March to war!

A year later.

A Goblin messenger hurried to Paradise Mountain and entered the White Stone Fortress!

"King of the Winged People, please lead your brave army to central Ferland as the autumn leaves begin to fall, and join the alliance gathering on the Monen Plain!"

"Our king has decided that this year, when the autumn leaves swirl through the air, we will muster our entire people's forces and rise against the rule of the Titan Giants!"

"The Titans are tyrants. Let all peoples unite against them! Once we succeed, the Goblins are willing to share the continent with all our allies!"

At the head of the hall.

Jiang You sat upright in his seat and nodded slightly.

"Envoy, please tell the Goblin King that we Winged People will honor our alliance and reach the Monen Plain at the appointed time!"

The Goblin envoy was overjoyed. Pressing a hand to his chest in excitement, he said,

"May the friendship between the Goblins and the Winged People endure forever!"

"May the friendship between our two peoples endure forever!"

Jiang You nodded with a smile.

Three days later.

Jiang You summoned the ten thousand bravest adult Winged People in his tribe!

Along with several hundred formidable Transcendent professionals, they gathered in the vast square outside the White Stone Fortress.

More than ten thousand Winged People stood in the square, gazing at their chieftain with respect!

Though outsiders called him the king of the Winged People, he had not yet been crowned!

His people had urged him to accept the crown, but Jiang You had refused.

"How could I dare call myself king before avenging our blood feud? If one day we can raze Heavenly Mountain and destroy the Eaglemen Royal Court, I will crown myself king upon its ruins!"

Likewise.

Jiang You remained unmarried to this day. Whenever his people urged him to marry, he told them,

"How can I start a family while the Eaglemen remain undefeated?"

That silenced his people's well-meaning meddling.

Standing on the roof of the White Stone Fortress.

Jiang You looked at the ranks of more than ten thousand Winged People in the square, and fierce pride surged in his heart!

Resting a hand on the Bronze Longsword at his waist, he drew a deep breath and called out,

"Many years ago, our ancestors were still a vassal tribe of the Eaglemen Royal Court, struggling to survive in the wilderness."

"Every ten years, the Eaglemen Royal Court would come to our ancestors' High Barbarian Mountain and forcibly conscript almost every able-bodied young adult in the tribe, throwing them into a war with no end in sight!"

"Every conscription meant a family torn apart. Almost no one ever returned!"

"The Vast Sea Forest holds the countless bones of our ancestors from High Barbarian Mountain. Their blood and tears flowed through it!"

"My father, my grandfather, and the generations before them all died in that war with no future in sight!"

"The war between the Titan Giants and the Primordial Dragons drained our ancestors' blood dry!"

At this point, Jiang You glanced at his people, their eyes reddened and their emotions running high, then continued.

"When I became chieftain, our tribe had barely two hundred people left, all old, weak, sick, or disabled!"

"When I came of age, I too was conscripted and sent to fight in that war, which had dragged on for who knew how long!"

"I saw a Titan Giants flaunt their overwhelming might, treating us as though we were not living beings. I saw the Eaglemen Royal Court treat us as expendable cannon fodder, leaving countless tribal Eaglemen buried on the battlefield!"

"From that moment on, I understood the man-eating nature of the Titan Giants and the Eaglemen Royal Court!"

"So when the Eaglemen Royal Court came to conscript us a second time, I killed its envoy and led our people here, to the Eastern Sea Shore!"

"Here, we thrived and multiplied, gradually growing stronger!"

"We found an opportunity to evolve our bloodline and became the far stronger Winged People!"

"And today, we finally possess the strength to resist the Titans and the Eaglemen Royal Court!"

"My warriors, will you follow me to wage war on the Titans and raze Heavenly Mountain?"

"We will!"

"We will!"

"Crush the Titans! Raze Heavenly Mountain!"

"Crush the Titans! Raze Heavenly Mountain!"

"Then march to war!"

"Yes!"