251 Shove Off (1/2)

Hanging on to her chicken drumstick as if for dear life, Mindy followed Fel as they darted out to see what was happening.

”W-why did they attack?” someone was screaming. ”They never showed any interest in us before!”

”Who are they? Who's attacking?” Fel, lacking Mindy's advantages, was completely in the dark.

”Reporting to Sira Fel!” the bright-eyed maid stumbled across the corridor as the ship swerved and tilted. ”A swarm of dragons are attacking us! It's the one that we spotted this afternoon.”

”We knew about them?” Fel stared. ”Then why didn't we evade or strike first?!”

”But they didn't seem to pay any attention to us! They were just flying past at low altitude, and we've been passing by Wilds like that everywhere, and none of them even came close…”

It was like how a naval ship might ignore a school of sharks swimming past deep underwater. Mindy understood it. This was the Wildlands, and there were powerful Wilds in large numbers everywhere. This group just happened to have a flight path that passed by underneath. Clearly nobody expected them to suddenly attack.

After all, why would they? The knights' fleet was no easy pickings. They were strong, and they weren't bothering each other, so why would there be any sudden hostilities? Each group was just flying along, minding their own business…

BOOM! A particularly loud explosion added to more screams suddenly led to a whole lot more shaking all across the airship.

”Did someone do something to provoke them?” Fel spluttered.

Did they? Mindy almost snorted. Hearing Darian's Psionic broadcast was all the information she needed. [Darian, what are you doing?]

Darian's reply was curt. [None of your business.]

[What?!] Mindy protested. [I'm on the airship your dragons are attacking!]

[So? It's not like you're in any danger.] Darian shot back. [Fire wouldn't harm you.]

That… was true. Mindy had to admit it. But she did still feel a bit vexed that he appeared completely unworried about her well-being in this situation. [Look, I appreciate that you're trying to rescue me, but…]

[Rescue you? This has nothing to do with that.] Darian refuted. [We're just teaching these intruders a lesson.]

Screams echoed throughout the ship.

[But I don't think they're going to survive long enough to learn it.] Mindy protested.

[Somebody else will.]

[But they're humans, Darian! You're human too! Don't forget that!] Mindy cut in. [There's no need to kill them all. Just chasing them away is enough!]

[Haven't you heard? This is war.] Darian's voice was cold. [This isn't about race or species. This is about territory, and this territory is ours.]

Mindy grimaced. Darian was getting more aggressive and more and more sophisticated as he continued learning from Doom.

She darted up on to the deck and did a quick count.

Goodness! The force attacking the knight's fleet was far beyond her expectations.

Darian had come with twenty dragons! TWEN! TY! DRAGONS!

Just one of them was enough to burn an escort Frigate to nothing. The biggest dragon out here was Tor'na-dras herself, a Tier 7 Elder Dragon at least thrice the length of the Galleon, if not as fat. There were a handful of Tier 6 Senior Dragons literally ripping the envelopes of the airships apart with their bare claws. A dozen Tier 5 Adult Dragons were bombarding the gondolas with streams of dragon fire. The smallest one in sight was Har'es-dras, still a Tier 4 Juvenile, and one strange-looking dragon seemingly made of shimmering blue light…

That's Darian! Mindy realized the reason none of the knights discovered a human in the swarm was because Darian was using a dragon-form silhouette.

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So that meant… they'd have no idea who was really attacking them. The way Darian was disguised, nobody would ever think a human was involved. As far as anyone could see, this was an attack by Wilds…

But then there was George. [Mindy, I'm coming to save you!!] His Psionic voice was decisive, throwing caution to the winds.

[NO!!!] Mindy blasted back urgently. [Don't screw this up! Back off!]

[But…]

[NO BUTS! Get out of here before you make an unnecessary mess! We've got everything under control!]

[But that's a battle zone out there! There are knights and dragons and airships fighting all over the place!]

[Just trust me and GO!]

BOOM! The knights' airship caught fire.