The fallen hero runs through the woods. Its steps were fast and light.

  "I aM TrOziA!"

  Behind it were countless creatures, all similar... all uncanny.

  "GrRahHHhHhhHhh!"

  The creatures all roared, each scream a cacophony of sounds, their steps were ravaging the forest floors.

  The fallen army reaches a town, a simple villiage with kids running and playing around, adults working and living.

  Bad Luck.

  Swish!-Slash!—

  A Prona, squid like monster with four legs, shot out a tenticale barbed with sharp teeth at a kid playing with their friends.

  "Tom!"

  The mother, shocked at this sudden attack, let out a scream of anguish.

  The kid was split in two as his innards were spilled, his two sides landing in two different locations.

  With the 'Thud' of the sides, the monsters began to destroy and kill Every. Living. Thing.

  A giant Mratri with abnormally large, large, large hands crushed a house where cries were heard.

  A Kooroki, a monkey-like goblin with long segmented arms and a tail, had an unhinged looking jaw as it crushed the knees of a farmer as he tried to run away... it was smiling with its jaw hanging.

  A mangrang, a plant that looked like a venus fly trap with intelligence equal to that of an infant, was playing with the kids by grabbing their waist and smashing their bodies to the ground, causing craters with the mashed bodies.

  This was just three of the creatures in the army.

  The fallen hero was standing at the edge of the town where they started, its hand always remaining on the hilt of its blade.

  "P-please help..."

  A legless torso was crawling over and grabbing its ankle as he begged for help.

  "!AizOrT Ma I"

  The man's expression showed resignation as the fallen hero lifted its leg and crushed his head.

  Its eyes shook with...

  ● ● ●

  In the end, the town was filled with carnage as the fallen army kept running, their feets crushed the remaining corpses.

  In the distance, a faint image of a castle can be seen. As they continue running.

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  Behind a tree, a small figure with horns can be seen, holding a crystal ball as it continues to vomit.

  ??◇?

  "What?"

  The demon lord, looking at the crystal orb as the figure on the other side keeps vomitting.

  "Oh god... we need to start the plan now."

  Its been a week since the meeting, the revelation that the corruption would forever continue until everything is a part of it.

  The demon lord tapped on the crystal ball, a runic shape appears on the ball, swiping on it, the shape changed as another figure is shown on the ball.

  "Demon Lord Oroceli."

  Wrath was sitting in his office as his face appeared on the ball.

  "Begin plan bug-fixer."

  "The plan that Marcen guy made?"

  "His title is General Greed."

  "Understood."

  The crystal connection cut off as the demon lord stood up.

  "I will not let my world get destroyed."

  She left her study as the servants and soldiers around her were running around and preparing.

  Yet, everyone made sure to give space to the demon lord herself.

  "Oroceli."

  Everyone stopped. Who is crazy enough to call the demon lord by her name?

  Marcen stood infront of her. He was that crazy.

  "Ah, greed. I see you heard the news."

  "Yes, it seems the corrupted has begun to enact their final plan."

  "You must prepare to flee, this will be dangerous."

  The two began to walk side by side as they began to walk again.

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  "Urgh! Lucy! Stopd dodging!"

  Emily kept slashing her twin blades as Pride kept dodging, yet not a single attack landed.

  "Dear Emily, why do you insist of training with me? Do my summons not work for you?"

  The summon, Yarren, sat on the edge of the training ground with distant eyes followed Emily as she moved to try and attack Pride.

  "Duck then slash."

  "Shut up! Lucy, make your summon quiet down!"

  Emily snapped, her annoyance reaching the limit. Yarren remained seated as he remained quiet again.

  "Haha, it was just to help! Let him off the hook just this time!"

  Winking, Pride came in to attack once more and in doing so, Emily went to block.

  "Not this time!"

  Cling!–

  Pride, with a bired expression, kept Emily, whose hands were trembling with the immense force pushed down on her, serious.

  "H-hey!-'

  The moment Emily tried to talk, Pride took advantage and disarmed her of her twin short blades.

  Pushing his foot forward, Pride tripped Emily as he pushed his blade to her neck.

  "I win."

  "...urgh! I cant with you!"

  Emily pushed the blade away as she stood up, now clearly pissed off.

  She turned away as she stomped off. Leaving Pride and Yarren alone.

  "...what is this?"

  Yarren broke through the silence, his eyes remained distant as he refocused his gaze onto Pride.

  "What'dya mean?"

  "Dont act now... why are you helping her?"

  In hearing that question, Pride turned around as they stared into eachother... his eyes were colder.

  PrCandidIte Of Diamodndse looked at Yarren as he took out a card... Jack of Diamonds.

  "You do not need to know, i own you after all."

  "..."

  With an ominous gaze, Yarren turned his gaze to the ground as the CandidatPrie Odf DiamondeS turned his ggazeas he looked at the training ground entrance where Emily is still walking out.

  "The end will come and you shall be free."

  "What do you mean..."

  "You do not need to know yet."

  Turning around, Pride left the training ground through a shadow as Yarren slowly crumbles to glistening glitter-like dust as he gets recalled.

  □□◇?

  "Iris, cmon! It isn't that bad!"

  Elipsia, now inside of a camp outside of the demonic kingdom's capital, Rume, was trying to convince Iris, hiding inside of the main tent, to leave.

  "No! They are evil! Why did i agree to set it up here!"

  "Cmon! They arent that evil! They even gave us this much space for the one's who did not want to live in the capital."

  A coated figure taps Elipsia's shoulder as she continues to convince Iris.

  "Madame Elipsia."

  She turns to her name being called out after tapping her shoulder didn't work.

  The coated figure with a jester mask bowed as he began to speak formally.

  "Representative of Humans, we urge you to follow us now. The Fallen army has begun their charge."

  After relaying this information, he turned around and disappeared into the forest.

  "...fuck."