Chapter 195 Another Queen who is not inferior to Calanthe.
"You slackers, get moving!"
Hearing the horn for help, the nearest Kaedwen officer immediately shouted at his soldiers to attack.
But these lax soldiers were still drinking and having fun just now. Although order was quickly restored, it was obviously still some time before they could fight.
Lan En stared at the small black dot in the sky for a while, and suddenly showed a look of joy.
"Let's go first!"
Earl Lannister made a prompt decision and led his team of witchers and cavalry to rush towards the place where the call for help was issued, leaving behind him the Kaedwin officer who was yelling at the disastrous performance of his troops. .
The sound of the horn was not far from the entrance of the camp, and Lann and his subordinates soon approached the troops asking for help.
The reason why Lan ran out so hurriedly was for one purpose - to grab monsters and gain the right to distribute the spoils.
The things flying in the sky are not monsters in his eyes, but bottles of decoction.
The two monsters seemed to be a pair of partners, working together in perfect harmony. Their appearance looks like some kind of legendary creature called "dragon", but they look smaller, with a body length of only about four meters, about the same as a griffon.
At the same time, they have extremely degenerated wing-like forelimbs. The scales on their body surface are thin and broken. In many places, their tough skin is directly exposed. Their screams are hoarse and unpleasant.
They look more like winged lizards than dragons.
They have inverted spikes on the upper end of their noses and ears, and there are even larger horny protrusions like butcher knives on their tails. Just when Lann and the others were dozens of steps away from here, they saw that the tail blade easily shattered an oak shield when its master dived and threw it.
[Genus of dragon-like creatures]——Fork-tailed dragon.
Few people know what a dragon really looks like, after all, those who have seen one up close are unlikely to live to tell anyone else. Therefore, some people always mistake other monsters for dragons, such as the fork-tailed "dragon" in front of them.
For this kind of large lizard with wings, people give them the name "dragon-like".
The Forgosaurus is named for its deadly tail, but this creature is clearly far from a true giant dragon. An experienced witcher with sufficient preparation is enough to kill it alone, and a team of well-trained archers is enough to suppress, drive away, and even kill them.
The troop in front of him was larger than Lann's, probably close to a hundred people, including a dozen genuine knights.
Just two fork-tailed dragons would never be able to make such an army blow the horn for help. And the fact is just as Lann expected, in addition to the fork-tailed dragon, the troops on the ground are still fighting a group of monsters the size of teenagers.
These monsters look like skinned humans, with hideous and ugly faces, thick hands and feet with sharp claws, and almost no necks. Some of them stand on all fours like cats, while others with shorter claws stand on two legs.
[Ghoul Creatures] - Ghouls, Rotting Demons.
The four-legged ones are ghouls, and the two-legged ones are carrion demons. You can guess their habits based on their names.
Ghouls have similar combat capabilities to water ghosts. The only difference is that one is on the ground and the other is in the water. The rotting demon is a little bit special -
"For the queen!" A knight shouted his belief, urging the horse to use his lance to stab through a rotting demon that was as fast as the horse.
However, just when the brave knight wanted to turn the gun head towards the next target, he saw the carrion demon pierced on the lance like rotten flesh suddenly twitched and shook, and then - "Bang",
exploded .
Knowledge Point 1: After killing the Scavenger, he will immediately move away. If he looks at it again, it will explode.
The knight who was hit screamed, and the horse under his crotch also screamed and fell to the ground. Ghouls immediately surrounded him and buried him.
The iron can-like armor bought the knight a little time, and immediately some infantrymen came forward to kill and drive away the monsters, and pulled him back. But after taking off the mask, they were surprised to find that the knight's face turned green and black, apparently poisoned.
Knowledge Point 2: The gas produced by the explosion of the Corruption Demon is poisonous.
"Stay away from those two-legged monsters, use bows and arrows!"
The commander shouted, and an archer immediately turned his arrows towards the rotten demon.
But this time created a gap for the fork-tailed dragon that was hovering in the air and being suppressed by the rain of arrows. A black shadow flashed, and immediately an archer's neck was cut in half by the dragon's tail.
Objectively speaking, a fully armed hundred-man team is enough to deal with these monsters, and even one more fork-tailed dragon will be no problem. But the human army has one biggest problem when facing monsters - inexperience.
Therefore, there will always be many more avoidable casualties, defeats, and even massacres.
Lann frowned as he watched all this. In addition to the wrong way the army faced monsters, he also discovered an additional problem: there should be no cooperation or even friendship between corpse-eating creatures and dragon-like creatures, attacking humans together. The troops went against their habits.
Even monsters have to be biological, right?
Just as he was thinking this, Lan saw another fork-tailed dragon in the sky swooping down to grab a rotting demon, and then fluttering its wings and lifting up to throw the rotting demon down.
There was a "bang" and then a "bang", as if a biological bomb had been dropped. The impact like an alchemical bomb and the pervading poisonous gas knocked down a few more unlucky ones.
Well, it seems that they are not cooperating. This is a three-way melee between unlucky humans, corpse-eating creatures, and fork-tailed dragons.
Although this dense distribution of monsters is also outrageous, it is much more reasonable than the pairwise cooperation that Lan had guessed before.
Several knights were protecting a woman wearing gold armor in the middle of the team. They were overjoyed when they saw a knight appearing at the end of the road; but then they were disappointed when they saw only one knight appeared.
Black Wind was so excited that with its excellent speed, it had already left Leisuo and the others behind.
"Don't come over to the knights in front. Go back and call for backup!"
Lann's speed became even faster: "I am Lann Lannister Leanne. Support will be here soon!"
The knight who shouted saw Lann's behavior. He was showing admiration and anxiety in his heart, while the woman being protected behind him suddenly thought thoughtfully:
"Lannister? The Lion of Cintra?"
"Gahsh——" in the sky When the Fork-tailed Dragon saw a human coming alone, its habit of attacking lone enemies first made it immediately lower its altitude and swoop over.
The other knights were shocked when they saw this, but they really didn't have the energy to come to support.
Lan En's eyes were filled with excitement. Just for you, the mutation-inducing substance and decoction of Astragalus!
Stretching forward with his left hand, he pinched out the mysterious seal. The fork-tailed dragon in the sky fell down with the overwhelming wind pressure, and its powerful long tail drove the sharp tail blade towards it at a speed that was difficult to discern with the naked eye.
[Alder's Seal]!
The stronger wind pressure immediately messed up the air in front of Lan's eyes. The monster gliding in front of Lan's eyes immediately twisted like a puppet with its strings cut off and fell to the ground.
"唏——"
Black Wind couldn't use the seal, but the violent wind it brought about when it ran wildly at this moment was no less than Lan En's Alder.
Collide!
Only an astonishing muffled sound was heard, like a full-speed chariot breaking through the roadblock, and the fork-tailed dragon flew into the circle of ghouls like a rag sandbag.
A giant beast in the air with a body length of more than four meters was defeated by a horse that was almost half its size. The visual impact of this scene was simply too great!
The knights protecting the queen looked at the horses under their crotches, and then at Black Wind.
This horse! Get the fork-tailed dragon! Collide! fly! Got it!
Who is this? What kind of horse is this?
"The Lion of Cintra." The woman protected by the knight chanted this name again, this time her tone changed.
There was also a fork-tailed dragon in the sky. Lan turned his left hand and took out a long bow.
The crossbow is easy to fire and is suitable for using Ashina's sword technique to attack the enemy during battle. But now that his hands are free, the traditional bow can more effectively bring out Lann's current archery skills and extraordinary strength.
This bow was the finest quality Lann procured from Novigrad and was produced in Zerikan. The handle of the bow is carefully made of mahogany, and the sleek bow blades are made of wood, whale bone and sinew. Standing almost as tall as Rann, it is the longest bow and has the largest poundage.
The "Gala La" sound that made people's heartstrings tremble slightly sounded when Lan opened his bow. After setting up a fine iron feather arrow, Lan adjusted his breathing slightly.
"Collapse", the bowstring roared loudly, a black shadow streaked across the sky, and the wing membrane of the fork-tailed dragon was pierced. The monster fell headlong, following in the footsteps of its companions.
It wasn't until this moment that the sound of an arrow piercing the air reached everyone's ears.
The ghouls and rotten demons in the melee immediately separated and pounced on the body of the fork-tailed dragon, greatly reducing the pressure on the team asking for help.
Lann gently knocked on the horse's belly to make Black Wind steady his body, and he kept drawing his bow and arrows, piercing through the ghouls and carrion monsters one after another.
The explosions of "bang" and "bang" mixed with the loud sound of solid bow strings were heard all of a sudden, which was more exciting than war drums.
The knights who were watching were about to take advantage of the victory and pursue the victory, but they heard Lan yelling at them: "Back off!"
"Back off?" The knights were puzzled. It was obviously a victory.
"Back off!" The woman they were protecting ordered firmly.
Immediately afterwards, Lann took out a clay pot from nowhere in the sight of everyone, and ignited a flame with his fingers.
With a "bang", [Honeycomb] crossed the battlefield with Lann's amazing arm strength.
With a "boom", the violent explosion far surpassed that of [Dragon Dream] and stung everyone's eardrums and eyes. The flames like a whirlwind spread out from the place where the bomb exploded, as if a real dragon was roaring at this moment.
Knowledge point 3: The gas produced by the explosion of the rotting demon is flammable and explosive.
At this moment, there were countless rotten demons dead on the battlefield, and the light green gas had already spread out.
More rotten demons were affected by the explosion, and then they were detonated one by one like firecrackers. The ghouls smoked like fireworks and flew out in all directions, and patted on the ground like rotten flesh.
The snake sect demon hunters and Lann's troops arrived belatedly at this time.
"Lesso, you and I will deal with the two fork-tailed dragons. Others are cleaning the battlefield and clearing out the ghouls." The
demon hunters drew their swords and nodded.
"Yes!" the attendants and soldiers responded loudly.
It is not flexible enough to ride a horse when facing large monsters. Lann landed and slapped the black wind to let him chase the ghoul like a whack-a-mole to play with himself.
The flames and smoke gradually dissipated, revealing two blood-stained fork-tailed dragons. Most of their scales had fallen off at the moment, their two wing membranes were in tatters, and one of them even had its proud tail blown off.
Lan En and any of the other demon hunters could fight such a monster alone, let alone five of them.
He suddenly pulled out the Lake Girl's Sword, and the golden light wrapped around the other four snake-headed swords and drew a silver arc in mid-air towards the fork-tailed dragon.
Lann first chose the larger Fork-tailed Dragon, and Kolgrim then followed up to cooperate with him; Letso, Oakes, and Seret chose the other smaller one in a tacit understanding.
Considering that he is in front of a human army, Lann even feels like he is playing an exhibition match now. He controlled his movement of casting the seal and just waved the sword, wanting to deliberately show off his martial prowess in front of his future allies.
With his current level of strength, it is indeed enough. A little troublesome at best.
The fork-tailed dragon in his hand rushed toward Lann. Even if the monster in the air landed, it was still something that should not be underestimated.
Lan flipped his left hand over, and this time he took out a crossbow.
Pulling the trigger lightly, the arrow shot out and pierced one of the Fork-tailed Dragon's eyes. Lan turned slightly sideways and passed the fork-tailed dragon that lost its balance in mid-air as if taking a leisurely stroll.
Kolgrim rolled on the ground, took advantage of every opportunity, swung his sword along the back leg of the fork-tailed dragon, and used the monster's own movements and strength to remove half of its foot.
The fork-tailed dragon roared in pain and struck at Kolgrim with its dangerous tail like a butcher knife.
With a flash of golden light, the sharp rune sword accurately bypassed the hard horny protrusions and slashed into the flesh, cutting off the dangerous tail.
Then Lann began to turn his body with the help of inertia, twisting and turning, and the long sword drew circles after circles in the air. The sword light mixed with blood flowed in and out of the fork-tailed dragon's body, causing it to lose its hind legs, left wing, and front wing until it could no longer move.
The knights who were watching did not know how many times they were dizzy and how many times they admired in their hearts. The person in front of me is dexterous yet full of power, elegant yet violent. This is the dance of death between swords and knights!
The fork-tailed dragon had no power to resist. On the one hand, it was due to the previous explosion and Lan's attack. On the other hand, half of its foot that was chopped off by Kolgrim had begun to bleed black blood.
This is a poison unique to the Snake Sect.
Slashing from the dragon's tail to its head, Lan finally stopped spinning, raised his rune sword high to the fork-tailed dragon's neck, and struck a blow that even a heavy ax couldn't strike.
With a "thud", the Fork-tailed Dragon's head fell to the ground.
Taking a slight breath, Lan looked around the battlefield.
There was no reason for the three snake sect demon hunters to overturn when dealing with the seriously injured Fork-tailed Dragon. The monster was already poisoned, and Leisuo was about to insert his long sword into the opponent's spine.
On the battlefield of ghouls, Black Wind was running like a chicken, and the knights had already begun to clean the battlefield.
Seeing Lan turn around and leave, two Cintra soldiers immediately stepped forward, skillfully took out a knife and inserted it into the body of the fork-tailed dragon. After tinkering for a while, they took out a ball of blue-green mutation-inducing substance. Stuffed into an alchemy pot.
With such a leader who likes to kill monsters and collect materials, the people below have also been trained.
The battle was over, and only then did Lan have time to look at the team asking for help.
Their identity is easy to identify, because the knights in battle all wear robes embroidered with heraldry.
This is a very strange coat of arms, split in half down the middle. The left half is the Leirian Eagle soaring in the yellow sky, and the right half is a red square with a white background.
It feels as if two coats of arms have been rubbed together.
Lann, who had studied heraldry, recognized this coat of arms. There was only one country in the entire North that would use this "fusion" coat of arms.
The United Kingdom of Lyria and Rivia is a country completely united by the marriage of King Reginald of Rivia and Princess Meve of Lyria.
Seeing Lan coming, Queen Miwe, who was protected by the knights, ordered her subordinates to get out of the way and face Lan.
In the North, Queen Meve is a strong woman like Calanthe. She is famous in the North for her keen insight, stunning beauty, and unparalleled courage.
It is said that her husband once wanted to please Mi Wei after his wedding. After soliciting the opinions of the ladies in the palace, he wanted to give his wife a gift to express his love. However, Miwei threw away the fine Ophir brocade one after another, threw the necklace inlaid with sapphires out of the window, and smashed the Kovir piano to pieces on the floor of the boudoir.
It wasn't until Reginald presented a set of carefully crafted gold-encrusted armor that Meve's heart melted.
Now, although King Reginald of Livia has died of illness, Queen Mevi has been crowned queen and maintains the rule of Livia with her amazing prestige. When the old king passed away and the situation was turbulent, she led many personal expeditions to repel the enemies, and eventually completely merged the two neighboring countries into a unique United Kingdom in the Second North.
If we really had to pick out the difference between her and Calanthe, it might be that she became famous a little later. When Calanthe won the battle, Meve was still in her boudoir waiting to be married.
But in the future, she may achieve more than Calanthe.
Just as Lann walked over, the Queen was also looking at Lann curiously. She had long been curious about Lann Lannister Rhianlen, who was rising in the north.
After witnessing Lann playing with the fork-tailed dragon, she sincerely sighed: "I have heard about the name of the Lion of Sintra for a long time, but today I learned that it is better to see than to hear." After
saying that, she looked back to see if she was dead or injured. Few soldiers.
The United Kingdom of Lyria and Rivia are also on the front line against Nilfgaard on the northern edge. In addition, they have to travel long distances, so Queen Meve does not bring many soldiers. I thought that there was no need to worry about the safety of the hundreds of troops in the northern territory, but I didn't expect that they suffered heavy damage when they approached the Haji Fortress.
Lann gave a slight salute: "I hope I arrived in time and did not scare the queen."
Miwei also returned the salute equally: "Thank you very much for your help. If it weren't for you, I don't know how many people I would have lost. "
It was only then that the clarion call for dispatching troops came from the direction of the fortress, which made Mi Wei grit her teeth.
(End of chapter)