Chapter 211 : Chapter 211
Chapter 211. Unstoppable
High above, the clouds surged like rolling waves. Dragon Mother Daenerys stood quietly upon the dragon’s back, her silver-white robe snapping loudly in the fierce high-altitude wind.
The Giant Dragon beneath her exhaled with waves of scorching heat, its golden vertical pupils looking down upon the battlefield of the Northern Frontier.
“Twenty Legendary Combatants…”
Daenerys gently stroked the Giant Dragon’s scales with her fingertips, a trace of surprise in her voice.
She knew the Kadiya Kingdom’s foundation far too well.
Those Domain-level old monsters who had withdrawn deep into the Royal Capital.
Three hundred years ago, for the sake of survival, they had been willing to abandon half the kingdom, moving all resources and population into seven medium-sized Secret Realms. Relying on the Secret Realms’ ability to sustain themselves, they had lain dormant and eventually reclaimed the entire nation.
With their temperament, they should be busy transferring their final strength at this moment, not throwing their Legendary Combatants into the Northern Frontier, which was destined to fall.
Could there be an unexpected variable?
Daenerys’s gaze swept across the battlefield.
Kadiya’s Legends were locked in combat with Kroll’s forces. Golden Dou Qi and magical radiance exploded across the ground, yet there was still no sign of a Domain-Level Powerhouse’s aura stirring.
Behind her, two Domain-Level Powerhouses of the Kroll Kingdom remained hidden within the clouds, their auras deep and still as an abyss. They were waiting for her command. As long as she acted, they could instantly reverse the battle.
But she could not.
The lesson from three hundred years ago, when Kadiya had retreated into the Secret Realms, was still before her eyes. Those Domain-level old monsters seemed cowardly, but in truth, they understood patience better than anyone.
Once Domain-level combatants entered the field, the other side would undoubtedly tear away all pretense and send out every hidden Domain-Level Powerhouse they had.
At that point, even if the Kroll Kingdom managed to take the Northern Frontier, it would have to pay the price of losing Domain-level combat power. That bargain was far too unprofitable.
“Hold your position.”
Daenerys sent the order behind her through voice transmission, her voice calm and without a ripple.
“Let the Legends wear each other down. As long as Kadiya’s Domain-level forces do not appear, we will not act.”
The Giant Dragon let out a long Dragon’s Roar, as though responding to her decision.
Daenerys looked toward the battlefield again. Although Kadiya’s Legends fought fiercely, decline was already showing.
Yet she still felt that something was wrong.
Seven medium-sized Secret Realms were enough to sustain a kingdom’s survival. Kadiya had no need to fight to the death in the Northern Frontier.
Unless… they were buying time?
What were they delaying for? Were they covering the retreat of more people into the Secret Realms, or was there something hidden inside those seven Secret Realms that could change the course of the battle?
Daenerys’s gaze turned toward the Kadiya Royal Capital. That place was covered by a faint energy barrier, one even the Giant Dragon’s sight could not pierce through.
For three hundred years, no one had known what had happened within those Secret Realms, or whether those old monsters had nurtured even stronger forces inside.
“Investigate further,” she whispered to the Shadow Guard beside her.
“Find out what unusual movements have occurred recently in the Kadiya Royal Capital, especially around the Secret Realm Entrances.”
The Shadow Guard accepted the order, urged his mount into a dive, and vanished into the clouds.
High above, Daenerys remained standing quietly, her gaze bright as a torch.
She knew that the key to this contest had never been those twenty Legends, but the Domain-level old monsters who had yet to show themselves, and the seven Secret Realms they guarded.
What the Kroll Kingdom needed was to crush Kadiya completely, not force them to withdraw into the Secret Realms again.
Before the enemy’s hidden cards were uncovered, any rash movement might invite disaster.
The wind passed through the clouds, carrying the sounds of slaughter from the battlefield.
Daenerys gently patted the Giant Dragon’s neck. The blood-red scene below was reflected in its golden vertical pupils, yet there was not the slightest wavering in her own eyes.
Beneath the city walls of the Northern Frontier, the sounds of killing had already become a tangible tide.
Kadiya’s twenty Legendary Combatants were like red-hot branding irons driven into the formation of the Kroll Legions.
The sharp whistle of Dou Qi tearing through the air intertwined with the dull cracks of shattering bone. Every swing of a sword stirred up sheets of blood mist.
But the organized Gold Legion was like a precisely operating war machine.
The soldiers in the front row raised massive shields and formed an iron wall, while the spearmen in the rear thrust forward under the cover of the shield wall. The Sky Knight Order constantly dove from above, cooperating with their own Legendary Combatants to wear down the enemy’s Legends.
This ruthless battle of attrition forcibly ground away the sharpness of Kadiya’s Legends.
SPLURT…
A stream of golden Dou Qi suddenly collapsed. One of Kadiya’s Legendary Knights was pierced through the chest by three long spears at the same time.
He lowered his head in disbelief and looked at the bloody holes in his chest. His body went limp and collapsed against the shield wall, the clatter of his armor especially grating amid the clamor.
“The first one.”
Earth-shaking cheers erupted from the Kroll Legions. This was the first Legend of Kadiya to fall since the battle had begun.
That gap was like a crack, and the Gold Legion instantly tore it open.
More soldiers surged forward, pressing with shields and stabbing in clusters with their long spears, forcing the other Legends to retreat again and again.
Although Kadiya’s Legends fought back with all their strength, they could not withstand the enemy’s endless stream of fresh troops.
The Kroll Kingdom’s Gold Legion numbered fifty thousand, while they had only twenty-seven Legends.
“Hold! Hold the line!”
A one-eyed Legend roared. Blood from the stump of his severed arm had dyed half his body red. He condensed his Dou Qi into one final blade of light and cut down the centurion charging at the front, only to have half his head cleaved away by a battle axe from the side.
The second Legend fell.
The stench of blood in the air was so thick it could not disperse. Mixed with sweat and the smell of burning, it clung to everyone’s skin.
Despair began to surface in the eyes of Kadiya’s Legends. They could feel the Dou Qi within their bodies rapidly draining away, while Kroll’s soldiers surged forward like a tide, as though they could never be killed to the last.
The Legends of the Kroll Kingdom, however, grew increasingly composed.
They moved along the edges of the battle formation and only struck at critical moments. Not only did this preserve their strength, it also allowed them to inflict precise damage on Kadiya’s Legends.
A gap had already been rammed open in the gates of the Third Great Pass, and the Gold Legion was pouring through like molten lava.
“Retreat! Fall back to the castle!” someone among the surviving Legends roared, his voice carrying a sob.
If they continued defending, the entire force would be wiped out.
Twenty-six Legends fought while retreating, attempting to return within the cover of the city walls.
But how could the Kroll Kingdom’s Gold Legion let such an opportunity slip away?
The giant shield bearers firmly blocked their path of retreat. Long spears advanced like a forest, and the fire-oil bombs of the Sky Knight Order accurately smashed near the city gate. The rising flames cut off the road behind them.
“Kill!”