Above Sword Bay, the weather is fine.

In normal times, this must be a very comfortable day for sailors, scrubbing the floor that is about to grow mushrooms amid the laughter and scolding of the second mate, and eating an orange in their leisure time, which can significantly improve bleeding gums and weakness in the lower knees.

It's just that at this moment, the reinforcements that the people of Luskan are looking forward to have also encountered an unprecedented dilemma.

They are considered to be the most powerful at sea along the entire coast of Sword Bay... I was treated as a dog...

"Shameless Northlanders!"

As one of the five generalissimos, the commander-in-chief of Luskan this time, Tyre Wood, looked at the ship of Drawing Water City, which was sailing wantonly in front of them, and broke the handrail of the ship's side.

gritted his teeth with hatred, but he was helpless.

Boom! Boom!

From time to time, the array of ships in Luskan burst into the sky, the sound of the Luskan using bows, ballistas, and magic snipers to attack from the bottom of the sea.

They ran into a lot of big fish!

Those damn Northlanders, they actually bound a lot of alchemy explosives that can explode underwater in the abdomen of these tuna and swordfish, and they don't know how to remotely control these crazy explosive fish to attack them constantly.

These fish are obviously faster than them in the deep sea, and in the deep sea, due to the deep pressure of the sea and the resistance of the medium, their poor attack methods are simply unable to cause some damage and protection to these fish, so they have to lift the stealth mode, surface the sea as fast as possible, and then block them.

Even though they knew that this must be a conspiracy of the Northlanders, they had no choice.

Originally, they were ready for a big battle, but they didn't expect this group of people from Jishui City to be even more timid than they imagined, and when they saw them surface in the sea, they immediately set sail and fled in the wind, which stunned a group of Luskan people who were ready to fight to the death.

"What are we going to do, Captain?" asked the first mate on the flagship.

"Ignore them, all the way to the north!"

The answer given by Tyre was that the iron-blooded fish was dead.

He could already foresee that a network of encirclements organized by the ships of Drawing Water City was closing in on them, but they were not in a position to dive again until they had dealt with the damn exploding fish.

Although they did not expect the Northlanders to find a way to crack their submarine so quickly, they Luskan people have never lacked the courage to fight.

If the people of Jishui City really want to stop them, he will make the other party pay a bloody price!

It also makes the other party understand that they Luskan people are the real overlords of the sea!

Looking at the Luskan ship fleeing from the wind, and listening to the roar of explosions on the sea, Tyre's mind couldn't help but go back to the past.

In the city of Luskan, a city-state that was founded by pirates, Tyre is undoubtedly an outlier.

He came from a noble family in Luskan, and because of his very good arcane talent, he worshiped the Arcane Brotherhood's Tower of Stone Tree in his early years and underwent an orthodox mage education.

After graduating, he relied on his family relationship to infiltrate the Luskan Military Department, and with decades of steady development and the secret support of his family, he was finally promoted to one of the five supreme generalissimos of Luskan without any suspense.

It was also through this relationship and his understanding of Aklem that he did not hesitate to lead his family to devote himself to the Arcane Brotherhood when President Aklem staged a coup d'état.

As it turned out, he won the bet, or rather, he never thought President Aklem would lose.

If a wise enough caster is planning something, he will surely lay the foreshadowing of victory in the details of time, rather than pure violence and luck.

Therefore, he firmly believed that the man who held the knowledge and truth in his hands was destined for glory and victory.

Especially the opponents are those decadent aristocrats who don't want to make progress and only know pleasure.

Even though... He was also one of them.

It's just that all this, since more than 20 years ago, has quietly changed.

Especially since returning from his travels in Joondas, Mer Holland, Tuolei, and Moonshadow Island, his impression of the president has changed a little.

One of the most intuitive impressions... The president was obviously much older, and he was no longer the wise, eternally calm image he remembered.

Maybe one second he's still guiding your spell research with a pleasant face, and the next second he's smashing everything in the lab like crazy.

According to Surjack, the prayer technique used by the president to extend his life doesn't seem to be very effective...

At that moment, Tyre finally realized...

Their president was nearing the end of his life, and he was afraid that he would not live long, and it was only then that he somewhat understood the abnormality of the president.

That feeling of having ambitions but not treating me from time to time, maybe... Indeed, it will drive the wise crazy.

At that time, he was already old and used the life-prolonging spell for the first time, and he felt the same way.

It was only after a few years that the guild seemed to return to normal, and the aging process of his body seemed to be somewhat inhibited, which made Tyre breathe a sigh of relief.

However, it was not until the outbreak of the Nerantel Sea Incident that the Chairman insisted on ordering an all-out attack on the Moonshadow Islands without being fully prepared.

At that moment... Thiel thought, maybe... The president is really crazy.

Arcanists should never allow themselves to lose their minds and turn everything to luck...

It's like gambling!

So just as the Northland coalition began to move north to approach Luskan, Tyre made an equally crazy order:

That is, in the name of President Aklem, he led the fleet under his command back to Luskan.

But this is not a stud on the spur of the moment, but a deliberate consideration.

First of all, not all Luskans are as crazy as the president, and can block everything for a so-called plan that has not been made public until now, especially gambling on their homes and families.

Therefore, once he announces this transfer order, at least in the middle and lower ranks, no one will doubt the authenticity of the transfer order.

At that time, even if the order for his 'mutiny' reached Aklem's ears, Aklem would most likely not publicize his blatant forgery of military orders.

This would be a serious blow to both Aklem's 'plan' and to the morale of Luscan's army, and it would not be a wise man's work to divide his forces to pursue them when they were in dire straits.

At the most... He was settled after the war and sent to a military court.

But at that time, Tyre couldn't care about that much.

His wife, his daughter, and his family are all in Luskan, and if they are lost, then his life will become meaningless.

In one way, unlike his titular teacher, Iorem, he did not believe that magic or arcane was supreme and that he could sacrifice everything in order to obtain the truth.

He thinks... The study of arcane should be people-oriented, and the direction that should be pursued is to serve people and improve the convenience and quality of life.

Arcane... It is supposed to enable the next generation to have more powerful means of production, and it is easier for them to embark on a strong road and a better life.

However, the president's original strategy of great navigation and the trade monopoly policy of dominating the Northland were also able to bring countless wealth to Luskan.

At least on this point, he thinks the president is right.

But nowadays... That's all.

He and that man are not all the way after all.

Twenty-six years ago, he betrayed the old regime in Luskan and led his Wood family to the pinnacle of Luskan's power and glory.

Today, he betrayed Aklem and the Arcane Brotherhood again, but he couldn't see the way forward...

The response shown by the fleet of Drawing Water City and the explosive fish full of insidious meanings made his already iron-clad heart inevitably have a trace of it... Suddenly.

"Marshal! There are traces of enemy ships on both flanks!"

Just when Tyre was in a daze, the first mate suddenly let out a nervous warning sound.

"All gunners in position! ready to engage!"

Tyre swept away his slump and regained his composure as a legendary arcanist.

However, what puzzled Tyre and all the Luskan soldiers was that the fleet of Drawing Water City, which was already encircled, still had no intention of approaching.

This made many Luskan people even wonder if the other party wanted to 'escort' them all the way back to Luskan.

But things soon changed.

A familiar figure rose from the flagship they had been chasing.

Tyre's old acquaintance, the Masked Lord of Drawing Water and the Black Rod Mage——— Kelburn Aurosan.

I saw this middle-aged man with a kind and kind face rubbing his chin and smiling and said:

"Little Tyre, I'll give you good news, just now, your hometown of Luskan... It's fallen, if you're still sane, surrender, you... There is not the slightest chance left. ”

"Luskan is lost?

Kelburn's heart-wrenching words caused a thousand waves with one stone, and many Luskan soldiers were in an uproar.

Tyre's heart tightened, and he endured the suffocating feeling that made him dizzy, and held the rudder and pretended to be calm:

"Your Excellency Black Staff, I respect you as a senior, but this kind of trick to deceive ordinary people is not necessary to be used here, right?"

His consciousness at this time seemed to be split in half, one side was as furious and anxious as a fire, and his logical consciousness was telling him that this was an almost impossible thing, how long would it take for the Northland coalition army to break through the cliff post? At this time, at most, he arrived outside Luskan City, Luskan has three legends of Balam, Kuth, and Rimado, and there is a mysterious lock to rely on, how can it be directly broken in one day?

But in his intuition, an old powerhouse like Kelburn doesn't need to or will tell such an unmeasured lie.

And the brain on the other side is as calm as under the ice ocean, because even if the city gate of Luskan is really broken, the other party will not be able to completely occupy it, and the street battle is the most cruel and bloody war process, at this time, Kuth and they must be waiting for their rescue, as long as the fleet arrives at the port and bombards the enemy to occupy the outer city, it may not be without a chance of victory.

So at this moment, he can't be the slightest flustered, at this time he is the benchmark of all soldiers, the source of their courage and fighting spirit.

If he showed even the slightest hesitation and apprehension, it would be a terrible blow to Luscan's morale.

It's just that to his surprise again, the rumored Kailben, who has always been able to speak well, did not continue to bewitch the army, but spread his hands and sighed:

"I can understand your feelings, it's normal not to believe it, to be honest, I almost slipped into the sea when I first received this battle report, the times... After all, it has changed.

"So, let's use this war to pull down the curtain of the Jianwan era.

"Put the sails!"

Burst!

As the three canvases fell, the figure standing on the mast behind it was revealed.

Two 'Silver Dragon' knights and eight griffon knights.

Xu is Kelburn's words are too unserious and disrespectful, and the griffin knight's face is generally not good-looking.

At the same time, griffons were also visible on the surrounding battleships of Drawing Water City, with five or six on three-masted galleons and one or two on two-masted galleons.

It was the half of the griffin that Kelburn had 'borrowed' from Minas Stirris, before Levy's departure.

"Roar!!

With a dragon roar, Da Bai's legs kicked the mast, and he flew into the sky, and the griffin knight behind him also started with the catapult power like a fighter on the deck of an aircraft carrier.

In a moment, more than 400 griffin knights rose from all directions on the surface of the sea, and in an instant, they occupied the entire airspace.

Seeing this scene, Tyre and the Luskan soldiers were all pale.

"Woo!! big brother wait for me duck!"

Erbai, who was obviously a beat slower, hurriedly waved his wings, which had a lot of fat, and the mast was obviously a little loose when Dabai and the eight-headed griffin started one after another.

Erbai kicked directly into the air, and in the almost dull gaze of Kelburn and a crew member, and in the confused expression of the dragon knight on his back, he directly drew a silver parabola in mid-air and plunged into the sea with his claws... A bunch of bubbles bubbles.

Fortunately, when I was a child, I often fished in the sea of ice floes under the training of my mother Bethina, and the water was not bad.

Just when Kyle was thinking about whether to send someone to help catch the dragon, the 'silver dragon' shame flapped its wings and rushed out of the sea, swallowing a tuna that kept flicking its tail in its mouth, and burped before Shi Shiran staggered towards the center of the battlefield where the Luskan ship was.

The dragon knight was soaked on his back, and a handful of seawater gushed out of his mouth, but his body seemed to turn into a stone sculpture.

There was only one thought in his mind, he didn't want to be a dragon knight again!

He misses his griffon mount, which pecked at him despite its fierce disobedience.

Although fierce, at least it is powerful enough.

Fortunately, the Luskan people had completely focused on the griffin knight in the sky at the moment, and did not notice the guy who lost the dragon, otherwise the deeds of the dragon knight would have spread throughout the Northland after the war.

Just like on the Northern Front, the outcome of this war has lost its suspense since the griffin knights dominated the skies.

Neither bows, crossbows, nor alchemy cannons on the Luskan side posed a lethal threat to the high-flying griffin knights, and occasionally a mage tried to take a flight to the enemy, but was restrained by the griffin's mage and sniped by name.

As the furious storm spears and furious spears fell from the sky, piercing the deck of the Luskan warship with precision, scattering pieces of life-harvesting metal storms and blazing fireworks, you can see the pride of Luskan for the past half century, and their ghost warships began to fall silent one by one in the wailing of the deep sea squid, and then sank, like a whale falling.

Several times when Tyre tried to use the celestial phenomena to rain down thunderstorms, blizzards, or meteor showers to attack these sky forces, he was restrained by the old silver coin Kelburn using silence and anti-magic realms.

Just like the Luskan people who also have the most advanced Luskan warship in the entire Sword Bay, and have the most violent alchemy firepower on board, the other party is not suitable for you to fight head-on at all, but just uses the spatial distance difference and restrained means and weapons to bombard indiscriminately, without giving the slightest chance to turn the tables.

Looking at Tyre and Luskan, who were like trapped beasts, Kelburn's eyes also showed a flash of sadness...

The era that belonged to them has finally passed.

It wasn't until he confirmed that there was not much ability to confront the other side that the old man of Kelburn, who was in the mood to watch the vulture fight, then ordered:

"Tighten the encirclement!

With the order issued, the battleship group of Jishui City began to encircle and annihilate it, and the artillery roared in unison, and the harvesting stage began.

Just as Tyre and the dying Luskan were in despair, a belated voice rang out from the sky again.

"The dragon rides on a battleship!!

I saw Erbai fold his wings, and in the scream of the dragon knight on his back like killing a pig, he stopped a Luskan sea ship and sat it in two, and sank into the sea with a rumbling.

But after a while, he popped out again, grinning with fangs, as if he was ready to do it again, seeing his brother having so much fun, even Dabai, who was originally quite normal, began to be eager to try.

Looking at the 'Silver Dragon' knight who had fallen into 'fun', Marshal Tyre, who was still stubbornly resistant, suddenly smiled nervously, and said with a communication technique full of vicissitudes:

"Stop... Lord Kelburn... We...

"Surrender. ”

No one knew that a war that was supposed to belong to a war of annihilation was actually because of a dragon's play, which completely changed the outcome.

And this decision of Tyre allowed this fleet, which was covered in bruises and bruises, to retain less than a third of the ships and crews...

Looking at Tyre's empty, unfocused, dead eyes, Kelburn nodded slowly, raising his hand and pressing down.

All the griffon knights held their magic spears in their hands, buckled but did not fire, and the cold glow and magical light of the tips of the spears in the sunlight was chilling.

It also announced that this decisive battle that took place on Sword Bay officially ended with the result of Luscan's fiasco.