Vengeance of the Returner

Between the roadway of Dracton to Ferandel,

Vultures circling the sky. The blood puddle reflects the sunlight. Piles of corpses eaten by the undead. It was a Necromancer's paradise. It was the remnants of the war. The bloody Warfield, a place where a new era began.

The sounds of cheering and joy echoed through the whole field shaking the ground which might even shake the heavens.

"Hah! Hah!"

A man panted heavily as he severed the fat man's head using his threshold strength by immense struggle.

The losses he took. The thousands of innocents he had killed. His hard work has finally bear fruits!

In the ground were three men standing side by side. The man in the center man clutched the long hair of the head he had severed. The head of the king, King of Ferandel.

Under their feet were the knights of Ferandel.

The remnant soldiers that survived the war screamed in joy. Raes henil kneeled and looked at the sky with a vicious smile upon throwing the head in the air.

"We have won!"

His general said kneeling next to him with a smile.

The remaining soldiers of Ferandel began running showing their backs. They were being hunted by the men of Dracton.

"Haha! Haha! I have won! Dear gods! I have won!"

Raes henil laughed like a mad man kneeling in the center encompassed by thousands of dead soldiers.

"Hah,"

Feroz khan and Fraser sighed and sat next to him staring at two dead men, Who were still holding their weapons in their hands. Those were the sword and spear sage.

In the mere second all the men shouted and yelled. They began running in various directions as the ground shook. There was no enmity. The sudden change-induced their survival instincts.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Abruptly several rifts cracked open and began to devour the dead and live akin without partiality. That was when...

***

It has been two days since the army started marching and they've lost about two hundred soldiers fighting the monsters that approached them. It was quite troublesome and Nix surely lacked in commanding.

If it wasn't for Nagendra who was one hell of a talented person in commanding others. There certainly was a gap between them but, regardless they did share a bond regardless.

"Nix... I sense something."

Nagendra reported.

The duo was leading the army by traveling in the center along with thier own team they brought to fight the war. In the frontline were the foot soldiers. The second was the cavalry of Krigons. The third was the archers and mages Fourth was the heavy cavalry containing Mutinos. The last troop consisted of a group of siege forces. And they were split in two by two five thousand.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

"What the hell is happening now? Why is there a sudden earthquake and a sandstorm now?" Nix asked and stared at the sky.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Immediately countless thunders struck on the sky accompanied by flashes of lightning as the sky darkened, pouring rain.

It was a catastrophe, a calamity induced by some unknown variable. The earthquake was followed by sandstorms and heavy rain. The climatic change was volatile. It ensued fear inside the hearts of the soldiers that marched towards the Outlaws of Barani.

"Krayaakk!"

All the krigons shrieked and stopped in their places the army was menaced by the sudden turn.

"What in the world is this?"

{I do not know as well...}

Astaroth replied to Nix looking at the dark red sky.

Every monster they were riding went berserk as the soldiers began falling on the ground and the monsters fell on the ground as well.

"Yeril... What's happening? why are everyone fainting?"

Nix asked staring at the baffled Yeril while pulling the leash of the Krigon that screamed raising its front limbs.

Yeril seemed to be stuck by the sudden change as well. Her face was dull and she seemed to be occupied by something. Soon a thick neon blue mist overspread the air of the desert.

They had about one more day to reach there. 

{What has occurred? Are you not affected by it?}

Astaroth asked looking at Nix who was baffled by the occurrence.

"Nix!"

Cinzia yelled fell to the ground as her Krigon went berserk. Soon Camila, Tarok, Reegan and Hyun Dae Seok fell. All the people in the center fell at last. 

He turned and looked at Nagendra who was also affected by the blue mist.

His Krigon pushed him down as well. Nix raised himself and peered around and drifted his eyes back to Nagendra. He stared back at Nix with his bloodshot eyes.

"I am not affected by this?"

He said looking at Astaroth.

{Hmm, Interesting.}

Astaroth said looking at Nix with fascination. He wasn't affected in the slightest.

He checked the pulses of the people around him and sat on the ground surrounded by countless unconscious people with a sigh.

"Hah, Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!!!"

He yelled to the top of his lungs. The frustration was immeasurable. Well, who wouldn't? He was leading an army and the entire army fell unconscious leaving only him. He was actually built differently. The possible reason was his Mana core that heavily differed from others.

Soon he also noticed the change. He also felt the dense change in mana around him. He continuously used mana emission which uses to induce pressure on his amounts in order to cover himself from getting attacked by the blue mist.

But, his efforts were in vain. 

"Ah! Ah! AH!"

He panted heavily as a lump of air intruded his lungs and whole covered his mind and polluted his vision.

{Seems like you've finally gotten yourself attacked.}

Astaroth said with his hands crossed.

In a few hours, he squinted his eyes and opened his heavy lids. As soon as he opened his eyes he noticed that the sky has been cleared up. 

He licked his lips that were covered by the remnants of raindrops and slowly rose his body from the sand and patted off the irritating sand that stuck to his body and armor.

{You surely got quite the immune body. None has even awoken yet.}

Astaroth said looking down at him with a smirk.

"None has woken up huh?"

He sighed and sat wearing an expressionless face.

"Astaroth to be honest this is frustrating... It's like I have been fated to face these ordeals."

"Man... What happened?"

Nagendra said raising from the ground. Momentarily all the monsters and the men rose from their places. 

Everyone was out of sync including their mounting beasts. Once again mounting on his Krigon Nix used his binocular and viewed at the distance where tents were built.

"Everyone, Build the tents!"

Nix yelled.

As ordered the men finished constructing the tents.

"Man... I can understand your worry but, just try to stall the war. Who knows some godly existence might intervene."

Nagendra said patting Nix as he sat down wearing an eerie expression on his face. 

'Should I fucking end this now?'

Nix thought remembering that he has the neon explosives in his clutch at the same time he was troubled considering that Waltner was in Barani.

"Man... I do not believe in such shit. Do you believe we'd get help?" Nix replied with his head rested by his hands.

"Well, why wouldn't we? I am sure the integrity gods will help." Nagendra said.

"I don't believe in those damn gods."

Nix said drifted towards the inmates.

"And do any of you know what had happened just a few hours ago?"

"No..." "No..."

Several people replied in unison including Nix's and Nagendra's team.

"Fucking gods."

"We do not know either."

Heredia who manifested in Camila shrugged.

***

"What had occurred?"

Raes henil asked looking at Feroz khan.

Opposite his hundred thousand remnant soldiers that survived the war was a humongous hollow.

"As though we know?"

Fraser shrugged.

"Thank you for your assistance."

Raes henil uttered and turned back and saw his army members who were ready to plunder Ferandel.

"Soldiers! Rush in!"

Raes Henil's commander yelled.

The remaining men that survived the war began marching into Ferandel. It was really tragic that two big shots had died including the strong Feran Knights.

"Raes Henil... Your kingdom will soon be swindled by the other cities."

Akaysh, the knight that had survived the war said pulling his leg.

"Haha! Knight Akaysh, It is surprising to see you alive."

He uttered and chopped his head off and mounted his Wyvern and once again flew through the sky and intruded the Walls of Ferandel.

He looked down on the flaming city with a vicious smile hearing the screams of men, children, and women, and continued pursuing his route to the palace of Ferandel to claim the throne.

The immensely burning buildings, the black smoke that covered the sky. the sadistic men that were abusing those who didn't comply with them. It was hell. Men broke through houses and plundered their riches.

It was the first victory of the war of Chaos mainland.