Vol 5 Chapter 33.3 (1/2)

Chapter 33 – Withered Wood, Dragon’s Roar < soaring=”” dragon’s=”” cry=””>> (III)

At this very moment, it had already become an ocean of blood in front of Konya City’s walls. It had become an underworld of blood. Tens of thousands of lives had disappeared in an instant. Below the walls, the Dragon Cavalry Knights were frightened and dumbstruck by this b.l.o.o.d.y scene before their eyes. Several of them were even unable to prevent their bodies from quaking in fear.

Atop the city walls, because the mages’ spiritual force was being drained dry, they had already lost awareness. The last vestiges of their spiritual forces were still being sent to Ye Yin Zhu’s Spiritual Imprint through the silver threads. As for the original five hundred defenders of Konya City, they had long since been shocked into unconsciousness by Ye Yin Zhu’s Profound Violet Zither Heart. Even if < soaring=”” dragon’s=”” cry=””>> only influenced the dragon race, the tremendous spiritual force was intimidating; how could these commoners possibly resist it?

Those amongst the three beastmen races that had survived the exploding dragons numbered less than a third of the original force. Those that still had the capability to fight was even lower, less than ten percent.

The Behemoth Legion’s strength emerged once again. As the powerfully crazy bombardment of exploding dragons came to an end, apart from several light wounds appearing on the Berserk Behemoths, they hadn’t received any fatal injuries. Still, the ten or so Behemoths furthest from the circle bore the barrage of the extremely violent draconic explosions and had already lost the ability to fight.

Oliveira’s pale face watched this scene happening before him and murmured to himself, “Ye Yin Zhu, you are a bit too fierce. Those were five hundred and sixty tamed dragons!” Now he finally understood why Ye Yin Zhu had asked him about the cost of victory before he left the city walls for the frontlines and about which strategy to use.

The Dragon Cavalry Knights held their dragonspears, their eyes br.i.m.m.i.n.g with tears as they stared at the b.l.o.o.d.y battlefield. As a Dragon Cavalry Knight, they had a profound bond with their dragon mount, but now, their tamed dragons didn’t even have complete skeletons left for them to bury. In their eyes, that originally white-clothed, black-haired, simple and youthful mage seemed to have become the devil incarnate.

Outside of Konya City, the battlefield’s thick stench of blood resembled h.e.l.l. Destroyed limbs, shattered arms, blood streaming out of internal organs… the chilly northern wind whistled, carrying this b.l.o.o.d.y mist around Brenner Pa.s.s.

Even if the exploding dragons didn’t kill all the beastmen warriors of those three races, at this moment, they had already lost all their courage and fighting spirit. Some beastmen just sat paralyzed on the ground, violently gasping for breath. Others were near-crazily rus.h.i.+ng back to the nearby mountains, and there were even others who forgot that the enemy was in front of them, running directly toward the Dragon Cavalry and piercing themselves on the heavy dragonspears.

Forty thousand troops! That was forty thousand troops! Although they weren’t completely wiped out, after the draconic explosions, they had completely lost their ability to fight. Even the last vestige of fighting spirit was obliterated completely by this h.e.l.lish scene before them.

The Behemoths straightened their bodies, the shock in their hearts gradually replaced by extreme anger. Their bloodthirsty, bitter, and resentful gazes were cast toward the top of Konya City.

Suddenly, loud and clear dragon cries could be heard from the distance. In the distance, black clouds trailed through the air, heading toward Konya City. At the very front was a huge, earthen-yellow Gigantic Dragon.

Following this huge, earthen-yellow Gigantic Dragon were creatures with a dragon head and falcon body, a height of approximately four meters, and a wingspan of five meters. They had a keen gaze, wings that flickered with the metallic l.u.s.ter of blades, and sharp claws coming from their stomach that amply ill.u.s.trated their powerful destructive power.

“That’s second elder brother leading Falcon Dragons over here,” Oliveira shouted, pleasantly surprised. His heart immediately sunk, however, because he realised that Ye Yin Zhu’s song, < soaring=”” dragon’s=”” cry=””>>, was far from over.

Maldini had received the magical summons from Konya City while warding off an especially fierce attack on Sacred Heart City. With this sort of situation, even if he knew that Konya City was essentially defenseless, even if he knew that his grandson would probably die at the hands of the beastmen, he couldn’t immediately rush over upon reading the missive. After all, according to the numbers, even if he were to immediately dispatch the fastest Earthbound Swift Dragons to rush to the rescue, it would already be too late. Not to mention, the beastmen’s plundering legion composition was very strong.

When Oliveira’s second summon reached him, however, Maldini panicked. Regardless of if he would lose his grandson, the Imperial Crown Prince was unexpectedly at Konya City. Naturally, he couldn’t not act! Emperor Silvo only had two children, and these two children were currently in danger at the doomed Konya City. If something dangerous happened to them, then there would be no way for him to take responsibility. Thus, he had immediately transferred, by force, five hundred Falcon Dragons from his legion. Placing his second eldest grandson, Gold Star Dragon Cavalry Commander Okafur, in charge, he sent the reinforcements to Konya City with haste.

Regardless of whether it were Milan Empire’s Dragon Cavalry Legion or Falan’ Dragon Cavalry Legion, both had extraordinary Dragon Cavalry weapons. Of the Milan Empire’s tamed dragon species, it’s greatest pride was its Falcon Dragon Regiment.