Truth [5]

Damien's mind returned to the dark reality of his position.

'The Giant Domain, Beast Domain, and Soul World are all gone. Eien has been completely broken through. No Return Pass is the last unbroken point.'

He closed his eyes as he came to a realization.

This was the truth of war.

No matter how fiercely he defended the No Return Pass, it didn't mean anything. Trillions of enemies could die by his blade, but trillions more would move around him and kill those standing behind him.

Whether it be the Blood-Drenched Wilderness, the Graveyard Sanctuary, the Ephemeral Border Stele, or any of the other territories of the universe's ring of defense, they'd been plowed through and left to rot.

At one point, these checkpoints all carried the presence of at least a few tens of thousands of Nine Revolutions masters, but now they were all dead or retreated to the bounds of the remaining universe.