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However, both commanding generals knew that in the clash between flesh and magical metal, there was only one outcome. As long as they made contact, the Quinu cavalry would be turned into mincemeat.

The only problem was that they actually had to make contact.

Just as the two mighty armies were about to collide, the human commanders, who had already begun to smile, suddenly saw the yak warriors riding Quinu hurl their precious totem poles, which they had been holding. Three thousand totem poles, infused with powerful magical energy, crossed the distance between the two armies and exploded amidst the "Dragon Golems." Countless glittering dust particles scattered from the exploding totem poles. The human soldiers following the "Dragon Golems" were unaffected by the dust, but the massive "Dragon Golems" clearly were. Their speed drastically slowed, and after struggling for a few dozen meters, they collapsed to the ground, motionless.

This was the trap we had hidden in the crystal dragon's design specifications. The war puppets created by this method were flawless in every other aspect, but they were extremely sensitive to a particular type of magical fluctuation. The dust inside the yak warriors' totem poles emitted this exact fluctuation. This defect wasn't hard to eliminate, but it was absolutely impossible to detect through normal inspections. By the time humans discovered it, it was already too late.

It was a nightmare—that was the feeling among all humans at that moment. The "Dragon Golems," which had been the hope and pride of humanity, built with enormous resources and having achieved great success in previous battles, had fallen at the most critical moment. In the minds of some humans, this was the sound of the fall of the Holy Os Kingdom.

The human charge hesitated at this sudden turn of events, but the orcs did not slow down at all. Seeing the massive war puppets fall only boosted the orcs' morale. Led by the Quinu cavalry, the enraged orc warriors crossed over the disabled "Dragon Golems" and charged towards the demoralized human army.

Although they had taken a heavy blow, the human elite forces were still disciplined soldiers. After a brief moment of panic, they quickly regained order and, under the command of their officers, began to resist the orc offensive with all their strength. However, Katherine had no intention of giving humans another chance. She decisively revealed her final trump card—the crystal dragons—and in the most unexpected place.

At the top of a small hill behind the human formation, Lica, wearing a ruby accessory containing a hidden crystal dragon, scanned the battlefield with her illusionary crystal eyes, which had vision comparable to the eagle-eyed hawkmen. When she noticed Katherine's signal, she immediately activated her magic, causing the three rubies on her golden necklace to emit a brilliant light. The light shot in three directions, and blood-red magic arrays appeared in the places it illuminated. From within these arrays, three massive and ferocious crystal dragons emerged.

Lica lightly leaped onto the back of one crystal dragon, and the spot where she landed began to sink, enveloping Lica's slender legs. At the same time, countless large and small scales rose around her, forming a red crystal heavy armor that protected her entire body. Inside the crystal dragon's helmet, a blue gem slowly appeared on Lica's snow-white forehead. Through this gem, the crystal dragon knight not only achieved a mental fusion with her mount but also gained control over the other two crystal dragons through a unique resonance.

The crystal dragons were the ultimate weapons developed by the Twelve Sages for large-scale warfare. In terms of battlefield impact, even a top-tier powerful wyrm like the Golden Dragon might not be as formidable. The three crystal dragons formed a triangular formation and easily pierced through the human army from the rear, cutting the formation in half. They then made a huge arc, charging into the positions of the priests and mages, unleashing hundreds of energy blasts equivalent to sixth-level fire magic, causing chaos in the most vulnerable parts of the human formation. After quickly turning around and passing through the heavy cavalry's position, they charged towards the human command center.

When the crystal dragons first appeared from behind the human formation, the humans initially thought reinforcements had arrived and roared in triumph. However, they soon realized that these three crystal dragons were not attacking the orcs but were instead wreaking havoc in the human formation. This blow was far greater than the fall of the "Dragon Golems." In the human world, everyone had been taught from a young age that crystal dragons were the guardians of the human battlefield. But now, the guardian had turned traitor. Whether the orcs had taken control of them or had mastered their creation, it signaled the loss of a tremendous human advantage.

After several blows, and with the loss of magical support and command from the rear, the human elite forces finally lost their will to fight and began a full-scale retreat. Katherine, alongside the orc warrior known as "Ice Valkyrie" Zha, pursued and killed the human commander, Duke Saransia, in battle. The Blood Duke had finally met his end, drenched in his own blood. His death definitively marked the fall of the Holy Os Kingdom. The human elite forces suffered 150,000 casualties in the battle, another 100,000 died during the retreat, and about 100,000 troops surrendered. Only 50,000 wounded soldiers managed to escape back to the capital.

Katherine's army swiftly occupied all the major towns along the Yunsi River defense line, clearing out the remaining human garrisons. Meanwhile, the 400,000-strong human army that had been sent to attack our western front, upon hearing of the main force's defeat and the blocking of their retreat route, attempted several breakouts but ultimately surrendered entirely. The combined forces of the Yellow Dragon, Tiele, and the Mercenary Empire, who had retreated from the eastern front, upon learning of the battle's outcome, quickly bypassed and retreated south to the Holy Fasin Kingdom. With a renowned champion like the Ferocious Underworld Martial Saint protecting them, we did not dare pursue recklessly.

Three days later, the royal family of the Holy Os Kingdom abandoned their plans to defend the capital to the last man and fled south with the nobility. The remaining garrison, with limited numbers and even less morale, was easily overwhelmed, and we captured the city. Thus, the entire campaign to conquer the Holy Os Kingdom ended in a complete victory for us orcs. We occupied the Holy Os capital, Parin, and successfully took over vast supplies and food stocks that the humans had been unable to carry away. Using this as a base, we took control of the fourteen provinces of Os, while the royal family of Os took refuge in the south, able to control only seven provinces. Stripped of their elite forces, the royal family could no longer mount any significant resistance.