Whoosh!
Accompanied by a piercing sound, numerous figures pushed off from the ground and silently rose into the air, blending into the vast night sky above like mist.
Not long after these figures disappeared, another sound came from deep within the forest.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Heavy, orderly footsteps rang out as a tide of black metal emerged from the depths of the forest.
Looking closely, one could see countless warriors in heavy black armor, fully armed, wielding two-handed greatswords and carrying several javelins engraved with magic runes on their backs. One after another, they streamed endlessly out of the forests surrounding the village, closing in on it.
A few minutes later, they left the forest and reached the outskirts of the village, encircling it tightly like an iron bucket.
But they did not stop. The thud-thud-thud of their footsteps continued as they pressed onward.
The breastplates of the foremost row of Black Armor Warriors were now less than a dozen centimeters from the walls of the houses at the village's edge. The next moment, they suddenly raised their arms and slammed their metal-clad elbows heavily into the walls.
Crash!
The village walls were not sturdy to begin with, barely holding themselves up. Under the impact of the Black Armor Warriors, they collapsed into heaps of rubble, and the entire houses were shoved over with a boom.
No screams came from the ruins of the fallen houses, because there was no one inside.
The Black Armor Warriors were not surprised in the slightest, as if they had expected this all along. Maintaining their silence, they continued advancing toward the center of the village with their companions.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Crash! Crash! Crash!
More and more Black Armor Warriors entered the village, knocking down every building in their path. In the end,