A Faltering Finish

The demons had never expected Gustav to make such a choice.

Brother, were you really that reckless? We had an army of hundreds of thousands, yet your four infantry legions, barely over a hundred thousand strong, had charged in so rashly. Were you trying to get yourselves killed?

Not only the demons, but even Roland and Reff, the overall commander of this battle, were greatly startled. They hurriedly prepared to dispatch the Mage Regiment for support.

But before they could make a move, the caught-off-guard demons actually crumbled under the Storm Legion's countercharge. The demons at the front were slaughtered until they wailed for their fathers and mothers. Their morale plummeted, and they hurriedly turned and retreated.

On a battlefield with hundreds of thousands of troops, retreating was not as simple as wanting to retreat. The front ranks were falling back while the rear ranks were still charging forward with the main force. In an instant, the demon formation descended into chaos. Seizing the opportunity, the Four Great Legions, led by the Storm Legion, launched a simultaneous charge and slaughtered large numbers of demons.

After observing carefully, Roland finally discovered the reason. During the charge, Gustav had gathered nearly all the powerful fighters of the Storm Legion at the front line.

The Storm Legion had once been the Storm Pirates, and the Storm Pirates had gathered the elites of most pirate groups across the Sea of Ten Thousand Islands. Before joining Roland, the Storm Pirates had commanded hundreds of thousands of troops. In the end, they had been consolidated into fifty thousand men to establish the Storm Legion. It could be said that every soldier in the Storm Legion was an elite among elites.

This had made the Storm Legion far stronger than the Loyal Lion and Black Knight Legions.