Ember Dragon

However, you, Kesius, were not as angry as he appeared; in fact, you felt a secret satisfaction.

That's it, Tiamat.

Take on the responsibility of being the “enemy of the empire” and become the common fear, scorn, and hatred of the people of the vast empire’s territory.

Before the Five-Colored Dragon Queen, the sleeping Sun God could no longer protect them; only the great Burning Emperor could be their only support!
With millions converted to novice believers, tens of thousands were converted to devout believers.

The power of faith within Kaisius surged ever stronger, gradually transforming into extremely pure divine power, granting Kaisius the ability to manipulate the laws more deeply.

At this moment, it seemed as if the world was under his control.

Having gained faith, it was natural to give back to the believers. Under the influence of divine power, the surface of Kaisius's scales shimmered with dazzling divine radiance, and its enormous dragon body resembled an ever-expanding, blazing fireball, instantly reaching a length of over a thousand meters.

Its massive and majestic form is unlike anything that could be born from the material world; it is more like a savior sent by the gods, the embodiment of the sun and fire.

The dark clouds and black mist, symbolizing the evil divine power, were dispelled, and the sky for hundreds of miles around was illuminated by the light released by Caesus, making the sky clear and the sky blue.

At this moment, the very existence of Kesius could alter the laws of the surroundings. The flames surrounding him could dispel all darkness and filth, and the divine power emanating from him was no less than that of a true god!

This is the new form of the "Demigod's Body" catalyzed by the power of faith—the "Dragon God's Body"!
Even through the magical image, the imperial people watching could feel the nobility and power of that figure. Looking at the giant dragon that blotted out the sky and emitted a dazzling light, they seemed to see the former Lord of Eternal Glory!

Countless former followers of Amanatha knelt on the ground, praying softly, paying the highest respect to this newborn sun with the most devout and sincere feelings!

"Praise be to the Emperor of Burning Ashes!"

"Long live His Majesty Cassius!"

Such calls were incessant, resounding through the sky and echoing in the many towns where the sun disc flag had once stood.

Since the people had given them faith, Kaisius naturally had to respond, and the best response was to punish the criminal who slaughtered the people in front of them and kill this "common enemy" of tens of millions of empires.

With absolute control, Kaisius traversed space and instantly arrived in front of Tiamat, the crimson and gold "Imperial Flames" pouring down from his mouth like a waterfall.

"How can it be?

Tiamat raised her head, a hint of surprise in her expression, her face appearing even more ferocious and hideous in the firelight.

I clearly slaughtered your followers, so how could your faith power increase? You are clearly a piece of trash who cannot even protect the people.

Cassius sneered, "I should thank you for your skill in drawing hatred, Tiamat!"

boom--

The crimson and gold dragon flames poured out like a raging flood, instantly engulfing Tiamat's dark divine light.

Tiamat gritted her teeth, raised her head, and unleashed a three-colored breath symbolizing flames, thunder, and poison, containing terrifying divine power.

With a deafening roar, the two forces collided, creating a violent explosion that seemed to tear the sky apart.

In an instant, flames exploded, thunder roared, and poisonous mist filled the sky. The aftershocks swept across the sky for hundreds of miles around. Even the slightest touch of these aftershocks would cause mortals to be pulverized and die without a burial place.

With the continuous replenishment of divine power, Kaisius's imperial holy flames ultimately prevailed, overpowering Tiamat's power, piercing through the three-colored beams, and striking Tiamat's dragon body.

Tiamat tried her best to twist her body, but she was still hit in the wing by the dragon flames. The wing membrane was burned with a huge hole and became tattered.

"Roar--"

Tiamat wailed in anguish, "Casius! You damned traitor! You'll regret this!"

The three-headed dragon unleashed its immense divine power, which coalesced into a ferocious dragon head that tore everything in front of it to shreds. Tiamat, braving the surging dragon flames, soared through the air and flew towards a distant city.

Even if I fail, I will make your empire crumble!

Thousands of ferocious and terrifying five-colored dragon phantoms surrounded Kaisius, swarming around him like flies and tearing at him wildly. Kaisius roared to the sky, letting out a deep roar, fighting alone against hundreds of five-colored dragons, seemingly holding them back for the time being.

"Did you see that? His Majesty Caesus's breath just now injured Tiamat. It seems that evil god won't last much longer!"

"Your Majesty Caesus, you must eradicate that evil creature!"

"His Majesty will definitely win. It is said that he has inherited the mantle of His Majesty Amannatha and may very well become the next Sun God!"

"So that's how it is! No wonder His Majesty Caesus was able to fight against the evil god!"

"He actually fought against thousands of dragons for us! No wonder he is the supreme ruler of the empire! A demigod symbolizing war and victory!"

"Praise be to the supreme Emperor Burning Flame! Long live the Emperor!"

"Long live the Emperor!"

"loyalty--"

Across the empire, tens of millions of imperial citizens watched the magical images in mid-air with bated breath, their hearts filled with trepidation, constantly praying and sincerely hoping that their emperor would achieve final victory.

The people of southern Thrace were particularly terrified, fearing that their cities would be slaughtered by Tiamat, and desperately hoped that the emperor could kill the evil dragon and end this terrible catastrophe.

Amidst such intense emotional fluctuations, the power of faith generated by people grew ever stronger and purer, flowing continuously into Caesus's massive, mountain-like body like countless surging rivers.

A piercing shriek echoed through the sky. Kaisius flapped his dragon wings, and flames transformed into countless hundred-meter-long blades that spread out like a storm, tearing apart all the five-colored dragons surrounding him.

That direction is...

He turned his head to look north, where Tiamat was flapping her sky-covering dragon wings, stirring up gusts of wind. She easily tore through the sky and flew rapidly toward northern Thrace, leaving a dark trail hundreds of miles long in the sky behind her enormous body.

Kaisius's pupils suddenly dilated.

"The City of Sunrise—August?"

As the former capital of the Thracian kingdom, Augustus survived countless wars.

Even today, Augustus remains a major town in central Feanso and the central hub of the Thracian Viceroyalty of the Empire, with a population of over one million. Its political, military, and economic significance cannot be underestimated.

Kaisius could not possibly surrender the city as well.

The poor souls of this city had recently endured the baptism of hellish war, and now they were about to face a true divine war. They were truly extremely unlucky.

Hundreds of miles away, upon hearing the news, the Augustan garrison had already activated its magical defenses to the fullest extent. Thousands of spellcasters stood atop the city walls, raising their staffs high, using the "divine right of kings" bestowed upon them by Cassius to reinforce their defenses. "For the Emperor of the Burning Flames!"

"To give my heart for the empire!"

"Gentlemen, we must do our best to hold on! For the sake of the city and its people behind us!"

Accompanied by a series of powerful shouts, in just a moment, twelve golden hemispherical barriers appeared in the sky above August, like an inverted giant bowl, enveloping the entire city.

These barriers, layer upon layer, shimmered with light, and upon them emerged countless complex patterns that coordinated with each other and rotated continuously.

Golden rays of light shone brightly, making the Eternal Sun God Tower in the city center shine even brighter, turning the city into a veritable realm of the sun god. The so-called "City of Sunrise" truly lived up to its name.

"God's blessing?"

Gazing at the golden barrier, Tiamat's face showed surprise once again.

Within the divine kingdom, the gods will grant them a portion of the kingdom's authority to their most trusted angels and saints, enabling them to maintain the kingdom's operation and defend against foreign invasion even before the gods return.

Tiamat never expected that Cassius would also possess such an ability!
"Damn turtle shell!" Tiamat cursed, taking a deep breath to gather power. A three-colored beam of light shot out from his gaping maw, blasting towards August, who was tens of thousands of meters away.

boom--

The three-colored beams tore through the sky, leaving a mottled scar tens of thousands of meters long and hundreds of meters wide, ravaging the surrounding space to the point of collapse.

The moment it touched the barrier, the golden light screen rippled violently, creating waves like water.

But the barrier held up remarkably well and didn't shatter suddenly!
"We held on!"

"Praise be to His Majesty Caesus!"

Exhilarating cheers erupted throughout the city of August.

Tiamat was initially startled, then felt uncontrollably enraged, her eyes blazing with murderous intent.

It was bad enough that Kesius was a traitor who stole His divinity, but I never expected that these lowly and humble mortals would dare to obstruct His actions!

These pathetic ants dare to rebel against the true God?

Outrageous!

"I will slaughter you all!"

Tiamat raised its three ferocious heads, opened its mouth to its limit, and frantically absorbed the surrounding energy, transforming it into the most violent and destructive breath within its body.

However, the time that everyone in August had gained was enough for the Burning Emperor to arrive here.

A pair of dragon claws tore through space, and a giant dragon covered in crimson-gold light roared as it swooped out of the spatial rift, crashing directly into Tiamat's massive and ferocious dragon body.

"Tiamat! It's time for you to go back to Avernus!"

boom--

The golden light devoured the divine power surrounding Tiamat, and the enraged red dragon, like a mountain descending from the sky, actually pinned the three-headed dragon down, grabbed its wings, and slammed it to the ground at an incredible speed.

"You're the one who should get out! I'll banish you to the Noisy Sky Tunnel so you can keep that madman company!" Tiamat twisted her body and struggled, slapping Kaisius in the stomach, tearing off more than a dozen scales and causing divine blood to splatter everywhere.

Under the influence of divine power, the two dragons, each a thousand meters long, became entangled and fought with all their might. The space of the material plane was almost unable to withstand their collisions, and each blow created a dense web of spatial cracks.

"Come on, fight me to the death!" Tiamat let out a maniacal laugh and actually dragged Caesus down to the ground.

The two giant dragons plummeted from a height of ten thousand meters, causing the surrounding air to ignite due to friction, making them resemble a massive meteorite. This generated strong wind pressure on the ground and released endless heat energy.

A scorching wind swept across the land, causing rocks to collapse, trees to break, and everything on the ground to burst into flames, even melting the ground into flowing lava.

The next moment, the sky howled, and the earth wailed like never before!
boom--

The ground suddenly cracked and shook violently, as if a giant had lifted up the entire earth's crust.

Centered on the point where the dragon struck the ground, magma was stirred up into huge waves, spreading wildly like a tsunami, creating a crater tens of thousands of meters in diameter.

A powerful shockwave swept across the land, mercilessly destroying everything within a radius of hundreds of miles, even causing buildings within the protective shield to collapse.

The massive explosion caused by the dragon crashing into the ground created a fireball several times brighter than the sun, with a core temperature reaching millions of degrees, enough to melt any substance on earth!

The scorching sun burned the earth, evaporating all moisture. The once lush trees were first baked until they were withered and dry, and then they caught fire.

In a short time, the forest turned into a sea of ​​fire, the earth turned into scorched earth, and the world within a radius of several thousand meters seemed to have fallen into a scorching hell, becoming extremely harsh and unbearably hot.

“Lord—”

"Then, what is that?"

"Lord of Eternal Radiance! This is like a sun falling from the sky!"

"Could this also be one of His Majesty Cassius's abilities?"

On the distant walls of August, spellcasters shielded their eyes with their hands, but they could not block the dazzling light. Many even went blind on the spot under the terrifying glare.

"Oh no! The earth is about to crack open!"

"Get out of here!"

A fierce wind raged, the ground shook, and the more structurally weak towers and clock towers in August collapsed one after another, causing dust to fill the sky and the people to scream in panic.

"Help--"

"Anna! Anna! Please, help me! My daughter is trapped in the church! She's gone!"

"Excuse me, please do not approach those buildings! It is not safe here!"

Countless people were buried in the ruins and lost their lives. In the face of this terrible disaster, the lives of ordinary people are as insignificant as dust, and can be extinguished in an instant.

To the two giant dragons a hundred miles away, not only were the lives of mortals at stake, but the entire city itself was like a sandcastle, fragile and vulnerable, ready to collapse at any moment. (End of Chapter)