Chapter 261: Chapter 45 The Fall of the Linksa Empire (Complete)

In the towering blue mountains of Ice, the enormous Fire Lizard King continued to struggle, each of his attempts causing the ice mountain to roar loudly, with white cracks constantly appearing throughout its icy expanse.

However, in the gaps of his struggling, the ice mountain seemed to come to life, incessantly healing these cracks. Although the healing speed was not as fast as the cracks appeared, the Great Wizard Qing Shuang was not at all dissatisfied.

As a Four Rings Wizard, being able to seal a Level 5 Creature was already bullying the ignorant natives.

To achieve a permanent sealing, he would need to advance to a Five Rings Wizard.

After dealing with Minar, Great Wizard Qing Shuang waved his Magic Wand, and the White Wizard Army instantly changed direction, marching toward Luxor Province.

Now, in the entire Red Sun World, there remained no life capable of contesting the wizards–it was time to handle the Fire Lizards.

The army of a hundred thousand from the White Wizard Army was already enough to flatten Luxor, and now with Great Wizard Qing Shuang joining, the speed of annihilation was even faster.

Great Wizard Qing Shuang waved his Magic Wand, and a Spell capable of enveloping an entire city materialized. A piercing cold wind from the Water Element Territory surged through the magical gateway created, and in an instant, it transformed an entire city into ice sculptures. Creatures of all levels within the city died instantly.

In the face of such near-miraculous power, the morale of the Fire Lizards instantly collapsed; even the Dragon Beast Knight Order couldn’t maintain their spirits and began to rout massively.

In just one day, the spearhead of the White Wizard Army had moved from the borders of Luxor Province to the outskirts of Luxor City.

As the commander of the Dragon Beast Knight Order and the last general of the Linksa Empire, Balashar stood atop the pyramid in the center of the city, quietly watching the advancing Wizard Army.

A leader from the Dragon Beast Knight Order approached Balashar, his voice filled with tragic resolve,

“Sir, what shall we do?”

Balashar glanced at him, his tone utterly calm as he spoke,

“What to do? I have already ordered the dissolution of the Knight Order. If you want to resist, play hide and seek with the wizards. If you don’t want to resist, then find a deep forest to hide in.

The wizards have already won. If you hide well enough, you should be able to live until death.”

The leader looked up at Balashar, his golden pupils tinged with blood,

“Sir, we have not lost yet, Lord Morick is not dead yet! He will surely lead us to drive this horde of wizards out!”

Balashar sighed, gently shaking his head, “Enough, you may leave now, I have already told you what to do.”

“Sir!” the leader exclaimed, “We need a leader!”

“No, you don’t need a leader,” Balashar’s voice suddenly turned sharp, “The Dragon Beast Knight Order will only trouble the wizards if it disbands; if you gather, a single spell from the Great Wizard will wipe you out.

Though I have disdain for those degenerate bandits, I must admit, they bring more trouble to the wizards than we do.”

As he spoke, Balashar’s face suddenly showed a smile tinged with mocking bitterness.

“Boy, do you know? If you want to cause the wizards significant losses, what you should do now is go kill.”

“Kill the wizards? We definitely…”

“No, kill the Fire Lizards.”

Balashar drew his Scimitar from his waist, its blade smooth as a mirror, reflecting the withered visage of a Fire Lizard on it.

These ten years, every day Balashar had lived in terror, constantly considering what to do if the wizards attacked.

Now he could finally stop thinking.

Balashar continued, “To the wizards, Fire Lizards are wealth. If you want to inflict heavy losses on them, go kill the Fire Lizards, and then commit suicide when they capture you.”

The leader’s face turned horrified; Balashar’s words had frightened him.

Balashar saw his expression and laughed, shaking his head.

“Don’t daze off, do whatever you want. I have fulfilled my duties, it’s time for me to follow His Majesty.”

With that, Balashar swung his Scimitar, drawing it across his own neck.

In the 45th year of the war, Balashar, the last general of the Linksa Empire, died, thus marking the complete downfall of one of the Three Great Empires of the Red Sun World, the Linksa Empire.

The destruction of the Fire Lizard Clan was now ticking down to its final moments.

…

Outside Luxor City, Richard stealthily made his way to the volcanic location of the Dragon Beast Cultivation Base.

The Linksa Empire was initially managed by the Floating City of the Great Wizard of Inferno, and the infiltrating Black Wizards were all those recruited by the Great Wizard of Inferno. But the current attack on Luxor was conducted by the Great Wizard Qing Shuang’s White Wizard Army, which did not approach the base.

Richard contemplated that the intelligence about the Dragon Beast Cultivation Base probably hadn’t been shared by the command of the Great Wizard of Inferno. Even the few Three Rings Wizards who initially operated might not have reported this information.

Richard had not run during the battle between the Great Wizard and the Fire Lizard King.

Now that the Great Wizard was attacking, Richard, being the closest, became one of the first wizards to enter Luxor.

For a time, Richard was the only one aware of the Dragon Beast Cultivation Base.

“Haha, although I didn’t manage to get the flesh of the Fire Lizard King, obtaining technology from the Pioneer is also great.”

Richard searched around the periphery of the volcano and quickly found a concealed entrance.

At the entrance, two Dragon Beast Knights had already committed suicide by poisoning, their bodies beginning to decompose under the effect of the toxins.

“Suicide… sigh.”

Richard entered the passage and soon arrived at the outskirts of the Dragon Beast Cultivation Base. This place, once a crucial site of the Linksa Empire, now lay in utter silence.

Suicidal Fire Lizards were visible throughout the base, all using the same poison as the Dragon Beast Knights at the entrance.

To be honest, looking at this scene, Richard was momentarily stunned.

This scene was more shocking than the severed limbs and remains on the battlefield.

Soon, Richard regained his composure and started flying towards the core area of the base.

Along the way, he saw dead Dragon Beasts and Fire Lizards that had committed suicide, which agitated him.

He hated this scene.

If these Fire Lizards had fought with him, their deaths wouldn’t have caused any stir in his emotions. But their suicide instilled an indescribable sense of guilt in Richard.

Richard felt extremely hypocritical. Who were these crocodile tears for?

Richard flew in silence, and suddenly, he sensed a living creature in his perception.

It was a Fire Lizard!

Richard clenched his Magic Wand, his face appeared relieved, and it felt like he had unloaded some burden from his heart.

He stepped over the bodies and found the living Fire Lizard–it was an old Fire Lizard, its dull, lackluster scales and eyes as brilliant as gold clearly showed his age.

This Fire Lizard had not committed suicide; he was currently organizing a stack of documents. Upon seeing Richard, he was startled for a moment.

“Have you already arrived in Luxor?”

Richard scanned the old Fire Lizard with his spiritual power; he was just a Level 1 Creature, and an elderly one at that.

There was no resistance.

After a moment of silence, Richard asked,

“…What are you doing?”

“Sorting documents.”

“Didn’t your superior order you to destroy the documents?”

“He indeed did, but he’s already dead,” the Fire Lizard pointed to a decaying corpse beside him. “This is him, dead for half a day already.”

The Fire Lizard’s calmness left Richard somewhat bewildered; at this moment, they did not seem like invaders and the invaded, but rather like two passersby casually chatting on the street.

“…Can I take a look at the documents?” Richard asked.

The Fire Lizard pointed to a neatly stacked pile of documents on the other side, “These are the organized ones; you can look at these.”

The Fire Lizard’s attitude sparked a bit of anger in Richard. The Fire Lizard shouldn’t be this calm. Why wasn’t he resisting?

Shouldn’t he be browsing through blood-stained documents over their corpses?

“You are very angry.” The old Fire Lizard suddenly spoke.

“Indeed.” Richard spoke coldly, “Why don’t you resist? Wizards slaughtered your people, destroyed your city, ruined your country.

Aren’t you angry?”

“What good would anger do?” The old Fire Lizard retorted, “Can my anger allow me to kill you? With these old limbs of mine.”

Richard fell silent.

“You see, you also know I can’t kill you. So why should I be angry? Getting angry might end me.

Who would sort these documents then?”

“Why are you sorting these documents?” Richard couldn’t help but ask, “What are these, for you to still need to sort them at this time?”

Richard picked up the documents and started browsing through them, but the contents took him by surprise.

“This is about the breeding process of Dragon Beasts!?”

The Fire Lizard dragged a stack of documents from a cabinet beside him, casually replying, “Good eye, are all Wizards as well-versed as you?”

Richard looked shocked at the old Fire Lizard, “This is useful to Wizards, you should have destroyed it.”

“Destroy? Hehe.” The old Fire Lizard suddenly laughed, “I know it should be destroyed, but I spent three hundred years studying these Dragon Beasts, most of my life was spent in this base.

These documents are like my children, how could I bear to destroy them?”

The old Fire Lizard’s voice grew increasingly angry but suddenly softened at the end.

“Besides, isn’t it good for you to have these?” the old Fire Lizard put a stack of sorted files aside, “I’ve heard you Wizards don’t care much for Gold Coins or gemstones, but you do care immensely about knowledge.

These documents, if kept with you, should be well-treated. Many years from now, when Fire Lizards have been exterminated by you.

These documents could prove to the future generations that there once was a race called the Fire Lizard among the stars.”

“…How do you know we are going to exterminate the Fire Lizards.”

The old Fire Lizard’s lips curled into a mocking smile.

“Fire Lizards who become slaves are no longer Fire Lizards. Since the Fire Lizard King took up the banner of resistance against the Giant Dragons, Fire Lizards are no longer slaves. Even the name Fire Lizard came into being after the fall of the dragons.

Before that, in the Red Sun World, there were only Giant Dragons and slaves.”

Richard remained silent.

Fire Lizard was a name given by Wizards; the name Fire Lizards call themselves, if translated from their language, should be–

Free Man.