Yoost and the other Black Wizards returned to the Black Kingdom's capital by long-range teleportation.0

Despite summoning demons and slaughtering tens of thousands, they still felt remorse. Like most humans, they knew both joy and sorrow, and that was why they stood listlessly now.0

"How did it turn out like this?" one of them murmured.0

Thanks to successfully summoning demons and receiving their blessings, the High-Circle Black Magicians had doubled both their mana reserves and the power of their spells. No matter how formidable the fifty-three Hunters invading the Black Kingdom were, the Black Wizards believed themselves unbeatable. This was not arrogance, but confidence.0

Even so, they had worn the Hunters down with Undead and monsters before engaging directly. When they did, they hid behind Death Knights rather than Dullahans, backed them in close combat with curses, and struck the enemy with precise single-target spells instead of wide-area attacks.0

At first, they toyed with the Hunters like a cat with a mouse, until they realized their opponents...0