Angel Monarch

Bran stood atop a tower, watching over the approaching horde. They had known about them for the past few days, so he wasn't worried at all.

Next to him stood Damien and Bea. They were the safety measures if things went astray. There were also about a hundred Angelic Order members placed at strategic points around the city-walls, and they kept the rest of the army ready too.

The horde was only a few hundred monsters, the strongest of them being Horrors of 1st Tier. They were nothing special, but Bran had a strange feeling about them.

The monsters attacked with too much coordination, and they were heading straight for New Athens... It all seemed too coincidental to him. That's why he took so many preventative measures.

He watched as the first artillery shells hit the beginning of the monster formation, then the larger cannons placed over the wall shot at them as well.

Dozens of them died, but the rest just trampled over them, and ran straight towards the wall.

When they got close enough, the Evolved with ranged abilities shot at the creatures, too.

It was all going well, nothing surprising, when Bran spotted some idiot running towards the monsters. Close to him, a dark-winged woman flew with a scythe in her hand.

They were began slaughtering the monsters without issues. Tainted, Rotten, Corrupted, and even Horrors died by their hands.

People all over the wall began to shout at each other in confusion and awe. Bran, on the other hand, just stared at Bea with a questioning glare.

She just shrugged... "It seems like they wanted to join in on the fun..." Her next words got stuck in her mouth when she spotted a portal opening in the middle of the monster formation.

"Motherfucker... I will flay that idiot!"

Bea looked over the wall until her eyes landed on a small white-haired girl and her caretaker, who was supposed to keep her out of trouble. She was about to stomp off when Damien grabbed her arm...

"You were right Bran. They aren't normal. They are being controlled!"

As he said it, sirens began to blare around the city. There were different sirens for different attacks or disasters. This one marked one of humanity's worst opponent... Goblins!

Warning flares launched from five different areas of the city. Bran instantly got dozens of new messages from different military commanders, each reporting a large horde approaching by different means.

There was one coming from the sea, by either boat or on the backs of monsters. There was one coming from the south by different flying vehicles and beasts.

From the east, they either drove strange cars or moved on the back of other creatures. The rest came from the northwest. There were large worms digging a tunnel in which they managed to travel without getting noticed.

The fifth and last group was one even Bran easily noticed. They were using the monster horde as their cover, and now they ran towards the walls, too.

The reports also said that there were many different colors and goblin looks, which meant everyone of these were from different tribes.

There were dozens of goblins tribes. Some lived in mountains and used flying to move back and forth between raids. Others lived in caves, while some used their strange, badly maintained vehicles to move around.

As Bran saw the massive number of monsters and armies, he realized something at the same moment Damien spoke.

"There has to be a Stellar leading them," he said, while seriously analyzing the enemy soldiers for their leader.

"Can you kill them?" asked Bran, while doing the same thing as Damien.

"Don't think so, but I can hold them up, which is the best thing we can do, but I will need Cassandra's help," he said and got an answer sooner than expected... Your journey continues at empire

"Well then, let's go!" she said with a lot of worry.

She and the rest of the women got teleported there by Vicky. The twins were a bit scared looking, but they also wore their gear, ready to defend their city.

Astrid summoned her armor and weapon. Both were gold and silver, their style very intricate. Her helmet had two small wings where her ears were, which was funny looking, in Kim's opinion.

She looked the calmest out of everyone there. This wasn't her first battle, and even knowing how small their odds were, she wasn't afraid.

Faith kept close to Vicky, never letting her get out of her sight. Bea stared at her daughter with reprimanding eyes, but she said nothing.

Damien and Cass were about to leave when Bran shouted at them...

"Wait," he said while continuing to type on his watch, "take Kim with you too. Her ability might be useful against the Stellar!"

The two Transcended turned towards the tiny woman, who was staring at Bran with bewilderment. She had never even tried to use it against a Transcended, but he was sending her against a Stellar?

Kim took a deep breath, but just as she was about to protest, something strange happened. There was an extremely loud crashing noise, and they watched in fear as part of the northwestern wall collapsed.

The gigantic worms had managed to get there, and brought it down with no effort.

"Vicky, open a portal to the goblins! NOW!" ordered Bea, then she turned into a couple of vines, and went towards the collapsed wall to help.

The little girl done as her mother asked and opened a small two meter tall portal. A few goblins ran straight into it, but got cut open by Astrid in less than a second.

She didn't say a single word, just ran through the Gate and slaughtered the goblins like it was her sole purpose in life.

Taking a deep breath, the twins followed close by, then Kim and the two Transcended went through.

On the tower, only Bran, Faith, and Vicky stood. They had nothing else to do here, so after a quick teleport they appeared at the goblin army to the east, which moved with cars.

This front was led by Lilith, who came there to support the meager city defenses with a few hundred Angelic Order soldiers.

She periodically sent out waves of sleep, which caused the drivers to crash into each other.

The soldiers each shot their weapons or waited to use their transformation and close combat abilities.

Faith took a step forward too and pointed at a cluster of vehicles rapidly closing in. A large bubble of shadow grew out of nowhere, and without care, the vehicles drove inside it. Only their screams left the deep shadows.

Bran watched the destruction for a bit, then began reading the reports from the other fronts. They were all maintaining control for now, but things were slowly starting to turn worse.

The flying army was getting taken out by James and Leslie in their transformed selves.

James was shooting his giant laser cannons straight into the enemy formation. Using his smaller weapons, he strategically wounded the monsters, or destroyed integral parts of their machines.

Leslie, on the other hand, flew straight into them with his demonic wings, and, using his halberd, cut their formation right open.

The water front was doing the best by far. A combination of Sarah's weather control and Adam's sand control, they were melting through the disembarking army with no problem.

Bea already patched the section of the wall to the north up, and now she was collapsing the tunnels, and trying to kill the giant worms.

Melinda was there helping her by killing the weaker goblins with ease, and fighting the stronger ones in a melee.

Each of these places was also supported by the Angelic Order, as well as humans and Evolved from the regular military.

The problem was that each of these armies had dozens of Transcended mixed in, which were very problematic.

Luckily, goblin Transcended are weaker than human ones, but they are still stronger than most Ascended. People like Sera, Bea, Kim, etc. could fight them, but most would get killed in a confrontation.

On the vehicle front, Lilith was fighting each of them in their dreams, but it was always hard, since their dreams and fears were just as horrible as their regular desires.

Each fight was a struggle, but she tried to kill as many as she could.

When the army got close, Bran helped kill them too, which held them up even longer.

The real fight wasn't happening on any of these fronts, though. To the northeast, they made a desperate attempt to quickly end the battle.

Will and Lucy were still killing all the monsters, while Astrid and the twins were destroying the goblin forces.

In her giantess form, Astrid easily overwhelmed any warrior who dared oppose her. Using her spear, she delivered death quicker than the goblins realized what was happening.

The twins were a bit more careful. They each used a slender longsword as their weapon, while both of their bodies were in whitish-blue armors.

It wasn't anything too special, but the metal was very good at conducting electricity, the same as their weapons.

Their ability was also remarkable and unique. When they touched each other's weapon or armor, they could send giant shockwaves of electricity. It had the power of two Ascended and it could fry even a Transcended goblin with ease.

Further back, Will was using his spear to kill, but as he moved through the monsters, their previous coordination turned into a mad frenzy, and they began to murder each other.

To his left, Lucy wasn't even really paying attention. Any monster that got cut by her scythe died within the next second, and with each kill, her power grew further.

Each had their own struggle, but the real fight was happening further to the north, where Kim, Damien and Cass were closing in on the Goblin Warlord!