Emily nudged Hal a little,

"Does she really have what it takes to command them"

When Emily said this, she was not referring to Karmen's strength but her ability to rally people or lack thereof.

Hal shrugged,

"Who knows? One thing though, she is the most qualified to command them" He said and he was actually watering things down a bit so as not to put her way too high and keep expectations at a minimum.

Karmen's ability to rally the Knights was not to be doubted. After all, he remembered clearly on the Day he had gone to station them at the Great families, she had been the most outspoken and the one behind whom, they had all rallied.

Also, she went into Krast Estate as a Maid and was so capable, she became Edvard's right hand and gained substantial influence over the Krast forces and facilitated the infiltration of more Knights into the Estate.

So yes, That she was the most qualified to lead was a gross understatement.

Anyway,

Unlike the flame Demons of the Great families who lacked the ability of rational thought and only had one direction which was to kill the Plebeians, the Flame demons of the Plebeians could still think and make decisions.

They could retreat and could defend and do whatever was necessary to survive and to kill their enemies.

The only thing they were not capable of, was speech.

From all indications, it looked as though the pill they had been given was an upgrade to the one the Great families had been given.

Add that to the fact that they had more pills than the Great families and you begin to rethink the previous judgment that Arya had their (the Great families) best interest at heart.

However, if the Plebeians really expected this to be enough against the Blood Knights, then they had another thing coming.

With the advantage of being able to communicate telepathically, which was an ability Hal only just bestowed them, Karmen ordered the Blood Knights to step back a little just after she beheaded a Flame Demon.

The Flame Demons had no interest in letting up and still continued to charge forward, not out of overconfidence but because they wished to strike first and strike hard.

In numbers, the Flame Demons had the upper hand, so while they might not have been overconfident, they were still quite confident.

"Now" Karmen yelled out loud suddenly and fogs spread out from behind her by the captains who were all at the Cosmic Armament Realm and all wielded Broadsword Cosmic Armaments.

The Fogs became tapered at the end and sharp as they perceived through the chest of multiple Flame Demons, killing them instantly.

The Lieutenants then dashed out from behind her, while leading a squadron of Blood Knights to strike at the Flame Demons with Extreme aggression.

With the order of Hierarchy, Karmen should simply have been at the back and ordered the captains from there and they would in turn order the lieutenants who would lead the men into battle, however, she was far from being the type not to be actively involved.

Besides, she still needed to give the Violet Broadsword more whirls and reap more lives.

She entered into the thick of battle and wielded the Broadsword and heads flew.

There was no Blood of course due to the pill and as they killed the men, while their bodies returned to normal, the wounds only glowed a flaming orange and no Blood was to be seen.

It was a testament to the disparity between Hal's forces and the Plebeian force that other than some successful hits to the Blood Knights as well as some cuts, none of said Knights died and yet more and more Flame Demons fell to either their Cosmic Armaments or their Fists wrapped in Fiendish fog and cosmic Energy.

The Fogs becoming weapons reaped lives as well.

Meanwhile,

Those who had not taken the Pills and were being assaulted by the Semi-succubi were attempting to survive.

The ladies could not keep tossing their lustful ball of flames and were actually nearing their limit... of long-ranged attacks.

Melinda stepped forward and summoned her Cosmic Armament as she prepared to lead them into battle.

The fact that they were outnumbered did not seem to deter her one bit,

"Legion!" She called and they went into the clearing.

Once there, Marla made complete use of her Awakened Mastery of the Dark Maelstrom Physique while condensing the size to merely a coat of Dark energy around her form and she ran by Melinda's side.

Amelia stayed with Rita who was still atop the Hill and together their eyes turned bright purple as they stretched their hands...

"Aflame their Passions, Essence Stealer"

...and said in tandem as both summoned the large Demonic Bow.

This was the only way Hal would allow the two young ladies to join the battle and it was only because Melinda promised to watch over Marla while Rita promised to not let Amelia out of her sight.

Amelia promised to stay on the hill at all times.

So Hal signed a contract with her and made her a succubus.

The two looked incredibly sexy as they were illuminated lightly by sensual flames and drew the string of the Bow while targeting and blasting at the Plebeians.

Together they supported the melee fighters with their long-ranged shots and while neither was an accomplished Archer, they did quite well and hardly missed any targets. Granted, the Armament itself assisted.

Marla let herself go completely insane as she went after the Plebeians and defeated them with immense grace.

That said, even with Melinda's awe-inspiring combatting skills, they were all still very much outnumbered and there was only so much support Amelia and Rita could provide.

San sneered and he ordered the Crossbows to be put together.

While they had always been for the Emissaries or at least those shrouded by Dark for, they would work just fine in hunting those whores.

Hal saw the Crossbows get constructed and then aimed at the ladies.

Emily saw it as well and began to prepare an attack with which to wipe the whole camp out when Hal touched her elbow,

"Relax. Any minute now"

He had just said that when...

*Booommmm*

... from the Plebeian side came an explosive sound and out of it came the bodies of the scouts the Plebeians had placed to alert them in case of intruders.

Following those bodies was the arrival of a hundred figures, shrouded completely in Dark fog and radiating fear that only San at the Early stage of the Cosmic Phenomenon Realm was immune to.

The Emissaries had arrived.

The Crossbows were turned towards them and fired but it all missed as all Emissaries took to the skies.

An act that caused many to gasp.

Mostly from fear.

But the Emissaries were not flying, they were only making use of Hal's updraft skill and it gave them enough footing to arrive right on top of the crossbows.

Together, all hundred Emissaries tossed Cosmic Attacks down...

*Booommm*

...and destroyed them.

So angry was San from the sneak attack that he sent a Cosmic Attack infused with a Cosmic Phenomenon at the Emissaries who banded together all of their shroud defensive abilities to stave off the attack...

*Bang!*

*Multiple cracks*

...and even then they still suffered fractured bones as they landed very close to where Melinda and the ladies were battling.

While they were injured, it was not enough to keep them from fighting as the Emissaries Stood back to their feet and made use of their Fear-inducing abilities to aid the ladies with killing Plebeians themselves.

San then realized that painful as his attack might have been to them, it had also got them to where they wanted to be faster.

In anger, he created a Cosmic Attack infused with a Cosmic Phenomenon and was worthy of a Cosmic Phenomenon Realm Expert.

Then he tossed it right towards the battling ladies and not giving a two-time fuck that it would kill Plebeians as well.

The attack was still in the air when Hal took the Lesser Devil Form, summoned Executioner and unleashed a Mass of Devil energy as well as Cosmic energy and blast the attack right out of the sky...

*BOOOMMMMMM!!!!!*

...and right down at Plebeians below but away from his ladies and his Men.