Chapter Twenty-Four: The Battle in the Sky [Ask for Recommendation]
Just when Jack had just been robbed of his starry sky card and was remembered for the tears of the goddess. Thousands of miles north of the Great Wall's defenses, a great battle was taking place, and the intensity of the battle was far greater than Jack's petty fighting.
The orcs resurrected a dragon, and the humans had no 'chips' in their hands to deal with it. Either rely on crowd tactics or turn to the five-colored dragon for help. However, relying on crowd tactics is too costly, and there is no 100% certainty of victory.
After consulting with the dwarves, the kings of the human race sent a liaison team to the dragon's home for help.
However, several attempts ended in failure.
Heading north from the Great Wall line, a journey of seven days on a flying mount, a griffin. But more than half a month passed, not only did I not see the reinforcements of the dragon, but I didn't even see the return of the flying cavalry.
The second batch, the third batch, still no news!
However, when the third batch was sent out for a few days, there was finally a little feedback back. In order to prevent humans from calling for help from the dragon, the orcs patrol the airspace that stretches for hundreds of kilometers. As soon as they spotted a human trace, they immediately intercepted it, and even the resurrected dragon appeared there.
Three groups of more than 30 people eventually returned with only one wounded griffin and a human soldier who had just said a few words.
All of the human flying mounts came from the gifts of the dwarves, and the number was extremely rare, but now it has lost 30 horses in just over half a month!
But the easiest way to get to the dragon's territory is the griffin. If you want to ride a horse or walk, it is estimated that you may not be able to reach the land of dragons in 6 months.
There are countless mountains, wilderness valleys, mountains, rivers and lakes along the way! If you want to climb it on foot, it may take several days to climb over a mountain. And flying mounts may only be a matter of minutes.
But now the orcs have set up an ambush in their path. And according to the soldier's report, the orc flying cavalry patrolled the air day and night. Although the patrol airspace is hundreds of kilometers wide, the orcs have their own flying troops, so this little airspace is only a small test for them.
Humans have seen the orcs in the bat squadron and the two-headed wyvern legion. When they swooped down from the sky, it was like a huge cloud falling from the sky.
A cavalry of this level and size is not comparable to the hundreds of griffons of human beings. Fortunately, for so many years, mankind has had a sophisticated crossbow troops. Otherwise, without the use of dragons, the harassment of this empty cavalry force alone would allow humans to abandon the defense line of the Great Wall.
Although there are many difficulties ahead, this difficulty is nothing compared to the threat of the dragon! When the orcs really go to war, without the help of reinforcements, the strength of the dragon is difficult for humans to resist.
The dragon's scales are impenetrable to ordinary bows and crossbows, and once the dragon destroys the human bow and crossbow position, the human race will soon lose its prevention and control power, and once there is no air defense power, it is a matter of time before it loses air supremacy.
Either kill the dragons now, before the orc army can fight the humans! Or you must get in touch with the dragons before the orc army marches west! Humanity has reached the edge of a cliff where there is no way out.
However, on the other side, the army of orcs did not leave time for humans, and the news from the sentinels continued to come back that it seemed that the armies of the orc clans had been assembled within this month.
Ten days ago, humans finally decided to assault with 50 griffons at a time. Even if only one succeeds, human beings have a chance to live.
At this time, it was already cautiously flying at ultra-low altitude in the middle of the night. However, the bat squadron that was on guard in the air was discovered.
Bats are born with ultrasonic radar, no matter how powerful human flying skills are, they are destined to not escape this vicious battle!
When the air sentry sounded the horn, the surrounding orc air cavalry began to surround and kill.
"The air cavalry is ready for battle, and the archers are aimed at targets in all directions. "The commander in charge of the guard at the front of the flight saw that the secret flight was exposed. Immediately begin to command the squads to fight.
"Squad 1 is responsible for receiving the enemy, squad 2 and squad 3 are ready to outflank. The 4 squad is on alert, and the 5 squad continues to fly without wasting time. "Although the orcs have a large number of flying legions. However, when they dispersed their troops into an airspace hundreds of kilometers wide, they were still a little underwhelmed. Especially when the human race gathered 50 horsemen at once, it actually had a numerical advantage in such a small-scale conflict.
Although as long as there is a home that can fly to the dragon, this mission will be completed. But the people in this squad know very well that squads 1 to 4 are nothing more than attracting firepower, or cannon fodder to clear their way.
As soon as the two sides exchanged fire, Team 5 did not stop at all, but bypassed the war zone and frantically advanced towards the dragon's homeland.
However, just as Team 5 quickly left the battlefield, many crossbow arrows the thickness of adult arms suddenly shot out from the ground.
"There are bows and crossbows! Disperse!" Looking at the dozens of crossbow arrows that soared into the sky, as well as the terrifying sound of bowstrings, the members of Team 5 all drove their flying mounts to dodge.
For a moment, the team was instantly dispersed.
Just as the team was scattered, hundreds of black bat mounts suddenly rose from the ground.
"It's not an encounter, it's an ambush!" the two griffon knights exchanged as they dodged the crossbow bolts fired from the ground.
"Our plans have been leaked, and there are orc spies in the upper echelons of the human race!" The number of people who are qualified to know about this operation is no more than 20 people, in addition to the dead of this operation. And half of these 20 people are human and dwarf kings.
It's scary to think about!
Such a level of conclave, this is the fate of the human race. Someone actually leaked the secret, otherwise how could the orcs arrange troops to ambush here. If it is a coincidence, I'm afraid no fool will believe it!
If there are really orc spies at the top, then is there still a need to fight this war?
"Plan B! Immediately!" The commander saw the hundreds of orcs in the sky, and knew that it was impossible to go back alive today, but as a warrior, it was his duty to complete the mission. Even if you die, you have to complete the task first.
Plan B!
The last hope of mankind!
Just as the commander shouted the order, several stout griffons suddenly swooped down towards the ground, and just as they were about to hit the ground, they raised their heads again and flew into the sky.
Just when the griffon was only a few meters above the ground, the griffin visibly felt a lightness in his body. But at this time, the griffin did not lose anything. Flying knights, weapons, equipment, backpacks, and bags.
The human air cavalry who flew back into the air, they were making the last resistance at this time, and what they did at this time would not affect the outcome, it was just about the honor of the soldiers.
"Long live the air cavalry!"
"Hooray!"
"Hooray!"
A suicidal attack, the warriors of the humans did not flinch in front of the orcs. It was a great honor for these knights to be part of this operation. Although the operation seems to have failed. But a few people know that they haven't completely failed. As long as the attention of all the orcs is drawn, this operation will not be a failure.
In this era when there were no parachutes, once a soldier was shot down from a griffin by the enemy, only death awaited him. And the griffons, which are precious to humans, have also fallen from the sky one after another, badly injured.
"It seems that this time we can only rely on the strength of our major assassin families!" Looking at the fierce encirclement and suppression battle in the sky, a faint voice sounded in the place where the griffin had just swooped over.
This was the last resort, and the assassins of several major families quietly sneaked through the orcs to intercept the defenses. Then he measured the land of the human and dragon home step by step with his own feet, and tried to call the dragon's reinforcements within 5 months. Hopefully, the Great Wall defense line of humanity will hold out until that time.
"Roll call!"
"Leaf Wood Double Blade. As the voice sounded, a vague figure flickered in the ground clearing.
"Quest Starlight. On the fork of a broad-leaved tree, a human with elven ears said slowly.
"Tim Starlight. "I didn't expect the Starlight Family, the descendant of this half-elf elf, to actually send two people to carry out this operation.
"Autumn Red Ghost, Thunder Pattern Double Blade. "Na'an wasn't here, or she would have screamed in surprise that her parents had come to participate in this secret operation. Even if her mother came, she was one of the few female assassins in the Ghost Family, but how could her father be involved in such a danger. In Naan's impression, her father has always been a marginal figure in the Double-Bladed Family. His strength is not even as good as his own 20-year-old girl!
"Maria Callas. A young woman's voice rang out crisply.
"I can't imagine that the Kalas family, who started with theft, are also involved in such an operation. "Tim Starlight as a descendant of the elves. Although they are half of human blood, they are descendants of elves after all. It's just that I didn't expect that such a secret operation would actually involve people from the discredited Kalas family.
"A bastard abandoned by the elves, you don't speak, no one treats you as a mute. "The reason why the Starlight family uses Starlight as their surname is that they consider themselves to be the elves of the Children of the Stars. However, the elves do not accept them, and their different appearance from humans makes it difficult for them to integrate into human society.
Although they did not return to the elf clan in the end, they also have a super long life force after obtaining the elf blood. In human society, being old is a qualification. Because as time passes, they accumulate more wisdom.
With such a natural advantage, they slowly gained a firm foothold in human society, and even gained a certain social status. However, even though they were already high-ranking nobles, there were still people who joked about their bloodlines. And in this kind of joke, the last thing they can do is the word 'mongrel'!