Ascension of the Nephilim

At the arrival of Lea, the battle against the swarming forces of Brimstone had switched to the favor of the team.

The biggest support was the rain that Lea brought. After killing the Brimstone Beasts with the black hole attack, the land was cleansed of the heat, and the rains quickly returned. But Lea did not allow the rain to fall but used her powers to quickly send the storm forward.

The advantage was that there was still a portion of the land that had not run out of water. This place allowed the storm to move in deeper and faster. There was also a strange force within the waters that Lea could feel resonating with her.

The rain had reached them, and a shocking amount of water was falling beyond the battle and was already causing the Brimstone Beasts to harden and slow down on their march.

Lightning bolts began to attack thanks to the Castle Rock wizards who had managed to recreate the call of lightning. Most Castle Rock warriors were fire, and lightning was among their elemental affinity.

Using the dark clouds above, bolts of lightning began to attack Champions.

The arrival of Lea was also timely as numerous Siege cultivators had started to appear!

With the water and the cold storm, the fighters of Castle Rock were able to fight longer and aided Hems at the front line.

The warriors rushed in and laughed as they felt the cold becoming their armor.

The reptilian races were amazed at the hardy forms of the Demi-Humans that could fight four times longer than them!

"Everyone! Do not fight to your death anymore! Focus on surviving! The embers of the elves and the demi-humans from afar can be seen! Their army is coming!" The king ordered.

The High Bows fought from the top of the tallest towers and used their devices to shoot and aim at the Brimstone Beast.

Their arrows could travel a great distance and even used the wind of the storm against them to send the bows even further and kill the beasts.

The lizardmen were amazed at the plants that rose on their ground and became a catapult.

"We call this a Plantapult. Use whatever rubble and rocks you find, and we can shoot them at the enemies. The rain has made them slower and harder. But an attack from this height could deform the creatures and slow them down." A High Bow explained and made the people who couldn't cultivate to use the Plantapult and gave them the means to shoot and fight.

The Castle Rock cultivators brought in Cold Steel for the Commander-level lizardmen, who could now fight longer.

The cold steel would also heal them, and the rain increased its powers.

Lea continued to watch the skies and could tell that their advantage was sure.

More Rocs had arrived as it continued to bring more men into the sea.

The exhausted body of Kyros, Mechiel, and Liathel had arrived, and Hems was called back.

"Lord Kyros! He's grown!" Hems were amazed as he saw Kyros.

"Yes. He fought someone who could decay time and tried to kill him by aging him. But he managed to fight back. However, the Kyros you met here was this man's previous life. He is like you. Or, to be more specific, it's because of him that you have two lives.."

"So that's what it was! I can understand now! Lord Kyros lived in this world at first, transferred to that other time, where we met earlier!"

"That's right. His most recent attack took a huge toll on them. The power to create the black hole and wipe out the numerous Brimstone had taken up a lot in him. He hasn't awakened since he threw it. So until then, the burden of leading this army falls to me."

"Then I shall follow my lady's will." Hems bowed.

"When the armies of Castle Rock and Vey arrive, we will be preparing another massive attack. We have to keep marching east. The more Kingdoms we save, the greater the chances of surviving this apocalypse. Hems. Lizard King, defend as much as you can until the main army arrives. And when they do, start marching east. We have to hurry. We have to kill as much as we can and rescue as many as possible. The source of the Brimstone apocalypse is a god called Histerion. He is the keeper of the Scroll of History itself."

"It sounds like Lord Kyros fought more amazing foes since I passed away."

"Indeed. That's why we need to keep pressing onwards. Lizard King, I seek the secret heritage of water that lies in this fortress. I can sense that a Code has been spared here."

"A Code?"

"Yes. What has caused these waters to keep flowing? I am starting to understand Fate and can tell that there is something beneath Serpent Pond that can help me harness an even greater power."

"The source of water is our very source of life. We owe it all to that power to survive!"

"And that's what I need. The elves have abandoned Vey. You should know what that is to them. But when they did, Lord Kyros revealed to them that Vey wanted his children to be safe. So we marched out here to gather more forces. What we seek to save is the Planesworld itself. It is dying. That is why the elves have left. You must have seen their form. The World Wood Tree gave the power to them. I believe the same thing can happen here." Lea explained.

"I... understand. I will lead you to the heart of the Serpent in this Pond. The Leviathan dwells within it."

"A Leviathan? They exist?"

"The truth is Serpent's Pond has always been the home of a strong dragon who attained the heretic god status. It is said that it received a tremendous wound and fled and died back in this pond. And that is how the waters continuously flow. But it has been dead for so long... until around two years ago!"

"Two years ago? Perfect!" Lea smiled.

"Perfect?"

"Yes. The power it has combined into two! The power of a dead Leviathan should not be enough to cause this. But I believe two ago, the conflict of the gods forced a Water God to flee here. And in all the Planesworld, this place is the perfect home for it to stay!"

"A Water God lies down there?!" Hems was amazed.

"No. It used to stay there. But now, that god had traversed time and went to the timeline when you met Kyros. But its Code remains! And that place is the perfect place to understand and learn water!" Lea explained.

"I don't understand..." The lizard king was confused.

"Where is it?" Lea asked excitedly as she took Mechiel.

"I'll show you." The king led Lea, and the two went over to the throne room, where the coolest of water would spring out.

The king had Lea stand near the center of the throne room where the waters sprang out, and he gave the orders, and the guards began to pull several levers.

The area around the hole where the water sprang out opened, revealing a spiraling staircase.

Lea followed the king inside.

Soon, they arrived at the place deep underground in the kingdom.

There in the underground cavern, was a small pathway that revealed the underwater channels of Serpent Pond. And there were the bones of the Leviathan.

Lea glanced at the massive bones that lay there.

"I know this is holy ground to you. But send me inside. The future of the Planes world depends on this." Lea urged.

"...Alright." The lizard king agreed and directed Lea to the chamber where she could directly dive into the waters.

She placed Mechiel inside and moved into the room where she could enter the sacred grounds.

The lizardman began to pull various levers that closed the door behind Lea to change the pressure in the room, and a small opening emerged where she could dive in.

Lea dove into the water and felt a strange power calling out to her.

She moved towards the location where the heart of the Leviathan would be. And there, the source of the bursting water was found.

It was as if water was just bursting forth from the center of the Leviathan's chest. There was nothing there, but water came out.

As Lea approached, she could feel the strong current pushing her back! Even with her strength, she couldn't move closer and closer. And yet, she felt as if the power at the center of this place was hers.

But as Lea approached, memories of a battle that didn't make sense began to occur. Memories that had vanished in the purging of time and memories that were supposed to be forgotten were recalled.

It wasn't even Lea's memories. But she remembered what the Greater God saw.

"Hydron!" Lea somehow learned the name and saw his memories.

But at that moment, in the vast emptiness of the purged worlds that had fallen because of Brimstone...

Darkness began to gather and created a form of a man.

The man had no face and only an outline. He was like a living shadow. And he was a being that could never be known. Not even End or Beginning recalls this Fallen. Only the god Histerion knows of his name.

"Someone... remembers..." The being spoke and began to move.

While the being emerged, Histerion continued to gather his army and march towards the Walls that Endured. However, his armies were pushing forward, and the High Lands were forced to throw everything they had.

Histerion gazed at the distant sky and smiled.

"I was hoping this would happen. Lanthanou has appeared!"