Just as Solam moved into the fortress Malcanthet had gifted him, the ten legions of the Sons of Solam launched attacks on the fortresses designated in the plan at the scheduled time. Some belonged to demons, while others belonged to devils.
Without any warning, war erupted at five different fortresses.
Yet this drew no attention from anyone else, because on the Blood War battlefield, wars could break out anytime, anywhere. Sometimes demons fought devils; sometimes demons fought demons. In fact, demons fighting demons was even more common.
The war had begun suddenly and ended quickly. After all, the Sons of Solam were unlike ordinary demon lords. Most of them possessed considerable strategic ability. Months, or even one or two years before launching their attacks, they had already begun investigating their targets and gathering intelligence. Thus, the battles had fallen entirely into their hands.
Of the five wars, four ended in less than an hour. The only battle that lasted more than half a day was the raid on a devil fortress led by Horus, the Shadowmoon Dire Wolves, and the Alpha Legion.
It had to be said that the devils utterly surpassed demons in tactical discipline, fortress defense systems, and response speed. Attacking a devil fortress in the Blood War was equivalent to facing the pincer attack of several neighboring devil fortresses. Those devils stuck together tightly.
However, before the combined assault of Horus and Alphaarius, the devils' defenses were swiftly destroyed. To the devils, facing Horus and Alphaarius even felt like facing themselves.
They were too similar!
Meticulous, thorough plans; covert, deadly infiltration and sabotage; cold, swift strikes; flawless, ruthless tactics—they were nothing like demons! Instead, they resembled the devils' own elite forces.
After taking the devil fortress, Horus immediately adjusted his tactics and began setting up defenses to