Chapter 217: No Longer a Threat
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The moment he saw the bone dragon appear, the little wizard's mood almost instantly fell to the bottom.
While she's confident in the Floating City she's built and the Lightsaber she helped design, she's faced with an enemy that's nearly impossible to kill......
Fear, like the coldness of substance, gradually crept up into her body.
"Ain!"
IβI'm not going to be, I'm going to be here......
"Ain, Ain!"
"Mentor Dalton?!"
The little wizard who woke up turned his head in a panic and saw Dalton Kander's face that was never clear, always calm and calm.
"Good, you don't seem to have lost your mind yet. As he spoke, Dalton Kander completely ignored Ain's panicked appearance:
"You have two minutes from now to start aiming, follow the original plan, get ready to launch the lightsaber, and concentrate your full attention. β
Ay?!
According to the original plan, but how exactly is the original plan implemented now......
"The target appears, and the Floating City stops advancing, enters a hovering state, and begins to retreat - within the projection range of its Bloodfall Valley position!"
Dalton Kander's cold voice interrupted her thoughts: "The perimeter personnel gradually retreat to the interior of the castle, abandon the projectile weapons on the perimeter, and try to avoid the enemy's attack!"
"All the wizards have entered their posts and started manipulating the magic array, the first time to launch the lightsaber is set for two minutes, now start preparing for it!"
Feeling the gaze from behind him, Dalton glanced sideways slightly: "Let's start, Ain - the bone dragon is also a monster manipulated by the power of the void, and the head is one of its most important weaknesses, remember that." β
"Yes!"
The little wizard nodded vigorously, and the steady voice of the mentor gave her great confidence and calmness.
At Dalton's command, the Floating City began to slowly retreat towards the high ground in an orderly manner.
The roaring bone dragon seemed to have finally "discovered" the Hornfort floating in the air, and the hollow eyes burning with blue flames stared in this direction, and the moment the bone wings unfurled, the wind swept away the surrounding snow and rotting corpses.
"Notice?"
At some point, Master Harlem Van Ashamai was already standing behind Dalton Khand, his eyes locked on the direction of the bone dragon in the distance.
Dalton didn't look back, his indifferent face just bowed slightly behind him, tacitly.
That monster... It didn't pounce on them as desperately as before, and it didn't roar and roar like a restless beast to attack indiscriminately, but it was also calmly observing them.
It's confirming the mobility of the Floating City and the dynamics around it... This is not a "reaction" that has been eroded by the void and has no reason to do it.
And, of course, the terrifyingly large Void Power that was completely different from what it had just been......
"It's the Apostle of the Evil God - well, according to the information just sent, it should be the 'Untrustworthy Apostle' Wegener who has never been exposed. Dalton said coldly.
Ashamai looked surprised: "Wegener, the wizard who proposed more than twenty years ago that 'Broken Mountain is not a miracle, but was born from the collision of two continents'... Wasn't he burned at the stake in the Imperial Capital Cathedral?"
"When I was still at the Night's Watch, I saw a secret report about this manβhe was burned to death by a substitute death row prisoner who had been secretly sent north by the Church to find the ruins of the Dragon King, and shortly after his disappearance, information about Wegener, the 'Untrustworthy Apostle', appeared in the Night's Watch files. β
The corners of Dalton's mouth couldn't help but move slightly, and he snorted coldly: "Logan in a hat, Wegener... I've always thought that the church is the best at demagogy, and maybe not so. β
"Or... Some 'truths' are more demagogic than the Holy Cross. β
A smiling Ashamai was about to say something when a distant bone dragon interrupted him with a long hiss.
Here it comes!
Almost at the moment when the two of them had their thoughts, the gushing dragon flame turned into a pillar of light and swept towards the floating city.
The gray-blue flames had earth-shattering powerβeven with Dalton Khand's reaction speed, he only had time to see a flash of blue light.
"Boom ββββββ!!!!"
Thunder, deafening.
In an instant, the entire valley seemed to be silent because of the explosion, and the billowing smoke mixed with the flames that had not yet been completely burned out completely enveloped the entire floating city.
In the next second, the huge figure of the Horn Fort broke through the smoke and dust, and continued to slowly retreat towards the valley heights, and the thick smoke turned into a cloak and scattered behind her.
Almost all the members of the Floating City watched with trepidation at the ice wall that suddenly appeared outside and enveloped the entire Floating City, as well as the layers of dense spider web-like lines on it.
Only Dalton Kand, who personally participated in the design of the high-level spell of "Perseverance as Ice", still has the same expression.
Since it turned out to be enough to withstand the onslaught of a castle falling from the sky, it wasn't surprising to block an explosion of dragon flame.
But that's about it... With a magic array and the cooperation of more than a dozen wizards, just blocking the monster's dragon flame a few more times can make the floating city fall on the spot.
A counterattack must begin immediately.
"Lightsaber, prepare for ββ!"
Dalton's icy shouts rang out in the Floating City.
Bangββ!
There was a muffled sound in the Valley of Blood, and snowflakes swept up by the hurricane flew in the air and scattered.
When he opened his eyes again, the skeletal dragon with its wings outstretched had soared into the sky, streaking a white shadow under the light gray clouds, screaming and tearing through the air, and swooping down on the floating city.
With such a momentum, not to mention any sharp fangs and claws, the impact of the swoop down alone is enough to cause the floating city to disintegrate in the air!
The gray-white afterimage is approaching step by step.
"Hoo ......"
With a light exhale, the little wizard pressed his right eye against the scope of the lightsaber, and gently, with his right hand, pressed the firing switch.
The bone dragon rushed straight towards the Floating City, not dodging or dodging, and she didn't even need to aim to hit its eyebrows at this distance.
But that's just an illusion in its disguise... In fact, when he had fought the crimson dragon Grum before, Ain had sensed that the dragon could change direction in an instant with its body tilt and quickly change direction, making agile movements that were completely inconsistent with their huge size.
So......
"I... Got you. β
Ain, who had a flat face, said softly.
Lightsaber, fire!
A blinding light suddenly flashed through the pitch-black smoke, and in the blink of an eye, the bone dragon suddenly turned sharply and struck towards the bottom of the floating city.
"Boom ββββ!!!!"
A cluster of firelight bloomed in the air, and the gray-white afterimage passed by the floating city.
The bone dragon, which had long since lost its sense of pain, let out an angry wailβeven though it had dodged the fatal blow in an instant, the lightsaber had accurately destroyed the junction between its right wing and torso bones, and half of its dragon wings had turned into dry bones in the air.
The skeletal dragon that had been hit burned with flames, slithering through the sky and rushing towards the valley.
Looking at the huge figure that fell downward, a fierce cheer rang out from the floating city.
"It's not over yet!"
Dalton roared, "Fort Horn, immediately accelerate upward!"
"Obey ββ!!!!"
With a chaotic shout, the entire floating city stopped moving and entered a hovering state, and after only ten seconds, the massive air fortress suddenly began to rise.
The power of the Void is never a gentle and steady force... The violent impetus from under their feet, the violent vibration from the inside of the floating city, made everyone endure the tumbling of their internal organs, and they could not move in place.
"Boom ββ!"
Almost as the Floating City climbed, the skeletal dragon roaring in the sky finally stopped falling, and swung its remaining dragon wings with all its might, swooping towards the Floating City from the bottom up.
Even though only half of the dragon's wings remained, it was clumsy to hold up its huge body, even though the Horn Fortress Floating City was still climbing, accelerating......
But that monster is still narrowing the distance between the two!
The previous explosions and impacts had destroyed most of the projectile weapons on the outer walls of the Floating City, and there was nothing they could do about the enemies directly below.
"Bang ββ!"
Out of nowhere, the flames streaked a golden red across the battlefield, leaving a dark trail on the bone dragon's body.
"What are you doing in a daze, shoot quickly!"
Covered in wounds, Lusen propped up his body with his right arm, gasping for breath and looking at the legionnaires who were still stunned around him, eager to strangle them directly: "All ballistas, aim for that big bone - knock it down, or it will knock us down!"
"There's no second dragon going to protect us, you know?!
The sapper, who finally reacted, hurriedly turned the catapult and aimed it at the bone dragon that was still continuing to pounce on the floating city - the distance was too far away, and it was useless to use the direct ballista again, so he could only use the catapult to try it.
While the soldiers in the western position were in a hurry, the eastern position was also ready, shooting at the skeletal dragon that was still flying away.
"Launch ββ!"
The roaring gray-eyed boy did his best to smash the fire switch of the stone thrower with the tomahawk in his hand.
In an instant, hundreds of black shadows screamed and flew towards the bone dragon from the east and west.
Golden-red fireworks burst into the cold wind in the air, and the one-winged skeletal dragon continued to climb and approach between the billowing smoke and explosions surrounded by the "flowers".
Even if the ribs are broken, the hind limbs are broken, the spine is concussed, the smoke is roasted... None of them could stop the huge pale figure, not even slow it down.
"Boom ββββββ!!!!"
The bone dragon roared in the sky, and suddenly increased its speed, and the blue flames burning in its pupils seemed to be more intense than before.
Eighty meters, 100 meters, 150 meters, 200 meters... Two huge black shadows in the sky rushed back and forth to the height that people on the ground could only look at, and they still did not stop.
"It's coming, it's down there!"
From the lookout of Fort Clarion came the mournful cry of the dwarven craftsman: "Coming, rushing up, rushing up, rushing up, ahh......hhh
The moment the screaming stopped abruptly, it was followed by a violent roar.
"Bang ββββββ!!!!"
Dalton Khand, whose face did not change, almost broke the guardrail, his arms were exposed, and the trembling floating city was under a low roar from almost every piece of masonry.
The moment the bone dragon pounced on the floating city, the outer "Perseverance as ice" spell immediately shattered, and the skeleton of the bone dragon lying on the floating city was exposed in front of the floating city, hunched its back, and poked its head into the castle.
"Al Ainββ!!!!
"Yesββββ!!!!"
The little wizard, who was no less imposing, pressed the launch switch with all his might, and the wildly rotating Mithril core almost drained the void power provided by dozens of wizards.
Boom ββββ
The blinding white light cracked, followed by a vibration and explosion that lasted for tens of seconds.
In the lead-gray and gloomy sky, a "sun" flashed by.
When the light dissipated, the remains of the bone dragon were reflected in Aynrand's eyes - ribs, spine, dragon wings... The central part of the torso has been almost completely "erased", leaving nothing behind, and leaving no traces.
It looked as if it was born to be like this.
But there was no joy in the little wizard's gaze - it was alive because of the monster.
With a low roar, the zombie-like bone dragon raised its head again, and the gray-blue flames in its hollow eye sockets were faint but still bright.
It shuddered, and opened its fanged jaws at Hornfort, starting with Dalton Khand, who was at the forefront.
"Mentor ββ!"
A terrified Al Ain screamed.
"Boom ββββ!!!!"
The flames cracked... But Dalton Khand, who was standing in front of it, was unscathed, not even a spark was affected
An invisible wall stood between the bone dragon and the floating city.
"The Ice Barrier... I didn't expect that one day, I would actually use Albert's secret - it's really a change of times, when I was a student, I probably didn't expect that there would be opportunities for each other to learn from each other and communicate with each other. β
With a somewhat mocking smile, Harlem Van Ashamai, wand-wielding, stood in front of Dalton Khand, his right hand raised in the air, a number of glowing runes appearing, and his loose robes rose without wind.
The power of the Void that swelled suddenly... Harlevan Ashamai, he opened the valve?!
Dalton's face changed, if he remembered correctly, he had already started the Centaur War a few years ago, and it had only been a few years, and he had actually ......
"Master Harlem ......"
"Lord Dalton, please go and command the Floating City and hand over this monster to me. A hint of determination flashed across Haringvan Ashamai's face, and he said in a deep voice without looking back: "Your mission is to protect this floating city, all the people who have been promised by the duke to return alive. β
"As for it... It won't be your threat anymore!"
./7_
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