Chapter 126 War and Rumors

After the fall of Tro City, the whole of Anzeta was in an uproar, but it was expected.

Without the most elite "Eagle Claw", how could the Rackman family resist the claws of those dragon vein monsters, not to mention the extremely terrifying red dragon known as the Purgatory Scourge.

But what they didn't expect was that Tro City, known as the "City of Glory", which stood in the north of the United Kingdom of the North for a hundred years and had never fallen, was so easily breached. It can't even be considered a breach, but an easy occupation. Tro City couldn't even organize a decent resistance.

With Earl Dawson being blown to death by a mysterious weapon, the humiliating white flag fluttered on the city gate, and the glory of Tro City for hundreds of years disappeared.

In the following months, the Embers Nest did not rush to attack the capital of the Rackman Principality, Northwind Castle, but patiently attacked the remaining eleven cities in the principality one by one, including Haftsburg, Turner City, and Mex City.

The Rackman Principality, one of the three most powerful principalities in the United Kingdom of the North, was devoured step by step, which made the nobles of Anzeta feel insecure.

During this period, of course, many bloody incidents occurred, and there were many rumors about ogres and chimeras eating people, but under the supervision of Cassius, the dragon vein followers still maintained basic order.

Compared with the human soldiers who would burn, kill, loot, and vent their desires when encountering war in this era, and the noble knights who regarded civilians as grass and took pleasure in killing people, these monsters suppressed by the red dragon's "dictatorship law" were actually considered to have strict military discipline - at least those ogres only regarded humans as delicious snacks, not objects of bullying.

But in the countries of Anzeta, after deliberate propaganda, the image of the followers of the Burning Embers has become no different from the legendary demons. Even a bard has created a long poem - the Song of Burning Embers.

Their evil tyrant, the "Purgatory Scourge" Cassius, has now become a symbol of original sin. It is said that he is the dragon of Slaanesh, the dragon of rage, and the dragon of arrogance. He will transform into a hideous human body several meters tall, wantonly humiliate beautiful girls, and then turn back to his original form and swallow them in one bite.

The chief steward of the Burning Embers, the dragon vein cannibal magician Rump, is naturally portrayed as the embodiment of gluttony. He will greedily eat everything he sees. Every time someone trembles to see him, this ogre will chew on human remains in his mouth.

The military commander, the earth spirit Doro, has become the embodiment of jealousy, which may just be to meet the parallelism of the bards...

Cassius did not comment on this, or even did not care.

Before he completely conquered the Northern Kingdom, such rumors of black and white were normal.

When he swallowed up the remaining twelve kingdoms, all the noise would disappear, and he would become the only and supreme king of Anzeta.

"Soon."

"Wait until I deal with this old vampire."

"The next target is you, the stale Northern nobles."

The red dragon blew out a breath of hot sulfur and muttered to himself.

He was now lying in the council hall of Tro City, which was spacious and bright, barely able to accommodate the huge dragon body of Cassius.

The council hall used to be the place where Tro City's political affairs were decided. The noble councilors in the city would gather together to discuss political affairs. This was a glorious tradition passed down from generation to generation in Tro City. The flying eagles on the tall stone pillars represented bravery and authority.

Now this is still the place where everything in Tro City is decided, but those flying eagles no longer represent power, but a symbol of losers.

At this moment, only the red dragon decides everything here.

"Master, Mex City has been breached."

The image of Doro appeared in the hall.

It can be seen that behind him is a city filled with gunpowder, with dragon vein monsters constantly passing by, and gunshots can be heard in the distance.

The red dragon nodded slightly: "Very good."

Delena, who had been standing by for a long time, picked up the brush and drew a cross on the words "Mex City" in the corner of the huge map of the principality in the center of the hall.

In addition, ten cities have been crossed out, including Tro City where they are now.

And Beifeng Castle is surrounded by those cities alone - it is the only remaining city controlled by the Rackman Principality.

Delena said flatteringly: "Congratulations, Master. The hundreds of years of history of the Rackman Principality are about to end. Their vast territory will be yours, your great achievements will be recorded in history, and the entire North will tremble under your wings."

"Now, there is only the North Wind Castle left."

Casius suddenly asked Rump: "Did you capture those vampire derivatives when you broke through the city of Mex?"

He was referring to the descendants of the Rackman family, the top existence among the vampire derivatives, who often call themselves blood clans, like the previous Baron Todd.

But speaking of Todd, this poor guy has lost his mind under Rump's torture and various experiments, and has become a complete beast.

Rump, with the academic spirit of a wizard, cut the vampire into fine minced meat bit by bit after the rounds of tests were over and the vampire lost its usefulness. This time he never recovered. It seems that the "immortal blood clan" is not completely immortal.

After several months of experiments and various tricks, Rumple has mastered many characteristics of these vampire derivatives, such as the wound of flowing water.

He is now more interested in the old vampire Duke Brad Rackman who is dormant in North Wind Castle.

Rumple answered truthfully: "No."

"Only the human remains that had been sucked dry were found in Count Ketley Luckman's mansion, and the eldest son had long since disappeared. The same is true for other cities run by Luckman's descendants. I guess they were all summoned to Northwind Castle , perform the so-called ascension ceremony."

"Ascension Ceremony."

Rumple thought Cassius was asking rather than making a statement, so he said respectfully:

"Yes, the ascension ceremony. During the torture and interrogation of Todd Luckman, we learned that this special ceremony is similar to a method of sacrifice. This is what is said to enable vampires to evolve into 'truly immortal beings' ceremony."

"When the ritual is completed, the vampire will no longer be afraid of the sun, no longer have weaknesses such as running water, and will master the extremely powerful power of necrosis."

The red dragon slowly stood up and stretched its wings.

"It's time for this to end."

"Rump, inform all the families in the Ember Nest that each city has mobilized their most elite troops to prepare for the siege of North Wind Castle. I don't want to see a troublesome ascended vampire appear."

"It's time for this old guy to return to where he belongs."

"Yes, Master."

Trump responded excitedly.