Pursuit and Slaughter

The great rout began.

Just like an avalanche, not a single snowflake was innocent.

This time, the rout of this legion of tens of millions of devils—

Its root cause was the flight of the devil nobles.

If they had not fled, but instead ordered the entire legion to withdraw together,

Then as long as they had left the range of Millstone Fortress, even if they fled madly afterward, drawing away Charles and the Greater Demons and Demon Lords with him,

A portion of the legions under their command could still have retreated back to Purgatory.

Because at that point, Charles would not have dared to command his own legions to pursue them.

Should the devils suddenly turn back and launch a counterattack, in a field battle with roughly equal numbers, demons were no match for devils.

But there were no ifs.

With the flight of the greater devil nobles and Greater Devil commanders,

The command structure of the devil legions was completely shattered.

Other than a small number of Greater Devils still holding fast to their command posts, most had fled.

No one knew how many could escape, but every extra moment of life was worth fighting for.

The devil legions collapsed.

They lost their organization, and their morale plummeted.

They also lacked the support of many third-rank Greater Devils.

Then, when the Greater Demons under Charles charged out, the slaughter began.

The retreat turned into a rout.

The rout turned into a slaughter.

The demons slaughtered the retreating devils with wild abandon.

When Charles's wizard tower teleported back to Millstone Fortress,

The place had already become somewhat empty.

After learning what had happened, Charles was not angry.

Because he knew this was in a demon's nature.

Charles set down the wizard tower and loaded its first floor with