In the western, central, and eastern regions of the world, the forces were forced to continue shrinking their territories, and at this time, another piece of bad news arrived.
The elf race, which had been watching from the southern edge of the world and had not yet deployed troops, discovered a new spatial rift on the southern border. With the lessons learned from other forces, the elves set up an extensive trap outside the still-closed rift, and their Sage Mage applied sealing magic to slow the opening of the rift.
But that was all they could do.
The fifth line of defense, also the last line of defense at the front, was the human nation's capital, Westeroen City.
Aside from the elves, the other forces began to converge towards the human territories, well aware that the situation had escalated to a matter of life and death for the entire world. What were old grievances in the face of such a crisis?
Regardless, they were all born on this land, this Mundus Magnus world that they all called home.
It was only logical for a family to unite against external threats.
Having gathered most of the world's resources and military power, Westeroen City successfully held its ground, but an unexpected development occurred in the south.
At the end of the fourth year, the spatial rift broke through the sealing magic and opened successfully, unleashing a flood of enemies who clashed with the elves.
In January of the fifth year, the elf nation's capital, ShadeWood City, was overrun, and the elves suffered heavy casualties, retreating into human territory.
With the elves' defeat, the Angel Race, Devil Race, Dragon Race, and Deity Race formally entered the battlefield. With the addition of these four powerful forces, Westeroen City was transformed into an impregnable fortress.
However, a new problem arose.
With all of the world's creatures gathered in human territory, the external battle situation was temporarily relieved, but internal resources became a critical issue.
Whether it was weapons, ingredients for brewing potions, or even basic food supplies, shortages began to emerge. While there was no immediate concern, the problem would inevitably have to be addressed soon.
The demand for resources outstripped supply.
To obtain more resources, they would either have to fight their way back on the front lines or send teams to search for supplies in areas occupied by the enemy, risking their lives in the process.
By October of the fifth year of the new era, only a tenth of the world's original inhabitants remained, including Humans, Demons, Beasts, Angels, Devils, Dragons, and Deities. Originally, these six forces had over seventy '11th-rank' powerful beings such as 'Supreme Sage Mage' etc., but now only a little left.
The human race had an experienced 'Supreme Sage Mage', a newly promoted young 'Supreme Sage Mage', and a powerful 'Supreme Saint Knight', and the remaining races were also about nine powerful beings in total.
As for the Elves... although they had many '10th-rank' members, historically, fewer than a handful had ever reached '11th-rank', which was one of the main reasons they could not hold the southern rift.
At the end of the fifth year, the final battle erupted.
The already scarce resources were rapidly depleted as mages from all forces unleashed their highest-rank magic without regard for loss, and knights, archers, and assassins launched storm-like attacks on the enemy groups, but at the same time, countless lives were lost.
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The magical array that enveloped all of Mundus Magnus slowly dissipated, and the magical arrays sealing the northern and southern spatial rifts flickered faintly.
Outside the walls of Westeroen City, the human capital, bodies from all forces lay scattered.
The situation inside the city was even more tragic. The originally pristine walls were stained with dried blood, limbs, and broken bodies were scattered everywhere, and occasionally, the bodies of powerful beings who had died standing seemed to still be guarding the city.
The interior of the castle is also littered with corpses, and only the magnificent Throne Hall appears slightly clean.
Next to the long table in the hall, there are twelve seats, and on five of them, there are five '11th-rank' powerful beings from various forces sitting upright.
Their eyes were closed as if they were asleep
In reality, they had already sacrificed their lives and souls, leaving behind only their shells.
Atop the throne, a young man in blood-stained golden armor stared blankly at the sky until the magical array in the air dissipated, and then he subconsciously touched the ruby pendant on his chest.
"Teacher..."
"Is there any point to this?"
Not long ago, as the fifth line of defense, Westeroen City had been breached by the enemy, penetrating several outer defense lines and initiating the final battle within the city itself.
The various ethnic groups whose resource reserves have bottomed out can only grit their teeth and fight to the death, but everyone knows that they are just struggling to survive.
Finally, five out of the remaining six '11th-rank' beings made a decision.
Since they couldn't win head-on, they would make the enemy's victory as costly as possible.
After intense discussions, the remaining '11th-rank' beings all chose to agree, except for a newly promoted young man.
The mages plan that since a single '11th-rank' cannot change the battle situation, and multiple '11th-rank' beings are the same, what if it is a strong being with strength exceeding '11th-rank'?
Among the treasures held by the devil race was a forbidden spell scroll called "Sacrifice." Although it was the lowest tier of forbidden spells, its potential effect was unparalleled by any other known method of sacrifice.
The one-time-use scroll had a singular effect: it sacrificed the user's power to a designated target. The number of users could be many, with no upper limit, and there were no adverse effects on the designated target. The only prerequisite for use was that the sacrifice of one's power had to be "absolutely voluntary," without even a hint of coercion.
This requirement was why the inherently selfish devil race had only kept this scroll as a collectible.
Their chosen target for the sacrifice was Caelan Dwayne, a universally recognized genius in Mundus Magnus world who had become a 'Supreme Sage Mage' at a young age.
Caelan's thoughts differed from the others; rather than trust in an undocumented forbidden scroll and gamble the lives of dozens of powerful beings, he preferred to fight the enemy and attempt to ignite a spark of hope.
He was well aware of how impractical his ideas were.
In the end, the "Sacrifice" scroll was used, and at the cost of the lives and souls of five ‘11th-rank’powerful beings and dozens of ‘10th-rank’and ‘9th-rank’, they attempted to push Caelan Dwayne to a realm that countless ‘11th-rank’beings had reached the end of their lives without ever touching.
That is, the ‘12th-rank’that only exists in theory!
The use of the scroll went without a hitch, and everyone pinned their hopes on Caelan, the world's most talented youth, to create a miracle.
During the sacrifice process, the attack of the enemies became even more frantic. It seemed like there was something deep in the castle that they were afraid of. This made the battles of the remaining armies even more difficult, and even... From the original and the power of the first war, to powerless, near the end of the desperate fight, the final explosion of their own and the enemy die together...
Fortunately, the Mysterious sacrifice worked.
Caelan Dwayne's power indeed increased tremendously, and he even began to sense the existence of a realm beyond ‘11th-rank’.
This unprecedented power gave him a sensation of being omnipotent.
Caelan, who has vaguely reached the theoretical '12th-rank', could create a great advantage even if his combat power is unrivaled. However, the world had almost completely fallen into the hands of alien races, and in the process of sacrifice, the number of beings from all races who survived was very small.
"It's time to end this."
Caelan bowed respectfully to the powerful beings from various races before attempting to use a forbidden spell that should have been sealed forever.
The super-dangerous forbidden spell, "World Destruction!!"
The effect? Literal to its name!
There is only one record of the use of "World Destruction". After its creation by a madman, a misoperation which is cast by a '9th-rank mage' caused the instant ashing of several tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions, of beings, leading to its sealing in the "Forbidden Spell Catalogue."
It's worth noting that was merely the limit of a '9th-rank mage'. Caelan's limit, however, far exceeded that of an '11th-rank, Supreme Sage Mage‘.
Just as a '1th-rank, Apprentice Mage' using a small fireball spell is nothing compared to a 'Supreme Sage Mage' using the same spell, the difference in scale is incomparable.
The combined armies and the powerful beings had all perished, Caelan was alone and helpless, and it was difficult to retake this world in normal combat.
Therefore, Caelan chose to perish with all alien enemies, cast the forbidden spell "World Destruction", and directly declared the end of the war.
In fact, he did indeed do so.
A massive magical array enveloped the entire world, and the sheer power of the spell pressed down on every creature's soul. The weaker beings couldn't even kneel; they were flattened to the ground.
In just a few seconds, the remaining few Angels, Devils, Demons, humans, etc., and even all alien enemies were erased from the world, such was the extent of its power. Even Caelan could only protect himself, and after the spell ended, his magical energy was completely drained.
This power made Caelan feel sad for the deaths of all races, and he couldn't help but cry out and lie down.
This forbidden spell is a full map attack, and friendly forces cannot be immune.
On the last day of the fifth year, this swift and fierce war came to an end!
The alien race has disappeared, and the spatial cracks located in the north and south of the world have also collapsed due to this strike. In addition, with the sealing array imposed by Caelan after that, this world is considered safe.
The only problem is that there are no other creatures besides Caelan, not even a fly…