Since humans began to know how to domesticate griffins, they have been inseparable from war, and the griffin air cavalry troops that ride griffons to fight have been the most important and core air force of the armies of the major human powers since their birth. Any powerful nation that wants to maintain the stability of imperial power must have a strong control over the griffin air cavalry force. Having survived 4,000 years of ups and downs and being the only centralized empire in existence, the emperors of the Rocard Empire understood the importance of absolute control of the air force by the emperor more than any other country.

As a result, although the Griffin Cavalry was widely stationed in the vast territory of the Empire, no Griffon Rider and his mount, the Griffon, would dare to act without a vertical order from the central imperial power.

This is also the reason why the griffon air cavalry troops stationed near the imperial capital arrived belatedly six hours after the Golden Dragon Clan's attack began. Because at the beginning of the attack, a large number of royal family members and almost all high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the empire were buried under the collapsed palace, if it were not for a few fish that slipped through the net and followed the people to escape from the burning imperial capital, I am afraid that these close griffin air cavalry troops would have been watching until the end.

However, even if the Air Force launched an operation, it did not help this tragic situation in any way. No matter how powerful the griffons and humans are, they can't beat the dragons.

When more than 40 griffons rode their respective mounts to the sky above the imperial capital, they were stunned by the scene in front of them. I saw that on the outskirts of the west of the city, a golden dragon was besieged by six golden dragons, and the two sides fought in the dark. In the center of the magic array, that is, the ruins of the original palace, there was a strange purple dragon that no one had ever seen, and in the ruins of the city around the purple dragon, there were twelve golden dragons lying in ambush. The thirteen-headed dragons were motionless, and from their positions, it was clear that they were performing some special ritual. But whether the dragons moved or not, these well-armed griffons did not dare to challenge easily, because it would be tantamount to suicide.

But that doesn't mean these glorious knights of the air have nothing to do.

Although Long Wei had been reined in, he could still feel extremely heavy pressure. The Sky Knights comforted and stepped over the restless griffons and swooped down into the burning neighborhoods again and again, searching for and rescuing any survivor they could find, trembling in despair and terror.

Prince Harun, who succeeded in capturing the "Eternal Victory" of the Holy Sword, had to face an extremely serious problem: that is, to escape from this purgatory-like city in this way. He ran around in the scorching air and choking smoke, but it was difficult to find the right direction, and with the streets destroyed beyond recognition, his previous vague impression of the layout of the city was lost.

Just when Prince Harlan was at a loss, a sharp bird of prey suddenly sounded in the sky. A griffon descended from the sky and slowly landed in front of him.

"Come!" the air knight, sitting on the back of a griffin, stretched out his javelin, which had been used for the attack, to Prince Harun.

Facing the cold spearhead, Prince Harlan subconsciously took a step back, and his first reaction was that the other party had shown his intention to attack, so he moved his hand to his waist and touched the short sword hidden in his clothes.

Seeing the other party's reaction, the air knight also wondered, before meeting Prince Harlan, he had already saved two people, although the two in front of him were not frightened to the same degree, but when he saw the dawn of hope appear in front of him, he couldn't help but quickly grab the javelin and pounce on the back of the griffin, and it was the first time he had seen Prince Harlan hesitate and flinch.

"What are you doing here, do you want to die here?" exclaimed the Air Knight.

Only then did Prince Harun come to his senses. He immediately grabbed the head of the javelin, rolled over and jumped onto the back of the griffin, and sat behind the air knight. After receiving the orders of its master, the griffin spread its wings and returned to the sky.

In the heavens, Prince Harun said to the knight sitting in front of him: "Her Majesty has thought so well that she has sent someone over. "For this unexpected aid, the first thing Prince Harun can think of is Ipeya's prior arrangement.

Unexpectedly, the knight denied it: "No. We received no direct order from Her Majesty the Empress, but a young prince escaped and reported to our general. ”

"Yes? It wasn't sent by the Empress. ”

"We hope so, too. But the Empress's whereabouts are unknown, and several of my colleagues are looking for her, praying that Her Majesty will be safe. ”

At this point, the griffon rider suddenly sensed that something was wrong. The young man sitting behind him looked calm and articulate, not at all like an overly frightened ordinary resident, and although his clothes were a little dirty, he did not appear to be injured, how much power was this to be able to survive such an extreme predicament? In addition, whether the young man was running between the fires or escaping on a griffin, he insisted on carrying a long wooden box that interfered with his movements, and although he did not know what was inside the wooden box, he did not at all look like a resident fleeing for his life.

"Brother, your accent doesn't sound like a local. "The knight throws bricks and stones.

"That's right, I'm a businessman who came to the imperial capital from out of town to do business. Alas...... I didn't expect to encounter such an unlucky thing. Prince Harun already knew that the knight was suspicious of him, so he pushed the boat along with the other man's questioning.

"A merchant?"

For this answer, the knight can't seem to fault it. With the character of a businessman who shows his fortune as his life, this person's behavior of preferring to be in crisis rather than giving up the wooden box can be explained. But the knight still felt that something was wrong.

The griffin swept over a still burning neighborhood, pulled up the heights, and flew east. Prince Harlan looked down, and he saw a faint colored ball of light in a separate area of the ground.

It was the place where he had been hiding not long ago, an old warehouse hidden by the illusion barrier.

At this point, the barrier is slowly failing......

Meanwhile, in a dark world, another conversation is underway.

"What are you doing, Fudilokaya? Aren't you transmuting the souls of those golden dragons?" Ipeya wondered at the sudden appearance of the dragon's partner. A sense of fear that "things are getting out of hand" began to spread through Ipeia's mind.

"Answer me seriously: have you tasted the taste of remorse?" said Vederokaya, repeating the initial question.

"He died before me. I lost him again. I...... I...... Ahhhhh

Ipeia looked at her hands, although Julian's cold body was gone, her hands were still stained with his blood, Ipeia couldn't hold back her emotion, and cried out again.

"Deliberately stirring up a peaceful world upside down, using countless dead souls as stepping stones. Yes, you will soon succeed, but you will lose the most important piece of your heart. What do you get at the end of the day?" asked Vedirokaya with a blank face.

"Yes, how could this happen? How could I have thought that he would suddenly ...... Wait a minute!" A terrible guess suddenly popped up in Ipeia's mind, "Why was Bazak able to break in? Why did he break in? As the Empress of the Fairy Dragon, the illusion barrier you laid shouldn't be so easily cracked, ......right?"

"That's right, I deliberately led those two humans into the enchantment. ”

"Why are you doing this? Could it be that the nail that Bazak spat out at the end was also made by you?"

"I'm just letting this human foresee what happens a few seconds later at the right time. ”

Hearing this, Ipeia's whole body went limp, and her knees fell to her knees on the dark ground with a "bang".

All of Ipeiya's actions are premised on betrayal, so she is also worried that she will be betrayed by the people around her, so Ipeia has devised several sets of counterattack plans and made preparations for a rainy day. Ipeia imagined that she would be betrayed by her close ministers, by the killers she had cultivated, by the Truth Society, by Julian, and even by the three Fernandez sisters, but Ipeia never imagined that in the end, it would be her karmic dragon partner who had a relationship with her for 3,000 years.

"Why are you doing this? you know I trust you completely!" Ipeia screamed as she grabbed Vodirokaya's small, shrunken body.

Ipeya, who was kneeling, and Fudilokaya, who was standing, were exactly the same height at this time, and this scene looked a little funny.

"As you know, I waited more than 3,000 years for the opportunity to be reborn with him in the same era. You know! You know! Ah...... Why? Why do you do this?! I don't want to wait another three thousand years!" Ipeia continued to growl, shaking the thin body of the rickety old woman in front of her vigorously.

Only by doing so will you experience true remorse. The old body shook slightly, and he flicked Ipaya's hands away.

At this time, Ipeiya suddenly found that the old woman in front of her had become a gorgeous and beautiful girl in purple.

"Only by doing this can you come to your senses completely. Although the hoarse old voice has become a girl's delicate voice, the cold tone that hits the heart has not changed.

"Let me come to my senses? Hmph, don't forget, sacrifice a lot of human life to transform it into magic power to control the Golden Dragons, this plan was designed by you, Fudilokaya!"

"That's right. I came up with the plan, but you 3,000 years ago strongly disagreed. ”

"That's ironic! 3,000 years ago, when you proposed this plan, I didn't agree, and 3,000 years later, when I wanted to carry it out, you had no interest in it, and you secretly sabotaged it. At this point, Ipeia stood up again, and the two beautiful young women looked at each other with swords and crossbow eyes, "Who do you think I am putting my plan for?

"This is what you are saying, Ipeiya, you and I have re-established a guard contract, you are my contract knight, I am your dragon partner, I will not hide from you, and you can't fool me. Stop kidding yourself. The reason why you have restarted the plan is only to get revenge on the empire. You're just looking for a reason to vent your hatred for the rest of your life!"

"I ......"

As if speechless, Ipeya quieted down. But no one knows what she's brewing beneath the calm surface......