Chapter 288 - 43: The Heavenly Son Guards the Gates of the Nation
"Hold the line, damn it, hold the line!" Questasa screamed at the top of his lungs from the towering earthen walls as one squad after another of soldiers rushed up to the wall’s edge, while earth mages desperately reinforced the walls to withstand the onslaught of the tides.
On the other side of the wall, tens of thousands of sea creatures launched ongoing attacks along the vast coastline against the Sacred Empire’s last line of defense.
This battlefront stretched for ten thousand miles, with every available force deployed on the walls. The Ice Snow Shrine, Nature Sect, Disaster Church, Black Guards, and numerous smaller organizations and powers joined in the Empire’s defense; every moment saw countless lives lost.
Konstantin stood at the highest point of the Imperial City, looking down at the battle with an indifferent gaze, yet his clenched fists gave him away.
Yes, he didn’t want to lose; the Empire had thrived for millennia and could not perish in his hands.
But what could he do? The seven Tower Masters, the Empire’s strongest combat power, were of no use.
"Your Majesty." At that moment, an old minister knelt before Konstantin, "Please, you must evacuate immediately. As long as you remain, the Empire will not fall."
Konstantin wore a bitter smile, "Ridiculous, I, an Emperor of a generation, must flee like a coward? What kind of ruler would that be? Besides, without the foundation of divine blessing, do you think we can subdue the realms under our control? In such a war of survival, eighty-three realms watch our defeat without sending aid. If we retreat to the Immovable Throne, that would be the true end."
"But..." The old minister still wanted to argue, but was silenced by Konstantin’s gaze.
This time, the Prolocutor family put everything on the line, amassing all their strength just to barely hold the line; it was clear how strong the sea creatures really were.