Chapter 141 Battle Against the Regular Army
The rest room for guards on duty at the Tianbo Stone Mine outpost.
"This awful weather."
The old sentry breathed warm air into his palms as he removed his damp armor.
"I was just transferred to the wilderness and it's already the rainy season." He kicked the moldy food bag at his feet and complained, "I hate the weather here."
The young sentry wiped the rust off his breastplate, chuckled, and said, "At least it's better than the sandstorms during the dry season. Back then, my helmet was filled with half a pound of sand, and my mouth tasted like sand."
He suddenly lowered his voice: "Seriously, what are you planning to do after your service is over?"
"I'll go back to my hometown and open a blacksmith shop."
The old sentry said, "My son learned the craft of horseshoe making in Silverpine City this year. Although he's not very good at it, at least it's safe, and we don't have to worry about not seeing the sun the next day."
He looked at the young sentry.
He asked, "And you? What are your plans?"
The young sentry smiled and said, "After this year is over, I will apply for retirement. I want to apply to the Royal Capital Knights."
"For that blonde girl?"
Calvin grinned, revealing his missing front tooth: "Come on, you even need me to write your love letters."
After exchanging a few jokes, the two...
Another sentry joked, "I really hope a powerful beast comes to attack and cause trouble, so we might be able to go home earlier."
Boom!
A loud clap of thunder interrupted their conversation.
At the same time, the alarm bells suddenly tore through the rain.
The men's expressions changed, and they hurriedly grabbed their weapons and rushed out of the lounge, where they witnessed a scene they would never forget.
In the torrential rain, a crimson figure tore through the clouds, its majestic body evaporating water vapor, leaving behind a trail of steam and dark red flames, resembling the tail of a comet.
Six ballistae standing around the stronghold were activated simultaneously, and the magic crystals embedded in their bases emitted a dazzling blue light.
These war machines, forged by alchemists, are all priceless, and their crossbow bolts, engraved with armor-piercing runes, can blast through thick steel plates.
They collectively turned to the sky and fired giant crossbow bolts over ten meters long.
The giant crossbow bolts tore through the rain relentlessly, the runes wrapped around the shafts illuminating their flight paths like a meteor shower shooting upwards.
It's best not to try to withstand these types of weapons of war with your body.
Galos took a deep breath, and golden lightning shot out from the gaps in his scales, swirling and dancing around his body like a mane, causing his entire body to swell.
Time seemed to slow down.
In Red Iron Dragon's vision, the speed at which the raindrops fell from the sky, and the crossbow bolts shot towards him, all seemed to slow down.
No, it's not that they've slowed down.
Galos's reaction and speed have both improved.
Red Iron Dragon's strong body displayed unparalleled agility, moving like a swimming dragon and as fast as a golden flash, darting left and right, twisting and turning, shuttling through the rain of arrows.
They dodged the first wave of crossbow bolts.
Galos opened its massive maw, its fangs biting through boiling flames and lightning.
boom!
A spherical burst of fiery dragon breath shot out from his mouth, evaporating into a vacuum trail in the rain, and instantly arrived in front of a ballista.
A magical shield rose up.
It encased the ballista inside, but it shattered instantly upon contact with the Flame and Thunder Breath.
The defensive runes and magic crystals embedded in the base were all overloaded and shattered simultaneously, but they successfully blocked Garos's attack, and the heavy crossbow was not damaged.
It has to be said.
The regular legions were not comparable to the private armies brought by the sons of nobles in the past.
"Activate the Anti-Flight Pillar!"
The garrison commander roared as he issued the order.
A section of the ground suddenly split open, and five black pillars engraved with intricate incantations rose from it. The pillars were circular in shape. Then, the five pillars lit up at the same time, forming a large-scale magic energy dispelling field and a super-gravity field in the air, which instantly enveloped Garros.
The flow of magical energy within his body became extremely obscure.
Moreover, it wasn't just the magic energy that was dispelled; there was also an immense force pressing down on him, as if an invisible hand was dragging him down.
If it were an ordinary dragon, it would lose its flight advantage and be pulled to the ground.
Galos's eyes flickered, and he staggered as if affected, falling towards the ground.
The roar of engines was incessant as alchemical golems, one after another, were at full power, rapidly converging on the spot where Garros was about to crash, ready to surround and kill the attacker.
However.
An unexpected thing happened.
When Galos descended to about 100 meters, it suddenly flapped its wings, its body drawing a golden arc as it changed direction and headed straight for the anti-air pillar.
Harden your body!
The already hard body was coated with a layer of black iron-like luster, and the Garus Wing charged forward with unstoppable momentum.
boom!
The magic shield of the anti-air pillar was shattered.
With a slash of its dragon wings, a tearing motion with its claws, and a sweeping tail, it destroyed all five pillars in the blink of an eye. Then, its body sprang and twisted repeatedly to dodge another wave of heavy crossbow fire, and with a breath of fire and lightning, it unleashed a powerful attack on the ballistae that had lost their magic shield.
The ground shattered, and a heavily armored humanoid golem carrying a giant steel shield leaped up.
The ball of fire and lightning was intercepted midway and collided with the giant shield.
The alchemical golem was blasted away by the flames, and its giant shield was covered in cracks, but it did not shatter on the spot, indicating that its texture and structure were extraordinary.
Flames rolled in the air.
Before it had even dissipated, the crimson-gold dragon shadow rushed over.
The dragon's guillotine-like wings swept across the ballista, cleaving it in two.
The other five ballistae continued firing, unleashing another hail of arrows at Garos, angled with treacherous precision, attempting to suppress him and prevent him from taking flight. Alchemical golems also surrounded him, including several golems whose backs spewed forth flames, enabling them to levitate.
Spellcasters and warlocks among humans are all constructing spells.
The warrior-type guards were also on high alert, ready to launch an attack on Garus once he was injured and landed.
Almost all the guards' attention was drawn to Galos, and they attacked him.
And that's exactly what Galos wanted.
The opportunity for the other two dragons has arrived.
"There are two more."
The shouting stopped abruptly.
Then the alloy gates of the west warehouse began to groan under the strain.
Red Dragon and Iron Dragon crushed the rather weak defenders and launched a surprise attack on the warehouse.
Samantha's fiery breath didn't strike the door directly, but instead seeped in through the cracks. The terrifying heat and impact caused the metal door to swell and deform, and the runes on it vanished one by one.
Bang!
Iron Dragon's hard claws slid into the gap, and with a bulging of muscles, it tore the heavy steel door into twisted scrap metal.
The heat wave, carrying the smell of sulfur, rushed into the warehouse, and the Tianbo gemstones displayed in the explosion-proof cabinets were illuminated like a beating blue heart.
"Sparkling! A beautiful, sparkling gem!"
"You belong to the dragons!"
Samantha roared excitedly, her eyes shrinking into vertical pupils.
It and the Iron Dragon stormed into the warehouse and looted all the gems inside.
The commotion at the gem warehouse attracted attention. Several alchemical golems, followed by a group of guards, changed direction, abandoning Garros as their target and heading towards the warehouse.
Galus noticed that the defending troops were beginning to split up and return to their positions, so he immediately changed his strategy.
He stopped dealing with the ballistae and instead swooped down to the lowest point in the sky, his dragon claws striking left and right in succession, turning a golem that was trying to run towards the warehouse into scrap metal, and then swung the heavy golem remains up and smashed them into the surrounding warriors.
Galus displayed his divine power, making it difficult for the defending troops to return and defend.
Shortly after, two loud bangs rang out as the Iron Dragon and Red Dragon smashed through the warehouse roof and soared into the sky. Samantha didn't forget to unleash a dragon breath attack on the warehouse behind her.
Flames and thick smoke rose up in the rain like giant pythons coiling together.
Before leaving, Sorog used its tail to break the supporting pillar, and now it was hit by the dragon's breath, causing most of the warehouse area to collapse into ruins amidst the roar.
With engines roaring, the alchemical golems, their backs surging with flames, charged toward Garros.
"Remember, this is a return gift for Viscount Ironthorn!"
Garos left a message, flapped his dragon wings, and bravely withstood a crossbow bolt, soaring into the air at high speed to escape the pursuit, catch up with the two young dragons, and cover the retreat of the red dragon and the iron dragon.
The torrential rain could not extinguish the flames and thick smoke.
The garrison of the Principality of Raymond could only watch helplessly as the young dragons disappeared into the distance.
(End of this chapter)
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