Emperor of Arcane

At first, it was a fire with a tail flame.

The dazzling halo embellishes it extremely beautifully.

Then, it got closer and closer, like a ferocious and twisted red eye.

Its gaze was so terrifying, as if a palm hanging from the sky was surrounding the entire earth.

Such a shocking picture has made many players re-understand the world.

This is King Killer!

Every few decades or hundreds of years, a comet approaches the material plane.

Now, Matthew and Yaya are silently watching its arrival.

The shock that hit people's hearts became bigger and bigger in front of Matthew's eyes.

"Gan!"

Matthew only had time to curse angrily, and whispers that were difficult to describe in words kept ringing in his ears.

Those sounds seemed to exist or not, sometimes loud, sometimes deep, sometimes noisy, sometimes soft.

Intricate and intertwined, they form a chaotic sound that makes people dizzy.

Matthew frowned, vaguely feeling an inexplicable irritability slowly emerging in his heart.

"So direct?"

Matthew looked at the properties panel, but no data was displayed.

Until a while later.

Very fine data was slowly brushed out.

"Ding, I am suffering from a rational shock, and my will and wisdom are being judged..."

"Judgment passed..."

Although the verdict had been passed, it did not make Matthew feel better.

The ubiquitous whisper continued to ring in his ears.

"Sanity shock?"

"Thought attack weapon? What is it used as a carrier?"

Matthew faced the noisy and chaotic sounds and thought silently.

The bloody sky added a lot of color at this moment.

However, this did not make people feel lucky and happy, but instead caused a kind of unspeakable panic and horror.

The Kingkiller planet, which has already displaced hundreds of thousands or even millions of people before it has fully arrived, will demonstrate its full power.

Matthew remembers it clearly, for up to three months into the future.

The "Dragon Madness Disaster" caused by the "Dragon Madness Lock".

It will intensify until it affects the entire material plane.

The kingdoms and forces that have underestimated this "Dragon Madness Disaster" will suffer huge impacts and impacts.

"Yeah! They're so noisy!"

Yaya's clear complaint came. She stared at the huge bloody eye in the sky, snorted softly and said:

"One day, this damn thing is going to be demolished!"

In response to Yaya's "complaint", Matthew just smiled indifferently, making sure that the little guy's condition was not greatly affected, exhaled slightly and said:

"Just seize this opportunity, let's study it carefully. How to resist the influence of Dragon Madness Mystery Lock."

He nodded quickly, pouted his teeth, and opened the thick spell book very simply.

This was a gift prepared for her by the Grand Arcanist of Knonom.

"Let's start with the energy shield..."

"Yeah..."

Matthew and Yaya began to take the initiative to study the dragon madness and lock it up on themselves.

Of course, this is just their doppelgänger.

Matthew would never take any risks without absolute certainty.

In the Gulf Territory Operations Conference Room.

Angela couldn't help but let out a long sigh after receiving the safety message from Matthew.

Soon, Angela informed everyone of the news, and everyone immediately relaxed and devoted themselves to the defensive operations of the Gulf Territory.

December 28th.

Bay collar.

clear.

The edge of the misty swamp.

A long train stopped quietly in the center of the stronghold.

On the carriage full of goods, the soldiers were busy.

"Quick! Quick! Quick! Move all those things down!"

A large amount of materials are piled on the containers.

The containers can only be replaced directly after moving them down.

The burly golem, under the control of the staff, slowly lifted the huge container and lowered it at the unloading site nearby.

The containers that were emptied last time were loaded with a lot of various goods. After being marked and inventoried, they were put on the train.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

The long roar of the train gradually faded away as it continued to accelerate away.

The soldiers carried the larger enchanted crossbows and placed them on the wall.

The storage room inside the wall is already filled with many supplies.

Behind the wall, there is a higher wall.

After experiencing the last example of the "earthquake spell" destroying the city wall.

All city defenses in the Gulf Territory have been built with two or more walls.

The more escape routes there are, the more tactics there will be.

Leon is listening to the information detected by the adventurers.

Arrangements and preparations are being made for the upcoming dragon-blooded creatures.

Trenches were dug outside, and guards stood on guard towers.

Hundreds of soldiers are busy working nervously.

"There are too many dragon-blooded creatures in other territories, so we can only rely on cities and towns for defense."

"Without being able to break through the city, they are drawing closer to us, attracted by some invisible force."

"Preliminary estimates suggest that the first wave of dragon-blooded creatures will arrive in two hours."

"Their number is about 20,000 to 50,000, about half of which are gnolls, 5,000 lizardmen, 5,000 various dragon beasts, and about 3,000 dragonborn..."

"As the outermost cordon of defense, we must be the first to engage the enemy and record the enemy's strength and combat effectiveness."

Chris rubbed his eyebrows, a little tiredness appearing on his face.

In order to obtain this information, he personally led the team for five days, during which he was also chased by extraordinary dragon-blooded creatures.

If he hadn't been equipped well enough and persisted until his teammates arrived, he might have died.

However, he was not without gains.

Task rewards of tens of thousands of gold coins and 8,000 merit points.

After killing the extraordinary dragon-blooded creature, he was also assigned a piece of extraordinary magic equipment.

To make up for his somewhat hurt heart, the smiling Chris spent a lot of gold coins and achievements to give himself an emergency training.

With Yaya's help, Chris trained in a number of specialized skills in the best condition and with the best results.

His strength has been greatly improved, his professional level has been raised to level 10, and he will seek to embark on the path of a high-level professional.

Leon, who looked calm, carefully analyzed the situation on the map and did not show too much worry because of the large number of enemies.

There were three strongholds that faced the first wave of dragon-blooded creature attacks, and a total of one brigade of troops were stationed there.

It has the advantage of defense, the help of intelligence, and abundant supplies.

Lyon is confident that he will persevere and win the battle.

You know, not everyone is qualified to get this first attack task.

Yes, Bay Territory hasn't always been thinking about defense.

In addition to the defensive soldiers, the adventurers gathered around the stronghold were also gearing up.

For them, when fighting occurs in the Gulf Territory, it is the time for them to "wine and eat meat."

Not only can you reap the rewards of the "Assist in Defense" mission in the Gulf Territory, but you can also get trophies from hunting enemies.

They were hiding in a temporary base 2 kilometers away.

There are also many supplies piled here, but they are all prepared by the adventurers themselves.

They are also ready to have a big fight.

Most of the elite adventurers were giving very careful guidance to the young adventurers who did not have much experience fighting dragon-blooded creatures.

"These guys are like beasts, don't think they will be afraid..."

"The most important thing is to kill with one strike, but you must attack twice..."

"If you can't crush them with strength, then cooperate honestly with your teammates and chop and attack their joints..."

"Don't be brave. Saving your life and not getting hurt is the most important thing..."

"Remember to follow the signals..."

The adventurers who can accept battlefield missions have basically reached the peak of the mid-level, and their contribution value has basically exceeded 2,000. They are the backbone of the adventurers in the Gulf Territory.

They are all at a critical juncture, eager to gain more achievements and gold coins.

Get more magic supplies from the Gulf Territory and learn advanced expertise and skills.

Thereby breaking through the shackles of mid-level professionals and becoming a high-level professional whose strength and identity will be greatly improved.

Of course, battlefield missions also mean danger, and no one can guarantee that they will survive.

However, the vast majority of adventurers are happy to follow the path given by the Gulf Territory.

Because the Gulf Territory is the only territory willing to let them "grow".

That's right, most territories are not happy to have too many adventurers in the territory, or they are very powerful.

They usually set some vague restrictions, or simply increase the difficulty of inheritance.

The strength is weaker and easier to control.

Less quantity and easy to handle.

The roars one after another gradually came from the distance.

The galloping cavalry was the first to enter the defender's sight.

Along the way, they were slowing down the dragon-blooded creatures and shooting some threatening elite units.

Leon watched a large group of dragon blood creatures coming in, nodded to the Bronzebeard next to him and said:

"See how powerful they are!"

The excited Bronzebeard lit the fuse without hesitation, and a "sizzling" sound penetrated into the dark and shiny barrel.

Bang!

The roar of the cannon, accompanied by a jet of fire, spread across the wall.

Leon saw the dark round cannonball fly out, draw a wonderful arc in the air, and fall into the lizardman army.

Snap!

Click!

The iron ball containing powerful power crushed the unresponsive lizard warrior into pieces.

Then, like crazy, the catapults raced towards the rear, tearing apart all the lizardfolk warriors in their path.

From a distance, the cannonball looked like it had crushed a bloody path in the center of the dragon-blooded creature.

Killed more than 10 lizard warriors at one time.

The damage caused by the shells made Bronzebeard frown. He couldn't help scratching his head and said helplessly:

"The impact of the iron ball alone can only kill more than 10 people at a time. It will lose its lethality due to exhaustion."

As he said this, Bronzebeard immediately got busy.

He first opened the back of the cannon, cleaned out the residue of the alchemical gunpowder, and poured in the measured amount of light yellow alchemical gunpowder again.

He put the jet black iron ball into it and reloaded the cannon.

The whole process lasted 30 seconds, and the attack interval seemed a bit slow to Leon.

However, the range of this dwarf artillery made Leon very satisfied.

Followed by another loud "roar".

The cannonball flew about 500 meters and landed in the lizardman army.

The lethality was almost the same, and the simplicity of Bronzebeard's re-adjusted shooting made Leon quite satisfied.

Although the enchanted crossbow of the Bay Territory is good, very lethal, and has a very fast shooting speed, it also has a weak point.

That is, the shooting distance is too short.

Under the condition of ensuring sufficient lethality, it can only shoot up to about 300 meters.

If it is further away, the crossbow arrows will start to fly randomly.

Taking into account the shooting distance, it is not as cost-effective as precise shooting at about 300 meters.

The dwarf artillery that Bronzebeard needs to develop, even though there are still many areas for improvement, has a range of about seven or eight hundred meters.

If the number is large enough, it can help the Bay Territory shoot 2 to 3 more rounds.

If a large corps of tens of thousands of people fights, continuous artillery suppression can cause greater damage and pressure to the enemy's military formation.

Most of the thoughts in Leon's mind were related to war.

In the past year or so, in addition to improving my personal strength.

Lyon spent the most time improving his ability to lead battles.

He was keenly aware that this kind of weapon would have considerable potential in the future if it could continue to develop forward.

Boom!

Another roar of artillery fire made Leon stop his thoughts and shouted in a cold voice:

"Set up the crossbow...let it go!!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

An overwhelming barrage of crossbow arrows fell towards the rushing lizard men.

The rotating arrows easily tore apart their green skin, penetrated their bodies, and pinned them to the ground.

With the continuous transformation and improvement of the Gulf Territory, the enchanted crossbow has gradually become more perfect and turned into a very efficient killing machine.

Thousands of crossbows fired in just one salvo, causing the death and injury of at least 300 lizardmen.

Leon could see that these dragon-blooded creatures had basically completely lost their minds and rushed over despite the cover of crossbow arrows.

It won't pose much of a threat!

After imagining the overall battle situation in his mind, Leon quickly felt relieved.

He has already begun to calculate how to use these dragon blood creatures to train more troops.

In fact, just as Leon thought, the humanoid dragon-blood creature that looked like a beast was completely powerless against the eight-meter-high city wall.

What they can do is very limited, and they are mostly passively beaten under the city wall.

Even though there were a lot of them, they quickly turned into corpses under the pressureless attacks of the Gulf Territory soldiers.

Half an hour later.

Leon glanced at the burned corpses piled together and rechecked the crossbow arrow reserves.

After confirming that there were more than 300,000 bottles left, he immediately relaxed.

To deal with humanoid creatures, the lethality of crossbow arrows is the most "appropriate".

The first wave of attacks was easily resolved, giving the soldiers considerable confidence.

While they were resting, they were discussing the situation of the next wave of enemies.

Soon, the patrol cavalry in the distance sent a signal.

The soldiers immediately entered their posts and got ready.

Bronzebeard stood on the city wall and looked into the distance.

A large group of gnolls, whose forms had changed significantly, howled and rushed over.

They changed their upright posture and became beasts on all fours again.

The body size has nearly doubled, and gray-brown scales can be vaguely seen all over the body.

Their heads became more ferocious, their mouths stretched out, and ferocious twisted fangs grew.

Their claws also underwent significant mutations, becoming larger and more twisted.

The sharp claws can easily claw through the soil and dig out large holes.

"I really saw the undead. Why are there so many dragon-blooded jackals..."

Subconsciously swallowing, Bronzebeard recalled the scene where the Bay Leader's gnolls and kobolds were all sent to the Catachan demiplane for exhibition, and said very happily:

"It's okay, it's okay, your lord is really foresighted!"

Leon, who had long been used to it, looked at those dragon-turned-wolf-men with astonishing momentum and continued without hesitation:

"Don't worry about it so much, just keep firing the artillery and see what its maximum lethality is."

Bronzebeard reacted and immediately started to get busy.

As a raging fire exploded, the rotating cannonball flew out and hit a charging dragon-turned-wolf man.

Click!

The jackal, whose body shape had changed significantly, still couldn't withstand the power of the steel impact.

Its body twisted and deformed, flew upside down, and died on the spot.

The shells that continued to move were jumping irregularly, hitting a few unlucky ones in the back.

"Killed 6 dragon-turned-jackals, the effect was not satisfactory. After the next step of improvement, it should be able to perform better."

Bronzebeard took notes carefully, thinking about how to improve the artillery, while also recording the defensive capabilities of the dragon-turned-wolf man.

In addition to testing the power of artillery, he also has the task of testing the enemy's defense capabilities.

"Compared to lizardmen, dragon-turned-wolf-men are much better."

"Unfortunately, they have completely lost their minds and become beasts that only know how to kill."

Leon, who has a very flexible mind, has already thought of how to use the obedient dragon-turned-jackal.

However, facing these more ferocious monsters, the defensive pressure on the stronghold did not increase much.

Although their combat effectiveness is strong, it is difficult for them to climb up the city wall and launch attacks.

However, compared to the stubbornness of the lizard man, the dragon-turned-wolf man seems to have different offensive wisdom.

They paid the price of thousands of dragon-turned-jackals being shot and killed before they reached the bottom of the wall.

When he found that he could not climb the city wall, he did not stand still and get beaten like the lizard men. Instead, he tried to go around the back of the wall to launch an attack.

The idea is great, but the reality is cruel.

The powerful lethality of the enchanted crossbow can kill them with two or three arrows within a range of 300 meters.

The adventurers who saw this scene from a distance couldn't help but marveled:

"The Gulf Territory is so wealthy that even a small stronghold needs to build such a high and strong wall."

"The other lords' city walls are only a little higher than the lord's castle. They are basically about five or six meters high. They are nothing like the Bay Territory..."

"Wouldn't it be effective now? I thought the battle would be fierce, but I didn't expect these dragon-blooded creatures to die..."

"This is just a small castle. Isn't it just asking for death to besiege the castle?"

"That's right, but they are almost dead. It will be our turn soon, right?"

"No, these dragon blood monsters look smarter. They escaped and are ready to fight!"

"Go and take a good seat, don't look away!"

"What are you still doing? Get ready to take action!"

"..."

The eager adventurers immediately shouted excitedly.

While they were busy, the soldiers on the city wall had stopped shooting at the fleeing dragon-turned-wolf man.

No more supplies will be delivered in a short period of time, so they must use crossbows sparingly.

In the day-to-day discipline training and command training, the Gulf Territory soldiers have become fully capable of following orders and prohibitions.

There were not many dragon-turned-jackals who escaped, only seven or eight hundred of them.

There were more than 1,000 adventurers ambushing behind them, enough to eat them.

Leon just ordered the battlefield to be cleaned.

A communication technique interrupted his arrangement.

"What? An extraordinary earth-moving dragon is coming here with other dragon beasts?"

This sudden news caught Leon off guard.

However, he quickly calmed down and first asked the other two strongholds about the battle situation. After confirming that everything was under control, he relaxed and said:

"Just let it come over, it will give you some bonuses!"

If you can kill an extraordinary dragon.

Not to mention the bounty rewards from the Gulf Territory, the light extraordinary dragon itself is worth more than hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

It is enough for every soldier in the entire brigade to receive a very generous bonus.

As if they heard Leon's call, a large number of dragon beasts of various shapes rushed towards the stronghold.

The leading dragon-blooded creature was a rather large earth-walking dragon.

It is somewhat similar to the swamp crocodile, but its legs are thicker, stronger and more flexible.

The thick pale yellow scales are exuding a dazzling luster.

Dragon Madness Lock is not only very dangerous, but also has extremely terrible side effects.

That would put all the affected dragon-blooded creatures in the most aggressive combat stage.

The usually quite docile Earth Dragon was now like a lion with its fur blown off, opening its mouth constantly, roaring and spitting out bursts of light yellow breath.

Seeing the red bloodshot eyes in its eyes from a distance, Leon, who was very familiar with cleaning up dragon-blooded creatures, immediately started making arrangements without hesitation:

"Prepare the dragon-hunting crossbow, aim at the head, and kill with one hit!"

The dragon-hunting crossbow has been strengthened many times, and its powerful killing power and destructive power have begun to deserve this name.

Penetrating dragon scales with a defense power less than 10 within 500 meters is enough to pose a threat to most extraordinary dragons.

Of course, the shooting speed of the dragon hunting crossbow is very average, usually only 1 to 2 shooting opportunities.

It can only deal with dragons that are bloated and stupid.

It is undoubtedly a fantasy to expect that the dragon hunting crossbow can hunt dragons flying around.

Of course, the Dragon Hunting Crossbow is definitely enough for defense.

Even if the speed at which the dragon-hunting crossbow moves and aims is far less than the speed at which the flying dragon can turn in the air, it can't stop them from actively hitting the crossbow arrows!

To be more precise!

Only these dragons who are affected by the dragon madness can be easily shot by the dragon hunting crossbow...

"Roar……!"

The deafening roar was not much of a deterrent to the defending soldiers.

Seeing the large group of dragon beasts swarming in, Leon very calmly issued an active shooting order.

These dragon beasts have stronger attack power, larger size and strength.

However, they are completely unable to shake the city wall with a thickness of 5 meters.

Moreover, when the city wall was being built, magic-forbidden materials that resisted the effects of spells were specially added.

If you want to destroy it, you can only use absolute physical force!

Leon stared closely at the ground dragon that was getting closer and did not immediately issue a shooting order.

He must seize the opportunity and kill with one strike!

"Roar……!"

The earth-moving dragon, which only had killing and hunting in its mind, roared crazily, and its whole body immediately emitted a dazzling yellow light.

Driven by those yellow lights.

Pieces of soil gradually covered the Earth-walking Dragon's entire body from its limbs upwards.

Then, the soil gradually hardened until it vaguely revealed the luster of elemental textures.

Everywhere on its body, a set of armor made of loess was formed.

Here is the Earth Dragon's unique bloodline ability - earth element armor!

Not only can it provide earth dragons with 120 extra health points of earth element armor, but it can also reduce physical damage by more than 20%.

For this, Dixinglong also paid the price.

The already slow speed became even slower.

If you are on a wild battlefield and encounter an enemy like the Earthly Dragon that cannot be beaten, the entire defense line will probably be destroyed in an instant.

However, facing the slowly approaching earth dragon, Leon very patiently suppressed his desire to attack and waited silently for its approach.

On the contrary, Bronzebeard continued to conduct shooting experiments, igniting the cannon again and again.

Let the jet-black metal cannonballs roar out and hit the dragon-blooded creature hard.

In the process, Lyon discovered an advantage of artillery.

When facing heavy and high-armored units like dragon beasts, the shells fired from artillery are more lethal and destructive than crossbow arrows.

After all, most dragon beasts have rough skin and thick flesh.

The slender crossbow arrows can even tear through their armor.

But it cannot penetrate their solid muscles and hard bones.

Cannonballs are different.

The damage caused by the roaring shells is more due to the impact carried by oneself.

As long as it hits a dragon beast, the huge impact can still break some of the dragon beast's scales and muscle armor.

Of course, the destructive power caused by hitting some dragon beasts that can manipulate metal is very average.

Dragon beasts with an average challenge level of 11+.

It's not the nascent artillery made by Bronzebeard that can block it.

Even so, Lyon is still very optimistic about artillery.

He couldn't wait to issue the latest bounty mission for artillery research in the research institute.

Bronzebeard even promised with a smile:

"No problem, the artillery is not difficult to manufacture."

"As long as there are better metals for the barrels, better alchemical gunpowder for the fuel, and more lethal shells for firing, their power can be greatly improved..."

Lyon did not believe Bronzebeard's words. He highly respected the code of conduct promoted by the Gulf Territory.

"Practice is the only criterion for testing truth."

No matter how well you say it, it's better to do it well.

Facing these dragon beasts that were getting closer and closer, in order to prevent them from causing too much damage to the city wall, Leon issued another order:

"Fire fire oil."

Military formations (city walls), crossbows, and fierce fire oil.

Three axes for fighting in the Gulf Territory.

Simple, but really effective.

as a wall of fire rose from the trench.

Even the dragon-like creatures that had degenerated into beast-like shapes were afraid and stopped moving forward.

They just don't have the intelligence, but it's almost impossible to fight against the survival instinct.

Regarding their stagnant behavior, the Earthly Dragon who walked up slowly felt very dissatisfied.

The remaining thoughts did not make the earth-walking dragon as pure as a beast.

Faced with the whispers that kept popping up in his mind, the Earthly Dragon instinctively chose to obey.

It faced the blazing flames and arrived in front of the city wall.

The Earthly Dragon is 5 meters tall and 10 meters long. The 8-meter-high city wall doesn't seem to be able to stop it from climbing.

boom! boom! boom!

The sound of several dragon-hunting crossbows firing instantly resounded on the city wall.

The earth-walking dragon that was so majestic just now is now lying on the ground struggling and wailing.

The crossbow arrow, which was as thick as an arm, had penetrated deeply into the Earthly Dragon's body.

The blood-letting grooves continuously guide blood.

The earth element armor, which looked very powerful, was already tattered and crumbling in the blink of an eye.

Leon showed no mercy to the screaming monster and gave the order to continue shooting to kill it directly.

Two more rounds of crossbow arrows flew out, and the head of the Earthly Dragon, which was already bloody and bloody, finally achieved a satisfactory result.

This extraordinary level dragon, which had not launched any attack, died quietly.

Death was so natural!

It's like having it delivered to your door!

Seeing that the biggest threat had been eliminated and the remaining dragon beasts were afraid to move forward, Leon very decisively issued the order of "encirclement and annihilation".

By killing these valuable dragon beasts, the crisis in the stronghold will basically be resolved.

The adventurers who had just killed hundreds of dragon-turned-jackals were completely unfed.

After hearing the news, he immediately responded with "agreed to cooperate".

In their opinion, this is the defender of the stronghold, inviting them to eat meat together!

Although there is a certain degree of danger, no adventurer is stupid enough to refuse.

At the same time, in order to completely swallow this large piece of "fat".

Without hesitation, Lyon ordered the catapult at the rear to project out nearly 1/3 of the fierce fire oil.

As the fire ignited, almost all the dragon beasts were trapped in the circle surrounded by flames.

The five dragon-hunting crossbows fired in turn, giving priority to those large dragon beasts that tried to break through the flame wall.

The others put on their enchanted crossbows again and aimed at the head of the dragon-blooded creature, shooting accurately.

Bronzebeard also had a great time fighting and obtained a lot of valuable first-hand information.

after an hour.

The entire battlefield returned to calm.

The corpses of all the dragon-blooded creatures were transported to the processing plant in the Gulf Territory by using the teleportation array.

After they are purified, every part of the body will be put to perfect use.

Crafted into a variety of dragon blood weapons and equipment, or dragon blood potions, they become nourishment for the growth of Gulf Territory professionals.

At the other end of the teleportation array, various weapons, equipment and other supplies that had been modified according to needs were also teleported over in time.

The adventurers and soldiers who have changed their weapons and equipment have improved their strength.

They are preparing to leave their stronghold and take the initiative to fight against the incoming dragon-blooded creatures!

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