Catastrophe Card King
Chapter 1380 - Chapter 1380 Chapter 423 The War of the Empires Collapse_3

Chapter 1380: Chapter 423: The War of the Empire’s Collapse_3 Chapter 1380: Chapter 423: The War of the Empire’s Collapse_3 From both an artistic and strategic perspective, this was the most awe-inspiring architecture Leonard Churchill had ever seen.

Especially the palace floating amidst the clouds, a scene many could only dream of.

“It really is exaggerated…”

Leonard gazed towards the city from afar, feeling the shock lingering in his heart.

In his eyes, the city resembled a reclining beauty, perfected to the utmost degree.

Knowing that this city and the nearby Void had historically crumbled into pieces made Leonard feel a sense of regret.

But glorious as it was, the city’s current situation was far from optimistic.

It was besieged by rebels from all directions, constantly engulfed in fierce battles.

The sun illuminating the entire landscape, Leonard had a clear view of the warfare on the city’s west wall from where he stood at the pass, overseeing everything as if looking at a sand table.

The rebels had been surrounding the city for nearly a month, leaving it riddled with wounds, the ground outside pocked with craters from Magic Energy Cannons.

Just as Leonard looked on, a new charge began; masses of beastmen, like ants, darted across the plains towards the city, just as another round of cannons fired from the towering white stone walls.

Various colors of magic energy shells exploded in the distant besieging troops, creating a brilliant burst of magic shockwaves.

In that moment, as Leonard watched, thousands of beastmen became cannon fodder, dying, with countless others continuing to charge forward undeterred.

Soon, the bodies of those dead beastmen, driven by Undead Spirit Spells, charged in groups and then completely turned to ashes, becoming dust that would cover the annals of history.

The battlefield was as brutal as a meat grinder.

Although this was a recreation of the scenario in Alternate Dimension, this brutal war had indeed happened.

Leonard gradually became transfixed by the sight.

He first observed as a bystander, then as a soldier among the rebels…

In a mysterious instant, he felt as if he were immersed in the torrents of history.

In this war, individual power seemed as insignificant as a drifting leaf.

Even those of God Tier were merely robust logs floating in the torrent.

Initially shocked by the brutality of the war, Leonard’s soul kept rising eventually overlooking the entire battlefield, which led to a new enlightenment.

It seemed as if the war itself was a kind of “rule” inevitably occurring in the cosmic operation.

Unknowingly, Leonard fell into a profound state of enlightenment.

And involuntarily, his mind recalled the conversation with Pursuer of Light Faro from the night before.

What had seemed cloudy before crystalized in this moment.

Leonard felt he grasped something, a sudden epiphany flashed in his mind: “So that’s it… This is what Pursuer of Light meant by ‘I am the world’ reaching a higher realm. Only from a high enough standpoint can one precisely deduce the rules of the world’s operation…”

Suddenly, Leonard saw a different scene in his eyes.

Every warrior on the battlefield bore unique threads of destiny.

The destiny threads outlined their lives from birth, becoming card masters, advancing, adventuring, battling, and death, all phases of individual lives.

Countless threads converged, gradually forming a torrent.

Gleaning the fall from a single leaf, at that moment, Leonard seemed to perceive the mysteries of the cosmic operation.

Leonard somewhat spaced out, reflecting when a beastman behind him exclaimed, “Brother, are you petrified? Snap out of it, and hurry to the assembly!”

This shout snapped Leonard back to reality.

He responded with an awkward smile, then moved down from the pass.

His mind was already full of the entire battlefield’s layout.

Leonard was convinced that unless the resources in the Imperial City were exhausted, merely using such a tactic of overwhelming numbers to breach Behemoth was virtually impossible.

By comparison, the Rebel Faction was even less likely to sustain a prolonged battle.

A card master’s appetite is enormous; a large army besieging a city consumes vast amounts of food and resources.

Especially the Worms under the command of Mysterious Insect Mother Kalakta, without sufficient food, they could turn to devouring their comrades in no time.

If truly besieging, such a disorderly mob would collapse first.

But historically, Behemoth was eventually breached.

Leonard also wondered what stratagem the rebels would use to breach the city.

From the information available through “defectors” so far, it was highly likely an “internal issue.”

A powerful empire’s fall invariably begins from within.

He learned from Pursuer of Light Faro’s mouth that Mad King Auduin had now completely mutated and had killed many loyalists, making everyone inside fearful for their lives.

Leonard suddenly had some thoughts, “If it were me trying to breach the city… If I had a chance, breaking from within would be the best option.”

He immediately realized that the earlier “defectors” might just be the key to breaching the city.

…

Before long, Leonard quietly reached a hollow in the mountains.

This was the encampment of a hundred-man Elite Squad.

From the badges still on their armors, they were from a unit of the Imperial City’s Imperial Guards Eleventh Legion.

When Leonard arrived, soldiers still clad in Taren Knight Legion’s armor were plotting something.

“Lord Roden, what should we do next?”

“Now that we have the [Space Origin Stones], it’s enough to construct a large-scale Teleportation Array that can pass through top-tier fighters. The war is about to end…”

“But…”

“There are no buts. Someone has to bear the name of ‘traitor’. No matter how future generations will record our actions, being true to our conscience is what matters. Besides, even if we don’t admit it, the fall of the empire is irreversible… His Majesty has completely mutated, even if we didn’t do this, more people would eventually die. The only one we can trust now is Lord Garcia.”

“…”