---- Then we'll be vulnerable, Adrian said bluntly.

But if those monsters reach the capital, it won't matter how many men we have stationed here.

They'll tear through us like wildfire.

Edric nodded, though the tension in his face betrayed his doubts.

Until Dom gets up Calm down Adrian.noveldrama

We will counter this- We can't calm down Dom.

They are coming.

Adrian bellowed.

We're on the verge of war.

They're comingnot in hundreds, but in thousands.

And they have only one aim- destruction.

Adrian places his hand on Dome shoulder and nods Call Doradora, Tixie And other Crets.

We will be needing those who are loyal to us and who have faught this with us before.

Dom's eyes widen and panic fills the meeting room.

---- But why? What...

what are you saying.

Who are coming- And that's when Adrian declares.

His tone clipped Father.

He's comingwith an army of monsters.

Not just to reclaim the darkness but to steal the Light itself.

And if we don't fight back right now? There will be nothing lefi to save.

Gasps erupted around the chamber.

Panic and disbelief rippled through the room: And Adrian's hands clench into his fists as he turned to the council, to declare Prepare for war to the end.

---- Chapter 428 6 months Later The Land of Light was no longer to same, it has changed.

For the worse.

The land once resplendent with golden fields and bustling villages under a warn gentle sun, now lay in barren wastelands, blanketed by ash and shadow.

The skies filled with vibrant hues, were perpetually shrouded in a stormy haze.

The air itself felt heavy, laced with the stench of decay and despair.

And the sun that rose every day, only mocked the hope for a better future.

The Monsters had claimed the land as their own, they roamed freely across the lands, their glowing red eyes cutting through the gloom like embers of hellfire.

Their distorted forms patrolled what had once been thriving human settlements, turning homes into lairs and farmlands into hunting grounds Humanity, now a scattered remnant, was either in hiding or enslaved by these creatures to be taken to him ---- Shattered families, wandering loners, and fractured.

resistance groups.

Once the beings of light have clunged to the life in shadows.

They live in hiding, their days spent scavenging and nights consumed by fear.

Everyone has abandoned the beings of light, the werewolves and crets, and the must brutal one came from their very king.

King Adrian.

The former King.

He had gone underground Left those few Crets and werewolves, in the darkness to find their own way.

Meanwhile the threat of a self proclaimed new ruler, raided the world.

The King of these monsters.

Everyone has heard of him...

the Doctor behind this evolution.

The Leader of VOG.

He wasn't here yet.

But he will be soon.

Waiting for his monsters to lay the red carpet of blood for him for his welcome: