In Alexandria, the imperial capital, the festivities are still going on, and if nothing happens, the revelry will continue until after twelve o'clock in the evening - even if Her Majesty has already toured the city and returned to the palace to rest, the inhabitants of the unfinished festivities have a variety of entertainment until they are exhausted.

However, this is only in the case of "if there are no accidents".

At this time, no one would know that the glamorous imperial capital had been quietly overshadowed by many murderous opportunities, and that the jubilant masses would be waiting for them with great calamity.

This is not without warning.

Halfway through Her Majesty's convoy, all the horses in the convoy had almost come to a halt.

I don't know what the sudden stimulus was, many of the horses rushed out as if they were crazy, and several horses rushed into the crowd and rampaged, trampling a large area of the crowd, and finally were forcibly controlled by the soldiers.

The horses in charge of pulling the carriages were tied together, and there were grooms with whips beside them, so that none of the carriages fell apart, and the knights who were in charge of opening the way under General Menavino, their mounts were all well-trained horses, and they did not lose control, but kept coming back and stepping in place, and both the general and the knights could feel that their mounts were in a state of great unease.

Such anomalies don't just happen to horses. All the animals in Alexandria almost all went crazy at the same time. Whether it is a domestic dog raised by ordinary people to watch the home or a wild dog walking through the streets, they all bark at the western sky like crazy, but their barking is drowned out by the sound of the crowd. Chickens, pigs, and sheep kept in the backyard of the kitchen ready to be killed for food actually broke through their livestock pens and scurried around the streets like headless flies. The pampered fat cats of the aristocratic family escaped from their comfortable bedding and jumped from dozens of high windows. Even the rats in the sewers run around the streets in broad daylight...... Whatever the animals are, they all seem to be trying to find a way to escape the city.

The anomaly of the horses lasted for more than ten minutes, and the soldiers of the empire finally controlled all the crazy horses. This little episode, in which dozens of people were trampled and trampled by horses' hooves, did not affect the enthusiasm of the crowd, but it had already cast a shadow over the celebration. People have speculated about the reason why these horses suddenly went "crazy", and rumors spread everywhere. The halt of the convoy also stirred up the crowds in some areas ahead of them because they had not been able to see their beloved Majesty the Empress.

However, in contrast to the excitement of humans, the horses that had been going crazy just now suddenly fell silent, not only the horses, but also the animals that had just fled the city in a frenzy, cats, dogs, chickens, sheep, pigs, mice...... Almost all of them fell silent at the same time. This silence is unusual, and it is by no means a sign of a return to normalcy after a brief loss of control.

If someone carefully observes the eyes of one of the animals at this time, they feel that it is a desperate resignation. Some of the horses shed tears, for the animals knew that no matter how hard they tried to escape, they would not be able to escape the tragic fate of imminent death.

At the same time, in the sky more than 200 kilometers away from Alexandria, a huge flying monster was skimming the sky at high speed.

It was a well-trained battle griffon, with two unkempt and mud-faced humans on its back.

Although the threat of wild monsters had been ruled out, the incessant storms and the extremely complex terrain conditions in the Antigorin Sea also caused great trouble for Julian and his group of four to return. To speed things up, Owen even captured a sword-hoofed wolf pig king as their mount.

However, even so, every second counted, and by the time they broke out of the Antigorin Sea, it was already ten days later. Before entering the first human town, Owen released the unlucky monster that had been running with the four of them day and night and almost collapsed, and let it return to his hometown, not only for humanitarian reasons, if he brought some such ferocious monsters into the human world, it would only bring extremely inconvenient trouble to the rest of the journey.

As for the two seriously wounded, the squire Dante and the priest Nusan Shudna, they had been placed in the town by Julian and Owen. The tiring days of travel and the heavy rain have made their injuries never heal, and they cannot be used as combat effectiveness at all, but can only become a burden.

After returning to the human world, Julian and Owen changed their mounts to fast horses and galloped east day and night. However, this speed is still too slow. As a golden "cloud" drifted east from overhead at an incredible speed, Julian and Owen knew they could no longer rely on the horse's hooves.

Luckily, there is a military fort built on the edge of a mountain cliff nearby. This fortress was a training base for the Imperial Army, and it was very well equipped and, naturally, had all the conditions for the deployment of air power.

Julian and Owen crept into the fortress and stole one of the strongest and most trained griffons on Griffon's Bluff while the officers and men were in a mess because of the madness of their horses.

Among the magical beasts that can carry people, the griffin's flight speed in the sky is second only to the natural elves' Pegasus, and the excellent magical beasts that have been trained to fly even faster than Pegasus, only slower than dragons. This was the case with the griffon that Julian and Owen were riding, but even so, the passengers on their backs felt that it was too slow.

"Owen, can you make it a little faster?" Julian insisted.

"Don't be embarrassed, it's been flying all night, and it's carrying two people, and it's the limit to be able to have such speed. Owen, who was in charge of the pilot, shook his head helplessly, "After all, you can't ask a griffin to fly above the clouds like a dragon. ”

"Damn, why didn't I learn how to drive a griffon before?" Julian cursed at his burnout. If two people are multiplied by two griffons, this speed can be increased even more.

Owen felt Julian's anxiety and comforted: "Don't be too tense, Julian, calm down, hurry up and replenish your strength now, there are still unimaginable cruel battles waiting for us." ”

"I see. ”

But although he said this, how could Julian be quiet at this time?

"Hold on! Alexander. God of Light, please make the Golden Dragon's attack slower ......"

Julian prayed silently in his heart for his homeland.

Another ten minutes passed.

Although humans are much slower than animals, no one can turn a blind eye to such a strong and approaching coercion.

First of all, the children in the city collectively cried and their parents were busy comforting their children, which greatly weakened the atmosphere of the celebration. The crowd, who had quieted down a little, found that a huge external coercion had been crushed heavily on their heads, arousing the deepest fear in people's hearts!

"Ahh

Some people were so scared that their feet trembled and they could no longer stand, and some of them collapsed to the ground, and some of the faint of heart were so frightened that they peed their pants -- even though the real threat has not yet been seen.

The white clouds in the sky were suddenly plated with a layer of gold. From west to east, covering the entire airspace of Alexandria. Everyone raised their heads and looked up at the sky, and even Empress Ipeia, who was sitting in the carriage, pulled open the veil of her royal car and poked her head out to see what was going on.

Even if they haven't seen it with their own eyes, most people can already guess what caused it.

Beneath the golden-dyed clouds, a golden dragon suddenly descended, followed by a second, third, and fourth......

Although people had witnessed the appearance of the golden dragon a few hours earlier, the golden dragon that had "made a contract" with Empress Ipeia restrained its breath, did not make people feel any coercion and fear, and even made the people below feel reassured when they saw it, but the dragon group that appeared a few hours later unreservedly unleashed a terrifying dragon power, as well as a deep hostility and murderous aura.

The crowd below was so stunned that they had forgotten how to scream and run for their lives.

The dragons that emerged from the clouds swooped down directly into the city below. The golden dragon that rushed closest even raised its neck backwards, opened its mouth wide, and spewed golden flames into the densest crowd......