Many other Dogs of War learnt something, whether it was a breakthrough or a development of their fighting techniques.
However the battle in the sky was coming to an end, the shadow was definitely a tough opponent, but it lacked the energy.
Its soul power came from what Marcus had collected in the Void Abyss Sword and his own sacrifice.
It could only maintain its combat power for a brief period of time. And now it was slowly weakening.
The old man took advantage of that weakness and a shocking sword formed of Spiritual Energy appeared, it cut the head directly off of the shadow.
With a raging echo the body of the shadow shattered into millions of pieces.
They poured down on the mortals below, the mortals touched by the shadow seemed to undergo a mutation.
Their bodies grew rapidly, the muscles bulging, their eyes turned black and manic as they began to rampage.
A million beasts stormed across the cities., but the good thing was that they weren't much stronger than Mortals.
Quickly all the Warriors were called to action, the Dogs of War included. After a mass cleanup of the infected mortals, this matter was finally over.
As soon as Samuel succeeded in his breakthrough, he led the rest of the Dogs of War who kidnapped Rebecca to retreat.
They fled into the Eternal battlefield, not forgetting to grab Marcus' spiritual ring and the sword that caused all this.
Millions of deaths happened that day, it was even more extensive than the losses during the war with the Eleflares.
People needed help, and the cleanup took three months. The main point was the group hunts for the cause of this issue.
No one knew that Marcus' sacrifice had actually caused such a mess.
But Samuel knew, and he was still happy.
[Congratulations to the host for indirectly killing the protagonist, because the host didn't directly kill the Protagonist you only receive one reward: 1x Special Summon Opportunity.]
''Huh I Didn't directly kill him? That sucks!'' Sam was bummed out when he heard this.
To deal with Marcus he definitely lost a lot. Although Marcus personally didn't kill any of his Dogs of War, the shadow summoned wiped out over two hundred Dogs of War!
Although they were reborn in the tomb, they will be stuck there forever now. Definitely much less valuable than them being alive.
All this also caused Samuel to have to go into hiding. Although he wasn't traced back to this, the aftermath was too severe.
Even his Dogs of War Organisation had Rank 2 Warriors showing up and questioning them, this happened in every organisation.
The Government was clearly concerned about what had happened.
But now Samuel could summon another Special summon Dog of War!
''System use my hard earned summoning opportunity!''
A familiar scene happened, aura began to pour in from the surroundings as a figure slowly formed.
Suddenly a shocking change took place. A flake of the shadow's body that had been hidden inside a Dog of Wars body suddenly floated out and rushed towards the newly forming Dog of War.
''Stop it!'' Samuel shouted desperately.
All the dogs of War around immediately took action. But they were too slow.
The fragment embedded itself into the tornado of Spiritual energy. Suddenly the pure white energy turned a shocking black.
A sense of desolation spread out. Grass withered below the forming Dog of Wars feet, and Samuel could clearly see a stream of energy pouring out of the dying grass.
The figure in front of him slowly started to form, Samuel saw that it was originally a young man, but the shadow started to spread throughout his body.
He aged rapidly, his face morphing into the look of a middle aged man, surprisingly two fluffy ears popped up on his head.
He grew, reaching three metres tall, a small giant. His skin slowly turned black, turning soft and slightly furry.
Its eyes showed incredible wisdom but also a domineering attitude. However a battle seemed to be happening inside of it's mind, its look kept changing between the innocence of youth and the vicissitudes of life.
Soon a final winner was decided. The man's eyes held a familiar aggressive and violent personality that Samuel had previously seen on the hulking shadow.
His fingers stretched out revealing a fierce set of claws, and he released a shocking roar through a set of sharp teeth.
''System what happened?'' Samuel asked quickly, such a change was unknown to him!
[Due to the interference of an unknown foreign object, the Dog of War summoned has had an unknown mutation. But the host can rest assured that it maintains loyalty to the host.]
As if planned, the giant Dog of War walked over and knelt in front of Samuel.
''Abyss Beast Gargion meets the master. '' Samuel had to look up to see the face of the kneeling figure.
''Abyss Beast Gargion? System showed me his status.''