Starfall 833, July 1st, late at night on the edge of the Naka Mountains in the far south.
Stars twinkled in the clear night sky over the northwest mountains, and the dry airflow from the east swept away all the floating clouds. The twin moons in the sky were emitting a striking silver brilliance, covering the earth with a thin veil.
With a slight buzz, a huge object streaked across the sky smoothly and quickly. It released fluctuations of magic power and cast a dim shadow on the hills on the edge of the mountains.
The floating battleship Gale has broken away from the Naka Mountains that connect the far south and western mountainous areas, and is moving step by step towards the distant sea further south.
And at the railing in front of it, there was a black-haired man looking down at the land.
"really not bad."
He said softly: "I never thought I could come here again."
Since everyone set out from the imperial capital eight days ago, they have experienced nine large-scale teleportations - the Southern Fortress Group, Luni Kong Island, Iron Mountain City, the Kingdom of Shia, the Kingdom of Sibor, the edge of the Central Black Forest, the Western Mountain Chamber of Commerce Alliance, the Great Hollow, and finally the Naka Mountain Fortress Group. At this point, they finally reached their destination, the far south.
Fifty percent or more of the land in the Far South is covered by dense jungles, which contain countless elven tribes and insect nests. Most of the homes of various strange creatures are located in them, not in the jungle. The grasslands and hills are the territory of the human kingdom. The two get along well with each other, and even have a common parliament to deal with each other's problems.
Joshua looked down at the dense jungles below him. He knew that behind the complicated branches and leaves of the trees, there must be countless eyes silently watching the floating battleship, including those of eagles and owls, and those of wild beasts. Naturally, there are humans and elves.
He was very aware of this familiar yet unfamiliar land.
Because this is where the warrior once struggled. In his previous life, he was in the jungle of the far south. He worked hard in various dungeons and missions alone, gradually gained fame, gathered many friends around him, and finally formed a large war Although he always complained that things like the war group were a waste of time, everyone knew that the warrior was just complaining. He was still very happy to have so many like-minded partners.
Now he can't wait to return to this land again.
"Sizz, sizzle, sizzle."
Behind Joshua, there was an electric noise, and a set of what could only be described as a huge armored figure nodded slightly, as if agreeing with what he said before.
Looking back, Joshua looked at the armored figure.
"Do you understand?"
Smiling and patting the opponent's breastplate, the warrior turned his head again and looked into the distance: "It seems that your intelligence is not as low as it appeared at the beginning, No. 1."
This huge armored humanoid, which is three meters tall, is the steel element No. 1 created by Joshua with the power of power a few days ago.
After several experiments by the mages on the ship in the past few days, a large amount of magic power has been absorbed, and the steel element, which is fused with many metals, has grown larger and larger, from more than two meters in height to three meters today. Third, it also imitated Joshua's magic armor and used a helmet to cover the weakness of his head. This huge body contained a far greater flow of magic power than before, and its power also changed from the original silver primary level to The middle level of silver is enough to compete with warriors who can release their fighting spirit.
In addition, Joshua also noticed that No. 1's wisdom became more and more mature as time went by.
This steel element, as his own dependent, seems to be born with the ability to understand many things that warriors know. It didn't respond when it was just born, just because it was a blank piece of paper at that time, and it had knowledge but could not use it. As the days passed, the meaningless noise of No. 1 began to have more meanings, and the steel element was able to understand human conversations.
Joshua did not continue to care about the changes in No. 1. In his opinion, it was a good thing that the steel element's intelligence and strength were getting stronger. Since it was a good thing, there was no need to pay too much attention to it.
And inside the ship.
The black-haired boy walked along the steel passage of the battleship. He walked through the corridor, climbed the stairs, then opened the door to the outside world, and came to the deck of the battleship.
Looking up, he saw the conspicuous figures of the warrior and the steel element. They stood at the railing at the front of the battleship and looked at the distant scenery. The black and red light patterns all over No. 1 were shining calmly, and Joshua But his back seemed to blend in with the black night sky.
"Wearing this black coat again...can't you change the color?"
Complaining in a low voice, Rin was already used to being surprised by his master's dress aesthetic. He looked around and found that his sister and half-dragon were nowhere to be found. It seemed that they were still resting in the room. Since Hei became smaller, Firefly seemed to have regained her old enthusiasm for taking care of the horses, and began to pester the half-dragon non-stop, almost non-stop in the past week.
"Owner!"
Shaking his head and putting aside his thoughts, the black-haired boy trotted towards the front of the airship. Joshua, who was wearing a black coat that Lin criticized as never changing, turned sideways. He smiled and nodded: "What, Rin, do you want to come and see the scenery too? The moonlight is indeed pretty tonight."
"No, Miss No. 3 just sent me a report on the situation in the territory this week."
Shaking his head slightly, the black-haired boy held a report filled with densely written small words in his hand, and asked hesitantly: "I think Master, you should want to take a look... Do you need it?"
"Of course."
Taking the report from Rin, he patted the black-haired boy's little head appreciatively. Joshua glanced at the complicated words on the report and suddenly understood.
"Have Brandon and Virdani come here and picked up their two children? What reward is left... Ha."
Blinking, the warrior said with some dissatisfaction: "Do you really think of me as a babysitter? Rin - tell Miss No. 3 to return all these rewards. If you want to express your gratitude, just wait until I get back and say it yourself." .”
Apart from that, there is actually nothing major. Brandon and Verdani have wiped out most of the cultists and dangerous monsters in the Moldavian territory, and Artanis and Loranda had already killed Moore before that. All the dangerous factors in Davia Territory have been eliminated, and with the care of No. 3, there are no problems in the entire territory.
Of course, No. 3 also complained in her report as to why she was not included in this operation. She also wanted to see the floating battleships in this world.
In fact, it's not impossible, but everyone has already reached the far south and it is impossible to return. Go over and pick up No. 3.
Returning the report to Rin, Joshua saw that the black-haired boy also wanted to see the far south, a land that was completely different from the north, so he asked No. 1 to put him on its shoulders, and at this moment, The soldier suddenly turned his head and looked towards the darkness at the end of his field of vision.
"It is indeed a dragon disaster."
He murmured to himself: "How long have we left the guarded area of Nake Fortress, and we are here so soon."
"——Woo! Woo! Woo!"
A few minutes later, the Gale sounded a sharp siren, and in the battleship's control room, rapid reports and responses followed one after another.
"There is a high magic reaction ahead!"
"Preliminarily proved to be a cluster of flying dragons, numbering one hundred and twenty-four!"
"Can it be avoided?"
"No, there are also flying dragons on the left. There are many of them."
As the most elite people in the empire, even those who were sent to pilot this floating battleship, these crew members were very calm in the face of today's abnormal situation. They calmly informed each other of intelligence, and passed the results up to the captain. hands.
"A total of two hundred and twelve crazy flying dragons."
After pondering for a while, the middle-aged captain with a strand of white hair on his temples whispered: "It's not much."
"Only two hundred and twelve crazy flying dragons."
Similarly, on the deck, Joshua read out the number of flying dragon clusters in the distance. He shook his head and looked a little disappointed: "The appetizers don't even count."
The thought of returning to the ship first did not even cross the warrior's mind. He was still standing at the front of the Gale, looking into the distance.
"Owner!"
Behind him, there was the sound of the silver-haired girl's hurried footsteps again, and her slightly excited shout: "I heard the siren - are you ready to start fighting?"
Behind Yingying followed a group of giant black horses, with a silver pendant hanging on its chest. Even though Yingying was reduced in size by the shape-shifting pendant, Yingying still looked a little listless. After eight consecutive days of living in the air, it had somewhat adapted to it. Although it was high in the sky, the half-dragon could not completely get rid of seasickness.
One Divine Machine and One Dragon quickly ran to the warrior. The silver-haired girl hugged Joshua's waist neatly. She raised her head and asked expectantly: "Do you want to take action?"
"Ho ho." Hei Ye shouted several times at the same time, a glimmer of light flashing in the golden dragon's eyes.
"of course not."
Faced with two pairs of expectant eyes, Joshua shook his head decisively and replied seriously: "Too few."
"Obviously quite a lot..."
Being rejected so bluntly, Yingying silently let go of her hand holding Joshua's waist, turned around and hugged Hei's neck. She said with some reluctance: "These are more than two hundred flying dragons."
"Hoho." Heiye, who was hugged, nodded in agreement.
"maybe."
Nodding unequivocally, Joshua said calmly: "If I were still at the gold level, even if I were a high-level gold level, these two hundred flying dragons would still be worth my while - but I am already at my limit now. These flying dragons in front of me But there isn’t even a gold-level leader.”
Having said this, the warrior shook his head and said: "Let the battleships do the massacre. Those mages want to collect combat data but they are crazy. They will be more active than us. Firefly, just stay here Just look here.”
After saying that, Joshua picked up the silver-haired girl by the waist, and then placed her on the shoulders of No. 1, who was leaning slightly, just right, right next to Rin.
"I really want to see what this battleship that belongs to me is capable of."
At this time, a translucent light curtain appeared in front of Joshua's eyes. This was the mages controlling the battleship who were contacting him. They were respectfully asking the earl if he wanted to return to the ship.
How could the soldier go back? He replied without hesitation that even if the fight started, he would just watch it from outside.
After receiving this reply, it seemed that they understood Joshua's character, and the battleship stopped asking for unnecessary information and began to make full preparations.
In the distance, the mad flying dragons sensed an aura that did not belong to their own clan in the air, so without any hesitation, they flew rapidly in this direction with all their strength. As beings whose sanity had been completely swallowed up by the mad dragon disease, these flying dragons Their eyes shone with chaotic blue-purple light, and they showed no fear. Even if they faced a real dragon, they would attack forward without any influence.
The speed of the floating battleship was very fast, and the speed of the flying dragon was also very fast, and the speed at which the two approached each other was twice as fast. In just a few minutes, large groups of flying dragons appeared at the end of the field of vision, shaking their wings, and even It is a figure that uses innate magic to accelerate.
At this time, the floating battleship was also ready. With the sudden increase in buzzing sound, the two magic energy furnace cores began to accelerate. The huge magic power followed the pipes leading to various parts of the ship and was transmitted to them. Where you need to get to.
"Target locked."
"The magic focus cannon is warmed up."
"The alchemy cannon is in good condition and ready for use."
In the command room, the middle-aged captain nodded solemnly as he listened to the report coming step by step. Then, he decisively ordered: "Start charging."
"yes!"
With one order, several orders were conveyed. Along with the micro movement of magic power and the sound of steel gears running, four huge, mirror-like crystal ports were exposed from behind the variable armor on the side of the floating battleship. They were like Four cold eyes were firmly locked on the flying dragon clusters flying rapidly in front and to the left.
"Calculate bombardment parameters and analyze wind direction."
"Detect the point with the highest energy value in the flying dragon cluster."
"Aim and charge!"
Following decisive instructions, the magic energy focusing cannons on both sides of the Gale began to gather dazzling light red light. The energy was so powerful that even Joshua turned his head slightly and gradually gathered in the center of the crystal port that seemed to be a concave mirror, forming A blazing ball of light appeared, but the flying dragon in the distance did not sense this. These crazy beasts lost their keen instincts and still rushed towards the floating battleship according to their original trajectory.
In the command room, a smile appeared on the captain's lips, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Launch!"
Immediately, four thick beams of light red attention spurted out from the four crystal ports, passing through the cluster of flying dragons in an instant.
In an instant, dozens of flying dragons were completely engulfed by the light pillar and turned into nothingness. Most of the other flying dragons around the light pillar had their wings scorched by the terrifying high temperature and fell to the ground screaming.
But they are not the worst. Being evaporated without knowing it or simply losing their wings are not painful. The most painful thing is the flying dragons on the periphery.
The light red light beam lasted for less than two seconds before ending its emission and entering the next recharge. However, its remaining energy detonated other elements in the air. Suddenly, four lights appeared in the sky above the edge of the Naka Mountains in the far south. A huge explosion, this explosion swept away in all directions with high-temperature steam and violent shock waves that were enough to melt metal. The remaining aftermath hit the magic energy shield outside the floating battleship, causing ripples. .
"sharp."
Looking at this scene with a calm expression, Joshua had seen floating battleships fire many times in his previous life, but this time his feelings were completely different. He smiled and nodded and said: "As expected of my battleship."
Just these four magic energy focusing cannons are equivalent to four gold-level mages using spells of mass destruction. Although in terms of pure power, it is not as good as the power of glory of Veldani, Veldani is specialized in A war mage of war, her spell power is inherently greater than that of ordinary mages and cannot be used as a standard for comparison.
After this round of attacks, only a few dozen old, weak, sick and disabled were left in the originally 200-strong flying dragon cluster. But even so, these crazy beasts had no intention of giving up and continued to pounce on the battleship. Come.
The four magic energy focusing cannons have been slowly retracted, and what is revealed is the muzzle of the alchemical cannon with ten times the power. However, Joshua has no interest in watching this scene. He no longer pays attention to these remaining flying dragons, but turns to Turn your head and look towards the sky.
Under the silver-white moonlight, the huge size of the floating battleship cast a dark shadow on the ground. The light of the twin moons was turning slightly red, as if it was foreshadowing something.
The translucent magic light curtain once again appeared in front of the warrior's eyes, asking Joshua whether they should go to the Far South Kingdom for supplies first, or fly directly to the Holy Mountain of the Far Sea without the help of the teleportation circle along the way. , most of the area is occupied by wild dragons, and someone needs to make a decision.
For soldiers, there is no second answer to this.
"Walk."
He looked calmly into the distance: "Go to the Holy Mountain."
"That's our battlefield."
There will be dragon ladies. Iron Lady, you are really overthinking, are you not even letting go of elemental life...
(End of chapter)