Days passed.
At last, a figure from the Devil Race appeared within the "gate" of Golden Radiance Territory, which countless eyes had been watching.
But there was only one person.
Faced with the human allied forces' tightly arrayed formation and the towering killing intent, he remained utterly composed, as though none of it existed.
That composure remained with him all the way to the human allied forces' command headquarters in Golden Radiance City.
"A Devil Race envoy?" Emperor Rex studied the Devil Race member before him, who looked no different from an ordinary human. He should be a Greater Devil, the strongest race among the Devil Race aside from the royal family, capable of a special demonic transformation in battle.
"Greetings, Your Majesty Rex. I am Francis Vacheli, deputy commander of the Red Dragon Corps under George, First General of the Fallen Angel Empire. I have come to deliver a challenge letter from General Jerrant, supreme commander of the Devil Race allied forces." Francis spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly, calmly facing the covetous gazes all around him.
"General Jerrant? So he was the commander who made me suffer such a crushing loss in that battle in the Demon Realm." Emperor Rex ordered a subordinate to accept the challenge letter from Francis. After reading it for a few moments, he looked mildly surprised. "General Jerrant wishes to face me in an open and honorable duel? And here in Golden Radiance Territory?"
The Devil Race had surely learned of the situation between the human allied forces and the "gate" in Golden Radiance Territory from the captured soldiers. It did not necessarily mean that the prisoners had betrayed them; in this world of magic, there were countless means of reading memories, so obtaining such intelligence was hardly surprising.
"Correct." A sharp light flickered