Escalating Across The Cosmos

[Chapter 75]

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(Log 076)

"Master, we must hurry." Words spoken by a blank and almost emotionless voice though it's more monotone and calm rather than someone who seem to have no emotion as most will probably think.

Located near a waterfall where a house built into the side of a small cliff near the river an old man can be seen carrying quantity of books that seems to be heavy for someone of his size and is stacked taller as he wobbly carried it all.

A cart filled with various items though it is mostly books from the looks of it, with very few other items indicating that they were much more important to bring rather than anything else in there.

The old man seemied grumpy while still having difficult carrying the stack if backs which he should have reduced to carry things better... but they where moving with haste due to sudden news.

What may that be? Well what else but a vast armada of unknown beings from a realm beyond their own, the empire's own mistake in provoking this unkown force that marching towards the empire.

An empire that destroyed entire apostles of various gods as the rumors had been spread a day after this unknown army had begun invading and slowly taking over many land within a day they came.

Chaos was spreading all over the empire as the news spread further and further in... though the imperial senate tried to suppress the knowledge, it was already to late many had saw an apostles death.

Further making many afraid as this new and unknown force marches ever closer to the empire with people fleeing from their former homes or were subjugated by the invaders with their fate unkown.

None knows what happens to those who were taken by this unknown force... all they know was that they were captured and could never return... just like the imperial army or the army of its vassals.

None had return for months, the empire had already been in distress and not in a good state when news of their army and those of their vassals never returning having been killed by these unkown foe.

Which caused distress across the empire and caused many to question whether or not they'll even be able to defend the empire once the enemies began invading... the apostles did reassure the common folk and made them feel... safe.

Though this did changed when the news of an apostle being killed went out causing disarray and riots across the Saderan Empire once they realized that not even the emissaries of their gods can save them from their newest enemy.

The apostles tried but it was already too late to change things... especially when their docile enemies having been attack for another time began it's invasion of the lands silencing every place they go and killed any apostle sent against them.

The future isn't so bright for the empire who boasted to be the strongest and blessed by the gods... only to end up angering another God beyond their own one, who seem to possess greater power.

A god who was not doubt not pleased its lands were invaded and now they are paying the price for provoking such God and not even the deities they worship can't save them... when they to lay silent and would neither give them a solution.

If they even have one... the gods had not done anything to change the situation... only making it worse with each passing moment, the enemies draw closer to the heart of the empire with no one to stop them, the apostles are obviously useless.

Several of their ranks sent out had been killed and never returned... their souls having been eviscerated that their false deities couldn't ressurect them, only dried husk with no life they can revive.