In just a week, Planet Austere was already a changed spectacle, this change was mostly in the territory that was not yet occupied by the beasts.
No Skyrim or human could be seen roaming the planet's surface anymore, Planet Austere was now purely a Monster Planet.
Everywhere, you could see beasts roaming. It was now a wild planet filled with carnage as the wild monsters occasionally clashed, spilling each other's blood ruthlessly as they engaged in cannibalism.
The only places where this was not seen was the 3 shelters.
The Skyrim King did not just leave his people defenseless while going to fight another man's war. He only agreed to leave because he was guaranteed of their safety inside the heirloom white grade treasure, the 3 Shelters.
This special treasure was one important reason why they were able to survive the first wave of the apocalypse.
When activated, by burning a lot of the natural mana that was present on the planet, this treasure erected 3 different shelters fully focused on defense.
Only Grade A Supers and Monsters could breach it's defense.
It was the last line of defense if the Planet was ever lost.
After majority of the warriors left to fight Planet Darvis' war, all the civilians were kept inside the 3 Shelters and were left with enough food to last 3 months.
This was the only reason why the Skyrim King could leave without worrying.
Inside the shelter, they watched as their planet was overrun by the beasts.
"Rooarrrr…!!!"
Every day, they could hear the roars of beasts.
The few warriors that were left to protect them watched through the tiny see-through glasses, they watched the apocalypse beasts rampage on their territory, tearing down all their structures and evidence of civilization.
In just a few days, there was nothing left of the resistance in Planet Austere against the apocalypse beasts that was spearheaded by the Hunter Society.
Even the headquarters of the Hunter Society was now nothing more than a ruin, Planet Austere seemed to have gone back a thousand years into the past.
The only things now roaming the planet where the dangerous beasts who never seemed to got along with each other, the ruins which were evident of sentient life interaction, and the tall trees spanning across thousands of kilometers.
Inside the 3 Shelters, the only surviving remnants of civilization, the Skyrim, humans, and other demon survivors prayed for the success of their leaders.
"Space God, I put my life into your hands".
"Even if you can't save me, please save the life of my wife and daughter".
A man prayed for his family.
Another man stood on a podium, leading a congregation of faithful in prayer. "Oh Great Metal God of War, I pray and beseech unto you this day, presenting the fate of Planet Austere into your hands".
"The Human King has gone for war".
"The Skyrim King has gone for war".
"Empower them with your omniscient power of war, grant them your grace of war victory, show them favor in blood and glory!"
"Wipe all the beasts and let your glory be seen!"
"Let your glory be seen!" The congregation echoed him.
For days, everywhere across the shelters, different churches sprang up as the survivors found ways to cling to hope but like it was a lingering devil in the dark, they could hear a voice whispering into their ears in a menacing tone.
In their daily prayers, in their sleep, everywhere, they heard it.
'Wake up to reality!'
It never failed to chill them to their deepest bones.
The more they prayed, the more they lost hope and feared for their lives.
After more than a week, they already gave up, thinking that all their warriors that went to the unknown planet were dead as the church priests preached sermons on life after death but on this fateful day, everything changed.
A beacon of hope in the darkness that perhaps, it was not yet time to die.
It was during the afternoon when the sun was hot and full in the sky that they felt the familiar presence of the energy, they soon saw gray mist.
'It's happening again!' Excitement spread through the shelters.
It didn't last long, it started and ended in an instant.
BZZZZ!
The next moment, hundreds of thousands of warriors descended in this planet. Not just warriors, warships followed them, and they opened fire immediately once they fully materialized in this planet.
Excitement was palpable as it spread through the shelters like a plague or wildfire in harmattan, it was contagious as they cheered to the return of their heroes, hope was finally restored.
While the humans and Skyrims rejoiced, the beasts were baffled.
Having roamed the whole planet, a whole bunch of beasts saw it immediately as they appeared, some even suffered as the warriors appeared directly above them, compressing them to the ground.
Seeing the metal structures that roamed the skies, they were even more confused.
"Roar!?"
"Roar!?" They let out confused roars and snarls.
They were not confused for long though; this army did not keep them waiting.
They did not hesitate to kickstart a war against the beasts.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Led by the Legolas Baron, the warships kickstarted the war as all their weapon muzzles aimed before unleashing disaster on the beasts!
They didn't even need to adjust their aim, there were beasts everywhere across the planet, all they needed was to simply bombard the hell out of them.
The ground shook and boomed from the impact of ballistic projectiles!
Trees were scorched by the raining fury of laser guns!
Beasts were lacerated by the raining intensity of the warships!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Beast flesh flew everywhere like it was a slaughter ground even as flamethrowers scorched their flesh, turning this battlefield into what seemed akin to a gigantic Kitchen Republic restaurant, the smell of meat wafted in the air.
The battleships didn't do all the work though, hundreds of thousands of Supers joined even as a single warship left the others.
After suffering the fury of the Apocalypse beasts for all their lives, all the Planet Austere-born warriors were extra enthusiastic as they pounced on the beasts, unleashing their pent-up fury and frustration.
"This is for the fear bastards!"
"This is for my hellish childhood!"
"This is for making me put up with the strict rules of the Hunter Society!"
"This is for making me miss the sweet bloom of youth!"
"This is for all my comrades that had died to you f*cking bastards!"
"This is for all hunters that ever died to you beasts!"
"This is for me still being a virgin at 30!"
They channeled their fury at the beasts, prompting the Planet Darvis-bred warriors to join them enthusiastically as they channeled the fury of their allies.
Planet Austere instantly started changing into a gradually progressing horror painting of beasts dying in the most chaotic and ruthless of ways.
The players did not shy from the excitement and the thrill.
"Hell yeah!"
"Free floating experience points just for the taking!"
"We're the luckiest man, 2 Main Grade A Storylines in just 1 Version and I still believe it's all because of the Army Commander!"
"He's the G.O.A.T I'm tellin yah!"
"That's why he's the G.O.A.T! The Sexy Chocolate!"
While chaos ensued in the planet, the Golden Cicada accelerated deep into Beast territory, straight to the territory of the leader of the beasts, the Ice Gorilla.
Inside this warship, Legolas' eyes gleamed.
He advised his companions. "Take this from me".
"In every situation you find yourself, in war, in peace, in love, in heartbreak, never forget to benefit yourself, very important!"
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