Chapter 661 – The Radiant Church's Backup
When Zhao Hai heard this prompt, he couldn't help but stare. He didn't think that the Elven Bow would actually give him some advantages.
However, the surprise didn't end there. At this moment, another prompt was heard. "Thread made out of special material has been detected. The silk thread was made out of variant spider silk. It is very tough. Extracting the silk's properties. Enhancing the Host's combat suit. Cuffs has been added to the suit, these cuffs can spew out web in order to tangle the enemy."
Zhao Hai was shocked this time, wasn't this function too familiar? Wasn't this Spiderman's ability?
Zhao Hai shook his head and didn't think about it anymore. In any case, the Space was already quite bizarre, so it would not be surprising for these things to happen. The Space itself has Spiderman's suit, so it wasn't strange that its function was added to Zhao Hai's own suit.
Zhao Hai lowered his head and looked at the Elven Bow. He wanted to see what its Artifact Spirit looked like. At this time, a green light suddenly flashed from the bow as a person slowly floated out of it.This figure was very different from Iron Hammer and Bloody War. The figure was actually lying down, when her appearance completely materialized, she yawned and then slowly sat up, just like how an ordinary person would act after being woken up from sleep.
Zhao Hai was curiously looking at this Artifact Spirit. She wasn't wearing the traditional Elven Robes, but was wearing a tight fitting suit instead. This gave her a martial aura. At this moment, the Artifact Spirit was also looking at Zhao Hai.
The Artifact Spirit sized Zhao Hai up before she bowed and said, "Green Vine has seen Master Zhao Hai."
Zhao Hai was sizing her up as well, "You're called Green Vine?"
The Artifact Spirit nodded," Yes Master, I was named Green Vine."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Just call me Young Master. What are you made of? Why do you seem to be different from Iron Hammer and Bloody War?"
The Artifact Spirit smiled faintly and said, "Answering the Young Master's question. Bloody War and Iron Hammer are made in Ark Continent. When their masters became God-rank, they were then brought to the Divine Realm, only then did they become Divine Artifacts. On the other hand, I was made in the Divine Realm, so I was made using the materials there. This made me different from Bloody War and Iron Hammer."
Zhao Hai nodded, no wonder he didn't get any benefits when fixing Iron Hammer and Bloody War. So Green Vine was actually made in the Divine Realm.
After this thought passed through his mind, Zhao Hai's heart was suddenly moved. If Green Vine being made in the Divine Realm gave Zhao Hai benefits, then does it mean that there were materials in the Divine Realm that can't be found in the Ark Continent? If that was really the case, then it would be great to visit the Divine Realm to take a look.
Levelling the Space in the Ark Continent had become very difficult. The most recent boost of level that it had received was from the lotus, but that thing has some sort of a relationship with the Demon Realm. It seem like if Zhao Hai wanted to upgrade his Space, then he would need to visit either the Demon Realm or the Divine Realm.
Zhao Hai looked at Green Vine and said, "Green Vine, are Divine Artifacts divided into levels?"
Green Vine nodded and said, "We are indeed graded. Iron Hammer and Bloody Ware are low-level artifacts. I am classified as an intermediate-level artifact. There are also high-level artifacts. High-level artifacts are very formidable, but they were also difficult make. Because of that, there were very few high-level artifacts in the Divine Realm."
Zhao Hai nodded, then he asked Green Vine about the previous war against the Divine Race. What Green Vine said was the same as Iron Hammer and Bloody War's testimonies, so there was no need to ask for more details. After that, Zhao Hai instructed Green Vine to protect the Elf Race and also to refrain from calling him Young Master when they leave the Space.
Since Green Vine had surrendered to the Space, then she would naturally follow Zhao Hai's orders. Then Zhao Hai sat inside the living room and opened the monitor. He wanted to see the current developments in the Elven Race.
After having rested inside the Space, Zhao Hai returned to his room in the morning. After opening the door, Zhao Hai noticed that there were people outside. Zhao Hai wasn't surprised about this since this was just the Queen's procedure. She was afraid that people would come and disturb Zhao Hai.
At first, Zhao Hai thought that this method was unnecessary. However, when he thought about the situation yesterday, he thought otherwise. There were still some traitors among the Elves. If it weren't for the Queen ordering martial law, then they would've already approached Zhao Hai's room.
At this point, Zhao Hai was no longer worried about the rebels. Now that he had fixed the Elven Bow, everything would be taken care of.
Divine Artifacts were truly mysterious enough that they can detect traitors among their race. This was something that wasn't unique to Green Vine. Bloody War and Iron Hammer were capable of doing this as well.
After seeing Zhao Hai open the door, the people outside immediately loosened their expression. Gellar, who was the leader this time, walked forward and gave ZHao Hai a bow, "Mister, you're out. Was Mister successful?"
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and then handed the Elven bow over to Gellar and said, "I've succeeded, please take it back to Her Majesty."
Gellar stared at the bow as it was transferred to her own hands. Then she looked at ZHao Hai and said, "In behalf of the Elves, I express our gratitude. Mister must be tired, please have a good rest. I shall have someone prepare you a meal. When Mister wants to eat, just send words and they will serve it."
Zhao Hai nodded, "Thank you, Miss Gellar. Then I shall be taking my rest." He gave Gellar a salute before he returned to his room and closed the door.
Actually, Zhao Hai had already rested yesterday, so he didn't need any more rest. He just wanted to show that fixing the bow took a lot of effort, so he pretended to be tired and returned to his room. After that he entered the Space and opened the monitor to see how the Elves react to the fixed Elven Bow.
Gellar took the Elven Bow to the hall where the Queen was waiting for news. The Queen went sleepless throughout the night as well. At this moment, Gellar came in, holding the Elven Bow on her hands. The Queen couldn't help but stand up and looked at Gellar. Gellar immediately gave her report, "Mother, he succeeded. Mister Zhao Hai succeeded!"
The Queen looked at the Elven Bow and then let out a long breath. At the same time, her two eyes shined as she quickly arrived in front of Gellar and respectfully received the Elven Bow. Then she turned around to leave the hall, she needed to see the Supreme Elder.
In the Elven Race, the Supreme Elder wasn't the only 9th rank expert. There were other 9th rank elders as well, there were more than 20 of them.
Today, all of these 9th rank elders convened. They attached great importance to the news of whether the Elven Bow has been fixed or not.
The Queen took the bow to the cavern where the Supreme Elder and the others were. This tree cavern was very big, but there were no decorations inside, only a large empty space. Inside the cavern were several straw mats where the various 9th rank elders were sat down.
The Queen stopped before these 9th ranks and then respectfully bowed and said, "Reporting to the Supreme Elder, Mister Zhao Hai had fixed the Divine Artifact."
Then the Supreme Elder's voice was heard, "Your Majesty, please come forward." The Queen complied, and the took the Elven Bow forward.
There was a bow frame in the middle of this huge cavern and the Supreme Elder was standing right next to it. After the Queen arrived by the Supreme Elder, she immediately placed the Elven Bow on the frame before she respectfully drew back to the sides.
Among these 9th rank elders, the oldest one of them went forward. She was also wearing the same green robe while she had a magic staff on her hand. She bowed towards the Elven Bow and said, "We request Sir Artifact Spirit to come out!"
Then Green Vine slowly came out of the bow. She looked at the Elves and nodded, "Good, I have slept for many years, it's good to see that the strength of the Elves has recovered. Mister Zhao Hai already told me of what's happening outside. It seems like the Divine Race is planning to attack once again. I also told Mister Zhao Hai that we would be making an alliance with them to jointly deal with this enemy. Does anyone have any other opinions?"
The Elves present doesn't dare to oppose, all of them simultaneously said, "We don't dare, we follow what the Divine Artifact decided."
Green Vine nodded, then she knit her brows and said, "Why do I feel the aura of the enemy in the bodies of our clansmen? What is this all about?"
When she heard Green Vine, the oldest Supreme Elder replied, "Your Grace, this is the Radiant Church's conspiracy. They have brainwashed some Elven children and sent them to infiltrate the Elven Race. We had already caught two spies yesterday. However, we weren't able to find the others. We ask Sir Artifact Spirit to help us in weeding them out."
Green Vine nodded, then she looked at the Supreme Elder and said, "This isn't a problem. But after discovering them, what did you do?"
Then the Supreme Elder hesitated for a moment before replying, "Your Grace, we waster their cultivation. What is Your Grace' opinion on this?"
Green Vine actually snorted and said, "Stupid! These people cannot remain alive. I can feel the aura of the Divine Realm on their bodies. It seems like they weren't just simple spies sent by the Radiant Church. Their bodies have been altered using a special method, sealing God-realm energy within them, something that all of you cannot detect. As long as a Divine Race expert arrives, they can just activate that seal and release the energy inside. That explosion would have the same power as a 9th rank expert. So how could you just leave them be? If the Divine Race came and released that energy, then what would you do? Have you thought about this?"
Green Vine's words made the expressions of these Supreme Elders change. The didn't think that the Radiant Church would have this kind of backup plan. Even if the rebels' cultivation were wasted, they can still explode, at that point, the Elves would be doomed.
The Supreme Elders were sweating at the thought of this. The oldest Supreme Elder immediately bowed to Green Vine and said, "Sir Artifact Spirit, we know what we should do! "
Chapter 662 – Preparation Begins
Zhao Hai was currently sitting on a boat while looking at the beast skin scroll on his hand. In fact there was nothing special about the scroll. The only change in it was the Elven Race's mark.
The Elven Race had proceeded with their operation, weeding out more than 100 spies. This made the Elf Queen furious. She didn’t' think that there would be this much rebels inside her kingdom. The Queen was terrified of the thought of these people exploding with the might of 9th rank experts.
At this point, Zhao Hai had acquired a new status, the Elven Race's Foreign Elder. But Zhao Hai didn't care much about it. Now that the alliance with the Elves have been dealt with, then the next plan can start. It was time to take care of the Dragon Race!
Billy was right by Zhao Hai's side when he read the scroll. Billy couldn't help but laugh and said, "Now you've become a Foreign Elder of the Elves. I believe that you have the most unique status in the whole history of the Ark Continent."
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "All of it was due to the current situation. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to gain these many titles. I can say that things have gone smoothly this time. Not only were we able to help the Elves fix their artifact, we also helped them weed out their traitors. Now we can proceed to the next step."
Billy looked at Zhao Hai and said, "The Dragon Race?"
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Right, the Dragons, they need to be eliminated. Their current position is very significant to the state of the Continent. We can't wait for too long, they need to be gone. I have this feeling of dread, it's as if something is about to happen in the continent. You must be careful."
Billy nodded and said, "Be relieved, we will be extremely careful. The same applies to you as well, be sure to take care of yourselves. After all, you're facing against the Dragon Race."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "I'm going to be fine. I can assure you of this." Billy was also quite aware of Zhao Hai's methods, so he was not that worried about his security.
Five days later, they had finally arrived back at Dwarf Mountain. After resting with the Dwarves for a day, Zhao Hai left. He was ready to deal with the Dragons.
Although Zhao Hai had been with the Elves and Dwarves in the past few days, he was not being idle. He had Cai'er control the Blood Ghost Staff to monitor the Dragons inside Lyon Empire.
Aside from Lyon Empire, Zhao Hai also had the staff fly towards Accra Mountain to see the situation there.
Dragons were claimed to be invincible by the Continent, so Zhao Hai didn't want to just go in without ample preparations. Fortunately, as long as the map has been collected to the Space, then the Space can monitor the Lyon Empire and the Accra Mountain at any time.
For many years, there were hardly any Dragon sightings in the continent. All this time, the Dragons have stayed inside Accra Mountain, treating it like their own kingdom. They also had a lot of magic beast and lesser dragon subordinates. Dealing with them would be as hard as attacking any other Empire.
Zhao Hai's plan was to first head to the Lyon Empire and deal with the Dragons that were stationed there. After that, then he'll go on an attack Accra Mountain.
Zhao Hai didn't inform the other nations about his plans and only revealing it to the Dwarves, Fishmen, Elves, and the Beastmen.
Zhao Hai wasn't afraid of any leaks pertaining to these races, this was because the numbers of the traitors in them were very few. Moreover, some of them also have their Divine Artifacts that can detect any rebels among their race. At the same time, it would be impossible for the Radiant Church to infiltrate the Fishman Race. This was because their situation was very special. Even if 9th ranks were to go there, then people would immediately spot them. It was impossible for any Radiant Church spy to evade the eyes of the Mermaid Clan.
When Zhao Hai left the Dwarf mountain, he immediately went to the Space. In the past few days, Laura and the others had been paying attention to the movement of the Dragons. Although the Dragons had controlled the entire Lyon Empire, they still needed to get the recognition of its citizens. Although Humans were easily tempted to go against the Lyon Imperial Clan, it was still quite difficult for them to accept the Dragons as their rulers.
The Dragons were truly formidable, but one shouldn't forget that in Human eyes, they were still magic beasts. It was impossible for Humans to accept a magic beast to be their rulers.
But it was clear that the Dragons were prepared for this. They already controlled a lot of Noble clans, and with the help of these clans, even if the people weren't comfortable in being ruled by Dragons, they still weren't able to make a fuss.
There were 40 Dragons in the Lyon Empire's capital. Ten of these 40 Dragons were 9th ranks while the other 30 were just a tad bit below. But even if these 30 weren't 9th ranks, they can still fly, so their threat was no less than the 9th ranks'.
Beside these 40 Dragons, the Lyon Empire's capital also had about 5 thousand lesser dragons guarding it. These lesser dragons also had their own magic beast mounts. The fighting power of the lesser dragons were around 6th or 7th rank while their magic beasts were 6th ranks. This force was also something that one shouldn't take lightly.
In order to ensure his success, Zhao Hai spent some time in the Space to fully map the territory of the Lyon Empire. He wanted to see if there were other Dragons in other parts of the Empire.
Sure enough, in the Lyon Empire's border with the Rosen Empire and Buddha Empire, Dragons were present inside the towns as well. They might now be numerous, but their lesser dragon army were still able to drive away the attacks of the Rosen and Buddha Empire.[1]
After Zhao Hai returned to the Space, he immediately called Kun and Green over to the Space. Then together they discussed how to deal with the Dragon Race.
Zhao Hai showed the full map of the Lyon Empire, then he turned to Green and Kun, "Grandpa Green, Grandpa Kun, the Dragons have garrisons on these places. Which of them should we attack first?"
Zhao Hai had referred to four spots, these four spots were indicated by green dots on the monitor. They were the Lyon Empire's garrison, the Rosen Empire's border, the Buddha Empire's border, and the surroundings of Accra Mountain where a lesser dragon army of 2000 was also situated in.
Green looked at the map and thought for a moment before saying, "With the number of troops in our hand, I think it wouldn't be hard to attack multiple of them at the same time. I think we should separate our troops and attack the borders of the Rosen and Buddha Empires first. Eliminating those two armies would only take about one evening. Moreover, we need to make sure that those Dragons don't escape. After that, we'll wipe out the Dragons in the Lyon Empire's capital. Lastly we'll have our army charge towards Accra Mountain."
Kun nodded and said, "I agree to Green's plan. Our undead troops are in high enough number that even the Fishmen wouldn't be able to make a move. So it should be fine if we split them up. Moreover, we have the advantage of being able to increase our numbers the more we fight. The only thing we need to do now is to inform the Fishman and have them destroy the Radiant Church's navy so that they wouldn't be able to send any help towards the Dragons. I'm not too worried about the Dragons in the capital, after all, we have the capability to completely clean them up. At the same time, those loyal to the Lyon Empire has already been eliminated when the Dragons took control. Therefore, those who were left behind were those Nobles that sided with the Dragons."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "It's time to resolve the problem in Lyon Empire. Then it is decided, tomorrow we will act."
Kun nodded. After the Space has been upgraded, it was now possible to place an army anywhere on the map. This made their tactics much more flexible. However, Zhao Hai still wanted to make a quick move. It was necessary to remove the Dragons before the Nobles were able to act. It would be better if they didn't get into a fight with the army of the Nobles.
In all honesty, Zhao Hai really didn't want to fight those Noble armies. In any case, they were still Humans. Later on, when the war happens, they may even be another force that can resist the Divine Race.
After completing the plan, Zhao Hai rested well. However, Green and the others were still staring at the screen. They wanted to see what the Rosen and the Buddha Empires were doing.
SInce they weren't aware of Zhao Hai's plans, the Rosen and Buddha Empire didn't have any movements. They were still fully alert against the Dragons. They wouldn't dare take the Dragons too lightly.
The day passed quickly while the people in the continent continued to live their peaceful lives. The army of the Dragons were also stationed in their camp. They weren't afraid of the Rosen and Buddha Empire. In their minds, as soon as their identities as Dragons were revealed, no one in the continent would dare to attack them.
The Dragons had always been aloof while in Accra Mountain. Even the lesser dragons had found themselves being able to move sideways in the mountain.[2]
Due to being subjected to this environment, the lesser dragons had become quite arrogant. Although their current population wasn't a lot, their status in the Lyon Empire was actually very high. Even ordinary lesser dragons would dare to be disrespectful towards the Nobles of the Empire, they wouldn't even take the effort to give a salute. There was needless to say when they meet a commoner. In the eyes of these lesser dragons, these commoners shouldn't even be considered people. In the few days that they had been in charge of Lyon Empire, there were already several thousand people who were killed for no reason. It was basically a massacre.
I think the arrangement is like this: Northern Icefield -> Prairie -> Aksu-> Rosen-> Buddh> Ocean Waves 'Walk sideways' means they can do whatever they wantChapter 663 – Taking Two Cities at Night
Aya was a lesser dragon. He is a descendant between a Dragon and an 8th rank shadow leopard. He can also assume the form of a Human, but his strength was in his shadow leopard form.
Shadow leopards were the best assassins of the jungle. There was hardly anyone who can discover them when stealthed. Even Dragons admired their might.
When Aya is in his shadow leopard form, then his fighting strength would be on par with genuine shadow leopard, maybe even more. This was because he wasn't only carrying the genes of a shadow leopard, he had the genes of a Dragon as well.
However, Aya's status wasn't very high among the other lesser dragons, he was only a Junior Captain. At this moment he was guarding the Lyon Empire against the Buddha Empire's army.
Aya's cavalry unit was stationed in the Lyon Empire's most important fortress that faced the Buddha Empire. The Buddha Empire had stationed 50 thousand people here while the Lyon Empire used to station their 50 thousand magic cavalry unit as well.
Now, it was Aya who was assigned to this post. But he wasn't here mainly to defend against the Buddha Empire's attack. Aya believes that the Buddha Empire wouldn't dare to attack them. Aya was stationed here mainly to defend against the original army of the Lyon Empire as well as those civilians that wanted to escape towards the Buddha Empire.
Aya's recent days have been good. Although the original cavalry of the Lyon Empire was very strong, their magic beast mounts were all acquired in Accra Mountain. And since these magic beasts were under the rule of the Dragons, the Lyon Empire's mounts would naturally listen to the Dragons' words. Because of this, the Lyon Empire's army had found themselves to be cavalries without mounts.
In addition to the Dragons stationed here, Aya and the others were descendants of Dragons as well. So their status was much higher than those magic beast mounts. When those magic beast mounts saw them, they immediately wore smiles on their faces, turning extremely polite. It can be said the Aya's life here was very much the same back in Accra Mountain.
Tonight, it was Aya's turn to become the night watch. But Aya thought that this was unnecessary, there simply was no need to do this. Aya didn't believe that the Buddha Empire would actually dare to attack them. He also didn't think that there would be any Lyon Empire rebellion. But since this was an order from the higher ups, he didn't have any other choice but to listen.
Besides his first night, Aya always had a pot of liquor with him in his succeeding night shifts. There were side dishes present as well, so he was living quite an easy life.
Aya was very happy with his current situation. The Dragon Race had endured living in Accra Mountain for all these years. And this time, they had finally took control of a Human nation. Now, people were serving them every day. It was comfortable, nothing can compare to this bliss.
In Aya's mind, the Dragons should have already come out of the mountain and took control of the continent a long time ago. There was no need for them to endure in the mountain for many years.
Just after taking a sip of his liquor, Aya suddenly stopped. He raised his own ear, it seems like he had heard something. One must know that a shadow leopard's hearing was very strong. And since Aya had the genes of a shadow leopard, his hearing would naturally be strong as well.
Aya placed his wine glass down and quietly listened. He was right, there were very strange sounds. This sound wasn't the whistling of the wind, nor was it the rustling of leaves, it was a sound that was made by people hurrying along.
Aya stared for a moment before he slowly stood up and looked towards the city, this was because the source of the sound was inside the walls. There was a night curfew, and every person that was caught would be executed for the crime of conspiracy.
Because of this, Aya felt strange, who would dare run in the middle of the night? He didn't think that it would be the Lyon Empire cavalry, they wouldn't dare since they knew that there was a Dragon in this city. This was equivalent to having 9th rank experts, so how could they rebel?
If it weren't the garrison, then was it commoners? Even them wouldn't dare. There was a restriction placed on the city, disallowing civilians to hold weapons. Even the act of hiding one would merit execution. These civilians were weaponless, so they wouldn't dare to rebel. So to which people do these footsteps belong to?
Aya decided to look at the direction of the sound. In addition to their superior hearing, shadow leopards were also gifted with the ability to see in the dark. Aya was sure that he could spot who it was.
Before long, shadows appeared on the streets of the city, and there were a lot of them. Aya's calm face immediately changed because these people were holding weapons in their hands. Aya knew that these people were enemies. Just as he was about fire an alarm, Aya suddenly felt a pain in his throat. Aya looked down and saw that a dagger had stabbed him on the neck. Before he blacked out, Aya can see blood spurting out of his neck. It was then that he knew that he was already dead. From start to finish, Aya wasn't able to see what the enemy looked like.
An undead assassin appeared behind Aya and supported his body. After placing Aya back on his chair, the undead immediately turned to look at another person.
Just as the undead assassin turned around, Aya, who was about to fall of of his chair, disappeared. Then he appeared once again. Aya moved his hands and feet to pick up his own swords before going back to his position on the wall. By now, Aya had become expressionless, his eyes stared straight and he wasn't breathing. Naturally, he had been turned into undead.
Zhao Hai's main goal was to deal with the Dragons, therefore, he didn't want to touch the original Lyon Empire cavalry. However, those lesser dragon cavalry weren't spared. All of the lesser dragons, magic beasts, as well as Dragons had become undead!
With the 9th rank strength of his undead, the sneak attack was completed without a fuss. If one were to ask the Lyon Empire garrison, then they would just tell you that the night went strangely smooth. Even the Dragons weren't able to respond before dying. Everything was silent, the magic beasts, lesser dragons, and Dragons had all disappeared.
The same situation happened on the border between the Lyon Empire and the Rosen Empire. The Dragons didn't place too much defenders on these two cities. Zhao Hai only sent 200 thousand undead to kill the defenders in silence. Zhao Hai's undead didn't even need to make any significant effort in order to succeed.
The night passed by with no issues. The next morning, the civilians and the garrison had found out that all magic beasts, lesser dragons, and Dragons had disappeared. Only blood can be spotted on the ground, the bodies were nowhere to be seen.
The garrison on these two cities were terrified. The blood on the floor were clearly from the magic beasts and lesser dragons. Even in the place where the Dragons rested, blood can be seen. However, there were no bodies anywhere, this made them very confused.
Among the garrison and the civilians were veterans in battle. From this scene, they can infer that there must have been a huge army attack last night, targeting these magic beasts, lesser dragons, as well as the Dragons. From what they can see, it seems like the enemies were quite ruthless.
The garrison troops immediately got anxious, no matter which party did it, the garrison still wouldn't be able to escape taking the responsibility. They weren't in the Lyon Empire anymore, they were in Saint Dragon Empire. It was a nation that was ruled by Dragons, beings who didn't tolerate shortcomings and were very ruthless. Once they came to know that their subordinates had vanished, how could they be merciful to the garrison troops that survived?
The garrison had experienced first hand how cruel these lesser dragons and Dragons can be. Both the lesser dragons and Dragons simply don't see them as people. A lot of them had already died because of the indiscriminate slaughter that the Dragons had done. It would be strange if the garrison were to remain alive after all of this blows off.
The garrison was left not knowing what to do, some of the small soldiers had already sneaked away. On the other hand, the officers had no choice but to stay. They had their complete information in the capital. From their hometown to the names of their families were known. It was impossible for them to escape.
Of course, not all officers chose to stay. There were some who already had left their family behind to die. After all, they wouldn't be returning to Lyon Empire, they planned to live a whole new life in the Buddha Empire or the Rosen Empire.
Because of this, there were nobody in those two cities that reported what happened to the Dragons back at the capital. While they refrained from sending word, they were also buying Zhao Hai some time.
Zhao Hai had already sent word to the Fishmen the moment he attacked. While the Saint Dragon Empire's army asked for reinforcements from the Radiant Empire, they would be delayed to the point where by the time they come back, the Dragons would have already been extinguished.
Zhao Hai, who had already cleaned two cities, didn't celebrate. This result was within his expectations. On the other hand, it would be impossible to do the same thing to the Lyon Empire's capital. There were just too many experts within the capital, and the Dragons haven't been able to control it for a long time, so everyone in the capital was on high alert. Faced with careful Dragons, the method of sneak attack was just impossible. Therefore, there was only one way to attack the capital, it was by storming it with an army!
But attacking the Lyon Empire's capital was not that easy. The Lyon Empire's capital was similar to the Rosen Empire's capital. On the outskirts of the city, noble castles had been erected. Gathering all of the soldiers here would amount to no less than 200 thousand people. At the same time, the capital's garrison would number to be 500 thousand. Among those 500 thousand were 200 thousand elite troops as well as 300 thousand heavy armor infantry. Additionally, there were also 5000 lesser dragons as well as 40 Dragons.
If this was just the case, then Zhao Hai can be assured that he would be able to take the capital in a short period of time. However, there were two bumps that Zhao Hai can see. First was the huge magical formation that protects the Lyon Empire. This formation had been in the capital for hundreds of years. If the Dragons didn't have people from the inside, then they wouldn't have been able to take the capital in such a short period of time.
Chapter 664 – Dark Creatures of the Underworld
The second reason was very simple. Near the Lyon Empire's capital city were four fortresses. These fortresses stand guard near the capital city. They weren't very far from the capital, it would only take a day for their troops to arrive by horse. In other words, Zhao Hai needed to take the capital in one day. If he failed to do so, then he would have to face both inside and outside attacks.
The four fortresses around the capital had 100 thousand troops each, all of them were cavalry. Although they weren't the most elite cavalry of the Empire, they were still quite problematic to face.
Naturally, Zhao Hai wasn't afraid of these cavalry units. He just didn't want to face them in combat. To be honest, Zhao Hai didn't have any good impression for these cavalry. When the Dragons attacked the Lyon Empire, they didn't do anything. After the establishment of the Saint Dragon Empire, they still remained as is while enjoying the same treatment as before. This shows that these people had already sold themselves to the Dragons.
Zhao Hai really wanted to kill these people, but the reason why he held back was the fact that these soldiers were only common soldiers of the Lyon Empire. Moreover, they weren't just born out of stone, they had their own family members. If Zhao Hai killed these soldiers, then these family members would definitely hate him. When the time comes, a chain reaction would happen, causing chaos in the Lyon Empire, adding trouble to the current situation.
Because of these conditions, Zhao Hai didn't want to get in a fight with the Dragons for a long time. It would be best if he were to take care of things fast.
This time, the method of sneak attack wouldn't work. This was because ever since the Dragons had taken over the capital, they had enacted a curfew every night, and they also activated an alarm magic formation on the whole the capital during those times. This made it impossible for Zhao Hai to sneak in some assassins. Therefore, the only thing he could do was wait for the daylight before storming the capital.
After attacking the two fortresses, Zhao Hai prepared himself to attack the Lyon Empire's capital on the next day. However, since he still wasn't confident in his plans, he had decided to delay it for another day.
Zhao Hai and the others discussed what they would do and finally thought of a plan that Zhao Hai felt to be feasible.
After having rested for a day in the Space, Zhao Hai immediately began to prepare the attack. Him along with Green and the others were in the Space's living room, looking at the Lyon Empire's capital on the monitor.
The Lyon Empire's capital was not much worse than the Rosen Empire's capital. After all, the Empire was still the second strongest in the continent. At this moment, there were 40 Dragons in the capital altogether. However, these Dragons weren't grouped up, they were scattered all throughout the city. It might seem like they were dispersed in order to protect the populace, but they were doing this so that they can maintain control.
These Dragons weren't weak, even if Zhao Hai wanted to use his previous method then it would prove impossible. There was a warning formation in place.
The Lyon Empire's capital always had its warning formation enabled, however, the formation wasn't as strict in the day compared to at night. It would only be activated in places where the Dragons were staying. This was exactly why Zhao Hai cannot attack in the night. Zhao Hai wasn't worried about the Lyon Empire's protective shield at all since the Space can just place the undead directly inside the city. However, these warning formations were the annoying ones, they simply cannot be bypassed.
At this moment, the sun had just risen, so the gates were still shut. Those commoners that wanted to do business in the capital were still barred from entering. This was also the best opportunity for Zhao Hai to attack. If these people were already in the city at the time of the attack, then they might become victims of the crossfire. But if Zhao Hai attacks before they enter the gate, then these civilian could still run in the opposite direction.
Zhao Hai looked at the time, it was close to the moment where the city's gates would open. He turned to Green and said, "Grandpa Green, it's time to start."
Green nodded and said, "Let's begin. We need a total of 50 cubes. Young Master, be careful in controlling them."
Zhao Hai nodded, then he waved his hand and launched his attack! At this time, the skies of the Lyon Empire's capital had suddenly turned dark. Then a large patch of dark cloud appeared. The black clouds kept rolling, making it seem like rain was going to pour soon.
But what confused the people in the city was the fact that they couldn't hear the sounds of a thunderclap. They also didn't feel any kind of wind that would be associated with such a cloud.
It was the garrison troops that felt something wrong first. They knew that this wasn't any simple dark cloud, so they couldn't help but grab their weapons.
At this time, in the middle of the cloud, a thunderous voice can be heard, "Shameless Dragon Race, since you dared to attack a Human city, then you shall be paying your sins with blood!"
As this statement fell, the dark cloud suddenly moved, turning into 50 smaller dark clouds. At this point, even idiot would notice that something was wrong about these dark clouds. Before long, the entire capital had turned into chaos. Those people who were about to leave for work immediately abandoned everything as the ran back home with the quickest speed before locking themselves up inside.
The soldiers immediately became nervous, at this time, a garrison commander suddenly shouted, "Quick, inform the generals. Open the protective formation! Sound the alarm! Give way for the Mages!"
Along with the commander's orders, the city's magical formation was immediately activated. Fortunately for them, the formation had just been retracted, so it was very convenient to activate it once more. When the formation came into life, a ray of yellow suddenly flashed as a hemispherical dome covered the entire capital.
However, only after the formation was placed did the soldiers notice something wrong. The formation had indeed been activated, but the dark clouds were actually included inside. This must be the reason why the garrison felt strange, the dark clouds were actually very close to the ground.
Seeing that the protective formation became useless, the soldiers didn't panic immediately. At this time, the Mages that guarded the city had arrived at the wall. When they saw the dark clouds, a Light Mage face suddenly paled as he shouted, "Light Mages of all ranks, use light magic to attack. This is a Dark Mist spell of the Dark Mages!"
When this Light Mage shouted, the other Light Mages immediately took their stance and started to cast light magic towards the dark clouds.
Now that the Radiant Church and the Dragon Race had made an alliance, the Radiant Church had sent a lot of Light Mages to help the Dragons. Therefore, there were a lot of Light Mages defending the capital city right now.
As expected, the Light Mages had become useful. When their magic hit the dark clouds, they immediately started to slowly disappear. This made the garrison troops cheer.
However, the Light Mages actually think that there was no point in celebrating. They were people who completely understood Dark Mages. They knew that the Dark Mist spell was just a 1st rank magic, it had zero attack power. Its biggest use was in blocking the enemy's sight. Therefore, dispelling the dark clouds wasn't something remarkable.
As the dark mist slowly dissipated, the cheering garrison suddenly found themselves to be like ducks who were caught by the neck, they were suddenly jolted into silence.
This was because they saw battle formations in place of the dark clouds. This battle formation was very strange, it was because it was structured into a cube and was floating in mid air. It looks like every single cube floating in mid air is the same. The peculiar thing was that every unit in these cubes were composed of undead creatures.
Just as the Dark Mist vanished, the battle formations suddenly moved. Their gradually accelerated as they went straight to specific points in the city.
When they saw these flying formations, the garrison troops' complexion suddenly changed. This was because those points were places where the Dragons were resting in. It seems like the other party came completely prepared.
At this time, the voice came once again, "To the garrison troops, listen. I came this time to deal with the Radiant Church and the Dragons. Since they shamelessly united to usurp the Lyon Empire, I am going to eliminate all of them. I hope you won't participate in the battle, otherwise, you will definitely be killed."
The garrison troops looked at the flying figures in the sky. Although they weren't that strong, as long as they are from the Ark Continent, then they are aware what being able to fly meant. Aside from flying magic beasts, all other flying beings were 9th rank experts. Even if they haven't heard of flying undead before, they knew that these undead were going to be trouble if they were provoked. Their ability to maintain a formation alone was enough to convince the garrison of how formidable they were. Additionally, those who commanded these undead were even more frightening.
At the same time, the garrison also found out that the voice wasn’t lying. Those flying undead were indeed specifically targeting the Dragons. Their flight direction was towards the places were the Dragons were resting in or the places where the lesser dragons were. None of the flying undead were heading towards the place where the garrison troops were.
The lead Light Mage who commanded the other Light Mages was very pale right now. The be honest, even he couldn't remember reading about flying undead. In the history of the continent, the strongest undead that was spotted had the strength of 6th rank. The strongest creature summoned by a Dark Mage was not an undead, but instead it was a creature of the dark that came from the Underworld. This creature was extremely powerful. If one was a high-level Dark Mage, they can use a method of sacrifice in order to summon these 9th rank creatures. However, the requirements to summon such a creature was extremely high as well. After the summoning, their life force would be heavily affected. Moreover, there were also cases where the summoned dark creature turned against its own summoner.
Chapter 665 – Easily Accomplished
Although he had never heard of flying undead before, this didn't hinder his judgement. He was sure that the strengths of these undead were surely extraordinary. Because of this, he decided to fight, the other party already stated that he was here in order to deal with the Dragons and the Radiant Church. It was for certain that Light Mages like him weren't going to be let off.
When he thought of this, the Light Mage immediately commanded loudly, "Don't be afraid of them. Their display is no more than deception. There is no way that they are 9th rank undead. Everyone, attack!"
But just as he shouted, he suddenly felt a pain in his chest. He lowered his head to look only to see the tip of a sword that was slowly being pulled back. With great difficulty, he turned his head and saw a black-clothed undead. As the undead slowly withdrew its rapier, the Light Mage can swear that the undead was grinning at him.
Bang! A noise suddenly sounded at the side of the Light Mage. He took effort in turning his head and found out that all of the Light Mages on the wall had an undead right behind them, and that those Light Mages were killed as well.
"We're finished!" This was the Light Mage's last thought.
The defenders on the wall were all startled when they saw these undead that just suddenly appeared. They wanted to attack but found themselves shaking. Even their weapons seemed to be shaking, not wanting to make an attack.
These undead assassins turned to look at the soldiers, then with a flash, their bodies floated in the air where they drifted towards something. Before long, more and more undead floated up from the walls before forming a cube, then it turned around and flew towards the city.
The soldiers on the walls were relieved. At this moment, the previous voice sounded once again, "I'm saying this again. We only came to deal with the Dragons and the Radiant Church. For the others, as long as you don't make a move, then we won't hurt you. If you resist, then we will execute you immediately."
The soldiers looked at one another and didn’t make a move. To be honest, these soldiers didn't have a strong sense of belonging to the Dragons. They still take themselves as people of the Lyon Empire. After all, the Lyon Imperial Family had been ruling the empire for more than a thousand years.
Since nobody took the lead, nobody made a move. Even the officers didn't dare to make a move, they don't want to suddenly get stabbed by a rapier. So they decided to behave themselves.
At this moment, a roar was suddenly head inside the city. Along with this initial roar, more Dragon roars can be heard from other parts of the city. The garrison troops knew that this was the sign that the Dragons have awoken. Their faces couldn't help but pale, they didn’t know what to do. The Dragons were extremely formidable in their eyes, but the strength of these undead were terrifying as well. They didn't know which side to pick.
With the roar of the Dragons, all of them immediately took to the skies, covering the skies of the capital with their hulking figures. Those who were timid couldn't help but kneel on the ground, shaking.
But the garrison soon discovered that although the Dragons have appeared, they were immediately met with an attack from the flying undead. Although the group of undead formed a cube, they were still smaller than the Dragons. But at the same time, the cube of undead was more flexible than the Dragons, so when the Dragons appeared, all of them immediately went to clash with flying beasts.
In their process of flight, the formation immediately changed. Every cube formation transformed into a giant scorpion as it clashed with the Dragons.
The Dragons were also keen to meet the enemies. In the eyes of these Dragons, the undead were just like ants. They were thinking that the undead would just need to be slapped a few times before they were taken care of.
However, the moment they exchanged blows, the Dragons immediately found their mistake. They thought that the Undead were just flying because of a special spell by their Dark Mage, it was impossible for these undead to have 9th rank strength. This was because a 9th rank Undead hasn't been spotted in the continent before.
But in this exchange, the Dragons discovered that the undead weren't pretending, they really had 9th rank strength, they were 9th ranks!! This startled the Dragons.
The bodies of the Dragons were tough, an 8th rank Dragon can be compared to a Human 9th rank. At the same time, 9th rank Dragons had bodies that were extremely close to being invincible. This was exactly why the Dragons were known to be invincible.
However, even Dragons would find it impossible to withstand the attacks of several hundred 9th ranks. 9th rank Dragons might be able to withstand it, but those 8th ranks certainly couldn't. Just as those 8th ranks clashed with the undead, they began to fall one by one.
The first dragon to fall cried out pitifully before it was knocked down by the undead. Then a clump of dark mist wrapped the Dragon before it turned into a Bone Dragon. After that, the Bone Dragon rose to the sky and joined the fight to slaughter the remaining Dragons.
The garrison troops that were on the wall saw everything that happened. They couldn't believe what they were seeing. The almighty Dragons were actually taken down and even turned into undead. This development was completely out of their imagination. The weapons of some of them had unconsciously fallen to the ground, however, none of them were able to notice it at all.
Forty Dragons, ten of them fell first and became Bone Dragons who joined the slaughter. Before long, the 40 Dragons had been reduced to 10. These ten Dragons were the strong 9th ranks. However, their situation had turned dangerous. With the addition of the Bone Dragons, the defenses of these 9th rank Dragons began to crack.
The suddenly, among the ten 9th rank Dragons, one of them screamed and fell from the sky. This scream smashed through the hearts of the garrison like a huge hammer. At this point, any rebellious thought that they had were completely erased. Those who still had weapons on their hands immediately threw them away as though they were venomous snakes. All of them were staring at the skies with a pale complexion.
But these garrison troops were completely unaware that in the city's lesser dragon compound, a massacre was happening. All of the lesser dragons and magic beasts were eradicated. At the same time, Undead were also blocking the exits of the army barracks, killing all those who wanted to resist. Additionally, when these soldiers saw that the Dragons had started to fall, their thoughts of resisting were gone. Unexpectedly, the capital had calmed down after only a short time. On the other hand, an army had formed outside the capital. There were Nobles who wanted to enter the capital in order to help. However, all of them were blocked by the city's protective formation. The Nobles even shouted to the garrison, ordering them to deactivate the formation. But at this time, there was no garrison soldier that would dare to make a move. They just witnessed the Dragons being slaughtered as though they were chickens. If these people needlessly moved, then they would be like cockroaches that would be stepped on.
Zhao Hai calmly witnessed the battle outside. Laura and the others were sitting right beside Zhao Hai. This time, the battle plan was left to Lizzy, Megan, Green, and Kun. They had found out that the strength of the undead would be expressed to it full potential when it was in the Fishman's cube formation. They planned to deal with the Dragons and the lesser dragons at the fastest speed. Once the Dragons fell, the other people in the Lyon Empire would naturally stop their actions.
This time, if they wanted to kill the Dragons, then they needed to do it in front of the soldiers. Only in this way can they stand up and go against the Nobles of the Lyon Empire. At the same time, it was also to inform the Nobles that the Dragons weren't the invincible beings that the legends had stated.
From the time where the black clouds appeared up until the end of the battle, no more than three hours has passed. Forty Dragons, 5 thousand lesser dragons, nearly 100 thousand magic beasts, nearly 1 thousand people from the Radiant Church had fallen. Additionally, there were also 10 thousand defenders, 30 nobles, and 20 generals who participated in resisting. All of them were promptly killed by Zhao Hai and turned into undead. Although they were turned into the undead, their blood still flowed in the streets, painting it blood red. Especially the blood of the Dragons, there were whole residences that were turned red just by being splashed by draconic blood. The residents didn't dare to come out of their house or even take a single step out of their door.
The fight also ruined about 200 private residences. It killed about 87 civilians while injuring 302. But these ruined residences were immediately fixed by the undead. The injured civilians were also healed by some undead Light Mages. The undead also visited the houses of those who were affected and gave each of them a bag of coins containing no less than 1000 pieces of gold inside.
After three hours, the entire Lyon Empire's capital had turned calm. There were no fights that happened nor was there any other disturbance. The garrison stayed in their own barracks, nobody dared to take action.
At this time, the undead that just slaughtered the dragons were forming a huge cube in the air. The Dragons, lesser dragons, and the others that were killed had also become a part of this formation. Some courageous citizens opened their windows and looked at the huge formation in the air. They were waiting for their unknown fate.
Then suddenly, the formation suddenly gave way to a red mansion. This red mansion was shackled to a Dragon as it slowly appeared in front of the formation. Then the mansion's door opened as a man came out of it.
This person was very young and wore a Dark Mage's robe. He looked extremely ordinary along with his average looking face. However, nobody dared to underestimate this young man. Everyone knew that this person was the one who controlled the undead!
Chapter 666 – Officially Declaring War
Ritchie was a Lyon Empire Merchant and was a marine trader. His business was quite well known in the Lyon Empire.
However, in the recent days, Ritchie had come to find that the changes in the Lyon Empire was beyond his understanding. First, there were the Dragons, who, with the cooperation of the Nobles, suddenly broke through the Empire and slaughtered the Lyon Imperial Family. Then the Dragons titled themselves to the the Royal Family of the Lyon Empire, renaming the Empire to Saint Dragon Empire.
Ritchie thought that the matter can only continue on like this. Everyone knew what the Dragons were. Moreover, the Buddha Empire, Rosen Empire, Aksu Empire, as well as the recently changed Radiant Empire, approved of the Dragon's rule of the Lyon Empire. In this case, the Lyon Empire would have to be ruled by the Dragons from here on out.
In Richie's mind, there was nothing wrong about this. Everyone knew how powerful the Dragons were, and at the same time, the had also allied themselves with the Radiant Church. Although Ritchie didn't agree to this alliance, he was just a Merchant, he didn't have any power to speak at all. And even if he did have the ability to voice his thoughts, he still wouldn't do it if he wanted to live under the rule of the Dragons.
In the beginning, he didn't find anything wrong. However, it didn't take a long time before Ritchie knew that being ruled by the Dragons was not a good idea. The Dragons think of themselves too highly and looked down on all the Humans. In the eyes of the Dragons, Humans were just like ants. Even the lesser dragons held the same mindset. In the recent days, the Empire had already lost thousands of innocent civilians. These civilians didn't do anything wrong, they just forgot to salute to the lesser dragons or even worse, killed just for fun.
Such overbearing attitude makes it impossible for the Dragons to gain popular sentiment. Ritchie had noticed that there were fewer and fewer people who did business in the capital. Even small Nobles didn't dare to go out of their houses. Feasts and ballrooms disappeared, nobody was in the mood of merrymaking.
The ones who gained the most with this situation were the Great Nobles. Although the Dragons ruled the Lyon Empire, they were still foreigners and were unfamiliar with how the Empire runs. Therefore, everything was handed over to the Great Nobles, giving them power that they had never experienced before.
This also made Ritchie scorn these Great Nobles. To be honest, Ritchie didn't like the rule of the Dragons. They were too tyrannical, and in addition to being foreign, they also treat everyone as their slaves. In order to gain more benefits, these Great Nobles prostrate themselves in front of the Dragons. This really made Ritchie feel shame in their behaviours.
But he was just a Merchant, famous and rich yet powerless. In fact, Ritchie was afraid that the Great Nobles would do something to him. But fortunately, Ritchie had friends among these Great Nobles, so he still managed to avoid their gaze.
This day, Ritchie was prepared to go on board his ship and go out of the capital. This was because he needed to take a trip at sea, heading towards Golden Island. He was a marine trader, and which marine trader would not head to Golden Island to do business? However, just as he was about to go out, something occurred.
Ritchie's courage wasn't small, he had been in the sea for many years. He has seen magic beasts, pirates, and people who died on the water. Naturally, he wasn't as afraid as the other people. This allowed him to look at all that happened with his two eyes.
It took some time after the battle until Ritchie had recovered his senses. He didn't think that the invincible Dragons would get taken down one by one. Moreover, they were also turned into Bone Dragons after they fell.
Ritchie was standing inside the attic of his own residence as he looked out a small window and into the cube formation outside. His heart was beating loudly, he was so afraid. One must know that there were only very few individuals who were unafraid of the undead, especially powerful undead like these ones.
At this time, the undead formation suddenly moved as a Bone Dragon with a red mansion appeared in the sky. This mansion was completely red and seemed to be made out of a special crystal. Then a person walked out of the mansion. This person looks quite young and had a very average appearance. However, this person made Ritchie quite shocked, he knew who this person was!
This was the Lord of Golden Island, the Buda Clan's Patriarch, called to be the Continent's most powerful Dark Mage, the most romantically fortunate man, the richest Merchant, strongest Patriarch, and more strings of titles. This was Zhao Hai Buda!
Since he had been doing business in Golden Island, Ritchie was also given the opportunity to attend Zhao Hai's wedding. With his own two eyes, he had seen Zhao Hai get married to his wives. Ritchie was also quite awed by Zhao Hai's liquor. Therefore, how could he forget Zhao Hai's face.
Seeing Zhao Hai appear stunned Ritchie. He never thought that this powerful undead army was actually commanded by Zhao Hai.
Then Zhao Hai's mansion suddenly turned into his Staff as he walked out. He stood on the Bone Dragon's head as he looked calmly at the Lyon Empire's capital before he said, "Friends from the Lyon Empire, hello. I am Zhao Hai Buda, Buda Clan's Patriarch. The reason why I came with force this time is to deal with the Dragons. The Dragons are quite shameless to usurp a Human Empire and enslave the Human Race. For me, this act is simply unforgivable. Today, I, Zhao Hai Buda, in behalf of my Buda Clan, officially declare war against the entire Dragon Race. Today, I have eliminated all the Dragons, lesser dragons, and Human traitors in the Lyon Empire's capital. Yesterday, I also eradicated the Dragon Race's forces on the border fortresses. And tomorrow, I shall charge towards Accra Mountains. Friends of the Lyon Empire, don't worry, I will not violate your safety. Do not be afraid!"
With the help of magic, Zhao Hai voice had reached every corner of the capital. Every citizen inside the city were listening to Zhao Hai's words. Many commoners opened their windows and looked up into the skies to see Zhao Hai.
Before long, people started to walk out of their houses, slowly increasing as they filled the streets. Zhao Hai calmly looked at the people and said, "I ask everyone to rest assured, I have no intention of encroaching into your Empire. I only came here to specially deal with the Dragon Race. I hope that the garrison troops will help me in keeping the capital's peace intact. I don't want any chaos to unfold. After that I shall open the capital's protective formation and see the Noble army outside. As for the Noble armies, I hope that you don't do any unnecessary movements unless you want to get hurt."
After that, Zhao Hai commanded his undead and slowly went towards the north gate. He also deactivated the formation as the yellow hemisphere began to disappear.
Then Zhao Hai appeared in front of the capital's northern gate. The Noble armies outside the city were actually trembling. Although the protective formation has been removed, they still didn't have the means to enter the city. Additionally, even if the walls had obstructed their vision, the protective shield couldn't block sounds. This allowed them to hear Zhao Hai's words very clearly. They also heard the noises inside and could vaguely guess what just happened.
After hearing that the Dragons and the lesser dragons were eliminated, the Great Nobles started to be afraid. The reason for the Lyon Empire's fall had a direct relationship with them. If they haven't sided with the Dragons, then the Empire wouldn’t have fallen to its current situation.
Zhao Hai bringing his undead and killing the Dragons meant that the Great Nobles had lost their backer. They were now waiting for Zhao Hai's judgement.
When they noticed Zhao Hai and his sky blotting undead army, the Great Nobles wanted to run away. Upon seeing the Bone Dragon beneath Zhao Hai feet, these Great Nobles knew that the capital's Dragons had already perished.
They understood why Zhao Hai was able to kill the Dragons in such a short time, it was because of those flying undead. However, what were those flying undead? Are they 9th ranks? Are there 9th rank undead? But even if they had their doubts, these Great Nobles still couldn't help but believe that these undead were 9th rank. Otherwise, they wouldn't have eliminated the Dragons in this short timeframe.
The Great Nobles found their own legs to be shivering, all of them were thinking, cr*p!
Zhao Hai stood on the head of his Bone Dragon and coldly looked at the Great Nobles. He couldn't help but snorted coldly and said, "You are traitors to Humanity for siding with the Dragons and helping them suppress our own race. I thought of executing all of you but I don't want to do it right now. I shall head to Accra Mountain tomorrow to have a decisive battle against the Dragons. At that time, I won't be here to manage things. Therefore, I hope that you can manage the Lyon Empire very well. Make sure to do things properly, otherwise, when I come back, I shall kill all of you!"
These Great Nobles didn't dare to say anything right now. They knew that if they resisted for even a small bit, then they would get killed immediately.
They knew what their values were in the eyes of Zhao Hai. Zhao Hai was not short of money, he was the most famous Merchant in the continent. Moreover, he was is control of Golden Island. If he was short on money, then the Continent would have been extremely dirt poor.
At the same time, he does not lack people who would fight for him. He already had several hundred thousand undead behind him right now. And all of these undead were flying on the sky, there were 40 Bone Dragons as well as a lot of magic beasts and lesser dragons. By Zhao Hai's present strength, he can destroy any nation with ease.
However, Zhao Hai was short in people who could manage. Now that Zhao Hai had eliminated the Dragons in the Lyon Empire, he was left with nobody to manage the Empire. If that happens, then the nation would fall into confusion, and Zhao Hai didn't want to see this. Because of this, Zhao Hai decided to keep the lives of these Great Nobles and have them manage the Empire. This was their final value in Zhao Hai's eyes. Nobody dared to resist, all of them nodded in compliance. There were even some Nobles who bowed to Zhao Hai and swore fealty to him.