On the 43rd of the Resurrection Month, it was clear, light wind, and good visibility.
Gryphon knight Jinna drove her partner who had been with her for eight years, covering the giant elf eagle across the clear sky.
The scene of the earth below appeared clearly in Jinna's sight. She saw that the earth was scorched black by the flames and calibrated beams. The scorched earth was covered with terrible craters, and a few wisps of smoke were still there. Rising from between the craters, and on the land far to the north, the figure of a shambling giant can be faintly seen.
This is the trace of war, a kind of war that has never happened before. The struggle between machines and monsters has torn the land apart, and this tearing will continue.
The form of war has changed - the female knight who once loyal to Viscount Leslie understood this deeply. She changed from a messenger delivering messages for the nobles to an aerial scout of the Cecil Legion. She rode a griffon all the way from the south to the north. She overlooked the war and the battlefield after the war machine had ravaged it, and sighed with emotion. The changes in my own life reflect the changes in the form of war.
The charging knights on horseback have been replaced by chariots with roaring artillery fire. The soldiers wearing simple armor and charging haphazardly have also become magic combatants comparable to extraordinary beings. Many new things have replaced the old ones. Things, when will the Griffin Knight be replaced?
A cloud of mist drifted from nearby, and the giant elf eagle on the side slightly adjusted its flight direction. Jin Na also immediately adjusted the gryphon's auxiliary reins to keep up with the elf allies.
Gryphon Knights are one of the few "old-era arms" in Cecil's Legion today. Due to their unique flying capabilities, there are no new units to replace them yet. These knights soar in the sky. He is still the best messenger and scout, and many of his companions are quite proud of it, but Jinna always has a hunch that sooner or later, the incredible Duke will come up with something that can replace the griffin, and he only knows how to control the gryphon. What kind of embarrassing situation will you find yourself in then?
It’s better to read more books...it will also be convenient to find a new job.
Some wandering thoughts flashed through her mind. The female knight quickly raised her hand and patted her cheek, forcing herself to focus on the task.
This is not yet deep into the hostile area, but we still cannot relax our vigilance. Although the griffins fly in the sky, those exceptionally powerful crystal cluster giants have the ability to use lightning to attack the air - there are already two students. An unskilled griffon knight died during a reconnaissance mission, and Jinna didn't want to be the third one.
The female knight adjusted her posture on the saddle, and glanced at the hangers on both sides of the special large saddle, which were equipped with new equipment prepared for the gryphon knights: a A magic terminal capable of launching extended-range arcane missiles for self-defense, and a buckle connected to a wire rope - pull the buckle, and the two ten-kilogram recrystallized bombs hanging on both sides of the griffon's shoulders and neck will be Thrown to the earth for attack.
In the eyes of the gryphon knights, this is very satisfying.It was a very surprising thing, but the Duke seemed not satisfied with it. Jinna once heard the Duke talking about it very accidentally, saying that the load capacity of the gryphon was still insufficient, and ten kilograms was not an aerial bomb. If you understand...
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in Jin Na's ear: "We are about to cross the red line, be more vigilant."
Jin Na raised her head and saw that The elf giant eagle, who was only the leader of the team, had already begun to climb, and the high-level messenger riding on the back of the giant eagle slightly opened his hands - a light blue magic halo spread out around the giant eagle, centering on the giant eagle. The three griffins guarding the giant eagle were immediately protected by the power of the wind element, and could easily keep up with the height and speed of the giant eagle.
The giant eagle knights of the elves have better ground observation and flying abilities, and are more qualified scouts than the gryphon knights. However, their load-bearing capacity is poor, so they need to carry a The slender elves can hardly carry more weight, and naturally cannot carry any self-defense weapons and protective equipment. At the same time, these elven allies are extremely valuable. It can be said that there are only a few giant eagle knights who cannot afford to lose any of them. Therefore, In recent reconnaissance missions, the commander began to arrange heavily armed gryphon knights to serve as the guardians of the giant eagle - a Cecil-style gryphon knight with thin steel plates hanging on his chest and abdomen, a shield generator on his body, and a With a weapon that can target ground and air, its pure combat effectiveness is far stronger than that of the giant eagle.
The howling wind swept across the outside of the shield, leaving only a gentle breeze blowing on the faces of the knights. The entire reconnaissance team quickly increased its altitude and soon reached the bottom of the clouds. At this height, neither the eyes of humans nor griffins can capture the details on the ground - not even with the eagle eye technique. Therefore, the specific observation task depends on the elf messenger and her... eagle Finished in the shape of a dove.
Sonya Frostleaf's eyes were filled with a light blue shimmer. She cast a spell on her "Gugu" that could enhance her vision, and then shared the vision from the giant eagle—— This is an ability that requires long-term training and cooperation, because wild birds will immediately fall into confusion after suddenly gaining enhanced vision, and cannot accurately judge their true height. Among the giant eagles raised by the elves, nearly two-thirds All eagles will be eliminated because they cannot adapt to this spell and will not be able to become reconnaissance partners.
If "Gugu", who was not very talented, had not been trained by Master Heart of Thorns, who was best at training giant eagles, he would have been eliminated long ago.
It would be nice if Master Heart of Thorns did not raise so many pigeons in the Valley of the Moon...
Sonia sighed for no reason in her heart, and then she suddenly caught sight of it from the corner of her eye. An anomaly on the ground below.
"Attention, there is a situation on the surface on the right front - the sunny side of the hill."
There seems to be a battle going on there.
Hundreds of crystal cluster giants are gathering next to the small hill, besieging a huge figure falling on the hillside.Arcs of electricity flashed in the air all the time, and what was being besieged was a giant creature with two wings, covered in black scales...
It looked like a dragon.
Sonia judged the threats within the visual range, and then used the wind whisper spell to issue an order: "Attention, team, prepare to lower the altitude for observation and increase vigilance."
Several lions The Eagle Knight responded immediately, and Jinna also put a leaf-shaped metal piece close to her lips: "Received, on alert."
This leaf-shaped metal piece is not a new type of communication made by Cecil. The device - the Griffin Knight's communication equipment is fixed on the saddle. Although it is already the most advanced small magic network terminal, it also weighs two kilograms. The "leaf" in her hand was given by the elf, which allows the holder to use "wind whispering" near the "messenger". Although there are many restrictions, it is quite useful in this mixed team with the elf messenger as the core. convenient.
After the altitude dropped, more details came into Sonia's eyes - she saw clearly that the one being besieged should indeed be a dragon, at least very similar in appearance, but the dragon was bigger than she thought. The dragon is smaller and smaller, and its wings also look a little twisted and weird.
The situation of the dragon is obviously not good. Although it is stronger than the Cluster Giant, it is outnumbered at this time. It uses its fangs and claws to fight against the enemies that are coming up, and occasionally it can A burst of fire breath was erupted, but there was always a cluster giant attacking from a blind corner, adding a new injury to the dragon that fell to the ground.
“Is that a dragon?” The escorting griffin knight exclaimed, “I’ve only heard of it from stories!!”
“Why is there such a legend? Creatures also appeared on this battlefield?"
"Ms. Frostleaf, what should we do?"
Sonia Frostleaf thought quickly - - On the battlefield, we cannot simply think that "the enemy of our enemy is our friend", but a black dragon surrounded by cluster giants still makes people pay too much attention. Why is this dragon besieged? Why is it here? What did he or she know and see? These problems made the high-level messenger realize that he could not just sit back and watch the black dragon die here.
In any case, compared with the crystal cluster giants who are clearly enemies, the dragons in the elven records are at least neutral to the mainland.
But a reconnaissance team alone is not enough to deal with so many cluster giants.
"Report to the command center first. Miss Jinna, you try to attract the attention of those giants and reduce the pressure on the black dragon. I will guide the dragon to break out——"
Speak In the meantime, Sonia had directly used the powerful communication spell of the messenger to contact the command headquarters far behind. She briefly explained the incredible incident she encountered, called for rear support and agreed on a rough breakout direction, and then followed Behind the escorting griffon knights, the height was lowered again.
......
Maggie could feel the wounds, the burning, the pain, which made herIt’s becoming more and more unbearable for people – and for dragons too.
She knew that her physical strength was losing rapidly, but she could no longer see any hope of breaking out.
Perhaps the moment he was struck by arcane lightning and fell, his fate was already doomed.
The deformed and weak wings are destined to be unable to fly too high - but Maggie still can't figure out how those crystal cluster monsters transformed from civilians and mediocre noble armies can be so powerful. air defense awareness and anti-air capabilities? !
How did they practice their accuracy!
However, no matter how upset she was, it was of no use. As the situation worsened, Maggie knew that her time was running out.
In the end, she failed Victoria.
An ugly crystal cluster giant launched a sneak attack from the left. This was an extremely powerful fighter. When it attacked, it was like a strong wind. Maggie swept over with her powerful tail to block this attack. Then a blast of flame burned the enemy to ashes, but a sharp pain came from the right side of her body - a despicable spellcaster fired an arcane arc at the gap in her defense.
"You deformed monsters!" Maggie roared angrily, shouting out the words she usually least wanted to hear, "Deformed! Deformed! Deformed!"
However, Jing Jing The clusters didn't care about this at all, they surged up again.
Maggie shrank her defenses and prepared to face death with a thunderous counterattack. However, at this moment, she suddenly heard a voice ringing in her ears: "Hold on! We are here to help you. !”
This seems to be the wind language of the elves?
Maggie was stunned for a moment, and then heard two consecutive deafening explosions coming from the distance - boom! Boom!
The explosion hit far away and hardly affected the cluster giant at all. However, the mutated monsters were instantly diverted and looked towards the direction of the explosion and the nearby ones. Sky - I don't know if it was an illusion, but Maggie even felt that the monsters' reaction was almost "jumping".
Then she saw the black figures approaching rapidly from the sky.
A giant eagle from the elves and three human griffins.
What kind of strange combination is this?
Wind language came again: "Can the dragon on the ground still fly?"
At this time, many crystal cluster giants have been diverted, and Maggie While dealing with the remaining enemies, he responded with dragon language magic: "Unable to take off."
"Understood, I will point you in the direction and follow me to break through - we are the vanguard reconnaissance team of the Cecil Legion. ”
In an instant, Maggie fell into great consternation: Cecil? Cecilian army? !
Why are the Cecil troops here? When did they arrive at this place? This is already a completely occupied polluted area. How did those Cecil people get in? !
HoweverAstonished as she was in her heart, Maggie's physical reaction didn't slow down at all. She almost immediately responded to the help of the strange elf and began to try to break out in the direction indicated by the other party. At the same time, she said anxiously: "Boulder City needs support! Beibei City needs support!" Duke Jing and the last mountain regiment are still resisting! But they can't hold on for long!"
It was a huge surprise to encounter the Cecil army, but this accident made Maggie realize something. Thing: If the main force of these southerners has arrived near here, and if they can fight all the way here, then maybe Boulder City can still be saved!
The strange elf responded quickly, which made Maggie feel a little relieved: "Received, I will report it immediately - but you'd better survive and go to see Duke Cecil in person Explain the situation."
"I will survive."
More attacks fall from the sky - including bright arcane missiles, and something that emits a huge explosion. thing.
A large number of crystal cluster giants were attracted by this attack from the sky. The pressure on Maggie suddenly eased. At the same time, she also saw those crystal cluster giants launching attacks on the griffins in the sky. Counterattack - they spread out quickly while sweeping the sky with dense and crisscrossing arcane arcs, constantly trying to block the flight path of the gryphon knights, while those gryphon knights kept shuttling through the arcane with surprising skill In the arc, attacks were launched one after another—
Such things seemed to be the norm.
Under the guidance of the strange elves, Maggie rushed towards the south of the battlefield, and a question spontaneously arose in her mind:
During the more than thirty days when Boulder City was besieged, How much has changed on this battlefield?