Is this really a Game?!



Upon the death of the last remaining high-grade Tier IV demon, the morale of the other demons plummeted. Their two strongest combatants had been defeated by the enemy, and they were now at an even bigger disadvantage. Wolf and the others started cleaning up the remaining demons without much trouble.

Some decided to blow themselves up, while the rest ignited their cores and fought till their last breath. Both of those things were hard to go up against. Those that blew themselves up did it in the sneakiest way possible, first igniting their cores to let the opponents lower their guard and allow them to get close before doing so while those that ignited their cores stopped worrying about their injuries completely and fought without a care in the world.

Many got injured thanks to the tactics the demons used, and some more monsters died as well. Even Ploakon, the mage-type elite monster that M'azgara had created fell prey to one demon that blew himself up, killing them both.

Ilamen, the monster with the greatest offensive power amongst the five elite monsters had both of his arms destroyed, smashed to pieces by a demon while Mozgot's entire body was riddled with wounds, some parts being laid bare as the demons had managed to rip his skin off and injure the powerful muscles as well.

Ulkor, the speedy type, was relatively fine as he used his great speed to go from one battle to another, helping the others out and dealing with some fast attacks that would either catch the demons off guard or distract them.

Licon was also relatively fine. He didn't excel in anything, but he also had no apparent weakness. His body was powerful and could take a beating, he was also deadly up close with some long-range capabilities and was only slower than Ulkor.

With him being the first elite created, and with him taking bits and pieces of how Reign and the others fought, he was able to quickly hone his skills and make his body a killing machine. With his tough scales, sharp claws, and long tail, Licon was able to fight the enemy with a wide variety of attacks and hit them from weird angles.

Magokur's right arm was broken, while Tank had suffered a heavy blow when a demon blew itself up as he was right in front of it. He wasn't able to even use his shield to properly shield himself and had to resort to his ability, which saved his life, even though he was heavily injured thanks to the explosion.

Laura's head was bleeding, Beast's hands were as sore as they could be with his fingers bleeding, and the rest fared no better.

Their losses were not that high, with M'azgara's monsters present, they were the ones to take the brunt of the damage, as well as the only ones that had perished.

Out of the 16 monsters, only 5 remained, with 4 of them being M'azgara's elites and one normal Tier IV monster. Even though that meant that they had lost almost half of their Tier IV group, it wasn't truly so. 

Had they lost anyone else, that would have been a tragedy since getting another human to evolve to Tier IV was not that easy, but for M'azgara's monsters, it was only the loss of Ploakon that was somewhat large thanks to the fact that the next elite M'azgara creates wouldn't be as powerful at the beginning and would need some time to improve his strength.

After all, right after their creation, the elites were only a bit stronger compared to the normal monsters that M'azgara could create, it was the fact that they had their own thoughts and could improve themselves that made them special, leading to them leveling up and becoming more powerful, more used to their body and powers.

Upon finishing up the Tier IV demons, Wolf and the others, at least the ones that were still able to fight, made their way over to the demon army that had less than half their initial numbers left. With the incredible powers that a Tier IV being possessed, even an injured one, they were able to deal astonishing damage to the army and quickly deal with them, saving the three armies from having to fight much longer and pile up more casualties.

Upon the defeat of the demon army, Reign breathed out a sigh of relief and lost consciousness, well, to be more exact, he finally allowed himself to fall asleep. He had been holding back his fatigue during this time, only so that the demon would still fear him and consider the possibility of their souls being devoured so that they wouldn't resort to blowing themselves up and acting suicidal.

A lot of them had fled the battlefield as well, even more after seeing how their leaders had been killed.

Without any Tier IV combatants present, the demons knew they were finished, many of them scattered around and fled. Upon seeing how Wolf and the others weren't going after them, more demons started running away, those that had done so at the very end being hunted down by the players and the immortal army.

The monster army took the brunt of the damage, as did the immortal army. After all, their numbers were much easier to replenish compared to the players, so Reign and the others had deliberately placed the monsters so that they would take much more damage compared to the players.

Tank was the leader of the Immortal Legion, and his four generals knew what to do. The immortal army was placed where the battle was most dangerous, just like the monster army, allowing the players to fight against the weaker demons, except for the high-grade and peak Tier III players who had joined the more dangerous parts of the battlefield in order to defeat the more powerful demons.

Out of the 2 500 players that had joined the battle, 2 200 remained. The monster army was almost wiped out, without only about 20 of them remaining while the Immortal Legion was left with 300 soldiers.

The demons had the number advantage after all, and in order to make sure that the players were as safe as possible, Reign and the others knew that they had to sacrifice almost all the monsters and immortal soldiers, luckily, it worked.

Even though losing 300 men was not a small number at all, it could be considered a great success when putting all the facts on the table. Against an army of 10 000, the 6 000 men strong army had lost about 60% of their numbers, but that had been deliberately done so the players would suffer the least as they had only lost 12% of their total numbers.

Reign and the others could have minimized the total casualties of the entire army by having all three armies fighting fiercely and helping each other, which would have reduced the losses by about 10 – 20%. Still, the players would have lost more people, which was something they didn't want to see.

With M'azgara present, it wouldn't take her much to get the monster army back, especially since she had thousands of demon bodies laying around the battlefield.

With her monsters present, they would transport the bodies back so that she could quickly produce more of them by using the demons as nutrients.

From the sheer number present, Reign and the others were certain that she would not only bring back the full number of Tier IV monsters, but the monster army would be definitely larger than before, and it would only take her a couple of days to do so.

Tank would have to wait, however. His four generals hadn't died, but they were still peak Tier III combatants, only that now, after going through such a large and difficult battle, they were very close to stepping into the realm of Tier IV.

After their evolutions, it would be much easier for them to regain the army's numbers, even making it more powerful relatively quickly, but Tank still didn't know how long it would take for the four to evolve and do so, which meant he had to patiently wait.

For now, his army would be almost useless as the number of immortal soldiers had dwindled so much. 

But the main thing was the fact that now, Reign and the others were the undeniable rulers of the mountain range, with only the depths being out of their control.

The demons were still present, and there would definitely be more Tier IV demons appearing in the near future, but they wouldn't be a problem. Those demons would be low-grade Tier IVs, and if they had half a brain, they would hide from sight so that Reign and the others didn't kill them.

The only thing left was to go back and get the monster portal over here so that M'azgara's monsters were able to quickly bring her nutrients. The faster they did so, the faster she would be able to create Tier IV monsters that would man the wall and defend it from the depths, as well as create a more powerful army than before.