Hail the King - Chapter 972

Chapter 972

Chapter 972: Snow and Rain in the Wind

Different from many people’s estimates, the Holy Church wasn’t as powerful as they had expected, and this force didn’t crush the dragons and obtain a swift victory .

Right now, no one knew about the exact outcome of the initial battle . Ten days had passed since the beginning of the battle, but the Mediterranean Sea and Sicily Island were both completely locked down by tens of thousands of giant dragons; it was impossible for outsiders to venture into this area .

Only the frequent explosions and terrifying energy surges showed that the cruel battle was still ongoing .

This was the first time in the last 1,000 years that the Holy Church was attacked like this .

Without needing the official summoning order from the Central Church, all the holy knights, priests, and fanatic believers on the Azeroth Continent already started moving . The Southern Regional Church, Western Regional Church, Northern Regional Church, and Eastern Regional Church all issued battle orders . All the holy battle legions and priests in the four regional churches rushed toward the Central Region of Azeroth to reinforce the church in the War of Sicily Island .

The Holy Church liked being the only dominating power and hated all challengers . This time, this force didn’t disappoint others as well . The dragons were instantly labeled as evil creatures .

A crazy movement of destroying dragon statues appeared on the continent, and several empires that worshipped dragons were conquered and wiped out by the crazy holy knight legions of the Holy Church overnight; many innocent people became sacrificial lambs in this war .

This sudden war changed the dynamics on the continent .

In the Southern Region, since more than 80 percent of the combat force of the Southern Regional Church was moved toward Sicily Island to assist the Central Church, humans’ top-level combat strength decreased by a lot . Without the assistance of priests who healed people, the casualties of humans continued to increase . Besides, the different parties in the Human Alliance such as the Bayern Empire, the Leverkusen Empire, and the Ormond Empire seemed to have drifted apart, and they weren’t willing to put full force into this war against goblins . Therefore, humans gradually lost the advantage that they had in this war, and they couldn’t launch any attacks that were of high-threat .

At this moment, more terrible events for humans occurred .

Almost at the same time, shocking news broke out! The Fire Mountain Range in the Eastern Region of Azeroth was known for the many volcanoes and the rich natural resources, especially ores . However, people claimed that they discovered dwarfs and gnomes .

The Dwarf Clan and the Gnome Clan were both affiliated races during the Mythical Era, and they had powerful combat strength, especially the dwarfs .

On top of the talent in smelting and forging, all dwarfs, regardless of their gender, were natural warriors as they had insane comprehension of warrior energy and were born with strong physical strength .

On the other hand, although gnomes were physically weak, their intelligence rivaled goblins, and their talent in alchemy and magic could even scare off giant dragons .

The appearance of these two races near the Fire Mountain Range was threatening to the various empires in the Eastern Region of Azeroth . After the precedents set by goblins and dragons which both attacked humans, humans were more wary of other races; they were naturally more hostile and disliked them .

The powerful empires in the Eastern Region such as the Chelsea Empire, the Liverpool Empire, the Arsenal Empire, and the Manchester United Empire all instantly stationed soldiers by the Fire Mountain Range, just in case that the dwarfs and gnomes attacked .

 

At this moment, another shocking piece of news appeared .

In the Western Region of Azeroth, another dominant race during the Mythical Era, the elves, appeared in the Primitive Forest at the most western edge of the continent .

The elves’ unparalleled talent in magic and their assassination and archery skills left a deep mark in history . It was heard that this race was germophobic and had high morals . Also, as if they were beloved by the Holy Creator, they were all handsome and beautiful, and they had long lifespans . It was believed that an ordinary elf warrior could live for 500 years . The elf priests and elf kings who had grasped the key to eternal power could live for even longer .

The long lifespan made this race powerful . Like dragons, if the elves had stronger reproductive abilities, closer to humans and orcs, they would become a race that could rival gods and demons .

Since such things kept on happening, this climate in early spring seemed chilly for humans .

It felt like after pigs had occupied a barn for a long time, several cows, sheep, and chickens came in, and they had to share the space . In order to fight for food and the good places to sleep on, these animals were going to fight for sure .

The only good news among the bad news for humans was that the terrifying orcs hadn’t appeared yet . In the Mythical Era, orcs were only slightly weaker compared to dragons, and they had insane reproductive abilities . Therefore, humans didn’t have to face this dominant race that was aggressive and had many members .

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed .

It was hard to believe, but the Battle of Sicily Island still wasn’t over .

The Dragon Clan and the Holy Church; these two powerful forces were both angered by each other, and they weren’t willing to back off and negotiate .

From the information that was gathered from all sources, it was heard that in the last two months, more than 100,000 holy knights and priests, more than 1,000 Moon-Class Elites, and about 60 Sun-Class Lords were killed .

In addition, 11 high-level members of the Holy Church died, and 21 bishops of various shrines had fallen . This was the most significant loss that the Holy Church suffered in the last 1,000 years .

The Dragon Clan wasn’t doing that much better . More than 1,000 ordinary dragons, 100 elite dragons, and even two supreme dragon kings fell . This was an unbearable loss for the dragons that had low reproductive abilities .

At this moment, almost all the emperors of the human empires were secretly glad .

“It is fortunate that the dragons decided to fight with the Holy Church, the most powerful force on the continent . I’m not sure if these creatures have gone mad, but it is good . Any other level 9 empires would have been turned to ashes under the dragons’ breath . ”

Good news came from other directions as well .

After the initial communication, it seemed like the elves, dwarfs, and gnomes weren’t interested in battling humans . Also, after seeing the craziness that was the goblins and dragons, humans didn’t dare to underestimate these powerful affiliated races of gods and demons .

In order to reserve strength, the human empires wisely conceded . The Empire Alliance of the Eastern Region ‘offered’ the Fire Mountain Range, which occupied one-third the area of the Eastern Region, to the dwarfs and gnomes . After all, volcanos and vicious demon beasts were all over this mountain range, and almost no human empire had territory in there .