By keeping Free City out of the war, Annan was, in a sense, fighting alone.
He held the title of Legion Commander, but had not a single soldier under his command.
Fortunately, Annan could still put his talent to work. Before the demons' main force arrived, he needed to recruit allies fast.
Shadow Song and her prisoner-soldiers would be a good fit. As for mobilizing his fans in High Mountain City... better not.
What was the difference between sending people who loved him to their deaths and sending his own citizens?
And he needed to warn Dimon Kingdom: they had to wipe out the demon threat.
Annan found Delatorre on the Inner City wall. "My spy tells me the leader of these demons is Nanako, the Legendary Red Dragon Sorcerer and a minion of the Demon Lord Nanami."
"Sorry, what did you say?" Delatorre suddenly felt as though his hearing had gone muddy.
"You know powerful demons can sense their true names, right? So I gave them aliases."
"Your spy? Where is he?"
"He wouldn't be much of a spy if I let you see him whenever you liked." Annan looked guarded. "But I suppose I can tell you this... my spy holds a high position among the demons."
Delatorre neither agreed nor disagreed. After all, no one would question a Sorcerer's connections... if he wanted to, he could sleep with every humanoid in the city.
"Is that all you have to tell me?"
"That isn't enough?"
"No." Delatorre shook his head. "We already knew who was behind these demons... Nanako."
Annan thought for a moment. "I also know that if Nanako dies, these demons will fall apart on their own."
"That's always been true of demons. Take out the leader and overseers hidden in a Demon Tide, and they'll