Ch.130Chapter 130. The Beginning of War (1)

“This is ridiculous…”

Yuria wondered if she might be dreaming.

That’s how unbelievable the scene before her was.

Hundreds of wyverns filling the sky was truly an overwhelming sight.

The wyverns blanketing the sky were all Black Wyverns with dark black exteriors.

And it wasn’t just wyverns in the sky.

While her attention had been drawn to the wyverns, the ground was also teeming with countless monsters.

Orcs, trolls, goblins, werewolves, and more.

Unlike the invasion from a few days ago, the monsters weren’t chaotically mixed together.

They stood in formation like well-trained soldiers, with different species grouped together harmoniously.

Even at a glance, this was a completely different force from days ago.

She had sensed something when the monster horde arrived in such an orderly fashion, but Arte Flora’s subsequent words turned Yuria’s suspicion into certainty.

It was just as she had expected.

The resurrection of the nameless demon.

It seemed they could no longer call it the “nameless demon.”

Not now that Arte had named the demon “Satan.”

Gulp-

Arte stared blankly at the overwhelming monster forces and swallowed dryly.

If these forces were to attack right now, could they be stopped here?

Arte considered it practically impossible.

These monsters weren’t like the disorganized rabble that had charged in last time.

And just at a glance, they looked much stronger too.

Crack-

‘The barrier is breaking…!’

As Yuria had expected, the new monsters Arte had brought were on a completely different level from ordinary monsters.

Starting with a giant wyvern spewing an energy mass similar to breath, numerous attacks were directed at the barrier.

Soon, the barrier shattered completely.

Absolutely completely.

“You have three days.”

With Arte’s final words, Yuria tightly shut her eyes.

**

The Arcaria Continent hadn’t been this chaotic and restless in decades.

With the news from the northern part of the continent, the entire continent was in utter confusion.

The resurrection of the nameless demon, said to have been sealed by the Crescen Emperor long ago.

The resurrected demon, Satan, had issued a warning to humans to surrender.

As if to demonstrate their strength, they easily shattered the allied forces’ massive barrier.

“Sigh.”

“I’ve never seen such chaos before. The entire continent is in turmoil.”

Addy flipped through documents with a regretful expression before tossing them onto the desk as if they weren’t worth reading.

After the sudden confrontation with Satan in the Northern Mountains, the allied forces’ camp was in complete disarray when they returned.

The monster army that had attacked while I and Elaine were away.

Arte, who had identified themselves as Satan’s army, had merely broken the allied forces’ barrier before withdrawing.

The official declaration of Satan’s resurrection, which seemed to have no positive aspects no matter how hard one looked.

The one good thing amid all this was that the allied forces’ leadership quickly reached a consensus.

Those who had previously opposed spreading the news for fear of causing continental chaos had all changed their stance.

Thus, news of Satan’s resurrection spread throughout the continent in an instant.

Most humans naturally chose to stand against Satan.

Some countries were already sending large armies northward.

The Crescen Empire was a prime example.

Following the will of the founding Emperor who had sealed the resurrected nameless demon, they prioritized resealing the demon.

As the continent’s most powerful nation moved, other countries began to follow suit.

Everyone was anxious.

“What should we do?”

“We should fight alongside them.”

“I’m always in favor of fighting.”

Addy seemed to be asking me, but Erika and Jacqueline answered in turn.

After the incident, students in the north were immediately sent home.

Since I was still technically a student, I had to return right away.

As soon as I got back, I came to the Black Shadow Corps hideout to discuss our next steps with our members.

‘Satan is no pushover.’

The general direction was already decided.

We would obviously stand against Satan.

What we were discussing was how the Black Shadow Corps would operate.

Until now, the Black Shadow Corps had never had a positive public image, so we mostly operated in secret.

But now it was the opposite.

Although its significance had diminished since Satan had already resurrected, the public still viewed the Black Shadow Corps as an organization that had secretly worked to prevent Satan’s revival.

In other words, we could operate openly without major restrictions.

“We need all the captains here first.”

“You mean Felipe? We sent him the summons, so why isn’t he here yet?”

Felipe, the only male among the four captains of the Black Shadow Corps and the captain of the 3rd Division.

This was an important meeting, so we needed Felipe too.

‘And we’ll need him when the war starts.’

“We should at least decide on a direction before he arrives. We’ve received communications from both the Crescen Empire and the O’Neil Kingdom. They’re asking us to join as their supporting forces.”

“From O’Neil too?”

“Yes. It seems they’ve warmed up to us thanks to the leader’s recent achievements.”

“Come on. It doesn’t seem right for us to operate under someone else’s command.”

Erika interrupted my conversation with Addy.

I agreed with Erika’s sentiment.

Whether it was Crescen or O’Neil, there was no need for us to mix in with another country’s army as supporting forces.

I didn’t want to either.

“I agree with Erika. We don’t need to do that.”

“Understood. Then I’ll communicate our refusal to them. Shall we head north independently then?”

“That seems like the best option.”

Thud-

As our discussion continued, the conference room door opened.

Everyone’s attention turned to the open door.

“Sorry I’m late. Phew.”

It was Yuria who appeared late through the conference room door.

Yuria looked visibly tired.

It was understandable that she was tired, having led the allied forces’ meeting before attending ours.

The allied forces included people from countries all over the world.

Coordinating their opinions must have been exhausting.

“It’s fine. At least you’re here.”

“Aaah. I’m really tired.”

Yuria headed straight for the sofa and threw herself onto it limply.

She shouldn’t be this drained from meetings rather than combat.

‘People really are exhausting.’

The atmosphere momentarily lightened with Yuria’s entrance.

“How’s the situation with the allied forces?”

“Chaotic, but not bad. Everyone’s choosing to resist Satan anyway.”

“That’s good news.”

“Following Crescen and O’Neil, the church has also decided to send troops… and where else… anyway, everyone will gather within the three days Satan gave us.”

Yuria continued with a relieved expression.

“That’s fortunate, phew. I can’t believe this is happening.”

“Hmm. Then we should quickly join them in the north as well.”

Addy, who had been quietly listening to Yuria, added a comment.

Everyone nodded in agreement with Addy’s words, seemingly sharing the same opinion.

“Let’s wait for Felipe and depart together then.”

“Okay.”

“Sounds good.”

Erika and Yuria almost simultaneously agreed with my suggestion.

Jacqueline nodded as if she was fine with whatever was decided.

‘I need to prepare thoroughly too.’

Satan, whom I had already faced once, was definitely not an easy opponent.

In addition to movements that seemed to anticipate my teleportation ability, he had a technique that transformed parts of his body into smoke-like substance, neutralizing physical attacks.

‘But spatial cutting definitely works on him.’

It was perhaps the only attack of mine that had been effective.

It’s a difficult technique, but I should train to use it more frequently and with minimal risk.

**

“Tomorrow.”

“Yes, understood!”

Arte bowed her head in response to Satan’s words.

It was completely different from the plan, but Arte didn’t complain at all.

The three-day deadline given to humans.

But Satan had changed his mind, saying they would descend upon human territory tomorrow, just two days later.

“You don’t ask why?”

“If that is your will, I simply obey!”

Arte answered Satan’s question with sincere devotion.

Arte, who had once been a princess at the center of politics, knew well.

Changing one’s word so abruptly was never a good choice in politics.

Politically speaking, it would lose the public’s trust and certainly affect future actions.

But Arte knew very well that this wasn’t politics.

The three-day grace period was merely Satan’s final mercy to humans.

The outcome would be the same either way.

The entire continent would fall under Satan’s rule.

If the result would be the same, what did the process matter?

“Good. Prepare.”

“Yes!”

Arte responded energetically to Satan’s satisfied voice.

The monsters were already on standby.

With Arte’s command, they could immediately form ranks and advance toward the humans.

‘Hehehe.’

Arte laughed darkly to herself as she imagined standing at the front lines of battle atop a massive wyvern.

Tomorrow, all humans would truly feel Satan’s greatness.