Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 363: Ten Thousand Dragons
The winter climate is very unbearable, at least for ordinary people. A worn-out sheepskin coat is a treasure for many ordinary people to survive the winter.

Qiao Luo tremblingly lit the charcoal in the brazier and carefully burned the charcoal until it was hot. Only then did he feel that his thin old sheepskin coat was locking his pitiful temperature in his body.

After warming up his hands that were frozen stiff by the damp and cold weather, Qiao Luo slowly opened the door of the small station. The cold wind outside made Qiao Luo shiver, and the 56-year-old old man could not help but curse out loud.

"Shitty weather, just as disgusting as those shitty nobles, and those shitty monsters in the north,"

Qiao Luo spat, and the saliva splashed at the feet of three middle-aged men dressed as hunters who were coming towards him.

The three middle-aged men burst into laughter. One of them, the one with a curly beard, laughed loudly and said, "Old Qiao Luo, you don't have to be so enthusiastic if you want to welcome us."

"All resources are in short supply right now. Your spit is worth a glass of water!"

"Haha, those nobles are still having a big banquet in their castles and mansions. The amount of wine and drinks they spend every day is enough for me, Qiao Luo, to swim in."

Old Qiao Luo responded to the middle-aged man's words in a sarcastic tone while welcoming several guests in.

This run-down and leaky little station is located in a valley that is often sheltered from the wind. It is surrounded by lush green hills and has few houses. It is about twenty miles away from the capital of the Kingdom of Koria and can be said to be a sparsely populated area.

It is not very convenient to do anything in such a place. Life is difficult, not to mention doing business here. Even the stupidest people would not choose to spend a penny here.

But it's different now.

This small station, which was originally built by hunters and woodcutters in the mountains to store emergency supplies and a few daily necessities, is now one of the most popular places for ordinary people on the outskirts of the capital of Koria.

For the people of the Kingdom of Kolia, the wars launched by the northern kings were actually quite far away, at least a few months ago.

But no one expected that the war lasted only a month and a half, which was not even enough time for ordinary humans to walk back and forth over that distance, and the threat from the northern dragons and kings was already imminent.

It took the Northern Golden Empire and the central allied forces of giants and elves just one day to break through the so-called indestructible defense line.

Then they crushed the resistance of several countries along the way and rushed into the border of the Kingdom of Coria with great momentum. Countless legion soldiers were stationed on the great plains of the Kingdom of Coria and approached the city of Ella.

Those big villains and evil dragons that only occasionally appear in ordinary people's stories and legends are now flying in groups in the sky, looking down at the prey on the earth with scorching eyes, thirsty for blood and flesh.

Those evil giants that had almost disappeared were like weeds that suddenly grew out of the soil in spring. They gathered together in the thousands, wanting to destroy the order and everything in the civilized world of human beings.

Even the elves, who always play positive supporting roles in the story and highlight the bravery and beauty of mankind, have joined the evil camp and want to trample on the human kingdom.

Such a terrifying sense of shock and oppressive impact made everyone in the Kingdom of Koria feel like it was a horrible nightmare, unbelievable and unreal.

During this period, countless people in the capital of Koria used carts and skinny animals to carry their belongings, which could be counted at a glance, and tried to escape from the capital to the outside of the city.

In past wars, ordinary people always hoped that they could be protected by a city surrounded by solid walls, but in this war, these ordinary people just wanted to escape to the corners at the foot of the mountain outside the city.

Not only the common people, but also many high-ranking nobles and some bureaucrats secretly sent their blood relatives and descendants to other places, hoping to escape from the capital of Koria, a city that was perhaps destined to be destroyed and occupied.

Although the common people do not have noble births or receive a good education, they are not stupid in many cases.

However, the day after a large number of people fled, King Kolia issued a strict ban, restricting the people of the capital from leaving.

Without the consent of some city defense bureaucrats, even the big businessmen and people in the chamber of commerce who were considered to be well-connected by ordinary people could not leave the capital of Coria.

No matter which country it is, those children from ordinary families are the best soldiers, and those children from ordinary families who are tied up are also the most suitable reserve soldiers.

That’s why people like Lao Qiao Luo exist.

Cats have their own ways, mice have their own ways, and Old Qiao Luo is just an insignificant link in this mouse path.

"Is there anything to eat? Old Qiao Luo, please give us three brothers some. We have been hiding under a vehicle transporting supplies out of the city for two days and one night. Now we can even eat two kilograms of tree bark."

The oldest man greeted his brother and asked him to sit down on the worn-out chair. He rubbed his hands around the bright yellow charcoal fire. The chair under his butt creaked as he shook his legs.

Old Qiao Luo returned to the narrow counter and in just a few minutes he whipped out three bowls of "food" whose colors were difficult to distinguish. The mushy "food" looked like all kinds of fine ingredients were mashed up and then mixed with some cold water. Even the step of cooking it over charcoal fire was omitted.

The youngest man took the bowl handed to him by Old Qiao Luo, took a big bite and couldn't help spitting it out.

"Pooh, pooh, pooh,"

The young man's eyes turned red from the smell. He coughed and said, "What the hell is this, Old Qiao Luo? Even the snot of a sea monster tastes several times better than what you sell!"

Old Qiao Luo rolled his eyes and glared at the young man, then took out a worn wooden bowl, squatted on the ground, and dug the "food" that the young man vomited into it bit by bit. The dust on the ground also mixed with the sticky "food" to become the same color.

"It would be nice to have something to eat now,"

Old Qiao Luo took the 'food' in the wooden bowl back to the cabinet and muttered, "Even if those wealthy people come to my place, the food they eat is not much better than yours. At most, I just add a pinch of coarse salt for them."

The young man's face turned green. He looked at the food in the bowl. The color was not much different from what Old Qiao Luo brought back.

He couldn't help but complain, "I don't know what's wrong with these bastard nobles. Why do they have to provoke those northern monsters?"

"Well, we didn't get to enjoy what the nobles enjoyed, but all the troubles caused by the nobles were blamed on us ordinary people."

The oldest man swallowed the food in his mouth with a dark face, and then he said vaguely: "Those nobles are of course damned, but those monsters in the north are not good things either, especially the Golden Empire ruled by the colorful dragons. Relying on the strength of their own country, many merchants came here to steal our jobs..."

Rumble,
Before the older man finished speaking, he felt as if the sky outside had suddenly darkened, and then there was a strong wind and sonic boom that was strong enough to break the eardrums. Then there was an uncontrollable instinctive panic that surged up in the hearts of everyone in this small station, reaching their limbs and bones.

It's like an ordinary person standing on the beach facing huge waves hundreds of meters above the sea surface and feeling uncontrollable fear, but these people don't need to see the huge waves coming, their souls can feel it.

boom,
Amid the loud noise, the entire thatched and wooden roof of the station was instantly blown away by the huge wind force.

The few people whose eardrums had been shattered could no longer hear the violent sound, but they could imagine it.

They were huge dragons, flying dragons, and magic dragons that were so huge that mortals could hardly measure them. They swept across the sky, blocking out the source of light in winter - the sun. Every time the huge wings flapped, you could see the shadow of the wind flowing in the air, which was almost visible.

Wherever the huge bodies of the giant dragons flying through the air passed, even the dense forests on the green hills were separated to the sides by the wind and waves caused by the flapping of their giant wings.

In ancient times, there was a legendary saint who parted the waves of the sea to reveal the land beneath the sea, but today, a group of dragons are flying across the sky, parting the green waves everywhere on the earth.

In the eyes of these people, it seemed that the mountains were shaken and twisted by such a terrifying momentum.

Even though they were in mid-air, the lingering fishy smell and strong scent of dragon blood enveloped the entire valley, making it impossible for them to even breathe deeply.

Not until the last trace of a flying dragon disappeared in the distant sky did these people, who were trembling unconsciously, come to their senses.

"That's a dragon!"

"Why did the dragon from the Northern Empire come here? Did all the cities in front of the capital of Kolia fall?"

No one could answer Lao Qiao Luo's words, and no one could hear the sound made by Lao Qiao Luo's lips moving.

The older man's face had turned pale as if transparent. He knelt on the ground and prayed in a low voice towards the dragon's receding figure, using words that only he knew: "Thank you for the dragon's mercy..."

But the dragon's mercy does not favor everyone.

A convoy drove two long lines of carriages along the Coria Avenue. The carriages were loaded with various daily necessities transported from nearby areas to the Coria capital.

During this period, in order to counter the threats from the northern kings, the entire capital of Koria was gathering countless daily necessities and military supplies from all over the place.

A mid-level officer led his warhorse and walked on the right side of the cavalry, while teams of soldiers drove horse-drawn carriages towards the capital of Koria.

The Kingdom of Koria no longer has the confidence and idea that the City of Ella and several cities on the front line can withstand the troops of the northern kings.

Because even those high-level principalities do not have the strength to build relevant magic defense systems for every city. Only a few extremely important cities can have a complete magic defense system.

This is because the magic defense system that can protect the entire city is not only expensive to build, but the magic materials needed for its construction are themselves a massive consumption, not to mention the wealth consumed in building the entire system.

Moreover, a complete magic defense system is not always infallible once it is built. Every year, the rulers of each country need to spend a lot of money to have spellcasters inspect and maintain the defense system to prevent loopholes and damage from occurring over a long period of time.

Therefore, the ruling royal family of the Kingdom of Coria could only hope to rely on the high walls of the capital of Coria to resist the attacks of the northern kings, relying on the most solid magic barrier system that was built by the Kingdom of Coria during its most prosperous period, which was once the northern border of Ekania.

Therefore, not only the city of Ella, but also the materials of several other frontline cities were forcibly confiscated and gathered in the capital of Coria. The hope was to use the abundant reserves of materials to consume the patience and strength of the northern kings as much as possible, and preferably to drag down the offensive of the northern kings.

But such thoughts have nothing to do with this mid-level officer, he only cares about himself now.

As a member of the material circulation system who holds some power, he is also a link in the "rat path".

As long as they were paid, he could bring those who wanted to escape from the capital of Koria out safely.

When he was calculating how many gold coins he should get in the next few days, his extraordinary intuition made him suddenly raise his head.

The entire sky at the other end of the sky seemed to be the most dazzling fire cloud in the evening, with layers of clouds dyed all scarlet.

The most terrifying aura was like a meteor streaking across the sky, with a tail of fire burning, rushing towards him.

Yes, even though the terrifying figure was still high above the sky, the officer still subconsciously felt that he would be smashed head-on by the waves rolling like the sea tide.

In the long queue of carriages, the long-tamed and docile war horses and pack horses suddenly seemed to awaken their wildness that had run on the grassland hundreds of years ago, and they howled wildly, trying to break free from the restraints and confinement of the reins and carriages.

A few mad pack horses even started galloping towards the woods outside the road, pulling the heavy loads that forced them to walk forward step by step.

In fact, it has been proven that the wild instincts of animals are far more trustworthy than human intuition in most cases.

The terrifying meteor that swept across the sky disappeared from the eyes of the stunned soldiers, but the bloody wind swept across the entire convoy.

Some people wanted to escape, but they could not escape the scythe of death.

All of them were swallowed up by the fishy wind in an instant, leaving only scattered debris on the ground.

It would be very difficult to ask giant dragons, flying dragons, and dragon beasts to restrain themselves and control their own desires.

But it is very simple to make these monsters release their desire to kill, all it takes is a slight nod from Caron.

But these innocent fighters are just footnotes.

In the winter of the fifteenth year of the Dragon Calendar, the Dragon Emperor of the Golden Empire, Kalon Gogmora, personally commanded all the dragons and knocked on the gates of the capital of Koria!
(End of this chapter)