(sometime before the battle)
Mal stood on top of a giant cliff, located 10 km away from the battlefield.
Behind him stood four huge, hundreds-meter-long crossbows that were crafted from cerulean rock.
A few meters away from the crossbows were ten barbarian veteran warriors. They carried four giant arrows on their shoulders.
Click! Click! Click! Click!
They carefully loaded the arrows into the bows.
"Remember, do not hesitate to shoot once I give the order," stated Mal as he gazed at the empty battlefield.
"Yes!" responded the veteran warriors.
Mal knew the beasts would most definitely intervene sometime during the war, so he made sure to have something in place just in case his side was at a disadvantage.
Mal turned and calmly gazed at the crossbows, then at the warriors, and warned, "And make sure not to miss," in a cold tone before vanishing.
The warriors stare at the empty spot where Mal had previously stood. Their bodies felt cold; no one had to tell them what would happen if they were to mess up.
[Back to current time]
After the giant arrows parted the clouds, Mal instantly activated his ability and compressed it.
He then soundlessly launched himself towards War Ape, at the speed of sound.
In 2.92 seconds, he arrived below War Ape, who was about to punch the giant arrow.
Mal's eyes flashed with coldness. He knew that these arrows would not do much damage to the beast army, so he had to make use of this opportunity by killing the beast king in front of him.
He then uncompressed his domain, it enveloped War Ape and arrow.
[Pull! Push! Increase!]
He used [pull and increase] on the arrow to increase its descending speed by tripling its weight and pull it down.
He then used [push] to push War Ape upwards into the tip of the arrow.
After which, Mal flashed, reappeared above the arrow, then punched the top of it.
Bam!
Further increasing its descent...
….
Everything happened too fast. Before War Ape could even react, he felt his body freeze, then got pushed towards the incoming arrow, which for some reason had increased its descent speed even more.
Before he knew it, he was pinned to the tip of the arrow.
"Roar!"
The War Ape panicked. He instinctively grabbed the tip of the arrow in hopes of pushing his body from it, but before he could push, bap! The arrow's speed suddenly increased again.
Whoosh!
And a second later,
Boom!
The arrow crashed into the ground, creating a huge crater 100 meters wide and 69 meters deep.
A huge shockwave with projectiles spread out, covering a radius of up to 2 km, killing and injuring thousands of beasts.
The barbarian and the sky clan army almost suffered from the shockwave, but right as the shockwave was about to reach the army, some of the kings blocked it.
Mal floated in the air, his eyes penetrating the dust. His brow frowned, and his figure flashed, appearing beside the arrow.
He gazed at the War Ape, who was one inch away from dying. The arrow had penetrated almost all of his upper body and some of his lower body; his four arms were gone.
War Ape gazed at Mal, his expression filled with hatred, pain, and a little bit of regret. But his hatred wasn't directed at Mal; no, it was at someone else, Perseus.
From the beginning War Ape didn't want to fight in this war. All he wanted to do was lead and protect his clan, but he had no choice. If he had disobeyed Perseus's orders, he knew that he and his clan would have most definitely suffered a gruesome death.
But seeing his situation now, he regretted not disobeying Perseus's order. Wasn't he dying a gruesome death now, and he was sure his clan would suffer the same fate.
'Maybe if I had disobeyed Perseus, I. No, the outcome would have still been the same.' He and his clan would have still died. With his last remaining strength, he gazed at the sky and weakly muttered, "Why?"
Mal was a little surprised that War Ape didn't die instantly, from that attack.
Mal gazed at the War Ape with coldness, he then raised his foot above the War Ape's head.
"Just die."
Splat!
Mal's foot ruthlessly crushed the War Ape's head; brain matter and blood splattered over the ground and his foot.
After which, Mal turned and scanned the battlefield. Almost all of the War Ape's clan had died along with thousands of other beasts.
Because their kings, the rodent army and wild badger armies didn't suffer much damage from the arrows.
Mal's body started to pulse with savagery. His domain clung to him. He stretched out his hand, placing it on the giant blue arrow.
[Decrease]
He then uprooted it from the ground. He floated with it off the ground. He gazed at the beasts, and a crazed smile appeared on his face, then his figure blurred.
...
Three days had passed since the war started. The death toll had reached over 1 million.
Due to Mal, the enlightened ones had the advantage the first two days,
But that changed due to an accident that caused Mal to disappear. Now both sides, beasts vs. enlightened ones, had come to a standstill.
...
At the same time, a female sky clan member with huge grey wings, Ava, flashed through the outer forest.
After a while, she came to a stop at a beach. In front of her was a huge blue ship,crafted from cerulean rock, 200 meters long and 28 meters wide, It floated silently on the water.
Ava gazed at the ship with warmth in her eyes. She blurred, arriving on the ship deck.
The moment Ava arrived on the ship deck, a pair of small hands wrapped around her legs, and a tender voice rang out, "Mother! I miss you so much."
Ava gazed down at her adorable son, who had light purple skin, long and wild grey hair, and grey wings. with motherly love in her eyes.
"I miss you too, Malavan," she said while lowering her body and returning Malavan's embrace.
"Mother. promise you won't leave me again," said Malavan in a tender voice as he buried his head in Ava's bosom.
Hearing her son, Ava paused for a second, then spoke in a warm tone while patting his head, "Don't worry, dear. Mother won't leave you again, and guess what? Any moment now, you will finally get to meet your papa."
Malavan's eyes sparkled. "Really? Really? I can finally get to meet my father?"
"Yes, son, and that's not all. After your papa arrives, all of us will go on an adventure. We will sail across the endless water and go to a place where we don't have to hide. A place where we can be ourselves, a place far from war, a place where we can be free," Ava whispered in his ears, her voice filled with love.
Malavan's eyes widened, and his body shivered with happiness and anticipation.
This was the best news he had ever received since he was born.
Not only was he going to meet his father, but he was also going to a place where he didn't have to hide, a place where he could be free and live forever with his mother and papa. He couldn't wait.
Holding her son gently in her arms, Ava gazed further inside the ship.
Inside, there were hundreds of barbarians and sky clan members. They all gaze at her with hopeful expressions on their faces.
They are the deserters; they were the ones who didn't want war, the ones who wanted to escape the killing, the one who abandoned their duty.
Ava gazed at them and spoke in a strong tone, "Do not worry, any moment now, we will set off to the promised land."
She then turned and gazed towards the forest. 'Mal, what's taking you so long?'