Hero of Darkness

In the midst of the wildfire spread across the forested border where two ginormous entities clashed against each other. The shockwaves released from their physical confrontation sent tremors to the ground as the rising fire lightened up the enter border region in the night. 

RUSTLE!! 

RUSTLE!! 

BANG!! 

Valkyrie Brunhilde was pushed backward for hundreds of meters after the legendary flying monster created a ginormous orb in front of its beak, made of highly compressed wind blades and hit her with this elemental attack. 

Crack! 

Crack! 

Hundreds of cracks formed on the silver-golden ancient rank metallic shield of the valkyrie as she was forced to bear the brunt of this legendary monster's attack. 

And as the shield blocked this attack, hundreds of magic cannons and flying ships shot at the ginormous flying enemy who had already killed thousands of their comrades. 

Huff! 

Huff! 

Kassandra who stood inside the protective barrier in the middle of Brunhilde's tiara had an exhausted expression while more drops of blood dripped from her head and mouth. 

As soon as they were alerted of this approaching enemy five hours ago, she had been holding the fort on her own while trying to fend off against this regional boss who was supposed to reside in the inner forests of this side of the border and a few hundred miles away. 

Yet suddenly this legendary rank monster who wouldn't even show up during the annual monster tide had decided to intrude and take the initiative for the first time in the past hundred years. 

And despite being so big, it was successfully evading most of their cannon shots and magical spell attacks shot by the magicians boarding on the ships and those attacks that hit it only gave superficial wounds. 

To extend her summoning time and preserve her mana… Kassandra had been only defending and jabbing once in a while to keep this opponent focused on her instead of flying away and attacking from a different direction. 

Nevertheless… her efforts barely delayed the inevitable as hundreds of flying ships that had thousands of people on them as well as the ground troops shooting the magic cannons… were falling off on the ground. 

In just five hours… more than a hundred thousand soldiers who were stationed to protect this region had fallen in the war. And if not for her being able to withstand against this enemy that was comparable to a first stage saint… the number of casualties would've multiplied by many times. 

However… Everything changed in the past hour that made Kassandra get into a full-on battle frenzy and lose her composure. 

Because a kilometer behind the ginormous Brunhilde… was debris of a fallen flying ship that was being rummaged by the troops of soldiers. 

And in among the debris… was a red-haired swordswoman who had two rapiers on her waist. While the ground trembled from the clash of titanic figures of the shieldmaiden and the legendary rank monster… this young woman also had tears in her eyes just like Kassandra. 

It was none other than Veronica Mikealson, a peak grandmaster fighter and also the cousin of the Raven Sorceress. 

"Wake up!! You can't die!! Wake up, dammit!!" screamed Veronica as she shook the body of a silver armored knight who blonde hair. 

The reason for both Kassandra & Veronica's tears was this young man who was only 3 years younger than both. It was someone who died from the attacks of this legendary monster while leading the squadron of the flying ships. 

"Wake up!! Or I'll kill you myself!" shouted Veronica but the lifeless blue eyes of this young knight covered in blood gave no response. 

The one who had fallen on the battlefield just 30 minutes ago was like a little brother to Kassandra… 

Isaac Mikealson. 

The beginner rank grandmaster knight and the cousin of both Kassandra & Veronica. 

While Veronica had lost her sanity amidst the battle due to immense grief as she herself saw the death of her cousin who both of them grew up with… Kassandra had both a saddened yet wrathful look on her countenance. 

Although she was past her limits… Kassandra still fought with the best of her abilities while attacking and defending against this legendary monster. 

Because she knew that if she fell before the reinforcements arrived… not just her but more than 3 million soldiers attacking and surrounding this monstrosity from different sides would soon die. 

Thus, despite her heart being in great pain; she held the front like a responsible commander of the army. 

Cough! 

Cough! 

Kassandra coughed blood as sweat ran from her chin. All the mana storage artifacts she was using as a source to keep her summoned deity intact were on their last straw as the gigantic 1 kilometer tall figure needed a lot of mana for this extended battle. 

Although the current situation looked like that of an impasse… only she knew that it would be a matter of minutes before her summoned deity disappeared and their lives were doomed. 

"Just… a…. little… longer." spoke Kassandra with an anguished expression. 

Swoosh!! 

Buzz!! 

Suddenly, a rumbling noise filled the battlefield as the white-feathered bird-like monster had all of its world energy exuding out of its body and it started coalescing into a bright silver colored unstable tornado and the tall trees from the surrounding five hundred meters were sucked into this tornado because of the suction force. 

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"No! Not now!" exclaimed Kassandra as the ginormous body of Brunhilde that was in the 1 kilometer radius of this tornado also started getting pulled towards this massive tornado that was getting bigger with each passing second. 

And finally when her supply of mana was close to depletion and the deity's figure started flickering out of existence… 

The massive tornado suddenly launched itself towards Kassandra. 

Under its immense suction force, Kassandra herself lost control over the summoned deity and both of them now seemed like they'd be shredded inside this tornado. 

However… 

BOOOOOM!! 

Suddenly, a massive giantsword made of five different elements appeared in between the tornado and the valkyrie and quickly hit the center of the tornado.

As the aftershocks from this sword strike finally settled… a massive black warship suddenly hovered behind the ginormous deity. 

"You're late." spoke Kassandra as she looked at a man in a gray military general-like longcoat who appeared at the exit door of this black warship. 

"You've done well. Now leave everything to me." spoke the swordsman as his eyes met the worn-down sorceress. 

Huff! 

"You didn't bring any reinforcements?" asked Kassandra as she took a heavy breath from exhaustion. 

Swoosh! 

Suddenly, a black greatsword appeared in his right hand. 

To her battle-worn figure… the man replied in a somber tone as he looked at the legendary monster ahead with a vengeful expression… 

"I'm the Reinforcement."