The Throne room was disturbed by erratic sound of tapping of footsteps echowing throughout the Halls. The throne was exuding aura that was being sat on by an entity, it was adorned with bones and skulls and the man who sat on it was hailed as the Skeleton King.
A man that has crown and has ashen hair. His complexion was young but he exuded a radiating prime strength even with his age. He was sitting on his throne for many years. His age was forgotten nor was stopped being remembered. It was uncountable with all those year fighting the demon kind and also humanity.
He was sitting on his throne and then he was called by his servant..... he was a skeleton scout that made the news. He has tattered robes and exuding bluish glow from his eyes within.
The servant knelt and spoke. "My King, the Demon Army has arrived. We must prepare for their invasion." He said.
With a voice that was reverberating of his prime and a voice that could command even the dead, he called out, "Prepare for defending the borders. Demons should not cross the kingdom. Humanity will be slaughtered." He commanded.
"As you wish my King!" He then left.
"Call forth the Skeleton Order! We will halt their advance," he said.
Then the Skeleton order arrived and knelt on his presence. Warriors, Archers, Reapers, Dark Mages, and Knights. The leaders all knelt on his throne.
"We have assembled all the forces my King!" Said his butler.
"Hmm, well then, we will march to battle. Join me in my last fight!" He said.
"My King, we will not let you perish!" Said the leader of the Knight Order.
"Hmm, the Blood moon has arrived and all demons will have their tier to increase by one step. It means all Demon Lords could become a Demon King rank. A mere Demon Lord could make you all have a hard time." He said.
"We will all stand side by side and perish with you our King!" Said the Skeleton Warrior Leader.
"Well then, let us have a one last battle before we all rest in peace! I, your King will lead you all one last time." He lifted his sword then they all stood up. And drew their weapons.
"To our last battle!" They all shouted.
Then they all went ready. They saw in the veranda of their castle where the Demons have swarmed them.
"How many are the lesser Demons?" He asked them.
"Thousands my king!" One of them responded.
"Greater Demons?" He asked.
"In my estimate, Half of a thousand." The Knight Skeleton said to him.
Well then, I must call forth the Ghosts Army to help. He said then went to the catacombs. He had collected ghosts of heroes of the past that were dead ..... And then added them to his skeleton order.
He was inside their catacombs and then saw their coffins, then he called them all out.
They all woke up from their slumber and then they saw the Skeleton King that has kept them.
"Heroes! Arise! Humanity is in the verge of being slaughtered, I ask you all to help us and defeat the demons as per all our enemies were...." He said.
"You? Ask for our help? You are one of our enemies!" Said one of the Mages.
"Heroes of Humanity, I ask this to help defeat the Demon Kind. I am not your enemy but them. I have told you this before but you are all stiff necked and would not listen! I defended my realm from you all and then your death was sealed." He said to them.
"Why should we all bicker here when the enemies of humanity was fast approaching! I say let us taste the battle and my hands are itching to kill demons!" Said the one who held a sword. "I am the Sword Hero! And I only live to slay demons!"
The ghosts of Heroes then were discussing. They all were revived but then could not comprehend the situation. They needed more details to act. And so, Ren asked them.
"Those who are here are Heroes of Humanity. And I am a Villain in what your kind have deemed me. I expected Heroes to fight for their cherished Humanity. But, I as a villain will fight and defend it." He said.
They all were shocked by what he said.
"Are you really gonna defend humanity?" The Knight Ghost asked.
"Yes!" He said.
"Wonderfully said." He closed his eyes and then spoke. "That is the answer I am waiting.... Heroes! Can you all just let humanity slaughtered because of your pride?"
"No!.....… It's just, not normal for a villain to defend humanity." Said the Mage.
"Even without you all, I would march there and defend. Even with the stake of my life." Said the Knight.
"Okay, good! Everyone, what is your say?" Asked the Mage ghost.
"We will be on the side of humanity as always." Said one of them.
"Good!" they all went happy.
But for that, you are all ghosts. You need to possess skeletons as your body.
"I see....." They were all silent.
"Well, let's do it! "
"Aye!" They shouted.
With that, they all marched towards the battle. Ren then was in the front lines and the demon lords saw them. He has numerous skeletons soldiers that he has on his back. They all were exuding otherworldly auras and they thought that were all in the levels of masters, "No, these are not masters but Legends! How come? Where did he get these monsters!" Asked their general.
They immediately made a formation and then they all attacked. The skeletons fought lesser demons and even greater demons. They were pushed back with all of them a tier higher than the norm. Skeleton soldiers were only a tier lower than them.
They marched and then the war has started.
The borders were stopped and were defended with Skeleton Knights. They were able to defend it accordingly.
The fight was brutal and the demons have pushed them back. The lesser demons were able to use magic and they became greater demons with the help of blood moon.
Then afterwards the Seven demon Lords appeared above them. The Heroes then attacked and then they went clashing but they were still helpless.
"Curse this Blood moon! They got their stats and buffs two folds!" Said one hero.
They all attacked and killed the Heroes one by one.
With that, they attacked and Binded Ren with a seal. Ren could not escape here.
"My King!" Shouted all of his underlings.
"Its fine," he said as he looked back. The runes then appeared one after another and then they casted a mega spell.
"[Disintegration!]"
The Seven Demon Lords casted their spell and disintegrated Ren. "This is for the thousands of years of hindering us demons with our plans!"
Boom!
The dusts flew and rubbles rained. Only the ashes remained as an aftermath.
"Our King!" Shouted the Skeleton Knight.
They immediately roared and then they felt the trembling of his army. Their auras rippled and then they were all in chaos. Their skeleton soldiers roared and then all of the demons felt the rise of their aura.
Their King's essence and powers escaped as it was not contained. And then was spread throughout the skeleton soldiers. They all felt the power he was steadily concealing for thousands of years and were left to escape.
With that, even normal skeleton soldier could kill greater demons now.
"This is not good! We have to retreat!" Shouted their general.
"No can do!" Shouted the Skeleton heroes.
They felt the rise of their powers and all under their Skeleton King was able to reach a tier higher.
The Legends then attacked and they were all hundreds. The demon lords were only seven.
"Retreat! We are outnumbered!" They shouted. But they were culled faster than they could escape.
They all went to scatter and were hunted like an animal to a slaughterhouse. They screamed with all they got as they were killed.
The war was won, but at a cost of their King's death. The Skeletons were in standby with his death and they all closed the borders from demons and humans. They were acting as guardians of both realms.