Because they had launched a full-scale war on all fronts, Nora was just one battlefield among many.
The deadliest factor was the addition of the Underworld.
The thirty lost Level 9 Demons had truly perished for good.
Even possessing the Abyss Heart could do nothing for them.
Thus, the demons gradually began to retreat, pulling back to the Land of Darkness.
They reverted to their previous strategy of small-scale guerrilla tactics, continuing to harass Nora.
Strong as the Abyss was, it finally felt the pressure.
The losses of this past month were no longer something they could ignore.
Nora temporarily returned to the pre-war state.
The Abyss's voluntary withdrawal marked the victory of the First Battle to Defend Nora!
Even though this had come at a price impossible to overlook.
At the very least, for the foreseeable future, the Abyss would not be able to launch such large-scale assaults again.
Nora now had a rare moment to catch its breath.
