"Understood. To prevent The Citadel from being breached, activate the Magic Array and sacrifice the Chaos Will."
The Nightmare Demon King spoke. After hesitating for a moment, the Demon Kings chose to nod. It would cost them dearly in the future, but they had no choice. If they did not do this, they would not have a future at all.
"I thought we could hold out for a while. I never expected we'd have to sacrifice the Chaos Will as soon as the war began."
Satanish could not help shaking his head. He simply could not understand how, in just five short years, the Mechanical Demon King's forces had grown so powerful.
Personal strength was one thing. There were always lucky people who could rapidly grow stronger. But building up a faction was supposed to take a great deal of time, was it not?
There was nothing magical about this.
Seeing that the offensive was proceeding smoothly, the Mechanical Hell Command Corps was quite pleased. Howard shouted toward Earth and Asgard, "Earth reinforcements, Asgard reinforcements, hurry to Hell..."
The superheroes' hearts clenched. Had something gone wrong on the Hell battlefield?
Just then, Howard added, "If you don't come soon, the war will be over."
"Fuck."
Everyone rolled their eyes. Tony recognized Howard's voice and gritted his teeth. "Old man, wait for me in Hell. We have a lot of scores to settle."
"Tony, you've disappointed me too much. You won't even call me Dad."
Howard laughed loudly. "I'll wait for you in Hell. Oh, right, I've taken Ivan as my student. He has plenty of surprises waiting for you. When the time comes, I'll definitely cheer... Ivan on."
"Ivan? Fuck."
Tony was so furious his nose nearly went crooked. Instead of teaching his own son, the old man was teaching