Amber, Justor, and the two snake maids made their way to the Fifth Realm hold up. In the Fifth Realm it looked more like a castle than anything else.
A river circled the castle filled with fish and some carnivorous beasts. A gate that looked like a demon's head allowed entry into the castle.
Each block that was there was filled with different minerals to allow flexibility and provide different resilience across the castle. On each of the top towers, huge ballista armed with light reflections pointed towards the inside of the castle.
On the inside of the castle grounds. The walls were filled with mirrors to ensure more light on the inside.
The women were astounded by this. They were pleased up to a point. This would mean that they were trying to kill everyone that would enter the Fifth Realm.
The women knew better than to think that everything would go smoothly. Amber took the gate and protected it.
The two snake women went to the sides to help Amber protect the gate and keep them from getting close to the shadows there.
As for Justor, she went to adjust mirrors. She did not believe that this would work perfectly. It was better than nothing.
The crowd on the top was ready to launch attacks. They knew better than to believe that everything would work out perfectly.
The day finished pretty fast. Everyone sat up their camp and prepared for the worst. No one could really sleep during the night.
The next day came and the Shadow People invaded. Most of the first invasion got blasted into true death due to the light being so strong at first.
Even with the light being strong there was still shadows around and the Shadow People who survived the first part of the invasion was able to make it to the shadows.
Slowly each mirror started breaking. Justor knew that moving like so allowed them to be easily broken but it also allowed them to follow where they were going.
She moved first trying to keep the mirrors from being destroyed. Each time she tried to knock out a Shadow Person. They allowed her hand to move them and nothing happened to them.
She tried putting her energy into her hand. Each time she felt the energy going through them but nothing was happening.
Finally one of them could not move. She grabbed them and was able to force them unconscious.
It took too much for just one but know more and more of them were falling similarly. There were a few who could easily escape but the river was too much for them.
There happened to be three that made it across the river. They were safe for now. They needed rest. This was six hours after the start of the invasion.
Meanwhile
The Shadow King had been waiting patiently for more news. When he finally heard that the Fifth Realm was tough at first. He wanted to cry.
Not because he was soft but too much death had occurred because of this. When he finally heard that a couple of men made it passed the first point. He began to cheer for the people.
He hated that too many people had died. Now that they were going to be in there safely. He began to slow down the amount of deaths happening.
By this time, all of the mirrors inside the castle was destroyed. The fighting inside of the castle was becoming much worst.
No matter how the news traveled, there were happy people and sad people. By the time night arrived in the Fifth Realm. More people had made it safely across the river.
This made the Shadow King even happier.
However in the Fifth Realm
"We lost too much in the castle." Amber told the Fifth Realm Cultivator over the castle.
He knew that was true. When Rex had talked to everyone that night.
Amber explained what had happened. He knew that he needed to go down but he was not for sure if it was really necessary or not currently.
When Frulen and Granter talked with Justor. They realized how bad it truly was down in the Fifth Realm.
Although it was safe for now. Granter decided to go down into the Fifth Realm after talking with Justor.
It was not because they needed help currently but she did not want Rex to have to go down when he really would be needed up here.
However, due to the number of Shadow People who actually made across the river. Granter would have to tell Frulen to get Rex down here because there was not enough willing people to fight against them currently in the Fifth Realm.
It was not because they did not want to fight but they were too weak to fight against them to prove anything.
This was the biggest shocker not only to the women from the Forbidden Worlds but the women that heard this from Rex the next day.