Chapter 667 – Waiting for a Day
In the minds of these nobles, Zhao Hai's promise to not encroach upon the Lyon Empire was simply impossible. How can a powerful person have no ambitions when placed in front a ruler-less empire?
For these nobles, Zhao Hai was actually a scorpion that wanted an archway. Therefore, the Nobles expressed their loyalty to him. Zhao Hai looked at these Nobles with no expression and said, "Remember my words, don't play any tricks. Don't think that the Dragons would save you. Do you think that the Dragons can deal with my hundred thousand 9th rank undead? You better behave yourselves, don't annoy me. Any plots and schemes that you all are used to doing are all useless in front of absolute strength. If I hear any whispers of rebellion, then your Clans would need to be prepared. Remember my words!" Then with an intention, Zhao Hai vanished along with his undead army.
Zhao Hai didn't plan to stay in Lyon Empire for too long. He wanted to prepare for his attack on Accra Mountain tomorrow. At the same time, he also wants to see the reactions of these Nobles. He knew that it would only take a short time before news of what happened reaches the ears of every Empire in the continent.
The reason why Zhao Hai showed his strength was so that he could prepare for later on. After eliminating the Dragons, Zhao Hai would then approach the Human Emperors and tell them about the Divine Race. If his strength was insufficient at that time, then those people might not believe him. Therefore, Zhao Hai showed his strength, making those people understand that he wasn't joking.
After eliminating the Dragons, Zhao Hai's next target would be the Radiant Church. Once Zhao Hai eliminates the Dragons, the Radiant Church would surely be aware that their plans had been exposed. When that time comes, it may be possible that they would start their operation immediately. Therefore, Zhao Hai plans to deal with the Dragons quickly before paying a visit to the Human Emperors and explain why he needed to deal with the Radiant Church. If he didn't do this procedure, then the Human Emperors would become a headache.
The Human Emperors wanted to see Zhao Hai deal with the Dragons, this was because the Dragons were too strong, and were going to be a threat to the Emperors' rule. However, the same sentiment would happen to Zhao Hai. Since Zhao Hai had eliminated the Dragons, the rulers would shift their attention to him, dreading his strength in the process. If Zhao Hai deals with the Radiant Church without any explanation, then the Emperors would think that he was trying to conquer the entire continent. When that time comes, they may even think of uniting against Zhao Hai, even the Rosen Emperor would participate. This was because for any Emperor, a threat to their throne needed to be dealt with, it didn't matter if this person was his son or his son-in-law, everything is the same.
Therefore, before dealing with the Radiant Church, Zhao Hai must establish a relationship with the rulers of the nations. He didn't want to have the entire Human Race as his enemy.
Zhao Hai returned to the Space, but then he saw that the expressions that Laura and the others were giving to him had become different. This made Zhao Hai stare, he looked at the women and said, "What happened? Why are you looking at me strangely?"
Laura looked at Zhao Hai and chuckled, "Brother Hai, I didn't expect you having an overbearing attitude. Unexpectedly, an overbearing Zhao Hai is actually really handsome!" Megan and the others nodded, before they all laughed.
Zhao Hai couldn't bear to roll his eyes, then he turned to Green and Kun, "Grandpa Green, Grandpa Kun, have you given the letter to father-in-law?"
The father-in-law that Zhao Hai meant was the Rosen Emperor. Zhao Hai knew that this matter would spread soon, so he had to give the Rosen Emperor prior word. Although he can't explain everything, after dealing with the Dragons, he would give the Emperor a personal visit.
The reason why Zhao Hai did this was due to Lizzy. Lizzy was the Emperor's daughter, and Zhao Hai didn't want her to feel awkward in the future. Therefore, Zhao Hai decided to send a letter to the King in order to calm his mood.
Green nodded and said, "Young Master, rest assured, it has been sent out. On the other hand, the Young Master did a very good job. After you left, not only did those Nobles behave themselves, they also eliminated any thoughts of resistance in their minds."
Kun smiled as well, "That's right. Little Hai, your exit essentially told them that you are someone with a Space Divergent Ability. This gave them confidence in your strength. One must know that Space Divergent Mages aren't only strong in attack, their most powerful weapon is their ability to escape, it was impossible for people to catch them. Therefore, they believed that even if you can't defeat the Dragons, you can still keep yourself quite safe."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "I didn't think of that. Right, no matter what, we still need talk about how to deal with the Dragons. I think the Dragons would be aware of my declaration of war soon. We need to sweep away their troops on the foot of the mountain before we scale it to the top."
Green nodded and said, "I think that the Dragons wouldn't come even if they know what happened here. Their population isn't a lot, and they just lost 40 of their kind in the capital. It would be impossible for them to retaliate. Moreover, even if they do want to take revenge, they wouldn't have the time to do so. Before they leave the mountain, we would have already scaled it."
Zhao Hai nodded, "Right, also, it would be better for us to fight the Dragons right inside Accra Mountain. That way, we wouldn't have to worry about innocent people being killed or injured."
At this time, Kun sighed and said, "I'm afraid the Radiant Church will have to respond when we eliminate the Dragon Race. It is possible that the Divine Race would come ahead of schedule. We still haven't made proper preparations yet, we don't have enough time."
Zhao Hai sighed as well, "We have no choice, if we don't make our move, then the Dragons would surely get complete hold of the Lyon Empire. That would be more troublesome for us when the Divine Race comes. At that time, it would be hard to reclaim the Lyon Empire."
Kun nodded, then they adjusted the monitor to show Accra Mountain. The mountain was very calm, the Dragons simply didn't expect that someone would actually move against them. In their view, they were invincible existences in the continent and that nobody would dare to provoke them.
It wasn't only the Humans who were affected negatively by this title of invincibility, the Dragons had been dulled by this title as well. The Dragons had become complacent and was convinced that there were no people who would fight them. And that those warriors who dared face the Dragons were just in heroic novels and poems.
Zhao Hai carefully inspected the military barracks on the foot of Accra Mountain. This camp wasn't very big since it mostly housed lesser dragons and magic beasts. However, Zhao Hai thinks that dealing with this military camp would be more difficult than attacking the capital of the Lyon Empire. It's difficult because the camp was backed by the entire Accra Mountain. Although there was still some distance before the home of the Dragons, the magic beasts in the mountain would still reinforce the camp. If one were to ask about the number of magic beasts in Accra Mountain, then nobody would be able to give a confident answer. One must know that nobody has ever scaled the entire mountain before, all of them either died or retreated.
The magic beasts of Accra Mountain were under the control of the Dragon Race. As for those low-ranked beasts, even if they didn't have any wisdom, they still had the basic animal instinct to obey the command of those more powerful than them. And in the end, the line of command would still fall into the hands of the Dragon Race.
For Zhao Hai, this was very troublesome. But Zhao Hai was not worried, the level of his undead was very high, and it was also impossible for these magic beasts to drown out his undead army. At the same time, as the fight gets longer and longer, the undead's numbers would only get higher and higher.
The Radiant Church would have to do either two things upon receiving news, they can support the Dragons or they can directly call the Divine Race to come down. If they helped the Dragons, then Zhao Hai wouldn't need to be afraid. However, if they were to call the Divine Race, then that would be quite the headache.
Attacking Accra Mountain was different from attacking the capital. When he attacked the capital, he was able to use the might of his undead to scare the minds of the garrison troops, terrifying them so much that they weren't able to move.
On the other hand, the creatures inside Accra Mountain were magic beasts. Although the magic beasts were able to be terrified, they were still magic beasts in the end. Moreover, with their large numbers as well as the command of the Dragons, it would be impossible for Zhao Hai to terrify them into submission. At this rate, it would take a few days before Zhao Hai can scale the mountain, and this was already an optimistic estimate. And in those few days, the Radiant Church would have already made their move.
Zhao Hai was frowning as he looked at the map. He was thinking about the consequences of this war and how it would affect the entire continent. Green looked at Zhao Hai and knew what he was thinking, so Green smiled faintly and said, "Young Master, there's no need to be worried. Look, when we attack the Dragons, the people of the continent would certainly not meddle. And if the Radiant Church can really ask the Divine Race to come down immediately, then they wouldn't have waited until now. As long as we eliminate the Dragons and unite the other four Empires, then even if the Divine Race comes, we would not be caught off-guard."
Zhao Hai nodded and sighed, "Let's just hope that the Divine Race would give us some time, allowing us to eradicate the Dragons. Right, Grandpa Green, is there word from the Fishmen?" Green shook his head and said, "There's nothing. I reckon that the Radiant Church was still unaware of what happened in the Lyon Empire's capital, so they still weren't able to react. However, the Young Master shouldn't worry. The Fishmen are the real hegemons of the sea. Even if the Radiant Church is powerful, they still couldn't contend with the Fishmen when it came to naval battles. There will be no problem."
Zhao Hai nodded, then he looked at the map on the screen and muttered, "Dragon Race, the day of your extinction has come!"
Chapter 668 – Removed from the Continent!
And just as Zhao Hai thought, the news of his attack on the Lyon Empire's capital had swept through the entire continent, shocking everyone who heard of it!
From ancient times to the present, Dragons were synonymous with invincibility. There might be no need to say it, but what are Dragons? They were the most fearful existence in the continent. Some commoners even think of them as gods. And stories of people slaying Dragons only came up in stories and songs. However, in the history of the continent, there were actually instances where the Dragons were slaughtered.
Of course, among these Dragons slayers were Humans. But this fact had been erased in the Human records by the Radiant Church. This was to ensure that the Humans would forever fear the invincible Dragons. This would made them hesitate to fight these beasts of the sky.
It was like two warriors of the same strength preparing for a duel, one warrior had a normal status while the other was renowned throughout the land. In this case, the first warrior would find it hard to face his opponent. Some might prevail due to their courage, but not everyone had a strong heart and mind.
When the Empires of the continent heard this news, their first reaction was disbelief. This news must be fake, how could someone kill a Dragon, moreover, forty of them? This was completely unbelievable.
But when confirmation came, the Empires had a mixed reaction. The Radiant Empire had become chaotic, they couldn't describe what they were feeling. The Dragons were their ally, but now, their ally had been attacked. This made them stare blankly for a moment.
The first reaction of the Buddha Empire was shock, and after that was silence. They didn't know how to react to this news.
The Lyon Empire has been destroyed by the Dragons, who then established the Saint Dragon Empire, which itself caught them by surprise. However, because of the Dragons' reputation, they had to recognize their sovereignty to the Empire. But now that Zhao Hai fought the Dragons, and even openly declared war against them, the Buddha Empire caught themselves unaware of what to do. They didn't know whether they would help Zhao Hai and deal with the Dragons, or help the Dragons and deal with Zhao Hai.
The Buddha Empire didn't have the courage to fight the Dragons. But on the other hand, they cannot justify making war with Zhao Hai. After all, Zhao Hai was fighting the Dragons, and they cannot help another race deal with a Human. The Buddha Empire was confused!
And at this moment, there were two things that was on the table of the Rosen Emperor. One was the information about Zhao Hai and the Dragons, and the other was Zhao Hai's letter to him.
The Emperor was just sitting there, reading the report and the switching to Zhao Hai's letter. After some time, he still didn't know what to say or what to do.
The Rosen Emperor had a feeling of loss when it comes to this son-in-law of his. Zhao Hai seemed to be someone with zero ambition. He continued to stay on his own Island and just did business. Even though his relations to the various races in the continent was good, he still didn't express any great thoughts. This made the Emperor quite satisfied with Zhao Hai.
But just when the Emperor thought that Zhao Hai really didn't want to do anything grand, this piece of report came. Zhao Hai had waged war with the Dragons and already slaughtered 40 of them. This made the Rosen Emperor utterly speechless.
And at this time, the Rosen Emperor received Zhao Hai's letter. In this letter, Zhao Hai said that his current action was not to usurp the Lyon Empire's Domain. And that he has something that he was unable to say right now. Zhao Hai stated that he would pay the Rosen Emperor a personal visit after he had dealt with the Dragon Race.
This letter didn't just contained Zhao Hai's words, Lizzy gave her thoughts as well. The Emperor knew this since he could recognize Lizzy's handwriting.
When the Emperor looked at the letter, he couldn't help but sigh, then with a low voice he said, "What do you think I should do?"
Then a voice was heard that said, "You wait!'
The Emperor sighed and said, "Alright, then we'll wait. It seems like that is the only thing we could do." Naturally, the person that he had spoken to was his Dead Adviser. This was a person that never showed himself and just kept hiding in the shadows.
Under the anticipation of the continent, the day passed by. Everyone was paying attention to Accra Mountain. All of them wanted to know if Zhao Hai would really go to war with the Dragons.
On the other hand, the lesser dragon camp at the foot of the mountain was completely unaware about all of this. All of the influences in the continent had their own means of acquiring information, and this didn't exempt the Dragons. Moreover, the Radiant Church were their allies, so even if the Dragons weren't able to send their scouts, the Radiant Church would surely send word. However, nothing came that night, everything seems to be very normal. The mountain spent their night just like they had in the nights before.
Yesterday, although Zhao Hai was resting in the Space, he actually didn't idle himself. Surrounding the lesser dragon camp was a large net. This net wasn't to monitor the lesser dragons, but this was to intercept any news and information that was heading towards the lesser dragon camp.
Zhao Hai must make sure that the Dragons were unable to get any news. At the same time, Zhao Hai wanted to see which people were sending word back to Accra Mountain.
Zhao Hai's efforts weren't wasted, he had captured 15 people who wanted to report the news to the Dragons. Only five of them were from the Radiant Church. As for the other 10, they were sent by the Great Nobles of the Lyon Empire. It seems like the Nobles were gambling. They submitted to Zhao Hai, causing no trouble back in the capital, but also handing information over to the Dragons so that the Dragons wouldn't be offended. So later on, whether which side wins, they can still find a way to save themselves. But unfortunately for them, their lives were already forfeit, Zhao Hai would never let them off.
After resting for a day, Zhao Hai's mind and body had recovered to peak condition, he felt like he can deal with anything at this time. After having breakfast inside the Space, Zhao Hai and the others went out of the Space and stood on the back of a Bone Dragon. Then Zhao Hai turned his Staff into a mansion before having the undead form a cube formation. Then the massive army started to head towards the lesser dragon camp.
This time, Zhao Hai was not planning on hiding themselves. They exhibited their full might as they slowly pressed forward. And in a war, this display was even more frightening. The pressure that one would feel would be no less than a mountain's pressure.
Currently, there were millions of undead creatures in Zhao Hai's arsenal. Many of them were from the sea, but after becoming undead, all of these marine undead can now fight on land, without even affecting their strength. Zhao Hai released all of them, millions of 9th rank undead started to appear and form a very large cube formation which slowly approached the lesser dragon camp.
The lesser dragons also noticed the millions of undead that was heading towards them. These undead were in a strange formation that they had not seen before, this really surprised the lesser dragons.
The lesser dragon army was horrified as it stared at the approaching army. Seeing these flying undead in the skies made their whole bodies tremble.
The lesser dragons quickly sent a letter to the Dragons, asking for immediate reinforcements. Then the lesser dragon army started to form a defensive formation. At this point, they had zero confidence in attacking. After seeing this army composed of millions of undead, only stupid oneswould have the courage to attack.
Zhao Hai's speed was not fast, they took their time in approaching the enemy camp. Zhao Hai thought that if they were to give pressure to the lesser dragons, then they must make sure to affect them in the worst possible way.
At this time, a loud Dragon's roar was heard from inside the lesser dragon camp. Then ten Dragons appeared as they couldn't bear it anymore and turned into their true Dragon form before flying to the sky. They stopped at the camp's sky as they looked at the undead that were slowly closing in.
And then, a golden Dragon with two long knife-like curved horns opened its mouth and said in a thunderous voice, "What are you doing here, friend? Are you aware that this is the Dragon Race's territory?"
When the Dragon finished talking, the huge cube formation slowly fluctuated. Then a Bone Dragon with a red mansion on its back slowly surfaced. The the Bone Dragon stopped about 100 meters away before a young man came out of the mansion. Naturally, this man was Zhao Hai, he looked at the Golden Dragon and sneered, "Of course I know that this is the Dragon Race's domain. If this wasn't the Dragon's domain, then why would I even come. What's wrong, you can't recognize me?"
When the Dragon saw Zhao Hai, his pupils couldn't help but shrink as he said, "Zhao Hai, you are Zhao Hai? You should be dead at sea. Did you kill the people that we sent to the Sea Dragons?"
Zhao Hai laughed and said, "You Dragons are surely arrogant. Do you think that nobody would be able to kill you? Hahaha, too funny! Not only did I eliminate your people back in the sea, I also eliminated every one of your clansmen in the Lyon Empire's capital. From this day forward, the Dragons would be removed from the Continent!"
A huge roar suddenly came out of the Dragon's mouth. He looked at Zhao Hai with red eyes and yelled, "You arrogant ant! You think you are strong just because you killed some Dragons? I want to see how you plan to deal with us!"
Zhao Hai sneered and said, "No need to keep talking, dog of the Divine Race. I am more than qualified to claim my superiority. Come see my recent collection." Then more than forty Dragons flew out of the cube formation. These Bone Dragons had been lined up by Zhao Hai. All of them had fiery eyes that coldly stared at the still living Dragons.