Siege of Iwat Valley

**Siege of Iwat Valley** is the battle between the Alliance of the Races and the Demon Lord's Army that is where a horde of demons surrounds and attacks the Alliance Force's robust fortifications as the final defensive line in the Iwat Valley in the Rodenius continent.

* Irregular Unit Commander Red Ogre
* Infantry Force Vice Commander Kenshiva (Wolf Beastman)
* Catapults Commander Dorguff (Dwarf)
* 3,000 orcs with heavy weaponry
* 2,000 orc dragon knights
* 300 goblin bowmen
* 10 colossal trolls
* 500 archers
* 300 mages
* All catapults destroyed
* Fortifications and houses destruction

## Background

In the Mythic Era thousands of years ago, Demon Lord Nosgorath unleashed in the Grameus continent spent the past 100 years assembling a massive demon army. The Demon Lord's Army invaded the New World, assembling a massive force of over 300,000 demons. Nosgorath was able to subjugate and control the demons that resided there, allowing them to firmly consolidate their hold on the Philades and Mirishient. However, the Alliance of the Races in the Philades continent could no longer hold out against the Demon Lord's Army, forcing their diminished numbers to cross the great ocean and retreat to their last hold out in the Rodenius continent. The Demon Lord's Army used Charybdis and Kraken sea monsters to cross the great ocean to the Rodenius continent, assembling 15,300 demons to engage the Iwat Valley.

With their survival hanging in the balance, the 2,800 defenders had set up a final defense line to fight and stand against the Demon Lord's Army in front of the Iwat Valley.

## Battle

### Battle of Iwat Valley

The great horde of demons, goblins, and orcs were deployed in attack formation within the natural stronghold of the Iwat Valley, forming to meet infantrymen archers, and mages from the Alliance of the Races. They sparked fly from the clashing of swords and steel on the battlefield. The races were able to defeat the demons over time, but their strongest warriors started to falter and fall. The demons were too many. Soon, their losses mounted up as they grew weary from constant fighting. The robust fortifications built by the dwarves also gave in to wear and fire as ten colossal trolls ravaged the defenders that manned them. Due to their extremely thick skin, the trolls could take direct hits from arrows to the head and still fight in full shape.

Entrusted with the command of the infantry force, wolf beastman Orlaxle yelled at them to defend the fortifications to the last man. A hail of arrows was loosed unto the densely packed formation of demons and magical beasts. Dozens of stones were also hurled from the catapults built by the dwarves on top of the valley. Attack magic cast by the elf-led mages at the exit of the valley also rained down on the Demon Army, enveloping them in explosive flames. Every time an enemy is slain, they hear an unpleasant scream. In response, the Demon Lord's Army overran the catapults with their orc dragon knights and the archers and the mages with their heavy orc infantry and goblin bowmen, forcing the alliance army back.

Filled up with frustration and bitterness, all the surviving mages began to retreat. Dwarf catapults commander Dorguff also ordered his engineers to retreat while sending the order to retreat to Orlaxle. The messenger sent by Dorguff navigated through the battlefield towards Orlaxle, who was currently in the heat of fighting. Irritated, Orlaxle readied his blade before decapitating a goblin attacking him from his blind spot. He yelled at the soldiers to retreat. The Demon Lord's Army persistently continued their attacks, but the alliance army, who was on the defense, didn’t allow them to exploit any gaps in their formations. As Orlaxle and his wolf beastman vice commander Kenshiva bickered, the force of goblins simultaneously split, taking the soldiers to man the walls along the frontlines by surprise and pushing them back.

All of the soldiers that were routed either had broken bones, were missing body parts, or were instantly killed. The commanders understood that a horrible attack had taken place.

### Single Combat

The storm which ran through the field suddenly appeared before Orlaxle. Seeing it from the edge of his sight, he quickly raised and readied his blade just as a great axe swung down on him. Orlaxle grinned at the sight of the Red Ogre smiling fearlessly at him. The Red Ogre, a beast so powerful he was made one of the closest aides to the Demon Lord himself, is the commander of the irregular unit of the Demon Army dispatched to the Rodenius continent.

Orlaxle and The Red Orge took a step back to ready themselves for one-on-one combat. Simultaneously, the two lunged at one another once more with their weapons. With their defensive lines overrun, Kenshiva shouted at the soldiers to retreat while Orlaxle was holding them back.

Their forces have already successfully escaped a considerable distance from the battlefield and only Kenshiva and Orlaxle were left. If neither of them defeats the Red Ogre here, the main force will be in peril. Kenshiva, while young, possessed strength and agility that matches Orlaxle’s. With this battle already lost, having both of them who possess extraordinary strength perish at the same time would be regrettable to the alliance. Orlaxle internally chose death so that Kenshiva could escape. Kenshiva crashed into the wall of goblins and orcs with his trusty sword in hand.

At the same time, the Red Ogre and Orlaxle clashed once more. It seems that the Demon Army has no intention of chasing him as he fled. When the Red Ogre surrounded Orlaxle, the angered Red Ogre swung down with his great axe. Orlaxle, knowing that he can’t win with brute strength, dodged the Red Ogre’s swing and aimed for his collar. The tip of the blade of his longsword, the Great Jaw, slightly sunk into the Red Ogre’s collar, spilling blue blood. Dodging a follow-up roundhouse kick by the Red Ogre, Orlaxle leaped right into the mess of goblins. Cutting down the beasts around him, he then hurls the slaughtered beasts out of his way like dust cloths. Orlaxle and The Red Orge continued fighting for 30 minutes.

The number of orcs and goblins that were sent to Orlaxle’s slaughter reached the hundreds, he was struck along his knee. He despited possessing unparalleled stamina and strength, continuing to fight at full strength impossibly for more than 30 minutes. The Red Ogre walked towards the downed Orlaxle and raised his great axe high into the air. Aiming for Orlaxle’s neck, the Red Ogre swung his great axe down. Orlaxle swing his longsword and stopped the axe. Throwing off the great axe with a swing, he instantly fixed his posture and struck the belly of the ogre with his longsword, throwing the giant beast back. He jumped back, making all the demons besides the Red Ogre hesitate. Orlaxle, who was supposed to be on the verge of death, handled his blade like the gale of a great storm, sending the beasts and demons around him to the other world as he aimed for the downed Red Ogre.

However, Orlaxle was still truly outnumbered. As goblins clung onto him, ten orcs slammed into him. By the time he reached the Red Ogre, he was on the verge of dying from blood loss. He then slammed his longsword right into the head of the Red Ogre, but his longsword clashed against the Red Ogre's specialty steel to protect his body with magic, turning him into shock. The Red Ogre hit back at Orlaxle with his powerful hit. Orlaxle was thrown back with enough force to throw up a sizable cloud of dust when he landed. Without giving him the time to recover, the beasts simultaneously descended on him. Commander Orlaxle, who was one of the seven great generals of the races, was killed.

On that day, the Alliance of the Races’ final major defensive operation failed in their last line of defense in the Iwat Valley was overrun. Many warriors have fallen. Orlaxle’s loss was an especially stinging loss for the alliance, leaving a deep mark on the infantrymen he commanded. The remaining 900 soldiers of the Alliance's Defense Force escaped into the Divine Forest where they would dig in against their encroaching foes.

## Aftermath

At the encampment in the southeastern Philades, Demon Lord Nosgorath heard the report of Orlaxle's death from Malastras, commander of the Demon Army’s Rodenius Dispatch Force, and ordered him to march and destroy the races in the Divine Forest. The next day, The Demon Lord's Army of 13,000 deployed in the Sargeley Hills, besieging the Divine Forest. They would begin their incursion into the Divine Forest, the sacred land of the elves. The gods of the elves may draw near to provide protection and be a general nuisance, but their effectiveness should be limited if they would burn down the forest itself. The Divine Forest was the Alliance of the Races’ last bastion against the Demon Lord's Army.

## Outline Map

1. The Demon Lord's Army dispatches 15,300 demons to the Rodenius Continent (named by humankind), pressing for an Alliance of the Races. They engage the 2,800 defenders who had set up a defense line in the Iwat Valley. Orlaxle and many others are killed in the battle, and the remaining 900 soldiers of the Defense Force retreat to Divine Forest.
2. The Demon Lord's Army of 13,000 deployed in the Sargeley Hills, besieging the Divine Forest. The logging of the forest begins, but it is difficult due to the blessing of the goddess Astalte and the resistance of the Alliance of the Races.

## Trivia

* The Siege of Iwat Valley only details in the light novel.