Liquidation: From Big Boss to Bloody Demon Sauce Chapter 19: Chapter 19: Warfront

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Floating above the ruined city once known as London, Markon growled. These humans had been pathetic initially, and most had died without much effort from Morgana's vanguard. The initial invasion had been a slaughter, a simple matter of dropping brute-force demons into densely populated centers. Still, some humans remained hidden deep underground, and in other parts of the world, the rest of his succubi were running into heavily fortified resistance. Oddly enough, this pleased him. Many of the previous worlds had fallen much easier, or simply surrendered at the overwhelming might of the demon armies led by his succubi. The humans, however, were much more advanced. They adapted almost as fast as the demons evolved to counter them. They shifted their industrial production, retrofitting their armored hulls and military machines to withstand magical impacts. But regardless of how smart they thought they were, or how cunning their tactics, the final results would always be the same. Markon would crush their supply lines, and his succubi would consume the best parts of the world to advance Xeenar. "Blast it!" Morgana wailed in frustration from the battlefield below. Markon masked his amusement as he watched her unleash a barrage of dark magic against the human artillery forces. Tracers lit up the night sky, tearing through the lesser demons, but Morgana didn't flinch. The fight seemed evenly matched for the moment, but Markon knew it wouldn't last long. As powerful as the humans were, their technology and spirit couldn't rival the primal might and ruthless efficiency of his elite generals. "Luriel should've been here," Morgana grumbled, her caramel skin darkening with effort as she pulled raw Ether from the atmosphere. She twisted it into a massive shadow beast, a towering amalgamation of claws and void that slammed down into a column of human tanks, crushing their heavy armor like tin cans. Markon scoffed, his thoughts wandering back to Luriel. His once reliable queen, reduced to handling a troubled spawn in the backwaters of his realm. It was laughable, really. Yet, with each passing day, he found his thoughts drifting to Luriel and her unpredictable creation. More than he would openly admit, the unpredictability intrigued him. "She is... occupied," Markon replied dismissively, his voice echoing down to Morgana as he turned his gaze back to the burning city beneath. Luriel would deal with her unexpected issue, but he held no hope for the stain she had created. It was just further proof that choosing Morgana to succeed Luriel on the front lines was the proper strategic choice. Meanwhile, Morgana, one of his most trusted and ruthless succubi, continued to display her power on the battlefield. Her complex amalgamations of Ether and raw physical strength were impressive, yet Markon found himself vaguely distracted. Two stubborn worlds were colliding: one teeming with advanced technology, mechanized warfare, and the stubborn spirit of survival, the other colored with dark magic and primal, unending strength. The clash was fascinating, and he found an unexpected thrill bubbling within his chest. He had grown complacent with the easy victories of past realms. This human resistance, while a minor inconvenience in the grand scheme, instilled a long-lost thrill of the chase. It made him wonder: What could a human mind actually do if given access to the Ether? While the new demons in Morgana's army were physically impressive, none of them retained their human counterpart's intelligence—just their range of base emotions. This was a tactical problem. Because they lacked strategy, more than a few of his newly minted demons had been killed permanently by coordinated human strikes; something that had happened very rarely before this invasion. The other species and worlds they had conquered never showed much resistance after being converted into mindless shock troops, but humans were clearly different. While it might cause some localized heavy loss