Chapter 8: Don't be merciful
"Sir!!"
The situation took a turn for the worse, causing the other knights to scream in surprise at the same time.
But they actually had no time to care about the commander's safety. The red dragon swung its long tail and put Zhenna on its back, and immediately rushed towards the paladin in front of him.
"Kill ah ah ah!!"
The target Paladin's mind went blank and he could only rely on roars to maintain his momentum, but the obviously dimming of the holy shield still revealed the uneasiness deep in his heart.
The shadow covered him, and the red dragon's huge body pressed down.
The light-forged holy shield shattered under the impact, and the red dragon's claws pushed down the huge shield, pressing the paladin who was completely unable to resist underneath.
Along with the sound of flesh and blood breaking, the blood squeezed out of the flesh spurted out from under the shield.
The paladin didn't even have time to let out a decent scream, and was trampled to death by the dragon like a frog.
The ballista knight who was in the same group as this paladin gasped. The "shield" that protected her was gone, and the next one to die was her who was the closest.
In desperation, she aimed the loaded ballistae at the red dragon with the hope of defeating the enemy, hoping to cause some damage to the red dragon and gain a chance for her companions.
However, at this moment Zhenna suddenly fell from the sky, grabbed the big sword and slashed the ballista on her shoulder!
When Li Yuan slapped the paladin to death with one palm, she carried the long sword along the red dragon's neck and rushed to the red dragon's head. Then she jumped with all her strength and swung the jump slash towards the ballista knight.
The crossbow and the crossbow arrows were cut off on the spot. Although the arrows of the crossbow arrows were enough to penetrate the dragon scales, the arrow shaft of the crossbow arrows and the transmission part of the crossbow were not that high strength.
The ballista knight was cut down to the ground under the impact of the chop. Without the protection of the shoulder armor, this chop was enough to break her into two pieces.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!?"
Seeing the supposedly dead Princess reappearing in front of him, holding a big sword and staring at him, the knight's remaining fighting spirit collapsed.
She sat on the ground and moved back as hard as she could to distance herself from Zhenna:
"Your Highness, I, I was just following orders! I had no choice at all!"
Zhenna hesitated for a moment. She wanted to know who ordered the killing. Own.
Regardless of Heinrich, these knights probably wouldn't be able to resist orders.
At this time, flames spurted out from above her head, directly igniting the ballista knight.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
The knight screamed in agony in the flames, but she only rolled a few times and stopped moving. The heat of the red dragon's breath was comparable to lava, so it did not cause her pain for too long.
"Either they die, or we die!" Li Yuan shouted to Zhenna who turned around in surprise, "Don't be soft, don't let anyone go!!" At the same time,
he turned his head and avoided the other two in the distance. Crossbow arrows fired by knights.
Reason told him that he must not let any enemy go back alive. Maybe some of the knights had their own reasons, but why didn't he and Zhenna just want to survive?
The instinct of this red dragon's body affected him to some extent. The compassionate and emotional part that might have made him hesitate was filled by the red dragon's killing nature.
The dragon part in his heart was constantly clamoring to kill all the intruders who were eyeing his life. Now he only had cold killing intent towards his enemies.
He turned around and rushed towards the remaining knights, smashed the holy shield of a paladin, used the horns on his head to lift the opponent up with his shield, and then bit the paladin who fell from the air.
The dragon's teeth easily penetrated the knight's armor and body, and the knight bitten by it died instantly.
Watching this scene, Zhenna tightened her grip on the sword in her hand.
The red dragon was right, she shouldn't be merciful.
Neither the person behind the assassination plan nor the knight who carried out the assassination showed any mercy to her. If she hesitated out of compassion, she would really die.
Maybe this is the biggest difference between her and the mastermind of this assassination... The
red dragon slaughtered the remaining knights easily, and it seemed that she didn't need to take action at all.
At this time, she saw Heinrich, who was hit on the ground, move.
Heinrich recovered from his brief coma and immediately used holy light to heal his dying body.
The screams of his subordinates were endless. He gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain and got up from the ground.
You must find a chance to counterattack or escape, otherwise you will be completely destroyed...
The steam armor still has power, but the armor's transmission device has been damaged.
He could only barely support himself with his battle ax, and he never let go of his weapon.
When he stood up, a figure stood in front of him.
"Heinrich!" The other party called out his name.
"Princess... Your Highness?" Heinrich raised his face and responded while gasping, "You actually got together with that red dragon?"
He already roughly understood what was going on, but he didn't know what went wrong. , the red dragon not only did not kill the princess, but actually conspired with the princess, pretending to be a fight to bring them in, and then joined forces to fight back.
Her Royal Highness the Princess, who was pretending to be dead, suddenly took action and summoned the Holy Shield to block the fatal blow for the red dragon, which became the key to reversing the situation of the battle.
But Heinrich couldn't figure out how the princess persuaded an arrogant and violent red dragon.
"It's better than being with you bunch of betrayers." Zhenna stared at Heinrich and replied coldly.
The other party was once her mentor and has been her staff officer since she became a Paladin. For Zhenna, Heinrich has always been the most trustworthy elder and right-hand man.
Heinrich had nothing to say about this.
"Did the imperial sister instruct you to do this?" Zhenna asked, pointing her sword at Heinrich.
"Your Highness already has the answer in his mind, is there any need to ask?" Heinrich smiled bitterly and picked up his battle ax.
He shouted loudly, brandishing his battle ax and rushed towards Zhenna.
In the corner of the hall, the red dragon was slaughtering the last group of his subordinates. There was no hope of completing the mission. His only choice now was to fight his way out of the siege on his own.
Zhenna fought without hesitation with her sword, but was quickly suppressed by the experienced Heinrich.
Heinrich's offensive was like a storm, and he had to use all his strength to fight his way out.
"Hmm!" Zhenna frowned after resisting several heavy attacks. The pain in her back reminded her that her wound had opened again.
But after several rounds, the first person who couldn't hold on was Heinrich.
After being hit by the full force of the red dragon, his injuries were so severe that he could not be healed by the Holy Light Technique. He was already at the end of his strength.
With broken ribs, dragging the steam armor that could no longer be driven, and wielding such a heavy battle ax, he simply couldn't hold on for long.
Sensing that the opponent's movements had become sluggish, Zhenna seized the opportunity and took the initiative to step into the opponent's attack range at the risk of having her neck chopped off by a tomahawk. She lowered her body and dodged the horizontally swung axe, successfully bypassing it. The opponent's side.
"Drink!"
She swung her sword with all her strength and slashed the opponent's wrist. The strength of the steam armor was amazing, but the joints were still weak points.
This slash could not cut through the hand armor, but the blunt blow delivered was enough to break the wrist!
Heinrich groaned in pain and took off his weapon.
At the same time, Li Yuan bit the last knight to death and tossed his body near the two of them with a flick of his head.
Seeing this, the last trace of fighting spirit in Heinrich's eyes disappeared.
(End of chapter)