Slaughter and the Gambler

Almost the instant Victor finished speaking, stone spears came hurtling toward the Black Panther Coalition like a torrential downpour. Victor raised a magical barrier at once, but the sheer number of spears overwhelmed it. He barely stopped the small portion aimed at the center of his army. The rest struck the ordinary soldiers before they could react.

In an instant, nearly a thousand soldiers were pierced through and left drenched in blood!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! All troops, on guard!"

After the initial chaos, the Black Panther Coalition quickly recovered from the shock. Soldiers drew their weapons, sought nearby cover from any further projectiles, and stared toward the source of the stone spears, trying to locate the enemy.

The attackers, however, made no attempt to hide after that first volley. Following a dense rumble of footsteps, the coalition's soldiers stared in disbelief as an army of Minotaurs appeared nearby. They had no idea when it had crept so close, and it was still gaining speed. It was charging straight at them. Clop, clop!

Under the bright moonlight, the Bull Clan army surged forward like a tide. The two main forces soon collided head-on in the hills, and battle cries erupted across the field like a tsunami:

"Kill them!"

Yet once the armies clashed, Victor and Gabri, the commanders on either side, did not join the melee. After the first charge, they each dismissed their elites without a word, sending them to fight alongside the rest of the army.

The two commanders attacked each other in the center of the battlefield, each opening his Crown Tier Domain.

As their domains collided and tore at each other, a circular storm formed around them. It stretched a full kilometer across, and neither army could enter it. Amid the thunderous cries