Chapter 680: Beast songs on ten sides
A low whistle cut through the air.
Thud...
A Broadsword flew in from behind and pierced a Savage Beastmen royal, sending him to the ground, writhing.
Riva walked over, planted a foot on the Savage Beastmen, whose build was a full size larger than his own, then grabbed the sword's hilt and twisted.
After a brief spasm, the Savage Beastmen beneath his foot went limp in a pool of blood.
This was the palace in the Savage Beastmen's second royal capital. Their first capital had already fallen.
The Savage Beastmen's empire maintained two capitals, which were also practically the only two settlements in the entire steppe empire that could be called cities.
Hundreds of thousands of elite allied troops, together with Guerrilla Army fighters, launched an all-out offensive against the Savage Beastmen's two capitals.
Now, covered in blood, Riva reached down and pulled the Broadsword from the Savage Beastmen's body.
Sizzle... sizzle...
The blade glowed faintly red, evaporating the Savage Beastmen's foul blood into thin wisps of white vapor. Mysterious symbols flickered in and out of sight along the sword.
No matter how often they saw it, some of the officers and adjutants around him still found the sight novel and exhilarating.
"Don't let a single Savage Beastman in this palace escape. They're all sources of infection. Search the entire city for Savage Beastmen whose eyes have changed color!"
"Yes, Lord Riva!"
An adjutant hurried away.
Behind him, a general of the Winged People had just wiped her longsword clean and sheathed it. She approached Riva and asked a question.
"Lord Riva, shouldn't we slaughter everyone here, as we did in the first capital? That's what the Savage Beastmen do, after all!"
Even the relatively nature-loving, peaceable Winged People had no affection for