RM Vol 3: For a World without Boundary – Chapter 22: Among Us

RM Vol 3: For a World without Boundary – Chapter 22: Among Us

In this day and age, mankind is contending not just against themselves but also against the enigmatic threats that are the Demons. In some places, Demons seem to materialize out of thin air, preferring locations with little to no sentient lifeform to spawn into existence. There are rarer cases, however, in that Demons are induced, herded from elsewhere, to lessen the infestation of one area but worsen another. An example would be Spain, which has revolted against the Sardegnian Papacy for their underhand play of fostering the Demonic threat on Spanish soil.

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Funnily enough, whatever knowledge the world knows about these Demons is released publically by the Belkans themselves. At first, not many countries were keen on listening to Belka's warning about the Demonic spawning period, the first Months of Demons. After all, who in their right mind would waste their money on a magical threat that only exists according to a singular, upstart of a country? Especially one that they just fought a whole World War against. Oh boy, if only they had heeded the warning then.

When the first Months of Demons arrived, many nations, world superpowers included, were caught completely off-guard. Demons, in all shapes and with their now feared ghastly white bodies with glowy pink lines, suddenly tore through the sparsely populated countryside and suburbs that were still struggling to recover from World War 1. Nobody knew when or where exactly did they start to appear, but what they knew at the time was that Demons were nigh unkillable short of overwhelming firepower. To make matters worse, lives were lost to Demons either directly or indirectly, were reanimated, and malformed into threats against the living. The males turned to mindless beasts akin to the Demons that killed them while the females woke up as zombies with special abilities. Together with the naturally spawned Demons, they reign terror on small settlements and towns, causing a degree of communication blackout and chaos as nobody knew what the Hell was going on. The status quo was maintained like that for at least a month until countries start sending out their armies to squash the Demonic threats. It was a slow process, however, as aside from Belka, nobody knew how to effectively repel the borderline supernatural enemy. But they would rather endure than allow themselves to be indebted to their former enemy.

Other, smaller countries though, have no choice but to request Belka's expertise in staving off the threat. A matter that Belka had been very proactive in giving out their advice while requesting little returns. In the eyes of a few, Belka was seen as a timely savior back then.

If there are Demons and Zombies on the ground, and sometimes even ones capable of flying, then would there be Demons in the sea? The answer would be an astounding yes for every single scientist worthy of their degree.

But much to their collective confusion, Sea Demons have never raised as many waves as the ones on land, despite the underwater environment being the perfect spawning location for many, many hordes. There exist sightings of seaborne Demons, yes, it's why there are contingencies for such to ensure maritime integrity but never to the extent of landborne Demon attacks. In fact, the most recent Sea Demons assault was one on a Long Dynasty cruiser a few years back. Of course, each of the sightings almost always devolved into the deaths of a few people no matter how rare they were. But humanity truly has limited capability against Demons already, much less seaborn ones. The best they can do, however, is to treat the underwater threats like any submarine. This means convoy escorts, hydrophones, and depth charges... And if Demons successfully board a vessel, then the lost art of anti-boarding combat will be revived. The greatest example of this is the Chinese sailors and army men defending their ship against squid-like Demons.

Despite the world being befuddled as to why Sea Demons are a rarity, they are nonetheless thankful that they have one less threat to worry about. But although the rest of the world is in the dark about this matter, the same can't be said for one particular group of people.

They are the protectors in the dark, keeping the Demonic threat from bumping into you in the night. They can be everywhere, anytime, all at once.

They can be among us.

And they are ONI Section Zero.