635 First Wave (1/2)

On Month 12, Day 7, Year 8 of the new Dawn Generation, at 2:04 AM, the Holy War which had been brewing for so long finally exploded in full force. The pitch-black clouds which had shrouded the Moonwheel Capital for the past four days suddenly dissipated. However, the elves didn't see the bring moonlight and night sky as usual.

Blood-red moonlight illuminated the land. Powerful gusts brought nothing but the stench of sulfur and rotten flesh. There were also faint sounds of demonic laughter in the sky.

Not far away, it appeared as if the stars themselves were falling. Starlight kept gathering everywhere. This was the protective starnet that the God of Fate and Goddess of Moonlight had previously created together. Every invader who came uninvited to the mortal plane would be marked by the starnet.

This was a forbidden spell that caused two High Gods to directly decrease in power level to Mid Gods. Not only would the starlight mark all dimensional invaders, the brightness and density of the starlight could also indicate the strength and number of the enemies.

Dimensional invader scouters were a very common item made available through the Justice Points system. All Contract Heroes possessed these small compasses that aided them in hunting down their targets. Still, the overly large number of flashing red dots on the large-scale compass in the Moonwheel Capital's elven palace meant that this item wasn't even necessary.

Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands. The numerous dense red dots constantly increased until the scouter compass showed nothing but bright red. Since the number of demons covered the entire map, all calculations would be meaningless.

The overly corrupt aura of Chaos here naturally caused everyone's vision to become tinted with red. When fighting under this blood-red moonlight, there would be much higher chances than normal of losing all sense of reason and going berserk. At the horizon of everyone's vision, countless berserk demons with fire element power were casually wielding their flames. Any forest they stepped through became a sea of fire. Yet, even the most nature-loving druid didn't dare to go chastize the demons for their destroying nature.

”Starlight Meteors!”

The first defense magic spell was activated. The skies opened up yet again as countless meteors rained down. Constant sounds of pain and anger could be heard from the demons. Yet, the next instant, everything returned to normal again. However, all the blood-red demonic eyes kept flashing in the dark night as if the demons were scoffing at the elves' helplessness.

When the light of the forbidden spell faded, two bright stars flashed with red light in front of the elves. But, when the fire of the meteors faded, even the bravest elven ranger dropped his bow in fear.

Those were no bright stars at all. Those were the eyes of a black giant!

The gigantic black creature was as large as a mountain. He slowly proceeded forward. Even though he was still clearly more than ten kilometers away, every single elf on the Moonwheel Capital's walls could see the black giant clearly. Every single step the giant took caused the earth itself to tremble in fear.

A black wind filled with the corrosion of the Chaos Abyss blew away the dark clouds, and blood-red moonlight illuminated the pitch-black plains. Behind the black giant, countless demonic beasts born from nightmares crawled out from the portal. Some of these monsters were from myths and legends, while others were unimaginable. Yet, they were all real.

There was a centipede giant with one hundred legs and one hundred heads. There was an inferno demon whose steps left sulfur everywhere. There was a gigantic white wolf whose breath brought tornados. There was a disgusting lump of rotten flesh. There was an inferno dragon which breathed thunder. Not a single demonic beast was identical, but it was evident that they were all at the top of the food chain.

All the brave elven rangers inhaled cold breaths. Even the ones among them who had previously slain dragons were trembling in fear. Such a demonic beast army was far beyond their comprehension. This was an enemy that only Gods could face!

The black giant, who was Donatis, raised his head and glanced at the blood moon which seemed like an observer. Finally, Donatis pulled out his black obsidian sword and pointed towards the distant elves.

”Kill them.”

His thunderous voice echoed everywhere. Even though he was just making a plain statement, it sounded as if it was an indisputable fact that would happen. The elves that his sword pointed to all lost their will to resist in this moment.

The black sea of demons around Donatis finally moved at this time. They appeared like countless tiny insects at this distance, but the rangers' Eagle Eye skill left the elves with a hopeless conclusion—each tiny insect was actually a large demon more than three meters tall.

Those demons and demonic beasts kept following their master. However, Donatis and his army had far too much of a presence, standing out to the point where all the elves watching him ignored the other similarly dangerous existences.

Gigantic war beasts and demons walked out from the crowd of demons. Their bodies were covered with black demons that seemed like ants. Even the shortest of these larger demons were more than a dozen meters tall. These larger demons needed no equipment to besiege city walls. All they needed to do was reach the walls, and then they could toss the demons on their bodies up over the walls.

A violent Demon Lord seemed to be annoyed with how other ”ants” were blocking his path. He grabbed up some demons and stuffed them into his mouth and devoured them with one hand while tossing out other demons with his other hand.

The demons struggled helplessly in midair. Since the distance of more than ten kilometers was still too far away, the great majority of demons was smashed into smithereens before they arrived at the walls. However, a few demons managed to survive as they flew over the walls, causing much chaos amongst the elves.

A gigantic Inferno Demon Lord used this opportunity to transform into a meteor which landed on the city walls. However, before he could unfurl his body again, a streak of moonlight pierced through his forehead, and shattered his meteor form into tiny stones.