They had clearly suffered tremendous torment before their deaths. There were elderly people, children, men, and women. You could even clearly see the expressions of extreme pain and distortion frozen on their faces. Their bodies overlapped one after another, forming a spectacle of over a thousand corpses that sustained the entire magic array.
A few seemingly recent local newspapers lay on a nearby table.
"Another series of mass disappearances has occurred locally. The entire populations of several nearby mountain villages vanished overnight. The relevant authorities have established a Major Crimes Unit to investigate."
"On February 3, a missing person's family member reportedly received a call for help from her daughter, but the connection lasted only eight seconds before contact was lost again. The relevant authorities have deployed thousands of soldiers and police officers in an all-out search, but there are still no leads."
"We have reason to suspect an undeniable connection to the supernatural phenomena that have been occurring frequently of late."
A gust of wind sent the newspaper fluttering away.
On the dark platforms surrounding the magic array, figures in black hoods hurriedly rose to their feet, one after another. They stared at the enormous rift at the center of the array, their eyes brimming with fanaticism.
"Our summoning succeeded?!"
Nearly all the extremists from the surrounding provinces and cities had gathered here: high-ranking government officials, serial killers, radical environmentalists, and leading figures embedded in every sector of society. They had all assembled here for this shared goal.
The invasion of this world had begun!
And they would be the first believers to welcome the descent of their chief god. From this day onward, they had been entrusted with the expectations of their chief god from Hell.
They had been granted the authority to summon indiscriminately,
And this also