Amelia’s Tower

Amelia smiles as she watches her daughter testing out her new power on the devices in Amelia’s training room. A training room far more advanced than any she’s sure her daughter has ever seen before. Simply because it combines Earth technology and Blood Runes, with work combining the efforts of the greatest magi-tech engineer on Earth and the greatest enchanter on Tartarus.

And the sight of her daughter’s new power – power that would win out over demons of over fifty levels above her – makes it impossible for Amelia to stop smiling.

She’s grown so much…

Amelia continues watching her daughter for several minutes before her happy and proud smile finally begins to turn into a sad one.

It’s still not enough though. She’s going to have to go through even more if she wants to save the universe.

That thought leaves Amelia feeling dread. But unlike with the start of the prophecy, she can help her daughter this time.

And that’s just what she’s going to do.

I won’t let Scarlet die. No matter what.

Amelia clenches her fists at her sides.

Even if I have to sacrifice my own life to save her.

Throughout the Universe

On the other side of the universe from Earth, a planet named Arese, full of turmoil, stands on the edge. One that is home to humans and various species of demihumans who have mutated over time into strange variations on humans, many of whom include elves, whose magical power is greater than humans, dwarves, whose physical strength is greater than humans, and halflings, whose dexterity is greater than humans. Meanwhile the Grand Council, led by the council of the three demihuman races, leads the war against the human races who vastly outnumber them in sheer population.

But the majority of these beings are no further than Class I in their ascension. Even the leaders of the Grand Council stand only at Class III in power.

And out of nowhere, in the middle of a large battle between the Grand Council and the United Nations of Humanity, a loud sound akin to glass shattering echoes around the entire world, making the conflict stop in an instant.

Above the planet, under the eyes of all of the humans and demihumans living on it, strange cracks begin to appear in reality itself. And within these cracks, nothing but the pitch black void can be seen.

Silence fills the planet for several minutes, only broken when strange creatures start falling out of the cracks in the sky. Creatures that look like eldritch abominations made of nothing but bug parts, carapaces, and tentacles.

First it starts with just a few across the planet-spanning cracks. Then dozens more.

Eventually an entire swarm of creatures, all of Class I at minimum, begin to flood out of the cracks, causing mass panic throughout the planet.

The strongest beings on the planet quickly rush out to fight the creatures, but they quickly find something strange about them.

None of the creatures have any life force to absorb after killing them.

This quickly decreases the motivation of the planet denizens fighting against them. Until they begin seeing Class II creatures leaving the cracks as well. Much larger creatures over twice the size of the first.

And their newfound motivation turns into panic when the Class III creatures start to swarm over the planet.

Soon enough, the planet becomes completely overrun by the void creatures, with the planet’s last hope being killed by the first Class IV creatures that pass through the cracks.

The planet is then left in silence after just a single week of invasion by the void creatures.

Unbeknownst to the fallen planet’s former denizens, a single pitch black eye radiating an evil light begins to crack open on the other side of the crack, only for it to close again as the creature it belongs to realizes it is impossible for it to cross through the crack just yet.

And thus begins the invasion of the void.

Meanwhile, on a planet known as Tartarus situated halfway across the universe from Arese, the witches all open their eyes as they begin glowing with an eerie light. And without a moment’s hesitation, the Demon King appears in front of them right when each of the witches begin chanting, their words echoing throughout the entire world.

“Prepare yourselves, for the Gaze of the Void has landed on the universe at last. The Void will spread its corruption throughout the universe, tearing apart world after world until its gaze finally lies on the demons within the decade. Prepare yourself for destruction, for the only hope of the demons has yet to grow. Prepare for the end of Tartarus.”

The Demon King grimaces at the news despite knowing that it was coming.

At the same time as the witches, the Purple Knight of Humanity starts her livestream, her own eyes glowing purple as she states, “The next era has begun. The Void is coming. Prepare now or all shall be lost. Prepare now, Wolf of the Blood Moon, for you are the last true hope for the universe.”

And all across the universe, various prophecies are told to every last planet with sapient life powerful enough to reach Class III for their seers. Some with the same level of detail as Purple and the witches’ prophecies, most with far fewer details.

But all with enough to cause panic across the worlds.

Meanwhile on Tartarus, the Demon Lords grow tense as they consider the ramifications of this on themselves and their own Clans.

On Earth, the Knights of Humanity all show various different reactions, each considering the effects of the prophecy on the war, and on who the Wolf of the Blood Moon is without a single one not being able to guess their identity. And Scarlet simply narrows her eyes as she pauses in her testing of her new powers, faintly surprised by the timing but not by the events currently happening.

Chaos reigns on both planets, but far moreso on Tartarus than on Earth due to the shorter time frame for them than the humans.

And finally, the Demon King turns his gaze to space around the planet, his eyes narrowing.

Then the chaos grows more when the planet suddenly shudders, the Demon King raising both of his hands, expanding his blood domain around the entire planet and beginning to move the planet itself away from the direction he senses the void creatures.

But all across the universe, everyone recognizes one thing.

The old era has come to a close, and a new one has begun.

An era of the end.