New tide
Black billowing smoke could be seen wafting across the darkening sky. The once magnificent Rainbow bifrost that connected the Immortal Sage tower and the nine major heavenly realms together was now a shattered mess lying in various places as if an angry deity had shattered it in a fit of extreme anger!
A golden fog hung over the city, a result of the spilt blood of numerous slain gods. It was so much that it had actually pooled up into a river!
From the broken city walls to the dead bodies there was only one conclusion to be made.
Divine Sage city was…..no more.
The city that stood proudly at the centre of the hundreds of millions of realms for countless millenia was now in shambles with the inhabitants all dead. The Death Qi resulting from the numerous corpses was so thick that it had condensed into a black fog visible to the naked eye!
Even the Death Crows famous for feeding on Death Qi dared not approach the city gates.
With the extreme concentration of death Qi and the level of destruction there was no way any lifeform could possibly stay in the city for up to a second as their lifespan would wither immediately.
Even the Paragon deities whose mortal vulnerabilities had been cast aside would simply become dust!
Yet it was in this situation that a lone silhouette sat on the destroyed walls of the Immortal Sage tower, his black cape fluttering behind him. The overwhelming death qi wasn't able to do anything to him—in fact it actually took the initiative to stay away from him leaving a space of around three meters around him free from the sinister energy!
In his grasp was a devilish looking halberd that was dripping with golden ichor. Below his feet was a mountain of corpses, Dragons, Altherians, Elfs—you mention it, every race imaginable was there and the most shocking part was that each and every one of the corpses was emanating an aura that was shockingly at the peak of the Paragon realm!
For context the Paragon rank was only below the Monarch realm that represented the peak of power.
Each and every Paragon rank expert were figures who could send the universe into turmoil with a single thought yet here they were, lying as corpses beneath a man's feet!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Right then,the void above the city suddenly shattered as numerous space rifts tore through the destroyed city, swallowing parts of it along with some of the corpses .
The rift at the top of the city continued to widen and out came an army of warriors fully decked in golden armour. At a glance they numbered over a million strong! All of them were enveloped by profound, golden glowing sigils that seemed to contain the very truths of the universe! Adding on the fact that each of them shockingly had Paragon rank strength, it was immediately obvious that this was an army enough to conquer anything.
Their target was obviously the lone figure, falling into formation, they occupied the void surrounding the walls of the Immortal Sage tower, trapping the lone figure in their midst.
“CARLOS!!!!”
Right after the appearance of the warriors a thunderous voice brimming with fury blasted out of the rift. Following the infuriated roar a white-robed elder appeared in the air. His mere presence made the void tremble, an eternal aura surging towards the sky as if they were the centre of the universe.
Seeing him all the warriors genuflected and bowed while shouting out in unison.
“We greet the Fate Monarch! ”
The white robed elder looked like he had half a foot in the grave. His pale white face that was covered in wrinkles along with his long brows that drooped down to his ears made it seem like a random gust could send the old man to his grave.
It was totally inconceivable that such a frail looking man was actual ruler of the myriad realms!
“Hahaha…hahahah…hahahahhahahahh!!!!”
Suddenly, the shoulders of the Demon Monarch, Carlos started to shake as a shrill laughter echoed through the entire city sending chills down the spine of all who heard it.
Slowly, he stood up from the collapsed walls, subconsciously the army of golden warriors tightened their grip around their weapons tighter as they fearfully looked at him.
“Well,well,well, I never expected you old bastard to actually show up this fast considering how cowardly and selfish you've always been yet here you are, hehe..” Sneering, the Demon Monarch glanced at the Fate Monarch with a gaze that dripped of disdain, instantly the warriors behind the Fate Monarch went into a frenzy.
“Demon, how dare you!”
“Is this how you repay your master bastard!”
“Come I'll kill you!”
“SILENCE!”
Glaring at his clamoring followers, Fate Monarch returned his gaze to the Demon Monarch as an expression of extreme regret flitted past his face.
“I admit we were in the wrong back then but she's already gone and nothing can bring her back." pausing the elder’s face turned conflicted. ‘’Also do you think she would accept what you're doing at the moment?.’’
Hearing this, the Demon Monarch’s eyes suddenly became clouded as memories he thought he had buried rose again. In his sight a single figure replaced both the army of Golden warriors and Fate Monarch himself.
Unknowingly, a crushing aura descended upon the entire city from him causing the warriors closest to him to start groaning, some even vomited blood from the overwhelming pressure.
Waving his hand, the old man raised a barrier that protected them while an uneasy feeling settled upon him. Taking his eyes off the Demon monarch he glanced ahead in a certain direction as if he was expecting someone.
“Silvane…”
The Demon Monarch on the other hand couldn't be bothered with the old man or his million soldier army, instead his attention was focused on the graceful figure that appeared in his sight. She was so beautiful, so perfect just like he remembered her to have been. Her arms were wide open for a welcoming embrace and subconsciously he moved closer to her.
‘’No.. !’’
Just when he reached out to grab her the whole scene suddenly scattered as she dissipated into golden particles that drifted along with the wind out of his grasp.
The Demon Monarch's long white hair fluttered despite the lack of wind. A flicker of light flashed through his pitch black eyes, unable to conceal the emotions that were running through his heart.
She was gone, taken away from him. She was the reason he had conspired for over 5000 years just for this day, 5000 years of bitter waiting, just to get revenge from all those that were responsible for her demise!
Suddenly, boundless killing intent arose from the Demon Monarch's body.
‘’OLD BASTARD, YOU'RE NOT WORTHY TO MENTION HER NAME!” Squeezing each word out of his mouth an endless amount of fury bubbled from him as he stabbed his halberd into the void causing destructive ripples to spread in every direction.
“Sigh …..unfortunately Carlos, despite being the disciple I am most proud of, your stubbornness is your only undermining factor, you… you've gone too far on the path of destruction…”
Sighing heavily again, the expression on the old man's face instantly changed to one of pure decisiveness.
“You leave me no choice Carlo but to end you myself…Warriors of the Divine Sage palace…bring me the head of this Demon!”
Immediately this was said the golden sigils hovering all around the army suddenly brightened, amping up their collective strength countless times till all their attacks joined together to form a magnificent divine sword that fell towards the Demon Monarch with the intention of crushing him
Seeing the approaching sword the Demon monarch was still as calm as ever as an aura of desolation and destruction wrapped around him following which, he slowly lifted the demonic halberd before releasing a single, simple swing.
“Die…”
It was only one word! The Demon Monarch only spoke one word before a ray of dark light arced through the entire army.
The next moment both Heaven and Earth groaned as they lost their luster!
BOOM!
Following an explosion that actually tore apart the sky everything in the path of the halberd was instantly grounded into pure dust!
Despite wearing top grade Divine armour, despite being backed by sigils the Fate Monarch had enchanted himself, it still wasn't enough to protect the army from a single strike of the Demon Monarch's halberd!
In the blink of an eye nearly all the warriors that made up the imposingDivine army ceased to exist!
One had to know that even the Fate Monarch wasn't confident of facing the army head on after the buffs granted by the enchantments yet the Demon Monarch had simply erased them with one slash.
“Ru…run,run!”
“Demon, run!”
Sweeping his cold, pitch black eyes across the remaining warriors, they all instinctively felt death knocking on their door. Instantly they abandoned their righteous thoughts of subduing the Demon Monarch.
Raising the Demonic halberd for the second time the Demon Monarch was about to launch another strike when he suddenly felt extreme danger, as fast as he could manage, he raised the halberd across his chest.
The next moment, the space he was standing in was torn to smithereens as five different attacks, each at the Monarch level landed directly on him!
Luckily he had not let his guard down allowing him to escape at the last moment.
Appearing a distance away from his initial position, the Demon Monarch’s already cold face turned even colder.
“Your plan all along was never to use those warriors to attack me was it?”
‘’And so what?!’’
Seeing that his plan had been seen through Fate Monarch knew that he could no longer avoid a simple confrontation.
At the same time four individuals stepped out of the void like they had always been there.
First was a middle-aged man wearing a bright yellow robe with an image of the sun embroidered on it. The temperature around him was so high it seemed like the air itself was about to burn up.
Next was a woman whose face was reminiscent of an ice cold beauty, it was as if she had no time for the mundane,her emotions encased in eternal ice.
Another woman so beautiful she seemed like a fairy shrouded by moonlight also appeared and finally a giant who was wielding an equally huge hammer covered in lightning bolts.
“Fire Monarch of the Divine Sun palace, Frost Monarch of the Divine Ice Court, Moon Monarch of Fairy Heaven and Lightning Monarch of the Divine palace of forging…”
Mentioning these four names at a speed that was neither too slow nor fast the Demon Monarch turned to Fate Monarch with a
smile that really wasn't a smile.
“Are these the backup you were expecting from the old man cause all I can see is a bunch of flies.”