Chapter 34 The Knight King of the Empire
In the early morning two days later, Li Yuan woke up suddenly in the cellar.
"My Lord..."
As soon as Shitou's voice appeared, Li Yuan interrupted him: "I already know."
What should come will still come.
With the further restoration of the tower, the surveillance range of the [Watcher] has now expanded to a radius of three to four kilometers.
Nothing happened in the past two days, there was no movement on the empire side, not even a scout came.
Fortunately, Li Yuan never relaxed his vigilance. Now he clearly felt that there were many intruders at the border of the surveillance range. From the perspective, they were facing the Imperial Longkou Fortress.
"There really are air units."
After projecting the [Watcher], Li Yuan found that many of the invasion targets were in the air. Judging from the outline, they should be bipedal flying dragons.
The empire's so-called domesticated dragon creatures include not only land dragons, but also bipedal flying dragons. Li Yuan has heard this information from Zhen Na.
Wyverns are known as one of the sub-dragon creatures closest to true dragons. Like true dragons, they have wings that can soar into the sky, but they do not have extra forelimbs. Instead, they have hook-like claws at the joints of the wings. .
The cost of domesticating a flying dragon is very high. In the Imperial Knights, only the most elite knights can be selected to become the cavalry of the flying dragon.
There are five bipedal flying dragons, three of which are riding knights, and the other two bipedal flying dragons just follow the leading flying dragon on both sides.
On the ground, there were six knights on horseback.
Five-headed dragon mounts, a legendary warrior leading eight knights, or a coordinated attack from both the air and the ground?
"Ha, you think highly of me."
Although Li Yuan had long thought that this wave of battle would definitely surpass Heinrich's team, this battle was still slightly beyond his imagination.
He focused his attention on the array of flying dragons marching in formation in the air, and the [Watcher] projected the specific picture.
He saw three knights on the backs of flying dragons. Two of them were carrying dragon-hunting ballistae that he had seen. The leading knight riding on the back of the largest flying dragon was wrapped in a unique set of weapons. armor, and the only weapon in his hand was a long sword.
In [Watcher's] danger assessment, the other knights and the flying dragons all had a green aura, while the leading knight was surrounded by a rich black aura.
Black means that the target's strength is far greater than that of the tower owner. If you fight with it, you will have a narrow escape!
Today, Li Yuan has evolved to the level of a mature dragon with the restoration of the Endless Tower.
To be able to open such a huge gap in combat power with a mature red dragon, there is no doubt that he is the top powerhouse in the legendary realm - the blade of the Iron-Blooded Princess and the Empire's Knight King Lucio!
That black aura made Li Yuan feel the dangerous aura rushing towards his face. Fighting spirit and fear surged up at the same time, causing him to instinctively let out a low roar from his throat.
"Please give the order, my lord." Shitou appeared and half-knelt in front of Li Yuan.
"According to the previously discussed plan to meet the enemy, the Endless Tower enters an emergency state and operates at full power. You go to resist the targets on the ground, and I will deal with the ones in the air. Don't let anyone get close to the Endless Tower! Prepare all means of interception, Follow my instructions!" Li Yuan quickly issued the order.
When the dragon is there and the tower is there, when the tower is gone, the dragon is gone.
His destiny is bound to the Endless Tower. In this world, he has no way out and can only fight with his last resort!
"Understood!"
After Shitou said, his body suddenly began to expand and turned into a big man of about 1.9 meters. At the same time, two slightly slender stone men appeared next to him. They turned around and quickly put on their clothes. The knight equipment placed in the corner of the cellar.
In the Sun Temple on the fifth floor, Zhenna was doing morning exercises with a big sword and shield. Suddenly she found that the Endless Tower began to tremble slightly, and a bell-like sound came from the walls and floor.
This is the signal for the Endless Tower to enter a state of emergency.
She opened her eyes in surprise, and soon understood.
Li Yuan appeared at the entrance of the corridor and met her eyes.
"It's Lucio." Li Yuan only gave such a brief explanation.
"I know." Zhenna nodded, turned and went to her room to put on her armor.
In the past two days, they had done a lot of simulations and preparations for the battle.
And now, the time has finally come for them to join hands in fighting for survival.
——Lucio
saw flames erupting from the broken tower from a distance, and a red dragon suddenly appeared.
Then, the red dragon flew into the sky and rushed straight towards them.
With a distance of more than two kilometers, the red dragon noticed their group of intruders in advance.
Lucio was not surprised by this. After learning that the three outstanding spies went to the red dragon's lair and lost contact, he guessed that the owner here had some powerful means of sensing the surroundings.
Since even the master-level assassins couldn't get close, he stopped sending scouts to kill him and directly led the entire army to attack from the front.
His strength gives him such a simple and crude qualification.
As a legendary warrior, he has long-distance visual acuity that is not inferior to that of a falcon.
From this distance, he could see every detail of the red dragon.
He immediately discovered two problems.
One is that according to the information obtained from various sources, the red dragon Kujia entrenched here is just a red dragon that has just grown up.
But no matter how you look at it, this red dragon's physique and scale color have reached the level of a mature man who is over two hundred years old.
He is one of the most experienced dragon slayers in the empire, and he is quite confident in his judgment in this regard.
Was there an error in the intelligence? Or has this mature red dragon replaced Kujia as the master here?
A mature red dragon that was cunning and strong enough could indeed overwhelm Heinrich's team.
Fortunately, this deviation didn't matter to him.
Opponents below Gu Long are all the same to him.
In comparison, the figure he saw riding on the back of the red dragon was more worthy of his attention.
"Your Highness Zhenna?"
He recognized at a glance that the person was wearing Zhenna's rune heavy armor, and then put on the standard helmet of an ordinary knight.
The little princess of the empire, Jeanne, neither died nor fled to other places.
She has been hiding in the red dragon's lair, but now she stands up and fights alongside the red dragon.
Lucio has fought seven dragons and killed four dragons in his life. This is the first time he has seen a real dragon willing to let humans ride on his back and fight side by side with humans.
He didn't know why the red dragon let Princess Zhenna go and was willing to fight alongside her, but in this way, the destruction of Heinrich's team finally had a fully reasonable explanation.
It doesn't matter anymore.
He clenched the sword in his hand. Whether it was an adult red dragon, a mature red dragon, or a master-level paladin, they were all the same in front of him!
When the distance between the two sides narrowed to 500 meters, the red dragon spoke first, letting out a roar that penetrated the clouds and cracked the rocks, and the majestic dragon power was released from him.
"Go away!!" Li Yuan issued an order to expel the two-legged flying dragons in dragon language.
With the power of the dragon and the roar of the dragon, even if the knights can survive with willpower, the bipedal dragons as sub-dragons will never be able to withstand this kind of instinctive suppression. They will fall into an uncontrollable panic, causing the flying array to completely Collapse.
But at this time, Lucio on the back of the flying dragon also raised his sword high and let out a long roar.
It was clearly a human roar, but it was as deafening as the roar of thunder. It was as powerful as a dragon's roar.
Hearing this battle cry, passionate fighting spirit rose in the eyes of other knights and wyverns.
The warrior's "fearless battle cry" can dispel his own fear and enter a state of high morale before fighting, and at the same time has a strong deterrent effect on the enemy.
With Lucio's legendary realm, his war cry can cover an entire army loyal to him, and can even work on domesticated animals that are willing to listen to his orders.
And its deterrent effect is not inferior to the ancient dragon's roar.
The bipedal flying dragon he was riding on took the lead, carrying him and charging fearlessly towards the red dragon that was countless times larger than him.
(End of chapter)