Volume 1 Threesome Chapter 139 Rooted
As Midi predicted, if Domingo and Queen Scardi allowed this blockade to continue, the counties would still collapse due to a shortage of supplies, even with the protection of the dragon's power.
Thus, in the second week after the blockade began, the remaining 5,000 Destruction Riders finally poured out of the capital city of Huttonmar.
"Is it the Iron Rider of Destruction again?" Midi's brow furrowed slightly.
This was a bit different from what he had expected.
So far, the Nibelungen Dragon Sealing Array has used a very simple attack method, basically accumulating mana and releasing devastating spells once a week. In this case, the time for the real fluctuation of mana power is extremely short, and it is impossible to secretly cultivate a new tree of life.
Therefore, Midi will use this harassment tactic of fighting and running, the purpose is to let the Sealing Dragon Array accumulate thunder and lightning clouds on several county cities in the branch of the scroll for a long time, so as to ensure long-term magic fluctuations.
In this way, the seedlings of the Tree of Life on their own side will have the opportunity to calmly absorb the power in the dragon veins without being discovered.
But now, the other side has once again sent the Iron Rider of Destruction.
This means that the new power of the Dragon Sealing Array may not be a long-lasting ranged strike, but an enhancement spell similar to the Blood Rage or Blood Aura.
In this case, creating a state of "continuous fluctuation of mana" means that you have to engage in a constant and fierce battle with the Iron Rider of Doom for a long time.
Midi is not afraid of fighting, on the contrary, it is the stage where his abilities can be best demonstrated.
However, he was weak.
When the seedlings of the Tree of Life are grown enough to confront the Nibelungen Dragon Sealing Array, he must be the first to rush into the capital city of Huttonmar, and how can he entangle with the Destruction Iron Rider outside?
Moreover, not only him, but the Falcon Regiment under his command also shouldered the heavy task of breaking through the Great Sealing Dragon Array. If you continue to fight fiercely with the Destruction Iron Cavalry on the periphery, not to mention how many losses there will be, even if the losses are extremely low, the soldiers will fall into a state of exhaustion, and when the Dragon Sealing Array is supported by their own Tree of Life, who will they rely on to attack?
As for the Golden Bough, Midi's mind flashed through her mind for a moment, and she dismissed it.
This traditional legion, with infantry and heavy knights as the main force, will not have any advantage against the pure cavalry of the Iron Cavalry. Moreover, they had already lost more than half of them in the battle of Rainbow City, and if they pulled out of the battle at this moment and entangled with the Destruction Iron Knight, they would have to face the terrible thunder and lightning that could fall above their heads at any time, and the odds of victory were extremely low.
However, since the Golden Bough Legion could not meet the requirements of "fighting the Iron Rider of Doom for a long time", he had no interest in sending them to his death.
After thinking about it, the only choice was for the Falcon Regiment to fight outside, and then let the elite of the Golden Bough Legion attack the capital of Huttonmar.
But is this okay? Can these traditional low-ranking soldiers really rely on numerical superiority against those mysterious "pretenders"?
Midi asked herself, but she wasn't sure at all.
At this moment, there was a loud noise outside the big tent.
The next moment, the sound of one level after another opening kept sounding, and the guards stationed in the Chinese army formation seemed to have become decorations, and they couldn't stop the arrival of an uninvited guest at all. Soon, the curtain of the Chinese army's tent where Midi was located was lifted.
"Who is it?" Midillo was surprised, knowing that Fina and Alice were also here, and why didn't they even react?
"I hear you're missing a commander?" replied to Midi, with a whisper of iron and gold
The man stood in the doorway, like a towering mountain, he blocked out the sun and the sky, and the golden light outlined a tall silhouette for him behind him, like a god of war who had come out of the smoke and death.
In an instant, the moment he saw the face of the comer, Midi's pupils suddenly contracted suddenly.
"It's you...... You?"
When the mysterious figure came to the presence of Midi, the commander of the Falcon Regiment, the Iron Rider of Destruction finally entered the territory controlled by the Hamilton family's domain, the Scroll Branch.
Today, the area is the equivalent of enemy territory for Hamilton and the Duchy as a whole. Under the protection of the power of the dragon, almost no army dared to set foot except for Midi's Falcon Regiment, after all, their speed of action was too slow, and they lacked the means to hide, and they could easily become the target of thunder and lightning.
As a result, the Iron Rider of Doom traveled unhindered and encountered almost no obstacles to reach Wicksshire, the largest county town under the Scroll Branch.
The people of the Scroll Branch were thrilled by Domingo's arrival, but in the face of the warm welcome, the "First Man of the Scroll" himself gritted his teeth, his eyes flashing with hatred.
In the battle of Rainbow City, the three major legions of the Seth family were all wiped out, the Golden Bough Legion suffered heavy losses, and the Falcon Regiment was blocked. However, the situation of the Destruction Iron Rider is not much better.
Of the original 10,000 cavalry, there were now less than 5,000 left, and more than half of the troops died in the white mist, and many were killed by the thunderbolts summoned by Domingo himself.
It was a complete and unarmored fiasco.
It was Domingo Hamilton's crushing defeat in front of Midi Asrex.
And now, this Midi dared to take the initiative to attack the territory of the Book Branch, which in Domingo's eyes was simply a naked insult to himself and the entire Book Branch.
He wants to give this bastard who doesn't know what to do in a new round of confrontation
"My lord, find the traces of the enemy" A captain of 100 hurriedly came to Domingo, looking unkind
"Good. Domingo sneered, "Pass the order, the whole army will attack"
When the Destruction Rider came out, Domingo realized that the army on the other side was a little different from the previous intelligence. They weren't the high-ranking adventurers of the Falcon Regiment, but members of the Golden Bough Legion
After many years of holding senior positions in the Hamilton family, Domingo recognized many familiar faces in an instant. This is indeed the Golden Bough, not some motley army or falcon regiment with the banner of the three golden lions.
Do you want the Golden Bough and the Falcon to take turns to bring down the Iron Rider of Destruction?
Domingo thought he had guessed what Midi was doing this, and he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
You must know that the current Iron Rider of Destruction is completely different from the time of the first battle in Rainbow City. Relying on the long-distance blessing from the Nibelungen Dragon Sealing Circle, they now have extraordinary recovery power, which is enough to make up for the loss of life force caused by the blood rage, and the only price they need to pay is a greatly reduced lifespan
But this cost, the impact on the current war, can be said to be minimal.
With the resilience of the Iron Rider of Doom and the aerial strike of powerful thunder and lightning, Domingo is confident that he will be able to push Midi and his army to the brink, whether it is the Golden Bough or the Falcon.
Looking at the Hamilton family flag fluttering in the cold wind opposite, the "first man of the book" sneered and jumped on his horse.
Five thousand Iron Horsemen of Destruction followed like a torrent of steel.
At the same time, in the camp attached to the Royal Academy of Magic thousands of miles away, in the tunnels that were secretly dug by magic and hundreds of meters underground, the surging magic power like a tide began to fluctuate continuously.
"The magic is starting to flow, judging by the speed and volume of the flow, this is a continuous spell, and we can use this time to cultivate the Tree of Life," the elven elder said excitedly.
Midi looked at each other with Fina and Alice, then nodded.
Midi took out the bag containing the seeds of the Tree of Life embroidered with countless runes, and walked forward.
After several days of excavation, coupled with Alice's high-level earth elemental summoning beast, a huge and empty hall had been dug up at a depth of several hundred meters underground, and in the center of the hall was a rough root system entrenched like a giant snake.
This is the root system of the Tree of Life that has grown in the Duchy of Belmar for hundreds of years.
Midi walked in front of the root system, carefully drew the Black Sky Sword, cut a scar on the root system, and then gently put the seed of the tree of life in the bag, which had nine orifices and breathed like a living thing.
The tree of life is extremely resilient, and as soon as the seed is put in, the scar heals immediately.
Next, the Tree of Life seed that has been touched into this root system and the dragon vein in which it is located will take root and sprout on its own, and begin to grow.
However, this is only a theory after all.
Planting another tree of life on the root system of one tree of life has never been done in the past. I'm afraid that only a decisive commander like Midi would be forced to obtain a large amount of magic power to accelerate the growth of seeds in this way at such a critical juncture.
But what the result of this will be, let alone the gardener of the Garden of Dawn, even Midi, the reborn, is inconclusive.
At this moment, everyone was holding their breath, watching carefully, intently sensing, and anxiously waiting for the result.
Is it the seed that is swallowed by the root system of the tree of life, or does it succeed in starting to take root and sprout?
Or will it be discovered by the impostor in the first place and then destroyed?
No one knows the answer, so the only thing we can do is wait.
Dozens of minutes passed, an hour passed, and a full half a day passed.
The root system of the Tree of Life is as it has always been, and nothing has changed. The magic still flowed through the dragon veins, but there was no sign of being absorbed.
However, the next moment, when a full six hours passed, the surrounding magic suddenly fluctuated.
This fluctuation is extremely slight, and it is even more difficult to detect in the environment of the dragon veins that are constantly flowing with magical power, and can only be detected by incentivizing on induction.
Then, before Midi could confirm the fluctuation with Fina and Alice, the root system as thick as a giant python suddenly changed.
It shuddered for a moment, and then countless cracks appeared on its surface, and from the cracks, you could see a tiny root system with a new green color, like hair, running through it.
Then, with the sound of the wood cracking, a seedling that bloomed with the light of life like an emerald finally broke through the root system and slowly stretched.
The tree of life that belonged to Midi had finally taken root and sprouted.