Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 346 When Destruction Comes

The sky and earth seemed to be filled with clouds of various colors, as if the dark sky was painted with colorful patterns.

Layer after layer of colorful dark clouds rose from the plains, then covered most of the sky.

At this moment, the soldiers of the noble legion on the Marino defense line actually felt a feeling of a dark cloud pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it.

Even the sunlight rising from the horizon could not penetrate the clouds and the layers of wings that covered the sky and the earth. One could only see the ferociously swinging tails of scorpion lions and the fiercely roaring heads of flying dragons among the dense tide of monsters.

Then there are the giant dragons and dragon legions that are even more terrifying than ferocious monsters like flying dragons and scorpion lions.

The moment these warriors of the noble legion saw the boundless air army surging around the floating wizard tower, even their brains almost crashed.

Many newly recruited soldiers of the noble legion could not even hold the weapons in their hands, and their originally cold leather armor was already soaked with urine.

It’s not because the wills of these soldiers are too weak, but because this scene has never happened in the world of Ekania.

So many giant dragons and flying dragons descended on a battlefield at the same time. This horrifying sight could only be seen in the distant First and Second Eras and in battlefields of plane wars.

Perhaps only in the bloody battlefields of the abyss and hell could this horrifying scene be easily reproduced.

Even the elite veterans in the noble legions didn't know where to aim the giant crossbows and heavy artillery in front of them.

At this moment, those elite archer corps were also hesitating whether they should face the endless army of monsters surging in from the sky.

It is better to shoot the deadly arrows in your hands at the terrifying monsters such as hill giants, frost giants, ancient ogres, and hobgoblins that are howling and running like they are on flat ground even on the slopes and ridges.

Once a legion-scale operation begins, what is the most important thing?
It's cooperation and discipline, which far outweighs any other factor.

The Golden Empire's legions can complete established orders and tactical objectives under the command of each commander, because the legion's subdivision of responsibilities and quality training have been integrated into their daily lives.

However, the Frost Giant Legion and the Multi-Armed Giant Legion did not have the same strict order as the Golden Empire's legion warriors from long-term training, so these giant legions were divided into two gentle slopes and charged upward.

Only the Golden Empire's army launched an attack on the small city wall under the City of Dorabi in a neatly arranged scattered formation.

Once this city wall is breached, the Empire's legions will do everything they can to blast down the gates of the city of Dorabi, and then cooperate with the legions in the sky and the legions outside through the internal passages in the city to quickly seize all the commanding heights, look down from above, and take control of the entire city of Dorabi.

It stands to reason that in such a somewhat chaotic situation, it would be extremely difficult for the coalition forces of the kings to achieve relatively close coordination.

However, the legions on land were unable to communicate and cooperate effectively during the war, but the legions in the sky could make corresponding judgments, decisions and actions based on the movements of the legions on land.

Because that is the terrifying army commanded by the Dragon Kings of the Golden Empire.

Behind each Dragon King of the Golden Empire are several or more giant dragons with the same scale color as the Dragon King. These giant dragons do not need much training, they only need to obey the will of the scale-colored Dragon King.

These dragons advanced forward, guarding the floating wizard towers on the high dome, and arranged themselves into a triangular wedge formation that was most suitable for dragon attack. They did not land within the range of the firepower of the City of Dorabbi and the Marino Line defense system.

The giant dragons just cast their cold and chilly gazes indifferently.

The bat-winged dragons commanded by Bartoli, the leader of the Golden Empire's Dragon Knights, are the fastest dragon species in the world of Ekania.

Under Bartoli's command, each captain of the Dragon Knights commanded at least hundreds of flying dragons. These flying dragons were not from the Empire, but were the flying dragons tamed and controlled by the cloud giants in the God-Forsaken Mountains.

Those scorpion lions had no commander, but very few of them broke away from the monster army and landed on their own to attack.

This huge air army seemed to be coming in dense and surging numbers, but they were unexpectedly calm.

Without orders from the Dragon King of the Golden Empire, these monster legions simply advanced and circled slowly in the air frantically, bringing unparalleled pressure to the soldiers of the noble legions on the city wall defense line.

The wind from the sky brought an extremely strong fishy smell and the scent of dragon blood into the air, making the soldiers of the noble legion suffer intensely.

The sword of Damocles hanging over your head is most intimidating when it has not yet fallen.

Even the griffin knights and giant eagle guards that took off from the griffin nest camp, as well as the flying dragon beast legions secretly bred by the southern nobles, only dared to hover within dozens of meters above the defense line and did not dare to launch an active attack.

As large, extraordinary magical beasts bred to be friendly to humans, these griffins and giant eagles are naturally unafraid of the majesty of most dragons, and dare to show their claws even when facing adult dragons.

However, the majesty of the Dragon Kings of the Golden Empire who commanded the dragon army made these griffins and giant eagles feel cowardly for the first time.

Until the rebukes and reminders from the noble high-ranking commanders and generals were heard, until the shrill horns of war were blown at the command points of each city defense section,

It was not until the spellcasting legions of the nobles raised up rays of magical light that swept through the defense arrays they were responsible for like a tide, and awakened the warriors who had temporarily lost their courage.

"Courage and tenacity!"

"Spiritual welling up!"

“Morale is high!”

One after another, magic spells that enhanced courage and fighting spirit and added buff effects lit up on the staffs of the noble spellcasting legion.

At the control point of each defense line, beams of light engraved with intricate runes lit up on the platforms built of solid granite, and surging magical elements were drawn from the magic sources and nodes in the Dorabi Mountains.

These spellcaster legions rely on the control of magic nodes, and on the control platform of magic nodes, they possess magic recovery capabilities and magic effectiveness and power far exceeding that of other mages of the same level.

This also allows the nobles' spellcasting corps to freely bless their own warriors with necessary spells at the beginning of the war.

And these fortresses and platforms built around magic nodes also demonstrate the exquisite magical knowledge possessed by the southern nobles.

The entire city of Dorabi is not covered by a magic defense barrier like the capital of the Golden Empire. Instead, it chooses to set up a separate defense energy barrier at the magic nodes in each fortress.

The advantage of this is that when a single fortress is breached, the transmission of the entire magic link cannot be destroyed, unless the enemy destroys the entire Marino Line of Defense.

Although there was no defense in Dorabi City, the entire city was under the control of the surrounding walls. Even if an adult dragon dared to land, it would be smashed to pieces by the defense system in an instant. Under the rebuke of the senior commanders stationed at the various fortress nodes of the noble legion, the legion soldiers of the entire defense line began to operate.

Because those giants, ogres, hobgoblins and monsters have already rushed into the striking range of the city defense line, and the speed of the attack is tending to be getting faster and faster.

"Ready to roll the logs and beat the stones, release!"

The crazy shouts of the commanders could be heard from various nodes.

Under the impact of death, the soldiers of the noble legion roared and lifted up the huge logs several meters thick and long placed in the city wall defense line, and pushed them out from the low section of the city at the pass.

There were also those new recruits who were responsible for using seesaw weapons to throw heavy, rough, angular and huge boulders down the tall city walls.

Rumble,
Huge logs and boulders rolled down from the high slope. Their huge size and heavy weight were not a fatal attack. Any giant on the plain could easily pick up these huge logs and boulders that required several humans to lift.

But with the blessing of potential energy, these ordinary things exerted unprecedented power at this moment, smashing the ogres and trolls who were unable to dodge into flat pieces, and directly pressing over or jumping on these monsters.

Even the hill giants who were hit by these logs and boulders would be knocked down the hillside by the huge potential energy and roll down, making it difficult to tell whether they were alive or dead.

"Stupid, stupid, stupid things like you, your brains are filled with wild dog shit,"

The clever giant commander who was selected by the low-ranking officers of the Golden Empire crouched down to avoid the huge rocks that were rolling and bouncing up the hillside, then stood up and chopped off the log whose surface had become tattered due to friction with an axe, roaring loudly.

"Those who can use those weak shit spells, use your weak powers. And those who want to resist head-on, can their heads and flesh be harder than stone?"

"Spread out, spread out, don't charge in a group! Watch where the rocks will fall in advance, be careful to dodge, follow me!"

Countless giants roared and launched a new attack.

"Archers, get ready, prepare to shoot!"

The commander of the noble legion on the city defense watched coldly, waved his hand, and arrows fell like rain. Many arrows were nailed on the wooden shields in the hands of the giants and monsters, and some arrows were directly inserted into the fragile necks of the monsters at tricky angles.

Buzz, buzz, buzz

One after another, the magical heavy artillery began to raise their heavy butts on the battlements of their own lines, aiming at the areas with the densest concentration of giants and monsters, and began to unleash the powerful power of heavy weapons of war.

The dragon kings of the empire in the sky looked at the city defense line, which was still indifferent. Most of the alchemical weapons, armor-piercing crossbows, the dwarf's "Wrath of Moradin", and various magical heavy artillery aimed at the sky, and the mage legions that were ready for battle, and then these dragon kings took action.

A look of complete indifference appeared on the ferocious face of the White Dragon King, Gmot. He issued his own orders, and Shen Long's words resounded in the sky.

"Prepare for the Golem Army to land and let it draw firepower for us!"

Then dozens of huge dragons began to descend from the sky under the control of dragon knights on their backs. When they were about to approach the maximum range of anti-aircraft weapons and magic attacks of the mage legion, these huge dragons were gently restrained by their knights.

Then these huge dragons let out deep roars, began to move forward, and then released the rock golems, steel-armored golems and various clay golems on their huge claws at the predetermined positions.

The nobles' Griffin Knight Legion, Giant Eagle Guards, and Dragon Knights quickly rose into the air with roars, trying to disrupt the tactical goals of these dragons.

But the leader of the Dragon Knights, Bartoli, issued her own orders, and the long-furious dragons and scorpion lions began to swoop down and quickly entangled with the noble air combat corps that took off.

Then the golems began to fall down.

Although these golems can play a huge role in sieges and protect against many attacks, they are just sitting ducks on the hillside and cannot compete with elite legions for airdrops, so they can only rely on the empire's dragon species for aerial delivery.

Some golems fell on the hillside outside the city defense, while some fell directly on the city defense line.

There are different types of magic shields in the world, including spell barriers, energy shields, and worldly barriers. Although the spells of these shields are all intended to protect the caster.

But each shield spell has a different focus.

Some spell shields focus more on physical defense, while some spell barriers focus more on the protection of magic and energy. It depends on the caster's choice based on the target he is targeting.

But in such a large-scale legion-level battle, almost all constructed spell protection focuses on elemental magic energy protection.

Because in legion-scale battles, the spellcaster's spell strikes are the most deadly.

But even with the targeted protective barriers that focused on energy and magic, these heavy golems that fell from the sky could not shake the seemingly thin layer of spell protection.

Only when the two gigantic city-breaking golems fell did the magic barrier with magic nodes supporting energy output shake to create tiny ripples.

Under the pressure brought by these huge golems, the mage legions finally took action again, using various magic to trap the golems that were wreaking havoc on the defense lines, or directly using magic detection to attack the core of these golems and the heroic spirits that controlled the golems.

boom,
The city-breaking golem wreaked havoc on the city defenses, directly trampling to death several soldiers of the noble legion.

However, the energy shield on the surface of this city-breaking golem was shaking layer by layer. It completely ignored the enemies attacking it and the spells being cast, and instead aimed its gun at the shield.

The war mastermind unlocked all the power of the golem, allowing the attack power of this city-breaking golem to exceed the overload range, emitting a bright light, and then in a brief moment, breaking through the spell barrier defense of a node.

"It's our turn to take action," the female red dragon Clenaya roared deeply. The dragons understood the Red Scale King's meaning and uttered ancient dragon language.

The attack of the golem army tested the strength of these spell barriers, allowing all the dragons to understand what kind of power is needed to break through the spell barriers.

Just like the knowledge in the dragon's inheritance, fighting is to calmly find the enemy's weaknesses and then defeat the enemy.

So the Golden Empire's dragon army began to pounce towards their targets under the leadership of the Dragon King. The targets that each dragon king needed to break through were the crucial commanding heights on the city's defense lines.

Behind these dragon legions, more than a dozen floating wizard towers quickly allocated the targets they needed to solve through the connection with the intelligent main brain, and began to slowly sink towards their target points under the cover of the flying dragon legions.

When beams of teleportation airdrops shone on the fortress on the wall of Dorabi, the wrath of the dragon and the destruction of the legion soldiers came at the same time!
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