The Nuclear Test that changed Falmart.
When they arrived, the other side of the GATE was cold, even for some veterans who were posted in the more northern outposts of the Empire. And when scouting around, there was no settlements. Since there was no treasures to loot or people to enslave, so unsurprisingly, the Saderans were disappointed, and they began to set up camp.
Unfortunately for them, what they didn't know, is that on that day, is that the Soviet Union is going to test the world's largest bomb, the Tsar Bomba, a hydrogen bomb designed and capable of a blast yield of 100 megatons of TNT (though this is toned down to 50 megatons, due to the Kremlin's fear of the damage the nuclear fallout can cause, and potential international backlash if that happen).
And the Saderan Expeditionary Force's camp, was on top of ground zero, with the GATE nearby.
A specially modified Soviet Tu-95 strategic bomber carries the package to the target. And at 11:32AM (Moscow time), the Tsar bomba was detonated 4 km above ground zero and its destructive power, wipes the entirety Saderan Expeditionary Force, in an instant.
To makes matters worse (at least for the Saderan Empire), the GATE for a brief amount of time before being destroyed, acted as a funnel for the nuclear blast, sending the explosive, radioactive energy through to Falmart.
The Coda village and an Elven village was destroyed by the nuclear blast, and destroying a radius of up to 20 km.
For a few days, the Saderan Emperor and Senate was confused why they haven't heard from their armies beyond the GATE and Alnus garrison, and so send their vassal's armies to investigate.
And what they found… horrified them, even the most battle-hardened and most cruel of the soldiers and leaders.
Human and demi-human remains, blacken beyond identification. Whole villages, nothing more than ruins. Farmlands, burned to black ash.
The soldiers and leaders started getting sick and began dropping dead like flies within days of getting sick. The sickness gave no mercy and all were given equal treatment.
The signs were obvious from this sickness. Vomiting, diarrhea and hair loss was among the signs.
This confounded even the most prestigious and the most knowledgeable of mages, as they never seen this disease before, and they were getting sick themselves.
Unbeknownst to them, they were exposed to, and absorbed high levels of radiation and were suffering as a result of this.
Even the gods themselves, mostly the Elange, goddess of knowledge and Ral, the god of learning don't know how to heal their followers. They can only see them die, whilst suffering indescribable pain.
Wareharun, the Goddess of the forest and trees, weeps aloud like a mourner, as she saw the local forest of Alnus, burnt, with no tree within sight.
Soon it was common knowledge among the gods, that Hardy was responsible for this disaster. So, they stripped of her god abilities and cast her out, to be suffer an eternal punishment as a wandering, mourning hag, cursed to walk Falmart forever.
Meanwhile, rumors spread among the Saderan population that the people died or getting sick, was punishment from the gods for opening the GATE.
This rumor grew stronger and stronger, as sick soldiers return to their homes, and tell of the horrors that they witnessed. Eventually, people believe that Molt and his children lost the mandate of heaven by opening the GATE and thus... need to be eliminated.
So Casel El Tiberius, along with his supporters and with support of the Senate and some military officers, they overthrew Molt and murder him, and of his children and his closest friends and supporters. All except Zoral.
This began a civil war that lasted for five years, causing more destruction upon the Saderan Empire, with Casel El Tiberius emerging victorious, due to Zoral's military 'genius'.
He made all Saderan citizen swear an oath of loyalty to him and in his coronation speech, he vowed to never again will the Saderan Empire open another GATE, lest they receive the same wrath from the gods.
To this day, no one dares to go onto Alnus hill, lest they are for a quick death and to this day, there is wandering hag, still walking.
Well. This was dark. I read through some of GATE stories on Fan Fiction, and there's always that one commenter saying to nuke the Saderan Empire. Well, you see what some of the effects of nuclear bombs on the Saderan Empire.
Anyway, part 2 of You're terminated! Story will be coming out soon… maybe.