Lord of the Sky City

As for the existence of The Thirty-three Great Demons, the rulers have always kept it a closely guarded secret, even erasing their history, so that ordinary people had no knowledge of their existence.

Because these beings were too terrifying, letting the general public know would only lead to panic.

Fortunately, although each of the Thirty-three Great Demons was extremely threatening and fearsome, they were not the true leaders of the demons in the strictest sense.

In that great war a hundred years ago, The Thirty-three Great Demons indeed led the demons to occupy the land, but after that, no, even during the occupation of the land, these Great Demons gradually ceased to participate in the war.

Take Typhon, the Hundred-Headed Dragon, for example; after leading the Magic Dragons to conquer Demon Extinguish City, he stayed within the city and not only stopped commanding the Magic Dragons but also did not partake in the subsequent wars. The other Great Demons behaved similarly; it was as if their leading the demons to seize the land was done purely out of interest—they fought when it interested them and ignored it when it did not.

This situation persisted from the middle of the war right up until the end of the hundred years following the war’s conclusion. Especially during these last hundred years, The Thirty-three Great Demons seemed to disappear altogether; they scarcely made any appearances.

As to this phenomenon, people had always been unable to understand the reason and were utterly perplexed. However, the behaviors of the Great Demons were extremely beneficial to humanity. Without their leadership, the Normal Demons and the high-level demons, though still quite dreadful, were ultimately a disorganized mess, one that humanity still had the capacity to contend with.

What nobody expected, however, was that one of the Great Demons, Typhon, would reemerge after a century of silence, and as soon as he appeared, he commanded the Magic Dragons to destroy more than ten Sky Cities. This was not only surprising but also a very bad omen!

Therefore, after ascertaining the situation, the Magic Energy Research Institute, which initially did not want to get involved in the war between the Sky Alliance and the Kafka Empire, could not sit idly by any longer. They immediately prepared to make contact with both parties. However, before the emissary from the Magic Energy Research Institute could set out, the warring sides were already preemptively attacked by the demons.

It must be said that this attack was very timely, as it saved the Magic Energy Research Institute quite a bit of effort on one hand and, on the other hand, brought new intelligence!

The demons could fly!

The importance of this discovery even surpassed the appearance of Typhon!

The Magic Energy Research Institute had only previously uncovered information about the Magic Dragons and Typhon and did not know that among the Normal Demons, there were types that could take to the sky. So this was an extremely crucial piece of intelligence, making the situation all the more terrifying.

Because even if Typhon were formidable, he could only lead the Magic Dragons, and the number of Magic Dragons, being high-level demons, was ultimately limited. But if Normal Demons were added to the equation, then the gravity of the situation would escalate to a whole other level.

In this context, as the Three Giants gathered in Eternal City and laid out all the information and experiences they had gathered on the table, a terrifying conclusion emerged.

The demons...

were planning an assault on the sky!

Such a conclusion was not difficult to deduce, as a series of actions taken by the demons could easily lead to this judgment. Furthermore, if one were to look back, one would realize that the unusual activities of the demons have actually been continuous over the recent years.

A few years ago, to be exact, two years ago, before Tulip City fell, the three Saint Cities were still standing tall on the land, but even back then, there had been a strange incident where the demons suddenly launched simultaneous attacks on all three Saint Cities.

A year ago, the fall of Tulip City had shocked the entire world, and while the general populace might not have been aware, those who knew the truth were well aware that the silhouette of a Magic Dragon had been sighted at the time when Tulip City had fallen.

And now, with the appearance of Typhon, one of The Thirty-three Great Demons, coupled with the emergence of flying types among the Normal Demons, everything that had happened in recent years was all connected—the Demons were planning to make a move on the skies!

Is that so?

Yes!

The Three Giants were extremely accurate in their judgment on this matter; the Demons indeed planned to take action against the skies, no, it should be said that they had already taken action...

For as the three major forces gathered to discuss the matter, several Sky Cities were being attacked by Demons to varying degrees.

The attackers of these Sky Cities weren’t the Magic Dragons led by Typhon but the even more terrifying Normal Demons.

Why are Normal Demons considered terrifying?

Because Normal Demons are the most numerous of all demons. These creatures’ individual strengths may not match that of high-level demons, and they are certainly no match for the Great Demons, but their numbers are too great. This was true on land, and it was the same in the skies.

Every Sky City that was attacked faced a vast number of Demons. These Demons flew from the land to the sky without any warning, and their numbers and variety far exceeded everyone’s expectations.

According to subsequent statistics, some Sky Cities encountered attacks by thousands of Demons, some by tens of thousands, and the most unfortunate Sky City encountered several tens of thousands of Demons, to the extent that it was completely surrounded and nearly destroyed by them.

What’s more important, the variety of Flying Demons increased as well. The Flying Demons encountered by the Tulip Battle Zone, though numerous, consisted of only one type: a kind of dark red Demon with flesh wings. But the subsequent attacked Sky Cities faced not just this one type.

Among the Demons that other Sky Cities encountered, there were dark red flesh-winged Demons like those in the Tulip Battle Zone; there were also completely unseen before, gargoyle-like Demons—these Demons in the sky resembled huge stones; there were even Demons that looked like Magic Dragons, though only five or six meters in length. These Demons could spit Fireballs from their mouths just like actual Magic Dragons, causing a great deal of trouble both to warships and to Void Magic Warriors when faced with them.

In sum, after the data had been collected, people found that there were as many as six or seven different types of Flying Demons, and this was only the types that had been seen. No one knew how many unseen varieties there were.

And all of this signified that the situation was developing in the worst possible direction. Under such circumstances, the people of the skies immediately fell into a state of fear and chaos!

There was no helping it; when Demons started appearing in the skies on a large scale and attacking Sky Cities uninterrupted, the matter could no longer be concealed. Following that, it uncontrollably spread, sweeping through the entire sky in a short period of time.

Under these circumstances, everyone knew that they had to take action, or else the skies would be finished.

But who in the skies had the power to take action?

Naturally, it would be the Sky Alliance, the Kafka Empire, and the Magic Energy Research Institute—the Three Giants. Consequently, everyone’s attention converged onto these three major forces, all waiting for their response.