After cuddling and enjoying my time with Aphrodite, I am back in the normal world. This world is named Elysium. (I named it so it would be easier to mention it in the future.)
I was walking in the streets of Japan when something began to happen. There were a lot of earthquakes, and the sky seemed to be falling. Countless buildings collapsed, and many people died; the apocalypse hasn't even really begun, but people died due to the building they were in falling or being unlucky or lucky enough to be under the building that was falling.
Their deaths were the fastest, and it couldn't be said if that was unlucky or lucky because the tragedies the survivors are going to go through make you wish that you were already dead.
Portals began to appear in the sky worldwide, and the attacking enemy was, from what I could see with my naked eyes, red-skinned goblins. They were about 1m 30cm tall, so they weren't that tall, but the hungry grins on their faces made them many times creepier. Above the portals, there stood a couple of words. The words read: Round 1, next round 71:59.
People had to probably survive or kill all invaders and go to the next round. There was also a positive aspect to the sky falling. The world core, which was prepared, set its plans into action and forcibly gathered a lot of energy from the surrounding universe. The energy that it gathered was quickly used to strengthen itself and let itself evolve.
When the energy threshold was hit, the planet's core stopped evolving and began its evolution. While it wasn't instantaneous, it would be done when round 1 was done. Meanwhile, while the planet is going to evolve, the magic energy contained in the world tree's forest is also released, and magical energy only friendly to its inhabitants is released.
The inhabitants of Elysium inhaled this new energy, and they immediately felt strength coursing through their veins. People awakened their innate abilities when they came in contact with the magical energy in the air.
The goblins dropped from their portals and began to make a mess. They ran after the first moving thing that caught their eyes. They also felt that the planet they were standing on wasn't welcoming them, which only increased the pleasure they could earn from accomplishing their mission.
Goblins are one of the lowest levels of creatures in the world from which they came, but just a moment ago, they got a mission from their lord directly, so they moved at once. They wanted to make this opportunity to have caught the eye of their lord. There was also a tiny desire to have descendants on this planet, so they had a higher chance of getting someone from their race higher than Tier five.
The goblins are a race that has existed since history was first recorded, and the descriptions of monsters of that time were definitely about them. Still, as the years went by, the goblins declined until they were in the position they were at the moment. They were treated like cannon fodder and like waste. When their ancestors were alive, they wouldn't ever be treated this way, but now that they were weak for generations, their lord didn't remain cautious and began to treat them more regularly poorly.
This was their last chance to make life better for themselves, so they threw their bodies inside the portal and hoped they could make it on the other side. The new batch of goblins that arrived in Japan witnessed a horrifying scene. All the other goblins that came before them lay dead before them. There were so many goblins that it created a mountain, but on that mountain, there was what looked like an angel, but it was their deepest nightmare.
Jack, sitting on a mountain of corpses, was feeling extremely happy at the moment. It wasn't because he could kill so many or anything like that, but just happy because he could move his body so much and use these goblins as training dummies. When he saw another batch of dummies arrive, his smile widened. And it was like a puppy who got a new toy. His excited grin wasn't making the goblins feel any safer.
A lot of goblins wanted to turn around and flee, but they couldn't. The portal was one-way, so these goblins couldn't escape even if they wanted to. Jack welcomed them with that wicked grin on his face.
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Back at the main base of the cult
"yuck, why do these guys have to be so disgusting."
"Why do you complain so much? That is not like you, Ela."
"I know, but I miss master's touch, you know. It has already been five days, three hours, forty minutes and thirty-six seconds since he last touched me."
Jasmine looked at Ela, who was splattered in the blood of the goblins. They were currently on one of the highest mountains of their base, where they normally had a very beautiful view. Now, with the ongoing invasion, there was nothing but dead goblins on the horizon. They could also see the newest troops in action.
The newest troops were an army under one of the goddesses their master summoned. Freya has the Valkyries under her, and she was transported with them here, so she let them pledge their loyalty to their new master while she still played head of that part of the army like Kali and Amaterasu did with the cult people.
The Valkyries were in groups of three, but even with those small numbers, they decimated their enemies like butter and a hot knife. Every Valkyrie is different, like every other person, but they spend so much time together in training, and outside of that, their teamwork is flawless.
Only a few things could counter the attack and teamwork patterns of the Valkyries. The only known counter is that you have to be much stronger than each of them, like Freya.