The allied forces had two key figures to defend.
One was Emperor Johannes, and the other was the Saintess Leticia.
If either of them were to fall, the tide of battle would instantly turn.
Near Leticia, Leo and William were fighting fiercely.
"Haahhhhhhhhh!"
With a spirited yell, Leo thrust his sword forward.
The thrust, released in unison with his Gryphalion, was perfect.
It was a thrust that could not be easily dodged unless one was highly skilled.
However, the demon easily dodged it.
But Leo was not naive enough to be shocked by this.He unleashed magic at the dodging demon.
"≪Holy Blaze, the flame that descends from the heavens to save the righteous, burn brightly and vanquish the wicked≫"
Holy magic.
Even the formidable demon had to dodge it carefully. The way it dodged was different from before.
It was a dodge without any room for error.
That created an opening.
William seized this opportunity to attack from above.
"Gotcha!"
William unleashed a series of magical attacks with his Dragon Magic Spear.
Of course, at full power.
Multiple attacks hit the demon.
William looked back, expecting to have inflicted considerable damage, but clicked his tongue upon seeing the demon still intact.
"Tch! Our attacks aren't powerful enough!"
"But we are defending. We're not doing anything wrong."
"True. Then let's go for attacks that he can't defend against."
"Let's do that."
Leo, who had regrouped with William, analyzed the situation calmly.
If nothing works, there's no need to defend.
The demon is defending against William's attacks, which means it needs to.
So, they just have to make it so that it can't defend.
Simple, but difficult.
The demon is now on guard, making it even harder to find an opening.
As Leo and William were pondering this, something unexpected happened.
An arrow flew at high speed towards the demon.
A long-range snipe.
The demon lost its right arm.
"What the!?"
The demon had noticed the attack, tried to defend with its right arm, and lost it.
It looked in the direction of the attack.
An archer was running around the battlefield.
He was firing arrows in all directions, effectively targeting all the demons on the battlefield.
The demons weren't omnipotent. They were focused on the enemies they were facing. When attacked like that, their response was inevitably slow.
That archer was dangerous.
If left alone, he could change the course of the battle.
The archer's threat level skyrocketed among the demons.
Therefore, their attention shifted towards him.
Leo and William did not miss this opportunity.
"Uwoooohhhhh!"
William charged first.
He rushed in with his dragon, firing his Dragon Magic Spear at close range.
He fired multiple times, forcing the demon to defend.
In that time, Leo flew in.
He grappled the demon, who was trying to distance itself from William.
"Got you!"
"That's my line!"
The demon tried to counter-attack the grappling Leo.
The demon's attacks were powerful.
If taken head-on, Leo wouldn't escape unscathed.
But this time, Leo was faster.
"≪Holy Blaze, the flame that descends from the heavens to save the righteous, burn brightly and vanquish the wicked≫"
With the holy flame, Leo burned the demon.
Again and again.
Relentlessly.
"Gwaaaaahhhhh!"
The demon had no way to dodge the holy flame while being grappled.
It tried to shake Leo off, but Leo wouldn't let go.
Seeing this, the demon began a rapid descent towards the ground.
The demon would survive the impact, but Leo wouldn't.
"You alone will die!"
The demon screamed as it was burned by the holy flame.
In response, Leo declared,
"I won't die!"
Just as he resolved to finish off the demon before the collision, a voice reached him from below.
"Your Highness!"
"Huh!?"
Leo instinctively let go of the demon.
William caught him as he did.
Just when the demon thought Leo had chickened out, a Dragon Knight charged at it.
A white Dragon Knight wearing a white cloak.
It was Fin, who had arrived just in time.
Fin unleashed a lightning attack at maximum power, far surpassing the power of William's Dragon Magic Spear.
The demon, already weakened by the holy flame, was slammed into the ground.
"Damn it... you mere humans!"
"Attack! Fire!"
Against the demon, William and the surrounding Dragon Knights unleashed a full-power attack.
Of course, Finn joined in.
Normally, it wouldn't be a significant attack for the demon, but in its weakened state, even such attacks were effective.
Magical attacks rained down from the sky until the demon's annihilation was confirmed.
"Haah, haah..."
"Thanks for the help, Fin."
"I'm glad you're safe, Your Highness."
Leo, riding his Gryphalion, spoke to Finn, who was catching his breath.
Both had fought the demon and barely won, then rushed here at full speed. Plus, the earlier battle.
Even Fin was exhausted.
But so was Leo.
If not for the dual enhancement from the Imperial Sword and the Holy Staff, he would have fallen long ago.
"How's the battle going?"
"It's terrible. But we're still holding the line."
Fin answered William's question.
On paper, the allied forces were superior.
They had repelled many of the first wave of demons.
However, the second wave of demons had already been summoned, and some had joined the battle.
Egor and Linares were struggling at the front lines, but they couldn't hold back the tide, and demons were breaking through to the allied forces' side. ṚἈɴôꞖЕṨ
The allied forces were holding them back, but at a great cost.
They had already lost a third of their combat power.
Normally, that would be grounds for immediate retreat.
But their enemy was demons. If they retreated, humanity would have no future.
"The break is over. Let's go suppress the next demon. That's all we can do. We have to hold out... and entrust it to the sky."
Saying this, Leo looked up at the sky.
He couldn't see them.
But there, the two strongest humans were challenging the strongest demon.
Literally, the fate of humanity rested on those two.
The allied forces continued to wear down. The number of elite troops capable of fighting demons was decreasing.
The adventurers who had been so vocal were also significantly reduced.
Many had lost their lives challenging the demons.
The number of Imperial Knights was visibly decreasing.
"Please, Silver, Elna. We can't hold out much longer."
Muttering this, Leo headed towards the next demon with William and the others.
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