The sky fractured into chaos. Red lightning danced across the darkened clouds as if the heavens themselves declared war on the earth. The Corrupted Beasts surged in waves—Whisperers, Bloodfang Boars, Eclipsed Serpents, and something else... something colossal, stirring beneath the rubble.
Levi stood amid the chaos, Ragnar snarling with glowing crimson veins snaking across his fur. The ground quaked. A deafening roar ripped through the battlefield, louder than thunder, shattering windows for miles.
[System: Warning! New Event Triggered – Cataclysm Beast Emergence.]
[System: Objective Updated – Survive Until Reinforcements Arrive.]
Levi's heart skipped. Reinforcements? He didn't have that kind of time. The Whisperers lunged, shadows twisting like blades. Levi ducked, rolled, and slashed upward, his dagger scraping across its inky hide.
[System: Critical Hit – 178 Damage.]
[System: Whisperer HP: 322/500.]
Another voice whispered in his ear, venomous and sweet: "Bleed for us, little hunter."
Levi gritted his teeth, fighting the urge clawing at his mind. Ragnar leaped, tearing its throat apart in a spray of black mist.
[System: Enemy Defeated. EXP +150.]
[System: Pet 'Ragnar' Leveled Up – Level 4.]
"Good boy," Levi muttered, panting as more beasts poured in. His muscles burned, lungs screaming for air.
A streak of crimson shattered the mist. Mikoto landed gracefully, his crimson coat fluttering, eyes blazing like molten steel. "Still alive, rookie? Don't embarrass me."
Levi blinked. "You're late—"
Before he could finish, a shockwave split the earth, and Aizen appeared, blade humming with azure energy. He stood opposite Mikoto, smirking like a devil at dawn.
"Mikoto," Aizen said calmly, "try not to get in my way."
"Likewise," Mikoto retorted, pressing his gloved hand to the ground. Crimson sigils ignited beneath the beasts, erupting in a column of blood-fire. Dozens of Corrupted screeched as their bodies disintegrated in scarlet flames.
[System: Elite Skill Detected – Blood Matrix (Rank S).]
Aizen dashed forward, faster than sight, cleaving a Whisperer in half with a single arc of his katana. Sparks and ichor sprayed across the ground.
The battlefield became a storm. Renjiro slammed his fists into the earth, creating a canyon that swallowed a swarm whole. Hikari blurred through the air, her twin blades slicing like lightning. Akane spun her crimson sigils like serpents, binding the serpents midair.
Then the earth convulsed. A monstrous shape rose from the abyss, towering above skyscrapers a Cataclysm Beast. Its body was an amalgamation of writhing shadows and jagged bone, its maw glowing like molten obsidian.
[System: New Boss Identified – Cataclysm Beast 'Oblivion Wyrm.' Threat Level: SSS.]
[System: All hunters advised – FLEE IMMEDIATELY.]
But no one moved.
Aizen rested his katana on his shoulder, smirking. Mikoto cracked his knuckles, eyes glinting with feral hunger. Levi stared at Ragnar, who growled low, his body trembling but his eyes burning with determination.
"This is it," Levi whispered.
Aizen's voice cut through the chaos like steel. "Everyone hold your ground."
Mikoto grinned savagely. "Let's show this world why we're feared."
The Oblivion Wyrm roared, splitting the clouds, and the war for survival began.
[System: Quest Updated – Kill 'Oblivion Wyrm.' Reward: ??? | Penalty: Death.]