"Ahh.... What the hell."
He expected a better welcome. In the past he fought with the evil player of monster race and won against him. He managed to kill that player but he also suffer heavy injuries.
The monsters in the dark forest are the remnants of the monster race. The dark forest was former monster base. After the player died, the remaining army of monsters scattered.
Since the monsters lost their master, they roam around the dark forest based on their instincts. They become like wild animals.
Although Sam had won the fight, the injury was too great and he used up almost all of his holy powers in the fight. He had no choice but to seal himself under the holy pool.
Just like Killian used chaos pits and miasma towers to give Veras chaos power, he also seal himself in the holy pool to recover his holy powers.
Now he had to come out early because the necklace he gave to his daughter was broken. It was a magic item that he bought from the system.
It was a one time use item that automatically protects the wearer with a strong barrier. It broke after protecting the wearer.
It also alarm him if the necklace broke. Since there are no kingdom that can rival the holy kingdom in the continent, it can only means the players emerging.
He don't know how the players came here or what made them transmit here. He doesn't know how often the players appear either.
If the players appear, he will wake up and deal with them personally. But he never thought the enemies would be already in so deep inside his headquarters.
As soon as he awake, he was caught off guard and attacked. He was not at his full strength since he awake too early. His holy powers are only at the bottom of Level-7. However he was still stronger than Killian who was at Level-6.
Killian knew that and took the holy grail and retreated back to the dark forest. He also ordered his forces to retreat. He cannot win against Sam even if he was injured.
This is Sam's headquarters. Even with his main body, he won't win. Killian opened dark portals around the holy kingdom for his demons and undeads to retreat.
He left behind low level undeads since the price for opening a portal was more expensive than those low level undeads. It was very cost inefficient.
But middle tier undeads like flesh golems are too wasteful to left behind. He brought them back to his base. Demons of cause are very valuable. He won't left them behind.
Sam tried to chase Killian but he was stopped by the demons. He was just awake. He doesn't have any soldiers yet. All the angels he left are also died.
He has to summon soldiers before he fight with Killian. He reserved some holy essences before he sealed himself for this kind of situation. He stopped chasing Killian.
Sam went to the holy shrine, a building that summons angels. But what he saw was a pile of ruins. It was already destroyed by the demons. Not only that most of the other production structures were in ruin.
He clenchs his fists in anger. He can't summon angels. To rebuild the holy shrine and summon new angels will cost him a lot of holy essences and time. Angels need time to summon just like demons.
Salina was quietly standing behind him lowering her head. They don't look like father and daughter rather Sam seems to be only a little older than Salina.
Players don't have any forms when they first arrive in this world. They look like formless shadow or light. Their starting appearance differ based on their beliefs.
Killian has human form because he still considers himself as human but also darkness because of his evil nature. Sam looks like a light orb when he arrived here. The light shows his kind hearted nature.
After using their own powers the players can take forms of different people they want. Killian chose the appearance from his past life.
Sam chose the appearance of a middle aged man with a lot of charisma. Since they use their abilities, their appearances technically never age.