*Bzzz!~*
The sky split apart.
A violent crack echoed across the heavens as a rift opened above a place called Cloudveil Citadel. It wasn't lightning, nor was it thunder. It was something far worse. The air itself groaned, twisting as a jagged black portal tore through the sky, its edges glowing with runes that pulsed like infected wounds. Darkness bled from the tear, thicker than fog, heavier than smoke.
It was none other than nether haze.
"Grarararha!"
Nether Devils poured out, first as writhing shadows that hit the ground like rain. The smaller ones looked vaguely human, except their limbs were too long and their faces too ghastly. Behind them came different types of nether beasts. They were dozens of meters tall, hulking forms wrapped in armor made of bones and dragged in chains, their eyes burning with resentment.
