The demon legion still numbered vast multitudes.
Demons blanketed the mountains and plains.
The demons' strength had not decreased—it had actually increased.
Although many lesser demons had died, many more lower and middle-rank demons had been added.
To say nothing else, the Ratman troops under Charles had grown considerably stronger in these recent battles.
A huge number of lesser-demon Ratmen had died, but the number of lower-rank Flame Ratmen had risen to fifteen thousand.
The middle-rank Flame Ratmen had increased by another thousand as well.
Even more remarkably, more than a dozen Greater Demon-level Flame Ratmen had appeared.
Charles had now brought all of those Greater Flame Ratmen into his personal guard.
There were even female Flame Ratmen among them, and these were the ones Charles particularly needed to protect.
All those female Flame Ratmen had been assigned to Bruce. Charles hoped they would breed even more powerful offspring.
Within this devil city,
the greater devils had gathered together, but none of them looked particularly well.
There was one devil count, more than a dozen devil viscounts, and several dozen devil barons in the city.
Many of them were reinforcements sent by other devil nobles.
Those devil reinforcements had now converged in this city as well.
The devil count asked, "Gentlemen, now that we are all in this city, hold the line!"
"I have received word that a devil army led by a marquis is on its way."
"As long as we can hold out for one month, the marquis's devil army will arrive to reinforce us!"
"When that time comes, we will all be heroes of merit. Every baron will receive benefits and the blessings of Purgatory!"
"We have so many greater devils, and we can rely on the city for defense. Even if the demon overlord attacks in