The city they were currently in was actually already very close to the Demon King's Army's front line.
After some thought, Mel still decided to take a look before leaving the passenger ship. After all, who knew when he would next return to the Kingdom of Kren?
The three of them arrived at the front lines together.
Like battlefields elsewhere, in a world of swords and magic like this, wars fought with cold weapons were unimaginably brutal.
Corpses lay scattered outside the city, with no time even to collect them. The Demon King's Army was camped not far beyond the defensive line.
The soldiers cowered beneath the city walls in panic and despair. "How are we supposed to defeat something like that? Even Hall of Fame experts were killed."
"That thing is an unkillable monster, just like the Blood Demon from the myths—an Apostle!"
Mel moved through the chaos, and no one stopped him. He had a human face, even though he could no longer truly be considered human.
Mel had heard both the Sword Saint and Akai mention the term Blood Demon. It had killed Xi Edwen's brother. It seemed that on the day he had escaped Garde Imperial City, En Edwin's body had been transported back to the imperial city.
There was also a similarly brutal being in myths, characterized by immortality and bloodlust.
Mel found it hard to believe that anything could truly be impossible to kill. Yet in a fantasy world like this, it somehow seemed entirely reasonable. An immortal Apostle.
Unlike Apostles that existed in other forms, the "Blood Demon" had always been a singular being.
"Mel, do you want to go take a look?"
"You wait for me. This feels too dangerous. This is the corresponding teleportation array. If we set it up in