Ascension of the Nephilim

The last surviving city of the Black Bog Kingdom faced a terrifying battle.

Despite the thousands and thousands of the strongest cultivators fighting and defending the city, they were slowly being wilted down.

When the conflict began due to the power of Greed, Bomos had led his Antibodies and assaulted cities and brought them down with great ease. Overall, the darklings had eaten hundreds of thousands at the start, and they began to attack and obliterate the remaining lands.

The Monster Kings on the top of the mountains lost their armies, and the ones that had sentience fled to the cities where the other races dwelt to survive.

But now, with most of the Black Bog Kingdom devoured, there were millions of Darklings, and all began to attack this great city.

Once in a while, the ground beneath would open up and devour the piles of corpses. Many surviving races thought it was the Flesh Golem's way of clearing out obstacles for the rest of the forces. But it was actually Bomos feasting on the beasts to grant him strength.

Of course, as per their agreement, Nightwing would take a huge percentage of all the corpses.

The cancerous parts of Bar-Mammon only crafted several hundreds of Darklings. But with them feasting and harnessing the lifeblood of many in the Black Bog Kingdom, it made them rich and full of nutrients. And the final step was, of course, to have them fight against powerful foes.

Hordes and hordes of Darklings continued to pour out. But while the Crowns would have enough combined power to massacre the millions with their superior might. The strongest had no choice but to conserve their energy. Many survivors had reported how their cities became decimated. The Cardinals and Crowns would use their power, and when they had very few left, a gigantic arm would appear and slam down on them and slew some of the strongest.

Those that survived had fled and told of the evil plot of the Flesh Golems, which waited to strike when they weakest.

Those that heard of how the ambushes occurred were careful in using their attacks.

Sure enough, the same ambushes occurred as they defended the city. And so, the Crowns would only attack if necessary. But after a massive attack launched by the Crown, the ground would reveal many golems, the Antibodies that would slay many of the strongest Cardinals and retreat back.

Their forces were dwindling, and even the Crowns were drained of all their strength. The emerging mountain-sized hands, the appearance of Crown-level Golems that would appear out of the ground, and the Darklords that were now among the horde of Darklings surrounded the entire city.

Worse, the anti-flight magic suddenly appeared to ensure that no one could retreat or flee from the carnage.

Below, the entire land was now the body of the Gigantes. This was once his glorious body before the war that was waged long ago, and he was severed from his connection to the Pillar.

From then on, Bomos had very limited abilities, and making his body move was very taxing. Finally, he spawned sons and allowed the body to produce antibodies to have more control, but his control was limited even then.

But Nightwing could grant Bomos more control over his own body, and thus, he could move and even cause the Gigantes' body to launch attacks! He sat at the same brain of the Gigantes, which had now moved directly under the city. The power of Oblivion continued to surround him, but this time, a strange floating matrix made from blood, flesh, and stone was taken from the Gigantes itself.

It created an energy formation circle that allowed Bomos to cast the spell, [Anima]. Through the power of [Anima], Bomos was able to control the Gigantes corpse even more and was controlling it.

The battle was immense as Nightwing had ordered Bomos to let out the full force of the Darkling's rage.

For the past five days, the darklings had been attacking with great hunger. Finally, there was nothing left to eat in the region, and every beast was led to this city through a device that Nightwing had to name the Psi emitter out of exhaustion from Luigi's rants.

The enraged millions poured into the cities and overwhelmed the guards.

Bomos continued to monitor the battle above and had his forces appear one after the other. This was all at the order of Nightwing, and he had gained quite a lot.

"Amazing. To think I would have Crowns absorbed. My power has returned! If I could combine myself, I could leave and go towards the Nephilims Sealing Fortress where this Golem King, Petra, hides." Bomos thought. Was it possible? The body and core? Were they one? The temptation was too much for Bomos to resist.

Nightwing had even given him details about the Gigantes Earth Core and suggested that Fate had hidden the body of the Gigantes God Petra this possibility, and it made Bomos excited.

Nightwing had told him that another legacy of Petra was left behind. So it wasn't a coincidence that a Golem King named Petra would exist. And it had a Gigantes Earth Core!

Petra and Goliath were two of the few Heretic Gods that managed to rise to Godhood. There were strange mysteries about their past, and Bomos, an altar of remembrance crafted by Petra, may have left other legacies.

But moving and transferring his massive body required a lot of energy. But now, his energy was being replenished as the deaths of the Darklings and cultivators were being drawn in by the thousands.

A spider began to crawl into the underground region. The darklings and the golem ignored it as its blood and composition were mixed with Bomos's blood.

The Gigantes sons of Bomos approached it and listened to the new instructions.

"Father... it's time."

"...I see." Then prepare the way and draw the Darklings towards their area.

The last city fought on as many sides of their walls had collapsed. The Crowns were launching attack after attack as many Antibodies were fighting above ground.

Suddenly, a strange tremor was heard as five massive pillars broke out of the earth. It was as if five mountains rose around the city.

The city dwellers began to panic and scream. Many even regretted their life. They were all here because of sins; some even raised their families.

They saw the five pillars with strength that made the Crowns tremble.

"What are those pillars!?" A crown cursed.

"Those aren't pillars." The queen of the kingdom saw it and could tell what it was.

"What are they?"

"Fingertips. The monster is beneath us. And its real size is far larger than we thought. We are at the palm of its hands!"

The tremors grew stronger as the fingers pushed upwards.

Many even abandoned the front lines and rushed to their families.

"We must break out of this city! We will surely die here!" A Cardinal spoke to the Crown, who was the city's leader.

The Crown looked around her and accepted her death. She could only laugh and recall that her life was full of failures and bad luck. She once was a Princess of a Midland nation in Central Midlands. But the plots thrown at her came one after the other, and a new family took over and disposed of her life. She looked at the man she now called husband.

Another Crown had received tremendous wounds and was on the verge of dying.

"Husband... I'm sorry. I told you that you would face battles and difficulties. I said to you that wherever I go, I'm always the only one left alive. She held the man.

"...My wife. Do as those cardinals said. I will use the last of my power to create a powerful attack that will strike those my soul deems its enemies. It will give you time to flee. Please. I am dying. Allow me to set your path. You are always stronger than me. And though I lie here on my deathbed, I won't regret even spending a second with you." The man smiled as he held the woman.

"My queen!" A Cardinal shouted.

Above one of the fingers was a large winged beast of pure red.

The moment it landed on one of the fingers, the upward push stopped.

"Citizens of the great city! Fight on! Help has come!" Nightwing's voice echoed everywhere, and numerous attacks suddenly appeared.

An army suddenly appeared from the horizon and began to push forward.

Nightwing then used his power and raised his hand.

A massive red ball appeared.

"Citizens! Do not resist the blood! This is my blood! It has the power to stop the flesh golems from attacking you!"

The city's leaders saw it and could recognize many Crowns fighting alongside the coming army.

"Is this... real?"

"My Queen! It could be a trick! What if that blood is poison?!"

"...Do not resist it." The queen decided.

"We are all going to die anyway. So let's gamble and hope that his words are true." The queen answered.

Nightwing wielded the massive ball of blood and threw it forward.