The capital of Baier is an ancient capital with a long history.
Looking down from the sky above the city, the scale of the city has become several times wider than before.
No, to be precise, it should have added several new functional areas and several new satellite cities.
The most conspicuous one is probably the vast area to the north, where there were originally mountains.
The surrounding cliffs were hollowed out, and huge palaces with apparently super-long dimensions stood on them, and giant dragons could often be seen rising and falling in them.
Under the Dragon City, there is a new arena of white stones and bricks. The knights are fighting each other to sharpen their martial arts, and they are also showing their strength to the dragons.
Under the joint efforts of Emperor Baier and the dragon clan bosses, and also under the pressure of the outside world, the dragon clan gradually gave up their past arrogance, and fighting with knights is not so difficult to accept.
But now, it is no longer necessary to cooperate with high-level knights and high-level dragons to give people a sense of incomprehension. The intervention of a large number of new equipment has made many young dragons choose to take a gift with the new equipment. Knight... Why is this so awkward, but the fact is that many knights are operators with equipment in the eyes of dragons.
Especially three years ago, the new type of magic-guided artillery scorpion-2. The medium-sized energy pool was successfully launched, and the giant dragon with several heavy-duty magic crystal cannons has become more and more the momentum of a new sky overlord.
This kind of giant dragon already has a new name, and it even has the possibility of becoming a conventional weapon - the Demon Armored Battle Dragon.
The new city on the west side of the city is a new area for technicians, engineers, and spellcasters.
Obviously, as a superpower with the tradition of dragon knights, after discovering the importance of magic guidance technology, it did not hesitate to introduce and develop it.
Massive resources, wealth, population reserves, and the most important thing is the magic talent pool brought by a sufficient educated population base, allowing it to quickly catch up.
In fact, it is easy to understand. Spending money to buy technology and talents from allied countries, and then throwing out government decrees to make scholars change careers and invest in promising researchers, even if they can’t get results right away, can make researchers long for such a research environment and take the initiative. Come here, let the emerging talents choose this major out of consideration for their own interests, and in another ten or twenty years, they will be waiting to reap the fruits.
However, unlike Oran, which is also an emerging magical power, there are enough giant dragons as war resource reserves. They did not put energy and funds into the construction of heavy ships and chariots, but instead focused on various small and heavy combat equipment. development.
Practical combat is the only reason for them to choose a field of study.
Magic engine, micro (medium-sized) energy pool, actual combat artillery/heavy crossbow, magic armor, these are regarded as key technologies by other countries, and they all regard them as key areas for research.
I mentioned the magic armored dragon just now. I bring a heavy/medium energy pool as the second magic power bank. I am equipped with hundreds of magic armors, and I have four to twenty new artillery pieces. Don't be too easy.
This secret weapon suddenly appeared in the war with the undead army a few months ago, and it achieved an amazing record and attracted countless attention.
It was only then that the world discovered that Baier, who originally thought he was stubborn and slow, had actually come a long way in the nascent magic field.
The magic war dragon, in the Emperor's speech delivered by Baier this year, is a conventional arm that can be produced on a large scale. Now there are 312 cavalry in the entire Baier.
The protective power, lasting combat ability, and attack ability have all been greatly enhanced by the increase of magic guidance technology.
Magical protection makes the magic attacks of ordinary lich invalid, and the powerful flesh and the crushing artillery damage, the magic war dragon slaughtered wantonly on the battlefield of natural disasters.
Actual combat has proved how powerful and terrifying this combination is.
This unit, in the evaluation of the goblin, is legendary, that is to say, the terrifying army with an average combat strength above the legendary, on paper, is already the strongest battle group in the world.
Of course, it is not without its disadvantages, not to mention the consumption of massive resources and gold coins. It is said that for the sake of these treasures, His Majesty Helent has already started to auction off his belongings and eat pickles.
On the other hand, most of the armored ones are young dragons and mature dragons. The real killers of ancient dragons and ancient dragons are themselves. In terms of high-end combat power, magic technology can't help.
Moreover, with too much heavy equipment on the body, even with the help of the floating engine, the agility of this kind of dragon is not worth looking forward to. If the engine is turned off, or the floating engine fails... they will fall off. Bar.
"No, we have it in our operation manual. When this happens, just dismantle and throw away all the equipment. His Majesty Helent said, 'If the equipment is gone, it can be rebuilt, and if the dragon and the people die, it will be gone'."
As soon as they entered Baier's airspace, two of the most cutting-edge magic war dragons followed, and they also brought accompanying diplomats. Obviously, they had already received the wind.
This middle-aged diplomat named Steele Zhou, who had been to the Lan Kingdom before, met with me, and Helent would be considered to be able to send him to meet me.
And this kind of failure, the practice of giving priority to equipment personnel, no doubt proves Bayer's deep pockets from one side.
The cost of that set of dragon armor, if it is given to the Lan Alliance, is enough to build two destroyers.
Perhaps this is the difference in national strength between a big country and a small country. The same technology in a small country can only lead to a short-term difference in price, and even some advanced technologies cannot be built or finished products. Will think of selling some used goods and leftovers.
The engine of the passenger ship Advance has not been repaired, and we do not have the capital to fly among the clouds. The height of the floating airship can clearly see the ground, and the dragons on each side and the age knights above are still from time to time. Curious eyes looked at us.
"...It seems that these dragon knights are not dragonborn?"
I asked casually, but Steele broke out in a cold sweat. In a sense, this should be spying on the military situation.
He was hesitating, wondering if he could answer, but someone could easily make a choice.
"Well, for the sake of the holy war, those old antiques have also seen the situation clearly. Before considering the self-esteem of the dragon race, it is the most important thing to find a way to maintain the continuation and status of the race."
With a thick voice came a middle-aged man wearing a heavy blue cloak, heavy armor and a crown.
He came over and gave me an overzealous hug, all around him kneeling.
"Long time no see, Your Highness Roland, welcome you to Bayer again, I hope you will bring me good news this time."
Helente Milan, the former Grand Duke of Dragoons, is now the Emperor of Dragoons.
He's grown a bit taller than he was nine years ago, and the deliberate beard and makeup probably make him look more mature, but from my eyes, his physical age seems to have gotten younger.
Terrible power is contained in this body. When I close my eyes, there is only one powerful dragon in my senses. It seems that Helent today is more like a dragon than a person.
This is also expected. After all, many of the secret techniques of the dragon race increase bloodline concentration, and Helent has no reason to refuse power.
Compared with the shy boy in the past, the expression of Helent today is a bit exaggerated.
"Oh, no, you have brought me good news. A week ago, as a human being, you defeated the Lord God of Chaos and achieved immortal honor. Come, let us celebrate this greatness for the heroes of mankind. victory."
Since he finished speaking, His Majesty the Emperor of Baier took the lead in applauding excitedly, and the surrounding entourage and civilians naturally made noises.
There was thunderous applause for a while, and the cheers continued, almost drumming the musicians.
The sudden over-enthusiasm of being courteous for nothing, being a traitor or a thief, only made me feel very different and goosebumps.
"Propaganda, propaganda."
I whispered in a low voice, then took my hand and waved to the people under the boat.
Only then did I realize that the Advance had entered the port, and the welcoming crowd was crowded below, vaguely passing the predecessors, not far away, and a red slogan carried by Xiaolong.
"Warmly celebrate the eighth anniversary of the alliance between Lanmeng and Baier Empire."
"Welcome to the leader of Lanmeng, His Royal Highness Roland, to come and guide the work."
"Warmly celebrate the return of His Royal Highness Roland to eliminate demons."
The welcoming crowd, flowers, salutes, and military bands are all there. The only thing that is not good is that the Advance is about to be disabled. However, with the escort of four magic war dragons, it looks more domineering and calm, as if returning from the battlefield. warrior.
I was pulled and waved by Helent, but the cheers below broke out suddenly, and even rushed into the sky.
What makes people concerned is that this fit is not an intentional arrangement, and those cheers are too real.
At this moment, many thoughts flashed through my mind, my face froze, and then I realized that the situation was wrong, and immediately changed into a standard paladin smile and waved down.
And then... I was buried by the welcoming crowd.
In the chaos, I vaguely heard some interesting words, such as "reinforcement", "frontline" and the like, and then I became more and more confident.
Thirty minutes later, we finally emerged from the enthusiastic crowd, and before I could take a sip of tea, I asked first.
"Helent, you actually want my presence as a political propaganda booster? Is Bayer's situation so bad?"
Hearing this, Helent's stiff smile turned into a wry smile.
He frowned and gently massaged the center of his eyebrows, which was suitable for his intention to relax his emotions.
"Sure enough, I can't hide it from you. Yes, the situation is very bad. There was a big mess on the front line. We lost, and we lost very badly. The serious undead emperors are ten times more difficult to deal with than expected!"