"——Back——"
The intense tinnitus made it impossible for her to hear clearly what the other person was saying, and her eyes lost focus. The only thing she could still feel was the extremely strong and dazzling sunlight.
"Ahem—" The breastplate, which was slightly dented by the huge impact, pressed her chest, making it difficult to breathe. She coughed, but because of her dizziness, even the sound sounded like someone else's.
"Come back quickly—!"
The movable structures of the arm armor and gauntlets made collision sounds as the arms swayed, and the knight with his visor lifted roared at the top of his lungs.
"Quickly avoid!"
"Boom——!!" The thick forelimbs covered with scales stepped on the ground, and all the grass was pressed into the soil, leaving a deep mark.
"Hiss--" The war horse weighing hundreds of kilograms was bitten on the neck by it, and its lifeless body sank down weakly, and the leather bag fixed on the saddle also became loose. Mira had been carrying it all the way. All the books fell to the floor.
"Uh - cough cough cough -" The girl collapsed on the ground and coughed. She stretched out her hand and touched the side of her face. Warm and sticky blood was left along her head. The softer ground saved her. life, but some small rocks above also caused some groundbreaking wounds.
"Retreat! Retreat!" Constantine shouted loudly on horseback.
"Can you still move?" The light in front of her was suddenly blocked by something. Henry stopped in front of her and said this, while Mira looked at him in confusion, unable to say a word for a long time. "" The sage decisively turned over and dismounted, picked her up from the waist, and put her directly on the horse's back.
"Tell Mikhail what's going on here." He told Mira. Because her mind was still confused and swollen and she couldn't even speak properly, the girl reluctantly nodded.
"Go!" He pulled the reins and turned the horse's head, then patted the horse's butt hard, and then turned around, taking a panoramic view of the behemoth that suddenly appeared with the light behind it.
"Hiss-dong-" It released its huge mouth full of sharp teeth, and its cervical vertebrae were completely bitten into pieces. The horse with blood holes on it fell heavily to the ground, and the subcutaneous muscles that had lost all life seemed to be soft. The body trembled like a gel, and the blood that had not flowed cleanly continued to seep out as it stepped over the horse's body.
"Boom——!!" The thick forelimbs stepped on the ground again, and blood quickly seeped into this new small pit due to the change in terrain.
"Hiss—" it took a breath.
"Roar————!!!" Then there was a huge roar that deafened everyone and made the remaining four horses panic.
"Uh ah ah -" The air flow from the roar mixed with the fishy smell was like a strong wind, making those who stood too close feel like they could hardly lift their heads.
The surface of the huge body weighing several tons is covered with countless palm-sized turquoise scales, which shine brightly in the sun.
What this is, everyone knows it well without thinking about it or Henry explaining it to them.
Because there are countless images of this creature in human books and legends from ancient times to the present around the world - yes, this is very much like the plot depicted in adventure novels -
The castle has colorful stone walls covered with traces of wind and rain, and is covered with overgrown vines. The armor-clad Imperial knights, holding spears and swords, are facing each other majestically——
dragon.
It's like going from Padrosi's stencils to reality, except that they can't actually slay the dragon single-handedly.
"Don't provoke it. This is a sub-adult southern forest-dwelling land dragon with a more ferocious temperament than an adult." Henry did not pull out Claymore, even he didn't want to face a several-ton, ten-meter-long dragon. Earth dragon, he said to Constantine and others.
"Sub-adult, this is still a fucking teenager-" The knights swallowed. Such a large sub-dragon is not considered a city defense weapon. The only threat to it in the human army is the heavy knight equipped with a heavy lance. They lined up and charged. If the thirty or so of them were all in their heyday and the war horse was the same, then perhaps it could indeed be killed at the cost of a few casualties.
But with these thin and long infantry spears and one-handed warhammers and swords, how are we going to deal with this guy?
The defense of plate armor also has certain limits. Facing an earth dragon weighing several tons, how can a steel plate with a thickness of only 1.5 millimeters be supported when stepped on - but this does not seem to be the worst thing.
"Wait, why does this guy have one black eye?" The earth dragon continued to approach. After officially entering the area blocked from the sun by the outer walls of Katigali, the knights noticed more of it. Weirdness.
"It seems that it ate the wrong thing." Henry looked around its head covered with tiny horns. There were many scratches on the scales that seemed to be left by ghouls - which somewhat explained the appearance of this earth dragon. The reason for being here.
This is a relatively low-level earth dragon, which can be judged from the horns on its head. Subsaurians, whether they are flying dragons or earth dragons, all have the same characteristics. The lower ones are smaller in size and have many horns around their heads, which is similar to some higher dragon lizards. The higher the level, the more powerful it is. In addition to these short horns, it will also grow two huge and obvious horns.
The wisdom of that type of dragon is almost the same as that of humans. In some legends, it can even speak human words and even take on human form. But although this low-level earth dragon also possesses intelligence, it is equivalent to the level of a 10-year-old human child.
Impulsive, more often based on instinct, they eat almost anything like the sharks in the sea, and this earth dragon living in the Bao Forest obviously ate the wrong thing after the arrival of the witch and took away the poisonous food. The corpse was eaten into the stomach.
After realizing that there was something wrong with his body, he came to this land and wanted to heal himself by eating the magic-rich weeds or the horses that turned into monsters.
Although dragons are not entirely classified as Warcraft in the academic world, things rich in magic, such as magic-rich plants, magic glands of Warcraft, magic crystal mines - and even magicians - are indeed useful to them. Certain pharmacological effects.
It's just that the ghoul toxin spreads at an alarmingly fast speed, so it's already a little late. Half of its face has been infected, and its yellow-green eyes have turned into shiny black without pupils.
"What should I do?" Due to the toxin infection that reduced its intelligence and one eye that seemed unable to see clearly, Henry quickly gathered more than 20 knights here, making their overall appearance and physique look very terrifying. People, it can't help but judge the situation with its intellectual thinking that has become very anxious, trying to see clearly whether this opponent can fight.
But even so, they are now in a dilemma.
Fortunately, Mira, who bore the brunt of the heavy damage, although her head was dizzy, finally recovered to the point where she could speak a few words after returning there. After hearing words like "dragon" she said, she understood that the situation was unbearable. After becoming optimistic, Mikhail made a decisive decision. He helped Mira onto the carriage and took care of Margaret and Horno. After that, the young knight adjutant led the team to prepare to split into two, and the remaining ten heavyweights The adventurers came forward with the last undamaged lances, while the mercenaries and merchants entered the interior of the long-abandoned ancient city of Katigali.
This was actually the last resort. Even with the vines fixing the perimeter, they had no idea how much of the city-state was already crumbling after two thousand years of weathering. If a giant dragon with a size as large as a dragon collides, it will probably collapse and bury them inside. But even so, they have no other choice. If a dozen slow-moving carriages stay in the exposed wilderness, they will only It's the meal on the plate.
"Speed up!" Mikhail made a decision decisively. He led the remaining nine knights to mount their horses quickly, and then the mercenaries helped hand over the lances. After sorting out the equipment, they formed a V-shaped formation and gradually moved towards Accelerate ahead.
"Quick, go to the city." Uncle Mario roared, and Margaret took one look at Mira's wound and flicked the riding whip.
"Turn around, speed up!" Mikhail's many years of knight training were not limited. He did not directly lead the team to rush over there, but first picked up the horn around his waist, sucked in enough air, and blew two long Three short blasts.
"W-W-W-W-" Constantine got the clear signal, and so did all the other Imperial Knights. They were faintly preparing to separate from the middle, and after blowing the horns to notify the friendly forces, Mikhail and the other ten heavy riders turned around in a large-diameter arc in the direction outside the main gate of Katigali City. .
There is only one chance to attack. If you rush over like this, the war horse will not be able to fully accelerate.
"Get ready!" Constantine roared while riding on horseback, raising his spear, but everyone noticed something wrong at this time - the long horn sound seemed to attract the earth dragon's attention, and it raised its head He raised his head and turned around to look in the direction where Mikhail and others should be.
"Not good!" a knight shouted, but Mikhail and others, who had turned their horses around and reached the sprint limit, were like arrows leaving the string and could no longer stop them.
"Leave it flat!!" The adjutant of the Storm Knight roared as he faced the sprinting force. Ten thick lances with black bodies painted with golden threads were raised one by one and pointed straight ahead.
"Disperse!" The heavy cavalry marched abreast, and the already prepared foot knights could only separate from the middle to make room for them.
"Boom--" Something desperate happened. In front of them, the earth dragon grabbed the ground with its front limbs and jumped across the body with its hind legs.
"Squat down!" Ferruccio, Filippo and Constantine jumped from the saddle to the sides with a decisive kick, and the moment they just left the saddle and fell on the grass in embarrassment, a long A several-meter-long thick tail swung over with a "whoosh" sound that broke through the air.
A knight who didn't have time to crouch down and reacted half a beat later was hit by the upper part of his helmet. His armor deformed and the fixed belt of the helmet couldn't withstand the huge force. It broke apart and flew out with a roar, and the blood was stretched. The throat that was spread all over the floor and torn apart by brute force was still pumping blood out.
"Stop—!" Mikhail almost screamed the word.
"Bangka——!!"
A thick tail with extremely high speed, a heavy cavalry sprinting at full speed.
Like comets colliding in the sky.
"Roar - ah -" Blood splattered everywhere, the lance was broken, and the head of the horse covered with plate armor was beaten to the point where brains spilled out. The three knights were beaten to the point where their armor was deformed, blood spurted out, and they were left with fractures and maims. He was seriously wounded, but their lances also managed to pierce the Earth Dragon's tail.
"Boom!!" The tail whipped out with astonishing force hit the outer wall of the ancient city of Katigali. The dense green vines made a rustling sound and bursts of dust fell, but this was not the end. .
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" The length of the earth dragon's tail is only long enough to hit the three forward cavalry. After it completely flicks its tail, the rear half of its body exposed is the best target for the remaining seven angry cavalry.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" Mikhail clamped the lance and fully released the acceleration brought by the sprint. "Boom! -" "Ouch -!" The sharp and strong tip of the gun shot straight from the ground. The inner side of the dragon's thigh penetrated nearly half a meter and then broke. "Bang——!" But the knight's adjutant also broke away from the saddle due to the force of the shock and fell to the ground. The thick leather gloves on the inside of his hand armor were completely torn, and the armor plate at the tiger's mouth was also deformed and twisted due to the collision.
"Roar -" Earth Dragon pulled out its tail from the wall and swung it back again. "Withdraw to the city, withdraw to the city!" All three horses were killed, but even Filippo, who loved his horses the most, couldn't care less about his sentiments at the moment. The sounds of fierce fighting continued, and the group of knights on foot had no choice but to lower their bodies and retreat quickly towards the rear.
"Bang——" All this happened in a flash of lightning. A knight at the back of the charging team was hit by his tail on the right thigh. He groaned and his leg armor was deformed. His entire leg was damaged. The interruption turned and twisted toward the outside, and the heavily armored knight, whose man and horse totaled nearly a ton, was directly beaten and rolled out into the dense forest on the left.
"Dongka——" "Dong——!" "Dong——" Four people were seriously injured and died. The remaining two missed the target because their horses were frightened and rushed to the front. Except for Mikhail, there were only three remaining knights. The extremely powerful lance in his hand hit Earth Dragon's body.
"Retreat!" Constantine gave the final order to the knights, and then ran towards the gate of Katigali.
"Ouch!!" The pain that had not been completely lost made it roar again. Three of the seven thick and huge lances hit the tail, one penetrated deeply into the inner thigh, and three were inserted into the flank and left forelimb.
It indeed suffered heavy damage, but the price paid by the group was not heavy.
"It's going crazy, retreat quickly!" The horse was broken and the knights suffered heavy casualties. Amidst the chaos and blood, the group desperately evacuated towards the city. The four heavy cavalry in front who did not fall off their horses were completely targeted by the earth dragon this time. Its already chaotic mind contained only endless hatred for these little things whose armor shone in the sun.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" by the two knights who rushed over, holding on to their lances and turning around with desperate courage, they rushed towards the earth dragon. However, one of them was knocked away by the dragon with its claws, while the other one was knocked away by it with its claws. It poked out its bloody mouth, twisted its head, bit it, and tore it off the horse's back.
"Ahem - ah ah ah" The hard plate armor blocked the earth dragon's direct bite, but under the knight's scream it increased the intensity of its bite. "Crack-clang-" The knight, whose breastplate was deformed due to pressure from his teeth and whose internal organs were ruptured, weakly let go of the lance in his hand.
"Seize it!" The lance fell straight to the ground and penetrated deeply into the mud. "Crack!" At the same time, Henry rushed to the ground dragon and uncovered Mikhail's face shield. The young man fell to the ground due to the recoil and his face was covered in blood, but even though he was furious, he still Still alive.
"Cha——" The sage decisively took out his dagger and cut the strap used to fix his helmet. Then he threw away the helmet, picked up Mikhail and ran towards him behind him.
The screams of war horses and the sounds of armor colliding with humans and fleeing came one after another.
And under this bright sunshine, the last one is the ending.
It was a dragon roar full of anger and pain.
The panting knights finally evacuated inside and hid in the green ancient city of Katigali. The people surrounded by the city walls felt a sense of security that was better than nothing. However, they paid such a heavy price, but still could not kill them. This powerful creature.
Fortunately, this sacrifice was not completely useless. After five roaring minutes, everyone was waiting in fear and nervousness. With a burst of earth-shaking footsteps, they were hit hard and all the enemies had disappeared in front of them. The confused Earth Dragon seemed to have chosen to leave.
People looked at each other, and after Henry put Mikhail and Mira, who were seriously injured and unconscious, together, he looked at each other.
"" The knight commander nodded silently, then quickly removed his helmet and arm armor to gain more flexibility, and then carefully walked out with the sage.
The sun was still shining brightly, but there was only more blood and death on the ground.
The earth dragon did leave, and even Henry couldn't help but let out a long breath.
But it seems that misfortune still has no intention of letting them go.
"Boom--" From deep in the green ancient city of Katigali, some voices that clearly did not belong to their group came again.
"Damn it, it's endless!" "Clang--" The sound of weapons and noises sounded again, and Henry and Constantine on the periphery looked at each other, and both strode back as quickly as possible.
