Out of its speed state, the Golden Lion King’s body was fully exposed, as Alec stood poised, both hands gripping his Changdao, and the moment the beast emerged, he thrust the blade forward, aiming straight for its skull. Caught off guard, the blade pierced deep, but not completely due to the Overlord beast defence, the Overlord’s eyes widened with fear as it began to claw and bite at Alec in a desperate attempt to retreat, hoping to dislodge the blade. But the weapon, already impaled in its head, was greedily absorbing its blood, weakening the beast and clouding its judgment.With every drop drained, the force behind the blade intensified. Alec released his left hand from the hilt, summoning his bone katana and driving it into the creature’s neck, he maintained steady eye contact as the beast gasped its final breaths, one blade devouring its bone structure from below, the other draining its life essence from above. Its efforts to re-enter speed mode failed repeatedly; Al becau

It was known that the City Lord had visited the Gordons Clan, but the content of their discussion remained a mystery to the people of Estonia City. No one could say for sure what had been offered, yet the result was clear, the Gordons Clan announced their participation in the upcoming battle despite already having a three-month exemption after the visit of the city lord.This declaration brought unexpected relief to some of the clans who had decided to use their exemption period and not participate. Unconsciously, they had all begun to see the Gordons Clan as miracle workers, feeling as long as the Gordons were involved, a sense of calm and hope would settle over them.Such was the reassurance the Gordons Clan now provided to the long-established clans of Estonia City.--Meanwhile, inside the Gordons Clan meeting room“I heard we’re going into battle again. Aren’t we supposed to be taking a break? Even if we didn’t lose many mages last time, we still need to be careful about batt

The battle between the humans and the goblins erupted as expected, with the city guards leading the charge and clashing head-on with their Low rank goblin counterparts.At first, the goblins were at a significant disadvantage due to the sturdy shield formation of the city guards, but as more goblins pressed forward, they began to break formation and veer off to the sides.From those flanks, they rushed toward the other Mage clans positioned behind the city guards, the sudden shift forced the mages from the various clans to hastily cast their spells, sending waves of bombardments forward in an attempt to thin out the advancing goblins.Initially, the tactic worked, but as the battlefield filled with corpses, the goblins simply used the fallen as stepping stones, charging over their own dead without hesitation, in some instances, groups of two or three goblins even carried corpses in front of them like makeshift shields, determined to close the distance.This level of coordination and t

The moment the separated goblin army began heading toward the Gordons mages who stood atop a makeshift earth hill they’d conjured through elemental manipulation, Marcus felt a surge of satisfaction. As even if Alec had intended to avoid the battle, he’d be forced to intervene now. Marcus silently hoped that this time, the Gordons would finally lose at least a portion of their forces, as the only reason they’d maintained their elevated status for so long was that most of their members always survived the Blood Moon unlike the other clans. And those survivors—seasoned by each event, were the very veterans that made the Gordons clan so deadly in large-scale warfare. “Tier 1, 2, and 3—execute the first plan,” Alec ordered calmly, without even bothering to look up, as the three sub-tier leaders stepped forward with the surrounding mages parting, giving them space to advance. Alec had already drilled them through multiple scenarios, and now it was time to act. The goblins, seein

The clash didn’t last long before the Tier 4 mages quickly made short work of their foes, it didn’t matter if the goblin they faced was even in the Tier 5 realm, if it got caught by them, all that awaited it was to be impaled by a flurry of long-range weapons. While many wondered how the Gordons were so skilled at this, despite it clearly being their first time fighting in such a cavalry-based style, Alec simply smiled, as only he knew the truth behind their fast progress.The main secret behind their prowess lay in their training, and more importantly, the influence of Alec’s system. All the mages under him had received the Basic Equestrianism skill, after training with their golem mounts. The lowest among them had already reached level 3 in the skill, and it didn’t just improve their riding—it enhanced everything tied to mounted combat: balance, speed, coordination, reaction time, and syncing with their golem mounts, all this had only been possible because of the influence of