On the far western seas, a fleet of purple demon ships was sailing.
Recently, they had received orders from Demon Lord Karen—to take the western sea route directly to the Iron Empire's west, opening a second front to assist the main battlefield's attack on the Iron Empire.
Demon General Dierly, sitting at the bow, looked toward the distant sea surface.
The sea, which should normally be turbulent, was extremely calm today. Warships sailing on such seas felt like traveling on land.
"This is quite good..."
Looking at such seas, Dierly was extremely pleased.
They should encounter the Iron Empire's fleet before long.
As the demons' naval commander, it clearly understood one thing.
Compared to demons, the Iron Empire's naval combat ability was extremely weak, with warships basically as small as toys.
The Iron Empire generally chose to use their air force to compensate for naval deficiencies during sea battles.
Today's sea surface was extremely calm, very suitable for demon warship operations...
Such calm seas not only favored demon combat units standing on warships using magic granted by the goddess to attack Iron Empire ships and soldiers, but also greatly facilitated jumping directly onto Iron Empire warships when distances closed!
Looking at the warships behind it, each carrying thousands of demon combat units, Dierly immediately felt its vigilance was somewhat excessive.
Previously, to prevent air raids by Iron Empire griffins and dragon knights, it had specifically requested Demon Lord Karen to send more high-level demons capable of using powerful magic to the navy.
Demon Lord Karen had also generously lent his direct troops to the navy.
But now... with the sea surface so calm, its worries seemed too excessive...
If they could annihilate the Iron Empire's navy in one battle... presumably its status among demons could rise considerably...
When it accumulated enough strength later... hehe...
Once that old thing Karen, who had lived for tens of thousands of years, died... it could become the new Demon Lord!
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"Master! This is truly heaven helping us!"
Nina, wearing a maid outfit, jumped excitedly in place.
Magic Crossbows already had strong precision strike capability, and the sea had been so calm these past days!
The demon warships would be completely annihilated before they could close distance!
"Hmm hmm~ It seems heaven has responded to my desire to quickly go be intimate with my good daughter~"
Alexandra was also in an excellent mood.
Logically, this battle should be unfavorable to the Iron Empire.
After all, calm seas relatively favored demons, who had weak air power but strong naval combat strength.
But with Magic Crossbows sponsored by Elasia, things were different...
Looking at those massive crossbow mechanisms fixed on the ships, Alexandra's mood was truly excellent.
She was really curious about those demons' reactions later...
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"General! Iron Empire warships have appeared!"
"Oh?!"
Hearing his subordinate's report, Demon General Dierly immediately perked up.
The opportunity had come!
"Notify all vessels! Sail toward the human warships at maximum speed!"
It knew that for demons who focused on close combat in naval battles, defeating humans required rapid approach!
As long as they could charge to the humans' warships, victory would already be in the bag!
"Notify the entire fleet, charge toward the human warships!"
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"Hmm hmm~ Not fleeing but approaching us instead..."
Seeing the demon fleet sailing toward Iron Empire warships, Alexandra's already excited smile became even more excited.
"Master! It looks like there are quite a few enemies on the demon warships this time!"
Nina, who observed the numbers on demon warships with her dragon race's superior vision, was equally excited to the extreme!
The demons had deployed over fifty large warships this time, with each warship carrying four to five thousand demons!
Calculating this way... not only had the demon navy come out in full force this time, but they had also borrowed quite a few combat units from other demon forces!
"It seems Karen wants to annihilate us in one stroke this time~"
Alexandra covered her lips and smiled slightly:
"Perfect. The demons deployed over fifty warships, and my good daughter also brought us over fifty Magic Crossbows..."
"Seems like just the right amount~"
Nina nodded excitedly.
"We must quickly eliminate the demons, then hurry to rescue little master!"
She was really too curious about what her little master was like!
Seeing excited Nina, Alexandra also smiled:
"Alright, alright, go prepare to command the air force attack."
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"General! The enemy not only isn't fleeing, they even dare approach our forces!"
"And they've turned their broadsides toward us!"
Hearing his subordinate's report, Demon General Dierly smiled contemptuously.
These humans seemed truly mad...
Normally during battles, human fleets would retreat when encountering them...
In the past, human fleets would release their air forces and begin retreating after encountering demon fleets.
So the Iron Empire's navy had the derisive nickname "Naval Aviation" among demons.
However, looking closely at the human fleet before them, Dierly noticed some differences from usual.
The Iron Empire hadn't used large warships for two hundred years, so why did humans have so many large warships in this battle...
Dierly couldn't understand.
But it felt this was good news.
After all, the larger human warships were, the more favorable for demon attacks.
When they seized all these warships later, it would gain another great achievement!
Seeing the distance between fleets was less than one kilometer, excited Dierly loudly ordered:
"All warships! Use tight formation to sail toward human warships!"
It had already planned everything!
Once they closed to within one hundred meters, it would first order demons on warships to use magic granted by the goddess for one attack, then order combat units to jump directly onto human warships!
After killing all humans on the warships, those ships would belong to the demons!
Thinking of this, it immediately shouted again with magically amplified voice:
"We're now less than five hundred meters from the human fleet! All combat units prepare to cast magic!"
"When the time comes, you can eat the human males as you please! You can play with the female prisoners as you please..."
However, before it could finish speaking, a crossbow bolt flashing with white light flew over...
"Boom!"
With a huge explosion, Dierly immediately felt the world spinning!
It crashed onto the warship's deck.
"Damn! What happened!"
Just standing up, it was about to curse when it discovered... it seemed its flagship...
Was sinking!
Then, looking back, it saw the most unforgettable moment of its demon life...
Its flagship... had broken in two...
And was burning fiercely in the middle...