Chapter 34: Might of the Earth Patrician (2)
The Earth Patrician did not stop.
After obliterating the first wave of the beast tide at Geb Fortress, he became more than a warrior—he became a force of nature—unrelenting, absolute, a judgment of the land itself, sweeping across the entire human-inhabited side of the Earth Domain.
Wherever the tide threatened to overrun cities, towns, and strongholds, he arrived as devastation incarnate, an unstoppable calamity against the beasts.
The Warpath of the Earth Patrician
From the sky, his path resembled fractures in the land—great fissures of upheaval stretching across continents. Like cracks in ancient stone, they reached every settlement under siege, every stronghold on the brink of collapse.
He moved with terrifying speed, an oncoming storm of raw elemental power, sweeping through battlefields before the beasts could entirely drown the defenders.
Mana-powered aircraft roared across the sky, ferrying reinforcements to besieged cities. These massive, rune-etched war machines shimmered with protective enchantments as they soared over battlefields, deploying warriors mid-flight or bombarding the beast tide below with concentrated blasts of elemental energy.
The very air became a theater of war, with warriors leaping from the aircraft into the chaos below, their descent cushioned by bursts of mana.
Each city, each battlefield bore witness to his arrival.
The Final Bastion of a Lesser Clan
A once-proud fortress, its walls scorched, its warriors reduced to exhausted remnants. The last defensive lines teetered, barely holding against an Empress-ranked behemoth and its elite pack. Just as the final breach was imminent, the Patrician arrived.