Yang Zhiwen was unaware of the public opinion storm facing Huaguo on Blue Star, because at this moment, he had to confront the Demon Race Vanguard Troops that had already reached the edge of his Territory.
The watchtowers established on several high mountains sent messages this morning that the Demon Race had appeared near the Territory's edge.
However, according to the messages sent back from the watchtowers, the Demon Race appearing now were merely Scouts, and there was no sign of a large-scale invasion.
It is estimated that these Demon Race members appearing are just the preliminary Reconnaissance Troops.
But since the Demon Race's Reconnaissance Troops have appeared, it can be confirmed that the Demon Race Main Force is not far away.
After the observers from several watchtowers retreated to the castle, the defense work of the castle was completely taken over by the Fierce Shark Special Forces led by Gao Feng.
As for the soldiers already in the Territory and the temporarily conscripted Militia, they were responsible for maintaining internal security and order within the castle.
Upon returning to the castle, Yang Zhiwen had already moved all the Commoners from the surrounding area into the castle.
Excluding those who fled the Territory for Nord City, the number of Commoners inside the castle now exceeds 3,000.
Fortunately, the castle area is large enough to accommodate 3,000 people.
And the more than 100 soldiers and Militia are responsible for managing these 3,000-plus people.
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"Report, Captain, the Demon Race Main Force has appeared outside the castle perimeter."
Several hours later, a large contingent of the Demon Race appeared around the castle.
Gao Feng immediately went to the highest point of the castle and then used binoculars to observe the Demon Race not far away in detail.
With just one glance, Gao Feng couldn't help but gasp in shock.
Gao Feng saw that the Demon Race appearing a few kilometers outside the castle numbered at least several thousand.
Moreover, all sorts of Demon Race members were bizarre and varied.
There were humanoid Demon Race members, completely black, about the same height as humans, but with a large mouth on their heads and fingernails half a meter long.
There were also Demon Race members that moved on all fours, with two horns on their heads, covered in black Scale Armor, and about the size of an adult water buffalo.
There were also Demon Race members that could fly in the air like bats.
A black tide composed of various Demon Race members was passing not far from the castle.
However, the fortunate thing was that the massive number of Demon Race members did not sweep directly toward the castle.
The Demon Race bypassed the castle and continued moving east.
Seeing the Demon Race's actions, Gao Feng knew that the Demon Race's true target was likely Nord City, east of the castle.
After all, Nord City controls the Nadal Pass; as long as the Demon Race can control Nord City, the Nadal Pass will be completely under their control.
Only by controlling the Nadal Pass can the Demon Race pass through the Divine Creation Mountain Range on a large scale and continue to spread into the central and eastern regions of the Continent.
If they cannot control the Nadal Pass, even if the Demon Race occupies all the areas west of the Divine Creation Mountain Range, they will not achieve much in terms of Combat Power.
Although the Nadal Pass is not the only location that allows passage across the Divine Creation Mountain Range, it is the widest passage point in the entire Divine Creation Mountain Range.
Other locations that cross the Divine Creation Mountain Range can usually only accommodate a small number of personnel, and the road conditions are extremely poor, with very complex terrain.
They cannot allow large numbers of the Demon Race to pass through in an organized manner in a short time, and because the terrain in other areas is complex, they often only require a very small Guard force to block the Demon Race's eastward advance.
Therefore, compared to Nord City, the Territory where Yang Zhiwen was located seemed somewhat insignificant.
To the Demon Race, a Territory with a population of a few thousand and a Combat Power of a few hundred at most poses no threat whatsoever.
Upon seeing the massive number of Demon Race members, they would probably be trembling, and not actively surrendering would already be considered brave.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Demon Race, whether to eliminate Yang Zhiwen or not actually makes little difference.
Conversely, for the Demon Race, instead of wasting precious time on Yang Zhiwen, it is better to reach Nord City as quickly as possible.
The Demon Race also knew that the longer the delay, the more time Nord City would have to receive Support and make preparations.
If the Demon Race could surround Nord City before the Jialan Empire could send reinforcements, the defensive forces of Nord City would be weakened unprecedentedly.
What the Demon Race needed to do now was to save time; if they acted fast enough, they could even surround Nord City before the Jialan Empire could react.
Once Nord City was surrounded before reinforcements arrived, it would face an extremely unfavorable situation.
Although Nord City is the County Seat of Desco County.
The number of garrison troops within the city is not large.
Nord City's permanent population is around 80,000, and with the refugees and Nobles who have flocked into Nord City from various Territories during this period, it can be confirmed that Nord City's total population is around 120,000, but the total number of troops in Nord City will not exceed 3,000.
Even if personnel capable of combat are conscripted from the Nobles and Commoners, the number of Nord City's garrison troops is estimated not to exceed 14,000 at most.
It is very difficult for 14,000 people to defend a city against the Demon Race.
More importantly, 99% of these 14,000 people are likely ordinary people.
If a large number of Transcendent individuals joined, they would naturally have strong Combat Power, but the problem is that the number of Transcendent individuals in Nord City is not large.
Since the Demon Race did not attack proactively, Gao Feng naturally would not attract them; Gao Feng currently only had about 100 people available for combat.
Although they had transported as much ammunition as possible within the limited time, the weapons and equipment Gao Feng possessed were too poor; the only Heavy Weapon was 20 units of Type 69 40mm Rocket Launchers.
Therefore, upon seeing the massive Demon Race force moving east past the castle, Gao Feng chose to remain silent.
Although the castle where Yang Zhiwen was located was not on the Demon Race's direct route, a detachment was still dispatched after the Demon Race Main Force passed.
Approximately 500 Demon Race members were dispatched toward the castle.
It is obvious that these 500 Demon Race members were sent to capture the castle.
The castle where Yang Zhiwen was located, despite its considerable size, was deemed by the Demon Race to be adequately covered by an attacking force of 500.
In the past, 500 Demon Race members would certainly not be enough for a castle of this scale, but this time the Demon Race bypassed the heavily fortified Border Defense Line of the Empire's west and broke through directly from the edge of Desco County.
This caught the Jialan Empire completely off guard, meaning the Empire has so far been unable to send reinforcements to any area in Desco County other than Nord City.
"Second Lieutenant Yang, look at the Demon Race approaching the castle; do you recognize any of them?"
Before returning to the Otherworld this time, Yang Zhiwen was granted the rank of Second Lieutenant by the military, so Yang Zhiwen had successfully transitioned from an ordinary person.
Yang Zhiwen took the military binoculars handed to him by Gao Feng and began scanning the Demon Race members approaching the castle.