Pov Julius (Black Emperor):

This whole situation is going worse than I imagined, because of the War against the Church of Light, old wounds that were slowly being only in the history books are coming back.

Reports of discrimination against Humans are rising every day, with rumors of the great battle leaking from army troops to the citizens of the Black Empire, information about our allies not sending reinforcements to what could be the worst battle has been spread to all, and like any rumor, every day the truth is distorted more and more, moving away from the truth, there are even stories that our allies joined with the Church of Light to attack us.

"Sir, if I may." (Mayara)

"Come in, how are the troops?" (I)

"They're doing well, but the weather is worse than you thought." (Mayara)

"Was it the rumors?" (I)

"For some maybe yes, but most of them know better than to believe rumours." (Mayara)

"What is causing the growing hatred of the troops seems to be the War itself, at this point everyone already knows someone who died in the previous battles and there are many among them who saw Humans killing their comrades, even if it was a war, for them... " (Mayara)

"I know, this is what I feared..." (I)

Hatred and bloodlust are feelings that are difficult for Demons to resist, all this negative feeling can boost our troops during tomorrow's battle, but it will come with a price sooner or later.

"Lord, is it really that bad?" (Mayara)

"You're still young, Mayara." (I)

"You are under 50 and have lived your entire life in what may be the most peaceful period in our Empire." (I)

"We are Demons, it's our instinct to give ourselves over to our emotions and desires, but it's our pride to know where to direct it to be able to stand on our feet with our pride." (I)

"But the problem is that hatred doesn't have many places where it can be useful, what will happen when the war happens? Will the Demons forget their hatred for Humans?" (I)

"Even worse, with the large numbers of our army this hatred will accumulate in one place full of mana due to the number of people together in the same place." (I)"That hatred and Mana during battle, where there are sure to be spells and abilities flying from every corner, all that hatred and mana will turn into miasma." (I)

The worst possible outcome would be for this miasma to come together to form a Cursed Dungeon, this would result in a Monster Wave that could destroy any organization and military strategy we make.

"But Lord..." (Mayara)

"..." (I)

"Needed to do this?" (I)

Suddenly Mayara is paralyzed in place, not just her, but everything in the surroundings almost completely stopped, with the exception of me and Founder Juliano entering through the window.

"We don't have time, they're coming!" (Julian)

"I thought the armies weren't going to arrive until tomorrow!!" (I)

"The Army of Light will arrive tomorrow, but to ensure the safety of your troops, the High Priest is already on his way with the Traitor Dragon Rhaegal, they arrived in less than 30 minutes." (Julian)

"..." (I)

I couldn't help but crumple the papers in my hands as my blood began to pump faster through my veins as my heart raced.

"They trust their armies." (I)

"Yes, just like us, they know they have the elemental advantage, so they want to make sure Arash and I don't have a chance to do something against their armies." (Julian)

They want to remove the strongest and most fearsome presences from the board to use their advantage just like we thought, but they made their move faster than we thought.

"Thank you for your help Founder Julian, great ancestor of the Black Empire." (I)

"That is my duty, just as yours will be to lead our army." (Julian)

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The next day, in the morning I was floating with open wings in front of my army, I could see the Army of Light approaching from afar, because of the common Elemental Affinity of all of them with light the very environment around them was more illuminated, which only made their white and gold armor stand out even more.

I look at my army and spread my Aura to all of them, maybe half of them have some training in Aura, but that doesn't matter, I'm sure they all felt to a lesser or greater degree the emotions I feel, I want everyone to know that I'm here with my pride and life on the line without hesitation.

"Today we are fighting an ancient enemy!" (I)

"An enemy who only spreads lies about us and tricks others into seeing us as enemies!" (I)

"In the past they were successful, but today everyone can see the lies that the light hides!" (I)

"Look behind me, the city you are seeing is not what we are defending here today!" (I)

"Look at the approaching enemy, it is not his death we seek today!" (I)

"Now look at yourselves, the reason we fight today is so that those who come after us don't have to fight just because they are Demons!!" (I)

"Today we fight for the pride that keeps us standing, for those who fell before getting here and for those who are yet to be born!!!" (I)

"So fight by my side, fight without taking a step back, and show that our pride will not be shaken even in death!!!!" (I)

"FOR OUR PRIDE!!!"

"FOR THE BLACK EMPIRE!!!"

"FOR OUR PRIDE!!!"

"FOR THE BLACK EMPIRE!!!"

"FOR OUR PRIDE!!!"

"FOR THE BLACK EMPIRE!!!"

"FOR OUR PRIDE!!!"

"FOR THE BLACK EMPIRE!!!"

I can't say how much of that hatred I was able to suppress or redirect towards the Church of Light and not the Human Race.

"(Now we'll see what their next move will be.)" (I)

In a few tens of minutes the Army of Light was facing my army, their murderous intent apparent even from a distance, now that they were close I could see to my satisfaction that we are on the same level.

Everyone gets into a fighting stance on both sides as the killing intent of the two sides collide I pull my sword out to get it in hand but before I start I look to the spot where I felt the collision of power the day before.

"(Today let's put an end to all this...)" (I)