Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor-Chapter 681 - 71 Preparing to Evacuate

Lin Rui had just finished strengthening the soldiers when Audrey suddenly burst out angrily: "These humans are really something! Father, they are retracting their army, intentionally exposing our line to the Demon army."

Lin Rui immediately stepped on Death's Claw and ascended into the sky to take a look at the situation in the distance.

Audrey's claim that they intentionally exposed the Golden Pansy Domain to the Demon army was somewhat exaggerated. The humans had adopted a defensive stance and had withdrawn their army into their defensive lines. This left the direction of the Golden Pansy Domain undefended by human troops, allowing a large number of Demons to charge in directly.

Lin Rui immediately ordered, "Prepare for defense, solidify the line, and withstand the impact!"

After the latest reinforcements, Audrey's forces had shrunk from nine divisions to eight, reducing the numbers by ten thousand, but their combat strength had significantly increased.

The addition of the Four Royal Knights and numerous Netherwalkers greatly enhanced their counterattack capabilities.

And now, the human Golden Pansy Knights numbered nearly twelve thousand, almost equivalent to a full Cavalry Division.

Lin Rui was even confident that he could block the Demon Army before the lines!

Audrey, severely depleted in Spiritual Energy, frowned at the approaching battle and asked in frustration, "Do we still need to help the humans defend this place? We don't owe them anything. Can't we just sneak away?"

With a battle involving one hundred thousand troops, even if they wanted to retreat, it couldn't be done immediately.

Moreover, with these one hundred thousand elite warriors fully deployed on the line, this wall of steel and iron was not easily breached by the Demon army.

After the battle, Violet had reverted from her darkened state. Standing beside Lin Rui, she frowned and said, "The human deployment is somewhat odd. Since they chose to cease hostilities, why are they stubbornly defending the Red River Plain? This doesn't seem a suitable battleground. Why are they holding out here and pulling us in?"

Audrey didn't think much of it: "Why wouldn't it be a suitable battleground? I think it's very suitable for the humans' large-scale heavy cavalry to gallop through."

Lin Rui shook his head: "Even if it's a heavy cavalry charge, there's no way for hundreds of thousands or millions to charge. At such a vast scale, if the cavalry charge gets blocked, their combat power will be greatly reduced. For wave attacks, a few ten thousand heavy cavalry would only need a battlefield as wide as our line."

Violet added, "Moreover, the other side hasn't used cavalry offensive tactics; they're carefully holding the line."

"Hey? Right! If it's about defense, wouldn't it be more suitable for them to find a fortress or a strategic pass? This deployment clearly benefits a vast enemy force more!" Audrey suddenly realized and asked, "Could it be that they're reluctant to see the Red River Plain's civilians fall into Demon hands?"

Yalanna suddenly laughed heartily, swaying: "Reluctant for the civilians? Do you hear what you're saying? Do you think the upper echelon of the Human Empire care about the lives of a bunch of civilians? The grand and mighty human forces spread across the Red River Plain, with battle lines stretching possibly a thousand kilometers north to south, and millions of soldiers on the line. If all these elites were wiped out here, humanity's hegemony would lose a pillar."

"Compared to that cost, do you think they'd care about the lives of a bunch of civilians? Seeing the face of their officials, do you believe they'd be so selfless?"

Audrey clicked her tongue, saying, "Judging by the reactions of their officials, it doesn't seem like it. Then why are they determined to fight the Demons tooth and nail here? Surely, it can't just be a surge of goodness, wanting to crush all the Demons here, right?"

As soon as Audrey finished speaking, several heroes gasped in unison, shock evident in their eyes as they looked at each other.

Audrey looked around in surprise: "Hey, hey, I was just speaking casually. What's that expression, did I guess right?"

Lin Rui sighed, "You may very well have guessed right. Humans may want to end the war here."

"What? What? What?" Audrey was baffled: "What gives humans such confidence that they can crush this overwhelming Demon force here? With their troops, even winning might be an issue, right?"

This wasn't an invasion of Demons from the Azure Realm but an invasion from the Hell Demons, one of this world's six major races.

In the past, the Undead could defeat the Demons because Emperor Setra personally commanded the army, and the Eye of Light provided ample forces to the Graveyard, allowing them to rout the Demons, forcing a retreat. But even then, the battle was cataclysmic, and the Imperial Mausoleum was utterly destroyed.

What gives humans such confidence that they can annihilate the Demons on this Red River Plain?

Thinking of Setra, Audrey suddenly realized and asked, "Did humans choose this battlefield to leverage their numerical advantage? But this advantage belongs to Setra!"

Lin Rui nodded, saying, "There are indeed wise individuals among the human upper echelon. What would have been an epic three-race war, turning the Red River Plain into a wasteland of mire, might be straightforwardly and thoroughly ended by humans. Setra is the blade in human hands."

Audrey looked into the distance where the immense battle had begun, and the human allied forces and the Demon Army were already fiercely engaged.

The sky was a deep red—a true blood-stained sky—as dense crowds of soldiers from both sides clashed in the air, with blood splattering intermittently. Body parts and organs fell like raindrops, forming a dense blood rain.