The Ancestor River was a great river that ran through the Beastmen Empire.
There was a legend.
The ancestors of the beastmen were born along the banks of the Ancestor River.
Here.
They established tribes here, multiplied, and thrived.
Then, step by step, they conquered the lands beyond.
After the beastmen had seized a vast territory.
The first king of the beastmen established the Beastmen Royal Capital along the banks of the Ancestor River.
From its elevated position, it overlooked the Ancestor River.
At that time, the Ancestor River not only supplied water to the royal capital, but also provided an excellent defense.
On both sides of the Ancestor River.
The beastmen built a large number of fortress cities.
Throughout history, the armies of the Dragon God Empire had invaded the Beastmen Empire more than once.
But almost all of them had been stopped along the banks of the Ancestor River.
There was a rumor among the beastmen.
When an enemy stepped into the waters of the Ancestor River.
The heroic spirits of the beastmen's ancestors would awaken.
And bless the beastmen to defeat their enemies.
This legend had been confirmed countless times throughout history.
But this time.
The defenders in the Beastmen Royal Capital were no longer willing to believe it.
They stared out at the city in terror.
There!
The invading armies of the Dragon God Empire had raised stake after stake.
They stretched from the banks of the Ancestor River to the outskirts of the royal capital.
Pinned to those stakes were the corpses of one giant beast after another.
The symbol of the beastmen's invincibility!
Behemoths!!!
Their heads had been cut off.
Their bodies had been thrown into the Ancestor River, dyeing the water red.
Their heads hung from the stakes.
The dragons were humiliating the