Chapter 1132 Golden Mana

"What are these?" muttered Dorian with confusion as he witnessed the scene, his heart aching with agony. As he clutched his chest, sweat rolled down his face. "I know that they are humans… but why are they in so much agony?"

"This is bad, Sir Dorian," said the Lord of Crestview as he offered his insight on the matter. "These humans have fallen to the temptations of Oblivion, a creature that devours worlds. The moment it enters a world, it would never leave!"

"Then, we should defeat it before it sets foot into our world," said Dorian with renewed determination, but the Lord of Crestview held him back with worry. "What are you doing?"

"You cannot fight against nothingness!" said the old man with absolute conviction. "It destroyed my world when I was a child, so I know better than anyone here what this creature is. The moment you touch it, you die!"

"There must be a way to destroy it?" asked Dorian with a questioning tone as these creatures multiplied, with black tar falling on the ground and hollow skulls screaming in agony. "Are you telling me these things are invincible?"

"If there were a way to kill them, would we allow them to destroy our worlds and turn us into refugees?" asked the old man as he let go of Dorian. "We must wait for the Demon King to send his soldiers. Ask the soldiers to retreat until then."

Dorian hesitated because if he started retreating, the monsters would start attacking again. He had just boosted the morale of his soldiers, so he hoped that it would push the monsters back in time for Arthur to conquer this tower.

During his moments of hesitation, the bizarreness of the scene intensified. The same monsters that had been trying to kill them turned toward the creatures of nothingness, glared at them, and started shouting something.

As the humans watched in amazement, the monsters began rushing toward the creatures of nothingness. Dorian was in awe as the monsters huddled around the screaming humanoid creatures and began clawing at them. However, they proved the Lord of Crestview right.

Despite their numbers and various abilities, the monsters could not land a single scratch on them. Whatever monsters touched these creatures started rotting, and even Dorian tried to remove the black tar, but could not.

The monsters began rotting and dying after a few seconds, but that did not stop the rest from rushing to jump on them. As he watched the scene with confusion, commotion rose from behind him as the ground turned black.

"Something is coming out from the darkness!" shouted a soldier as he jumped away in fear, watching a hand climb out of the ground. "Quick! Kill it!"

"Don"t get close to that creature!" shouted Dorian urgently as he rushed back toward his soldiers. "Retreat from the scene at once, but form a barricade as you do! Retreat in order!"

The soldiers heeded their brave lord, who had taken down a t.i.tan, and formed a circle around the rising creature of nothingness. Dorian watched as it rose with rotting flesh and hollow eyes. Black tar fell from its body, dyeing the world black and corroding it like acid.

"It hurts…" a voice leaked from the fallen being as it rose, staring at them with despair. "Please… anyone… kill me…"

His voice belonged to a human man, which made things even scarier. Dorian covered his nose as the stench of rotten flesh was unbearable. The man was in agony, but he wielded a weapon of nothingness and wore an evil grin.

"I have so much power now… but I regret it… I don"t want this…" said the man as he took his first steps toward them. As soon as the black tar touched the ground, it began spreading like wildfire. The soldiers retreated hastily under Dorian"s urgent screams, but it was too late for some.

The closest soldiers were touched by the black tar, making them howl in pain as they tried to remove it. Dorian had to act fast and rush forward, slashing with his spear, severing their legs in an instant. Then, he carried them and jumped high before the tar could touch them.

"My lord! My legs…!" shouted one of the two soldiers with tears in his eyes. Dorian gritted his teeth but could not promise them anything in the current circ.u.mstances. He did what he could.

Dorian landed a distance away as the fallen being started chasing after his soldiers while they fled the scene. It was chaos. As he looked for a way to save his soldiers using the artifacts, a figure leapt from behind him and rushed toward the fallen being.

"An ogre?" muttered Dorian with widened eyes as he watched the monsters evade his soldiers and jump straight toward the fallen being. Then, without any fear, the ogre began wrestling this creature to the ground as the black tar devoured it. "It didn"t scratch a single soldier…"

Dorian realized that these monsters had changed their target for some reason and acted as if they were protecting them now. Another ogre followed after the first, rushing to throw away their lives to act as shields.

"What are we to do, Dorian?" asked Lillian with Joey by her side, acting as her bodyguard. "If we don"t act fast enough, not even these monsters could protect us! More fallen beings are rising from the ground!"

"There is nothing we can do against immortal monsters," said Dorian matter-of-factly. "We can only buy time as we wait for our king! Fight until the end until hope emerges from the darkness! Push them back using elemental attacks, but don"t let them touch you!"

Dorian acted in a swift and decisive manner. Mages stepped forward and started raining their attacks on the fallen beings while monsters held them back. The battle was as chaotic as could be, and Dorian exhausted every idea and strength he had to push them back.

After a while, there was nothing more to be done. The fallen beings had sp.a.w.ned everywhere like bringers of doom. Everything they touched would crumble and die. The hordes of monsters that were their enemies earlier became their mightiest shield, but their numbers dwindled.

There was no way to defeat an immortal creature.

As his voice turned hoa.r.s.e from shouting commands, despair began to fill his heart. The agony of his soldiers who had fallen victim to the enders was too draining on his mind, while the physical toll of the battle drained his body.

"What is that?" a soldier whispered close by, prompting Dorian to look at him. The soldier was young with big blue eyes and a helmet covered with blood. His finger pointed toward the sky while his blue eyes stared in amazement. Thus, Dorian raised his head to look.

A circular portal appeared in the sky above them, portraying a scene from beyond. They were green plains with a group of people standing around a single man in black robes. As the man turned around, Dorian glimpsed his face through the portal.

"Arthur!" muttered Dorian with excitement as he watched the group walk toward the portal one by one. They carried weapons of golden mana as they emerged to their aid, and Dorian recognized them all as his comrades. "He has fulfilled his promise!"

"Did you doubt that?" asked Seraphine as she emerged from the portal and started falling toward the battlefield. "Everything will be fine now, Dorian! The fighting is over!"

"The fighting is over!"

Those words were the key that opened a dam of relief across the battlefield. The soldiers started crying as their bodies reached their limits and their minds almost broke beyond repair.

Eight figures emerged from the portal, each carrying a different weapon that shone with golden mana. As soon as the golden mana arrived, all fallen beings started screaming as they turned their attention toward the eight.

Ramiel was the first to land with his giant spiked club, which he slammed in the middle of the fallen beings closest to Dorian and his soldiers. An explosion of golden mana engulfed the battlefield as the fallen beings started dying with no way of resistance.

"The immortal evil is… dying…" muttered the Lord of Crestview as he stood close to Dorian while tears welled in his eyes. "This golden mana can kill these creatures… If we had such mana, my world would not have been destroyed!"

As the old man cried tears of envy, the soldiers cried tears of happiness as they cheered for the eight. The eight warriors arrived without announcement and changed the tides in an instant. Monsters died left and right as the golden mana exploded everywhere.

"This golden mana belongs to him," said Dorian as he gazed into the portal, watching the man in black and golden robes. As if Arthur sensed his gaze, he looked at him and smiled. Dorian could not express his grat.i.tude enough, so he saluted him with a fist on his heart.

After that, the portal closed. The fallen beings were helpless against the golden mana and the warriors that carried it.