"Lord Eligor, those humans now dare to launch counterattacks against us. Our frontline camp outside Zhennan Pass has been completely destroyed. Apart from a handful of surviving Dual-Blade Demons, every demon warrior there was slaughtered." Already seething, Maimon spoke first when the other remained silent. "I believe we need to teach these humans a lesson. If they dare raid our frontline camp this time, next time they'll dare to..."
"Shut up." The handsome Serpent Spear Demon God Eligor snorted coldly. "Remember your place, Maimon. I don't need you telling me what to do."
"Now tell me how you managed to botch the mission I assigned you. Each of you took a hundred personal guards to hunt down that Radiant Knight Order force, and neither of you brought back a single one."
As he spoke, Eligor turned his gaze toward the miniature Hellfire Demon God Ami. "What happened?" he asked.
"Divine Seal Knight. Yang Haohan," Ami said slowly. "We must... deal the humans... a crushing blow."
"How did he end up here?" Eligor's brow immediately furrowed, and apprehension suddenly filled his face.
Hadn't the intelligence said that this man served as chairman of the humans' Temple Alliance and stayed out of temple affairs?
And if he remembered correctly, Yang Haohan's last appearance on a battlefield had been over a decade ago, hadn't it? Why had he suddenly appeared now-and not at Imperial Dragon Pass, which the Knight Temple defended, but at the Priest Temple's Zhennan Pass?
"The humans may be preparing something big." Eligor did not reprimand the two. After all, even he would fare poorly against Yang Haohan, who possessed the Throne of Protection and Mercy.
Glancing at Maimon and Ami below, both visibly gnashing their teeth, Eligor considered the matter briefly before continuing, "We will certainly teach these humans