Chapter 1148 - Situation Out of Control (2/2)

Smash!

A crystal-made wineglass inlaid with glorious patterns shattered to dust upon being hurled to the ground by an immense force. Balende half-knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and sensed the rage burning in the man’s eyes in front of him. It was an incomparable wrath. The dark, oppressive palace became even more ice-cold and dangerous, even for Balende who had died and been reborn as a death knight. It was a terrifying rage that almost froze his soul.

“In other words, we lost again?”

“Yes, Your Majesty. Even though they retreated, they didn’t seem to have many casualties. As for our side…”

“You’re saying that they didn’t even send out angels and yet, resisted the undead army with a bunch of humans?”

“… Yes, Your Majesty.”

Balende responded and let out a sigh. In the past, everyone on the continent feared the undead army. But it was entirely different now. Ever since the revival spell was discovered, the threat of the undead army declined sharply. Balende experienced the effects of it because not too long ago, he had led the undead army and gotten into a war of attrition with Orchid Heart.

That’s right, a war of attrition.

This was impossible to describe the undead army, but that was the truth. Even though Balende didn’t show up in the battles personally to avoid going up against the deity wardens, he commanded the army from the rear. Facing his 150,000 troops, Orchid Heart had only sent out 30,000 units. She didn’t draw support from strongholds or an enormous fortress like the one in the Land of Atonement, had no special weapons, and merely set up some defensive mechanisms—yes, just some defensive mechanisms—and clashed with the army of 150,000 troops.

That battle was like a gigantic meat grinder that kept grinding and grinding for three nights. As a result, Orchid Heart successfully withdrew 28,000 people and left behind 2,000 corpses. On the other hand, less than 30,000 remained from the 150,000 troops for Balende’s side… The undead creatures had the absolute upper hand over mortals. But in situations where mortals could be revived, the flaws of the undead army were clearly revealed in comparison.

After all, the so-called undead didn’t have the same meaning as being completely revived.

No matter how strong the overwhelming undead soldiers were, they were just living dead manipulated by death spells. As soon as they were purified, they would return to being what they should have been and would disappear entirely. After losing their source of corpses, the undead army could no longer replenish their strength and their consumption continued to increase. Of course, the Country of Darkness could also cast revival spells, but with the premise that they had to revive all the undead soldiers into living beings. To the Country of Darkness that had undead creatures occupying up to 90 percent of the nation’s population, this would be a tough challenge.

“…”

Upon hearing Balende’s response, Ion didn’t say a word. He let out a grunt and after a few moments, gave a command.

“Charlie!”

“…”

The fallen angel who stood at the side went up silently. Ion stared at him and ordered.

“I order you to lead and attack the maggots who retaliated against us—eradicate them all!”

“Your Majesty?”

Not only was Balende surprised, but Garcia who stood by the side also lifted his head dubiously, totally unaware of what madness the Dark Dragon had gotten into. In fact, they had similar thoughts as Marlene and the rest. From the start, when Ion launched his attacks, it was also considered a ‘game of probing’ to them. But as the situation developed, Balende and Garcia realized the increasingly unusual behavior in Ion. Taking this incident, for instance, he actually sent out high-end forces like the great lichs, which was as though he had decided to skirt the line of the rules. But now, what Ion said wasn’t just skirting the line anymore, but an official declaration of war!

“Your Majesty, please reconsider your decision!”

Balende and Garcia exclaimed almost at the same time. At that moment, they couldn’t care less about the punishment they would receive from disrupting the Dark Dragon.

What kind of joke is this?

It was imaginable for them what would happen if Charlie were to lead the army. The Void Territory would definitely dispatch the deity wardens in response. Balende, who was the strongest among the four legendary generals, was almost killed instantly by one of the deity wardens. If he weren’t lucky back then, perhaps he would be nonexistent by now. In that case, Charlie would surely perish if he were to head into war. Not only that, but perhaps the Country of Light, Country of Law, and Void Territory would also join forces and crusade against them since they broke the rules! If the situation turned out that way, things couldn’t get worse! This would absolutely be a nightmare for the Country of Darkness!

Charlie stood on the spot silently. His eyes stared at the ground indifferently. No one knew what his opinion was toward this order from the Dark Dragon. Perhaps it would be enough for this fallen angel as long as he could participate in a war and other matters were out of his considerations. Or maybe this was why Ion chose him and not Balende and Garcia to lead the war. But it was due to these reasons that Balende and Garcia grew increasingly anxious.

“Your Majesty, if you do this, the Void Territory will…”

“Shut up!”

Before Balende and Garcia could continue their pleas, Ion snapped at them and erupted his formidable dragon’s prestige, making no secret of its presence. It conquered them entirely, forcing them to bow down in respect. At that moment, Balende and Garcia exchanged flustered looks with each other. They spotted the doubts and uncertainties in each other’s eyes.

Just what is wrong with His Majesty?