The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

Chapter 810: Dark Sky

For the children of the Godslayer Humankind, Atlas was nothing short of hell. It was a place filled with monsters that would rip them and their families to pieces if they ever crossed into Gaia.

However, if you were actually to see and experience life in the Inferno Daemon Empire, you would realize that Inferno Daemons were no different than Godslayer Humans. There were definitely evil individuals who could butcher without remorse, but those were the exceptions, and there was no shortage of them in Gaia.

Most Inferno Daemons were just ordinary people going about their daily lives, caring for their families, and full of dreams. They indeed had tendencies like the barbaric nature of those of the Abyssal Clan and the scheming one from those of the Hell Clan, but it was no different than humansʼ greedy nature.

It was just an aspect of their personality, nothing more and nothing less, and did not dictate what type of person they would grow up to be.

The Inferno Daemon Empire had experienced an age of prosperity and improvement during the past hundreds of years under the Dark Emperor. The man was a very powerful True God and a renowned Alchemy Master, with his potions and drugs saving many heroes of the empire from losing their cultivation or certain death.

But it was not just the Dark Emperor who excelled, as his Seventh Son was just as impressive. Horus Ekleipsis had been a supreme genius from a very young age, reaching the Divine Ascension Realm before turning 100.

Horusʼ fame reached its peak during The Great Cataclysm. He was fast and decisive, mobilizing over half of the Imperial Army and all the True Gods in a very short time, protecting all the coastal cities in Atlas and saving billions of lives.

Having the Imperial Army and over 80% of the True Gods in the Inferno Daemon Empire protecting the coastal cities would have left an opening for the monsters in the south. Yet, Horus once again proved his might as he established an alliance with a rogue human organization that clashed with the humans just as they prepared to march into Atlas.

The last part was not how things went down, but it was easy to trick people when they wanted to believe the lie.

Anyway, the last years were peaceful and quiet for the Inferno Daemon Empire, but everything good had to end.

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There was a massive man nearly four meters tall with a muscular, towering body. He was a middle-aged Abyssal Demon man with a very handsome face, black eyes, and irises. His power was overwhelming, yet his eyes were full of fear and worry as he gazed at the dark fog that spread through the earth and sky before him.

This unknown force manifested a week ago, covering the 11 Sectors in hours! No one saw where it came from, but before the Inferno Daemon Empire could even react, they lost all communication with the billions of lives in it.

Not even the Divine Ascension Masters in those Sectors were able to escape the dark fog, and no one heard from them again.

The loss of 11 Sectors was shocking enough news for the Inferno Daemon Empire, but things did not end there. Before the day ended, a horde with millions of monsters resembling wicked insects emerged from the other Sectors.

The Insect Army killed countless people in a ferocious rampage across the Sectors on the periphery of the Dark Fog.

Of course, the Inferno Daemon Emperor and the Imperial Court would not simply stand such carnage in their domain, so they immediately sent the Imperial Army to clash with those monsters. But after the initial charge, those creatures immediately returned to the dark, toxic fog, dragging all the corpses of the slain with them.

The Imperial Army did not dare hastily enter the dark, toxic fog. People beneath the Apotheosis Realm could not resist inside, and even Divine Ascension Masters felt their strength diminish. They did not want to make a mistake, as they were not even aware of the enemyʼs nature yet.

The Dark Emperor was not a coward, but neither was he a fool. He ordered the evacuation of the Sectors around the Dark Fog before preparing a well-coordinated charge, the one leading it no other than the Hero of the Inferno Daemon Race, Horus Ekleipsis.

Horus led a force with five True Gods, fifty Gods, three hundred Divine Ascension Masters, and fifty thousand Apotheosis Masters into the Dark Fog. That was over half of the might of not just the Imperial Force but the entire Inferno Daemon Race.

The Hero of the Inferno Daemon Race marched into the dark, toxic fog, leading that army and releasing a charge on those insect monsters. At first, everything went great, with the number of deaths among the insects rising higher and higher and the army coming closer and closer to what seemed to be the headquarters of the invading force.

However, just as it seemed that the Inferno Daemon Army would turn out victorious and eradicate the enemy force, all communication was severed.

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The man gazed at the black poisonous fog and clenched his fists. It had already been over four hours since they lost contact with the Inferno Daemon Army, and it took all in his power not to march into the Dark Fog. Suddenly, humanoid figures approached the border, drawing the manʼs attention.

”Emperor, behind us!”

”Careful!”

Immediately, two Inferno Daemons flashed forward, positioning themselves in front of the man of the Abyssal Clan. Of course, he was not any member of the Abyssal Clan but the Emperor of the Inferno Daemon Empire.

The Dark Emperor was not rash, and his eyes were sharp as he gazed at the humanoid figures approaching the border of the dark fog. He was tall, but these were even taller, with the one taking the lead nearing seven meters in height.

The entity had a humanoid body with dark metallic skin, and golden patterns seemed to cover his body. He gazed at the Dark Emperor with emotionless eyes before throwing something forward.

The Dark Emperorʼs eyes turned to the object that rolled around, and his eyes widened as he saw his sonʼs head, Horus. Immediately, a sense of overwhelming rage and wrath filled his heart, and he flashed forward before any of his guards could do anything.

A flaming dark Astral Wave covered his fists as he appeared before the monster and sent a massive punch, shattering the space in his path.

”BOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!”

Due to the immense power of the fist, a massive explosion echoed the next second, yet the Dark Emperorʼs eyes were full of disbelief as he saw the entity catch his fist with his naked hand.

”Your time has ended. This world now belongs to the Dark Sky.”

The entityʼs voice was eerily cold as he gazed directly into the eyes of the Dark Emperor before unleashing a single punch that sent the leader of the Inferno Daemon Race flying away while puking blood.

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End of book 9. The Rise of Dark Sky