Of the seven Cracks of the Abyss in the Lionheart Empire, six of them were suppressed. Only the Crack of the Abyss in Riga suddenly erupted with an army of more than 100,000 monsters, breaking through the defense line of the local garrison. The 63,216 soldiers of the 1st Infantry Regiment were all killed in action, and even the messenger did not manage to escape.
After killing the 1st Infantry Regiment, the monsters immediately split up and ran in different directions.
This way, they lost the ability to fight as a group and could no longer attack the big cities with thick walls and high walls, but at the same time, they no longer faced the risk of being annihilated. The small towns and scattered villages were not so lucky, and in one night, several small towns near Jiali were all fatally attacked.
The monsters changed their fearless fighting style and fully displayed their mobility. As soon as they saw large-scale human reinforcements, they immediately ran away. Their goal was to kill and destroy, and everywhere they went, blood flowed like rivers, spreading panic everywhere. Soon, there was a new wave of migration in the Lionheart Empire.
When the nearby residents heard the news, they packed their luggage and either fled to the big cities or went to seek refuge with their relatives. Along the way, entire villages were often seen seeking refuge. Pushkin sent a large number of troops to ensure the safety of the refugees along the way, but the Prime Minister's face was getting worse and worse.
Pushkin rushed to the Lionheart Empire through the teleportation circle on the second day after the incident. As far as his eyes could see, there were large tracts of abandoned fields. Pushkin's heart ached when he saw this, because the food problem caused by the plague had become more and more serious, and this time, with the large-scale migration, the food problem was bound to become more acute.
The Adventurers Guild all over the country issued an unlimited number of missions to hunt the monsters of the Abyss, and all adventurers, regardless of whether they were new or old, could accept it. According to the strength of the monsters killed, they could exchange for different amounts of rewards, but there were very few who responded.
After all, no matter how rich the rewards were, it was best to be alive to earn them. The strength of the monsters of the Abyss was obvious to all, and even those who did not know the immensity of heaven and earth dispelled the hope in their hearts after seeing what happened to the nearby towns and villages. No one knew where the monsters would go, and how many there were. If they encountered a group of monsters, even the best of the best would only be left with the word "death", so the clean-up work could only be done by the army.
However, the military was also having a headache. To deal with a small group of targets, a large force was too bloated, and a small number of people made it easy for them to be defeated one by one. Moreover, the floating turrets that had previously displayed great power were now useless. The expensive operation and maintenance costs made it impossible for them to be used to attack a single target.
Although D 'Addarion was still missing, the Magic Association issued a full mobilization order under the impetus of Lilith. Not only did it require the mages everywhere to enter a state of combat readiness, but even the academies received a notice, asking the teachers and students of the academies to be prepared. When the situation deteriorated to a certain extent, it could not be ruled out that they would also go to the battlefield.
This was the first time that the Sorcerer Association had mobilized all the mages since the first magic war. It also meant that after more than 900 years, mankind was once again at the brink of life and death.
However, at this critical juncture, no one could have imagined that the Holy Alliance would undergo yet another shocking turn of events.
Although the large-scale outbreak happened the day before the abyssal crack, the cause of the incident could actually be traced back to half a month ago.
A first-order holy knight named Hooper was assigned to a remote village since the age of 15 to become the village's sheriff. He and his subordinate, a retainer knight named Matthew, stayed in this small village for 20 years. Perhaps even the people who sent him here back then had forgotten about their existence.
However, Hooper had no complaints. He was a devout believer with firm faith, believing that everything he had experienced was a test given to him by the gods. Because the small village was too remote, he did not even hear the news that Reinhardt VII had led the army to attack the Holy Alliance.
Hooper lived the same life every day. He would wake up early to practice martial arts, and after breakfast, he would ride a donkey around the village to patrol. At noon, he would return to the village to see if there was anything that needed to be adjusted. In the afternoon, he would study the Holy Bible in his room. However, this morning, when he woke up, he found that the holy power in his body had disappeared.
This matter made him pale with fright. He knew what it meant to lose the holy power. Since ancient times, only clergymen who betrayed the temple and chose to fall would have their holy power withdrawn.
As a devout believer, Hooper's first reaction was panic. He spent the entire morning carefully reviewing everything he had done in the past month, but he could not find the problem. This made him even more panicked.
Matthew did not see Hooper during morning exercises, so he went to the latter's room. He saw this man who was always smiling as if nothing could knock him down, hugging his head and banging his head against the wall in pain.
Matthew was shocked and quickly went up to stop Hooper. After asking for the reason, he was also scared half to death. Both of them were from the church, so they naturally knew how strict the temple's attitude toward fallen clergymen was. However, Matthew was not as devout as Hooper. After the incident, the first thing he thought of was how to save their lives, so he strongly opposed Hooper's action of turning himself in to the city.
With their current situation, as long as they did not say anything, it would be difficult for anyone to discover Hooper's secret. However, Hooper could not get past himself. He still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, hoping that all this was just a misunderstanding. He hoped that he could clear up the misunderstanding with the church and regain his lost holy power. So, a fierce argument broke out between the two.
At that time, no one knew that this insignificant matter that happened in a remote village would ferment into a disaster that would engulf the entire church after 15 days.
This day was destined to be remembered by all clergymen. On this day, millions of priests and holy knights became fallen. Even the craziest person would not dare to imagine such a scene. Clergymen below grade 3 lost all their holy power, and clergymen above grade 3 also experienced different degrees of degradation.
Pope Wenger fell from grade 7 to grade 3, and the worst was Cardinal Markwell, who directly fell from grade 9 to grade 1. The latter's face was pale, shocked and angry.
This incident also marked the complete break between the gods and humans, and the official prelude to the war.
In this atmosphere of anxiety and panic, the Holy Alliance faced the attack of the monster tide.
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