237: Victory by a lot
"Phoenix !!"
Eugen couldn't help but shout in shock, and now he could see that this was the famous sword of Alexander, the emperor of the Olympian League, the Sword of the Conqueror.
"Ha Luha! it was hit by my Excalibur, and it was already certain to die!!" Elrens laughed wildly as he began to gather his mana.
Just as the young prince said that he was worried, the fire phoenix did not immediately respond to his call with vigor as before, but continued to let out a painful scream, his eyes were dim, and his violently trembling body was rapidly weakening at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon the flames on his body had been completely extinguished, and his wings were also weakly drooping, and began to fall down at a slow speed!
"No, Phoenix, you have to hold on! I'll save you right away!!" Seeing that the life of the demon pet was about to die, Eugen was filled with grief and indignation.
Unlike his brother, he showed a superhuman talent for fighting from an early age, and this fiery phoenix was baptized by his father, Charlemagne, the former emperor of Holy Rome. He and Phoenix have lived together for many years, fought and grown together, never separated, and their feelings are deep beyond the comprehension of others.
Now that he is watching the demon pet die, the young prince really can't accept it. Seeing the glittering cold light emitted from the magic stone at the end of the Sword of the Conqueror, each blow seemed to consume Phoenix's life. Eugen gritted his teeth in grief and desperately reached for the hilt of his sword, trying to pull Gerdios out of the fire phoenix's neck. However, as soon as his hand touched the hilt of the sword. The Sword of the Conqueror emitted a blinding glow, and powerful magic surged out of it!
Elrens, who was preparing the spell again, sneered, "Idiot! Just because you want to stop Gerdios, it's a waste of energy!"
"Ahhhhh!!h His right hand seemed to have been slashed by Wan Yan, and he completely lost consciousness under the severe pain, and finally could not continue to catch the sword of the conqueror. The right hand was bounced away at once, and the palm of the palm was scorched black, and a disgusting stench came out!
A stream of golden light burst out from the Elven Emperor's Stone at the end of Gerdios, and soon enveloped the Fire Phoenix's entire body along the short sword. By this time, Phoenix had completely lost the breath of life. Its rapidly falling corpse immediately turned into countless stars along with the light, and then gathered into a ball and returned to the Elven Emperor's Stone. The Sword of the Conqueror, floating in the air, turned into a shadow of light once more, and flew back to Elrens like lightning
Grief-stricken Eugen glared coldly at the dragon, now that Phoenix is dead, but the enemy is still intact, he vows to avenge the fire phoenix and make this hateful black dragon pay a heavy price! And Eugen's sword of victory, Sigroot, is still full of strength, with the Excalibur in his hand. The young prince thought that as long as he used all his strength to make a decisive blow, it was not impossible to defeat the black dragon in front of him!
So Eugen reached out and pressed it on the gold silk coat of arms on the chest of the fiery red robe, and quickly recited a string of obscure incantations from his mouth, and the double-headed eagle pattern on the coat of arms suddenly emitted a dazzling light. In an instant, the magic power of the young prince's whole body had already gathered on the sword of victory, Sigroot! I saw that the divine sword trembled and a piercing sound sounded, and the blood-red flames on the sword body suddenly rose dozens of meters high!
"Doomsday Flare!!"
Eugen roared like crazy, and the whole person suddenly turned into a ball of flames, fused with the divine sword in his hand, and stabbed towards the black dragon in front of him with the momentum of destroying the world!
"Just in time!!"
At this time, Elrens was also ready, and in the face of the enemy's overwhelming blow, he raised the tooth of Tiamat in his hand without fear, and the artifact emitted a brilliant milky white light, and all the magic power of the evil dragon was gathered in the sharp edge!
When Eugen's flaming sword blade slashed in front of him, Elrens also let out a loud shout, and stabbed forward with all his might! The two sides slammed together, and suddenly there was a deafening huge explosion, and sparks flew fiercely! The power of the two artifacts was equal, and for a while, it was difficult to distinguish the victory and defeat. Eugen screamed and desperately urged the magic to avenge Phoenix no matter what. However, at this moment, he suddenly found a sneer on the corner of Ellens's mouth, and the young prince suddenly felt bad, but at this time, the two sides were desperately holding each other, and once they withdrew, they could suffer heavy losses at any time!
Eugen had no choice but to continue to resist. Suddenly, the evil dragon opened its mouth wide, and a scorching cloud of dragon flame squirted at him at close range! All along, due to the powerful skill of Phoenix's fire magic immunity, Eugen didn't take this kind of attack of dragon fire seriously at all. However, now that the fire phoenix was dead, the young prince couldn't react for a while, and it wasn't until the flames had surrounded his whole body that he realized that something was wrong!
The frightened Eugen wanted to escape at this time, but it was too late, with an astonishing high temperature and even the ability to melt the essence of gold, the dragon flame suddenly exploded on him, and the irresistible destructive force seriously injured the young prince in many places all over his body, and he screamed and was knocked away by the powerful impact of the explosion, falling into the distance like a broken kite......
"Ha Lu haha!! Seeing that the strong enemy has been completely defeated, Elrens couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh wildly!
Then the dragon turned his head to look at the Holy Roman Combined Fleet, which had fallen into passivity, and let out a roar of rage, spreading his wings and lunging towards the remnants of the enemy's warships!
Inside the Habsburg Air Battleship, the flagship of the Holy Roman Combined Fleet, Marshal Tilly was anxiously waiting for news from the outside, but what he didn't expect was a series of bad news!
One of the observers shouted with a pale face and a panicked expression: "Your Excellency Yuan, Marshal! His Royal Highness the Fire Phoenix Rider has been killed by the enemy's black dragon!!"
"What?!" Tilly asked, startled, and quickly pulled the observer by the collar. He knows very well that Phoenix is like Eugen's right-hand man, and now that the fire phoenix has died in battle, the prince is afraid that it will be more than lucky!
Sure enough, the observer's voice trembled and replied: "His Royal Highness the Prince has also been severely damaged by the enemy, and he is currently missing, and he does not know whether he is alive or dead!"
There was a bang, and Tilly felt dizzy in his head, and his hands weakly let go of the observer, and the whole person fell to the command platform. His heart was filled with fear and pain, not only for the sake of His Royal Highness, whose fate was uncertain, but also for himself, for the future of Holy Rome.
The war, which lasted for more than two years, has been fought to the present day, ostensibly with a costly victory for Holy Rome, but in reality it has been a defeat. Although they captured the other side's capital, Pera, which they claimed had never fallen for thousands of years, they also suffered extremely heavy losses. Now that he has suffered another heavy blow in the crucial air battle, the news of the Prince's defeat and uncertain life and death will soon spread throughout the warships, and the morale will be greatly damaged, and the fleet, which has already fallen into a disadvantage, will inevitably be unable to continue to support it, so as to avoid the annihilation of the whole army, he can only retreat immediately to preserve his strength.
However, in this way, the opponent's floating fleet was free to assist their broken forces to break through, and the Holy Roman Army, after completely losing air supremacy, could only be beaten passively, and it was impossible to stop the enemy's breakthrough!
And after the Holy Rome obtained Pera, the soldiers were exhausted, and the treasury savings had been exhausted, if they reluctantly continued to attack the Thermopus Pass fortress, the consequences would probably end in a fiasco! Even if they no longer went south, the empty treasury could not support the army stationed in Pera, and they could only return to the country, but in this way, the other side could easily recapture Pera, wouldn't Holy Rome sacrifice the lives of so many soldiers in vain?!
Just as Tilly was in distress, a herald came up to him and brought the bad news again: "Your Excellency, Prince Attila of the Golden Horde has sent a message that they have decided to retreat because the enemy's fleet is too strong to resist due to their heavy losses!"
"Bastard!!" Tilly was furious!
These barbarians have been fearing the enemy since the beginning of the war, and although their Khan-type fast ships have rushed to the vicinity of the enemy's fleet, they have been cowardly and only circling around the perimeter, and have not really engaged the enemy at all.
The more Tilly thought about it, the more angry he became, but he couldn't help it, and there was a dead silence in the Habsburg, and everyone felt desperate and heavy in the face of defeat
(To be continued......)