Prologue/Fallen Capital
A gray lead cloud hung over Emerson's head, the sky was covered with a thin mist, and the pouring rain did not stop as the sun rose.
Emerson Steinfer and his comrades made their way carefully through the ruins of New Dragon Song City, their gray raincoats, and the rat-gray New Model Army uniforms were soaked with rain and sweat.
Victory is in sight, as the last capital of the remnants of the Nanling people, this southernmost city of the South Ridge has been destroyed into ruins by artillery fire and magic, humans, horses, dragons, Nanling people, imperial people, immortals, short-lived species, soldiers, ordinary citizens, all the corpses are mixed together, and can be seen everywhere in the broken and rubble streets.
From early spring to late summer, from Nandorn County to Honglin County, from Seven Towns to the New Dragon Song City, in just over two months, the new model army, using new equipment and new tactics, completed a legendary expedition of 130 kilometers.
However, when the battlefield entered the vicinity of the New Dragon Song City, the resistance of the remnants of the Nanling Ridge became more and more stubborn, and the New Model Army consumed countless bullets, shells, and fireball scrolls every mile it advanced. After losing a full 3,000 soldiers, it wasn't until a month ago that the New Model Army was able to breach the gates of Longge City.
Emerson pulled the trigger, and with a "bang", the sword-wielding boy with his head at the entrance of the alley in front of him tilted his head and fell to the ground.
In the last city of the Southridge remnants, Emerson and his companions were defeated. Mechanically pushed the bullet into the chamber of the gun, and then pulled the trigger on the Nanling soldiers in front of him, even though the so-called "Fu [***]" young soldiers only had swords in their hands, not even armor, and the stubble on their faces that fell to the ground in a daze had not yet grown.
When killing a third man, Emerson would excitedly carve a vertical bar representing the kill number on the butt of his rifle, but by the time he killed the thirtieth man, Emerson had completely forgotten the excitement he felt when he first won the battle.
Hearing a "bang" gunshot, the companions behind him immediately reacted, and there was no need to shout loudly, the comrades who cooperated with the tacit understanding had already rushed up, each leaning against the wall, and raised their guns to shoot at the thirty-person Nanling swordsman squad exposed at the mouth of the alley.
Emerson could hear their screams, some of the soldiers fell into the street wailing, and some tried to retreat, but were beheaded by their own men. Driven by the officers behind them, without the slightest formation to speak of, the enemy rushed towards Emerson in a chaotic manner.
As soon as he loaded the fixed ammunition and pulled the trigger a second time, the enemies had already rushed up, and most of Emerson's companions had only had time to fire once.
"Get on the gun!" The squad leader next to him gave a brief order, Emerson and their guns had actually been stabbed a long time ago, it was just a tactical order to sign that they were ready to enter the white-knuckle battle.
Emerson's combat squad was not fully staffed, only eight men, and the other three had already died in the earlier battle. In the initial shooting of this encounter, 6 of the Fu [***] fell to the ground, and the remaining 20 or so people all rushed up.
Emerson could hear the voice of the communicator behind him using the teleportation box to report the enemy situation to Command, but all he could see was the enemy.
"Grenadier!" With the squad leader's order, the two grenadiers beside Emerson threw the fireball scroll steel pipe in their hands.
Someone in the panicked enemy army seemed to recognize them: "It's a bomb! Get down!"
"Boom!" As soon as the words fell, two huge fireballs had already exploded in the center of the enemy formation, and the steel pipe fragments turned into deadly rain, tearing apart the swordsmen's bodies, which were only protected by thin leather armor.
Emerson jumped out of cover and, along with his companions, rushed towards the enemy troops who had been blown up by the scroll pipes: "For the Silver Rose and the Empire!"
Emerson raised his rifle and stabbed a young soldier who was still kneeling on the ground.
The sharp steel spear pierced through his body, and Emerson kicked the soldier on him, pulling the spear out, and when he looked up, the enemy soldier had already shaken off the stun caused by the blast wave and stood up.
Unlike the young soldier he had just killed, it was a veteran, a middle-aged man in his thirties, with the same brown hair and brown eyes as Emerson, which reminded Emerson of his father.
But the veteran looked at Emerson's gaze, but Emerson couldn't help but feel sad, it was an indissoluble hatred of resentment, and the five-month war made all naïve soldiers gradually abandon the possibility of reconciliation, including Emerson himself.
Without hesitation, raising his gun, Emerson took the initiative to attack the veteran.
The length of the weapon was powerful against him, the rifle and the long sword in the swordsman's hand collided with brilliant sparks, Emerson picked the tip of the spear and cut a hole in the veteran's arm, the spear stabbing technique was a bit like a short spear technique, which was rarely used on the battlefield, so when it suddenly appeared on the battlefield on a large scale, all the Nanling swordsmen who were proficient in swordsmanship were caught off guard and didn't know how to deal with it at all.
Dodging the tip of the spear that stabbed him, the South Ridge swordsman quickly swung his sword and slashed at Emerson, Emerson turned his head to avoid it, and then slammed the swordsman's head with the hilt of his rifle, the swordsman took a step back to dodge, and raised his sword to stab Emerson in the chest-
Looking at the tip of the sword that had only pierced in the slightest, the swordsman's brown eyes slipped incredulously, and then fell to the ground.
Emerson rubbed his left chest, which had been hit painfully, and pulled out a spear from the other man's chest.
The clothes on Emerson's body look like ordinary cloth military uniforms, but Emerson and the others were told in the tactical course that the uniforms of the new model army are all enchanted with at least a minimum degree of alchemy, and the basic material is wool mixed alchemy spider silk, although it is a little uncomfortable to wear, but the protective power is very considerable.
Unconsciously, the swordsman team of the remnants of the South Ridge Party has been defeated by Emerson's combat squad, after all, they are all rookies who don't even have the middle level of warrior apprentices, and in the face of the new model army soldiers above the initial level of the average warrior level, they are almost at the touch of a button - from equipment, physique, to combat will, and tactical literacy, they are not at the same level at all.
Emerson sighed as he looked at the swordsman's convulsive corpse, his companion was cleaning up the battlefield - and when he saw that he was still moaning and panting, he went up and made up for a stab.
At this moment, a loud explosion was heard nearby, and out of the corner of Emerson's eye, he noticed that a green trail suddenly flashed in the low sky not far away. Emerson's eyes widened suddenly, for he had seen death like this for the umpteenth time in the past few months, dragging a green glow—
"Immortal Species! Identified as a green knight!" Emerson was not the only one who saw the blue light, and the squad leader quickly shouted, "Prepare for air combat!"
Is the Blue Knight alive today...... That kind of existence is simply not something that a disgruntled combat squad like Emerson can solve.
But an order is an order, and even though everyone still has lingering fears in their hearts, the battle order is given faithfully.
The Achnweb Scroll, which is the only anti-air equipment in a standard combat squad.
The Green Knight didn't seem to be alone, and as it approached, Emerson could hear the continuous explosions getting closer, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva—
At the corner of the street in the distance, his body was shrouded in cyan magical light, his whole body was covered in silver magic armor, and even the observation hole of the helmet was covered by a reflective green crystal.
"Prepare to engage the enemy!" The squad leader's hoarse roar trembled because of fear, Emerson knew very well that this kind of combat weapon that could only be driven by high-level immortals had the strength to destroy a tactical platoon with just one person - the green knight flew in the air, moving at a speed of more than ten meters or even tens of meters per second, which was not something that a mere spider web scroll could hit.
As if seeing Emerson's combat squad, the green knight scratched a white mark on the ground, and then staggered back and flew in their direction.
But it wasn't until the green knight got closer and closer that Emerson noticed that the magic armor on the green knight's body looked pitted, and even the flight dress armor that played a balancing role was shattered.
Emerson clenched the musket in his hand and aimed at the Blue Knight. As the best shooter in the combat class, Emerson knew very well that he only had one chance to pull the fire for the green knight anyway, so it was better to wait for the green knight to get close to a certain point before pulling the trigger - although the killing effect was still almost non-existent.
Emerson's palms were covered with sweat, and only his index finger on the trigger was steady, not moving at all—"Boom!"
A huge explosion suddenly sounded outside the narrow aiming field, and the flying debris almost hit Emerson in the face, and Emerson almost pulled the trigger: "What's going on?!"
"It's Black Rose!" the grenadier next to him was full of surprise.
Soon, Emerson, who looked up, also saw the black-armored knight breaking through the wall in the flying rubble.
Emerson suddenly realized where the explosion he had heard came from - the Black Rose Elector was not on a mount, and with just a pair of legs, he had caught up with the Green Knight, who was known for his high speed, even among the immortals.
The moment it appeared from behind the rubble wall, the close election officer had already predicted the flight trajectory of the green knight, and with a vertical leap, he had already come to the sky above the green knight, and with a wave of his long sword, he slashed down like lightning with all his strength.
The blue knight, who was caught off guard, barely turned around, raised his long sword to block in front of him, and the next moment he was already hit to the ground by the close election officer!
"Boom!" In the midst of the tremendous impact, the Green Knight slammed into the ground, and his body split through the stone-paved street, plowed a deep, long furrow on it, and slid towards Emerson's place.
Emerson reacted suddenly, he slammed his mouth open in surprise, jumped up and pounded the grenadier next to him hard: "Spider Web! Quick!".
"Boom!" With the sound of the arachnid scroll detonating, a white rope net of the same material as Emerson's uniform, with a weight hanging from the end of the steel pipe, and covered the kneeling green knight tightly.
The green knight barely got up from the ground, and after shaking twice, he tried to cut the rope net on his body, but it only made the spider web-strengthened rope net stick tighter on him.
"Well done, which squadron are you from?" The knight of the Black Sword and Black Armor walked up to Emerson's squad leader in a few steps, opened his mask, and revealed a rather young and handsome face that did not match his strength.
"Report!Sir Georg!" the squad leader saluted the black knight, "We are the 10377 combat squad of the seventh column!"
Emerson remembered this man, and he was famous. The youngest of the knights chosen by the side of Archduke Feldnan, young and handsome, very famous among the female surnames of the White Rose City, even Emerson's sister is his fan, and "Lord Georg" comes to "Lord Georg" all day long, until Emerson goes on the expedition, he thinks of Emerson's brother and cries a lot.
Geor nodded, then turned to the green knight who was still struggling in the net: "Hold it back, Lord Kevin! The Blood Dragon King will definitely be defeated, and a swordsman like you really shouldn't die with that mediocre tyrant." ”
"Shut up!" the green knight in the net let out a buzzing roar through his visor, "you golden-haired imperial bastard!
Georg shook his head in a noble manner, and at that moment, a sudden roar of a giant beast resounded through the sky, and carried through the city. In the direction of the Dragon Song City Palace, a huge golden dragon fell from the sky, smashed through the roof of the palace, and disappeared among the stacked buildings.
Georg turned his head, looked at the green knight who had frozen completely, and sighed: "Lord Kevin, just now, the last [True Dragon] has been killed in battle, the bloodline of the Nanling Dragon Song Royal Family has been completely severed, and the Blood Dragon King is just a dragon stealer who borrowed the name of the True Dragon, do you really want to serve him to death?"
"No!" Kevin glared at Georg, "The Dragon Song royal family still has Princess Adehil! As long as Princess Adesil is alive, we haven't lost yet!"
Georg's brows furrowed deeply: "Your Excellency Kevin...... I used to think you were different from the other Nanlingfu [***] people, but it seems like I'm thinking too much...... He actually put all his hopes on an underage girl...... Have you men ever wondered what that girl would think of herself? It's because of people like you that tragedies keep happening......"
"What do you know!" Witnessing the Dragon Song Empress falling from the sky, his last hope cut off, Kevin had completely fallen into madness: "To be able to sacrifice his life for the glory of the great Nanling and the Immortal Race, this is the supreme honor and endless happiness!"
Georg stomped the green knight's body, "I'm ashamed to talk to you, Lord Kevin. ”
Georg beckoned to Emerson—
"Kill him. ”
Without hesitation, eight muskets pierced through the cracks in the magic armor.
"""Bang!"
The precious magic armor exploded from within, and Kevin's body fell to the ground......
Feldenan pulled his sword from the Dragon Song Empress's chest, and the richly dressed noblewoman slid from the mountain-like dragon corpse to the side and fell to the ground.
"Mother-sama!" the black-haired girl cried out in mournful mourning as she burst out of the shadows of the main hall.
Grand Duke of Silver Rose, Feldnan Ian Nanling Taishou looked at the girl who was holding her mother's corpse and wept bitterly, and shook her head imperceptibly: "Is this the last owner of the Dragon Song bloodline? Because he has not yet awakened into a [True Dragon], so he has survived until now, and the once incomparably glorious Dragon Song Norton bloodline has become a cursed thing, don't you think so? Blood Dragon King Ulysses." ”
As he spoke, Feldnan stood on the tall dragon corpse and looked up at the black-robed knight on the throne at the front of the main hall, the Blood Dragon King, Ulysses.
Unlike the Queen of Dragon Song, Ulysses is just an ordinary Southridge person.
The years have carved traces on his body that are far deeper than the immortal species, and when he heard Feldnan's shout, the gray-haired Blood Dragon King raised his gaze and looked at him: "Feldnan, my seventeen sons and nine daughters all died at your hands, and you don't even plan to spare my last little daughter?"
"Ulysses, you should understand. The burly Duke of Silver Rose shook his head slightly, he was not worried that someone would suddenly jump out and stir up the situation, according to the suggestion of a bear child in the Duke's Mansion who was full of ghost ideas, Ferdinand deliberately slowed down the speed of attacking Longge City, and used a war of attrition and meat grinding to dry the last trace of strength of the people of Nanling. Now the remaining troops in Ulysses' hands have all been ground up, and they have been swallowed into the stomach by the terrifying monster of [New Dragon Song City Street Battle]. Even the secret passage of the palace was found out and shocked, and the Blood Dragon King, who was known as famous in the past, had no power to return to heaven at this moment.
"My grandfather was merciful and let go of the royal family of Longge, because of this, and you and the Empress of Longge who killed my father, are fruits. Ulysses, I'm not going to leave the Southridge problem to my son. ”
"Ahem...... The Blood Dragon King sat on the throne and coughed twice, he stared at Feldnan with the same pitch-black eyes as Feldenand: "Then make a deal, Feldenand......"
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“...... I didn't expect there to be such a method......" Grand Duke Silver Rose slowly walked up the royal ladder step by step, "If my grandfather had thought of this method in the first place, maybe you and I would have sat down and had a drink like ordinary teachers and students." ”
"It's different, Feldnan, I only have that daughter left. The old man closed his eyes, looked at the Duke of the Empire who walked in front of him, let go of the scepter that he had held in his hand for a lifetime, and seemed to have unloaded the duties he had carried all his life, and became an ordinary old man again-
To Father: "Don't forget our agreement, Feldenand. ”
"As I said, I'm not going to force my son to make a choice, Ulysses. ”
"That's enough...... Blood Dragon King's fingers trembling as he touched the sword on his chest, but his gaze looked beneath the throne as the girl watched her father and mother die on the same day—in just a few months, she had lost twelve brothers and seven sisters in succession.
At the end of his life, the Blood Dragon King stretched out his right hand covered with blood to the girl: "Love Daisel...... This is the best destiny I can create for you...... Forget hatred, forget pain, and use your will and legs to chase happiness......
"My daughter yo ......".
PS: The first chapter of the post-[Harmony] Palace Scroll!Brave girl, hurry up and launch an onslaught on the protagonist!