Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 664 - 052 Brewing

In this world, shadows and darkness have never disappeared.

Especially in a world where power is inherent, extraordinary powers exist, and class distinctions are rigid, those inferior nobles act without any scruples, almost crossing the boundaries of humanity when facing their own kind.

It is undeniable that in the Central Earth World, there are still those who uphold the spirit of knights and nobles.

But these people are indeed rare.

A large amount of darkness is starkly displayed on the newspapers and television. In the current Blue Dragon Kingdom, the Human Race mostly consists of refugees fleeing from the Central Earth World, reminding them of the difficult times when they struggled to survive. Compared to the advanced days where one could live a good life with just hard work and some strength, it was simply hell.

As the sentiments of the people are significantly elevated again, some young and passionate individuals call for an incursion into the Central Earth Continent to liberate the thousands of oppressed peasants.

Not only do young commoners think this way, but even the elite from the middle and high-income classes raise similar calls.

Olt Siran, now a Magic Research Fellow enjoying state benefits in the Blue Dragon Kingdom, directly proclaimed in the newspapers that the Central Earth World is decaying. Beneath the brilliant facades of the noble upper class lies too much filth and corruption. We should make every effort to rescue those deeply engulfed in misery.

On the newspaper, the seventy-year-old Siran shared a story from his past experiences, visualizing through his own lens that the best thing in those decayed and fallen countries is long gone, something called hope.

The continuous bombardment of various public opinions made the citizens of the entire nation understand the decay and darkness of the enemy country and appreciate the beauty of living in the Blue Dragon Kingdom.

The entire society was stirred up, and a large number of young people decided to join the military and went eagerly to the frontline.

Donations and supply contributions in the rear were inevitable,

Some activists even formed volunteer organizations, heading to the frontline to do whatever they could to assist the army, gather intelligence beyond the Border Great Wall, and more.

Now occupying more than three-quarters of the Kawa Great Forest, the entire nation of the Blue Dragon Kingdom was united as one.

Public sentiment boiled over.

In contrast to the Blue Dragon Kingdom, the Southern Countries remained in chaos.

The Southern Eight Nations more or less have parts of their territories adjacent to the Border Great Wall. After the Dragon Nest Beastmen occupied the Border Great Wall, they dispatched troops everywhere, completely defeating the nearby noble lords and establishing forward bases and strongholds to defend against war at the frontline.

If facing other armies, those noble lords might not have been defeated so quickly.

Unfortunately, they faced the Dragon Nest Legion, possessing a variety of advanced weapons, extremely powerful individuals, and cutting-edge warfare concepts.

The noble lords guarding near the Border Great Wall either fled in panic or held their castles only to collapse instantly before the Blue Dragon Kingdom's military might.

The peasants scattered across the countryside were gathered in panic by the Blue Dragon Kingdom's mixed army of Beastmen and Humans, with retired army soldiers sent to organize training, aiming to fully integrate these commoners into the strict grassroots structure of the Blue Dragon Kingdom.

Of course, to better achieve assimilation, the dispatched retired soldiers were mostly Humans.

There were inevitably bits of resistance during this process. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

However, facing the powerful forces of the Dragon Nest Legion, all resistance was negligible, and nearby areas were easily conquered.

In previous wars,

War was almost irrelevant to the common folks. One day they could be a farmer in one country, and the next day, due to war, become a subject of the enemy country, paying taxes and contributing to its strength.

But the Blue Dragon Kingdom's way of warfare is different,

This is a thorough reform-based war, from top to bottom.

This method of warfare extracts the enemy's grassroots completely. Even if they retake this land later, they would only find an empty land void of any human resources.

Under the Blue Dragon Kingdom army's constant offensives, one castle after another crumbled, and the Southern Countries felt the blade looming around their necks.

In the end, several countries barely suppressed domestic unrests, using funds obtained from liquidating the main culprits to assemble a batch of troops to march towards the Border Great Wall to probe the strength of the Blue Dragon Beastman Tribe.

What if the Beastman force occupying the Border Great Wall suffered heavy losses during the previous annihilation of the hundred-thousand allied forces, and they are merely a façade?

"At least we need to probe and assess the strength of those Beastmen, so we won't be completely in the dark during the counterattack," said one general.

In the previous battle outside the borders of the Eight Nation Alliance, from breaking through the Border Great Wall to sweeping the Border Great Wall area, the legion under the Blue Dragon banner fought only annihilation battles, leaving not a single person able to escape.

It was like a black hole that devoured everything, with no intelligence leaking out.

At most, some Traveling Merchants and Adventurers conveyed that the legion under the Blue Dragon banner had a terrifyingly powerful weapon capable of releasing powerful magic at a distance, with explosion sounds echoing miles away.

For various reasons,

The armies dispatched by each Southern Country began advancing towards the Border Great Wall, while the higher-ups of those countries offered huge bounties through the Mercenary Union and Thief Guild to gather intelligence on the strength of the Southern legion under the Blue Dragon banner.

However, all their efforts yielded little success.

The probing troops suffered devastating blows even before entering the Border Great Wall vicinity.

The adventurers from the Mercenary and Thief Guilds obtained some intelligence at great cost, but none of it touched the core truths.

The annihilation of the probing troops reverberated through the Southern Countries once again.

By this point, all wishful thinking in people's minds vanished, realizing that the force under the Blue Dragon in the south was exceptionally powerful!

Under tremendous pressure, envoys from the Southern Countries shuttled between royal capitals, armies quickly assembled, and the Kings held secret alliances and agreements, preparing for a grand counterattack operation.

Amidst this situation,

The Blue Dragon Kingdom and the Southern Countries maintained localized military conflicts, yet a larger war had not erupted.

But the clouds of war already loomed over the southern borders of the Seta Continent, brewing a great war that would sweep across the southern Central Earth World...