Chapter 145: Chapter 139: Battle with the Regular Army

Celestial Harbor Stone Mine Base, the resting room for sentinels on duty.

“This damn weather…”

The old sentinel blew warm air into his palms as he removed his damp armor.

“Just transferred to the wilderness, and hit the rainy season.” He kicked at the moldy sack of dry food by his feet, grumbling, “I hate the weather here.”

The young sentinel wiped the rust off his chest plate, chuckled, and said, “At least it’s better than the sandstorms of the dry season. At that time, half a pound of sand poured into my helmet, and my mouth was full of sand taste.”

He suddenly lowered his voice: “Seriously, what do you plan to do after your service ends?”

“Open a blacksmith shop back home.”

The old sentinel said: “My son learned how to forge horseshoes this year in Silverpine City, although not superb, but at least it’s safe, no need to worry about not seeing the sun the next day.”

Looking at the young sentinel.

He asked, “And you? What are your plans?”

The young sentinel’s face lit up with a smile, saying, “After this year, I will apply for discharge. I want to apply to the Royal Capital Knight Order.”

“For that blonde chick?”

Calvin grinned, exposing a toothless gum: “Come on, you even need me to help write the love letter.”

After a few witty exchanges between the two.

Another sentinel jokingly said: “Really wish a strong beast would attack and destroy, so maybe we can go home early.”

Boom!

A deafening thunderclap interrupted their conversation.

At the same time, the alarm bell abruptly tore through the rain curtain.

Their expressions changed, hurriedly grabbed their weapons, rushed out of the rest room, and then witnessed an unforgettable scene.

In the heavily raining sky, a crimson figure tore through the clouds, its majestic body evaporating water vapor, trailing behind a comet-like tail formed by steam and dark red flare.

Six ballistas standing around the base simultaneously activated, the magic energy crystals embedded in the bases burst into dazzling blue light.

These war machines forged by Alchemists, each worth a fortune, and the Armor-Piercing Runes engraved on the crossbow arrows could pierce through thick steel plates.

They collectively turned towards the sky, shooting giant crossbow arrows over ten meters in length.

The giant arrows continuously tore through the rain curtain, the glowing runes on the arrow shafts illuminating the flight trajectory like a meteor shower streaking upward.

It’s best not to resist this type of war machine head-on with your body.

Galos took a deep breath, golden lightning flashed between the gaps in his scale armor, flaring up around him like a mane, making his entire body expand slightly.

The passage of time seemed to slow down.

In the Red Iron Dragon’s view, the speed of the rain falling from the sky and the crossbow arrows shooting towards him all seemed to slow down.

No, it wasn’t that they slowed down.

It was Galos’s reactions and speed that had all increased.

The Red Iron Dragon’s robust body displayed unparalleled agility, nimble as a swimming dragon, fast as a golden flash, weaving and dodging, zigzagging through the arrow rain.

Evading the first wave of crossbow attacks.

Galos opened his mouth, between his fangs clamped boiling flames and lightning.

Boom!

A spherical Flame Thunder Dragon Breath spewed from his mouth, evaporating a vacuum passage in the rain curtain, instantly arriving in front of a ballista.

A Magic Shield rose.

It enveloped the ballista, but shattered instantly upon contact with Flame Thunder Breath.

The Defense Runes and magic energy crystals embedded in the base all overloaded and shattered, yet successfully blocked Galos’s strike, leaving the heavy crossbow intact.

It’s undeniable.

The regular military is not comparable to the private army brought by noble offspring before.

“Activate the Anti-Sky Pillars!”

The garrison commander roared the order.

Suddenly, the ground cracked open, and five black pillars engraved with complex spells rose from it, forming a circle, then simultaneously lit up, creating a wide-ranging magical dispersion domain and super weight domain in the air, instantly enveloping Galos.

The flow of magic energy in his body became extremely obscure.

Moreover, it wasn’t just magical dispersion, there was also a heavy force pressing down on him, like an invisible giant hand dragging him downward.

If it were a normal Dragon Race, it would lose the advantage of flight and be pulled to the ground.

Galos’ eyes flickered, his body staggered as if affected, and he plummeted towards the ground.

The roar of the engines was continuous as each alchemy golem powered up fully, rapidly converging on the spot where Galos was about to crash, ready to encircle and kill the invader on the ground.

However.

An unexpected event occurred.

When Galos descended to about a hundred meters, he suddenly shook his wings, carving a golden arc through the sky, changing direction, and charged directly at the anti-sky pillar.

Hardened Body!

His already tough body was coated in a black iron-like sheen, as Galos’ wings collided with an unwavering momentum.

Boom!

The magic shield of the anti-sky pillar was shattered.

He used Dragon Wing Slash, tore with his claws, swept with his tail, in an instant destroying all five pillars; then his body twisted and dodged quickly, evading another volley of crossbow fire, turned and spewed Flame Thunder Breath at the crossbows now lacking their magic shield.

The ground shattered, and a heavily armored humanoid golem carrying a steel giant shield jumped up.

The Flame Thunder ball was intercepted midway, colliding with the giant shield.

The alchemy golem was blasted by the fiery explosion, the giant shield covered in cracks yet not completely shattered, its structure evidently extraordinary.

Fiery flames rolled in the sky.

Before dissipating, a red-gold dragon shadow charged over.

The guillotine-like dragon wing swept across the crossbow, splitting it in two.

The remaining five crossbows didn’t cease firing, as a rain of arrows once again swept towards Galos, with tricky angles trying to suppress him from taking to the skies, and alchemy golems also encircling him, with a few golems jetting light flames from their backs, capable of flying.

The human casters and mages were all building spells.

The warrior guards were also poised, ready to launch a band attack on Galos when he landed injured.

Practically all the guards’ eyes were drawn to Galos, attacking him.

And this was exactly what Galos wanted.

The chance for the other two dragons was here.

“There are two more….”

The shouting abruptly ceased.

Then the alloy gates of the western warehouse began to groan under strain.

Red Iron Dragon and Iron Dragon crushed the rather weak defenses, launching a raid on the warehouse.

Samantha’s Fiery Breath didn’t directly hit the door but flowed along the cracks, the terrifying high temperature and impact causing the metal door to expand and deform, the runes on it extinguishing one by one.

Boom!

Iron Dragon’s sturdy claws thrust into the gaps, muscles bulging, tearing the heavy steel door into twisted scrap metal.

The heat wave carried the scent of sulfur into the warehouse, those Celestial Gemstones in explosion-proof cabinets shimmering like beating green hearts.

“Sparkling! Sparkling beautiful gemstones!”

“You belong to the dragons now!”

Samantha roared in excitement, her eyes narrowing into vertical slits.

She and Iron Dragon stormed into the warehouse, ruthlessly looting the gemstones within.

The activity in the gemstone warehouse attracted attention, several alchemy golems followed by part of the guards changed direction, abandoning Galos as their target, heading towards the warehouse.

Galos noticed the guards beginning to divide their forces to return for defense and immediately adjusted his strategy.

He no longer tangled with those crossbows, instead suddenly plunging to the lowest altitude, dragon claws alternating left and right, continuously striking, turning a golem aiming for the warehouse into scrap metal, then swinging the heavy shattered golem remnants at the surrounding warriors.

Galos showcased his might, making it difficult for the guards to regroup and defend.

In a short time, with two booming sounds, Red Iron Dragon and Iron Dragon smashed through the warehouse roof, charged into the sky, while Samantha didn’t forget to unleash another Dragon Breath towards the warehouse behind.

The flames and smoke coiled like a giant python rising in the rain.

Solrog swept his tail to sever the load-bearing pillar before leaving, and now with a Dragon Breath impact, more than half of the warehouse district crumbled into ruins amid the thunderous collapse.

The engines roared, alchemy golems with brilliance jetting from their backs all charged at Galos.

“Remember, this is a return gift for Viscount Ironthorn!”

Galos left a message, his dragon wings flapping, braving a volley of intercepting crossbow arrows without hesitation, soaring straight and fast to escape, catching up with the two young dragons, shielding the retreat of Red Iron Dragon and Iron Dragon.

The rain couldn’t conceal the firelight and smoke.

The guards from Raymond Duchy could only watch as the young dragons gradually receded into the distance.

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