The group of survivors saw Jordan and hesitated a bit, with Jordan´s huge build and his smile that never left him he was quite scary to look at, it took several moments before the survivors formed a line and prepared their weapons.

Some of the survivors looked tense some were smiling and only one of them had arrogant look and with spite in his words he said "well hello there... didn't expect to meet a demon out in the open, I thought you all like to hide in a hole with as many beasts and slaves as possible"

Upon hearing that Jordan couldn't help but laugh "Hahaha, you are right, so any chance you let me leave peacefully so I can return to my hole?"

This time the survivors laughed, it took a while until the arrogant leader said "haha… sure we can let you leave, just kill all you underlings and cut off your right hand, then I swear we will let you leave in peace! Hahaha"

Jordan couldn't help but helplessly shook his head with a smile on his lips ´where do they get this confidence, I have a bigger number of beasts, I am quite big and scary if I say so myself, how are they so cocky?´

Jordan wanted to avoid fighting, after all, he saved some people, and when some of them in the future talk to other survivors they will surely speak about his good deeds, killing those idiots will ruin his reputation, well, not that anyone has to know when it comes down to it.

In demon language, Jordan said to the goblin watcher that was always watching over the goblin workers "when the fight starts let the workers stay away and threw stones at them" The goblin watcher "yes master"

When the survivors heard that they all stepped one step in and the arrogant leader drew two machetes and the machetes lit on fire, the beasts Jordan took with himself also stepped up and started growling, there were about twenty beasts and one in the second phase, Jordan at first felt that such number is unnecessary but now it seemed almost not enough.

The survivors all looked sharp and somehow strong, not as strong as Jordan but a bit stronger than phase one beasts, they weren't awakened but had their share of experiences.

Everyone was ready to fight, Jordan spoke "last chance, leave now and you will live" the arrogant leader responded with a laugh "hah, it´s your life that is at stake, you will be –" Jordan didn't wait for him to finish the sentence iímmadietly stepped in, the only idiot would talk in a fight, with a swing of his hammer, he attacked the leader, Jordan didn't strengthen himself and only attacked with his base strength without any mana, he wanted to probe the strength of this asshole.

Strangely enough, the asshole easily dodged by jumping back, like that all the beasts threw themselves at the survivors and the battle began, two more survivors moved before the asshole and protected him, the asshole spoke "truly a demon, there is no need to speak to such savages"

While the leader of survivors was saying that Jordan swung his hammer once more, this time at one of the two meatshields, those two fared much worse, the one Jordan aimed for was too slow to dodge so he tried to block with his homemade spear, first, the spear broke without any resistance then the head of the survivor broke as well, bits of brain and skull were splattered everywhere.

One of the meatshields was dead and the second one looked quite scared, he didn't think that his ally would die just like that.

While the second meatshield was shocked Jordan used the hammers handle and pushed it to the face of the second meatshield while doing so Jordan boosted himself with mana, the boost was only for a few second but that was enough, about 5 cm deep round gouge formed on the forehead of the second meatshield.

The leader meanwhile was casting some weird spell while holding his machetes crossed before him, Jordan didn't know what he was up to and even though he was curious he didn't plan to find out if possible.

Jordan moved in on the leader and was preparing another swing with his hammer but just as he was closing on the asshole slashed with his machetes and X shaped blast of fire, wind, and raw magic was coming against Jordan, Jordan couldn't jump aside as he was already running straight at the asshole, in the split-second Jordan made a decision and threw his hammer through the blast at the asshole.

There were better options such as slipping under the blast or smashing the blast but that wasn't Jordan´s style, he would rather push through than having to stop and giving the opponent a chance, that was how Jordan boxed back and gym, he would go all in without holding back and either he will exhaust himself or the opponent will be beaten up to a pulp.

The hammer made it through the blast and weakened it by a large margin, seeing that Jordan just pushed through the blast.

Jordan made it through, and rather than blast, it was a long-range cut, the reinforced skin that evolved after Jordan eat the succubus brain was cut through but that was about all, at some places Jordan was bleeding but nothing serious.

The enemy leader (asshole) once again dodged the hammer but this time by a much smaller margin, Jordan moved in on the enemy leader who just dodged the hammer and didn't have time to react.

Jordan boosted himself while also catching the right wrist of the enemy leader, in the right hand Jordan hold the enemy leader wrist and with his left hand, he caught his right biceps, with a satisfied smile that sends chills down the spine everyone that was watching Jordan pulled in his right hand with all his strength while pushing out his left hand.

Loud cracking noise and then shouting could be heard as the right hand of the leader was completely bent in a way it was never supposed to be, the leader was overcome with pain and didn't move at all, Jordan wasn't kind enough to let this slip, he caught the enemy´s leaders left hand in the same way as before and another loud crack could be heard.

Jordan could kill the leader easily but he had some questions for him, to prevent him from escaping Jordan stumped on the knee of the leader just for good measure, with Jordan enormous strength and weight the knee gave up and was shattered right away, as Jordan moved to take care of the other survivors while crying from the enemy leader could be heard.

With the support from the goblins Jordan´s beasts somehow managed to hold on, a few of them died but nothing serious, as for the enemy they were mostly fine, that was until Jordan joined the battle, Jordan used his claws and the one spell he knew and soon all of the survivors were either dead or laying on the ground with broken limbs.

Jordan surveyed the battlefield, 4 of his beasts died and some were injured, for now, he decided to return to his base, if he stays here someone may come looking for the enemy group or they could hear them and reinforcements are already on the way, Jordan made few gags from cloth and gagged the survivors and loaded them together with the corpses to the handbarrows and went back to the base.

On the way back Jordan took a different path that didn't go straight back and paid extra attention in case someone was tailing them but luckily no one appeared, the group made it back and Jordan took those that were still alive to his room, the corpses were distributed to the beasts.

On his way back few of the survivors that were under Jordan saw as he brought back a group of crippled humans.

Those survivors were just outside for water and when they saw Jordan they paled and quickly looked away, Jordan didn't care, after the fight, he changes his mind about how he will treat the humans.

´the encounter with those idiots proved it, others will just treat me as any other demon, proving them otherwise requires too much effort, so the other option remains and that is to rule with whip and honey, I will show them what happens to those that are against me and also tell them what they can gain by staying with me, but first, information gathering´

Jordan looked at the arrogant leader that ridiculed him, the smile on his face seemed so cruel and happy at the same time.

When the leader saw that he pissed himself and passed out.