The fifth year.
War broke out again.
And this time, the offensive they faced was dozens of times greater in scale than the first war-and more.
If the previous war had been a swift raid by several groups of nightmares against the Main Universe's weak defenses, this was a full-scale assault spanning its entire border.
The densely packed nightmares swept through like locusts, filling almost every inch of the sky. The Edge World and the War Fortresses rebuilt over the past few years held out for barely a few days against those overwhelming numbers before falling completely.
And this time.
They had clearly learned from the previous war.
Vast numbers of nightmares broke into smaller groups, spreading densely across the Main Universe's border regions and charging madly into the God Frontier, continually opening new paths.
The powerful Nightmare Demons led by the Nightmare King no longer gathered together either. Instead, they entered the Main Universe from different directions, using their overwhelming strength to slaughter the Jailers rushing to reinforce each front.
Because they knew perfectly well.
At their current scale, a head-on battle against Painter was clearly unrealistic.
So they changed their strategy.
As long as they avoided her, cutting down the insects in the Main Universe would be child's play.
And this time.
It was also the greatest crisis the Main Universe had ever faced.
The God Frontier continued to shrink. Even several Star Sectors near the outer ring had come under full-scale nightmare invasion. Stars went dark, and simply looking up revealed the Great Rifts stretching across the Vast Cosmos, their image cast from the border.
Almost every Jailer was deployed.
Dark Night City's Legion was also forced to end its intensive training and join the war spanning the entire Star Domain.
Even so, they had still underestimated