This Giant Dragon is So Powerful!

Chapter 196 - 31: Battle of Lucerne

The Sha Hua Fishman Army, which had been at a stalemate with the kingdom for more than three years, finally began to move.

Led by the Duke of Sha Hua Fishman, Babakar, several Fishman Marquises, dozens of Counts, and more low-ranking nobles formed the core, amassing a total of eight to nine hundred thousand Sha Hua Fishman army.

The massive Sha Hua Fishman army began marching towards the kingdom’s interior checkpoint—the ’Lucerne Canyon.’

Wherever the fishman army passed, no grass grew, and all life was extinguished.

Three days later, the Cuiye Mountain Range, stretching nearly a thousand kilometers long, blocked the Fishman Army.

In the central area of the Cuiye Mountain Range, two towering mountains seven to eight hundred feet high stand adjacent, and between these two mountains, a two hundred-meter tall, several kilometers long thick green stone wall stands majestically. This is the famous Wall of Lucerne of the Yalbit Kingdom, a grand defense line built a thousand years ago to resist the Sea Race from the east. Now, with the eastern Sea Race long gone, the Sha Hua Fishmen, once the vanguard troops of the Sea Race, suddenly invade.

On the broad wall of Lucerne, warriors of the kingdom dressed in armor stand guard, and bed crossbows gleaming with metallic luster are fixed atop the wall.

Behind the Wall of Lucerne, a large-scale Lucerne Castle stands, from which a vast number of warriors quickly pour out and gather.

The atmosphere becomes incredibly tense and chaotic.

As time passes, the warriors standing atop the Wall of Lucerne can already see dense figures of monsters in the distance.

The Sha Hua Fishman Army... is approaching!

The horn sounds; war is on the verge of breaking out.

The army of nearly a million Fishmen finally halts its march on the ground several kilometers away from the Wall of Lucerne.

In the air, a vast power of water elements begins to ripple.

"Not good, they intend to create a flood!"

An old mage from the kingdom’s caster team looked greatly alarmed, his gaze anxiously turning towards the Marshal of the Lucerne Human Army—a tall figure standing two meters and two inches, shrouded in dark red demon-patterned armor. He was Kross, the most powerful professional currently loyal to the kingdom.

The powerful Level 19 Berserker known as the Crimson Skullbreaker.

"Can we stop it?" A muffled voice came from under the dark red armor.

The master-level mage of the kingdom’s Royal Mage Corps, Darkman, who had just gasped in astonishment, shook his head heavily and said,

"We can’t stop it, only interfere. This magical power is too immense..."

In the elder’s elemental spiritual light vision, numerous spiritual lights were flickering at the distant horizon.

And each one represents a Fishman Tide Mage casting magic.

Over a thousand Fishman Tide Mages!

Even as a master-level caster, the elder felt powerless.

Although most of these thousand Fishman Tide Mages were low-level mages, with very few reaching middle and advanced levels, the quantitative change leads to qualitative change, especially when the powers of these tide mages share the same source and can be cumulative; it becomes particularly terrifying.

Hearing the elder’s response, Kross was silent for a moment before making a decision,

"Then forget it, interfering won’t be of much use; it would waste a lot of magic power... We shall proceed according to the original plan."

"That’s all we can do." The Mage Darkman sighed, knowing that regardless of victory or defeat, this battle will surely lead to devastating destruction.

As time passed, under the watchful eyes of the humans, the sky rapidly blanketed in dark clouds, followed by a crack of lightning and thunder.

Rain began to fall.

Large raindrops splattered onto the wall and armor, making the kingdom’s side feel an intense chill.

Conversely, the Sha Hua Fishman army, which had been away from the river for some time, became restless and cheered as the rain grew heavier.

The cheers of nearly a million Fishmen were terrifyingly formidable and shook the soul.

Numerous low-level human casters wielded magic staffs with flickering spiritual light, casting one illusion after another to soothe the mind—this illusion is one of the essential spells for war mages.

The kingdom’s side gradually calmed its restless spirit.

However, the Fishman Tide Mages in the distance did not cease casting, as this downpour was only a prelude; the main act was yet to come.

With the earth trembling, fissures emerged across the plains between the Sha Hua Fishman army and the Wall of Lucerne, erupting with columns of water.

This was the fishman army invoking the underground rivers via their casting.

The Cuiye Mountains are rich in rainfall, resulting in numerous underground rivers with high water levels.

"Now... our chances..."

In the center of the Royal Mage Corps, a trace of horror flickered in Darkman’s eyes.

No one had anticipated the Sha Hua Fishman army would exploit the power of the underground rivers.

But at this point, there was no way to stop it.

This was a natural disaster combined with the immense power of tide mages; no one could stop it except perhaps a Legendary Mage.

There was no need for Darkman to explain; the human warriors on the kingdom’s side already sensed the dire situation.

Nevertheless, the two-hundred-plus-meter-tall, tens-of-meters-wide, spell-matrix-engraved Wall of Lucerne offered them tremendous solace.

"We can definitely hold it."

"No one can break the Wall of Lucerne!"

The human warriors quietly encouraged themselves.

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"Poor humans."

In the center of the Fishman Army, several noble Sha Hua Fishmen, led by the Duke of Sha Hua Fishman, Babakar, looked with pity at the human warriors atop the Wall of Lucerne.