Chapter 120: War and Broken Army

The Battle of Trier ended here. The Burning Ench suffered heavy casualties, with tens of thousands of goblins and ogres killed, but they still maintained a strong manpower and high morale.

The combined forces of the three principalities of Rackman, Bosk and Nott, totaling more than 30,000 people, were completely wiped out. Among them, the senior generals of Bosk and Nott were all captured and imprisoned in the dungeon of the Dragon Valley.

Since the Lion Alliance War that changed the situation in Anzeta thirty years ago, there has not been a war of this scale in decades. Therefore, since the war started, all forces in the entire Anzeta Wilderness have been looking forward to the final result.

When the war ended, news of the annihilation of the coalition forces spread at an extremely fast speed.

Rumors also circulated that the "Infernal Scourge" Cassius destroyed the coalition forces with flames.

The entire North was in uproar. At first, no one believed that the army that assembled the best forces of the three principalities would be defeated to the point of complete annihilation.

Until the brave rangers risked their lives to sneak into the Trier Valley.

They saw the charred brown earth and thick ashes, which proved the truth of the intelligence.

For a time, this originally unknown red dragon became a terrifying existence that could stop children from crying at night, became the final enemy in countless bards' stories in the North, became the greatest evil that adventurers tried to eradicate, and became the target of close attention from countless camps and forces in the North, no matter they were good or evil.

"Since they want war, I will give them war."

"It's just that it's not up to them to decide when the war will end."

The original words of the red dragon have been widely circulated within the Burning Embers Nest, and even spread to various principalities within the Northern Kingdom.

The huge, ferocious war machine of the Burning Embers Nest had obviously not yet fully exerted its power. The monsters with dragon veins were rubbing their heels and eager to fight. After a few days of rest, they could not wait to pounce to the south, spreading the raging flames of war from the Trier Valley to the mainland of the Rackman Principality.

But this time, whether it was the Principality of Bosk, the nominal leader of the United Kingdom of the North, or the Kingdom of Norton, which was closely related to the Principality of Rackman, or the remaining ten principalities, large and small, all trembled under the wings of the Burning Nest, turned a blind eye, and stood idly by.

The Principality of Norton also took the initiative to send envoys, offering a large sum of money to redeem the captives and sign a peace agreement.

Many nobles in the north also bypassed their lords and secretly sent envoys to discuss cooperation matters in advance.

Even the Principality of Bosco used underground channels to indirectly express its desire to redeem Andre and apologize for its actions.

Delena, the pure-blooded snakewoman who was temporarily in charge of diplomatic affairs, welcomed this. However, the agreement proposed by the northern nobles was far from satisfying her greedy appetite. She wanted to squeeze more benefits out of these nobles, and it would be best if she could completely suck their blood dry and turn it into nutrients to irrigate the Burning Nest.

The long, thunderous sound of the horn resounded, startling countless birds.

"March——"

Doro rode on the back of the ground dragon beast, holding high the blood and fire battle axe.

The huge dragon beast made a sound like an earthquake, the wings of the flying dragon filled the sky, the gnolls and goblins were everywhere in the mountains and plains, while the hobgoblins and lizardmen formed neat military formations. They will crush all enemies that stand in their way with overwhelming force.

"For the Burning Nest!"

The monsters roared frantically and noisily.

As the situation in the North was shaken, Cassius, the culprit of all this, was lying weakly in the cave to rest, his huge dragon body rising and falling with his breathing.

“The consumption is just too great.”

"I'm afraid it can't be used easily these days." Cassius tilted his head slightly and looked at the fine gold ring on his claw finger, on which was inlaid the blue amber-like "Eye of the Storm King", which was now dim.

However, due to the excessive conduction of magic, the indestructible structure of these refined golds has become somewhat fragile and can hardly bear it.

"Tsk, this carrier is still too fragile."

This natural disaster, which could be described as a purgatory, was caused, on the one hand, by Cassius using the power of the Eye of the Storm King to cast the eighth-ring spell [Manipulate Weather] to create a hurricane tornado; on the other hand, he relied on his powerful control over the fire element as a true dragon warlock to create an endless sea of ​​fire with his breath and spells.

The combination of the two, with the wind fanning the flames, formed this fire tornado that devours everything.

But the weather itself is a chaotic system, with huge and complex information flows. Even with the help of equipment, it is still a huge challenge for Cassius to manipulate the weather to the eighth level of the magic network.

Every second he maintained the spell, his spirit was under terrible pressure.

It can be said that casting a spell feels fun for a while, but it ends up in a crematorium afterwards.

However, it's all worth it.

Cassius stared at the information refreshed on the panel and smiled grimly.

[You destroyed an army of 10,000 people alone and obtained the special achievement [Break the Army]]
Achievement: [Break the Army]

"When the power of an individual reaches its peak, the number of enemies becomes a meaningless number. In other words, you alone can easily destroy an army. - Trimson, a war historian"

Gain passive feature: [Break the Army]

Strength +1, Constitution +2
As a lone destroyer of an army, any siege will make you feel excited. When you face more than one enemy, your strength and physique will be greatly improved.

(Note: The legendary dwarf warrior Kuzarf once crushed an army of demons with a hammer. According to him, he didn't even blink. Some scholars tried to question this from an academic perspective, but no one dared to confront him.)
Po Jun, a very terrifying ability.

It is not only effective in wars with large-scale armies, but also when facing a siege of multiple enemies, especially for a small group of adventurers.

What's more, there is also physical strengthening.

Soon, Cassius felt an inexplicable force transforming his body. His originally strong muscles became tighter and tougher, and the strength and vitality of his dragon body directly increased to a higher level.

And a certain characteristic suddenly appeared in his dragon body without any trace, as if it was innate. That was the ability brought by [Po Jun], which made him stronger when facing large numbers of enemies.

"Still no mana fluctuations."

"Even space can't detect it..."

Cassius narrowed his eyes, shook his body, felt the new strength, and thought to himself.

He is now considered the top fighter in the entire Anzeta, but even so, he cannot detect any clues of this system, which makes him let go of some of his complacency after winning a big victory.

After all, he is still too weak for this world.

(End of this chapter)