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Planet Jura-- The Afflicted City of Jura
*Bzzzz* An instant space portal opened above the city wall and Robin came out with an angry expression, "What's going on? What's with that report??!!"
That Shadow Sword Emperor came and said those words that sent chills down Robin's spine but he didn't explain anything, he said that he didn't know much and that Robin should quickly return to Planet Jura for more info.
The other thing that made Robin puzzled was that the Shadow Sword used the coordinates of the new hidden portal that was built for difficult cases and which was decided to remain a secret and never be activated and that no one would know about it except Robin and his senior generals and a number of important figures in the Shadow Sword system, yet the gate had barely finished a few days ago and was activated today for Robin to return to Jura!?
But he soon knew the reason for activating the hidden portal at least, when he raised his head up a little he saw the answer himself... The portal of Jura City was activated and rows of demons were coming out of it with no end in sight, the city was already filled and surrounded by demons but they were still coming out in droves, this way Robin wouldn't be able to use the portal even if he wanted to.
The demons coming out of it were all terrified, running as if they had seen the most hideous monster behind that portal!
"Father, it's good that you came!" Caesar who was sitting with his head in his hands quickly stood up.
"Lord." Sakaar also stood up and gave a bow
"... Sakaar, are you injured? Who can cut off your arm after you reach level 49? ...Was it Hulak?!" When Robin heard Sakaar's voice and turned towards him, he found that his arm up to the shoulder was missing... He could see that his arm was regenerating but slowly, it would take several hours for an arm to grow back as strong as the one he lost.
But that wasn't the only thing he noticed, he also noticed a slight tremor running through Sakaar's body! Who could scare that monster to this extent?!
"If Hulak wanted to cut off my arm, he would have to leave an arm behind too!" Sakaar replied confidently, then his tone turned angry, "... It's the damn shadow!!"
"Shadow?!" Robin asked
"Please sit down, Father, this is a long topic to explain..." Caesar pointed to his seat
"...?" Caesar's broken look and red eyes made Robin's heart clench, but he walked forward and sat down anyway, trying to remain as calm as possible as their ruler.
A few minutes later--
The attempt to remain calm failed, Robin assumed the same position Caesar had just before, leaning his body forward and placing his head between both his hands, "Morin is dead... The entire southern demon army has been wiped out... Half of the central demon army has evaporated... Why is all this happening?!"
Robin began to squeeze his head, then lowered one of his hands and clutched his heart... And why didn't the Omen of Truth activate?!
Until today, the Omen of Truth had always warned him before a great disaster would happen, even if he didn't know how or when that disaster would happen, at least he tried to prepare for some bad news, he had come to rely on the Omen of Truth somewhat!
That's why he was so optimistic when the omen of truth dissipated after he learned about the attack on the planets and managed to pull a win somehow after they devastated his planets, he thought that the worst had already passed, that what remained was a strategic war that he had a chance to win if he acted smartly... Why did this happen today? Why was everything taken away from him just like that?! "According to Brother Sakaar, if it weren't for the dark lightning destroying the shadow in time before he could complete his attack, he would have destroyed the entire army, we should be thankful that these are only the losses." Caesar pressed his arm tightly, "No one from the deceased bothers Morin's army survived, but the sight of the ground there and the way they vanished is clear as it can be, they also met a shadow." "...I apologize for giving the order to withdraw, my lord, I realize now that I should have acted better, I was afraid and let my emotions control my decisions." Sakaar looked at the ground, this was not empty talk, he actually felt very small! As soon as the shadow disappeared and he saw the destruction that had befallen his army, Sakaar began to scream for a few minutes, his body trembling with anger and helplessness. He almost immediately gave the order to attack the eastern region, but he held himself back when he saw the rest of his army on the ground, unable to stand up straight from the terror. He changed his mind. That army would not be able to attack anyone, and would not be able to defend anything... So he gave the order to withdraw to Planet Jura.
"The demons that are currently coming out of the portal are Amon's army. The two grey shadows activated at the same time and their aura overwhelmed the entire planet. All the intelligent creatures and all beasts felt that the world was ending and some of them died from fear… Amon and his army were in a battle against the Mendel tribe when they felt the aura of the two shadows and everyone stopped and then both sides withdrew." Caesar looked towards the portal. Then he continued, "When Amon learned what happened with Supreme General Sakaar, he ordered an immediate retreat towards the portal of the western region and then to here. From what I understand, he did not leave a single soldier behind. We lost our foothold in the western, northern, central regions, and almost the southern too, we no longer had any standing soldiers left there. The five warlords and most of the shadow swords also withdrew without receiving orders." *Bzzzz* Barely as Caesar finished speaking, the last demon emerged from the portal, it was Amon… Amon then spread his soul sense for a moment before immediately heading to the place where the rest of the leaders were gathered and greeted them, when he felt the heavy atmosphere he remained silent and stood to the side.
"…It's alright, no need to panic, it's just a planet." Robin pressed his head tightly for a moment before sighing and letting his hand fall to his knee, "I wouldn't blame anyone for withdrawing, I don't know what you encountered but I can imagine from your description, you made the most realistic choice. If you stayed there with that confused army and received any military attack from the Great Serpent Army you would have caused much more damage."
"I know what I encountered! It spoke… That shadow contained a weak fragment of the Overlord of the Great Serpent Empire's soul, and most likely a part of his power as well." Sakaar interjected confidently, "Lord, don't we have an Overlord as well? I think it's time for him to step in."