"Why is it smiling?"
The commander watched the four-armed demon about to be pushed into the spatial channel, and this thought suddenly popped into his mind.
In his view, the twisted-faced monster looked toward the maternal world at the other end of the portal with greedy, vicious eyes, grinning.
"What exactly is it laughing at?"
A strong sense of foreboding surged in the commander's heart.
"Commander, the leaders of the Deathbringer Corps, the Exterminator Corps, and the Poison Sore Corps have assembled and are awaiting your orders!"
The officer approached the pale-faced commander and spoke.
"I… I understand."
Although emotions raged like stormy waves in his heart, the commander forced them down.
After all, two entire worlds still needed to be conquered…
And three legions were waiting for his orders, to…
The commander turned, sighed, and looked toward the officers standing in the distance.
He began walking toward them.
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Suddenly…
Perhaps it was a curse, or a meme, or perhaps a blessing from those fallen dark gods…
A smile, the demon's smile, suddenly resurfaced in the commander's mind.
That malice, that desire, was deeply imprinted in his brain!
"I cannot allow this creature into my world!"
The commander spun around and ran toward the spatial channel.
On the other side of the channel, several abyssal plants had already been sent into the Hayes clan's maternal world.
Next were the living samples of black earth and the most crucial of all, the legendary demon!
"Stop!"
Suddenly, everyone heard the commander's roar.
He stopped the squad transporting the demon and said:
"Do not send these unknown specimens, including this legendary monster, to our world!"
"If research is needed, it will be conducted in the world we are currently in!"
Hearing this, the Brain-Eater squad member with gears and books on his chest scratched his head.
"But, Commander, this world is unsafe, and we don't have the equipment needed, those few rare…"
"This is an order, soldier!"
"This is the order of me, the overall commander of the advancing army!"
"As the chief commander of the Elder Council, I have this authority!"
The commander's blue-purple eyes blazed with terrifying light, like a predator choosing its prey.
"The issue of equipment and tools is within my authority to allocate!"
"And for safety, you can tell those old fools that with the Deathbringer and Exterminator Corps stationed here, they will not die!"
…
Everyone dared not breathe, silently watching the commander in a furious state.
Although his demands were unconventional, his authority made them enforceable.
"At your command!"
The terrified Brain-Eater squad member saluted hastily, put down the specimens, and returned to their maternal world to report.
The commander then stood alone before the demon.
"Though I don't know what your previous expression meant, I can assure you that neither you nor your world will ever touch mine!"
This time, his blue-purple eyes held no fear.
The demon, in turn, displayed a haughty sneer from its crimson eyes.
"(Demonic) This is only the beginning, little one, only… the beginning!"
The commander turned and continued toward the officers on standby.
"Gentlemen, I will now brief you on the current battle situation in this world…"
"First, we are experiencing a battle that has never occurred before…"
"A three-way war!"
"A terrifying war using an entire world as the battlefield, where the other two worlds prepare to annihilate each other…"
…
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In a dense jungle, an alien quietly raised its head from the thick foliage to observe the other side.
It was already the second week of this world's encounter with the "extraterrestrial demons."
Most of the warriors in its tribe had died, leaving only a single priest.
Thus, only the young alien could now conduct observations.
It raised its head, looking toward one side of the jungle.
There lay the endless black earth.
The black earth spread like a tumor, expanding across all corners of the beautiful planet.
On these lands, unsettling monsters filled every inch of space.
The appearance of these monsters caused the young tribal warrior to tremble.
He remembered that the priest had warned him that these demons were terrifying creatures who delighted in tormenting warriors' souls.
Thinking of this, the warrior looked toward the other side of the black earth.
There were alchemical machines and evil-armored soldiers the tribal warrior could never hope to understand.
In his eyes, these evil armored beings were no better than the demons.
Wherever they went, they unleashed "evil magic bombs" that eradicated all flora and fauna.
Compared to the demons that corroded the land, they too were objects to be driven out.
But…
"It's time to go…"
The tribal warrior hid his hatred-filled gaze and retreated into the jungle.
"The high priests of distant powerful tribes once told us that these two demons from different worlds are fighting on our land!"
"We must take this opportunity to recuperate and wait patiently…"
"Once both sides destroy each other, we can easily reclaim our homeland!"
With this thought, a fierce fighting spirit began to rise in the tribal warrior.
Upon returning to his tribe and reporting the situation at the jungle outskirts, the only surviving priest gave an answer none could accept.
"We must abandon our current home and move to the region protected by a larger tribe!"
"What?" "Abandon our home! No!" "If we leave, we will have nothing!"
Hearing this, the surviving tribe members could hardly believe it.
The high priest quietly gave the answer received from the deity he served.
"This is what we must do! This is the god's command!"
"We are to go to those large tribes and, for the birth of the supreme deity…"
"…offer our blood and bones!"
The priest seemed several years older, bowing his head.
"The gods have decided."
Behind the struggle between the two dark forces, at the edge of the shadows, unwilling souls attempted their final resistance for this world.
And in the eyes of some, such struggles were…
Laughable!