Ward History
Chapter 13 - The Second Demonic Invasion
With the Demon King back in Ward, he immediately slaughtered the Dark Elves that summoned him. He then ordered his armies through the portal, fortified the Citadel of Agony, and prepared for war.
The Hell Gate was open, but the power of the Dark Elves was not enough to allow the Cosmic Demon to pass through. Although the Cosmic Demon is the most powerful of all the evil things in Hell, The Demon King held a strong hatred for him.
Upon entering out into the lands of Ward, the Demon King came across a necromancer who was practicing summoning his own small warband of undead. The Demon King ordered the slaughter of the necromancer, and all of his minion immediately. The demons hated necromancy because it kept evil souls from entering Hell and fueling his power.
The demons scoured the land with a sense of revenge. Revenge for the defeat all those years ago. This time, he gave the order to not use too much Hell Fire which may awaken the Fire God and thwart his plans again.
One by one the mortals of Ward fell to the might of Hell’s legions. Cities were destroyed, villages obliterated, forests burned, and generals executed. The Demon King then marched on the capitol city of High Rock.
When Hell’s legions arrived at the city, the Demon King sensed something different. This power was not of The Creator or the Angels. This power was new. Something weaker and more vulnerable.
The Demon King ordered the assault of High Rock. The Holy Order’s soldiers fortified the city and managed to thwart the demons for several days. However, the armies of Hell seemed never ending. Even from the highest point of the keep, all one could see was demons as far as the horizon.
It was at this time that a flash of light burst forth from the middle of the demonic army. From that bright light came the Old God. With one swing of his mighty wing, 100’s of demons immediately disintegrated into nothing. The High priest witnessed this event from the top of the keep. He then made the order for his soldiers to charge out from the gates to engage the enemy and assist their Lord.
The Demon King engaged the Old God. He was able to withstand the massive burst of cosmic energy that the God erupted from his being, but he was still outmatched. The Demon King then channeled enough energy to rip open the Hell Gate further and allow the Cosmic Demon through. Once through the Hell Gate, the Cosmic Demon streaked across the sky to Highrock in an instant and began to battle with the Old God. The Old God was still more powerful than even the Cosmic Demon, but he was losing power to the corruption of Hell’s forces. The Holy Order continued to battle their way through the hordes of demons and toward their God.
Then, a flash from the heavens filled the sky. Everyone involved in this battle stopped to inspect what was happening. The Eternal Titan had returned to Ward to finally face his foe.
A battle between the Eternal Titan, the Cosmic Demon, the Old God, and the Demon King began. Like the first demonic invasion, the power erupting form these cosmic beings, was enough to threaten the entire planet that they were standing on. The Old God feared losing his world, and his followers. He put all of his power into a single blast at the Cosmic Demon. This caused the lands to quake and the world itself to split.
The sound of a thundering crack and suddenly, Ward was split into two halves. This did not stop the battle. The Cosmic Demon continued fighting with the Eternal Titan and Old God. That is until everything stopped.
It was as if everything was frozen in place for a moment and then, The Creator showed himself. He was so large that he could hold the entire planet in his hand. He let out a loud thundering shout “All Shall Cease”. In that moment everyone was blown away from each other, and The Creator was now on the planet. He was no longer a titanic God looking down on the battle, but a normal sized man with glowing yellow eyes. As if his body could barely contain the mass amount of energy within. The Cosmic Demon lunged for The Creator with a horrible scream. The Creator turned toward the Cosmic Demon. With a single wave of his hand, the terrible monster was gone. The Creator then snapped his fingers and every single demon in the battle was sucked back across the land, and shoved into the Hell Gate. The Citadel of Agony was then sealed back up as if it were never opened. The Creator commanded the Eternal Titan to return to the cosmos, as his mortal enemy is gone for now. The Creator then put his hands together and Ward was no longer cracked in two.
The soldiers on the battle field began to weep in both fear and amazement at what they were witnessing. They had met the true God of the universe.
The Old God, now filled with rage, could feel his followers slipping from his grasp. He approached The Creator and told him that Ward belonged to him and he needed vacate his world. The Creator looked the Old God up and down and simply said “No”. This was new to the Old God; he had never met anything that would defy him. He then let out the strongest energy blast from his beak that he had ever mustered. The Creator took the blast directly to his chest, and it was enough to push him back several feet. “How interesting” the Creator said out loud. He then waved his hand at the Old God which caused him to be hurled into a nearby mountain causing it to break and boulders to crumble. The Old God collected himself and lunged after the Creator again connecting several powerful strikes on him. The Creator then grabbed the Old God and drug him up into the cosmos and away from Ward. He hurled the Old God so hard that he traveled lightyears away from the planet in an instant. The time of The Old God was over.
The creator then returned to Ward and spoke with the soldiers on the battlefield. They collapsed to their knees and vowed to worship him as their one true God. He stated that they are free to worship what ever they like, but he will not interfere again with Ward, and will not come to their aid. He then flew up high into the heavens and disappeared. The second demonic invasion had ended.