Doomsday Pillars

As the sun rose on the eastern horizon, the previously crystal clear Cooks River was now filled with countless zombie corpses. Hundreds of mutilated body parts were visible on the surface of the river as a disgusting odor began to spread around the area, stirring up the stomach acid of whoever sniffed it. But what was most striking on the river was the bridge made by zombie bodies that connected each side of the river.

Even though 6 hours had passed, this fierce battle that took place on the Cooks River continued until the 50 meters deep river was almost completely covered by zombie corpses, making it almost like land itself. 

Slowly but surely, the troops who were fighting on the riverbank led by Colonel Angus and Arief began to be pushed by the waves of zombies that kept coming. The situation did not get any better when the exhaustion from the intense battle began affecting their bodies and further decreased their combat capabilities.

When the situation grew grim, Arief saw a warship entering Botany Bay near the river.

"They have come! The reinforcement has come!!" exclaimed Arief loudly, attracting everyone\'s attention.

Seeing the reinforcements that were about to arrive, the fighters who were about to retreat suddenly grew more fierce, ferociously attacking the zombies like a pack of enraged tigers. At the same time, several boats were seen moving fast and anchoring on the shore of the bay while more than a hundred fighters got out of the boats.

A large figure of man could be seen running through the riverbank as he leaped high to the air and was about to land right in the middle of the crowd of black zombies. In midair, the man calmly raised his hands as his figure suddenly doubled in size. Using all the power that he had, the man slammed the hammer in his hand towards the ground.

[Earth Smash]

BOOMMMM!!!

Loud sounds could be heard as the hammer contacted the ground as the ground destroyed and pieces of solid ground scattered. Dozens of black zombies within the 20 meter radius of the impact were flung backwards while one poor unlucky black zombie who was directly hit by the hammer crushed into pieces like glass. The ground was completely leveled by the massive momentum that his hammer carried while he quickly stabilized himself.

"Ha ha ha !!! Finally a battle!" Shouted the Russian named Sergei while continuing to swing his hammer at the nearest zombie.

A young woman in her twenties could be seen casting a spell in the distance as a bluish hue circle appeared beneath her feet.

[Hail - Tier 3 Ice Spell]

A moment later, a rain of ice fell and hit the other horde of zombies, with some of them instantly being killed while others were severely wounded. With just this single tier 3 spell, half of the dozen black zombies were killed while the other dozens immobilized and could only watch them helplessly be killed by the fighters.

Right behind Aria; Theo, Oscar and Tommy also enter the battle and quickly use their signature spells and abilities, wreaking havoc among the zombie hordes, followed by their hundreds of elite fighters. With the arrival of much-needed reinforcements, the direction of the battle they were about to lose immediately changed 180 degrees as the wave of black zombies was rapidly pushed back.

Alex approached Arief who was covered in blood as he casually walked through the battlefield, like it was his own garden.

"Any friendly troops there, Arief?" he asked, pointing at the other side of the river.

"No, no one was there." replied the colonel.

"Alright, then."

Alex then brought the long distance transmitter in his hand to his mouth and said.

"Fire the area 1 klick west of my position."

A sound comes out of the transmitter. "Affirmative"

In less than a minute, several loud booms could be heard from the direction of the bay, followed by the sound of consecutive explosions from 1 kilometer ahead of these fighters, right on the other side of the river.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The explosions disrupted the zombie horde across the river while the flames left by the explosion continued to injure and kill stage 1 and 2 zombies, with some of the stage 3 zombies taking injury as well. 

With cannon fire from the sea and reinforcements, the Sky realm fighters who had endured and struggled for 6 hours by the river were finally able to breathe and rest their bodies. The fighters who were too tired immediately dropped their bodies to the ground as they lay on top of the countless dead zombies, completely undisturbed by the smell and sight. Meanwhile, Alex\'s forces replace them to fight zombies, sweeping through the entire battlefield.

Unfortunately for them, the good news did not last long when Colonel Angus approached Arief with bad news. Alex, who happened to be having a discussion with Arief, was also invited to listen.

There are reports that dozens of stage 3 and stage 4 zombies focused their attacks on the Spirit Barrier covering the Sydney Harbor bridge to the north. Since that is the part of the barrier which receives more zombie attacks, it is estimated that this Sydney Harbor Bridge barrier will soon be destroyed.

Colonel Angus quickly told Alex about the current situation after finding out that Alex was the Arief\'s leader and the help they had been waiting for.

"Mr Alex, do you have any fighters that you can send to the north as well?" asked Angus carefully. "Or should I send my fighters there to reinforce the bridge?"

"No" answered Alex/

"No?" Colonel Angus was stunned when he heard Alex\'s reply. \'What do you mean with no?"

Alex thought for a moment and said.

"If we send the fighters to the north, it is like continuously giving the beggar only food; does not resolve the problem at its roots at all."

"So, what should we do, Mr Alex?" asked Colonel Angus while thinking of a plausible solution. Suddenly, an absurd thought flashed through his mind until his expression slowly turned strange. "Don\'t tell me, Mr.Alex.. You are planning to…"

"Exactly" said Alex calmly. "To solve the root of the problem, we need to kill their leader, the mastermind of this disaster in the first place."

Colonel Angus was dumbfounded at the thought of the man standing in front of him as a dazed expression crossed his face.

Realizing there is no response, Alex turned towards Colonel Angus and saw his dazed look. "You there, Colonel Angus?" asked Alex, waving his hand at the man\'s face.

"O-Oh, yeah. Please continue."

Continuing his words, Alex said. "That\'s why I will need all elite fighters to follow me. As for the Sydney Harbour bridge…"

He quickly took out his transmitter and contacted Karra, telling her and her 100 elite forces to head to the north with the Fatahillah destroyer, reinforcing the bridge.

Alex then turned his gaze towards the surprised colonel.

"That should be enough." he calmly said.

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