It started with a faint shiver at first but turned into a fortress shaking earthquake in a few seconds, sending a chill down everyone's spine.
Then came the cries from the scouts, trembling voices that barely held back their terror.
"They're here! The Demon Lord's forces have arrived!"…
DING… DING… DING…
Alarm bells rang all across the city and all eyes turned to the distant horizon— and there it was. A sight so horrifying it felt like the world itself had stopped.
The horizon, once a flat line of barren plains, now surged with an unnatural, inky blackness. Like a wave of living shadow, it swallowed the land whole, stretching endlessly in all directions, blotting out the ground and sky alike.
A sea of demons, beasts, and monstrosities marched forward, their sheer numbers so overwhelming that one could actually feel their skin crawling.