"Lebusion!"

"What!" "What are they shouting?" "What is that!" The horses, frightened by the dragon's roar, began to scurry uncontrollably, whether they were Padrossi's knights or not, the horses had not been specially trained, and the Arvenella longbowmen, who could not understand the male roar that echoed high in the air, also panicked.

Despite their quality, they are not battle-hardened veterans.

"The dialect of the Palohian Highlanders, which means to run back, sounds like they have encountered the Earth Dragon. Heng answered them at a blistering pace.

"Dragon?" even Minna stared at Henry and Mira with wide eyes, not to mention the other young Arvenella. Unlike witches, which are associated with the history of the East Coast, dragons are a wild species that can be found throughout the continent.

Although there are many differences in the types of subdivisions by scholars, in the Avenella dialect, except for the dragon lizard and several miscellaneous dragons that exist in the country, whether it is a flying dragon, an earth dragon, or a rare dragon, the general name is only "dragon".

A simple word that means a huge threat that is difficult for manpower to match.

"Don't worry, it's just a low-level earth dragon, different from the high-level ones in epic stories that can destroy a city-state alone. Henry said this, but just as most people were about to breathe a sigh of relief, he added: "Its scale armor is equivalent to a thicker plate armor, there is no part covered by the scale armor, and the strength is only equivalent to 5 mm of hardened leather armor, which is the same level as the Aya snake dragon-"

"It's just?" Minna rolled her eyes and got ahead of Mira.

"5 mm hardened leather armor—" The longbowmen in the vanguard looked at each other, and although the longbow in their hands was typical of Avenella, it was originally designed to hunt ordinary small and medium-sized game, and although it could be used for self-defense, it was usually only against peasant bandits in linen shirts. Don't say it's plate armor, even leather armor with enough thickness and treatment can effectively reduce damage.

Longbowmen who have been on the battlefield or have experience in hunting large game know that such a thing as armor piercing or breaking through the epidermis can be done with a large enough pull, a fast enough arrow speed and a suitable arrow, but the real trouble is what happens after the armor is broken.

A powerful enough bow with a custom-made armor-piercing arrow can penetrate West Coast-style plate armor at a distance of less than 20 meters. However, plate armor usually has a sleek curve, and underneath it is a tough, thick armor.

After barely penetrating the plate armor, it is necessary to break through the armor underneath, and even if it breaks through, it still needs to have enough kinetic energy to penetrate the epidermis and muscles, and pierce into the internal organs, causing fatal injuries.

It's all hard to imagine, but that's not the most desperate. The skin of the earth dragon does not cover the relatively fragile parts of the scale armor and it is possible to penetrate it, but even in ideal conditions.

The 85-centimeter-long arrow, even if it pierced more than half of the body, was nothing compared to the huge body.

"Run, while they're still getting attention. The silence lasted for about a minute or so, and the dragon didn't let out a second roar, and the team managed to control the horses, Minna turned back and said.

There was nothing wrong with her proposal, and although there had been no direct contact, the Blonde Lady, who had been close to Parnila's political circles before her departure, had a rough idea of what the Highlanders were like in the Empire.

In all fairness, Minna didn't know those people, and all she really cared about was her own people in the team. And they did not have enough weapons and men to ensure a sure defeat of the enemy.

Risking one's life to help someone who may not be grateful to them is clearly not a wise decision when there is a more important purpose.

But despite being the de facto leader of the team, Minna only made a suggestion and waited for Henry's decision.

This trick had a subtle effect on the members of the team, and although most of them knew little about the sages, the lady, who was clearly talented as ambassador to the Empire, left the decision to the other side, and they had to take a gamble to see if the tall man could make the right judgment.

This group of people who have been with Minna for a while can be seen.

She left the decision to Henry, and only made a suggestion, which was not suppressed by force, nor was it a loss of face, but trust that came from pure undoubted trust.

Believe in the other person, and you will definitely be able to make the right choice.

"It's not just an earth dragon. Henry turned back and explained at a rapid pace, that they still had a chance to pass by rather than intervene in the matter. Aside from the loud dragon roar and shouts just now, there were only sporadic roars and human screams, and it was clear that these highlanders and earth dragons were fighting farther and farther away - it would be like they were evenly matched, but in fact the human side wanted to escape and be hunted down.

"Necromancy, huh. "The element of uncertainty and unfamiliarity has increased again.

It's hard enough to deal with a dragon on its own, and now that the other party is dead, how do you kill a giant creature that is dead?

Bloodletting, attacking internal organs, toxins?

Trouble came one after another, and many people who were not strong enough began to retreat, and Minna noticed this, and pulled out the long sword at her waist.

"Cheer up, have you come by boat from Avenella, thousands of miles away, to go back with your tail between your legs and be ashamed!"

"It's an Avenella to hold on to me, we've survived so many battles, we've endured so much pain, we've carried a fate that no one else has ever carried, we've done that in a foreign land where no one else has ever arrived, and there's something else in the world that you will fear. Her blond hair, tied in a ponytail, fluttered with her movements, and she spoke, speaking clearly and clearly in a clear voice.

"It's okay for the cowardly guy to turn around and go back now, but be prepared that no companion will look at you again. ”

"Do you hear that?" said Minna.

"Hiss-" and gasps came and went, and many people used the cold air to re-energize themselves.

"It's pretty impressive. Mira whispered to the dame who had withdrawn her sword, and Minna smiled back.

"Practice makes perfect. ”

Henry glanced at the people behind him, and although he didn't say anything about his intention to intervene in the matter, he had been here for a few minutes and most of them understood the sage's determination.

He surveyed his surroundings, then turned back and spoke.

"I have a plan. ”

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"......" Olaf noticed the guys who suddenly appeared.

The woman at the head had shiny blond hair, apparently from a foreign country. The Empire's sissy aristocracy called it the region of Vislan, and they thought that it was all backward barbarians who spoke words they didn't understand—coincidentally, the people of the Empire looked at them as arrogant highlanders.

It's not the Imperial nobles who are happy to see them all die for the best, but what are these guys trying to do?

Shoot a dragon with a bow?

Who do these guys think they are, Mogno, the sharpshooter who shot down the sun in the legend of the Highlanders?

Those thin arrows could do nothing as well as the crossbows they had at hand.

"Riffawinga (left flank), Fosi (retreat)!" the situation was urgent, and he didn't have much time to devote his attention to the foreign strangers, and a loud roar of Olaf caused the warriors in the plate armor and axe guns on the left flank to step back, and then hung the heavy steel-armed crossbow string to the hook on his belt, and kicked down with his foot on the large iron ring used as a tread ring in front of him.

The "Horn-Click" string was pulled into place, and Olaf pulled out a thick crossbow with a diameter of 2.5 centimeters from his side waist bag and put it on it.

"Vivers (Steward)!" he shouted, followed by a pounce on the men in front of him who were responsible for attracting the attention of the faucet.

"Shhh

It is unknown how it got here, but it is clearly the toxin-infested earth dragon that Henry and the others encountered.

Now it looks like it's gone through a terrible weight loss, and the body is dry and thin. The jaw, which was covered with tattered clothes and fresh blood, was still biting, but it was completely tilted to the side, the horns on the head were broken a lot, the body was in tatters and black liquid was bubbling out, and the epidermis was covered with a layer of frost.

Coupled with the huge cavalry spear in its belly and hind legs, anyone could tell that it was no longer a living thing.

"Come on, you ugly. ”

Olaf aimed at the center of its eyebrows, then pulled the trigger.

"Boom—boom—" The kinetic energy of the bow's arm was released in an instant, but the blades of steel were also overwhelmed in the extreme cold, and the stubby crossbow came out of the string and accurately hit the dragon's pitch-black left eye, though that wasn't where Olaf was aiming.

At the same time, the fatigue of the metal caused by the overuse in the cold of minus twenty degrees Celsius caused the bow blade to explode in front of Olaf in an instant.

"Damn—" "Smack!!" Olaf instinctively covered his face with his hands, but the shattered metal still covered his face with blood, and it was not a good thing for this to happen in the cold and windy frozen soil. For a moment, his eyes were covered with the blood spilling from his forehead, and the earth dragon who had been hit in the eye still remembered his anger even though he no longer had pain.

"It's over—"

"Roar————" the earth dragon roared.

"Knock knock knock-" Horseshoe trampling.

"Smack!" a large hand grabbed him by the collar, and Olaf instinctively drew his one-handed sword at his waist to cut it - for the highlanders were not horsebacks, but he realized that the other party was saving his life, because in the next second a gust of wind fell in front of him.

Rubble splattered, and the earth dragon roared again. Olaf immediately felt himself thrown out and fell violently on the low.

"Wash your eyes with snow on the ground. The man spoke, in the highlander dialect, as calm as if he were asking him if he wanted to go for a walk.

"Damn, you must be a Northerner!" Someone who knows the ice and snow well and knows how to fight in it is almost impossible to exist in this kind of wetland in the southern part of the empire. And as the blurred vision gradually became clear, Olaf's idea was confirmed.

It was indeed a northern Yankee, tall and big, and he still carried a big sword in his hand that could catch up with the noble lady of the empire.

"Suomir. He called out, but there was no bitter hatred in his tone for the Padrosi nobles.

"I'm glad to meet you, too, this chief, who looks like you are a charioteer, the elite of the Highlanders. As he spoke, Henry exhaled a burst of white air from his mouth and nose, and the Arvenella longbowmen in front of him also used their horseback advantage to distract the Earth Dragons and buy time for the Highlanders to retreat.

"Yes, yes, thank you for noticing such a simple fact. Dressed in plate armor and armed with an armor-piercing steel-armed crossbow designed to restrain Imperial knights, who else could we? But what do you Gentiles do to feel lonely and want to be companions when we die?" Olaf blinked, he still couldn't see it clearly, but that didn't stop him from taunting Henry in Lamanite, full of dialect accents.

Obviously, for the highlanders in high positions, their relationship with Lamani society was more complicated, so they were naturally tainted with some of the "good morals" of the Lamanites.

"Are you saying thank you, you're welcome, anyway, I want you to return the favor immediately. Olaf took off his helmet and wrapped the plaid cloth around his forehead, and Henry continued on his horse.

"Hah, do you mean to say that we will form a temporary alliance and take out this head that looks like it has been dead for days, and I have sacrificed 30 elite warriors to slow it down, Earth Dragon. ”

"Exactly. ”

"Damn, Suomir's madman, Northkee. ”

"And the answer?"

"Absolutely delighted. Olaf licked his dry lips and ripped his massive axe from behind his back.