Their faces were pale and twisted with panic. They had come here proudly, ready to slaughter and sacrifice the entire city. Yet now they were the ones whose lives were barely hanging on.

Ethan burst through the wreckage without slowing down. He charged forward again, his armor glowing faintly with the radiance of holy light. His greatsword was raised high with a steady resolve that made the ground tremble.

Kai and Bernard split up quickly, backing away in opposite directions while casting curses and spells to stop him.

"Release the zombies. Release all the zombies to hold him down," Kai shouted, his voice shaking.

"Also release the curses," Bernard followed with a frantic gesture, spreading his hands wide.

Crimson flames burst from the ground around Ethan. Blood tendrils crawled across the soil like living snakes. A massive humanoid figure made of blood and dark energy rose behind him, its eyes glowing red as it reached out to trap him in its grasp.

But Ethan did not flinch. His breathing was steady. His eyes were sharp and cold.

"FUCK OFFF!"

SLASH!

BOOOOOM!

With a mighty swing, he cut down the blood figure. His sword ripped it apart in a single strike, splitting it cleanly in two before it could close around him. He lifted his other hand and released another Holy Light Slash. The blast lit up the battlefield like a white sun.

Right after that a huge wave of zombies jumped over Ethan, crashing toward him with snapping jaws and twisted bodies.

"Get out of my sight,you bastard!" Ethan roared. His voice shook the air like thunder. His eyes were bloodshot and wild, and he swung his sword in a wide arc.

With a single slash, he cut across the entire area. Bodies exploded and blood sprayed. The ground trembled under the force. He charged straight through the swarm, tearing through zombies and cutting them into pieces. Limbs flew. Heads rolled. The muddy battlefield turned into a river of scattered flesh.

However, when he saw the enormous horde ahead, he made a sudden decision.

He would go all out.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The glowing arc of light shot across the battlefield, destroying three curses mid-air. Small priests hiding behind fallen stone walls screamed and fled in blind panic.

"Stop running!" Ethan roared, his chest heaving.

"It seems you are abandoned," he muttered as he crushed another zombie under his boot.

...…

Meanwhile, Bernard and Kai retreated inside a small broken structure. Dust fell from the cracked ceiling with every explosion outside.

"His power seemed to keep growing," Bernard muttered. Sweat ran down his pale face, dripping from his chin. His robes were shredded from the earlier blast and dark energy flickered weakly around his fingertips. His hands were shaking uncontrollably.

Kai stood beside a half-destroyed statue, panting and gripping his staff with white knuckles. "This is no normal knight," he said quietly. There was disbelief and fear in his eyes.

"He's fighting with quite a number of superior techniques," Bernard said.

"Where the fuck did he got so many powerful moves,"His voice trembled as he tried to catch his breath.

"He might have got a lega-"

He was about to speak again when a dense murderous intent suddenly locked onto them. It felt like a giant hand closing around their throats. Bernard and Kai froze on the spot. A cold shiver ran down their backs and their blood turned icy.

"Damn… he is here!" Bernard gasped.

Ethan's eyes had locked onto Bernard again through the broken structure. Without waiting he burst forward with a powerful jump, mana exploding around his body. He aimed straight toward Bernard, closing the distance like a flash of light.

Bernard panicked and threw a desperate attack with trembling hands. A dark wave of cursed fire surged at Ethan with a high pitched scream.

Ethan swung his sword without hesitation. A clean bright arc of holy light tore through Bernard's attack, blowing it apart into sparks that scattered like dust.

The shield Bernard tried to raise shattered instantly under the strike. Ethan's sword slammed down and the impact shook the structure violently.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Bernard screamed. He was thrown backwards and slammed into a broken wall. Blood trailed from his shoulder and splattered across the stone. His body shook uncontrollably from the shock.

"KAIIIIII!

"HELLPPPP!"He screamed and talked to Kai using mind magic while casting a blood red shield while using Blink to run.

Bernard was in a state of panic as Ethan kept attacking him without pause. Each of his strikes pushed them further back and left them no room to breathe.

Kai gritted his teeth and shouted at Bernard while stumbling backward.

"Bernard, hold him back! I'll summon the Lord!" he yelled in desperation.

Bernard looked unsure. Fear was written all over his face and his hands shook. "But…" he tried to speak, his voice trembling.

"Just do something, you idiot!" Kai snapped angrily and retreated quickly while Bernard stepped in to face Ethan with shaking legs.

Kai screamed, his voice cracking. "Don't let him get close to me again! I need to call the demon God! Now!"

With that Kai ran away while casting spells to summon Demonic God.

The ground beneath them trembled like it was alive. Far across the battlefield, a dark circle began to form. Red lightning crawled around its edges and black mist poured upward like smoke. Strange symbols appeared on the ground beneath it, drawn with blood that bubbled and hissed.

While Bernard struggled to stand, Kai lifted a dark crystal high. His hands shook but he continued chanting in a deep guttural voice that echoed across the battlefield.

"Lord of the Abyss… Hear us… Tear the veil and descend…"

Ethan narrowed his eyes. He felt a sharp warning surge through his body. His back tingled and his instincts screamed danger. He stepped back slightly and adjusted his stance. His grip tightened around his sword.

"Now what the hell is going on?" he muttered. His voice was low and tense. He braced himself, planting his feet firmly on the cracked earth.

The temperature dropped sharply. The cold stung like needles. The air grew heavy and suffocating.

Above them a huge portal ripped open across the sky.

Ethan wanted to attack but all his senses screamed at him to stop.

It was a warning that originated deep within his soul saying to him.

[If you provoke him even a bit,your entire existence would be ripped apart.]

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