Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 254 Slaying the Dragon
"Launch!" The guard soldiers who received the order shot the fishing nets and sickle hooks prepared in their hands towards the giant dragon without hesitation.

The sickle hook pierced the giant dragon directly, but the carrion on the dragon's body effectively blocked the hook's penetration.

Most of the fishing nets landed on the two wings of the giant dragon, and it didn't seem to have much effect.

Regarding this, Samantha had already anticipated this at the beginning of formulating the battle plan, so she did not become anxious because of it. She just gave the order again for the guard soldiers to proceed with the second step according to the original plan.

"Pull!" The officer who received the order did not hesitate and immediately asked the soldiers to start pulling the rope.

These ropes were tied to the sickle hooks and fishing nets that were shot out. When they started to pull the rope, the sickle hooks on the dragon were immediately pulled back, and the fishing nets were hung on the wings of the giant dragon, pulling the ropes back. The giant dragon spread its pair of bone-claw-like wings to both sides.

The sickle hooks that were pulled back were because the hooks caught the carrion. Almost every sickle hook tore off a piece of the carrion hanging on the dragon's body. This time it actually looked like the dragon had been peeled off a layer of skin.

Seeing this scene, Samantha nodded with satisfaction and ordered the third step of the battle again.

A white bear knight who had been waiting for a long time immediately raised his weapon, a 75mm portable recoilless rifle, pointed at the dragon and pulled the trigger.

Facing the incoming cannonball, the giant dragon that had just come back to its senses quickly dodged, but its wings were entangled in the fishing net and it did not dodge in time. It just avoided the vital point, and the rapidly fired cannonball still hit the giant dragon. The dragon's body exploded violently.

It has to be said that the Steam Knight is indeed worthy of its power across the ages. It can still maintain a stable firepower output during this rapid retreat, and all the shells hit the dragon in a row.

Seeing this scene, Samantha's face became serious, but she didn't feel there was anything difficult. She just calmly conveyed her new order: "Let all steam knights change armor-piercing warheads and continue as planned!"

"Very good, it seems that the giant dragon is not invulnerable, everyone is ready!" Samantha was particularly happy to see this scene, and it also greatly enhanced everyone's confidence in defeating and killing the giant dragon.

After receiving the order, the Steam Knight quickly retreated, and during the retreat, he did not forget to shoot all the shells in the recoilless rifle magazine on the dragon.

The fire caused by the explosion enveloped the dragon's body, and even ignited the miasma on its body for a time, making the entire dragon look more like a "fire dragon".

However, when the smoke and dust dispersed, everyone looked anxiously, only to see that only a piece of rotten flesh had been blown away from the giant dragon, while its own flesh and blood was almost unscathed.

And thanks to the knight's powerful strength and superb martial arts, the cannonballs he fired basically hit the same location. Although they still failed to cause serious damage to the dragon, they at least had exploded the dragon's skin, allowing it to Blood was shed.

For everyone, the biggest obstacle to slaying the dragon in their eyes is that the legendary dragon's body is nearly invulnerable, and ordinary weapons cannot hurt the dragon at all.

After all, if you can't hurt the dragon, how can you kill it?
But as long as it can penetrate the dragon's defense, no matter how powerful the dragon is, it will die. It only needs enough weapons and continuous output.

Apparently Samantha had exactly this idea. After successfully injuring the dragon and irritating it, the steam knight who fired the cannon fought and retreated. He quickly retreated to the preset ambush location, jumped into the bunker and immediately picked up the weapon. The magazine placed next to him was used to reload his recoilless rifle. The dragon that rushed over stepped into the trap dug in advance and fell into the pit.

"Everyone fire!" Upon seeing this, Samantha immediately shouted, holding a gun and firing bullets at the dragon.

The power of the blunderbuss was really limited, and it couldn't even break through the dragon's defense when it hit it. It just left a black spot on the pale dragon's body.

But the power of other recoilless rifles that fired immediately was not just that.

The power of a 75mm portable recoilless rifle equipped with an armor-piercing warhead is enough to penetrate a one-meter-thick stone wall, let alone a mere flesh and blood?
After just a few rounds of cannonballs, the giant dragon that fell into the pit immediately let out a shrill howl. It was obvious that the cannonballs had caused considerable damage to it.

But this was not enough to kill a giant dragon. The dragon in the pit waved its wings violently, knocking over all the guard soldiers who were pulling the rope behind it, and also tore the fishing nets on its wings directly to pieces.

Immediately, the giant dragon jumped up from the trap, dragging its body with rotten corpses and bloody wounds, and rushed towards the steam knights who were firing.

Not only that, the giant dragon took a deep breath in the air, its chest suddenly bulged, and then it spurted out a pale flame more than thirty meters long from its mouth before landing, and shook its head. All steam knights were enveloped in the coverage of dragon flames.

Facing the dragon's breath and attack, the steam knights did not dare to fight, and quickly completed the retreat. Some of them who could not dodge rolled on the spot, lowering their bodies as much as possible to avoid being attacked by the dragon flames.

The lethality of these dragon flames was astonishing. Not only did it instantly burn the surrounding land to dryness, but even partially glazed it, it burned directly on the stones, which looked extremely dangerous.

Several of the steam knights were also affected by the flames, which instantly melted through their armor.

Fortunately, Purficott took this into consideration when designing the Steam Knight armor. These Steam Knights quickly unlocked the locks on the armor and removed the pieces of armor that were still burning, preventing to cause greater damage.

The other steam knights who were not attacked by the dragon flames continued to attack without stopping. While they started to maneuver at high speed, they shot out all the shells of the recoilless rifle guns in their hands in one breath.

The fierce bombardment instantly caused the giant dragon to scream and fall to the ground. The dragon's tail swept across in an attempt to launch a range attack, but at this time, all the steam knights had already withdrawn from its attack range.

After all, the range of a recoilless rifle can reach several kilometers. Fighting this giant dragon at close range is the stupidest behavior.

If it weren't for restricting their movements and better ensuring lethality, there would be no need for them to fight at such a close distance.

But even so, the shells still hit the giant dragon with blood and flesh flying everywhere, causing the giant beast to start struggling wildly and violently attacking, just like an enraged beast, sweeping across it at a speed that was almost impossible to reach with the naked eye. It covered the entire battlefield, not only directly breaking several large trees as thick as a person's arms, but also knocking away several steam knights who were unable to dodge.

(End of this chapter)