The most famous fortress in the Balkans, the Thermopylae Pass Fortress has been standing for hundreds of years and has never been conquered by outsiders due to its sturdy structure, extremely steep terrain, and the blessing of the magic lock cast by the ancient elven king. However, in recent years, the development of magical technology has changed the form of warfare.

In ancient times, it was simply impossible to rely on infantry to capture a fortified fortress group like Thermopylae Pass. But now humans have been able to build massive floating fleets capable of commanding the tops of relatively weakly defended fortresses. Coupled with a large number of ground troops, as well as a powerful army of knights and magicians, it is not entirely impossible to capture Hot Springs.

During these months, fierce battles broke out between the warring sides around Hot Springs. The Olympian League relied on its defensive superiority to gain the initiative on the ground, and the Holy Roman and Eastern Roman forces suffered heavy casualties. However, in the skies, the strength of the coalition floating fleet is even stronger, and the main ships of the central floating fleet of the Olympia Alliance are only half of the enemy's main ships, and can only be supported by the help of the fortress's magic cannons. The Central Floating Fleet soon suffered losses, and the warships were not as ready to be recruited as soldiers, requiring a long period of construction and being very difficult to replenish.

As a result, the defenders in the Hot Springs Pass had to defend passively in the face of the dense artillery fire that was constantly falling from the sky, and the casualties were increasing day by day. At the same time, the ground forces of the coalition forces, with their large numbers, attacked the city day and night, regardless of casualties. Although the Olympians still have the advantage, the fighters are physically and mentally exhausted after a long and hard battle. Morale also began to decline gradually. If this continues, I am afraid that the advantage will be reversed soon, once the hot spring pass is breached. Then the southern part of the Balkan continent will no longer be in danger to defend, and the states of the Olympian Union will inevitably fall apart and never exist again!

In order to salvage the defeat, the top brass of the Olympians agreed to open up a new battlefield as much as possible, attack the enemy's flank, and temporarily divert the opponent's attention from the direction of Thermopylae Pass so that they could regain their morale. To achieve this. Princess Pera Cleo decided to go to Black Dragon Town in person and asked Ellens and the others to send troops as much as possible.

However, Holy Rome had already taken precautions against this, and the princess's floating ship was targeted by the enemy as soon as it set off. Along the way, he was constantly harassed by enemy ship attacks. After breaking through several interceptions, Cleo had lost all of her frigates, leaving only the mighty Empire battleship still alone. Fortunately, by this time she had already entered the territory of Illyria, and was not far from her destination. The eldest princess hurriedly contacted Black Dragon Town through the Guò magic communicator.

Elrence learns the news. Immediately furious, he immediately set off for support. Leaving only the Latin princess beating Nomia in place, watching his back rushing into the sky, she couldn't help but feel very melancholy......

Elrence flew at full speed with all his strength, and soon arrived at the place where the Empire was engaged with the enemy ship. By this time the brief rays of sunlight had receded, and Stratus clouds had once again covered the mountains of Illyria. A drizzle of rain fell from the sky, and Elrens could faintly see fires and muffled explosions in the distance through the rain curtain.

"Damn Shinra dog!!"

He roared angrily, then spread his wings and sped forward. Sure enough, I saw that the scarred Empire had just rushed out of a dark cloud, followed by three large warships and about ten small warships. While chasing the Imperial, he opened heavy fire on the attack. And the Empire also fought back with all its strength while escaping, but after all, it was outnumbered, and it was obviously at a disadvantage, at this time, the building on the deck had been damaged, the main magic cannon on the port side was also destroyed, and a large hole was blown out of the hull on the right, and sparks flew out violently from inside.

"Three Hells!!" Elrens, who had been prepared for a long time, did not say a word, and immediately cast a spell on one of the most ferocious heavy cruisers in pursuit behind the Empire.

I saw a radiant triple ring magic seal appear in front of the evil dragon, and then it slashed through the sky like a meteor and hit the heavy cruiser. The enemy ship was caught off guard and was immediately hit the bow, and its magic shield suddenly emitted a piercing roar and dazzling light, and then cracked like an eggshell!

After the explosion subsided, a black hole with a diameter of ten meters and smoke appeared in the bow of the heavy cruiser, a large number of sparks continued to spew out, and the sharp sirens on the ship were deafening, both the speed of advance and the speed of the magic cannon fire were obviously slowed down, and it was obvious that it had lost its combat ability.

The Empire immediately sensed the arrival of reinforcements and immediately turned to the direction of Elrenth. Several enemy ships that followed closely behind it also discovered that the black dragon had been killed, and in the face of the sudden reinforcements, they hesitated for a moment, but immediately followed, outflanking them from both wings like a huge net.

At this time, the scarred Empire had passed by Elrens and continued to move at full speed in the direction of Black Dragon Town. The dragon sneered at the approaching enemy ships on both sides, waved its wings and rushed over. The enemy fleet turned to bombard him with magic cannons, but the black dragon was extremely fast and agile, and he flew up and down and circled around the perimeter of the enemy fleet, and the enemy's artillery fire could not hurt him at all, but he found a flaw and destroyed several small ships.

The remaining enemy ships were helpless, and after a series of fierce battles, they suffered a lot of losses of their own, but the main target, the Imperial, escaped just as it was about to be destroyed, and was intercepted by the enemy's Black Dragon. At this time, they have been deep into the enemy territory for a while, and they have no chance to complete the mission, and if they continue to fight, they may find more enemy attacks. So after a burst of heavy artillery bombardment, the main force of the enemy ships began to turn and retreat, leaving only one cruiser and a few small ships to break down.

Elrens didn't bother to entangle with them, and now that the enemy had retreated, he also turned and chased in the direction of the Empire's escape. After a while, I saw the body of the air battleship staggering forward with billowing smoke

(To be continued......)