Angle's Arrogance? My Pact with the Succubus Queen!-Chapter 256: Unite the Army, Battle at the Capital!
"In the defense of Golden Sand City." Logan said calmly. "Now the Federation needs your power. Be my heroes."
Eleanor looked down at her hands. They were in a semi-transparent spiritual form.
She clenched her fist, feeling the energy flowing through her body. She looked up with a determined expression and said: "Although weak, I can fight. What do you need us to do?"
Logan pointed to the edge of the magic circle, where over a hundred spiritual forms were already taking shape. "This is the first group of heroes under the Spirit Palace. Three days from now, Shadow will launch a full attack. We need to hold Saint Heart City."
Marx and Eleanor exchanged a glance, then both saluted Logan. "Understood."
They turned and walked toward the forming spirits, starting to organize the hero units. Their movements were still a little awkward, but they already looked like commanders.
Logan watched this, his brow slightly furrowed.
General Sean noticed the change in his expression and asked: "Logan, is there something wrong?"
"The numbers don’t add up." Logan said seriously. "The soul fragments we collected should include the souls of Generals Lomel, Sean, Duerer, Solomon, and Xavier. But they are not on the list of the Spirit Palace’s revival."
General Claude stopped what he was doing and his face turned serious. "You mean..."
"Shadow might have gotten there first." Logan said coldly. "If she really mastered the secret of shadows, she could have taken those soul fragments and turned them into her puppets."
General Monet spread her wings, and light and dark energy swirled around her. "Five Federation generals. Even the lowest was at least a 22-star level. Novan was strengthened by Shadow to 30- star. If they were strengthened by her, what would that mean..."
Logan cut in. "That would be a disaster. But we can’t stop now. The construction of the Ghost Palace must continue. This battle with ghosts can also give the Federation a better chance of winning."
After saying that, Logan turned his eyes to the other side, where a mass of monster souls were quickly being pulled into the Ghost Palace.
Unlike the Spirit Palace, which respected the power of souls, the Ghost Palace was very strong and rude. The first thing every ghost did when entering the Ghost Palace was to be fusion.
Heroes born in the Spirit Palace usually kept their fighting abilities from their past lives.
But ghosts born in the Ghost Palace were completely reshaped according to the wishes of the Ghost Palace Master.
Soon, a group of demons with two horns and goat-like feet stepped out of the Ghost Palace gates. They were the Hell Demon Army.
Among them, no leader was born, but they had absolute loyalty to Logan. Because their souls were fused and brainwashed, they didn’t need a commander. They were born with a shared awareness.
They turned around and each fell to their knees, bowing to Logan like worshippers. "Master!"
Seeing this, General Claude and General Sean both nodded in admiration.
At that moment, Natalia rushed into the underground space. She projected a document into the air and said: "Emergency report. The commanders of the seven cities have all publicly spoken out. They accuse you of controlling the dead and desecrating heroes. They demand the Federation immediately remove you from your position as Inspection Principal. Otherwise, they will come to arrest you themselves."
Logan gave a cold laugh. "Come and arrest me yourself? Then come on."
"There’s worse." Natalia pulled up another set of data. "Our monitoring network has detected that the number of Shadow Beings isn’t in the thousands — it’s over 100,000. The armies of the seven cities, the administrative system, even some civilian familiar tamer groups, have all found people carrying Shadow Beings."
The underground space fell into a short silence.
General Claude stopped drawing runes. General Monet folded her wings. Even the heroes still forming slowed down their process.
Marx’s voice was full of shock. "100,000? That’s almost the strength of half a military region."
Logan stayed silent for a few seconds, then turned and walked toward the exit.
Natalia asked: "Where are you going?"
Logan didn’t turn back. "Call an emergency meeting of the Federation. If they want to remove me, let them say it to my face."
Then he stopped at the door, turned back to look at everyone in the underground space. "Three days from now, we won’t just be facing Shadow’s shadow army. We’ll also be fighting against 100,000 of our own people under Shadow’s control."
This battle would be even more brutal than the Shadow Rift battle. But we have no choice — we must win." With that, Logan opened the door and disappeared down the corridor.
Two members of the Supervisory Council were already waiting in the hallway.
As they saw Logan come out, they quickly followed behind him.
The man on the left quickly reported. "Principal, the meeting is set up. Generals Darwin and Camilla from the Military Committee have confirmed they will attend. Council Holt from the Federation Senate will also be there. But the cabinet..."
Logan kept walking. "What about the cabinet?"
"The prime minister, Newson, was killed by you. Now the vice prime minister is in charge temporarily." The agent looked nervously at Logan’s expression. Seeing that Logan wasn’t angry, he continued: "He has clearly stated he won’t attend any meeting you call. He’s also sent a secret message to the seven city commanders — the content is currently not available."
Logan asked: "What about the Judgement Tribunal?"
"The second judge, Diablo, says he will send a representative, but he himself won’t come."
"That’s expected." Logan said coldly. "Tell Natalia the meeting starts in thirty minutes. It will be held in the top-floor meeting room of the Supervisory Council. Those who can’t come will join via projection."
The agent nodded and hurried away to pass the message.
Logan walked alone to the elevator and pressed the button for the top floor.
As the elevator doors closed, he leaned against the metal wall and finally allowed himself to show a little tiredness.
The pain in his chest became clearer. Every heartbeat reminded him that time was running out.
But Logan knew it wasn’t time to rest. Three days from now, Shadow would launch a full attack, and the Federation was still fighting over power.
He had to make everyone at the meeting face the truth.
When the elevator doors opened again, Logan had straightened his back once more.
32-star marks flashed steadily on his back, even though they were still a little unstable, they no longer shook easily.
At the end of the corridor, the meeting room door slowly opened. Inside sat a few of the Federation’s remaining top leaders. Each had a different expression — some were worried, some doubtful, and others carried hidden hostility.
Logan walked in, scanned the room, and said: "Everyone, I know many of you want to remove me, want to send me to the tribunal. But before that, let’s talk about something more important first."
He raised his hand and called up a hologram — a live image of the Snow Dragon outside. "How do we protect this city, and stop Shadow’s attack, three days from now — when we face 100,000 Shadow Beings puppets and five Shadow-formed generals?"
The meeting room was silent as the hologram showed 100,000 Shadow Beings puppets and the images of three city commanders. The air felt frozen.
Logan’s cold voice cut through the silence like steel: "Shadow’s final attack is only three days away. The commanders of the seven cities have all betrayed us. There is no turning back for the Federation. Arguing over whether to remove me is meaningless. If the city falls, none of you will even get a chance to judge me."
"Or are you saying you can find someone better to lead?" Logan swept his eyes over the people in the room. Everyone lowered their heads.
What a joke. At this point, Logan’s strength was the strongest in the entire Federation.
Sure, his Supervisory Council didn’t have many agents, but he had a lot of familiars.
If pushed too far, just one Ashen Dragon clan could drain away ten percent of the Federation’s military power.
For a moment, the room was completely silent.
Then, General Darwin slammed his fist on the table. "I’m with you! But the nuclear strike coordinates must be absolutely accurate."
General Camilla stayed silent for a few seconds, then nodded firmly. "The Snow Dragon’s defense forces will be under your command."
The voice of Judge Diablo on the remote projection was low and serious. "The Judgement Tribunal will follow your orders."
Logan turned off the hologram. His star marks suddenly shone brightly. "Then, after this meeting, all of you must start deploying immediately. Three days from now, at Saint Heart City — either we all return victorious, or..."
He didn’t finish the sentence, but everyone understood what he meant.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Dark clouds gathered over the Snow Dragon.
These were not natural clouds — they were energy anomalies caused by too much shadow energy.
Gray-black mist rolled in from the horizon, blocking the sunlight and casting the whole city into an early dusk.
On the city walls, the Federation army had already taken their positions. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
Heavy artillery lines stretched along the walls, aimed at the dark shapes approaching in the distance.
Familiar tamers stood at their posts, each with a different type of familiar by their side — from huge war beasts to fast and agile assassin-type familiars — forming a complete defensive line.
Logan stood on the observation deck of the central city tower. His thirty-two star marks were darker than three days ago.
The continuous high-intensity work had slowed his recovery, but he had no time to care.
Natalia stood beside him, holding a tactical tablet. She reported: "Principal, the enemy has entered the visible range.
The seven rebel forces have completed the encirclement. The total number of troops is confirmed to be over 150,000 — nearly double the expected number."
"Shadow Beings are spreading faster than we thought." Logan said seriously. "Shadow must have infected many more soldiers in the last three days."
The hologram expanded, showing the entire battlefield. Seven directions, seven black waves.
Each rebel force still carried the flag of its own city, but the flags were now polluted by shadow energy. The original Federation emblem had twisted into strange black patterns.
At the front was the remaining force of Ironspire City.
Their commander had already been killed by Logan, but the rest of the troops had become even more crazed under the control of Shadow Beings. Their eyes flashed with black light, and their movements were as rigid and mechanical as puppets.
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