Dragon Islands.

This archipelago is very vast, with the sea area where the archipelago is located exceeding 1,200 kilometers. It is located in the Storm Ocean northwest of the Holy Elf Empire and southwest of the Witt Continent.

The continent east of the archipelago is the territory of the Holy Elf Empire. Further north is a steep mountain range running northeast, called the 'Tianzhu Mountains'.

The Tianzhu Mountains are not only high, but also very wide, forming a natural barrier between the Glorious Empire and the Holy Elf Empire.

Precisely because of the existence of this mountain range, although the two countries dislike each other, it is difficult for a large-scale ground conflict to break out.

For the same reason, the geographical location of the Dragon Islands becomes very important.

It is the gateway for the Glorious Empire to enter the elven world on a large scale.

If the elves lose control of the Dragon Islands, the Glorious Empire can use it as a springboard to block all of the Elf Empire's outlets to the Storm Ocean and pose a huge threat to the Elf homeland.

As a result, this place became an arena for the battle of power between the two countries.

The archipelago has 21 large islands with an area of ​​more than 30,000 square kilometers, and countless small islands.

At this moment, the Glorious Empire has occupied nine large islands in the north.

The 12 large islands in the south, especially the largest Moonlight Island, are still firmly controlled by the elves.

The archipelago is densely covered with reefs, and there are very few safe channels for large warships to pass through. During the war, the sea area where the channel is located became the biggest flashpoint for maritime conflicts.

On this day, a fierce naval battle broke out again in the Star Sea, about 300 kilometers north of Moonlight Island.

This time, the main attacking force was the Elf Legion.

The purpose is to block the Glorious Fleet's support for Dragonscale Island and buy time for another elven army to retake Dragonscale Island.

In the sky far away from the battlefield, the sun god Osella and the newly promoted star goddess Sissi were sitting on a giant dragon respectively, using magic to watch the fierce battle on the sea in the distance.

In this naval battle, the Glorious Fleet had a total of four warships, including one large warship of 100 meters long and three medium-sized warships of 70 meters long, distributed in a sea area of ​​5 kilometers in radius.

In addition, there were about 100 planes flying in the sky.

The Elf Army had no steel battleships or airplanes, but it dispatched 100 sea dragons, 100 flying dragons, 10,000 underwater fighting mermaids, and 10,000 flying banshees.

The dragon warrior is the main attacker.

The sea dragon is up to 35 meters long and weighs up to 120 tons, using various pure water spells as its main means of attack.

The average flying dragon has a wingspan of 40 meters and weighs 10 tons. It uses dragon breath of various properties as a means of combat.

Because the human warships have extremely amazing physical and magical defenses, all the flying dragons are poisonous green dragons.

The poisonous dragon breath they spew out can severely corrode everything it touches, including spell shields.

As for the mermaid warriors and flying banshees, they serve as assistants to the dragon warriors.

Some of them attract firepower and create attack opportunities for the dragon warriors, while others cast defensive spells, dispel harmful spells, and heal injuries for the dragon warriors.

Others continue to infuse their strength into the bodies of dragon warriors, giving them longer-lasting combat endurance.

At this moment, the two armies were fighting fiercely on the sea.

"Boom~~~~Boom~~~~"

Thunderous sounds continued to come from the battlefield.

The noise was louder than thunder, with a very high frequency, almost continuous.

Those are the Blackrock cannons of the Terran warships, and each ship has about 5 of them.

On average, it can fire 10 rounds per minute, with a very long range and great power, but its accuracy is slightly poor.

It looked amazing, but the threat to either the elves' navy or air force was limited.

Osella whispered, "Master, the human race's Black Stone Cannons are not a big threat to our army in a naval battle, but they are a very terrible threat to the army."

"Their artillery can fire at a distance of up to 15 kilometers, and is very accurate and powerful in hitting fixed targets. After a barrage of bombardment, it can often cause devastating damage to our coastal land facilities."

Sissi, or more precisely, Dritan's mortal form, frowned slightly.

"The power of this artillery is indeed amazing."

He made a rough estimate and concluded that even if the Dragon of Truth was hit head-on, it would be seriously injured and fall.

I'm afraid that only the Truth Terrain Shield Dragon with specially strengthened defense can directly defend against its attack.

As soon as he thought of the Dragon of Truth, Dritan suddenly became very irritated.

This thing is indeed powerful in frontal combat, but it's a pity that it is too easy to get sick.

After getting over his bad mood, he continued to observe the battlefield.

In addition to the incredibly powerful artillery, human warships also have many powerful weapons.

One is an array of light.

There are two on medium-sized battleships and four on large battleships.

These light arrays burst out at an extremely high frequency, stimulating dazzling golden lines that dance back and forth in the sky like sharp blades.

Compared to the Blackrock Cannon, the absolute power of these golden lines is much weaker and does not pose a big threat to the flying dragon.

But it is an extremely deadly threat to the flying banshee.

Once hit by the bright line, the banshee's magic shield will be unable to block it and her body will be cut into two pieces.

The attack is extremely accurate and difficult to dodge.

Fortunately, the number was not large enough and the effective range was not far. The power was greatly reduced beyond 2 kilometers. Therefore, although it caused terrible casualties, it did not form an overwhelming advantage.

Another weapon is a small hypervelocity artillery array.

These things look a bit like Blackrock Cannons, but they fire very quickly and are quite accurate.

Once triggered, a large barrage of metal will be splashed across the sea.

Its power is much stronger than the light array and can cause considerable damage to dragon warriors. If they can withstand it for more than five seconds, they will be doomed.

It can not only hit the sky, but also hit shallow water.

The sea dragons and mermaids in the water were beaten so hard that they dared not show their heads, and the flying dragons in the sky were driven into hiding everywhere.

Another type is a depth-sea bomb.

This thing can move in the sea, and explode violently when it reaches the target.

The good news is that the advance speed is not very fast and the shooting is not very accurate.

The bad news is, it's really powerful.

Once the explosion occurs, all mermaid warriors within a hundred meters of the explosion will die, and the sea dragon will also lose its combat effectiveness.

In addition to these powerful weapons, the defense of human warships is also extremely amazing.

Not only does the battleship body use a large amount of steel, the magic shield outside the hull is also extremely thick.

Especially that large battleship, its shield range is more than 20 meters.

And there are various types, including pure water, force energy, and lightning.

The intensity is also incredibly amazing. The corrosive dragon flame of the poisonous green dragon needs to spray for at least half a minute to break the shield.

Faced with the powerful weapons of the human race, it is simply impossible for the flying dragon to maintain such a long attack time.

What’s even more terrifying is that the power of this shield seems to be endless.

As long as it fails to be destroyed in one breath, it will immediately return to its original state, which makes people feel powerless.

Compared with these thick-skinned and high-attack surface warships, the performance of human aircraft is average.

Its speed and flying agility are inferior to those of the flying dragon. After an aerial fight, the flying dragon can easily inflict a 1 for 30 casualties.

So, after fighting for a while, the human planes evacuated far away from the battlefield.

After a fierce battle, the elven army suffered heavy losses, while the human fleet was basically intact except for consuming a large amount of weapons and ammunition.

Among the elf legion, the most outstanding performance was not the dragon warriors, but the explosive fire fruit thrown by the flying banshee.

Each of these explosive fruits is about the size of an adult's head. A flying banshee can carry five or six of them. After flying high into the sky, she uses throwing techniques to throw them far away at human warships.

Because warships are large and not very fast, they can often throw accurately.

Dritan could see clearly that every time the Explosive Fruit fell, the human warriors would try their best to intercept it.

Therefore, when five or six Explosion Fruits as big as heads explode on the battleship's shield at the same time, they can often cause huge shock to the battleship's shield.

On several occasions, the shield was even briefly penetrated.

After looking at it for a while, Druitan said, "Since the Explosive Flame Fruit is so useful, why don't you get more?"

Osela smiled bitterly: "Master, the power of the Explosive Fruit is indeed huge, but it is very difficult to make. We lack a tree that can grow the Explosive Fruit efficiently."

Druitan immediately said: "It's not a difficult thing, it will be there soon."

He decided to create a large number of Explosive Flame Fruits and develop them into the main attack method of the elf army.

At this time, the battle situation ahead gradually became clear.

Although the human fleet is very powerful, its number is small after all.

Although the Elf Legion suffered heavy losses, it had a huge advantage in numbers.

After a fierce battle, the human race had consumed a huge amount of combat supplies, their endurance began to be insufficient, and they gradually fell into a disadvantage.

The human fleet began to turn around and retreat.

Dritan was not satisfied with the outcome of the battle.

"The battle losses are too great and the attack efficiency is too low. We must make improvements."

Five thousand years ago, when he left the plane, the elf army similar to today's had the power to crush the entire plane.

Even just sending out a few flying dragons can cause a small human country to collapse.

But this time when they returned, the same combat legion, with a greatly increased number, was severely suppressed by a small fleet of mortals.

From the beginning to the end, our side suffered heavy losses, while the other side was able to retreat with dignity.

This kind of victory at the cost of human lives made him feel very depressed.

I originally thought that, although it was a little embarrassing, the elf had won after all.

But at this moment, the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed! Suddenly, there was a intensive sound of wind and thunder in the sky in the distance.

More than ten seconds later, hundreds of white lines flew over at a very fast speed, like white swords, piercing the battlefield directly.

As soon as the white line arrived at the battlefield, it began to turn at high speed in the air, specifically targeting the dragon warriors.

"Boom~~Boom~~Boom~~~"

Amid a burst of intensive explosions, the number of flying dragons in the sky and sea dragons in the water instantly decreased by 90%.

Druitan saw clearly that after these white swords hit the flying dragon, they exploded extremely violently.

It can easily tear a huge bloody hole in the body of a dragon warrior, or even smash it into pieces if it is serious.

With such injuries, not only would one not be able to survive, even the soul might be shattered.

The change was too sudden and too tragic.

It can be seen that all the elf warriors were stunned, and many of them even retreated uncontrollably.

The human fleet quickly seized the opportunity and began to counterattack, immediately causing shocking casualties.

In just a few minutes, more than a thousand elven warriors died.

The situation on the battlefield turned around in an instant!

The human fleet did not linger in the battle, but quickly changed course and rushed at full speed towards Dragon Scale Island which needed support.

Druitan frowned and said, "What is this?"

Osela's face was also filled with shock. "It should be a magical weapon developed by the human race, called the High-Speed ​​Explosive Flame Plane."

"They have appeared before, but not in such large numbers, nor as agile as this, so the threat is not that great."

After a pause, the shock on Osela's face turned into bitterness.

"Master, since we increased our troops, the Glorious Empire has also greatly increased its strength, and their strength has increased much faster than ours, so we are still at a disadvantage."

"If this continues, Moonlight Island may not be able to be saved."

Druitan listened expressionlessly: "Is there any way to deal with it?"

"Almost nothing, unless the Truth Warriors are dispatched."

In fact, Druitan had thought of this. It’s not that the Truth Warriors can directly resist this kind of explosive plane, but that the Truth Warriors are fast and have a long attack range, so they can counterattack and knock down the explosive plane before being hit by it.

He could see that as long as they could shoot down this explosive plane from 500 meters away, their side would be able to remain unscathed.

But the Truth Warrior has serious flaws and is temporarily useless.

After a few seconds of contemplation, Dritan made a decision.

"As for Storm Continent, we have already occupied 60% of the land, which is enough for a short period of time."

"On the mainland, we will switch from an offensive to a defensive position and expand the forest to provide war resources for the empire."

"At the same time, transfer the main force back to the Dragon Islands and drive the Glorious Empire out of the islands completely."

Osella was delighted when he heard this: "Yes, Master."

Then he asked: "Master, what about this battle in front of us?"

"Retreat, retreat to the next line of defense."

"yes."

Dritan asked again, "Aren't there two mortal empires? Why do I only see the army of the Glorious Empire? Where is the Natural Empire?"

"The Natural Empire has not yet joined the war, but they have provided a lot of assistance to the Glorious Empire. Most of the explosive planes just now came from the Natural Empire."

"Not participating in the war?"

Druitan frowned again. He thought of the extremely dense soul mist and asked, "How much do you know about the Natural Empire?"

Osela showed a hint of embarrassment: "Master, not much."

Fearing that he would be punished, he immediately explained: "The Natural Empire is hiding behind the Glorious Empire, and is too far away from us. Its domestic intelligence agencies have strong counterintelligence capabilities. Once our people infiltrate, they will be discovered immediately. Therefore, we don't know much about the Natural Empire."

Druitan understood: "So, we don't know what the Nature Empire is doing?"

"almost."

Osella nodded, but immediately said: "But the power of the two mortal empires is not much different. The Glorious Empire may be even stronger."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because the Natural Empire was unified not long ago, at least ten years ago, the Glorious Empire was obviously stronger and had always suppressed the Natural Empire."

"Furthermore, although we are now mainly facing warriors from the Glorious Empire, the Natural Empire has also provided a lot of assistance, so we are essentially going to war with two major mortal empires."

This statement made sense, but it did not satisfy Druitan.

Osella knew that Druitan was in a bad mood recently, and worried about being punished, so he immediately added: "Master, we have learned another piece of news recently."

"What news?"

"Emperor Rosen of the Natural Empire submitted a marriage certificate to Empress Zhuoya of the Glorious Empire. The Empress agreed and planned to hold the wedding in three months."

"It is said that in order to protect the self-esteem of the citizens of the Glorious Empire, the wedding will be held in the Imperial Palace of Metasilin."

After a pause, Osela added: "By then, Rosen will appear in the Glorious Palace."

"Hmm~~~Interesting~~~Interesting~~~"

Dritan was pleased with the news.

He never gave up the decapitation tactic, but the opponent was so good at hiding that he could not find his hiding place.

Now that this happened, he immediately started to think about it.

"Rosen is a man of some means. It would be too risky for me to kill him alone."

'I'll prepare myself well.'

(End of this chapter)