chanted the spell, the magic circle that had been set up in advance began to operate, and the five hundred people were the first to bear the brunt of the impact.

Under the operation of the Lord of Dread, a portal made of flesh and blood was completed. Finally, resentment, murderous intent and fear were mixed together to successfully activate the portal.

However, this time there was no crystal ball for surveillance. The Lord of Dread originally wanted to release it, but was stopped in advance by the Lord of the Abyss.

Although the Dreadlord was somewhat puzzled by this, he still did as he was told.

Looking at the opened portal, the Dreadlord thought that this time would be similar to the last time, with at most a few more demon guards.

What the Dreadlord didn't expect was that the opponent gave him a big blow right from the start.

In less than a minute, twenty demon guards walked out of the portal.

They have blood-red skin, wear sophisticated armor, and are well-organized.

The Dreadlord recognized at a glance that these twenty demon guards were the close guards of the Lord of the Abyss.

Just when everyone thought that these twenty demon guards were enough, the portal reacted violently again, and even cracks appeared on the portal itself.

"Damn, what big guy is coming again."

Before the Dreadlord could figure out what was happening, the entire portal could no longer withstand the pressure and exploded. Just as the smoke and dust cleared, a figure appeared at the original location of the portal.

"Sir, why are you here?"

When the Lord of Dread saw who was coming, he felt sick all over.

The guy who came was covered with purple scales all over his body. He was a tall creature over five meters tall, with a horse's lower body and a human's upper body. He had huge fleshy wings on his back and long, ivory-like curved horns on both sides of his face.

As for her appearance, she was extremely ugly.

That’s right, from the description above, the identity of this tall creature is obvious: the Lord of the Abyss, the direct superior of the Dreadlord in this mission.

The previous failure did indeed make the boss lose face, but the Lord of Dread did not expect that the other party would come in person this time.

"Why, you seem unhappy to see me coming."

Seeing the Dreadlord's uncertain expression, the Abyss Lord asked in a muffled voice.

"No...No, I just didn't expect you to come in person, sir. I'm a little surprised."

The Lord of the Abyss was quite satisfied with the Dreadlord's answer, so he did not delve into it further.

The personal arrival of the Lord of the Abyss made the Dreadlord feel complicated, not that he had any feelings for his boss.

It would be a good thing if Valon could kill the Abyss Lord. After all, even in the Burning Legion, the Abyss Lord is considered a high-end combat force. Moreover, the Abyss Lord has a strong command ability. If one of them is killed, it will be painful for the Burning Legion.

But if he fails to get rid of them, or fails to defeat them, and his collusion with outsiders is exposed, then he will be in big trouble.

The Abyss Lord was obviously unaware of the Dreadlord's inner monologue, and continued to speak to himself, "My purpose for coming here this time is very simple, which is to kill the guy who ruined my plan last time."

"Oh? Are you talking about me?"

As soon as the Abyss Lord finished speaking, a discordant voice reached his ears.

"Who?!"

Just as the Lord of the Abyss looked in the direction where the sound came from, he heard two bangs, and the heads of the two demon guards exploded with blood splattering everywhere. They died completely.

Before the Lord of the Abyss could figure out what was happening, the heads of three more demon guards exploded.

"Look where you're going!"

When the fifth demon guard's head exploded, the Abyss Lord finally managed to lock the opponent's position through the flow of magic power.

Then he swung the halberd in his hand, and a light blade more than two meters high slashed towards Walon.

"Little tricks."

Valon easily shattered the incoming light blade, but this slowed him down and exposed himself to the opponent's eyes.

"Go! Don't let him get away."

They are guards after all. Five of them were killed instantly by Valon just now, but the remaining fifteen demon guards didn't show any fear at all.

After hearing the words of the Lord of the Abyss, they immediately took action and quickly surrounded Valon.

However, they were not in a hurry to attack. Perhaps they knew that with their own skills, they were no match for the opponent in a real fight. So after surrounding Valon, they decisively released magic.

I have to say that these fifteen demon guards are quite capable.

Valon often played with gravity magic. At the moment the magic fell, he felt the pressure on his body and immediately realized that the opponent was using gravity magic.

"Dancing with a sword in front of Guan Gong?"

Valon snorted disdainfully. He originally thought these demon guards had some special tricks, but this is it.

As for the familiar gravity magic, Valon didn't even have to think about it. He just stomped his feet and the gravity magic cast on him was cleared.