A simple goal ?

Moir

''My lord'' A Paladin serving as a messenger arrived shakily in a room filled with the most important people in the kingdom. ''We just have received alarming reports that I must pass on to you.''

''Do speak please.''

''Yes!'' his voice trembled ''All of humanity's battlefields were attacked simultaneously. The number of deaths depends greatly on the territory, but it is estimated that over 50% of the forces sent by humanity died.''

''What?!'' a sacred paladin roared, preventing the messenger from moving. ''You're telling me that just like that, 1/6 of humanity's forces - Paladins not included - would have died?"

''That's right.'' The messenger sweated all the more.The sacred paladin only came close to exploding with rage. At that moment, the emperor asked. ''What about the demons? Are they the ones responsible? ''

''The explosion had also hit them and we estimated that more than 10% of their soldiers have died. From a report of a paladin from the sect's alliance, the culprits are likely to be the revolutionaries allied with the hybrids."

There was a short silence. Then the emperor spoke. ''Blaise.'' He addressed the sacred Paladin. ''Take as many Paladins under your command as you need and verify this information for me.'' He spoke in a cold and resolute tone.

"Also, I'm counting on you, Diana, to draft radical measures with the help of the Prime Minister to deal with the situation. Lastly, warn the saint of the following order: hunt down and destroy all revolutionaries and hybrids. Guilty or not, they are a plague that has remained on our backs for far too long! ''

There was wild applause as those involved set to work.

«Year 645 - The peak of the demonic wars: The catastrophe or the necessary war. What started out as a disaster ended up helping humanity.

Despite the slaughter of just over half of its forces, humanity was strengthened by this war. Thanks to it, the imperial power managed to rally the sect's alliance with it, hunting down all revolutionaries and hybrids. The other empires and kingdoms also managed to rally their people.

Furthermore, this war caused many soldiers to died and had reduced the power of the army, leaving open positions for talents to take. It was so successful that one might have wondered if the catastrophe wasn't just another human conspiracy.

But this war further strengthened the angels and demons. The demons hunted down all war resisters, as well as the hybrids.

On the other hand, the angels got rid of the fallen angels while hunting down the hybrids. In reality, the disaster must have been orchestrated by the demons and not the revolutionaries, as the demon army only received small casualties, using this opportunity to attack the human territory.

The goal was simple: immobilizing the humans would allow them to attack the angels. But at that time, no one had yet understood this. »

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A few hours earlier - battlefield. Jean and his squadron were crossing the enemy lines with small diversions on the left flank.

''Be careful!'' Jean warned, "From now on, surveillance should be increased, and we cannot afford to be spotted.'' the group nodded.

''Alright, let's go.''

''Captain!'' One of his men shouted

''Didn't you hear what I said?!'' Jean imitated a scream while whispering.

''Activate your protection! It's coming towards us!'' He shouted back.

Hearing this, all of Cleppe's soldiers activated their uniforms within a second. When Jean turned to see the danger, he didn't believe it for an instant. The scenery was literally flying towards them driven by an extraordinary wind.

The next moment, all the soldiers were caught in it, most of them thrusting their swords into the ground while mobilizing all their pure energy to resist the impact.

The unlucky ones were hit by rocks or trees, losing control of their swords and flying away.

After a few seconds, however, no one could resist any further and were sent flying.

''How many have been found?'' Eloise heard a familiar voice in the darkness.

''Fifty-two Cleppe soldiers are with us, all protected by their uniforms. As for the others, of the 36 found, only 27 are still alive.''

''Keep looking for them! Even if you need to spend all of our energy crystals !'' Jean ordered.

''Yes!'' The next moment, lights filled the dark space.

'Ahhh... Where am I?' Eloise put her hand on her head. 'Ah, that's right, the explosion....' She remembered the last few events before opening her eyes in shock.

She seemed to be in some sort of cave? The only light was produced by the energy crystals in what appeared to be underground galleries.

'How is this possible?'