God Of War Dad

The momentum of a million soldiers marching at the same time was terribly frightening. Just the sound of their footsteps was like muffled thunder, so much so that as the North Kingdom army rapidly approached, General Knox and the Shirine Empire forces stationed at Hill Riverside could even feel the ground trembling beneath their feet! It was as if an earthquake had struck! The tens of thousands of soldiers behind Knox and the main Shirine Empire forces hidden at Hill Riverside all felt their hearts pounding wildly along with the ground. Their faces were gloomy as water, but their eyes blazed with fiery light. The blood in their bodies seemed to be boiling and the killing aura around them was like a roar. Gripping blades and spears in hand, holding their breath, they were ready at any moment to fight for the Shirine Empire. Prepared to kill and be killed!

Finally, after what seemed like a short yet agonizing twenty minutes, the million mighty warriors of the North Kingdom arrived at the northern side of Hill Riverside. They halted their steps, completely blocking the main road, staring down the road at General Knox and his tens of thousands of troops stationed about two miles away at the southern side of Hill Riverside!

The atmosphere had sunk into freezing point. Swords were drawn, crossbows cocked.

“Ahead!” A thunderously robust voice rang out from the North Kingdom army. Enveloped by dark energy, the sound was like exploding thunder, carrying several miles to the southern side of Hill Riverside where Knox could hear it loud and clear!

Clearly, the speaker was a Complete Stage cultivator! And moreover, he recognized Knox!

“Indeed!” Knox was also a top figure among Complete Stage experts, having risen to become commander-in-chief of the Shirine Empire forces. His sword-like brows raised slightly as he yelled back, “It’s none other than you, you old geezer!”

Just as the man recognized Knox, Knox also recognized him – Lucifer Carter! The famously renowned general of the North Kingdom. Nearly eighty years old, still with an unblunted blade, he had enlisted over fifty years ago at just over twenty years old. He was battle-hardened, with countless deeds of valor, and held an even higher position in the North Kingdom army than Andrew Heisler, who had been executed by Cecilia back in the imperial city.

In the past, Knox had encountered Lucifer Carter more than once on various battlefields, so there was familiarity between them. A familiarity bred from… you want to kill me, and I want to kill you!

Lucifer laughed and said, “What a coincidence that our final battle before my official retirement should be tonight, and also the final battle between the North Kingdom and Shirine Empire!”

“After this fight,” he continued, “Middleland will only have the North Kingdom, and no more Shirine Empire!”

“In my decades of service, the enemy generals who have died on my blade number at least a thousand. Of those who crossed swords with me three times or more yet still live, there were only sixteen.”

“I’ve hunted down and killed the other fifteen without exception before coming here!”

“General Knox is the last one.”

“So for me, taking General Knox’s head and the entire Shirine Empire as my grand gifts upon official retirement will be a perfectly fitting end…”

Indeed, with all enemies he wanted and needed to kill finished off, and able to destroy the Shirine Empire that the North Kingdom had long coveted in this final battle, it would be a momentous and satisfying conclusion to Lucifer Carter’s military career.

Perfect.

Lucifer Carter’s tone then shifted as he continued, “Of course, if General Knox wisely surrenders, lays down his blade and kneels to submit to my North Kingdom, I can consider sparing your life and leaving you a way out!”

No sooner had he finished speaking than Knox angrily roared back, “Go f*** your ancestor’s legs! And your grandfather’s mother!”

“Tonight I will take your dog head and use your dog’s blood to consecrate the Shirine Empire’s battle flag!”

Having resigned himself to death, Knox naturally held nothing back, cursing with abandon. What did he care about some damned North Kingdom famous general Lucifer Carter? It would be difficult to kill him, but wasn’t it easy to curse him?

Dammit, he could curse this guy until he spat blood, cursed until the ancestral graves of his Ma family sprouted black smoke, cursed until his eighteenth-generation ancestors leapt out of their coffins in rage!

Sure enough, after Knox had hurled a few curses, the smile disappeared from Lucifer Carter’s face and he gritted his teeth, grunting, “Stubborn fool! Obstinate ingrate! Since you seek death, I will grant it to you!”Content rights belong to NôvelDrama.Org.

As he spoke, Lucifer Carter didn’t hesitate to raise the chilled iron blade in his hand, pointing to the sheer cliffs on either side of Hill Riverside, and thundered out orders to his men: “According to plan, leave 100, 000 to defend here. The rest, divide into two prongs and charge!”

“Attack! Seize the high ground, climb over Hill Riverside, and take the Shirine Empire imperial city in one fell swoop!”

Everything proceeded just as both sides had envisioned before the battle. The North Kingdom forces did not directly charge down the main road, but rather climbed the slopes on both sides, choosing a frontal attack despite knowing the Shirine Empire troops lay in ambush within the mountains.

Whoever could hold the high ground would have half the battle won!

“Yes sir!”

“Yes sir!”

“Yes sir!”

The twenty some Complete Stage generals following behind Lucifer Carter immediately acknowledged the orders. They then turned and departed, leading their troops according to the prearranged mountain assault plan. The nearly one million strong army split into two groups, surging towards Hill Riverside like a tidal wave of floodwaters, under the cover of the dark night!

Soon, sounds of fighting rang out from the sinister Hill Riverside.

One place, two places, three places… until countless places!

Nearly 500, 000 Shirine Empire troops had lain in ambush within Hill Riverside, split into countless squads, setting up mechanisms and traps everywhere. Now, as the million-strong North Kingdom army swarmed onto Hill Riverside like bees, they soon encountered the Shirine forces. Fires of battle ignited in clusters of woods and wilderness, and in an instant, the sounds of slaughter shook the heavens, echoing across the vast night sky as they swiftly engulfed the entire northern slopes of Hill Riverside!

The great battle had fully erupted!

However, as the commanders of this national war, neither Knox nor Lucifer Carter were shaken by the sounds of fighting across the hills and wilderness. Both maintained composed expressions, fully confident in their plans.

Lucifer Carter shouted across the distance with a cold snort, “Within an hour, my North Kingdom warriors will have taken Hill Riverside. Then I will personally come to take General Knox’s head. I hope General Knox will wait for death like a proper soldier there, rather than fleeing like a stray dog beforehand!”

Having said his piece, he turned and headed back to the North Kingdom’s temporarily established command post!

“Go f*** your mother!” Knox angrily cursed and also turned into a shadow, heading back to the Shirine Empire’s temporary command post.

With the great battle underway, as supreme commanders Lucifer Carter and Knox naturally had to direct the overall situation from the command posts, constantly receiving battle reports from the front and timely adjusting offensive and defensive strategies to minimize their own side’s losses while quickly seizing victory in this war critical to their countries’ fate!

The battlefield was like a chessboard, and Knox and Lucifer Carter were the chess players responsible for the game, where every step concerned life and death and could tip the scales to victory or defeat. A single misstep meant total loss!