Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 354 Imperial Assassin's Court

In the winter of the fifteenth year of the Dragon Calendar, in the middle of the northern continent of Ekania, in the hilly area far away from the city of Ella.

The tents growing on the ground are like terrifying bulges growing on the land, forming a continuous but orderly camp.

Floating wizard towers painted gray and blue are quietly dormant above the huge camp. The power cores used by these earliest built floating wizard towers come from a simple version of the magic element pool.

Although the technology is not yet complete and is not enough to supply powerful ground-to-ground weapons, the elemental magic energy extracted from the magic element pool every day is enough to support these floating magician towers to float forever in areas with sufficient elemental magic without falling.

These floating wizard towers also became the best lookout and warning facilities for the Golden Empire and the coalition of kings in the central battlefield. They were always under the detection and scanning of the magic mastermind to isolate most of the secret infiltration of shadows and magic forces.

The reason why I say most of them is simply because in the world of magic, there are always some magical spells that have powers that are difficult to measure with common sense.

Just like some weak creatures using targeted spells can cause damage and trouble to the giant dragon in the sky, some creatures that seem far inferior to the gods can also use some magical spells to influence the seemingly omnipotent gods.

There are also many tall wooden watchtowers on the ground that serve as the gate guarding facilities of the huge camp. Occasionally, dragons and giants appear on these watchtowers. Standing on the watchtowers, you can look far to the south.

The temporary circular front formed by the Golden Empire, the God-Forsaken Mountains, the Frost Giants and the Elf Kingdom is located here. It is the most advanced city of the Kingdom of Coria, in the hilly plain area before the city of Ella. Every move of the city of Ella can be observed from here.

The frontal defense lines of the Principalities of Malino, Damietta and Rosetta were breached. Among the three high principalities that had been destroyed at the beginning, more than ten cities still intended to stubbornly resist the pressure from the northern kings.

But after the northern kings obtained the captured materials from the noble alliance, they launched a reckless attack and bombing, and the rest of the cities almost surrendered. Although those small nobles cherished their power and territory, they valued their lives more.

After wiping out the Principality of Marino, the Golden Empire moved straight southwards in the central frontal battlefield against the giants and elves, and in the following half month, it successively wiped out three great nobles who intended to resist.

But unlike the central battlefield which has the strength of the Golden Empire and the Giants, even if the Golden Empire removes the dragon army and the Gogmora dragon group in the sky, its overall national strength is far superior to those of the great nobles.

Whether in terms of the degree of armament and firepower of the legionnaires or the basic quality of the soldiers, they are many times superior to those territories ruled by the nobles. Moreover, the resource conversion rate of the Golden Empire can also allow the empire to have sufficient reserves of war materials to support the empire's wars.

Most of those noble legions could not compare with the legions of the Golden Empire. The main combat legions of the Golden Empire were all fully armored and equipped with sharp weapons.

Those noble light-armored regiments had to spend a lot of effort and skills to break through the Golden Empire's legion armor, while the Golden Empire's legion soldiers often only needed a simple and fatal blow to kill people.

Even though the nobles no longer dared to preserve their own strength under the attack of the kings, the armor and weapons issued to the soldiers of both sides were not of the same quality at all.

Putting aside high-end war weapons such as the Golem Legion, Floating Mage Towers, and Magic Heavy Artillery, the Golden Empire's large-scale production of products has always been ahead of other aristocratic countries in terms of conventional legion equipment.

However, even so, as the battle line lengthened, the time required for the circulation of logistical supplies began to gradually lengthen. This problem also existed in the world of Kalon Gogmora's previous life.

Moreover, in this era when transportation is not particularly convenient, the only difference between the two sides lies in whether the gap in logistical supplies is big or small.

The armies of the Golden Empire and the Giant Elves stayed here, on the one hand, waiting for the subsequent supply delivery, in order to use sufficient firepower to capture the layers of defense and cities of the southern nobles. The amount of war supplies spent was almost incalculable.

However, thanks to this war of external expansion, the national military factories and private material production factories within the Golden Empire are now flooded with orders, and the steam machines and magic machines on the production lines in the production workshops have almost never stopped running.

The wealth looted from the territories ruled by the Southern Aristocratic Alliance was transported to the Golden Empire in batches by the Empire's standing legions of goblins and ogres to serve as funds for these military equipment and supplies orders.

This almost primitive and bloody circulation of capital plunder and accumulation allowed the Golden Empire's manufacturing industries to begin to expand explosively, even far surpassing the prosperity during the plane war period.

Because there are not only orders from the Golden Empire Legion, but also orders for military equipment and supplies from other kings. Although the Alliance of Kings is unprecedentedly united at present, the Golden Empire has no obligation to assist these kings.

It seems that the Golden Empire gave up almost all the benefits in the division of interests among the alliance of kings, but under the operation of the Empire's think tank, it can only be said that the Golden Empire "did not lose out".

These destroyed noble families in the Southern Noble Alliance have been cultivating and building their respective territories for hundreds and thousands of years, accumulating wealth that even the Dragon Kings of the Golden Empire would be envious of.

However, after a brief statistical division, these riches flowed into the Golden Empire in the form of orders before they passed through the hands of the kings.

With such a huge amount of wealth to appeal to, the people of the Golden Empire are now warlike by nature. The originally brave golden people are now more like a bunch of war criminals supporting the empire's wars of conquest.

However, although the coalition forces of the other kings on the eastern and western fronts could not be easily stopped by those nobles, the overall strength of the kingdoms of the other kings was not as good as that of the Golden Empire, which also led to their consumption of more military equipment and supplies than the Golden Empire needed.

Therefore, the orcs in the east and west and the legions of the Hobbes Empire, Dark Elves, and Dark Nest were much slower in attacking cities than the Four Kings' Allied Forces in the middle.

The coalition forces of the four kings in the middle are here because they are waiting for the advancement of the other two fronts in the east and west. It also allows the soldiers who have been fighting continuously to take a slightly longer rest so that the legion can exert a stronger combat effectiveness.

Although the central front can continue to break through until it faces strong resistance, the victory of the Alliance of Northern Kings can now be almost a steady advance.

Karon Gogmora would not let the entire central front line find any flaws due to some urgent factors, allowing the remaining dozen or so aristocratic kingdoms of the Southern Noble Alliance, which were already on the verge of desperate situations, to find any loopholes.

He plans before he acts. Kalon Gogmora is not good at war, but he is good at how to win.

The coalition forces of the four kings in the middle will wait here to wipe out the Principality of Modil and the Kingdom of Yashi on the east and west fronts, and then meet here to coordinate the allocation of materials and the integration of strategic goals.

The Kingdom of Koria that the coalition of four kings faced on the central front was not simple either. Before the rise of the Golden Empire, this country was the only country in the entire northern continent with the title of kingdom besides the Hobis Empire.

The current territory of the Kingdom of Coria is not very large, not even half the size of the Principality of Marino.

The number of people ruled by the Kingdom of Koria is not large in the aristocratic alliance, with only 800,000 people in the entire country.

But the other two strongest high duchies in the Southern Noble Alliance, the Glowing Duchies and the Nyarras Duchies, were once subordinate to the Kingdom of Coria and belonged to the former core territory of the Kingdom of Coria. The deeds of the three kingdoms of Coria, Glowing Duchies and Nyarras Duchies were not rare. If we use the words of Karon Gogmora to describe it, it was just another story of "Three Families Dividing Jin".

But although the Kingdom of Coria is the smallest in size among the three divided kingdoms, with not much territory and troops, what force has prevented the Kingdom of Coria from being annexed by the Principality of Glow and the Principality of Nyarras?

Is it the human relationships among the nobles, or the geopolitics between the noble countries?
Kalon didn't know that the Golden Empire's 'Eye of the Raven', as the earliest intelligence system laid out, had not touched upon the deep-seated secrets of this country during its more than ten years of infiltration and distribution.

After all, the relationships between the countries in the world of Ekania are too complicated, and the current intelligence chief of the 'Eye of the Crow', the former unlucky female assassin Sally, has not concentrated the power of the 'Eye of the Crow' in this small country.

There is no harm in being cautious, especially in state affairs.

But today, as peaceful as usual, this secret may be revealed to the four kings.

A few people with grim faces slowly walked over on the plain in the distance from the camp. They passed through the twisted path of death between the hills on the plain without causing any warning or stopping from any rangers or flying dragon sentinels of the Four Kings Alliance.

Because that is the dragon in the Golden Empire.

The Gray Dragon Nalo and the Gray Dragon Naka are the leaders of these "people" and the first members of the Golden Empire Assassin's Court. The two gray dragons who are proficient in dark forces and hidden assassination techniques are also the first grand mentors after the establishment of the Assassin's Court.

Although the two gray dragons are currently serving as punishment for the Empire, because they once bore the blood of many people in the Dragon Madness Rebellion, the two dragons had an indelible mark left on their cheeks by the Imperial Emperor Karon Gogmora himself.

But after waking up, the two gray dragons had already sworn an oath, with their own true blood as proof, that if they could not embark on their own paths like the dragons in the Gogmora dragon group, these two gray dragons would always serve the Golden Empire on a voluntary basis.

The Golden Empire Inquisition operates within the empire, while the Assassin's Court established in this war, led by two adult gray dragons, is aimed at individual forces from the outside world and is used to deal with those who hinder the interests of the empire and undermine the empire's goals.

The gray dragons Naka and Nalo, along with several black dragons and brown dragons who also had potential in the dark forces of shadow and liked to fight by stealth and assassination, passed through the avenue that was crawling like slugs.

Such traces were left by the trampling of thousands of cavalry, ferocious creatures, monsters and giants, and there were also bloodstains that had turned into dark red solid.

Many of the great nobles who were defeated by the four kings fled and escaped into the Kingdom of Kolia, but more nobles and the legions they commanded were trampled to death on this avenue.

On the muddy road like the shallow layer of a swamp, scattered bones and skulls could still be vaguely seen, just like the series of skulls hanging around the waists of the gray dragon Naka, Nalo and several giant dragons when they transformed into humanoid forms.

He will die with his eyes open, filled with fear, terror and regret!
These are the main members who escaped from the great noble families that were destroyed by the Golden Empire and the kings, or some family members with great noble blood.

The head of a middle-aged man hanging on the waist of the gray dragon Naka is the hidden strong man of the previous generation in the family of Grand Duke Loen of Marino. He is the second person in the Principality of Marino who can secretly use the family's inherited armor and sword to fight against ordinary legendary forces.

However, not only did Grand Duke Marino perish along with the entire principality, but the holy weapon once inherited by the Grand Duke's family was also shattered by a single punch from the multi-armed giant Moges.

This meant that even the strongest man at the top of the sanctuary could not escape the sleepless hunting of the two giant dragons, the gray dragon Naka and Nalo, and he was eventually successfully assassinated in the city of Ella in the Kingdom of Koria.

The dragons' almost inexhaustible energy makes them the nightmare of countless races once they become deadly assassins.

The Golden Empire Assassination Court led by the gray dragons Naka and Nalo also gained fame in the past few months, causing many nobles in the south to feel insecure and fall into fear.

Those nobles were so scared that they even actively recruited armed personnel who were good at countering assassinations in civilized countries in other continents, in order to prevent themselves from being killed by a few assassin dragons before being crushed by the armies of the kings.

In addition to this dead powerful man from the Holy Land, hanging around the waists of these giant dragons were also people who were sent by the destroyed noble families to seek help from other noble territories.

Some of them were even family servants, waiters, and recruits who were only loyal to the nobles who were overthrown by the kings.

Regardless of gender, age or status!

This may be cruel, but this is the effect that the Golden Empire must achieve. Only dripping blood can the Golden Empire bring those nobles fear that they cannot escape.

When killing someone, you must destroy their heart, because dragons hold grudges!
Two gray dragons entered the camp with their men. The huge camp was actually no different from the multi-racial cities within the Golden Empire, so these dragons always felt that there was an atmosphere similar to "home" when they entered the camp.

The guarding soldiers huddled in their thick cotton coats and checked the passes of several giant dragons that had transformed into human forms before shouting loudly to let them pass.

The temperature in the south of the North is not actually that cold, but when the humid and mild climate turns into a relatively cold climate in winter, the frost giants who are accustomed to being blown by the dry and cold wind on the frozen frost plains also feel as if the bones in their bodies are being scraped out by an icy knife.

This is the cold of magic, the frost giants said.

However, such weather was not a problem for the dragons. On their way to the huge royal tent in the center of the camp, the gray dragons Naro and Naka saw what might be the only Behemoth left in the world of Ekania.

"Your Highness Achilles, where are you going in such a hurry?" The gray dragon Naro took the initiative to greet the Behemoth that was running hurriedly in the camp.

The new generation of dragon cubs, dragons and Behemoths of the Golden Empire are all given the title of "Your Highness" by the outside world and the subordinates of the empire. This is an honorable status enjoyed by all dragon cubs and does not represent any power.

Although no one knows why the Emperor of the Empire, Kalon Gogmora, did this and guided the public opinion of the outside world, no one doubted the wisdom of this dragon. After all, it has been tested.

"Ah, it's Lord Naro, Lord Naka," the blond Behemoth was very polite. The little golden-haired guy whose animal nature had been sealed was now somewhat like those well-behaved students among humans.

"Those dragon cubs are fighting. I have to go check on these clueless guys!"

Several dragons laughed at the same time. Their cold faces softened instantly. They said goodbye to the Behemoth with a smile and then turned to walk towards the emperor's tent.

(End of this chapter)