Chapter 978

In the small town, under the leadership of its nobles and officials, all able-bodied civilians climbed the walls and fiercely resisted the enemy.

"Judging by this, the Iron Horn Empire has split its forces—they're preparing to plunder every eastern province of the Night Eternal Empire."

On the flying ship, Meng Ying murmured to herself.

She pressed down her hand, and countless flying warships descended again from the clouds.

Around the small town, no one noticed the commotion in the sky—neither Night Eternal Empire civilians nor Iron Horn Empire warriors were paying attention, all locked in fierce combat.

Among these thousands of Iron Horn Empire warriors, only a few were mages.

The Iron Horn Empire likely assumed the six eastern provinces of the Night Eternal Empire posed no threat, so they didn't deploy mages.

Of course, the six eastern provinces of the Night Eternal Empire truly posed no threat.

But the threat came from beyond the six eastern provinces!

"Swoosh!"

A dense hail of crossbow bolts rained from the sky; before those thousands of warriors could react, they were all blasted into the air by explosive flames, not one left alive.

The defenders inside the small town were terrified.

"Look up!"

By the time they raised their heads, the Flame Empire's flying warships were already ascending.

"It's the Flame Empire—the Flame Empire has come to help us!"

The entire town erupted in cheers.

For some time now, Goods of the Kingdom had been wildly popular in the Night Eternal Empire; countless commoners held a very favorable impression of the Flame Empire, as its goods brought them immense benefit.

Now, seeing the Flame Empire's flying warships, each one was overjoyed.

The flying fleet continued onward toward Annie's father's territory; whenever they encountered Iron Horn Empire forces, hundreds of flying warships would descend without a word and deliver lethal strikes from above.

This attack method didn't slow the fleet's speed at all.

Because troop transports naturally couldn't match the speed of flying warships.

After attacking, the flying warships simply accelerated to rejoin the transports.

Countless Iron Horn Empire troops never even understood what happened before they were wiped out.

As they flew onward, the Flame Empire fleet annihilated a full dozen Iron Horn Empire armies, killing over a hundred thousand warriors.

The Iron Horn Empire's total forces numbered several million; now they had sent at least half of them to plunder the six eastern provinces of the Night Eternal Empire.

The six eastern provinces of the Night Eternal Empire were vast, and the Iron Horn Empire's forces were now clearly scattered; the Flame Empire's flying fleet flew in a straight line, so encountering a dozen enemy units along the way was already quite fortunate.

Annie had maintained magical communication with her father.

The massive army attacking her father now numbered over a hundred thousand.

Her father had held out because several dukes had gathered together, each with some armed forces and a few mages in their families.

Relying on these forces and their fortified strongholds, they had managed to survive—but they could hold out for no more than half a day; the enemy's assault was too ferocious, and their own warrior losses were catastrophic.

Flying at full speed, the fleet arrived outside Annie's father's territory several hours later.

Since Annie's father was still holding out, Meng Ying did not advance ahead.

After all, the flying fleet carried a million troops; if she left, a Saint-level assassin might strike—and even if the warriors could pray in time, casualties would be devastating.

So she remained with the army.

"All flying warships unleash full firepower; mages support them—eliminate them, then we head straight for the Iron Horn Empire's main force."

Meng Ying gave the order calmly.

At her command, the flying warships opened fire at full capacity, and hundreds of Grand Archmages struck simultaneously.

The madly attacking army outside Annie's father's territory vanished completely within seconds.

In fact, if Meng Ying had acted herself, it would have been even faster.

But now, the Flame Empire had grown strong enough that she no longer needed to personally handle every threat—it could swiftly eliminate enemies on its own!

After all, she was Queen—if she had to handle everything herself, the Flame Empire would be pathetically weak!