Chapter 525: Feeling Of Power (1/2)

In the central area of the Doa Royal Palace, four Evil Dragon bones remained standing, though they lost much of their luster.

At the center of the four Evil Dragon bones, the metal grey Demonic Dragon created by an arcane master parasitizing a Dragon corpse lay limp on the ground, its body riddled with wounds.

In its surroundings, many corpses lay scattered, including both Evil Dragon followers and royal arcane masters or royal guards. The latter two had the higher ratio.

Some injured Evil Dragon followers remained standing and gathered around the Demonic Dragon.

One of them who was covered in snake scales looked at the huge airship high in the sky. He asked the arcane master controlling the Demonic Dragon, “Lord, what do we do?”

“Gather more people to protect me!”

The Demonic Dragon roared, “Even the joint attack by Ross and the others failed...... The Schwartz Worm that can be compared to a Yellow Dragon has been made into an airship by them. We must prevent them from coming back to kill me!”

“......”

The Evil Dragon followers who were thinking about how not to let them escape were shocked.

“The war has begun!”

“Build our camp with the Doa Royal Palace as the center! Summon all Corps!”

Suddenly, high ranked Evil Dragon followers wearing purplish black robes issued several orders simultaneously in various parts of the Doa Royal Palace.

Most Evil Dragon followers did not know which Bishop issued the order. However, they trembled at the order being repeated over and over.

The grand war had finally descended.

They could no longer hide in the shadows. They had to gather into an army and conquer the entire Doraster Continent!

......

“They seem to have stopped pursuing us.”

Within the huge airship, Shanna checked the enemy movements in the Royal Palace and suggested, “Since we can’t reinforce Belo, we must go to the Fearotz Stronghold!”

“Where’s the Fearotz Stronghold? Why do we have to go there?” Stingham asked while pestering Merlin to make a deck chair for him.

“It’s the camp of the biggest Corps in the Kingdom of Doa, the Royal Thorns Corps. It also contains an extremely important tactical objective to the entire Kingdom of Doa.”

Shanna hung up a map of the Kingdom of Doa, then explained to those from the Kingdom of Eiche, “Apart from guarding the Eternal Winter Forest neighboring your Kingdom, the tactical locations of our Kingdom of Doa are the Fearotz Stronghold in the East and the Frost Tusk Peak Stronghold in the North.”

“Our Kingdom of Doa has a bigger territory than your Kingdom of Eiche. Within its borders, there are two dangerous zones. One is the Thorns Swamp zone beyond the Fearotz Stronghold, the other is the Snowfall Forest zone beyond the Frost Tusk Peak Stronghold. These two zones have never been conquered by the Corps. There are innumerable poisonous and wood type monsters in the Thorns Swamp, while many powerful snow monsters reside in the Snowfall Forest. There are even rumors of secluded mysterious Barbarian Clans living there.”

“If these two strongholds fall, just the monsters and beasts swarming into the Kingdom of Doa can cause a great disaster. In addition, the Corps stationed at these two zones are the Royal Thorns Corps and Hearth Valley Corps, the largest Corps in our Kingdom of Doa. If the Evil Dragon followers want to completely take over the Kingdom of Doa, they will definitely try to take control of these two places.”

“The Fearotz Stronghold where the Royal Thorns Corps is stationed at is closer to the Doa Royal Palace. So, you expect the Evil Dragon follower army will attack the Fearotz Stronghold first?” Ayrin studied the map and comprehended a little after listening to Shanna’s explanation.

“It’s nothing to fear if it's an external attack. However, the few important figures of the Royal Thorns Corps were originally in the rebelling faction. They have been suppressed during the last internal conflict in the Doa Royal Palace. Our Chinyu Clan has been worrying ever since that if what we suspected were to be true, the commanders newly assigned to the Corps may very well be Evil Dragon followers! In that case, the previous peace might already be gone and the stronghold would be in great danger.” Shanna spoke with a paled face, “If the Evil Dragon followers take control of that stronghold, they just have to play a little trick and the swamp monsters will be lured into the Doa Royal Palace. By then, the other regions fighting against the Evil Dragon follower army will be sandwiched by enemies.”

“I agree with Shanna’s plan.”

The black-haired man Lenyu, who had the nickname Dimension Traveler, slowly explained, “Based on the current situation, after the Evil Dragon followers got exposed, they will not give up on Doa Royal Palace. They want to wage war with Doa Royal Palace as their base camp. The Kingdom of Doa is in a hot mess right now. If they cannot organize a proper resistance, it will be more advantageous to the Evil Dragon followers. It will allow them to gain more time to gather an army. If I was the Evil Dragon Bishop, I would take control of the Thorns Swamp as fast as possible. From how it looks, the Eternal Winter Forest is probably already under the control of the Evil Dragon followers. In that case, with the Eternal Winter Forest as a natural barrier and so many mutated arcane masters inside, the Evil Dragon followers can block the Kingdom of Eiche outside for a long time.”

“We also don’t know what they have prepared within the Kingdom of Eiche.” Charlotte said with a trembling voice.

From the Fallen Shadow Valley campaign to Jean Camus’s discovery upon his return, then to Stingham’s identity being revealed, the great conspiracy of the Evil Dragon followers was slowly surfacing.

After hiding for so many years, the Evil Dragon followers had amassed an unimaginable force.

If the Fallen Shadow Valley was not discovered and conquered, it would be in a similar situation as the Eternal Winter Forest and Doa Royal Palace right now. It would have allowed the Evil Dragon followers to gain a complete upper hand and shroud the entire Doraster Continent into a dark era.

“Since everyone agrees, we will head to the Fearotz Stronghold!”

“Merlin, we will go to the Fearotz Stronghold!” Ayrin shouted towards Merlin with great fighting spirit and excitement.

At the same time, he opened the lid of one of the steam boilers and said to Stingham, “Stingham, lend me your spear to skewer this! Since there are powerful enemies waiting for us at that stronghold, I must finish up this worm before we reach there!”