Chapter 120: Fmes of War and Army-Breaker

  The Battle of Terrell cluded, with Embers suffering signifit casualties, losing over ten thousand goblins and kobolds, but they retained a powerful fighting ford high morale.

  Meanwhile, the allied forces of La, Bosk, and Nort, totaling over thirty thousand, were utterly annihited. All high-ranking generals from the Bosk and Nort duchies were captured and imprisoned in the dungeons on Valley.

  Sihe Lion Alliatle that altered Aa’s politidscape thirty years ago, there hadn’t been a war of this scale in decades. Thus, as soon as the fmes of war ignited, every power across the Aa Wastend eagerly awaited the final oute.

  When the news of the allied forces’ plete annihition spread, it did so rapidly.

  The tale of Cassius, the "Hellish Camity," destroying the allied forces with fmes also spread far and wide.

  The entire Northern Region was in an uproar, with shock waves rippling across the nd. At first, no one believed that the bie armies of three duchies could be wiped out entirely.

  Until brave rangers risked their lives to infiltrate Trier Valley.

  They saw the charred browh and the heavy ash, all evidence firming the reports’ truth.

  Suddenly, this once-obscure red dragon became a terror to quiet children’s cries at night, the ultimate foe in tless bard tales, the greatest evil that adventurers sought to eliminate, and the target of intense scrutiny from every fa in the North, whether good or evil.

  "If they want war, I’ll give them war."

  "Only, the end of this war is not for them to decide."

  This quote from the red dragon had circuted widely within Embers and even spread across the duchies of the Northern Kingdom.

  Embers ’s vast, menag war mae was clearly far from having exhausted its might. The dragonblooded monsters were ready and eager, and after a few days of rest, they surged southward, extending the bzing fmes from Trier Valley to the homend of the La Duchy.

  But this time, whether it was the Bosk Duchy, nominal leader of the Northern United Kingdom, or the Nort Duchy, closely allied by marriage to La, or any of the remaining ten duchies rge and small, all trembled beh Embers ’s wings, feigning blindness and ina.

  The Nort Duchy even proactively sent an envoy, proposing to ransom their captives at a high prid sign a peace treaty.

  Numerous nobles from the North, bypassing their lieges, sent envoys i to iate cooperation early on.

  Even the Bosk Duchy used underground els to subtly express their desire to ransom Andre and apologize for their as.

  Darenna, the pure-blooded serpent in charge of diplomatic affairs, weled this, yet the treaties offered by the northern nobles could not satiate her greed. She wao extract more bes from them, ideally draining their blood eo nourish Embers .

  A thunderous, prolonged horn echoed, startling flocks of birds.

  "March—"

  Dolo rode atop a ground drago, raising his blood-fire battle axe.

  The massive drago rumbled like ahquake, wyverns filled the sky, kobolds and goblins covered the hills, while hobgoblins and lizardmen formed orderly formations. They would crush all enemies in their path with overwhelming force.

  "For Embers !"

  The monsters’ fanatical, chaotic roars filled the air.

  Amidst the Northern Region’s upheaval, Cassius, the culprit behind it all, y weakly resting in a cave, his massive dragon body rising and falling with each breath.

  "The ption was too great."

  "I probably won’t be able to use it for several days."

  Cassius slightly turned his head, gazing at the golden ring on his cw, inid with the blue amber-like " Storm King Eye," now dim.

  Due to excessive magical du, the ondestructible structure of this goldeal had bee somewhat brittle, nearly at its breaking point.

  "Tsk, this vessel is still tile."

  The camity-level disaster this time artially achieved through Cassius’s use of the Storm King Eye, casting the eighth-circle spell 【Weather Manipution】 to create a hurrie tornado. bined with his dragon sorcerer’s powerful fire element trol, he created an endless sea of fmes through breath and spell.

  The two forces bined—wind fanning fmes—produced the all-ing fire tornado.

  Yet weather itself is a plex system filled with vast and chaotiformation. Even with the aid of equipment, casting the eighth-yer magic of Weather Manipution was still a massive challenge for Cassius.

  Each sed of maintaining the spell put tremendous strain on his mind.

  It could be described as spellcasting satisfa in the moment, followed by a fiery graveyard.

  But it was all worth it.

  Cassius looked at the updated information on his panel, a sinister smile f.

  [You destroyed an army of ten thousand on your own, gaining the special achievement 【Army-Breaker】]

  Achievement 【Army-Breaker】

  "When individual power reaches its peak, the enemy’s numbers bee a meaningless figure. In other words, you alone are enough to easily destroy aire army." —Military Historian Trimson

  Passive trait acquired: 【Army-Breaker】

  Strength +1, stitution +2

  As a being who single-handedly annihite an army, any attack by multiple oppos excites you greatly. When fag multiple enemies, your Strength and stitution will increase signifitly.

  (Note: Legendary dwarf berserker Kurthulf once smashed aire demon army with his hammer. Acc to him, he didn’t even blink. Schors have tried to challehis cim academically, but none dared to front him face-to-face.)

  Army-Breaker, a fearsome ability.

  Not only useful in rge-scale battles, but it also works exceptionally well against attacks from multiple enemies, especially adveeams.

  Not to mention the bodily enhas it provides.

  Soon, Cassius felt a mysterious force reshaping his body. His already powerful muscles became firmer, tougher, his dragon body’s strength and vitality raised to a new level.

  A certain trait, as if it had been born within him, suddenly appeared in his dragon form—the ability to grow stronger when fag rge numbers of enemies, a gift of 【Army-Breaker】.

  "Still no mana fluctuations."

  "Not even space is detectable…"

  Cassius narrowed his eyes, shook his body, feeling the new power, thinking to himself.

  He was already one of Aa’s top batants, but even so, he could deteo trace of this system, tempering his post-victory pcy.

  After all, in this world, he was still far too weak.

  FAL