The World Serpent

It was the start of something grand. 

One could say, it was the beginning of the end.

As the dark heavens and the eternal void slowly tore apart, revealing some glorious sceneries of the former World of Exterreri. The abominations fell and charged onto the heretics below. Along the fissure of the world, the continent of monstre got split apart into two pieces. And with that, the battlefield of the end was created. 

The falling abominations from the dark heavens finally crashed onto the ground resulting in a giant explosion. After the impact, strange chaos monsters started escaping from the abominations corpses and began the long-awaited war between the foreigners and the clan lords. 

As the chaotic monsters charged onto their enemies with unwavering bravery, not caring about all else around them, they immediately devoured the prey around them. Cries for help echoed as the screams of suffering sounded along with it. The more the chaotic monsters ate, the more their numbers grew. 

They didn't even need a hatchery to continue producing numbers. What they needed was a host for the Chaos SuperCell to infect. With that, the infected would join their chaotic army and continue devouring everything in the path of their Ruler. And that was what happen, the unexpected attack and arrival made the first line of defense fall.

Not only that, the abominations were still falling from the dark heavens as if there was no end to their numbers. Even though most abominations did manage to crash onto the ground and release the chaos monsters, or what the World Serpent would call chaos minions. Some of them got hit by anti-aircraft placements all over the centermost region of the continent.

They fell into flames like burning hot magma falling from the skies. Those within the abomination got burnt alive, and that was what gave hope to those under siege by such abominations. 

Location, western side of the second defensive line, anti-aircraft placement 0025.

"Continue firing, don't let them fall into the ground, or more of those bastards would devour our soldiers. Let them face the power that conquered the worlds around us!!!" The commander in charge of the placement yelled with all his might as he was completely concentrated on giving morale in such a disadvantageous situation. 

*Bang!!!* *Bang!!!* *Bang!!!* *Bang!!!* *Bang!!!*

It was actually the first time they were fighting in such a defensive state. The ancient clans in the world of exterreri would always be the ones invading. Even though they would sometimes defend, it wasn't such a big operation like this. Was this how it felt to be invaded by a stronger world?

Such were the thoughts within their mind, and no one was free of it. The feeling of getting invaded and getting trust into a hopeless situation was wrapping onto their heads. Looking up, high above... Firing all their rounds towards foreign enemies. That was how their enemies felt when the ancient clans invaded their worlds. 

'Why does this have to happen? I was confused why the ancient clan needed us to mobilize. I didn't expect that a strong world was planning to invade us.' Thoughts creep into the mind of the commander. Why does such a thing have to happen in his lifetime? It appears that he was rather unfortunate. 

"Fire every round you have, as long as we lower the abominations falling into the ground. We can claim our victory against the invaders!!!" The commander shouted once again as the soldiers around him nodded at the same time and concentrated all their effort into killing the falling abominations.

*Bang!!!**Bang!!!* *Bang!!!* *Bang!!!* *Bang!!!*

This continued for a long while. The one who split apart the dark heavens, the continent, and the eternal void seemingly disappeared. The clan lords also didn't make their move. Everything was going well as the defensive lines were getting reinforced. Even the decimated first line of defense was getting repaired. 

Then, something surprising happened. Abominations stopped falling from the dark heavens, silence slowly enveloped the whole battlefield until cheers of those in the defensive lines sounded. They felt as if the hellish attack has finally ended. They claimed victory against the first invasion of the foreigners. 

Sometimes explosions echoed as the chaos minions on the ground were still thriving. Though, the situation was better than before as there were no abominations falling from the heavens. As long as they can take care of the chaos minions, it wouldn't take a long time for them to claim absolute victory against the first invasion.

"What the- Did it finally end?" The commander of the AA placement 0025 found himself in disbelief. The soldiers in the anti-aircraft turrets cheered as their efforts to thwart the invaders succeeded. The land machines of the ancient clans were then sent to clean up the chaos minions.

Their tracks sounded with a metal crackle. The smoke escaping from their tubes was enough to create a strange mist. They fired their turrets and seemed to traverse the battlefield as if they were undefeatable iron machines. But it was at that moment that something happened.

The invasion hasn't ended. It simply changed into its next stage. 

Strange creatures revealed themselves slowly exiting the dark heavens. They were like giant squid abominations with 8 vast tentacles and thousands of smaller ones. They spanned a hundred kilometers in length, and there were at least tens of thousands of them exiting the dark heavens. And the bad news didn't end there.

Chaos spores fell from the leviathans, and along the spores were more types of chaos minions. The legion, crusader, bastion, dreag, and many more types of chaos minions. They fell from the leviathans in large numbers, and the second wave immediately began.

"What... Why does this have to happen to us? Is this punishment of invading other foreign worlds? A grand punishment to make us feel how they felt at that moment?" The commander started uttering as if his mind got broken into multiple pieces. The subordinate right beside him felt his cold sweat dripping from his forehead and ordered the soldiers.

"Fire!!! Fire everything you have!!!" His shout echoed as the frozen soldiers got out of their horrified trance and started firing towards the dark heavens once again. The hope that claimed the battlefield long ago was getting replaced by despair. The morale was falling down into a bottomless pit of despair. 

*Bang!!!* *Bang!!!* *Bang!!!* *Bang!!!* *Bang!!!*

Anti-aircraft turrets continued firing with all their might. Its metal barrel started to overheat and melt, resulting in various explosions all over the Anti-aircraft placement. The subordinate looked towards the heavens and wondered how many numbers the foreigners had. He then turned his gaze towards the commander right beside him, who was on the ground trying to stop hearing glorious echoes of war.

"How is this possible? It shouldn't be this fast for the commander to fall into a breakdown. We have got into many battles, but why does this battle feel different? Why does my mind want to break down!!!" The subordinate started covering his ears to avoid the gunfires of the battlefield. 

At that moment, hope was officially lost. The soldiers lost their will to continue fighting. The moment one of them deserted from their position. Many would follow along with them. And it did happen, one of the soldiers deserted resulting in many others following him.

They started running away towards the hangars to escape from the falling continent. Even the Giant Monstres were falling into the ground as if there were useless biomass for the chaos to consume. Their mind couldn't handle the echoes of the leviathan. Yes, it was the leviathan that caused everything.

With its echoes and screams, comes madness and suffering. 

The chaos minions continued devouring everything on their way. The defense lines were breaking apart, and the chaos minions were piercing through like a hot knife piercing a single piece of butter.

What came after was the screams of the soldiers in the front. The glorious metallic tanks treading on the battlefield found themselves immediately covered in flames. The crews within the tanks were screaming as they got burnt alive. 

And with that, the loss of the defensive operation was revealed. 

Though, quite a distance upwards. Three figures were standing within the dark heavens together as if they were deities looking down upon foolish mortals. The ones facing such spoken deities were the six clan lords of the ancient clans. They gazed upon the three figures with serious expressions.

The armies they had brought easily fell against such enemies. It wasn't even the official army of the foreigners but the work of one ability. At that moment, they realized that the danger posed by the foreigners was beyond their expectations. 

A young girl at the center of the three figures gazed upon the clan lords with a serene smile. She then uttered with a soothing voice, echoing all over the dark heavens. "So the six insects had finally arrived. What did you get from my small presentation? It wasn't the best one that I had done, but it should be enough for insects like you."

"Calling them insects is too much, Persia. You are insulting the insects if you try to generalize the three of them as insects. They are nothing but trashes and idiots with power. Cleaning them up should be mandatory." Drya said with a smile plastered on her face. 

"Now, now... Drya, you can handle the Monstre Insect along with one more of them. Persia, you can fight against three of them as per your request. I can handle that Rose Insect over there." Statera said with a serious voice as Drya and Persia chuckled.

"Agreed..."

"Acknowledge...."