The four cannon barrels can change the direction to some extent and pike after pike were being shot at the Sea-Hawks.

There is a reason why they didn't choose explosives and impact shells to shoot.

It's because there is a high chance of getting damaged by them. If the opponents just tried to use some methods that could block their ascent and let them fall down back on the ship, the results would be disastrous.

Rather, these metallic pikes are a good replacement for that.

They are mainly focused on damaging a single entity rather than an area of effect damage. On top of that, they could also integrate any form of spiritual energy into them and have different properties when they attacked.

The fire element can cause an explosion of flames, the wind element can form a sharp wind blade, and the earth element or metal element can form a crushing brute force. All of them are possible.

Soon, the tables turned once again and the Seahawk troops returned. It could be said as a tie at this moment and that is because they retreated, if they continued to stay, they would die.

Six Sea-Hawks fell and the people from the warships didn't waste any time in catching their bodies.

There is no way they would let these babies go after killing them.

The soldiers of the Western continent are looking at them in a speechless manner. This is not something they expected from these elites of the School.

They are just too greedy for their own good.

It almost made them look like they are not taking this war seriously.

The Sea Hawk troops returned and the Adrian emperor's face turned gloomy. He doesn't know how to overcome those two ships. They were quite some deterrence, the only way for them to win this battle is to bring this to the ground.

He decided to wait it out. He wouldn't make a move until the other party did. After all, Arc is the one who is invading. He could just focus on defending.

After that, he went to the city lord's place and sent a message which passed through all the cities and reached the imperial capital. There someone went to the Thunder god temple, to contact Adrian Prince who is studying in the thunder god temple.

They want to see if they could use the thunder god temple to pressure the Western continent into backing down.

But the reply he got is not something he wanted to hear. He learned that the Thunder god temple is extremely busy and there is no one who could help him. He heard that there is some serious unrest going on between the major powers.

He couldn't help but curse Arc. That bastard really chose a perfect time to make a move.

As he received the message, suddenly he heard some commotion on the other side and the connection was cut. He wanted to connect once again, but it is not happening.

He has a bad feeling about this and tried to contact the nearby remaining cities but the result is still the same.

He had a bad premonition and the next morning an injured soldier came to them on a beast which is also injured.

They collapsed at the edge of the city and the patrol soldiers tried their best to save him. When he woke up, he immediately said something.

"Ambush.. Ambush. We are ambushed."

He started saying frantically.

"What happened? Calm down and say it clearly." The captain near him frowned and felt like something is wrong. Who would ambush them at this time?

The soldier drank a potion and calmed down before saying.

"The troops from the nearby city and are marching towards this place, but on the way we are ambushed. All the soldiers are dead. I am the only survivor. We are even ambushed at the convergent point where the three city's troops are supposed to be assembled."

When the captain heard this, his eyes became wide open and his body started shivering. This is not just some bad news this is the worst possible news.

"Who did this?" He asked trying to calm himself as much as he can.

"I don't know."

The captain didn't press further. There is nothing he could do if the soldier really doesn't know.

He went out and reported everything to the superior and the news soon reached the Emperor and he frowned.

This is the worst-case scenario. He didn't expect that there would be an ambush within his country.

He immediately stormed out of the tent and yelled at Arc who is on the Warship conversing with the commander about the Warship.

"ARC YOU BASTARD. HOW DARE YOU?"

His voice sounded all over the city and many low-level cultivators felt their ears piercing and they bled from their ears.

Arc didn't care, he knew what is happening within the Adrian better than the Adrian emperor. As for the emperor himself battling, he could give it a try. Even before the tutelage he received, he is already considered one of the strongest emperors on the planet, only when considered with the emperors under the major powers.

Now, he can definitely say he is the strongest of them all. He could probably kill this guy with a single hit.

But the war is necessary. This time there are even two reasons to consider that. One of them is, when they are taking over a new territory they should definitely go through the hardships otherwise, the people would take everything for granted and mainly soldiers. They wouldn't know the value of it.

Bullying and such will grow by too much.

The second reason is that they need to maintain a façade to fool the thunder god temple and the other major powers.

They shouldn't attract too much attention from them this soon. It would need at least another year before they could deal with the major powers at that time, they would go knocking on their doors even if they don't come for them. At least, that is what Sam said.

Arc looked at the furious Adrian emperor and flew towards him on his vulture. He looked down on him from above and said.

"You are an emperor, behave like one."

Adrian emperor didn't care what Arc said, he is extremely furious.

"Why did you have to do this? We have no enmity between us. We don't even have any connections. Why are you so adamant on this?"

This is something he didn't understand. Arc waging a war on Orion is something understandable. After all, they were one empire, to begin with.

Why would be he wage war on a completely unrelated empire? But Arc only gave a calm answer.

"I already told you, there is no reason. This is my conquest. That's it."

"I will see. I want to see how you will succeed in this conquest."

Arc smiled and said.

"You still don't understand; do you? Do you think your armies will come and save you? Do you think you have a chance? Do you think only three cities received ambush?"

With that Arc left.

He didn't want to say more.

The Emperor felt like something is wrong, but he didn't want to believe anything. He still wanted to be hopeful.

Anyway, the Naval fleet arrives by that night. So, there is no need for him to worry too much. The two borders are near each other, so there is no need to worry too much, except for the remaining empire attacking them. But he knew they wouldn't do so.

Because, his son is the only one who has a higher position in the Thunder god temple, just like Arc's son. The remaining emperor doesn't have any offspring who is influential in the thunder god temple. So, he made a gamble when he contacted his son.

That is, his son is now holding the son of the other emperor hostage. If they really attacked then he would die.

So, the remaining empire couldn't fish in these troubled waters. He even wanted to ask for their military support but they didn't accept.

As he waited, he saw the glimpse of his naval fleet coming, this one is bigger than the one that was destroyed yesterday.

As soon as the troops entered, they could see the beasts flying over it and recognize they are in extreme battle formation ready to launch attacks and this the battle started.

The Adrian emperor is still waiting for the troops to come from the rear, but when he finally saw the people coming in large groups, his face went pale.

Because he understood now that Arc led only the troops that would only tackle the naval troops, they are not for land troops.

Because he saw the mercenary teams that are extremely popular are also coming with a large army from the rear. His land army that is on the seashore is now blocked. They could either run into the sea and die in the hands of the troops or die in the hands of these troops.

"Fight to the death."

The commander yelled and some soldiers went to fight with them but some kneeled down and surrendered.

At this moment Arc arrived and gestured for Adrian emperor to a battle.

The result is obvious but he still went for a battle and on that day, the Adrian emperor was no more.