The Floating Island of Edea slowly retreated as the Earth Turtle did its best to save everyone.
Since it was now part of the floating island, it was in pain after a large chunk of it was destroyed.
Unfortunately, the Abyssal Creatures had no plans of letting them escape, so they all swarmed the Floating Island with the intention of finishing it off for good.
Suddenly, countless Shadow Warriors emerged as Draven made his appearance. It had been fighting alongside his comrades on the ground when the Floating Island was attacked. Now that it was facing the united assault of the Abyssal Legion, the Shadow Sovereign of Lux's army stood at the front to defend it.
With the Abyssal Army's massive numbers, it was inevitable that several monsters would get past Draven's defenses.
"Transcendent Fireball!" Grandma Annie shouted, unleashing a Fireball empowered by the Transcendent Flames that was bestowed upon her.
"Annie, go back inside the Guild Headquarters!" Randolph shouted as he swung his hammer at a Demonic Imp, sending it flying. "We'll handle it from here, so go back!"
Transcendent Flames covered Randolph's hammer as he fought side by side with Annie, who was protecting the entrance of their Guild Headquarters.
"I can't back down here, Randolph," Grandma Annie replied. "We're the last line of defense, so we can't allow anyone else to get past us."
High above their heads, two Wyverns descended. Their claws were ready to shred the two Dwarves who were trying to hold their ground against the invading enemies.
But when they were only several meters away from their targets, six puppets blocked their paths and hacked off their wings, resulting in a bloody scene.
Vera, who was one of the Protectors of the Guild Headquarters, was manipulating hundreds of her battle puppets at the same time.
She was a Saint, and a very powerful one at that, but the sheer numbers of enemies that were attacking them were countless, pushing her back.
Even so, she didn't back down and moved her fingers as if she were a conductor in an orchestra.
An orchestra that was playing the song of the end of the world.
All the members of Heaven's Gate desperately held their ground in order to protect their Headquarters from the enemies.
Bentley and Glee fought side by side, hurling spells and Blast Bombs left and right.
The Four-Winged Dragon of their Merchant's Guild roared above their heads and unleashed a breath attack at the enemies that seemed unending.
"Charge!" General Garret ordered as he and his men charged forward. Over ten thousand soldiers under his command, including the soldiers that Lux had turned into crystal statues in the past, all advanced to engage their enemies.
Within the Void Battlefield, the island of Edea was like a floating beacon, where countless spells exploded left and right, illuminating the darkness.
"Annie!" Randolph shouted as an Empyrean Dread Scorpion pierced the older woman's body with its stinger. "You bastard!"
Randolph roared in anger as tears streamed down the side of his face. Although the Monster was stronger than him, he charged at it with the intention of killing it with his own hands.
The Dread Scorpion flung the body of Grandma Annie in Randolph's direction as if mocking him.
The Blacksmith of Leaf Town couldn't possibly ignore this provocation and released the hammer in his hands, in order to catch the woman that he had loved for many years.
They had been together since they were young, but his indecisiveness led to him being unable to tell her his real feelings.
Randolph landed safely on the ground as he held the old lady in his arms. She was no longer breathing.
The Scorpion's stinger had pierced her heart, killing her instantly.
Tears blurred Randolph's vision as he held his beloved tightly.
He knew that doing something like this in the middle of battle was equivalent to giving up on his life. However, he just stood there as he used his hands to close Grandma Annie's eyes, who could no longer see anything.
A shadow fell over the Dwarves' body, making Randolph raise his head to look at the Dread Scorpion, who had moved closer to him.
"Annie, I will be with you soon," Randolph said as he held the woman in her hands tighter. The Scorpion's stinger then descended upon the blacksmith's body, piercing his head.
Randolph collapsed on the ground, still holding Grandma Annie's body tightly.
The Empyrean Monster then screeched as it advanced to kill more of the people who belonged to the Guild Heaven's Gate.
Daniel had given them all a mental command to focus their attention on the Floating Island and make sure that no one inside it survived.
Cedwyn, who was now the Mayor of Leaf Town, fought with tears streaming down his eyes when he saw his two close friends and fellow Dwarves die around him.
They didn't want to fight any wars and only wished to live in peace.
But someone didn't wish for that to happen and only wanted to destroy their world.
Because of this, they were forced to fight, putting their lives on the line for a future where the living would not have to fight anymore.
He heard Lilian's shout of rage not far from him as she shredded all the monsters around her to pieces.
Behind her, countless small Monster Cores, the size of nails and covered with a gooey substance, littered the ground.
These were the remains of the countless baby slimes who refused to seek shelter and fought alongside their Masters in battle.
The Wicked Queen Slime's rage was the same rage that burned in the hearts of all the Guild Members of Heaven's Gate, who fought tooth and nail against the Abyssal Monsters who had killed their family, friends, lovers, comrades, and acquaintances.
Diablo charged toward the enemies with his cape fluttering behind him, with his sword raised high.
"Hellfire Annihilation."
A single swing of his sword annihilated countless lives. With so many dead people and Monsters on the battlefield, even the Demigods would not survive a single sword slash from him.
"Rage Smash!" ALL-MITE roared as he punched forward, creating a giant blazing fist that flew forward, instantly obliterating anything in its way.
Rage that wouldn't subside.
Rage that would not stop until all their enemies were destroyed. Rage that empowered each of their attacks, carrying the weight of the lives of the people who had fallen in battle.
Although Diablo and Asmodeus could have reanimated the bodies of Grandma Annie and Randolph, they didn't do that.
Just like their Master, these two Dwarves were so precious in their hearts that they couldn't bear to turn their bodies into Zombies in order to fight again.
Blackfire was fighting side by side with Lux, so the Black Coffin was unable to gather the bodies of the people who were dying at their Guild Headquarters.
Because of this, Diablo had summoned several Doom Knight Gangbangers to take their bodies back inside the Guild Headquarters.
"Those who want to die, step forward!" Asmodeus shouted as he summoned his own Deus Gigantia who stood beside the floating Island, swatting countless Abyssal Monsters and turning them to meat paste.
A blizzard suddenly engulfed the entirety of the floating Island, lowering the visibility of their enemies to just a few meters in front of them.
Itaqua had joined the battle, covering the entire island with its Domain.
Unlike its enemies, all the members of Heaven's Gate were unaffected by the cold and visual obstruction and were able to move within the blizzard perfectly.
A ten-meter-tall Death Tyrant appeared within the blizzard and opened its eyes.
It unleashed a barrage of petrification and death rays at the Abyssal Creatures, turning them into stone, while killing the rest instantly.
Not only did Ithaqua and Morpheus become Demigods, but the Death Tyrant had also completed its Beholder's Legacy.
These two creatures fought side by side with Asmodeus and killed their enemies mercilessly.
Now that all of Lux's Named Creatures, and Covenant members congregated in the floating islands, the number of their own people dying decreased exponentially, and the Abyssal Monsters were finally being pushed back.
The stench of death filled the air as the Undead Army took control of the battlefield.
Whether the Monsters were in the sky or the land, there was no escaping the verdict of death that Diablo and the rest of his comrades had set on the heads of their enemies.
Now that Daniel was facing the Half-Elf in battle, he could no longer keep his attention on the Floating Island, which had become a complete slaughterhouse to the Abyssal Monsters who dared to touch the reverse scale of Lux's Undead Legion.
