But Archbishop Link was no fool. This was the perfect time to use them against the Underworld King's army.
A hum swelled in the distance. Then planes filled the sky like locusts, appearing over the battlefield under the escort of the Griffin Cavalry.
A furious bombardment followed. The Holy Light Church pilots had trained for only five or six hours, but they flew toward the enemy lines in a frenzy, dropping bombs packed with Enchanted Explosives into the Underworld King's densely packed ranks.
Small mushroom clouds rose slowly across the battlefield.
Each one meant thousands of soldiers in the Underworld King's army had been blown to pieces.
Yet the horrific casualties could not stop the army's advance. These humans worshipped the Underworld King devoutly and did not fear death. To them, it was simply a glorious way to return to the underworld.
"Soldiers, show the great Underworld King your courage and loyalty!" the generals and officers roared, charging ahead without fear of death.
"Destroy the enemy, and the Underworld King will reward us!" Their irrational fervor drove them all into a frenzy.
The soldiers felt heat surging through their bodies, as though a volcano lay hidden inside them, ready to erupt.
The entire battlefield had become a vast grinder of flesh, devouring countless lives...
In the Main World, inside the Grand Duke's Castle, Green cut his connection to the ghost sentry at the front and sat alone in his study.
The brutality of this war far exceeded what he had expected.
Green had anticipated that this war, a prelude to the Divine War, would be different from the more restrained conflicts of the past.
Take the war between the Divine Eagle Empire and the Holy Light Church in the Number One Void World. It had seemed enormous, with over a