Chapter 0235: Dragon Invasion
Scandley.
As the capital of the knightly kingdom, Scandre is undoubtedly a magnificent and glorious city.
Without walls, Scandre is built on the hills, and most of the city's buildings are set into the undulating hills.
Standing on the top of Mingsu Mountain and looking down, you will have an unobstructed view of the whole Scandley.
In the bright sunshine, the vast palace can be seen everywhere with towering obelisks and round palace domes, exquisite corridors connecting the left and right, and maids in court costumes shuttling back and forth. If you look a little farther away, you can see the small ant-like crowd in the noisy market at the foot of the mountain.
With neat streets and bustling people, Scandre is full of warmth and peace!
However, at this moment, in front of the highest palace in Mingsu Mountain, on the edge of the spacious and flat open-air platform, the old but energetic Edward VII was pressing the railing and silently looking down on the vibrant city below. Behind him, Knight William, dressed in exquisite knight's armor and holding a face guard, was making a loud report.
As a Radiant Knight at the pinnacle of the 2nd Order, Knight William is His Majesty's most trusted chief of the guard, shouldering the great responsibility of protecting the safety of the royal capital.
In recent days, as the Knight King Willis and the three dragon knights rushed to the Greenland forest to exterminate the invaders, most of the royal capital's defenses were withdrawn. Therefore, as the chief of the guards of the royal capital, the burden on Knight William is getting heavier and heavier.
"Still haven't heard from Willis?" asked Edward VII as he interrupted William's report with a wave of his hand, frowning and worried.
"No news yet. The most recent news was 7 days ago, when the Knights from Blue Hills reported that the Knights had found the invaders' lair, and despite stubborn resistance, it was going well. It's just that due to the difficulty of supply, the Knights are not able to conquer the enemy's last stronghold for the time being. However, Count Winrill of Bluehill has already sent all his men to help transport supplies, and it is expected that the news of victory will be heard in less than four or five days!"
It was clear that he had heard good news, but Edward VII still could not dispel the gloom in his heart. Somehow, there always seemed to be an ethereal voice in the shadows that was sending him a warning message.
What the hell is going on? The front is obviously about to win, but where does this lingering palpitation in my heart come from?
"What's wrong with those heretics in prison?" said Edward VII, who suddenly stopped pacing, turned and asked sharply.
"This ......" Knight William looked embarrassed, as if there was something hidden.
"Say...... Hurry up...... Edward VII jumped forward and grabbed Knight William's arm, and said angrily, "What is wrong with them?"
"The heretics who claim to be sages and prophets have committed suicide in prison. They were almost all screaming frantically before they died......" Knight William hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke: "It seems to be shouting something...... Evil descends, and the dragon betrays ...... Crazy talk like that!"
"Evil has befallen and dragons have betrayed?" Edward VII took a step back in shock, muttering to himself in a panic, "Impossible, this is impossible! The dragons have made a dragon pact with their ancestors, and they can't ......"
However, before he could finish his words, a loud dragon groan suddenly came from the distant sky.
Immediately afterwards, a magnificent and mighty dragon power suddenly sprinkled all over the royal capital.
Knight William took a step forward, grabbed the railing with his hand and looked closely, then turned back and shouted, "Your Majesty, it's the dragons, it's the dragons......"
Founded more than 1,700 years ago, the Knight Kingdom has always been friendly with the Dragon Valley, and has also made dragon covenants, so it has also received a lot of assistance from the dragons in the continuous wars to defeat the alien race and suppress the ambitious nobles. So far, somewhere in the back mountain of Mingsu Mountain, a number of magnificent and exquisite palaces have been built as the sleeping palaces of the three dragon knights and dragon partners.
However, although they are friendly with the dragons, wherever the dragons go, their terrifying dragon power is still not something that ordinary people can bear. Therefore, according to the terms of the covenant, dragons are not allowed to intrude and break into the cities of any kingdom at will. And this covenant has been well executed and observed for thousands of years!
But today, the dragons suddenly came out of nowhere.
This...... What is this trying to do?
On the distant peaks and peaks of Mingsu Mountain stretching to the two wings, the rapid sound of horns sounded one after another.
There was a lookout built there, and it was clear that the soldiers guarding the area had spotted the dragons as well.
As the sound of the trumpet spread throughout Scandre, all the inhabitants of the royal capital poured out of their dwellings, looking in all directions for unknown reasons.
Obviously, they still haven't figured out what the police call contains!
Two clouds of green light in the distant sky flickered, and then the cliff rock near the lookout crumbled, and the guards guarding it fell crookedly along with the platform.
Edward VII's heart, who saw this scene clearly, suddenly tightened.
Dragons...... The dragons have openly attacked the kingdom's war facilities?
As the two watched in horror, the dragons grew bigger and bigger. Finally, a heavy dragon power that was so oppressive and dreary that it almost made people want to commit suicide fell on their heads, and the dragons arrived in Scandre City.
The dragons flying to the royal capital are obviously all adult green dragons, and their appearance is full of oppression!
The shiny dark green dragon scales are all the size of a face, with a lean and prismatic dragon body, and sharp and metallic dragon claws. From the top of the skull to the tail behind the dragon, there are hideous and terrifying rhombic bone spurs, the ends of which shimmer in the skylight.
The dragon's body was not as fat and bloated as the jungle beasts, its fine scale armor clinging to the bones, and the perfect and smooth curves of its body gave them terrifying abilities as the top hunters of the plane.
When the dragon power of Pei Ran sprinkled all over Scandre City, the royal capital was immediately in chaos.
Countless residents who had never experienced Longwei scattered and fled, calling for their fathers and mothers, completely a terrifying scene of the end of the world.
The green dragon led by the sprinkled dragon power, looked at the human figure under him in a panic, and raised his neck in satisfaction and let out a loud dragon groan.
This dragon groan seems to be a command!
As the dragon's groan sounded, more than a dozen behemoth-like green dragons groaned at the same time, and then fluttered their huge membrane wings and pounced towards the tallest or most ornate temple in the city.
Edward VII, who was perched on the top of a famous mountain, saw very clearly, a terrifying green dragon leaned down and flew near the huge treasury of a famous trading house, and first a thick green dragon's breath was sprinkled on his head.
The human guards guarding there instantly melted into pools of green liquor in a terrible wail!
After using the dragon's breath to disperse the reptiles that were in the way, the green dragon slammed headlong on the storehouse, and with its thick dragon claws, it ripped open the roof, revealing the jeweled wealth and the goods that Ling Lang was full of.
Broken beams and rubble rained down from the roof, and the green dragon reached out its claws, took out boxes of treasure, and then flapped its wings toward the largest square in the city.
Countless green dragons attack everywhere, and every rise and fall is targeted, whether it is the treasury of a trading house, or the warehouse of an auction house, or the treasure house of the city. All the guards and guards who hinder their movement will be reduced to dry bones in the poisonous mist and dragon breath scattered from the sky. Even those unarmed inhabitants or servants who appear in the area where the green dragon hunts will be subjected to their fierce attacks.
Warehouses were torn down, treasure troves were opened, boxes of treasure and piles of gold coins were swept out by the green dragons, and then quickly gathered in the city square.
There, there are 3 green dragons turning into burly giants, packing and packing the loot with their hands and feet, packing and packing, and they are very busy!
Under the stunned gaze of Edward VII, hordes of green dragons rose up and broke into his palace, where they plundered. Every time their massive size landed on the roof of the palace, it was inevitably accompanied by a raindrop of earth and rubble.
Countless princesses and princes with weak physiques fled from the palace screaming, surrounded by guards and maids. And he saw with his own eyes that one of his favorite Meige, before he could escape, was crushed under the collapsed house.
The hurricane hunted in front of him, and Edward VII staggered back a few steps.
The most terrifying of all, the green dragon, flapped its huge fleshy wings and slowly rose from beneath the platform, its huge washbasin-like emerald dragon eyes staring at the two people on the platform without blinking.
Knight William drew his dazzling sword and hurried to guard the King's Majesty. Although he was already poised for it, in the face of a behemoth-like 4th Order Green Dragon, William, a Radiant Knight at the 2nd Order Peak, did not dare to attack rashly.
Edward VII also stood up tremblingly with the support of many guards who arrived later.
"Why, why?" exclaimed Edward VII, "Lord Guta, we have a dragon covenant between us, why did you suddenly attack our city?"
"Attack?" a human expression appeared on the slender face of the huge green dragon, "No, no, no...... This is not an attack! We green dragons have always been noble creatures who keep our promises, and we will never do shameless things that tear up our promises. ”
"Not an attack? You said these actions weren't an attack? You led the dragons into the capital of your allies, and you were still plundering...... How dare you say that these are not attacks?" Edward VII's voice was completely hoarse, and his angrily waving arms made him unsteady on his feet.
After all, Edward VII is 143 years old this year, and although he is properly maintained, he is still an out-and-out old man in the knightly plane with a maximum lifespan of 200 years.
As he questioned hoarsely, he trembled with his right hand and showed off a ruby the size of a pigeon's egg hanging from his neck.
Somehow, when Edward held the ruby aloft, a cloud of energy radiated from the inside of the gem, conjuring up an ancient and mysterious contract text in the void in front of him.
"The Dragons' Covenant is here! I will order you to leave this city!" Edward VII roared.
"Haha...... Ancient covenants naturally need to be respected, but dragon traditions can't be discarded casually. We're not here to attack you, we're here to collect protection money. King of the human race, you have been blessed by the Tyral Green Dragon Clan for more than a thousand years, and now, it is time for you to hand over the protection fee......" The huge dragon eyes of the fourth-order green dragon tower swept disdainfully from the gem projection, threw down a word, and turned around and flew towards the city below.
Edward VII held the gem high, a mouthful of purple-black blood spurted out of the sky, and his body fell limply.