Chapter 226: Chapter 221: Destroying a Nation in a Hundred Years Chapter 226: Chapter 221: Destroying a Nation in a Hundred Years “The Council of the Dead!” When Muria heard these words, he smacked his mouth. He had heard this name when he was still on the Titan Islands.

An organization whose name is known to a half-blood Titan living on an overseas island group indicates the notoriety of the Council of the Dead in Elasia. Of course, their reputation is far from good.

Because the organization, the Council of the Dead, selects a human kingdom or several duchies every hundred years and destroys them.

The method of destruction is simple and brutal. They dispatch twice the number of legendary undead and liches as the targeted kingdom, forcefully suppressing or driving away the legendary strong men of the target kingdom.

Then each legendary undead and lich goes to all the cities of the target kingdom and some larger towns, smashing down a ninth circle undead spell: The Undead Cataclysm.

They awaken all the corpses and skeletal bones buried beneath and around the city, making them rise from the earth and walk on it again, along the way, venting the undead’s jealousy and resentment on the living creatures.

They transform the target kingdom into a realm of the dead, a living person’s hell.

A ninth circle spell can be cast by some talented Soul Intent Level mages. In other words, some talented Soul Intent Level necromancers can cast the notorious ninth circle undead spell, The Undead Cataclysm.

But how can The Undead Cataclysm unleashed by a Soul Intent Level mage compare to the ninth circle spell unleashed by a legendary level lich? The ninth circle undead spell they unleash is not merely an attack spell, but a real cataclysm.

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“The Council of the Dead! How can that be possible?” Golden Dragon Lude’s face turned slightly lethargic.

“Besides the Council of the Dead, can you find another undead power that can make a kingdom that has seven legends abandon its royal capital and flee in less than two days?”

“…” The Golden Dragon Lude fell silent. At first, he might have been confused about the force attacking the Bavaria Kingdom.

But when he saw more than a dozen legendary undead besieging the seven legends of the kingdom of Bavaria, as a knowledgeable Golden Dragon, Lude was more than 70% sure they were from the Council of the Dead.

Later, after two of the legends were killed and one was expelled, the remaining legends fled with the higher-ups of the Bavaria Kingdom. Because of the lich’s legendary blockade of space, they could only flee to the largest religious city of the Bavaria Kingdom, Bucharest, by air.

On the road of escape, Golden Dragon Lude witnessed the legendary undead who were hunting them. As they passed some small and medium cities, there would be one who would stop temporarily and then cast a spell that covered the entire city: The Undead Cataclysm.

Even now, he can’t forget the sight of bony arms constantly reaching out from the earth to the skies – those are the undead summoned by The Undead Cataclysm.

Using forbidden undead spells to attack every human city without distinction, such cruel and inhuman madness is only dared by the Council of the Dead. No other power would dare to do so.

He just didn’t want to admit that it was indeed the Council of the Dead who attacked the Bavaria Kingdom. There was always a glimmer of hope in his heart. But the Golden Dragon Sister Kaslana completely shattered his slim hope.

“Did you come here to seek help?”

“…Yes.” Silence prevailed for a while, and then Golden Dragon Lude nodded in acknowledgement. “I want to find dragons to save the Bavaria Kingdom.”

“That’s impossible. Now that the Council of the Dead has taken action, the destruction of your Bavaria Kingdom is a foregone conclusion, which can’t be changed by even if the Lord of Light descends in divine incarnation.”

“The Council of the Dead undertakes a kingdom-destruction operation every hundred years, and almost none have failed. I remember they once destroyed a religious kingdom of a deity, almost putting that deity into eternal sleep.”

“Unless you find a Dragon King to plead for help.” A playful amethyst dragon chimed in, its gaze shifting to Muria.

“Heh, the Dragon King will definitely not take action. Would the King of our dragon race care about the destruction of a mere human kingdom?”

“According to the rules of the Council of the Dead, the Bavaria Kingdom possesses seven legends. So they will deploy at least fourteen…hmm, no, the Dawn Church has two Coffin Grand Archbishops stationed in Bucharest. Therefore, they will send at least eighteen legendary undead, at least half of which are indestructible liches.”

“Anything below legendary are mere ants. The dragons here are all basically in their Youth Period, there’s not a single Ancient Dragon. Saving the Bavaria Kingdom is essentially suicide.”

“There’s no need to confront those legendary undead and liches.” A touch of sadness showed in Golden Dragon Lude’s eyes. “Since the Bavaria Kingdom is chosen by the Council of the Dead, its destruction is inevitable. Now, I am asking you to save the humans who are in the midst of The Undead Cataclysm. They are all innocent.”

Hearing Golden Dragon Lude’s plea for help, many gold and silver dragons showed hesitation on their faces. The other dragons, especially the Gemstone Dragons, appeared indifferent and were unmoved by Golden Dragon Lude’s plea for help.

“The Bavaria Kingdom currently has close to twenty legendary undead and liches. Going into such a dire situation to save some insignificant and humble humans, huh, that’s ridiculously laughable.” A sneer curled up at the corner of a Yellow Jade Dragon’s mouth, its eyes cold and indifferent.

“Humans are not humble.” Golden Dragon Lude seriously looked at the sarcastic Yellow Jade Dragon. “Among them, there are those who are vile to such an extent that even the demons of hell are ashamed, but there are also those whose conduct is so noble that even the great deities would praise them as saints.”

“Saints among humans? The number of human saints recorded in historical books aren’t even as many as the deities in the sky. The human race is a pathetic and laughable race, not worth saving at all.”

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“Enough! We are not here to argue whether humans are worth saving or not.” The Golden Dragon Sister Kaslana tapped her magic staff lightly, interrupting the debate between Golden Dragon Lude and a few Gemstone Dragons.

“Lude is asking who is willing to help save the humans of the Bavaria Kingdom? Those who are unwilling to do so, don’t need to say a word.”

Kaslana’s gaze swept over a few Gemstone Dragons with indifferent expressions but she did not say anything. Aside from the Golden Dragons and Silver Dragons, almost all other dragons share a similar attitude towards humans – insignificant creatures no different from mere ants, with the Red Dragons finding amusement in destroying human cities.

“There are too many legendary undead, especially those liches who can block space. Without Ancient Dragons, going to rescue the humans of the Bavaria Kingdom is too dangerous.”

A scholarly Golden Dragon, adjusting the crystal glasses on his nose bridge, shook his head with some regret, “It’s too risky.”

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