One Against Thousands

"Honestly, I've imagined attacking the Demon King's Castle many times."

Standing on a cliff some distance away and gazing at the Demon King's Castle before him, the Hero wore a complicated expression.

"But I never imagined such a crazy scene. To be honest, even in my dreams, I never thought I'd see something like this."

"..."

Hearing the Hero's exclamation, the others nodded one after another. From where they stood, they could see billowing smoke and dust before the Demon King's Castle, along with deafening cries of battle. Fully armed Monster Soldiers and Demonic Soldiers were everywhere. It looked as though they were engaged in a desperate struggle against a massive army.

But in truth, their opponents were only three people.

Duanmu Huai raised his warhammer and brought it crashing down. Centered around him, waves of air spread outward like ripples across a pond. Everywhere they reached, the monsters and Monster Soldiers were blasted into pieces. Almost no one could get close. Even when the Monster Soldiers fired arrows from behind, their arrows could barely reach the three of them before being completely blown away by the surging waves of air.

"Roar-----!!"

At that moment, the Dragon Group flew over from the sky. The massive dragon at the front opened its bloody maw and dove straight at Duanmu Huai and the others, intending to swallow all three of them in one bite.

But the three of them paid no attention to the dragon's attack. Only Okegis, sitting on Duanmu Huai's shoulder, moved her right hand slightly. In the next moment, invisible threads wove themselves into a web and blocked the dragon's path. By the time the dragon sensed that something was wrong, it had already slammed headfirst into the web. Its head was instantly cut into pieces as though it