"Fight! Beat him hard!"
The moment he heard there was going to be a fight, Rust Bone's entire demeanor changed.
Back when he guarded North Continent Fortress, he had always advocated war. More than once, he had urged Her Majesty to let him lead the army in command of the southern campaign!
Though Rust Bone was warlike, he never fought battles he could not win.
The target of his petition for war back then had not been Source Tower... but the Church of Storms in Southern Continent!
Rust Bone Great General had seen Storm God's Throne's treacherous intentions long before the Ice Sea self-destruction incident. The Church of Storms would become a poisonous thorn in North Continent's flesh, and the sooner it was pulled out, the better!
But unfortunately.
Lin Lei had not accepted Rust Bone's proposal.
War was not something that could be launched casually... Even if North Continent had the confidence to defeat the Church of Storms, it did not dare start a war rashly.
Amid the tense situation back then, Deep Sea had already faintly turned its spearhead toward North Continent, waiting for its every move. Once Lin Lei accepted Rust Bone's counsel and chose war against the Church of Storms, Source Tower would immediately join Southern Continent's allied camp. As the side that initiated the war, North Continent would bear enormous public pressure, while its anticipated overwhelming momentum would be entirely blocked by Source Tower. The war would be dragged into an endless stalemate, and North Continent would suffer massive losses in its economy, manpower, resources, and public support.
Once Central Continent's sanctions descended.
North Continent would face the cruelest "winter" in its history!
Now, Rust Bone had finally waited for the chance to declare war on the Church of Storms! And this time... there would