The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 336 Air Combat (Two chapters in one)

The front end of the giant federal airship cabin that had just docked was a cone-shaped structure similar to the bow of a ship, inlaid with huge glass portholes and decorated with exquisite carvings and copper frames all around.

Inside the porthole were the high-ranking officials of the federal delegation. From their high vantage point, they naturally saw the small commotion among the crowd that was welcoming them from the empire below.

"It seems like something big has happened. By the way, where are our spies in Munster?"

"Let them find out the situation immediately."

"I want to know the general information within half an hour." Trena said with a smile.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Special Envoy." A colonel immediately bowed and said.

As the federal delegation, led by Trena, slowly stepped off the airship, the welcoming ceremony officially began.

But compared to the cheerful scene, the Duke of Munster and Admiral Edward were extremely anxious. They quickly exchanged opinions behind Duke Victor.

They decided to leave immediately. After all, by the time the lengthy welcome ceremony was over, Bretsin would probably be finished.

"Special Envoy Trena, welcome to the Dragun Empire."

"Duke Victor, it's a pleasure to meet you. These two are..." Trena said, looking at the Duke of Munster and Admiral Edward beside Victor.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce them. This is the provincial governor, the Duke of Munster, and this is Admiral Edward."

"Your Excellency, it is a pleasure to meet you."

"Your Excellency, Duke Victor, I'm very sorry, Edward and I have an urgent matter to deal with." The Duke of Munster couldn't help but speak.

After all, he was the person primarily responsible for what happened in the province of Münster.

"Oh? Your Excellency the Duke, Admiral Edward, if you two need any help, please let me know. The ship that came with me this time is our Federation's Lancelot-class giant gunboat, which has quite impressive combat capabilities."

Trena looked at the two of them curiously and said meaningfully.

The Duke of Munster and Admiral Edward looked at each other and saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.

"this."

"Your Excellency, Special Envoy, thank you very much for your kindness. Please allow us to discuss this with Duke Victor first. Perhaps, we will have to trouble you later."

Duke Victor was obviously stunned. Although he was the person in charge of receiving the delegation, the absence of the consul in the province of Münster was quite rude in terms of diplomatic etiquette.

A few minutes later, Duke Victor made an excuse to go to the bathroom, and he and Duke Munster immediately bumped heads.

"Ferreira (the real name of the Duke of Munster), Edward, is the situation really that bad?" Duke Victor's face sank.

"Yes, the situation may be worse than we imagined." Admiral Edward glanced at the Duke of Munster and quickly introduced the situation.

"Duke Victor, a suspected undocumented forbidden gate was discovered at Longya Pass some time ago. Just a few hours ago, the survivors of a Diamond-level swordsman team that had lost contact sent an urgent message."

"The one imprisoned inside is an ancient dragon. It is said to have a strong corrupting energy that can corrupt living beings and restore their strength."

"Currently, this corrupt dragon is on its way to Brightxin and has destroyed three towns in succession along the way."

"What! Doesn't that mean there are already tens of thousands of casualties?" Duke Victor said with his eyes wide open.

"Yes, the problem now is that if we don't send strong and fast enough support immediately, if Brightsin is destroyed, it will mean hundreds of thousands of casualties."

"Also, after Brightsin was destroyed, according to the intelligence, if the other party recovered his strength by corrupting living beings, I'm afraid that he will soon recover to his peak strength."

"This is the worst part." Admiral Edward said with a serious expression.

"Yes, Duke Victor, we just discussed it. Now, we may have to rely on the Griffin Guards you brought with you to escort us. Otherwise, I'm afraid we won't have enough strength," said the Duke of Munster.

When Duke Victor heard this, he remained silent.

After all, the timing was awkward, as it was exactly the moment when the federal delegation arrived at the first stop in the empire.

If all the Griffin Knights were transferred away now, it would be equivalent to reporting to the Federation that the situation in the Dragun Empire was very bad, so bad that it couldn't even maintain basic stability.

This is a taboo in diplomacy and is very unfavorable for subsequent negotiations between the two countries.

"That is to say, it will be too late by the time the Imperial Guardians arrive, right?" Duke Victor thought for a moment and said.

"Well, so, we want to mobilize all the Griffin Knights and rush to Bretsin immediately. Even if we can't stop them, we have to try to lure them away from Bretsin."

"At least try to buy some time so that some people in the county city can evacuate."

"So, I hope that the group of Griffin Guards that you, Your Majesty, brought with you can also go together." Admiral Edward on the side added.

Duke Victor frowned.

Obviously, he was weighing the pros and cons of life and death of hundreds of thousands of people on one hand and reporting to the federal government on the other.

But soon, he figured it out. Although there were few major wars between the Empire and the Federation in the past hundred years, there were constant minor frictions, and both sides had planted countless spies and spies on each other. Could some situations really be covered up by concealing them?

If Brightxin was really destroyed, this tragedy would inevitably be exposed. Instead of this, it would be better to let the Federation go.

Although the other side will have a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the empire, the same is true in reverse. We can also take a look at what new things the Federation has come up with in the past two years.

"Ferreira, Edward, let the federation intervene." Victor said.

"It's a good opportunity to see what these federal people rely on."

"Let the Federation come along?"

The Duke of Munster and Admiral Edward looked at each other and their faces lit up with joy.

For them, the top priority is to quickly eliminate this huge hidden danger.

"Well, mobilize all the griffin knights. Oh, and mobilize the small airships as well! Even if our airships are not as big as theirs, we have to make a big show of it," Duke Victor added.

"Well, there are only two small airships at the moment. The others are on missions and are already on the route. It will take several hours at the earliest to mobilize a few more."

the other side.

In the reception hall.

"Do you know the situation?" Trena turned her head and asked the adjutant.

"Well, I basically understand it. It is said that a corrupted dragon is currently on its way to Brightsing and has destroyed several towns along the way."

"Corrupted dragon? That's not easy to deal with." A federal major general on the side whispered.

"Can we handle it?" Trena asked calmly.

"It's not a big problem."

"That's good. It's a good opportunity for us to show our strength to the empire. Let's go and talk to Duke Victor." The beautiful woman Terena stood up and said.

"Hmm? Special Envoy, will this expose our strength?"

"Don't forget, we are here to negotiate. Only by showing our strength can we negotiate better." The beautiful woman couldn't help but laugh.

In the same corner of the reception hall.

"Sir Ryan, this is an urgent mission. We need to set off now. Admiral Edward is already waiting on the military airship." An anxious and capable young woman came to Ryan and said.

"Huh? So urgent?" Ryan raised his eyebrows.

Departing now?

This was the first time Ryan encountered such an urgent task.

But soon, Ryan thought of something, wait a moment ""

"Yes, Lord Ryan, we have just received urgent intelligence. Admiral Edward will introduce the details to you later on the airship." Olena said quickly.

"Well, let's go." Ryan stood up and said.

A few minutes later.

"Edward, who are you waiting for?" Duke Victor asked unhappily.

"Oh, I just called a diamond-level swordsman from the branch. He should be here soon." Edward said apologetically.

"Facing a giant dragon, a Diamond-level swordsman would probably be of no use."

"This." Admiral Edward thought about it and realized that Ryan had been able to turn the tide several times before. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded.

"Duke Victor, I am also familiar with the young man Edward mentioned. He is a young man who is good at creating miracles. He is also the chief security consultant just hired by the Münster Administrative Office." The Duke of Münster explained.

At this time, Ryan, accompanied by Olena, also happened to board the airship.

"Huh? Is this the one?" Duke Victor looked at the two people beside him suspiciously, obviously a little unconvinced.

So young?

How could he be so strong? Maybe he has connections?

However, even if Duke Victor had some guesses in his mind, he would not say anything in person.

Inside the cabin, Admiral Edward gave a quick and concise introduction to the situation.

"Just now, we received urgent intelligence."

".The forbidden gate at Longya Pass was broken, and an ancient corrupted dragon attacked several small towns along the way. It is currently heading towards the city of Brightsin."

"What! A dragon?" The griffin knights and several diamond-level sword bearers present were all shocked.

Ryan also narrowed his eyes and was quite shocked.

Although he had known some news from Longya Pass before, that it seemed that the Black Sword Team went to investigate a mine that was suspected to be a forbidden door, he did not expect that the current news would explode based on this.

"Silence! The Imperial Capital will probably send troops soon, so our goal this time is to try to disrupt the enemy and prevent them from attacking Brightsin calmly."

"At least, we need to buy some time for the residents of Brightxin to evacuate."

A few hours later, the airship arrived near Bretsing.

Both the Empire and the Federation could see from the airship that the county town of Bretxin was in chaos at the moment, and a giant dragon dozens of meters long was wreaking havoc over the county town.

At the same time, there were thousands of monsters of various sizes fighting with the defenders of the county town, but with the corrupted dragon leading the attack, the battle was almost one-sided.

At this moment, the situation is already critical.

"Let the Griffin Knights go first and look for the opponent's weakness." Duke Victor said as he looked at the scene in front of him with a serious expression.

As the Duke of the Imperial Capital with rich combat experience and the special envoy of this battle, Duke Victor naturally took on the responsibility of commanding the battle, while Duke Munster and Admiral Edward were responsible for deployment and coordination.

"Yes, Duke Victor." The captain of the Griffin Knights bowed slightly and said.

Following a sharp whistle, two teams led by him and Viscount Felke, totaling twenty-four Imperial Griffin Knights, formed two straight lines and rushed towards the corrupted dragon at a rapid speed.

The griffin flew at an extremely fast speed, and in less than half a minute, the two sides started fighting.

Compared to the corrupted dragon's huge body that was dozens of meters long, the twenty-four originally majestic griffin knights now looked like a group of sparrows besieging a huge eagle.

"Whizzing!"

The well-trained griffin knight controlled the griffin to quickly dodge the Corrupted Dragon's claws and wing attacks, moving as fast as the wind. At the same time, he threw the sharp short spear in his hand heavily at the Corrupted Dragon. "Puff!"

Many short spears pierced into the skin of the corrupted dragon, which immediately made many griffin knights look happy.

"Captain, the opponent's defense is not strong!" A griffin knight shouted with joy.

This situation was much better than they had expected, because according to the normal defense of the dragon's scales, their javelins could not even break through the defense of the dragon's scales.

But the next second, something unexpected happened!

"careful!"

As if being stung by these annoying 'flies', the corrupted dragon took a deep breath, and then exhaled violently 180 degrees forward!
A huge, strong yellow-green breath, like a high-pressure water gun, instantly hit the three griffin knights who were unable to dodge.

Amid the astonished gazes of others.

The three griffin knights, including the griffins under their crotch, quickly grew hair, rotted, and were covered with colorful mushrooms in just a few seconds. Then they lost their balance and fell headfirst from the sky!

With just one breath, he killed three elite griffin knights.

This scene made Admiral Edward and others on the small airship in the rear change their expressions drastically.

You know, the empire has to spend as much gold as a person to train a qualified griffin knight.

The loss of each Griffin Knight was a heavy loss for the Empire, but three Griffin Knights were lost in less than half a minute of fighting. The next battle would probably be difficult.

"Damn, what are these people from the Federation doing? Are they watching a show?" The Duke of Munster couldn't help but swear.

"This is a battle taking place on the territory of the empire. We cannot interfere no matter when the other side attacks." Victor said with a grim expression.

Ryan thought about it and decided to talk to Admiral Edward and let him give it a try.

Suddenly, the Federation's giant gunboat began to move.

About two kilometers behind the air battle scene.

Inside the captain's cabin of the Federation's Lancelot-class giant gunboat.

A group of federal officers were carefully observing the Imperial Griffin Knights' siege of the corrupt dragon.

"Nice control. Everyone seems to be at the level of a great knight, and they cooperate well with the griffins."

"Well, they are indeed the top elite troops of the Dragun Empire."

"However, it is probably very difficult to train this kind of griffin knight. How many can there be in the entire Dragun Empire?"

"The two teams of Griffin Knights before us should be the majority of the Griffin Knights in this province of Munster. Oh, yes, this still includes the team that escorted us. In other words, there are at most about 20 Griffin Knights in one province."

"Very elite, but unfortunately, there are too few of them."

"The Empire's training strategy cannot cope with subsequent combat losses."

The officers and generals commented one after another.

"What a powerful breath!" After seeing the breath of the corrupt dragon, the federal officers also changed color.

"This kind of corruption ability is too amazing."

When Trena saw this, her pretty face became serious. She turned sideways and said to the general beside her:

"Lieutenant General Ruiz, the next battle is left to you."

"Of course, Lady Trena, we should show our wings and let the corrupt Dragun Empire know the development of the Federation in recent years." Lieutenant General Ryze bowed slightly and said with a smile.

"Turn left, prepare to fire on the port side!"

"All naval guns begin loading!"

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Orders came down from the brass tubes to the cabins below.

Suddenly, an enormous gunboat swung sideways in mid-air, causing Duke Victor and others on a small airship nearby to think at first that the Federation was trying to escape.

But in the next second, they saw two rows of dozens of black holes suddenly appear on the side of the opponent's gunboat, followed by dozens of flashes of fire and a rapid-fire sound.

"Boom!"

In an instant, five or six huge holes suddenly exploded on the surface of the corrupt dragon's body, and yellow pus spurted out.

"hold head high!!!"

The corrupted dragon screamed immediately, and at the same time, shifted its attention from the griffin knights around it to the "big guy" not far away.

"It's not powerful enough to destroy the enemy. It seems we have to use secret weapons." Lieutenant General Ryze said with narrowed eyes.

"Main gun ready!"

I saw an extra large hole opening in the middle of one side of the ship.

Looking inside along the slender gun barrel at the entrance of the cave, one can see a huge hexagram wizard formation engraved on the base of the gun, and six official wizards are chanting spells and performing magic according to the orders just issued by the captain's room.

As the spell sounded, the hexagram suddenly surged with a tremendous amount of energy, which was injected into the huge cannon covered with various inscriptions.

next second!
"boom!"

A ball of lightning-like thing rapidly blasted towards the flying corrupt dragon.

"Oh!"

As if it had sensed the danger, the Corrupted Dragon dodged slightly to the side, avoiding the vital parts of its body, but a big hole was blasted in one of its flesh wings, causing it to fall rapidly.

Inside the captain's cabin of the Federation's Lancelot-class giant gunboat.

"Lieutenant General Ruiz, you are an excellent commander. Next, I think we will have a great advantage in the negotiations with the Empire."

"Clap clap clap!"

The mature young woman, Trena, smiled and was the first to applaud Vice Admiral Ryze. Soon, the others also reacted and there was thunderous applause.

When Duke Victor and others on the small airship nearby saw this scene, their faces relaxed at first, but they were not very happy. Instead, they were silent.

Because the power of the federal gunboat's attack was comparable to level two witchcraft, or even more so.

"Something seems to be wrong, everyone, look." At this time, Ryan reminded.

Immediately, everyone's attention was focused on the falling rot dragon again.

The corrupt dragon staggered and fell to the southwest corner of the city of Bretsing County. For a moment, smoke and dust rose up.

"Ang!!!" But followed by a loud dragon roar.

With the corrupt dragon that fell to the ground as the center, thousands of mushroom people around it, from all over the city of Brightxin, rushed towards the other side like moths to a flame.

Due to the smoke and dust, people could not see clearly what was happening, but they knew that some changes must be happening.

A few seconds later, the intact corrupt dragon flapped its wings and soared into the sky!

"not good!"

"The opponent can recover from injuries by devouring these monster followers!" Admiral Edward, who has rich combat experience, exclaimed.

The corrupt dragon was seen rushing towards the Federation's giant gunboat.

"(Ancient Dragon Language) Follow the great Agnes and step into corruption!"

"(Ancient Dragon Language) Ancient Corruption!"

This time the breath was incredibly powerful. A yellow-green breath like a waterfall was seen spraying on the side of the giant gunboat's cabin, and it fiercely confronted the milky white witchcraft protective shield that was instantly activated by the giant gunboat.

This scene made Duke Victor's face change drastically. He said, "We can't let the Federation delegation die here. This will directly cause the relationship between the Federation and the Empire to deteriorate."

"Send a signal to the Griffin Knights to intercept Agnes regardless of the loss. Tell the Exxon in the rear to prepare to ignite the high explosives and ram directly into her." Duke Victor said with a hint of ruthlessness on his face.

"In this case, the empire will suffer great losses." The Duke of Munster frowned.

Admiral Edward also had a solemn expression on his face. The only four griffins of the Sword Bearer Division had also gone up at this moment.

At this moment, Admiral Edward seemed to have thought of something, and turned to Ryan and said:

"Ryan, you are not a flying knight. You will be responsible for leading the team to kill the infected people and monsters on the ground and ensure that they cannot restore the injuries and physical strength of the Corrupted Dragon Agnes again."

"That's right! We can't let this corrupt dragon recover again." Duke Victor nodded and agreed.

However, Ryan looked thoughtful and did not agree immediately. After thinking for a while, he pointed at the corrupt dragon Agnes that had just severely damaged the Federation's gunboat and said:

"Admiral Edward, let me try. Perhaps I should be able to deal with it."

It’s not that Ryan wants to be in the spotlight, but it’s based on several considerations.

First of all, he is a man of the Empire. So far, both Admiral Edward and the Duke of Munster have been very caring towards him. If the corrupt dragon is allowed to continue wreaking havoc, not only will the residents of Brightsin suffer, but these two will also inevitably be blamed by the Empire.

Secondly, he didn't want to see the Griffin Knights, including Felke and Fisher, die one by one in front of him, especially when he could still do something.

Finally, Ryan actually wanted to verify some of the ideas in his mind.

"Ok?"

Everyone, including Admiral Edward and the Duke of Munster, looked at Ryan, not knowing what this meant.

Duke Victor frowned. He didn't have a good impression of Ryan who was late.

This time, he was even more displeased to hear that the young man in front of him actually questioned Edward's orders.

But when he saw that Edward didn't say anything, he just stammered twice but didn't scold him.

As Ryan's mind moved, the lookout suddenly shouted, "A ferocious bird of prey suddenly appeared behind us."

"Don't worry, this is my mount." Ryan said calmly.

"Huh? Ryan, you have a flying mount?" Admiral Edward's face lit up with joy, but when he thought of Agnes's power, his face dimmed again.

Because even if Ryan became a flying knight, it would at most be equivalent to having one more top-notch griffin knight, and the impact on the battle situation would be minimal.

But Duke Victor on the side had the wrong idea, and looked at Ryan with an even more unfriendly look.

Are you a flying knight?

When the Griffin Knights were fighting the Corrupted Dragon just now, why didn't you attack along with them? Are you afraid of death?
Just when he couldn't help but want to scold,
"Bang bang bang!"

Three sounds of heavy objects falling to the ground were heard.

The Blood-Feathered Hippogryph that had just landed placed three combat puppets on the deck of the airship.

Ryan had already turned around and walked over. He heard a voice from afar: "Prepare three high-explosive bombs for me."

(End of this chapter)