Arc 63The Siege of Iduna City

Elena’s expeditionary force fought through the goblin armies to reach Iduna City while Sun Fei uncovered the Church’s betrayal and confronted abuses within the besieged city. The arc ended with Sun Fei defeating the Divine Dragon Knights and learning that Platini had arrived in the Southern Region.

  • A Northern Region army rescued Anna and her family from goblins, while Elena’s expeditionary force advanced through the Southern Region amid heavy fighting and growing suspicions of betrayal.
  • The Holy Church and its allies abandoned the other empires during the goblin assault, but Sun Fei arrived, rescued the trapped commanders, and led the survivors onward toward Iduna City.
  • Alexander’s sword qi killed Poldiğa and other goblin experts, and Elena’s force reached Iduna City as the Church blamed the Northern Region Empire for the expeditionary army’s losses.
  • Sun Fei met Elena in Iduna City, saw civilians suffering amid the siege, and ordered a teleportation channel built while the Northern Region Empire distributed food and repaired the city’s defenses.
  • Miaoli and Tanya confronted Elton after he abused civilians, and Elton later had Sun Fei, Victoria, and their companions arrested before recognizing Sun Fei as the Human Emperor.
  • Elena arrived at Hunt’s hall, where Götze identified Sun Fei as Alexander, and Sun Fei exposed Hunt’s faction’s abuses and sabotage, and the victims killed Elton.
  • Sun Fei killed Hunt despite the Church’s protection, defeated the Divine Dragon Knights who attacked him, and freed their dragons from the Church’s control.
  • The Divine Knight leader revealed that Platini had arrived in the Southern Region before Sun Fei refined him into energy.
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Ch. 1559A Scene They Would Never Forget

A young mother and her daughters, Anna and her older sister, were rescued from goblins by the Northern Region Empire’s army in the Southern Region. As the girls were taken to safety, they saw the human forces charge into battle and learned that the Northern Region’s Human Emperor had sent them to destroy the goblins.

  • The mother and her hungry daughters crept through goblin-occupied land, but Anna ran toward the sound of water and exposed them to a goblin patrol.
  • The goblins attacked the family, but a volley of arrows from human female warriors drove them away before the worst could happen to the girls.
  • A vast Northern Region Empire army arrived, and its female warriors cut through the goblins and carried the mother and daughters to safety.
  • A female Rogue archer gave Anna and her sister bread, said the Human Emperor of the Northern Region had sent the army to wipe out the goblins, and ordered their escort to take the family to the rear camp.
  • The mother and daughters watched a red-haired female general lead the charge, and Anna and her sister later became renowned archers and faithful believers of the Human Emperor of the Northern Region.

Ch. 1560A Dire Situation

The expeditionary army entered the Southern Region and discovered the goblins’ brutality, prompting Shaarawy and the soldiers to abandon their restraint toward prisoners. After defeating a massive goblin army, the expeditionary force awoke surrounded by an even larger horde and goblin airships.

  • A Northern Region cavalry unit slaughtered nearly ten thousand goblins, and Gerrard later captured a ruined city with Liverpool's troops.
  • Gerrard killed more than five thousand captured goblins after finding evidence that the goblins had tortured and eaten the city’s human inhabitants.
  • Shaarawy and the expeditionary army swore to take no goblin prisoners and set out for Iduna City after resting only half the night.
  • The expeditionary army defeated a goblin force of nearly a million, while its commanders discussed the goblins’ huge numbers and powerful units.
  • The expeditionary army woke to find itself surrounded by a vast tide of goblins and goblin airships.

Ch. 1561The Battle of Fallen Gods

Valkyrie Elena commanded the expeditionary force against a goblin army led by powerful demigods and gods. She revealed her overwhelming strength in battle, and the chapter ended with her killing a goblin god as the war raged on.

  • Kompany led twenty thousand Manchester City cavalry into the goblin vanguard and slaughtered nearly two hundred thousand goblins.
  • Elena ordered the camp secured with Fist Intent Spiritual Imprints as Kompany's cavalry began to tire and goblin demigods attacked.
  • Elena shot down four goblin demigods and fought a True God-level goblin while Kompany and other generals helped the surviving cavalry return to camp.
  • Elena wielded an ancient spear against two goblin gods as their battle devastated the surrounding battlefield.
  • Elena drove her spear through a goblin god's head and killed him.

Ch. 1562A Traitor?!

Elena killed three Goblin Clan gods and protected the expeditionary army, but the battle left the army questioning how the goblins had known their route and deployment. She urged the leaders to consider retreating to Paris Island, leaving the army to decide whether to advance toward Iduna City or withdraw.

  • Elena defeated two Goblin Clan gods in the sky, then killed another with a bow shot that drove the watching goblin gods away.
  • Elena restored the shattered ground, but the battle had turned the surrounding grassland into a desert and caused at least a million Goblin Clan casualties.
  • Cassano, Gerrard, Ramos, and Kompany suspected the goblins had known the army's plans in advance, and Kompany raised the possibility of a traitor.
  • Elena recommended retreating to Paris Island because the expeditionary army was too weak to reach Iduna City, but she left the final decision to the leaders after a half-day rest.
  • Susanna and Miaoli said their clans would follow the Human Clan's decision and returned to organize their troops.

Ch. 1563A stark contrast

The Northern Region expeditionary army chose to continue toward Iduna City despite the dangers, while a rival force led by the Holy Church suffered catastrophic losses in a goblin assault. The chapter left the second army trapped and its generals resentful of the Church and their allies.

  • Gerrard, Shaarawy, and Kompany urged the Northern Region commanders to press on toward Iduna City, and the generals agreed to continue.
  • Cassano told the commanders to prepare their troops while he reported their decision to Imperial Consort Elena.
  • The Gnome girl and Susanna discussed the Human Clan, the Holy Church, and what the Elf Clan might have discovered before Susanna returned to her army.
  • The goblin army attacked the Holy Church's expeditionary force, reducing its nearly six hundred thousand troops to fewer than four hundred thousand.
  • Generals from the other empires complained that their armies bore the brunt of the fighting while the Church and powerful allies preserved their strength.

Ch. 1564Oppression and Resistance

The goblins overran the Sunderland camp, and Juventus commander Iaquinta slaughtered the retreating Sunderland soldiers, provoking other empires to confront him. Rosario suppressed their anger and explained that the goblin attack was only a probing force, while the Church, Barcelona, and Juventus were conserving strength for a stronger enemy.

  • Goblins broke through Sunderland’s camp, and Adam Johnson ordered the surviving soldiers to retreat toward Juventus’s position.
  • Iaquinta killed Sunderland soldiers for retreating and ordered Juventus troops to seal the camp and slaughter the rest; Adam Johnson attacked him.
  • Fellaini, Delauno, Milošević, and other empire leaders confronted Iaquinta and protested that their forces had been used as cannon fodder.
  • Rosario arrived with powerful figures from the Church, Barcelona, and Juventus, and Iaquinta accused Adam Johnson and the others of rebellion.
  • Rosario used his overwhelming aura to silence the gathered leaders, then said the goblin attack was a probing assault and that the three major forces were saving their strength for a stronger invasion.

Ch. 1565An Empty Camp

After the Holy Church and its allies abandoned the empire armies, Adam Johnson and Fellaini discovered their camps were empty and realized they had been used as cannon fodder. The remaining commanders faced the goblins without the promised support, and an unexpected event began.

  • Rosario injured Adam Johnson, ordered the commanders back to their camps, and promised Church support.
  • The battle continued as the goblins gained the advantage, while Church forces withheld promised aid and took captured spoils.
  • The Church’s actions left the Everton defensive line near collapse, and Adam Johnson blamed himself for bringing his soldiers into danger.
  • Adam Johnson went to confront Rosario, while Fellaini gathered other commanders and followed to protect him.
  • They found the Holy Church, Barcelona, and Juventus camps abandoned, with traces of spatial teleportation magic and no troops remaining.
  • The commanders realized the three major forces had fled and left them to face the goblins, just as something unexpected happened.

Ch. 1566Holy Spirit Killing Array?

Sun Fei rescued the surrounded expeditionary commanders by destroying the Church’s disguised killing array, then helped rout the goblin army. The expedition set out for Iduna City, with the commanders braced for a larger war against the goblins.

  • A deadly array resembling the Holy Spirit Killing Array trapped Fellaini, Adam Johnson, and the other commanders, who suspected the Holy Church meant to frame the Northern Region Empire.
  • Adam Johnson burned up his origin power and self-destructed to try to open an escape route, but the array held and its killing intent intensified.
  • Sun Fei arrived, tore apart the array, and restored Adam Johnson and the wounded commanders with golden energy.
  • Sun Fei led the fight against the goblins, routing their army and killing the goblin powerhouses as Fellaini resolved to reconsider his allegiance.
  • After daybreak, the expeditionary army advanced toward Iduna City with Gerrard and Kompany leading the vanguard and Elena commanding the central army.

Ch. 1567The Invisible Army

Adam Johnson’s army left a staged battlefield to convince the Holy Church that the Human Clan forces had been destroyed, while the Human Emperor of the Northern Region concealed the expeditionary army from goblin senses. The army pressed toward Iduna City as Elena continued crushing goblin attacks, and the Holy Church prepared its next plan on Paris Island.

  • Adam Johnson and the others staged the battlefield with bones, minced flesh, and corpses before using teleportation arrays to remove their army and erase its tracks.
  • Iaquinta and Alaba inspected the battlefield, confirmed the staged deaths of sixteen foreign Extreme Dao experts, and left to report to Rosario.
  • The Human Emperor of the Northern Region concealed the expeditionary army from goblins, allowing more than two hundred thousand soldiers to cross the Southern Region without fighting.
  • Elena killed the last true god-level goblin in the goblin army’s sixth failed attack, bringing the goblins’ battlefield losses across their attacks to more than five million.
  • The expeditionary army swept through the Southern Region toward Iduna City while the Holy Church made preparations on Paris Island.

Ch. 1568Secret Meeting

Cardinal Rosario secretly met with a Goblin Empire leader and learned that the Northern Region Imperial Consort had killed more than thirty goblin True God-level beings, delaying the plan to destroy the expeditionary army. Meanwhile, Everton's coalition camped near Munich Allianz City to prepare for its final push into the city.

  • Rosario questioned Iaquinta and Alaba about their inspection, accepted their assurances, and secretly placed silver lights inside them as they left.
  • Rosario searched for watchers, sealed his tent with formations, and vanished through a tear in space.
  • Rosario met a powerful green mass of light, which revealed that the Goblin Empire's forces had lost more than thirty True God-level beings to the Northern Region Imperial Consort.
  • Rosario agreed to report the delay to Platini and urged the goblins to deal with the Northern Region Imperial Consort, while the goblin leader asked him to keep Maradona occupied.
  • After a day and two nights of forced marching, Everton and the imperial coalition forces camped in the Ruhr Mountains, less than a hundred thousand kilometers from Munich Allianz City, and prepared to enter it.

Ch. 1569Slaying a God King

Sun Fei kept the allied army hidden near the Southern Ruhr Mountains while Elena led an expeditionary force toward Iduna City. When a Goblin God King nearly overwhelmed Elena’s forces, Alexander’s distant sword qi killed him and more than fifty other goblin True God experts, transforming the battle and revealing the Human Emperor’s immense strength.

  • Sun Fei kept the allied army camped under his divine power in the forest near the Southern Ruhr Mountains instead of entering Allianz City.
  • Elena’s expeditionary force swept through goblin armies and advanced toward Iduna City, earning Elena fame for killing more than thirty goblin experts.
  • More than five million goblins confronted Elena’s force on the Westfalen Great Grassland, where Poldiğa attacked and forced Elena into a desperate fight.
  • A strand of Alexander’s gold-and-silver order chain sword qi crossed the battlefield and killed Poldiğa and more than fifty other goblin True God experts.
  • Gerrard and the other survivors recognized the sword qi as the Human Emperor of the Northern Region’s and wondered how powerful Alexander had become.

Ch. 1570Reunion

After the expeditionary force reached Iduna City, news of Alexander’s reported God King power spread across Azeroth while the Church accused the Northern Region Empire of betraying humanity. In Iduna, Elena slipped away from camp and met King Sun Fei.

  • The expeditionary force joined the human defenders at Iduna City after fighting its way through the goblin siege.
  • Reports that Alexander had slain the goblin God King Poldiğa stunned the continent, and more True Gods emerged as the age without gods ended.
  • The Church and allied leaders accused the Northern Region Empire of attacking the expeditionary force and called on humanity to wage war against it.
  • The expeditionary force handed its food and supplies to Iduna’s garrison and received a hero’s welcome.
  • Elena quietly left camp with two female Rogue warriors and met King Sun Fei in the crowded city.

Ch. 1571Iduna City in Collapse

Sun Fei secretly met Elena, Little Miaoli, and Tanya in Iduna City, where he revealed that he had reached the God King Third Heaven. As they walked through the besieged city, he saw the refugees’ extreme hunger and the collapse of ordinary life.

  • Elena greeted Sun Fei warmly, and Little Miaoli and Tanya joined them, teasing him and calling him brother-in-law.
  • Sun Fei told the Rogues he had reached the God King realm and had absorbed power from fallen goblin masters, including God King Poldiğa.
  • Sun Fei explained that he had come to see Iduna City and prepare for an expected confrontation between the Northern Region Empire and the Holy Church in the Southern Region.
  • Sun Fei, Elena, Little Miaoli, and Tanya walked through Iduna City and saw starving refugees begging for food, selling possessions, and offering desperate services.
  • Sun Fei saw the city’s slum and realized that the siege had left civilians near starvation and rendered gold and silver nearly worthless.

Ch. 1572A resounding slap

Sun Fei and his companions saw Elton’s men seize and beat a young woman in Iduna City’s market. Miaoli confronted the tyrant and left him sprawled on the ground with a powerful slap.

  • Elton’s guards took a young woman from the market after her companion accepted moldy bread, and one guard struck her as she pleaded for help.
  • Miaoli stepped forward and ordered Elton to release the young woman and leave with his men.
  • Elton leered at Miaoli and the other women, ignored Sun Fei, and reached to touch Miaoli’s cheek.
  • Miaoli slapped Elton so hard that he flew through the air and crashed into the ground, shocking his guards and the watching crowd.

Ch. 1573This Kind of Scumbag-I've Wanted to Slap Him for a Long Time

Sun Fei and his companions rescued a young woman from abuse and witnessed Iduna City's severe shortages and class divisions. He planned to target the city's exploitative nobles as a temporary solution, while Götze arrived the next day to apologize to the Northern Region Empire.

  • Miaoli beat Elton's guards, and Elton fled after an old man warned Sun Fei that Elton's brother Hunt was a powerful expert.
  • Tanya slapped the man who tried to stop the group from taking the abused young woman with them.
  • Sun Fei and his companions toured Iduna City and saw widespread hunger, violence, and the extravagant lives of nobles who contributed nothing to the city's defense.
  • Sun Fei secretly ordered the Northern Region Empire's mages to begin building a long-distance teleportation channel, then turned his attention to the wealthy nobles as another way to ease the crisis.
  • Götze came to the expeditionary army's camp and solemnly apologized to the Northern Region Empire.

Ch. 1574The Fat Man Again

After the Northern Region Empire settled its feud with Dortmund, it gained influence in Iduna City by supplying aid and winning over the population while Church-backed factions resisted. Sun Fei took Victoria, Tanya, and Miaoli out to explore the city, where Elton confronted them again.

  • Elena accepted Götze's apology, bringing the long-running enmity between Chambord City and Dortmund to an end.
  • The Northern Region Empire repaired Iduna City's magical defenses, distributed food to displaced residents, and quietly expanded its influence as Dortmund lost control of the city.
  • Princess Victoria led a secret supply convoy from the Lyon Military District into Iduna City, bringing large quantities of provisions and supplies.
  • Sun Fei left the expeditionary army's camp with Tanya, Miaoli, and Victoria to stroll through Iduna City, where Victoria reflected on returning to her Southern Region homeland.
  • Elton rushed out with more than a dozen armored warriors and surrounded Sun Fei and the three women, glaring viciously at Miaoli.

Ch. 1575A Naive, Stupid Woman

Elton ambushed Sun Fei, Princess Victoria, Miaoli, and Tanya with experts and soldiers, seeking revenge and the women’s humiliation. Sun Fei let them be captured and taken away, leaving Victoria puzzled about his plan.

  • Princess Victoria insulted Elton when he blocked her way, and Elton recognized her beauty and ordered his men to seize the group.
  • More than a dozen Dou Qi experts and hundreds of soldiers surrounded Sun Fei and his companions.
  • Miaoli and Tanya stopped resisting after hearing Sun Fei’s quiet instruction, and Sun Fei allowed the soldiers to shackle him.
  • Victoria claimed she was the Northern Region Empire’s finance minister, but a four-star mage convinced Elton that she was lying.
  • Victoria identified Sun Fei as the Human Emperor, and Elton dismissed her claim as another lie before having the soldiers take all four away.

Ch. 1576Too Crazy

Sun Fei and Victoria were brought to Mad Boar Elton’s hall, where Elton planned to give Sun Fei to Lord Takahara Naoyasu. Tanya and Miaoli broke free and subdued the guards, and Elton realized too late that he had captured the Human Emperor of the Northern Region.

  • Elton escorted Sun Fei and the three women into his hall and sent Felipe to fetch his brother Hunt.
  • Elton lusted after Victoria and the other women, then decided to offer Sun Fei to Lord Takahara Naoyasu as a gift.
  • Tanya and Miaoli snapped their magic shackles, defeated the Dou Qi experts, and nearly killed Elton before Sun Fei told them to spare him.
  • Elton recognized that Sun Fei was the Human Emperor of the Northern Region, panicked, and fainted.
  • Victoria laughed at Elton and then asked Sun Fei to remove her shackles.

Ch. 1577Who Are You, Really?

Sun Fei waited in Hunt’s hall after freeing the captive woman, then confronted Hunt when he arrived and exposed his role in Iduna City’s abuses. Hunt’s attack vanished before reaching Sun Fei, and the chapter ended with Hunt defending his crimes.

  • Sun Fei destroyed the magic shackles, sent Tanya away, and waited in Hunt’s hall while Victoria ate and Miaoli poured wine.
  • Hunt entered with Felipe, found Elton and his men incapacitated, and demanded to know who Sun Fei was.
  • Hunt attacked Sun Fei with a crimson energy strike, but it disappeared before reaching him.
  • Elton briefly regained consciousness and tried to warn Hunt before passing out again.
  • Hunt asked Sun Fei who he really was, and Sun Fei accused him of abducting women and abusing civilians.
  • Hunt admitted to exploiting civilian women and defended it as a reward for fighting the goblin army.

Ch. 1578Who Exactly Are You? (2)

Sun Fei confronted Hunt over his coercion of women, but Hunt mistook him for a Northern Region Empire agent and threatened him. The Northern Region forces stormed Bluestone Hall, and Hunt finally realized Sun Fei was someone he should fear, though Sun Fei still did not reveal his identity.

  • Sun Fei rejected Hunt’s demand to hand over Princess Victoria, while Hunt threatened him and the female Rogue.
  • A guard reported that the Northern Region Empire Expeditionary Army had surrounded the area, and Hunt assumed Sun Fei was one of its agents.
  • The female Rogue warned Hunt against making an enemy of the Northern Region Empire, but Hunt insulted her and demanded to know which of its powerful figures Sun Fei was.
  • Northern Region warriors crashed through the roof of Bluestone Hall, and the Northern Region Imperial Consort appeared above the ruins.
  • Hunt recognized the fallen Extreme Dao experts as his allies in the pro-Holy Church faction and asked Sun Fei who he was; Sun Fei silently looked down at him.

Ch. 1579The Human Emperor of the Northern Region?!

The Extreme Dao masters of Hunt's faction gathered at the bluestone hall, where Valkyrie Elena and the Northern Region Empire confronted them. Götze revealed that the mysterious man in white was Alexander, the Human Emperor of the Northern Region, leaving Hunt and the other masters terrified and speechless.

  • Hunt's faction arrived at the bluestone hall after receiving his invitation, but Valkyrie Elena knocked them down and threw them inside.
  • Schulz and the others noticed Sun Fei and his two companions, whose presence they could not sense, while Hunt could only guess at their identities.
  • Valkyrie Elena unleashed her power over Iduna City, prompting Extreme Dao masters from across the city to converge on the hall.
  • Schulz and Hunt's faction demanded that Götze condemn the Northern Region Empire, but Götze ignored them and bowed to the man in white as Your Majesty Alexander.
  • Hunt and the other masters realized Alexander was the Human Emperor of the Northern Region, and Hunt stammered as he asked why Alexander had come.

Ch. 1580Settling Accounts

Sun Fei exposed Hunt and his allies’ crimes in Iduna City and prepared to make them answer for the harm they had caused. Hunt remained defiant, believing an undisclosed source of support would protect him.

  • Sun Fei revealed to Hunt that Elton had captured him, then declared he had come to kill the men responsible.
  • Hunt rallied the fallen Extreme Dao masters to accuse Sun Fei of trying to seize Iduna City and turn the Southern Region against the Northern Region.
  • Hundreds of wounded Southern Region residents testified about Elton’s brutal abuses, while Hunt’s group dismissed them as commoners.
  • Sun Fei brought in arrested nobles, guards, and officers, whose testimony implicated Hunt and the other Extreme Dao masters in Elton’s crimes and sabotage against allied forces.
  • Götze and the other Extreme Dao masters demanded that Hunt’s group be killed, but Hunt called the victims ants and defied Sun Fei.

Ch. 1581The Mad Boar's Fate

Sun Fei let Elton’s victims take revenge, then exposed the Church’s hidden divine knights in Iduna City. Hunt claimed the Church would protect him, but Sun Fei bound him with chains of order.

  • Hazard sealed Elton’s power and placed him before his victims, who tore him apart while Hazard stopped Hunt’s men from intervening.
  • Sun Fei healed the victims, urged them to live on, and had his warriors escort them from the hall.
  • Sun Fei sensed hidden divine knights and shattered the space concealing them above the hall.
  • The Church’s leader declared Hunt and the Southern Region masters under the Church’s protection, and Hunt boasted that Sun Fei could not touch him.
  • Sun Fei rejected Hunt’s claim to belong to a god and bound him with gold and silver chains of order.

Ch. 1582The Stuff of Legend

Sun Fei killed Hunt and confronted the Holy Church’s Divine Knights, accusing the Church of sharing responsibility for the goblins’ slaughter of humans in the Southern Region. As he prepared to fight the nineteen god-level knights, they revealed themselves as legendary Divine Dragon Knights.

  • Sun Fei killed Hunt before the Divine Knights and absorbed the energy refined from his body.
  • Sun Fei accused the Holy Church of aiding the goblins and declared the Divine Knights his enemies.
  • The Divine Knight leader invoked Gods’ Protection, but Sun Fei shattered it and absorbed the energy of the Four-Winged Battle Angels.
  • Sun Fei sealed off a vast battlefield in the sky while Valkyrie Elena and the Northern Region forces withdrew.
  • The Divine Knights summoned dragons, revealing themselves as Divine Dragon Knights.

Ch. 1583Platini Arrived in the Southern Region

Sun Fei defeated the Church’s divine dragon knights before they could destroy Iduna City, exposing the Church’s betrayal to the people. After killing the knights and freeing their dragons from the Church’s control, he learned that Platini had arrived in the Southern Region.

  • Sun Fei confronted nineteen divine knights riding armored dragons and contained their law-powered dragon breath.
  • The knights combined their powers into a destructive sword of light, but Sun Fei stopped it with one finger and shattered it, killing seven knights.
  • The leader used a scroll containing a God King-level attack and then revealed a God Dou Weapon, but Sun Fei destroyed the attack and sealed the weapon.
  • The remaining knights escaped toward Iduna City and tried to destroy it, but Sun Fei’s barrier trapped them and protected the city as he killed them all.
  • Sun Fei dispelled the black mist controlling the nineteen dragons, and the freed dragons cursed the Church.
  • The divine knight leader revealed that Platini had arrived in the Southern Region before Sun Fei refined him into energy.
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