Chapter 522: Chapter 518: Falling into Four Countries Chapter 522: Chapter 518: Falling into Four Countries The weather was gloomy, the sky filled with thick, low, grey-yellow clouds, and the cold wind howled, feeling like needles stinging any exposed skin.

“A blizzard is coming, damn this weather.” A soldier, wrapped tightly against the cold, stood on the fortress wall, looked up at the sky and muttered under his breath. Even though he had grown up in this world filled with ice and snow, he would never like this kind of weather.

“Stretch yourselves, check your weapons, and as soon as the snow starts to fall, keep your eyes wide open and watch carefully. No monster is allowed to cross our Long Winter Fortress.”

Several heavily-armored officers patrolled the wide fortress walls, which were broad enough to accommodate sixteen horse-drawn carriages driving side by side. They shouted loudly, and if they saw any soldier trying to skive under the crevices in the walls, they scolded them.

There were many such officers. The worse the weather, the more vigilant the soldiers stationed at the frontier had to be, because many monsters tried to cross the border under the cover of weather and infiltrate human territories.

In a land covered with ice and snow all year round, ordinary humans were an easily obtained food source, and there was nothing else like it. For some not so powerful monsters, infiltrating the human territories meant abundant food and no longer having to endure hunger.

Before long, snowflakes as big as goose feathers began to fall from the sky, filling the space between the sky and the earth, drastically limiting the human soldiers’ visibility. If one could see clearly within three meters, it would be considered an exceptional talent.

Snowfall like this caused the soldiers, including the officers, to grimace. Not only was this harsh weather unusual, but they also believed that it was a snowstorm caused by natural rules, rather than the work of a particular being.

Until,
“Ah!” …. It was not until screams began to ring out along the fortress wall that people realized something was wrong.

“What’s going on? Why are there so many monsters trying to breach the fortress today?” A silver third-tier officer maneuvered a dragon hunting crossbow mounted on the fortress wall, aiming it at an Ice Python that was trying to cross the fortress boundary. It had been discovered by patrolling soldiers and was rampaging on.

“Swoosh!” The crossbow was fired, and the strong sound of breaking the air echoed. The swiftly launched crossbow arrow left a clearly visible trail in the heavy snowfall. The arrow, five meters long and engraved with anti-armour, tearing, and penetrating runes, instantaneously ripped through the Ice Python’s scales, which were as hard as steel, and its flesh, pinning it to the ground beneath the fortress wall. This weapon, built to drive away and shoot down White Dragons, was more than enough to deal with an Ice Python.

Just as ten-plus soldiers armed with long spears were about to circle in and finish the Ice Python nailed to the ground, a Silver-backed Gorilla, ten meters tall, jumped onto the wall without any warning. It landed directly overhead, instantly crushing two unfortunate soldiers into pulp.

“Roar!” The giant ape roared, beating the hapless human ‘cans’ around it into pulp. Then, with an incredulous look in the crossbow officer’s eyes, it pulled out the crossbow arrow embedded in the Ice Python, freeing the giant python.

“Are the monsters cooperating?” Seeing what was happening before him, hearing the constant sound of dragon hunting crossbows being fired, the monsters’ roars and howls, and the screams and shouts of dying humans, and considering that there had been no reinforcements for some time, the officer’s heart sank, “This is a premeditated attack.”

“Roar!” A majestic roar sounded overhead, causing the human officer, who was restringing the dragon-hunting crossbow, to tremble. This was the effect of Dragon Prestige.

“White Dragons!” Gloom filled the officer’s eyes, and things seemed to be taking a turn for the worse. After that dragon roar, one after another, majestic dragon roars sounded, turning the officer’s face ever grimmer.

“Seems like I’m not going to survive today, these damn monsters.” The human officer laughed bitterly amid the jeering gaze of the giant ape and the Ice Python approaching from left and right. He pulled the trigger towards the Ice Python again, then set his body ablaze, drew his long sword from his waist, and charged…

“It’s going smoother than I thought!” Clodia, transformed into a white-haired girl, stood on a large iceberg surrounded by numerous White Dragons, overlooking the fortress below where endless battle cries echoed.

The heavy snowfall could not obstruct her sight, because she had incited this snowstorm herself. It hid the aura and traces of all the minions of the Deep Cold Ice Palace, allowing them to climb up the fortress wall smoothly.

“Evil… Evil Dragon!” Beside her, a man lay on the ground, his blood flowing out. He glared at the girl in front of him who was exuding a horrifying aura. If the fortress he was defending were to fall, his country would have nothing to protect except for the city walls. His hometown would be trampled by monsters, and his loved ones would become food for the monsters.

“Evil Dragon? Hmm!” Clodia showed no emotion, and frost silently formed under her feet, turning the struggling human into an ice statue. “Hypocrites!”

This is a lookout with a warning function – the eyes of the fortress. There were over a hundred such buildings surrounding the fortress, unfortunately, none of them functioned as they should. All had been uprooted by Clodia leading the White Dragon, it wasn’t a temporary decision of her to attack human countries in the Northland.

“For how many long years, humans have been beheading white dragons for glory, bragging about it? When humans slaughter white dragons, it is hailed as justice and glory. But if a white dragon slaughters humans, it is dubbed an evil dragon. This is laughable to the extreme.”

Clodia revealed a hint of mockery on her face. “Clearly it’s competition and plunder of territory and resources between humans and the dragon race, yet they shamelessly cloak it in terms of justice and evil. This war I have launched is for the survival of the 1300 white dragons under my command. No matter how many humans die, it is justice – the justice of the white dragons.”

“The adult is wise. According to the shameless theories of humans, our war is a just one.” An ancient white dragon, who had survived for over a thousand years, sycophantically echoed.

“Don’t emulate the humans’ boring habits. There is no good or evil in fighting for survival. The world is nothing but survival of the fittest, the one with the bigger fist makes the rules.”

Clodia looked down at the battlefield that was burning below, pointed forward with her hand and said, “It’s your turn. Mark the end of my first war of expansion.”

As her words fell, the white dragons who were following Clodia by her side all pounced down. The fortress’s strongest was nothing more than a Peak Soul Intent Level general, who had an Extreme Cold Violent Bear Bloodline. Facing the siege of dozens of Soul Intent Level white dragons, his fate was already sealed.

A shock akin to an earthquake spread throughout the human countries. The Vinia Principality, which was located at the edge of the human territories in the Depluson subcontinent, was conquered in less than three days by a legendary White Dragon leading a hundred thousand-strong Monster Legion.

Because of the complex relationships between the human countries, the rulers quickly learned of the inconceivably brief war of national extinction.

The newly rumored legendary White Dragon, Clodia, in less than a day, took over the Vinia Principality’s Winter Fortress, where five hundred thousand elite Legions were stationed. She directly annihilated this most elite and battle-capable force of the Vinia Principality.

What left people speechless was that even after the Winter Legion was completely wiped out, the ruler of the Vinia Principality had no idea and was still indulging in his pleasures. Only when the brutal legendary White Dragon Clodia led her subordinate army to the capital did he react.

Then the Grand Duke of the Vinia Principality, this legendary warrior who had indulged in enjoyment, very bravely chose to fight in a state of heavy drunkenness. He tried to directly hard-resist a legendary Giant Dragon and eventually was smashed to death very heroically by the legendary White Dragon under the watchful eyes of nearly a million citizens in the capital of the Vinia Principality.

This shocking news really took the rulers of the human countries a while to digest. Then these guys began to ponder how to divide the remnants of the already destroyed Vinia Principality.

Throughout the long years, the image of the white dragon as foolish and greedy was almost fixed in the minds of the humans in the Depluson subcontinent. Almost all human rulers believed that this sudden legendary White Dragon would retreat after plundering for a while so no ruler proposed to crusade against her. They instead waited for her to retreat and plan on dividing the remnants of the Vinia Principality.

But the fact gave a heavy slap in the face to the rulers of the human countries. This ambitious White Dragon did not have any intention to slow down at all. Attacking a human kingdom was not enough for her.

She, with her monster subordinates and a temporary human army of random soldiers, launched attacks on the Black Forest Principality, the Brandon Principality, and the Greylant Principality – three neighboring human nations surrounding Vinia.

Completely unprepared, these three rulers who had already mobilized their armies to get ready to swallow Vinia’s territory never dreamed that Clodia would attack them.

In twenty-five days, the entire territories of these three human principalities fell. All three close combat legends fought to the death without escaping – not because they were brave, but because they couldn’t escape facing Clodia. They could only fight to the death. The result of a human legend directly confronting a legendary Giant Dragon was not suspenseful.

As the news spread, it completely shocked all human countries on the Depluson subcontinent. Then, a dragon-slaying crusading team targeting Clodia started to form.

Clodia has shown too much aggression. This has exceeded the bottom line of the human rulers. No one doubts that once this legendary White Dragon digests the four principalities, whether or not she will launch a larger invasion war – the answer is affirmative.

“The backlash of conquering the four principalities all at once is coming! I can only tough it out. If I can withstand it, I can grow faster by sustaining myself with the resources of the four nations. If I can’t withstand it…”

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