"Drop dead!"
The combined attack of the Four Generals was about to hit the Hell Realm folks, but at that moment something unexpected happened. A wall of fire appearing out of nowhere got between the attack and the victims, swallowing the attack bearing four different gem colors.
"Your loyalty is worth a lifetime, glorious generals!"
Eyshan shouted with her seductive voice, and right after, walls made of stone, ice, and spiritual energy merged, trapping the four people inside them.
"Oh Atractivo, what would it have cost you to play along a bit more?"
The Queen of Hell, who had pressed her hands to her face in fear just a moment ago, stepped forward; right behind her were the Fiends and the Four Sect Sheikhs.
"You actually weren't bad, but I know your blood. I'm well aware of what a deceitful bitch you are!"
"Watch your mouth, my offer still stands. Come over to my side and take your place beside me as my man! What do you say?"
"You'll never learn, will you? Deceiving and manipulating people runs in your blood!"
Unable to hold himself back while the two were talking, Hueso rushed to his old friend's side.
"What's going on Atractivo? Who stopped the Generals?"
The Handsome Sheikh turned to his chalk-colored friend, a bitter smile on his face.
"Will you tell it Eyshan, or should I summarize it?"
The Queen of Hell was making the huge garden ring with her laughter; her mood had completely changed.
"Stupid Hueso, if only you were my only enemy! He sent you underground just so I wouldn't kill you and saved you, but for how long? Today, you have both arrived at your final destination!"
"As for the Generals, they are a bunch of idiots just like you. Their only difference is being arrogant; arrogant enough to think they can come to the Hell Palace, insult me, and make it out alive!
Actually, I thought they might rough you up a bit more, but they turned out to be all hot air. You shouldn't expect much from people who have just become generals; they are merely pawns to be sent into enemy territory. Still, it won't be half bad for them to be eliminated; in the war starting today, we are getting rid of four powerful enemies!"
When Eyshan finished her words, attacks breaking off from the edges started hitting the Generals trapped inside the cube formed by four different energies. Every kind of power containing fire, ice, stone, and spirit energies was mercilessly battering their bodies.
"Her Majesty Queen Eyshan!"
"Queen of Hell, we can talk!"
"If you spare our lives, we can be of great use to you!"
"We swear our allegiance, we will be your slaves until we die!"
Even though the Generals screamed for their lives, their addressee didn't turn to look at their faces. With her nose in the air, her eyes were on the Holy Blood and Holy Bone disciples.
"Who are you to serve me? You were going to raid the Holy Blood Sect, support the civil war, and make things easier for me, that's all. You had the audacity to pin your own incompetence on me, you insulted me, and you coveted my lands. No power can snatch you from the hands of death!"
The decision had long been made; Eyshan had sealed the fate of the generals whose bodies were being torn apart piece by piece.
"Hueso, and you wanted to go after them. If you had entered the formation, even I couldn't have saved you!"
"Wow, how sneaky! While pretending to be scared and shivering there all this time, they were secretly setting up this formation!"
Eavesdropping on the conversation of the two friends, Eyshan didn't hold back.
"What did you think, you stupid Sheikh of the Holy Bone. The reason I've pretended to be shivering in fear for a hundred years is to take a step back and throw a harder punch.
When the bitch named Mora disrupted the balance of the entire Hell Realm, I was a tiny little girl, and the only thing I could do was make the others think they were ruling me.
They asked for gold, I gave it; they asked for blood stones, I gave them; I didn't even make a peep when they even wanted to pillage your lands, but it's over. When the sun rises, everyone living on earth will see what kind of power the Queen of the Hell Realm possesses. Whatever has been taken from me until today, I will take it all back tenfold!"
Eyshan seemed uncompromising, but one more person had things to say.
"What a coincidence, we are of the exact same mind as you Eyshan. Whatever you took from the Holy Blood Sect for a hundred years, we came to tear it back!"
Atractivo looked at least as determined as her; this was the confident attitude of someone who destroyed the traps set by the enemy.
"It's not that easy, time to face the true power of the Four Sects!"
Four portals appeared in the area soaked with the blood of the generals; where they led could be seen through the transparent doors. The lands bearing the energy characteristics of the four sects were in plain sight.
"Say hello to my elite forces I raised thanks to your blood stones and wealth, you pathetic losers!"
Four groups of a hundred people each quickly came out and took their places in front of their Sheikhs. It wasn't for nothing that these people, armored and armed from head to toe, were introduced as elite forces. The cultivation of each and every one of them was at the Self-Control level, and especially their weapons screamed high quality.
"I'll admit, I thought I could handle this with the losers who just died and called themselves generals. Even though I expected you to make some preparations, the fact that you found such strong disciples threw a wrench in my plans a bit.
Anyway, you got to spend a little more time before you die. Congratulations, but your end has come. Four Sect Sheikhs, do what you must!"
The game was over and the real struggle began; the Four Sheikhs and four hundred elite disciples marched upon the handful of people on the battlefield.
"Atractivo, what are we going to do?"
Hueso asked this question so many times in the same day that no one was paying attention to him anymore. The Handsome Sheikh was watching what was happening, but he didn't have a terrified expression. He raised his sword, slightly parted his lips, he was just about to say something, but Nafız beat him to the punch and made the arena ring with her shrill voice.
"Alyon you big head, what are you waiting for?"
No one could make sense of the unexpected call until the force of four hundred people was attacked from their right side.
"Elite Ten, attack!"
The command came from a man built like a giant; when gazes turned to him, some would recognize him.
"Isn't this the guy the representative scolded calling him Noyla. Didn't he die?"
The person who messed with Nafız at the beginning of the day was none other than Alyon using Gulag's elixir, and he had the strongest core team of the Orc Steppes with him.
"Rise, Hundred Thousand Warriors!"
Number one of the Elite Ten was on the job; the orc souls bursting from the rising totem were the first to reach the enemy. When they hit and passed through the four hundred people like a giant wave, Eyshan and the Fiends were in a panic; something they never expected was happening.
When the initial shock passed, they saw what was happening. The souls, which didn't pose a great danger to fully equipped individuals with superior cultivation, had only been able to halt their advance, and their numbers were dropping every moment as a result of the counterattack.
"Don't panic! Cut them down quickly and advance, our target hasn't changed!"
When the Sheikhs got involved, the souls melted like snow falling on warm earth, but this didn't mean they were finished.
"Rise, Hundred Thousand Warriors!"
When number one directed a massive number of souls onto the battlefield once more, the Sheikhs had to reevaluate their plans.
"Fifty people break off and kill the mage!"
A quarter of the forces headed for the Elite Ten; a new front was opening in the chaotic battlefield.
"Come, come! Let us show you how the orcs you've looked down on for years fight!"