Chaos erupted simultaneously across all three corners of the Ten Thousand Abysses Realm. What the rival kingdoms envisioned as a tactical campaign of conquest instantly devolved into a bloody slaughter.
In the northern rocky gorge, the camp of the Storm Kingdom and the Steel Shield Kingdom collapsed under the initial onslaught. The black tide of undead scaled the palisades like a rabid plague.
"Hold the shield formation, damn it!" screamed the commander of the Storm Kingdom, thrusting his lightning-infused spear into the skull of a skeleton, shattering it into a thousand bone fragments. "They are mere summons! Cut them in half!"
"Do not retreat!" roared the general of the Steel Shield. His massive broadsword descended with destructive fury, cleaving the torsos of two spectral warriors in two. Blueish gore and rotting flesh splattered across his face as the steel sliced through flesh and dark silver armor. "Scorch the earth if you must!"
