Chapter 37/8: The Battle of Cold City (Part I/II)
After Berwyn left, the caravan captain Jolien also touched it, ostensibly talking a lot of nonsense, but in fact, he asked the red dragon why he changed the size of the body, because as far as he knew, the dragon did not have transfiguration.
Red Dragon only felt that the crowd tactics of the robbers during the day were not as tired as the wheel battle tonight, so he sent the unwilling caravan captain away in a few words on the grounds that he had no military secrets.
"Stingy. The red dragon muttered because he didn't get the money bag from the caravan captain, completely forgetting the dozen or so full truckloads of goods that had been given to him before.
"One, two, three. Ember counted the number of people who had come to him tonight, and when he looked up, he saw another person standing in front of him.
"Four. The red dragon pulled the last finger: "Why are you again?"
"Your Excellency, can you sell me some dragon blood?" said the mercenary leader calmly, succinctly.
"It's not convenient, is it?"
"Smack!" Rita flung out a purse that was larger than the weight of the two in front of her combined.
"How much?"
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"Blood Curse, an evil dark magic activated by the blood of the enemy......"
"Smack. There was a crisp slap in the room, followed by an angry woman's voice: "You're reading these messy books again!"
"Mom, I was wrong...... the child said aggrievedly.
"Didn't I say it, this kind of nonsensical magic has never existed, and it was all made up by some people with ulterior motives to deceive people. Seeing the child admit her mistake, the woman's voice softened.
"I see. ”
"It's good to know, kid. If you don't work hard, you won't be able to keep up with your sister. ”
"I'm going to practice, Mom. ”
Seeing her son leave the room, the woman sighed, picked up the cult brainwashing book on the ground and threw it into the flames of the fireplace.
"Lilith, long time no see. Suddenly, a voice sounded behind the woman.
Lilith turned around suddenly, and an ice gun was already formed in her hand, but she let go of the hand that she almost threw when she saw the owner of the voice.
"Lord Red Dragon, it's you!"
The red dragon, who poked his head in through the window, nodded, "Just call me Ember." ”
"I haven't seen you in so many years, you've changed so much!" Lilith said as she looked at the dragon's head, which was much bigger than her own.
"Really? And you don't look like you've changed. "The red dragon is not flattery, because thirty years of time seem to have left traces of less than ten years on Lilith, a little less girlish and more mature woman's charm.
Hearing this, Lilith smiled and said, "I wonder what happened to Your Excellency Ember coming to Cold City this time? No...... How did you get in?"
"Of course it flew in, what's wrong?" the red dragon thought she was asking about her wings, because it was in a tall tower in the castle.
"It's not...... Didn't anyone see you when you came in?" said Lilith's face with a hint of panic.
"Ha, because I have a hidden prop that most people won't notice me. Ember said proudly, it liked the necklace more and more, although it couldn't wear it because of its growing size, but it could still be put on the horns.
"Ordinary people ......," Lilith muttered, and suddenly she said with some excitement, "there is a gold and silver garrison near the castle!, since they have not found you, then they are either dead or betrayed!"
"My child may be in danger!" she said as she left the red dragon and hurried out of the room.
"It doesn't look like this cold city is very peaceful. The red dragon frowned and said to himself, "But I like it!"
Seeing that Lilith was so anxious, the kind-hearted red dragon originally wanted to give her a ride, but now it seems that she doesn't need it.
Thirty years have passed, and the weak girl who was weak back then has now become a gold-level dual-line magician, and it seems that human beings are even stronger than they remember.
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At the same time, in the basement of the City Lord's Mansion in Cold City.
"Lord of the City, there is no way out, let's fight! The barrier of the gate is about to be overwhelmed!" said the chief of the guard, who was covered in armor, to the middle-aged man beside him.
The middle-aged man, the lord of Cold City, Ilusil Cold, had a gloomy face, and he hugged a little boy tightly in his arms - that was his child, the hope for the future of the family.
The little boy still had a red slap print on his face, and he was already in tears when he was beaten by his mother just now.
As he spoke, the door to the basement was slammed again, and several loyal guards against the door were shocked and took a few steps back, but they did not hesitate to push up again.
The city lord quickly made a decision: "You take your little highness and go through the secret passage!" After speaking, he pushed the little boy to the chief of the guard.
The chief of the guard hesitated for a moment, but he did not question the city lord's order, and said with a little choked up: "Yes! ”
But at this moment, a guard in the secret passage stumbled into the basement: "The secret passage...... Found!" He had only said these words before falling to the ground, revealing a few bolts stuck in his back.
The city lord's face suddenly turned to ashes, but he quickly reacted again: "No need to top the door, let's prepare for a decisive battle!" As he spoke, he moved the switch on the wall and closed the secret passage.
After hearing the order, the guards at the top gate immediately retreated and formed a formation with the rest of the guards.
"Boom!" the basement door completed its mission with a loud thud and shattered.
Several guards in the front row immediately raised their swords and rushed forward, but what they didn't expect was that it was not the enemy who came first, but a rain of arrows!
Even though the guards who rushed forward were wearing heavy armor, they could not stop the crossbow arrows fired by the crossbow at close range. They were immediately shot like hedgehogs, and they fell down with a scream.
The guards in the back couldn't help but shudder when they saw the tragic death of their companions. Roaring in rage, he raised his spear and stabbed the first few of his enemies to rush in.
I don't know how many enemies there are outside, and there are only thirteen guards left around the city lord.
Before the spear could be pulled out of the enemy's body, the enemy behind had already rushed in, and one of the guards was reluctant to give up the spear, and the enemy dodged and cut off his head.
There are hundreds of people in the basement, but the entrance can only accommodate up to five people side by side, so it is still possible to hold on for a while to hold this doorway without too many enemies pouring in.
The city lord's personal guards were obviously of a higher quality than the enemy, and within two minutes, more than two dozen corpses fell near the entrance, most of them were enemies wearing black armor.
Just after a few more guards had fallen, the enemy suddenly retreated! It turned out that their rear was harassed.
There is only one person who is harassed, and it is none other than the lady of the city lord, Lilith Gray!
I saw that the magic array around Lilith's body continued to appear, and several enemies who rushed over were nailed to the wall by a burst of ice picks halfway through.
But the enemy was also prepared, a pile of fireballs suddenly appeared, directly hitting Lilith, who quickly condensed a water shield to barely block the fireball, Lilith's face turned pale, obviously consumed too much.
"We have known for a long time that you are a powerful Ice Water Wizard, so we have prepared a Fire Wizard to entertain you!
"Taste this trick!" A fire-based high-level magic flame blast technique quickly took shape and attacked Lilith, and Lilith's hasty defense was obviously too late.
At this moment, a huge body with a huge wind pressed down in front of Lilith, and with a big mouth, it swallowed the menacing flame explosion with a "grunt".
"It tastes good!" the red dragon grinned.
Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Battle of Cold City (Part II)
I accidentally deleted chapter 38, so I added it to chapter 37......
"If there are any other moves, use them!" the red dragon said arrogantly, and then without waiting for the other party to react, he directly pounced on the fire mage in the distance.
The red dragon's huge body instantly knocked several enemies who had not recovered from their panic into the air, revealing the bewildered fire technique behind them.
At this time, the enemy's fire law actually made a funny move.
"Wall of fire, rise up!" Fire Law raised his hands, and a huge wall of fire rose from the ground.
The Wall of Fire is one of the most common and useful forms of fire-based defensive magic, as the scorching flames discourage most enemies from rushing at them, and the arrows fired at them can be instantly melted or rendered lethal by the heat.
But using a wall of fire to block the red dragon? Isn't that funny? Not to mention the red dragon that eats fire, even the blue dragon and the green dragon are not afraid to pass through the wall of fire in a short time.
To be funny in battle comes at the cost of your life.
The wall of fire was like a piece of tissue paper, torn apart by the red dragon's impact, and the fire mage watched the red dragon's big feet step on it, and was trampled into flesh without snorting.
Unfortunately, we haven't had time to know the name of this gold-level fire mage.
The gold-level mage is not an existence worshiped by thousands of people wherever he is placed, but he dies quietly here.
After killing the fire method in seconds, the red dragon slapped several enemies who wanted to attack him without opening their eyes. The leader of the enemy who had shouted earlier seemed to have only now come to his senses and shouted, "Dragon, why are you making enemies of us!"
The red dragon urn said angrily, "What are you here for?"
"We ......" the enemy leader said only one word, and his voice stopped abruptly.
The red dragon's head was deflected, dodging a long arrow that flickered with a cold light, and with a big mouth and a flick of his head, a large fireball flew towards the place where the long arrow came from.
The archer's reaction was not slow, and he dodged the fireball with a light tumble as he had been prepared, and then jumped off the bell tower where he was standing. It's a pity that he was handsome for only three seconds, and as soon as he landed, he was hit by the predetermined second fireball.
"Don't be too arrogant, dragon! We're not soft persimmons!" the voice of the enemy leader came again.
Who thinks you are soft persimmons, the lion and the rabbit are still doing their best, but I have been fighting very seriously, okay. The red dragon sneered for a while, then looked solemnly at the two people who walked out of the castle.
It was actually two swordsmen of the lower golden rank. Well, this enemy is not weak.
Facing the two golds at once, Ember didn't dare to hold it up, so the red dragon flapped its wings and flew up under the stunned expressions of the two golden swordsmen.
Before the swordsman reaches the platinum level, the long-range attack has always been a weakness, from black iron to gold, what increases is strength, endurance and speed, and when he reaches the platinum level, he can use such a powerful long-range attack as a sword blade and sword qi.
Within two minutes, the two golden swordsmen fled back to the castle in embarrassment with their still burning clothes under the indiscriminate bombardment of the red dragon.
Even if they are unlucky, if they fight on the ground, the red dragon will definitely not be pleased, and if the fire mage does not die, although it is not helpful in attacking, it can also bless them with fire-resistant attributes. It's a pity that there are no ifs in the world.
The red dragon's ears twitched suddenly, and he turned his head to look in the direction where the sound of gears was turning, and immediately saw that several soldiers on a tower were working hard to turn the giant crossbow guarding the city above towards him.
The city-defending giant crossbow is not only strong in attack, but also not weak in defense, and the crossbow body made of ironwood is extremely strong, and ordinary weapons will not leave a trace when cut down. The body of the crossbow is also painted with fire-retardant paint, and there is a sturdy magic shield on the crossbow base.
Fortunately, it was discovered early, and Ember immediately flapped its wings towards the tower, and the soldiers operating the giant crossbow were immediately shocked, and one of them actually turned around and ran.
The crossbow's shield can only resist long-range weapons such as bows and cannonballs, and has no defense against melee attacks. So the red dragon just slapped the giant crossbow and several soldiers down from the tower.
The red dragon stood in the original position of the giant crossbow, rubbed the palm of his hand that was a little painful from the reaction force, and then looked at the giant crossbow that had fallen downstairs and shattered the soldiers.
Suddenly feeling that his tail was being attacked, the red dragon turned his head suddenly, only to see that it was actually the soldier who had fled just now who attacked him.
The soldier crept back, his sword clenched in both hands and held it high above his head, slashing with all his might at the dragon's tail hanging on the wall, and the sword broke.
Holding the half-severed sword, he saw the dragon's tail intact, and then the soldier slowly looked up to see the dragon's orange eyes staring at him. He raised his left hand and waved it, "Hello!"
Hearing this, the dragon's fierce expression was suffocated, and then the dragon grinned, "Hello!" and flapped its wings and flew down the city wall.
The soldier waved his hand at the dragon's back, "Thank you!"
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In the basement, after the enemy retreated, the castle lord Ilusil and the guards quickly came to their senses after a short period of surprise, quickly picked up the crossbow arrows from the enemy's corpse, dragged the corpse aside, and then made a bunker with furniture and other miscellaneous items in the basement.
Ten minutes passed, and the enemy did not attack again.
After a few more minutes, the lord couldn't bear it anymore, because it was so abnormal. The enemy has a huge advantage, and if you attack for a few more minutes, you will not be able to support it. So it is unlikely that the enemy has set a trap to lure him out, there must be something going on inside the enemy.
The city lord gave an order, and a team of guards quickly rushed up the stairs, and the city lord and the chief of the guard holding the child walked last.
After coming out of the basement, he found that there were only a few scattered enemies in the hall where the basement entrance was located, and the guards quickly intervened to quickly deal with these few enemies. Then they looked at the door leading to the next hall, which was bustling with people, and it was clear that most of the enemies were in the main hall next door.
Quietly opening the door between the two halls through a crack, Ilusil felt a wave of heat rushing towards his face, but the next moment it turned into a cold air.
"Which one is this playing??," the city lord looked inside the door in surprise.
"Hold on, don't back off!" shouted a leader-like foe with a long scar on his face, but he could be heard to be inward-looking.
There were corpses lying on the ground near the gate, and from time to time a fireball or an ice pick flew in from outside the door, and several enemies with huge shields gritted their teeth and struggled to support themselves in front of them.
Outside seemed impatient, a large fireball flew in, smashing several giant shield soldiers and flying out screaming, his armor was actually melted by the heat in flight.
"Surrender! We surrender!" suddenly shouted the leader of the enemy!