Chapter 239

Author’s POV

The Second Attack.

There is a time for everything under the earth. Now it was time for the demon king to launch his second attack but now he was coming in another dimension.

The second attack did not come with war cries. It came quietly—so quietly that no one realized it had already begun. The first sign was small and easy to dismiss.

A young boy wrinkled his nose after taking a sip of water. “It tastes funny,” he muttered, handing the cup back to his mother.

She barely glanced at him. “Drink it, you said you were thirsty.”

He did. And for a while, nothing happened.

By mid-morning, the unease began to spread. The little boy complained of stomach ache. A warrior slowed mid-training, pressing his fingers to hi