"It is over!"
The triumphant shout echoed across the devastated wasteland, cutting through the lingering stench of ozone and scorched blood.
A middle-aged man entirely clad in heavy, silver-plated knight's armor draped with the pristine white robes of the Holy Church ripped his glowing broadsword free from the flesh of a massive, unnaturally twisted beast.
The grotesque demon collapsed into the ash, its multi-jointed limbs twitching one final time before dissolving into black mist.
Behind the lead knight, a loud, exhausted chorus rang out into the blood-red sky as dozens of holy paladins raised their blood-stained blades in victory.
The knight commander didn't cheer.
He stood completely still, his chest heaving as he stared straight ahead at the vast, jagged red portal suspended in the air.
