Chapter 623: The Fallen Dragon
On the 43rd of the month of recovery, it was sunny, light wind, and good visibility.
Griffin Knight Kina harnesses her companion for eight years, covering the elven eagle across the clear sky.
The sight of the earth below was clearly visible to Jinna, who saw the scorched black earth scorched by the flames and calibrated beams, the scorched earth was covered with terrible craters, and a few wisps of smoke and dust were still rising from between the craters, and the distant north, the figure of a staggering giant could be faintly seen.
It's a sign of war, a war like it's never been before, and the wrestling of machines and monsters has torn the land apart, and it's going to continue.
The form of war had changed - and the knightess, who had been loyal to Viscount Leslie, understood this all too well. She went from a messenger delivering letters for nobles to an aerial scout of Cecil's legion, riding a griffin all the way from the south to the north, she overlooked the war, overlooked the battlefield after the ravages of the war machine, and lamented the changes in her own life and the form of war.
When will the griffon knights be replaced by horse-riding chariots roaring with cannons, and the soldiers in simple armor have become magical warriors worthy of the transcendentals, and many, many new things have replaced the old.
A cloud drifted from nearby, and the elven eagle on the side adjusted the direction of its flight slightly, and Kina immediately adjusted the griffin's auxiliary reins to keep up with the elven allies.
Griffin Knights are one of the few "old age troops" in Cecil's legion today, due to their unique flying ability, there are no new units to replace their role for the time being, these soaring knights are still the best messengers and scouts, and many of their companions are also quite proud of this, but Gina always has a hunch that sooner or later the incredible duke will come up with something that can replace the griffin, and he who only knows how to control the griffin, what kind of embarrassing situation will he have at that time?
It's better to read more books...... It's also easy to find a new job.
A slight distraction flashed through her mind, and the female knight quickly raised her hand and patted her cheek, forcing herself to focus on the task.
It's not yet in hostile territory, but it still can't let its guard down, and although griffons fly in the sky, the extraordinarily powerful crystalline giants have the ability to use lightning to the sky - two unskilled griffon knights have already died on reconnaissance missions, and Kina doesn't want to be the third.
The female knight adjusted her stance on the saddle and glanced slightly at the pylons on either side of the large special saddle, which were equipped with new equipment for the griffon knights: a magic terminal capable of firing extended-range arcane missiles for self-defense, and a clasp attached to a wire rope - pull the clasp, and two ten-kilogram heavy crystallized bombs hanging from the griffon's shoulder and neck would be dropped into the ground for attack.
In the eyes of the griffin knights, this is a very satisfying and even surprising good thing, but the Duke does not seem to be satisfied with it, and Gina once heard the Duke muttering to the Duke by very chance, saying that the griffin's carrying capacity is still insufficient, and that ten kilograms is an aerial bomb and other unintelligible words......
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in Jinna's ears: "The red line is about to be crossed, be vigilant." ”
Jinna raised her head and saw that the elven giant eagle that was the leader of the team had begun to climb, and the high-ranking messenger riding on the back of the giant eagle opened his hands slightly—a pale cyan magic aura spread out around the giant eagle, and the three griffons guarding around the giant eagle were immediately protected by the power of the wind element, and they could easily keep up with the height and speed of the giant eagle.
The Elven Giant Eagle Knights have better ground observation and flight abilities, and are more qualified scouts than Griffin Knights, but they have poor weight-bearing ability, so that after bringing a slender elf, they can hardly carry more weight, and naturally they can't carry any weapons and protective gear for self-defense, and at the same time, these elven allies are extremely valuable, and a few Giant Eagle Knights can be said to be unable to afford to lose any of them, so in the recent reconnaissance mission, the commander began to arrange for heavily armed Griffon Knights to serve as the Giant Eagle's guard- Cecil's griffin knight has a thin steel plate on his chest and abdomen, a shield generator, and a weapon capable of fighting ground and air, and his sheer combat power is far stronger than that of a giant eagle.
The howling wind swept over the shield, leaving only a breeze on the knights' faces, and the entire scout team quickly rose in altitude until it reached the bottom of the clouds. At this height, neither the human nor the griffon's eyes could capture the details of the ground - not even with Eagle Eye, so the specific observation task was up to the elven messenger and her ...... Eagle-shaped doves to finish.
With a pale blue glimmer floating in her eyes, Sonia Frostleaf casts a vision-enhancing spell for her "Goo-Goo", and then shares the vision from the Giant Eagle - an ability that requires long-term training and cooperation, as wild birds fall into confusion immediately after gaining a sudden vision enhancement, unable to accurately judge their true height, and nearly two-thirds of the Giant Eagles raised by the Elves will be eliminated because they cannot adapt to this spell and cannot become Scouting companions.
If the poorly gifted "Goo" hadn't been trained under the Master of Thorn Heart, who was the best at training giant eagles, he would have been eliminated long ago.
If only Master Thornheart hadn't kept that many pigeons in Moon Valley......
Sonia sighed for no reason, and then the corner of her eye suddenly swept to a bit of an anomaly on the ground below.
"Attention, there is a situation on the surface of the ground on the right front, the sunny side of the hill."
There seems to be a battle going on there.
Hundreds of Crystal Giants were gathering around the small hill, besieging a massive figure that had landed on the hillside, arcane arcs glowing in the air for a moment, and besieged by a large, winged, black-scaled ......
It looks like a dragon.
Sonia judged the threat within the visual range, and then used the wind grammar technique to give an order: "Team attention, prepare to lower the altitude to observe, and increase vigilance." ”
Several griffon knights responded immediately, and Kina pressed a metal piece in the shape of a leaf to her lips: "Roger, on alert." ”
The leaf-shaped piece of metal wasn't a new communicator made by Cecil - the Griffin Knight's communications gear was attached to the saddle, and although it was already a state-of-the-art small magic web terminal, it also weighed two kilograms. The "leaves" in her hand were given by the elves, allowing the wielder to use the "Wind Whispering Technique" near the "messenger", although it is quite restrictive, but it is quite convenient to use in this kind of mixed squad with the elven messenger as the core.
As the height was lowered, more detail came into Sonia's eyes—she could see that the besieged dragon was indeed a dragon, at least very close in appearance, but the dragon was thinner than she knew it was, and its wings were a little twisted and weird.
The dragon's situation was obviously not good, although it was stronger than the Crystal Giant, but it was outnumbered by this time, and it used its fangs and claws against the constant flow of enemies, and occasionally erupted a flame breath, but there was always a Crystal Cluster Giant attacking from the dead end, adding a new wound to the dragon that had fallen to the ground.
"Is that a dragon?" The griffon knight with the escort exclaimed, "I've only heard about it from stories!" ”
"Why is this legendary creature on this battlefield?"
"Lady Frostleaf, what are we going to do? Do you want to be rescued? ”
Sonia Frostleaf thought quickly - on the battlefield, you can't simply think that "the enemy of the enemy is a friend", but a black dragon besieged by a crystal giant still makes people care too much, why is this dragon besieged? Why is it here? What does he or she know and see? These questions made the high-level messenger realize that they could not sit idly by and watch the black dragon die here.
In any case, compared to the Crystal Giants, who are clearly enemies, the dragons in the Elven Records are at least neutral to the mainland.
But a single scout team wasn't enough to deal with so many Crystal Giants.
"Report to Command first. Miss Jinna, you find a way to attract the attention of those giants and relieve the pressure on the black dragon, and I will guide the dragon to break through-"
As she spoke, Sonia had already used the courier's powerful teleportation spell to contact the command far behind—she succinctly explained the incredible events she had encountered, called for support from the rear and agreed on the general direction of the breakout, and then followed behind the griffin knights who were escorting, once again lowering the height.
……
Maggie could feel the wounds, the burning, the pain, the growing unbearability – and neither could the dragon.
She knew that her stamina was draining rapidly, but she had no hope of breaking through.
Perhaps the moment he fell from the moment he was struck by arcane lightning, his fate was already doomed.
The deformed and weak wings are not destined to fly too high - but Maggie still can't figure out how those crystalline monsters transformed from civilians and mediocre aristocratic armies have such strong air defense awareness and anti-air capabilities?!
How are they trained!
However, no amount of frustration helped, and as the situation worsened, Maggie knew that her time was running out.
In the end, she failed Victoria.
An ugly Crystal Giant struck from the left, an exceptionally powerful brawler that swooped down like a gust of wind, and Maggie swept through it with a powerful tail to block it, followed by a burst of fire that burned her foe to ashes, but a sharp pain came from the right side of her body—a dastardly spellcaster unleashed an arc of arcane power into the gap in her defenses.
"You deformed monsters!" Maggie roared, shouting the last words she usually wanted to hear, "Deformed!" Malformation! Malformation! ”
However, the crystals didn't care about any of this, and they surged up again.
Maggie shrank her defenses, ready to generously greet death with a thunderous counterattack later, but just then, she suddenly heard a voice ringing in her ears: "Hold on! We're here to help! ”
This seems to be the elven wind whisper?
Maggie was momentarily stunned, then heard two deafening explosions in quick succession coming from a distance—boom! Bang!
The explosion landed far away, almost not affecting the crystal giants at all, but the mutated monsters were instantly distracted, and they all looked in the direction from which the explosion came from and the nearby sky - I don't know if it was an illusion, Maggie even felt that the monsters' reactions were almost "startled".
Then she saw the shadows that were rapidly approaching from the sky.
An elven eagle, and three human griffons.
What kind of strange combination is this?
Wind whispering came again: "The dragon on the ground, can it still fly?" ”
At this point, many of the Crystal Giants had been distracted, and Maggie responded with dragon magic while dealing with the remaining enemies: "Can't take off." ”
"Understood, I'll show you the way, follow me through the siege - we are the vanguard reconnaissance team of the Cecil Legion."
In an instant, Maggie fell into a huge consternation: Cecil? The army of the Cecils ?!
Why is the army of the Cecil in this place? When did they get to this place? This is already a completely contaminated area, how did those Cecils get in?!
However, the shock in her heart turned to consternation, Maggie's physical reaction still did not fall in the slightest, she almost immediately responded to the help of the strange elf, and began to try to break through in the direction indicated by the other party, and at the same time said anxiously: "Boulder City needs support!" The Duke of the North and the last of the hill legions are still resisting! But they won't last long! ”
It was a huge surprise to encounter the Cecil's army here, but it made Maggie realize one thing: if the main force of these Southerners had already arrived in the vicinity, if they could fight all the way here, then maybe Boulder could still be saved!
The strange elf quickly responded, which reassured Maggie a little: "Received, I will report it immediately - but you had better survive and go and explain the situation to Duke Cecil in person." ”
"I'll survive."
More attacks fall from the sky – including bright arcane missiles, and something that emits a huge explosion.
The pressure on Maggie was suddenly reduced by the attention of the Cluster Giants from the sky, and at the same time, she watched the Crystal Giants launch a counterattack against the griffons in the sky—they spread out as they spread out as they slammed the sky with dense and intersecting arcs of arcane electricity, constantly trying to block the Griffon Knights' flight paths, and the Griffon Knights continued to weave through the arcane arcs with astonishing skill, launching round after round of attacks—
This kind of thing seems to be the norm.
Maggie rushed towards the southern part of the battlefield under the guidance of the strange elf, and a question sprang into her mind:
In the more than thirty days that Boulder City was besieged, how much has this battlefield changed?
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