Chapter 1032: Chapter 40: Smuggling Troops Under Cover Silent Dark Grassland.
Under the blood-red sun, a towering fortress is slowly moving across this vast grassland. Its walls seep with blood and corpses, and on bastions around ten meters high, you can see fierce and hulking Purgatory Jackal Wolfman warriors.
In the direction of the fortress gates, there is a drop of several meters. Looking forward from the city gate, you can see a dense mass of slaves, primarily humans, but also some of other races, numbering perhaps tens of thousands at a glance.
All these slaves are dragging thick pulling cables, and below lies the base of the entire city, a massive rocky roller.
Yenogu City.
A blood-stained fortress moving on the 422nd layer of the Bottomless Abyss. Countless hungry wolf pups surround it, their dark-green eyes fixated on the human slaves. As soon as any slave collapses and the overseer deems them useless for work, they are tossed to the wolf pups for a hearty feast.
"Head south."
"To the Gate of Assembly!"
A Purgatory Jackal Wolfman Priest issued the command. Recently, many human slaves in Yenogu City have died. Although the wolf pups are well-fed, and even the female jackal wolfmen have birthed more litters this year, the shortage of human slaves would displease the great Jackal Wolfman God. They must immediately head to the Gate of Assembly to receive more slaves from the mortal plane.
"High Priest."
At this moment, a Purgatory Jackal Wolfman scout hurried over, knelt down and said, "Urgent battle report from the front line."
The Legendary Level Purgatory Jackal Wolfman Priest, with blood-red eyes, looked over and said coldly, "Speak."
The jackal wolfman scout respectfully handed over a human skin scroll. They have no paper, nor parchment, so humans must be fully utilized. It said in a low voice, "The Enchanting Demons from the Seepage Forest launched an attack, and we’ve lost contact with the logging camp."
"The last patrol already discovered over a dozen High Tier Enchanting Demons."
"This time they might have increased their numbers."
In the Bottomless Abyss, the Enchanting Demons and Jackal Wolfmen are evenly matched in battle, but most of the time the Jackal Wolfmen hold the upper hand, as the Enchanting Demons are too few in number.
The Purgatory Jackal Wolfman Priest took the human skin scroll and immediately ordered a team of Purgatory Warriors to support them, then solemnly asked, "Anything else?"
The kneeling jackal wolfman said, "Mortals from the Cursed Throat attacked our town."
"They kidnapped some of our slaves."
"The Man-Eating King, Malagath, also killed our leader, skinned, and devoured him."
Malagath, a Level 10 Rogue/Level 10 Legendary Captain, is a human who fell into the Bottomless Abyss, commanding a mortal fleet composed of escaped slaves. Due to scarce resources, they eat almost anything, be it Jackal Wolfmen or other mortals, and only strong humans can survive in the fleet.
Jackal Wolfmen dislike approaching the sea, and this guy is like a cunning sea demon, striking them unpredictably.
"We will deal with them after receiving the slaves at the Gate of Assembly."
The Jackal Wolfman Priest frowned and said, "Order the patrols to seal the coastline. Warn us immediately if any fleet approaches."
These desperate humans even devour Jackal Wolfmen. It’s rumored they even roast and eat ghouls.
When truly pushed to the brink, humans can be as ruthless as any other.’
These minor matters do not yet require alarming the great Jackal Wolfman God—Yenogu, for He is contemplating more significant issues. Under the commands of the Jackal Wolfman Priest, a Jackal Wolfman army soon departs, consisting of over a hundred wolf cavalry, along with hundreds of Purgatory Jackal Wolfman warriors. These forces are enough to repel the Enchanting Demons.
As the entire grassland is scattered with their tribal clans.
Seepage Forest.
Duncan stood before the red shroud, gazing steadily at the mortals before him.
Leading them was a burly middle-aged man, his face weathered. He was aligned with the evil faction of humanity, perhaps even a cannibal. Beside him was a small, extremely vicious Half-Elf.
These humans, seeing Duncan surrounded by demons, instinctively felt fear and slowly knelt down.
"Where do you come from?"
Duncan looked down at the human warrior before him, a ruthless gangster and the overseer of mortals, serving as a lackey to the Jackal Wolfmen.
—Lament, Sergeant (Three-Star Gold).
Lament cautiously looked up, glancing at this dreadful human commanding demons. Not knowing if he was truly human or a demon in human disguise, he replied in an extremely humble manner, "My lord."
"I come from the Blood Red Dusk, Tambong."
"The territory of Witch King Zatek."
Hmm?
Duncan frowned, and the red shroud beside him softly spoke, "The Blood Red Dusk. A realm on the brink of being destroyed by magic."
At this moment, the Half-Elf raised his head, his dark-green eyes exuding cruelty, but his voice was flattering, "Master."
"You have granted us freedom, and we pledge allegiance to you!"
—Carl Vel (Half-Elf) (Three-Star Silver Grey).
A Half-Elf rogue, a cannibal.
He is also adept at cooking, but primarily uses humans as ingredients, highly favored by the Jackal Wolfman overseers.
Unlike the friendlier Half-Elves of the Ferren realm, the Half-Elves of the Blood Red Dusk are a cannibalistic race, extremely vicious and cunning.
It is a very dangerous world.