The territory occupied by the Nordic foreigners only extended as far as the Nordic Kingdom and parts of the surrounding northwestern kingdoms. 

Seon-Hyeok heard that the western kingdoms still had power in reserve, as they had not yet been directly involved in the ongoing war.

However, when he finally reached the western portion of the continent, things were not as he had heard.

The demonic energy covering the world was so terrible that Seon-Hyeok wondered how anyone could live in it, and the cursed land was too lifeless to support crops.

The western lands Seon-Hyeok saw were literally the land of the dead.

“Ahhhh!”

Joon-Min suddenly screamed as he rode behind Lafayette. At the same time, Balmung began to violently emit its holy light.

The sacred aura pushed away the demonic energy, but it proved insufficient. Even after being repelled, the pervasive dark energy quickly rushed in again in a black haze, and the holy light capable of extinguishing even the giant banshee disappeared without much effect.

“Heok. Heok.”

Joon-Min’s breaths turned ragged. It was as though he spent all of his energy in that brief period.

Shudder.

Balmung trembled,...