Song Of Darkness

The Military were packed with armed men and equipped with the best gears. Preparing themselves to change the fate of humanity. Front port manned with iron walls which would make it difficult for the marching army to get through.

Hugh lead the operation from inside a dome-shaped control room, where it was empty for him to take over the mini microphones, to give orders to the entire military unit.

Even if the front base protection fails, it would buy them some time to hurl explosives and use rifles for faster take outs. However all these set ups and plans were not entirely achievable, as none of them knew what this huge shadow figure in the sky and it's army were fully capable of. But it did show them a glimpse of it's powers: taking out half of Mobliac.

Soldiers and leaders had one last thought about their families, kids, friends, comrades... All the memories that they made. All the joy, all the sorrows. The good days, and even the bad days. All the love and hate.

Everyone heard a slow ringing inside their heads...Slow notes of a piano, that thought them what the sound of the end was like...

They all were surely experienced and well trained. Victorious in every battles and war they had fought. But this one...This one was different. Something no one ever saw coming.

All stood there in silence, watching the shadow army come for them.

Soldiers had the mini mics plugged to their ears. This enabled them to communicate with Hugh or to take orders from him.

" THIS IS WAR ! " Hugh shouted. " We Don't Know What Those Things Are. We Don't Have Answers. We've Seen The World Getting Eaten By It. So All We Can Do Is... Defend. Defend For As Long As We Can. Let's Fight. Let's Keep Fighting. "

Hugh teared a little, as he spoke.

As minutes went by, the army were getting closer and closer towards the base. A rushing of thousands of them.

" Don't open fire just yet. " Hugh commanded.

...

" My Troops ! Fetch All Those Souls For Me.. "

That voice...That voice came from The God Of Darkness, ordering the army.

" Soul's Of Every Fool You Find. I Shall Return For Revenge. "

It was darkness that was everywhere. The air was chill, cities and streets flooded by the heavy rain. Structures of any sort were crushed and demolished.

As it began to grow quiet and filled with terror...

The God Of Darkness sang.

" That Sweet Scent Of Divinity Guides Me Through This Prismatic Maze... "

They heard the voice.

Slowly the soldiers removed their mics and listened to the voice. That evil echoing voice crawled into the skins.

" Is That Singing !? "

All of them felt a shiver running through their bodies.

" They are singing... " The soldiers repeated.

Suddenly the marching army sang along with their god. ..

" Swallowing The Fabrics Of Reality...All That's Left Is A Cold Blackness..Compressed By The Tension Of Dark Matter... " It laughed as they sung.

" Open Fire... OPEN FIRE ALL OF YOU ! " Hugh ordered.

They started firing at the army from a long range.

They shot blindly, petrified by the voice of the God.

None of the bullets seemed to penetrate through them.

Only some of them fell dead as they got shot. But most of the time, it seemed to just phase through their bodies, making no damage.

" They aren't dying except for a few. " Nico informed his squad as he continued to fire.

K'rayzar Bear has been the one who was killing those few amounts. He had figured out that the forehead was the kill point for those. Bear yelled out to the rest of the soldiers as soon he found about it.

" Aim For The Forehead Of The Shadow ! "

" Roger That Soldier ! "

The rest of the bullets, aimed other than the forehead, simply phased through its empty body.

" DO NOT SHOOT ANYWHERE OTHER THAN THE FOREHEAD OF IT. " Hugh carried out the information to every soldier.

" YES MAJOR !

" GRENADIERS ! BE READY WITH THE EXPLOSIVES.. THEY ARE GETTING CLOSER ! " Hugh reminded the back base soldiers.

" ALL SET TO EXPLODE MAJOR ! "

" Good. "

If it wasn't for K'rayzar who found about the kill point earlier, it would have been a much tougher situation to handle.

Quickly, thousands from the army had been wiped out. When the snipers took out one by one, Riflists were clearing up the army within seconds. They were very well trained. But still it was not even close to being over. There were still many of them.

Nothing stopped them from marching towards the base.

They carried on singing.

" Walking Through This Path Of Oblivion...Followed By The Tortured Souls... I Have Come To Ease Your Suffering, Everything I Touch Slowly Dies... Even The Bright Light That Saves You..."

The singing grew louder.

The world has been split into two now.

Where The God Went, There Was Nothing But Darkness.

Where The Military Had Assembled To Fight... A Drop Of Light Was Scarcely Visible.

It seemed like the world had been locked inside of a dark room, where you only saw dark.

The clouds was now completely cleared out. There was no sky or clouds. It was only the giant human-like figure up there, which talks and more importantly...Sang.

Sang a song of darkness.

" Paint The Skies With Darkness As The Day Passes...

And Now Raise...Fallen Troops. "

Everyone in the army who had been shot dead, rose up.

Thousands and thousands just eat the bullets...like it was bare food, feeding their empty bodies.

" Major..." Nico called.

The microphones was breaking out... and it died suddenly. They can see that the army was very much closer to the iron walls. Few of them have already reached the walls. The soldiers were waiting for it to climb up.

" Now... Go And Nullify Their Existence My Troops. "

...

One of the soldier in the front row was ready, aiming up the wall, waiting eagerly for it to come out.

He heard something below his arm...

It had phased through the iron wall and entered the base.

" MAJORRRR ! "

It jumped onto the soldier and ate his soul out of his body.

He dropped dead.

" Holy shit. " Hugh uttered as he saw millions of them just running through the wall. The plan was a failure.

Hugh's heartbeat stopped. Without thinking about anything he yelled.

" GRENADE SQUAD ! COMMENCE ! "

They army brought with them, a powerful energy embodied with darkness.

Massive amounts of grenade dispensed into the air and dropped at the area where they were swarmed.

Tanks started to fire at them.

The explosion showed no impact. Instead it was breaking the iron walls. Letting all the army of shadows in. Exploded particles touched the gun powders, triggering it to lit up and burst everything.

Soldiers died by their own traps.

Hugh hid under a table, not being able to do anything. His plans and thoughts of triumph were burning in front of his eyes. He gazed at the end and wondered what lies for him in the afterlife, accepting his defeat.

" Maybe I would get to see her again. " The thought of his wife crippled his mind.

All the years of victory and peace. Came to an end.

The God Of Darkness himself has entered the base, levitating high up in the air. He brought darkness with him as he always did from the beginning of this invasion.

Firstly he had been nothing but a cloud in the air.

Then a talking eye that took people's soul.

Now...A gigantic shadow creature which resembled a human-like figure, controlling a whole of army of shadows. Every soldiers had been turned into one of those mindless shadow creatures.

Once a part of Hugh's glorious military, now a part of the army of shadows.

Hugh stood inside the dark empty control room, staring at the obliteration.

He noticed that all of the shadow creatures were now motionless. Standing in the same spot.

That's when he heard.

" Say My Name... And Enter Into Me. " Hugh listened to what the God of darkness had to say.

There was a solid moment of silence...

" LORD EREBUS ! " The Army chanted.

" Erebus? " Hugh whispered to himself, confused.

All of them. Millions of them, suddenly turned into a dark ray of force. The force was going inside the voidal body of Erebus. He was now sucking out the soul of all of his own army, feeding himself with more forces of darkness.

But then... He began to cry in pain as it was being processed.

" AAARRRGGGGGG " His voice was loud enough to increase the raining. Erebus was crying out in pain. His huge human-like figure began to twist and started to deform into unlikely shapes.

Hugh heard him screaming in pain. He was thinking that Erebus was dying. Slowly dying.

...

Seconds later...A enormous blast occured from the body of Erebus, exploded into bright light.

Hugh covered his eyes as it was too bright.

It was bursting out all the light and brightness it had consumed. The blast lead to destructing the Tall Tower. Large pieces of the tower crumbled down, crushing everything in the base, including the small room in which Hugh hid...

Slowly, the brightness of the light decreased.

There was someone in the same spot where it had exploded. Someone with long hair and a tall body. It looked like he was levitating, just like Erebus. Thousands of feet above the ground level.

It slowly came down. As it reached the ground. It felt the land surface with it's hand. It was a man.

A man with long hair, flowing with the cool wind. He had no cloths on. It looked like he was born in between the explosion.

His body was flaming with a dark force.

The man looked angelic. Tall and well built.

He walked looking around everywhere at the destruction and enjoyed the quiet of the city.

And in the sound of silence, he heard a loud voice that was in pain...

He saw a man was under a collapsed structure. He was buried in rocks and dust.

Only the head was seen, dripping with blood and dust.

It was Hugh, half-dead and smiling.

Everything had been burning. Dead bodies of the soldiers filled the area.

The man went closer to Hugh.

" Any last words before I take your soul..? " The man asked Hugh with a hint of concern.

" Ah yes...Haha " Hugh laughed and spat blood.

" I hope my two beautiful daughters are safe..and if not.. " He again coughed blood and continued... " Len and Laria...We all will be in heaven with mom. Don't worry. Dad will return. " He cried.

" A Good Soul You Are.... Goodbye. " Said, the angelic man...

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