Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 253 The Dragon Slaying Begins

The dragon-slaying battle unfolded as planned.

A small team of White Bear Knights equipped their own Steam Knight armors, polished their knight badges on the armors, and prepared for battle with an indomitable momentum.

However, although they were the main force in slaying the dragon this time, they did not rush out to fight the dragon directly.

After all, although the Steam Knight is powerful in combat, there is no need to recklessly fight a dragon head-on.

The White Bear Knights merely set up an ambush at a pre-selected location as an ambush, while the guard soldiers who came with the team laid traps and bait around them. Just waiting for the dragon to appear, they would lead it into the trap and bait. In ambush.

The whole plan is not complicated. After all, the more complex the plan, the more likely it is to make mistakes. There is nothing wrong with being simpler.

And from the perspective of Samantha, who was responsible for commanding and executing the entire plan, this was just a beast-like dragon. Killing it was just like hunting, except that the prey was a little bigger.

As long as you have a plan and prepare hunters and traps, you will naturally be able to capture this prey.

Purficott watched all this with interest and did not interfere with Samantha's command.

Samantha herself was in charge of commanding from the front, while the other knights of the guard and some of the guardsmen were responsible for protecting Perfecticot to prevent her from being involved in the dragon-slaying battle later.

Slaying the dragon could bring her glory, but it was her responsibility to protect Purficott. If she compromised her own responsibility for the sake of honor, it would be a shame even if she gained the honor.

In fact, Samantha had a problem with Purficott letting her preside over the dragon slaying. She preferred that Purficott would hand over this responsibility to others, and she would be responsible for protecting Purficott. Just fine.

The reason for building such a bunker was also Samantha's suggestion. According to legend, the most dangerous thing about a dragon, besides its claws, is the flames it spits out. So Samantha suggested that Perficott build a bunker that could defend against the giant. A bunker of dragon flames to ensure her safety.

But among the knights brought out by Purficott this time, she is the strongest and has the highest status, so taking over the command is a matter of course.

She is currently in a bunker-like bunker, which she temporarily transformed using alchemy. The surroundings are reinforced with some wood and stones. The outside is full of moist soil, with only a small opening in the front for observation. hole.

If given a choice between slaying the dragon and keeping Perfectcourt safe, she would choose the latter without hesitation.

She is not good at military command, but she can also see that Samantha's command is quite organized. After all, the Brandless family is also a military aristocrat. Although Perfectcott did not take the initiative to learn some things from his family, he He has dabbled in it to some extent and is not considered a layman.

Because for a knight, the first thing he should uphold is his own duty. Only after he has done his duty well can he pursue honor.

Because of this, Purficott knew that he could not do better even if he directed it, so he did not intervene and let Samantha play freely.

Compared with the honor of slaying the dragon, Samantha values ​​​​more whether she has fulfilled her duty to protect Purficott.

So even if she had no choice but to do so, Samantha could only personally direct the dragon-slaying battle.

However, worried about Purficott's safety, Samantha deliberately chose the battlefield in a position opposite to the bunker where Purficott was located.

In this way, with just a little guidance, even if something unexpected happened during the battle, it would be difficult to affect the bunker where Perfectcott was located. After all the preparations were made, Samantha also received a signal from the guard soldiers who were responsible for observing and looking out. The dragon came out to look for food.

Seeing this, Samantha quickly sent out a signal, asking all the steam knights to take cover and prepare for battle.

On the other side, the Guard soldiers also hid in the bunkers that had been dug.

Although they are not the main force in this battle, when necessary, they are also responsible for interfering and hindering the dragon and preventing it from escaping or going crazy.

It can only be said that what they do is not an easy job.

Amidst everyone's anxious and excited expectations, the giant dragon flew up the cliff.

It was only then that everyone was able to observe this terrifying beast up close and see its appearance clearly.

Although there were telescopes before, it was obvious that such observation was not intuitive, and it was difficult for people to feel the enormity of this monster and the sense of oppression it brought.

This was a giant beast about twenty meters long. It was wrapped in various rotting corpses from head to tail. It looked like a walking mass of rotten meat and exuded a disgusting smell.

But as long as you look carefully, you can notice that the rotting corpses are just hanging on the spikes of the giant beast, and underneath the rotting corpses is a pale body.

This giant beast has slender but strong limbs. Although there are two wings on its back, it looks more like a pair of withered claws covered with rotten flesh.

This appearance really scared a lot of people, at least the guards soldiers who were responsible for supporting the role were really scared, and of course more people were intoxicated.

This giant beast exudes a strong corpse odor, and is also shrouded in a thick layer of miasma visible to the naked eye, making it impossible for ordinary soldiers to fight it up close.

Fortunately, according to Samantha's plan, they don't need to get close to fight a monster of this level. They only need to do supporting work, and the steam knight will take care of the fighting.

These guard soldiers quickly regained their ability to move under the low-level scolding of their commanders. Various improvised things such as fishing nets and sickle hooks were ready, just waiting for the giant beast to eat the food they had carefully prepared. bait.

It was a reindeer that had been skinned and left for about a day. It was specially prepared for this giant dragon because they had previously observed that although the giant dragon could also hunt, it would not eat its prey immediately. It is brought back to the nest and allowed to decay under the influence of the miasma before it is eaten, and it does not mind picking up the carcasses left by other animals.

This has been confirmed in previous observations. At that time, Samantha specially prepared half a rotting corpse, and the giant dragon ate it directly without caring.

Obviously, this is a creature with scavenging habits.

Soon, the giant dragon discovered the corpse on the ground. It slowly walked to the corpse, sniffed it, stretched out a paw to hold the corpse, and then lowered its head and started biting.

The prey is hooked! Seeing this, Samantha's eyes narrowed, and then she gave the signal to launch an attack.

(End of this chapter)