Chapter 189: The Six- Nation Alliance

The Six- Nation Alliance

The air around them seemed to freeze.

Millions of riders waited without making a sound.

The Great Snow Dragon Cavalry had arrived.

"Today, our six-nation alliance shall destroy the Divine Black Dragon Empire!"

An old man with white hair and a long beard stood at the forefront of the enemy army, his voice booming across the battlefield.

His robes snapped violently in the wind.

Behind him, countless soldiers raised their weapons and roared as one.

"Kill!"

"Destroy the Divine Black Dragon Empire!"

"Advance!"

Their voices rolled across the plains like endless thunder.

The ground trembled beneath the sheer number of soldiers gathered there. Banners from six different nations filled the horizon, their colors overlapping beneath a sky stained crimson by the setting sun.

The old man smiled smugly as he looked toward Dominic Salvatore.

Behind him stood the combined forces of six nations.

Ten million soldiers.

Ten times the strength of the Divine Black Dragon Empire.

Even if the soldiers of the Divine Black Dragon Empire were individually stronger, such a difference in numbers was frightening.

"In battle, overwhelming numbers are everything. Dominic Salvatore! You are still too young!"

The old man thought to himself.

He could already imagine the fall of the rising empire.

The defeat of its army.

The collapse of its borders.

And the moment the six nations would divide its territory among themselves.

Yet...

The black-armored cavalry of the Divine Black Dragon Empire remained completely silent.

No panic.

No hesitation.

No fear.

Their weapons remained steady in their hands.

Their horses pawed at the earth, breath steaming from their nostrils, but not a single soldier looked toward the enormous army ahead with uncertainty.

They simply waited.

Because they were not waiting for victory.

They were waiting for an order.

Only the Emperor’s command mattered.

When their Emperor gave the order, there was only one road before them.

Forward.

Life and death were merely trivial matters.

Dominic Salvatore slowly raised his eyes.

His expression remained completely indifferent.

The enemy had brought ten million soldiers.

So what?

The old man had spent half a day shouting.

Dominic had barely bothered listening.

"Annoying."

He shook his head slightly.

Unlike the old man, he had no interest in wasting words on meaningless provocation.

His gaze passed over the endless enemy army.

Then he calmly spoke.

"For this battle, military merits shall be tripled."

The words were quiet.

But every soldier behind him heard them.

For one brief moment, nothing happened.

Then—

The atmosphere changed.

The icy stillness surrounding the Divine Black Dragon Empire’s cavalry shattered.

Killing intent erupted like a volcano.

The eyes of countless soldiers turned bloodshot.

Hands tightened around weapons.

Veins bulged along their forearms.

The horses beneath them began to stamp the earth.

The fearsome army that had remained silent for so long finally revealed its fangs.

"FIGHT!!"

Dominic Salvatore’s voice thundered across the battlefield.

He moved first.

His warhorse surged forward.

The Emperor himself led the charge.

He did not remain behind the army and command from safety.

He never had.

As the ruler of the nation, Dominic understood something simple.

If he wanted absolute loyalty from his soldiers, he had to be willing to stand where they stood.

If they charged into death, he would charge first.

If they faced the enemy’s blade, his blade would be the first to meet it.

That was how loyalty was forged.

Not through decrees.

Not through fear.

Through blood.

"KILL!!!"

The Divine Black Dragon Empire’s iron cavalry thundered after their Emperor.

The earth shook.

Black armor flashed beneath the sunlight.

Thousands upon thousands of hooves struck the ground together, creating a roar that drowned out even the enemy’s war cries.

Then—

The two armies collided.

But the disparity in numbers was simply too vast.

Ten million against an army only a fraction of that size.

The black cavalry of the Divine Black Dragon Empire crashed into the enemy formation like a black blade cutting through a sea.

They killed one.

Then another.

Then ten.

Then a hundred.

But for every enemy soldier that fell, dozens more surged forward.

The tide was endless.

The battlefield slowly swallowed the black cavalry.

Even their terrifying individual strength seemed insufficient against such overwhelming numbers.

The unstoppable empire that had risen from nothing in only two years now appeared to be approaching its end.

Its soldiers fought desperately.

Its banners remained standing.

Its Emperor remained at the forefront.

But everywhere one looked, enemy forces continued pouring in.

It seemed as though the Divine Black Dragon Empire was destined to fall today.

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The two tides of war collided!

In an instant, the entire battlefield became a sea of blood and fire.

Blades flashed.

Armor cracked.

Warhorses screamed.

The smell of blood mixed with dust and smoke until even breathing became difficult.

The Divine Black Dragon Empire, which had trampled everything beneath its hooves for the past two years, seemed to be reaching the limits of what it could endure.

Watching the battle gradually turn one-sided, the enemy commander threw his head back and laughed.

"Hahaha!"

His laughter carried across the battlefield.

To him, victory was already within reach.

Above the battlefield, the skies had become another battlefield entirely.

Heavenly Genesis experts collided among the clouds.

Their attacks shattered mountains of clouds and tore apart the surrounding space.

At the center of it all stood Dominic Salvatore.

Six enemy rulers surrounded him.

Two of them had already reached Stellar Sovereign Realm.

The six rulers coordinated their auras, surrounding Dominic from every direction.

Their expressions were solemn.

They had no intention of giving him an opportunity to escape.

"For the sake of the Sovereign Salvatore Family, we are willing to spare the Divine Black Dragon Empire!"

One ruler shouted.

"Just return all the nations you have swallowed—and hand over forty million of your people for our servitude!"

"We will withdraw immediately!!"

The speaker stood upon a brilliant star.

His blade light exploded outward, forming countless waves of silver-white radiance that swept toward Dominic.

The other rulers simultaneously linked their auras.

Their powers intertwined.

An invisible killing formation slowly formed around Dominic.