1287 Dragon Knight Part 2 (1/2)
The purple-gold dragon's weakness lay with its weak magic defense. However, due to it being a level 12 creature, it would be extremely difficult for level ten magic spells to harm it.
Saleen turned around and shot out of the water, looking westward where Alchemy City lied. The city knew that Devil's Horn was under attack and they probably knew how the battle ended.
It was not a good thing for them. His own territory had secretly been isolating the area nearby, yet news spread.
The dragon shot out from the water as well and the Grand Duke threw the skin, bones, and magic nucleus of the crystal sea snake to Saleen, which the mage put away quickly.
The crystal sea snake was indeed a rare breed. Its transparent skin had frightening defensive properties. If he had been using spells instead of lightning icicles, not even level ten ones would be able to break through its defenses.
The assassin died mostly because the crystal sea snake died before being able to serve its intended use.
”What's wrong?” Grand Duke Iron Blood let the dragon hover beside Saleen instead, looking in Alchemy City's direction.
”I see the flying warship. Alchemy City sure is quick to respond.”
With the Devil's Horn annexed by the Elemental Hand, the flying warship became theirs. With the flying warship around, it was considerably more troublesome for the Ancient to destroy the port. The Devil's Horn would not let their land to be easily taken by Cloudflow.
If their forces were unable to make it to shore, they would have to rely on the level ten professionals to fight. Saleen estimated that he and the Grand Duke would be forced to stay on the island for days, if that were the case.
Almost 100 large puppets carried magic cannons and tore the island apart with the Iron Blood Warriors.
”They are late!” The Grand Duke flicked his dragon spear and intended to charge. He had no fear of any flying vessel with the purple-gold dragon around.
”We'll head back for now. The flying warship is able to contact Alchemy City any time. It's best to keep them from knowing you have a dragon,” Saleen cast a mist and shrouded the dragon.
The Grand Duke found that reasonable. The results would be very different if he summoned his dragon after getting into Alchemy City.
He sent the dragon back to the summoning space and flew back to the island with Saleen. The island's defenses were kept intact by three ten-floor magic towers struggling to do their job. While resistance continued, none of them were able to pose any threats to the Grand Duke's army anymore.
The magic arrays laid on the island were bombarded by the large puppets using magic cannons, and most of them were destroyed. The low level mages were unable to do much without help from magic arrays. Only sorcerers level seven and above could remain fighting.
The Grand Duke's army was terrifying. The Iron Blood Warriors were second only to golden grand swordmasters.
The Dragon Remains Combat Vessel was summoned and the Winged Skull put the Pan Turtle Alchemy Ship away after hearing Saleen's call, heading back as quick as possible. The wings of the Dragon Remains Combat Vessel spread and met the flying warship from the Alchemy City head on.
Powerful magic spells were cast and the enchanters on the Dragon Remains Combat Vessel cast 600 Wind Shields in order, blocking the incoming spells.
The Dragon Remains Combat Vessel had a magic net laid out, which was very useful. The Grand Duke was envious of the magic net, but he lacked enchanters, unless he became able to summon demons.
The Grand Duke being envious of Saleen's magic net was like Saleen being envious of him being able to summon a dragon. Saleen was able to keep most of his mages back in Metatrin, putting the mages to work in the alchemy factories and letting them practice magic.
Battles were mainly taken care of by the enchanters, while mages were assigned from Metatrin City in rotation. It ensured that the alchemy factories were able to run smoothly and allowed Saleen to keep his combat capacity up.
An enchanter's combat capacity was not much weaker than a mage's when working under a magic net. They were even more powerful at times.
The magic net was able to formulate counter spells before battles of special properties broke out, and the enchanters only needed to sharpen their skills at the last minute to affect battle considerably.
For instance, Wind Shield was weak but capable of traveling quickly. When 600 enchanters learned Wind Shield under the magic net, the Wind Shield's defensive properties would be enhanced by several hundred times over.
The flying warship's attacks were ferocious, but they were blocked by such spells, forcing them to slow down.
The flying warship was inferior to the Dragon Remains Combat Vessel. It had no magic net, and there was no way to carry 600 mages onboard. They suffered a disadvantage in terms of numbers and were unable to rely on the ship's performance.
The mages were not idiots. When the Dragon Remains Combat Vessel appeared, they knew immediately that trouble had come knocking at their doors.
The Winged Skull was in charge in the Dragon Remains Combat Vessel. The vessels traded blows from three miles away from each other, so neither was able to do much to the other.
Over a dozen figures took off from the flying warship, all golden and silver grand swordmasters. There was a red-robed mage in their midst who looked young.
Large pieces of magical equipment emerged from the bow and the flanks of the Dragon Remains Combat Vessel. They were Hogina's Guns.