Two hours later.
In the eastern area of the Underground City entrance, Diliya, Maldron, and over ten thousand Tourang City warriors began their operation in groups of ten.
The earth demons lived far apart. Normally, there would only be one every thousand meters or so; sometimes, they had to travel two or three thousand meters before finding a second.
Diliya and the others had no choice but to spread their teams far apart, which required the ten-man squads to coordinate even more closely.
"Screech~!"
Winged monsters with demonic heads occasionally flew overhead. All of them were peak lower gods, and their targets were Diliya and the others below.
"Meylon, watch the skies. Karls, you four watch the surroundings. Dory, you and your men ambush around the cave entrance. Once I lure it out, capture it," Diliya assigned the tasks.
"Yes." Meylon, Karls, and Dory were all members of her squad. They hurried to their respective positions, some watching the Demon Birds in the sky and others monitoring the surrounding area.
"Brothers, we've entrusted our safety to one another. If we encounter an enemy, none of you can run away alone. You must notify the others. Understood?" Diliya reminded them uneasily.
After living for tens of thousands of years, this was the first time she had entrusted her life to anyone other than her father and mother. Having to rely on others to watch for danger around her made her extremely uncomfortable.
"Rest assured, Your Highness. Our lives are in the hands of our brothers as well. We just promised each other that none of us would flee alone," Meylon said as he watched the sky.
"We agreed on this. Whoever gets a teammate killed, the rest of us will kill him," Dory growled.
"Good." Everyone nodded.
Before this, although Diliya