The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

The front of the giant federal airship cabin that had just docked was a cone-shaped like a bow, with huge glass portholes inlaid on it, and decorated with exquisite carvings and copper frames around it.

Inside the portholes were the high-ranking members of the federal delegation who were visiting this time. They looked down from above and naturally saw the small commotion in the crowd of people welcoming the empire below.

"It seems that something big has happened. By the way, where are our spies in Munster?"

"Let them find out the situation immediately."

"I want to know the general information within half an hour." Terena said with a smile.

"Yes, envoy." A school officer immediately bowed and said.

As the federal delegation headed by Terena slowly got off the airship, the welcome ceremony officially began.

But compared to the cheerful scene, the Duke of Munster and Admiral Edward were anxious. The two quickly exchanged opinions behind Duke Victor.

They decided to leave immediately. After all, when the lengthy welcome ceremony was over, it was estimated that Bretsin would be finished.

"Envoy Trena, welcome to the Dragun Empire."

"Duke Victor, I'm very happy to see you. These two are..." Trena looked at the Duke of Munster and Admiral Edward beside Victor and said.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce them. This is the provincial governor, Duke of Munster, and this is Admiral Edward."

"Your Excellency, I'm very happy to see you."

"Your Excellency, Duke Victor, I'm very sorry. Edward and I have an urgent matter to deal with." Duke Munster couldn't help it and spoke.

After all, he is the first person responsible for what happened in the territory of Munster Province.

"Oh? Your Excellency, Duke, Admiral Edward, if you need help, you can tell me directly. This time, the giant Lancelot-class gunboat of our Federation came with me, and the combat effectiveness is quite good."

Trena looked at the two of them curiously and said meaningfully.

Duke Munster and Admiral Edward looked at each other and saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.

"This."

"Mr. Special Envoy, thank you very much for your kindness. Please allow us to discuss with Duke Victor first. Perhaps, we will trouble you later."

Duke Victor was obviously stunned. Although he was the person in charge of receiving the delegation, it was quite rude in diplomatic etiquette that the governor was absent in the territory of the Province of Munster.

A few minutes later, Duke Victor excused himself to go to the bathroom and immediately bumped heads with the Duke of Munster.

"Ferreira (Duke of Munster's real name), Edward, is the situation really that bad?" Duke Victor's face sank.

"Yes, the situation may be worse than imagined." Admiral Edward glanced at the Duke of Munster and quickly introduced the situation.

"Duke Victor, a suspected undocumented sealed gate was discovered at Longya Pass some time ago. Just a few hours ago, a survivor of a Diamond-level sword-bearing team that had lost contact sent an urgent message."

"The one sealed inside is an ancient dragon, which is said to have strong corrupt energy and can corrupt living beings and restore strength."

"At present, this corrupt dragon is on its way to Brightxin and has destroyed three towns along the way."

"What! Doesn't that mean there are already tens of thousands of casualties?" Duke Victor said with his eyes wide open.

"Yes, the problem now is that if we don't send strong and fast support immediately, if Brightxin is destroyed, it will be hundreds of thousands of casualties."

"In addition, after Brightxin is destroyed, according to the intelligence, if the other party recovers its strength by corrupting living beings, I'm afraid the other party will soon recover to its peak strength."

"This is the worst part." Admiral Edward said with a serious face.

"Yes, Duke Victor, we just discussed it. Now, we may need to use the Griffin Guards you brought this time to escort us. Otherwise, I am afraid that we will not be able to do so in terms of strength," Duke Munster said.

Duke Victor was silent after hearing this.

After all, this time point is very awkward, just when the Federation delegation arrived at the first stop of the Empire.

If all the Griffin Knights are transferred away now, it is equivalent to telling the Federation that the situation on the Dragun Empire side is very bad, so bad that it cannot even maintain the basic stability of the situation.

In diplomacy, this is a taboo, which is very unfavorable for the subsequent negotiations between the two countries.

"In other words, it is too late to wait for the Imperial Guardians to come, right?" Duke Victor thought for a while and said.

"Well, so, we want to mobilize all the griffin knights and rush to Bretsin immediately. Even if we can't stop the enemy, we have to try to lead them away from Bretsin."

"At least try to buy some time to evacuate some people in the county city."

"So, I hope that the batch of griffin guards you brought with you, the Duke, can also go together." Admiral Edward added.

Duke Victor frowned.

Obviously, he was weighing the pros and cons of the lives of hundreds of thousands of people on the one hand and the confession to the Federation on the other.

But soon, he figured it out. Although there were few wars between the Empire and the Federation in the past hundred years, there were constant small frictions. They had planted countless spies and spies on each other. Can some situations really be covered up by covering up?

If Bretsin was really destroyed, such a tragedy would inevitably be hidden. Instead of this, it would be better to let the Federation go.

Although the other party will have a better understanding of the empire's reality, the opposite is also true. We can also take a look at what new things the Federation has come up with in the past two years.

"Ferreira, Edward, let the Federation intervene." Victor said.

"It's just a good time to see what these federal people can rely on."

"Let the Federation come together?"

After the Duke of Munster and Admiral Edward looked at each other, their faces lit up.

For them, being able to quickly eliminate this huge hidden danger is the first priority.

"Well, mobilize all the gryphon knights. By the way, mobilize the small airships too! Even if there are not airships as big as theirs, the momentum must be built." Duke Victor added.

"Well, there are currently only two small airships. The others are performing tasks and are already on the route. It will take several hours at the fastest to mobilize a few small airships."

other side.

In the reception hall.

"Do you know the situation?" Trina turned her head and asked the adjutant.

"Well, I basically understand it. It is said that a corrupted dragon is currently on its way to Breitsin, and it has destroyed several small towns along the way."

"The corrupted dragon? That's not easy to deal with." A federal major general on the side whispered.

"Can we deal with it?" Trina asked calmly.

"It's not a big problem."

"That's good. We can just show our strength to the empire. Let's go and talk to Duke Victor again." The beautiful woman Trena stood up and said.

"Huh? Sir Envoy, will this expose our strength?"

"Don't forget, we are here to negotiate. Only by showing strength can we negotiate better." The beautiful woman couldn't help but laugh.

In the same corner of the reception hall.

"Sir Ren, the urgent mission needs to start now. Admiral Edward is already waiting on the military airship." A capable young woman with an anxious look came to Ren's side and said.

"Huh? Are you in such a hurry?" Renn raised his eyebrows.

Heading out immediately?

This is the first time that Ren has encountered such an urgent task.

But immediately, Ren thought of something, wait a moment ""

"Yes, Sir Ren, we have just received urgent information. The specific content will be later. Admiral Edward will introduce it to you on the airship." Olena said quickly.

"Well, let's go." Renn stood up and said.

A few minutes later.

"Edward, who are you waiting for?" Duke Victor asked with an unhappy expression.

"Oh, I just called a diamond-level sword wielder from the branch. He should be here soon." Edward said slightly apologetically.

"We are facing a giant dragon, so a diamond-level sword wielder will probably be useless."

"This." Admiral Edward thought for a moment before Ren was able to turn the tide several times. He hesitated and nodded.

"Duke Victor, I am also familiar with the young man Edward mentioned. He is a young man who is good at creating miracles and is also the general security consultant just hired by the Munster Administration Hall." The Duke of Munster explained.

At this time, Ren, accompanied by Olena, also happened to board the airship.

"Huh? Is this the one?" Duke Victor looked at the two people next to him suspiciously, obviously not believing it.

So young?

How could it be so powerful? I'm afraid it's a related household, right?

However, even if Duke Victor had some guesses in his mind, he would not say anything to his face.

In the cabin, Admiral Edward quickly and concisely introduced the situation.

"Just now, we received urgent information."

"The forbidden gate on the Dragon Tooth Mountain Pass was broken, and an ancient corrupted dragon attacked many small towns along the way. It is currently heading towards Brightsing County City."

"What! A giant dragon?" The gryphon knights and several diamond-level sword wielders present were all shocked.

And Renn also narrowed his eyes, feeling quite shocked.

Although he had known some news about Longya Mountain Pass before, it seemed that the Black Sword team went to investigate a mine that was suspected of being a forbidden gate, but he did not expect that the news now exploded based on this.

"Quiet! The Imperial Capital should be sending their troops soon. Therefore, our goal this time is to try to interfere with the other side and not allow the other side to attack Breitsin calmly."

"At least give the residents of Breitsin some time to evacuate."

A few hours later, the airship arrived near Breitsin.

Whether it is the Empire or the Federation, they can all see it on the airship. The county town of Breitsin is now in chaos, and a giant dragon with a size of tens of meters is wreaking havoc above the county town.

At the same time, there were thousands of monsters of various sizes fighting against the defenders of the county. However, with the Corrupted Dragon leading the attack, the battle was almost one-sided.

At this moment, the situation is already precarious.

"Let the gryphon knights go first and look for each other's weaknesses." Duke Victor said with a solemn expression as he stared at the scene in front of him.

As the Duke of the Imperial Capital with rich combat experience and the special envoy this time, Duke Victor took on the role of commander-in-chief of the battle without hesitation. The Duke of Munster and Admiral Edward on the side were responsible for deployment and coordination.

"As you command, Duke Victor." The captain of the Griffin Knight on the side bowed slightly and said.

With a sharp whistle, two teams of twenty-four Imperial Griffin Knights, led by him and Viscount Felker, were divided into two straight-line formations and rushed towards the Corrupted Dragon. .

The gryphon flew extremely fast, and within half a minute, the two sides started fighting.

Compared to the tens of meters long body of the corrupted dragon, the twenty-four griffin knights who were originally majestic now looked like a group of sparrows besieging a huge eagle.

"Swoosh!"

The well-trained griffin knights controlled the griffins to quickly dodge the sharp claws and flapping wings of the corrupted dragon, shuttling like the wind, and at the same time, threw the sharp short spears in their hands heavily at the corrupted dragon.

"Puff!"

Many short spears pierced into the skin of the corrupted dragon, which immediately made many griffin knights look happy.

"Captain, the opponent's defense is not strong!" A griffin knight shouted with a happy expression.

This situation is much better than they expected, because according to the normal defense of the dragon's scales, their spears can't even break through the defense of the dragon scales.

But the next second, something unexpected happened!

"Be careful!"

As if stung by this group of annoying 'flies', the corrupted dragon took a deep breath, and then exhaled violently 180 degrees forward!

A huge, strong yellow-green breath like a high-pressure water gun instantly hit the three griffin knights who were unable to dodge.

In the astonished eyes of others.

The three griffin knights, including the griffins under their crotch, quickly grew hair, rotted, and were covered with colorful mushrooms in just a few seconds, and then lost their balance and fell from the sky!

Three elite griffin knights were killed with one breath.

This scene made Admiral Edward and others on the small airship in the back change their faces.

You know, the empire has to consume gold as high as a person to train a qualified griffin knight.

The loss of each griffin knight is a major loss for the empire, but three griffin knights were lost in less than half a minute of fighting. The next battle is likely to be difficult.

"Damn, what are these people from the Federation doing? Are they watching a show?" Duke Munster couldn't help but swear.

"This is a battle taking place on the territory of the Empire. We can't interfere when the other side makes a move." Victor said with an ugly face.

Ryan thought about it and decided to tell Admiral Edward to let him try.

Suddenly, the giant gunboat of the Federation began to move.

About two kilometers behind the air battle scene.

In the captain's room of the Federation's Lancelot-class giant gunboat.

A group of Federation officers were carefully observing the Empire's Griffin Knights' siege of the Corrupted Dragon.

"Good control, everyone seems to be at the level of a great knight, and they cooperate well with the griffins."

"Well, it is indeed worthy of being the top elite force of the Dragun Empire."

"However, it is probably very difficult to train such a griffin knight. How many can the entire Dragun Empire have?"

"The two teams of griffin knights in front of us should be the majority of the griffin knights in this Munster province. Oh, by the way, this is still counting the team that escorted us. In other words, there are at most 20 griffin knights in a province."

"Very elite, but unfortunately, the number is too small."

"This training strategy of the empire cannot cope with the subsequent combat losses."

The officers and soldiers commented one after another.

"What a powerful breath!" After seeing the breath of the corrupt dragon, the federal officers and soldiers also changed color.

"This corruption ability is too amazing."

When Terena saw this scene, her pretty face became solemn. She turned sideways and said to the general officer beside her:

"Lieutenant General Ruiz, the next battle will be handed over to you."

"Of course, Your Excellency Terena, we should show our wings and let the corrupt Dragun Empire know the development of the Federation in recent years." Lieutenant General Ruiz bowed slightly and said with a smile.

"Turn left, prepare for portside bombardment!"

"All naval guns start loading!"

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Commands came down from the brass tube to the cabin below.

The huge gunboat suddenly turned sideways in the air, which made Duke Victor and others on the small airship next to it think that the Federation was going to escape at first.

But the next second, they saw two rows of dozens of black holes suddenly appear on the side of the other gunboat, followed by dozens of flashes of fire and a burst of sound like a string of cannons.

"Boom boom!"

Instantly, five or six huge holes suddenly burst open on the surface of the Corrupted Dragon's body, and yellow pus gushed out.

"Ang!!!"

The Corrupted Dragon screamed, and at the same time, it shifted its attention from the griffin knights around it to the 'big guy' not far away.

"The power is not enough to destroy the opponent. It seems that we have to use secret weapons." Vice Admiral Ryze narrowed his eyes and said.

"Main gun ready!"

On the middle of the side of the ship, an extra large hole opened.

Looking inside along the slender gun barrel of the hole, a huge hexagram magic array was engraved on the gun base, and six official wizards were chanting spells according to the order just issued by the captain's room.

As the spell sounded, the hexagram suddenly surged with a majestic energy and injected it into the huge cannon covered with various inscriptions.

The next second!

"Boom!"

A ball of lightning-like thing quickly blasted towards the flying corrupt dragon.

"Bang!"

Seemingly aware of the danger, the corrupt dragon dodged slightly to the side, avoiding the vital parts of its body, but a big hole was blasted out of one of its flesh wings, causing it to fall rapidly.

In the captain's room of the Federation's Lancelot-class giant gunboat.

"Vice Admiral Ruiz, very good command. Next, I think we will have a great advantage in the negotiations with the Empire."

"Papapapa!"

Trena, the mature young woman, smiled and applauded Vice Admiral Ruiz first. Then, the others also reacted immediately, and the applause was thunderous.

When Duke Victor and others on the small airship next to them saw this scene, their faces relaxed at first, but they were not very happy, but silent.

Because the power of the Federation gunboat's attack was comparable to the second-level witchcraft, or even more.

"It seems a little wrong, everyone, look." At this time, Ryan reminded.

Immediately, everyone's attention was focused on the falling corrupt dragon again.

The corrupt dragon staggered and fell to the southwest corner of the city of Brightxin County. For a moment, smoke and dust rose everywhere.

"Ang!!!" But with a loud dragon roar.

With the corrupt dragon falling to the ground as the center, thousands of mushroom people around it rushed to the other party's position from all over Brightxin City like moths to a flame.

Due to the smoke and dust, everyone couldn't see what happened, but they knew that some changes must be happening.

A few seconds later, the intact corrupt dragon flapped its wings and rushed straight into the sky!

"Not good!"

"The other party can recover from injuries by devouring this monster's followers!" Admiral Edward, who has rich combat experience, exclaimed.

The corrupt dragon rushed towards the giant gunboat of the Federation.

"(Ancient Dragon Language) Follow the great Agnes and step into corruption!"

"(Ancient Dragon Language) Ancient corruption!"

This breath was incredibly powerful. A yellow-green breath like a waterfall was sprayed on the side of the giant gunboat's cabin, and it fiercely confronted the milky white witchcraft shield that was instantly activated by the giant gunboat.

This scene made Duke Victor's face change drastically, and he said: "We can't let the federal delegation die here, which will directly cause the relationship between the Federation and the Empire to deteriorate."

"Send flags to the griffin knights, let them intercept Agnes regardless of the loss, and let the Exxon behind prepare to ignite high explosives and hit it directly." Duke Victor said with a hint of ruthlessness on his face.

"In this case, the loss of the empire will be too great." Duke Munster frowned.

Admiral Edward also had a solemn face, and the only four griffins of the Sword Bearer Division had already gone up at this moment.

At this time, Admiral Edward seemed to have thought of something, and turned to Ryan and said:

"Ryan, you are not a flying knight. You will be responsible for leading the team to kill the infected people and monsters on the ground and ensure that they cannot restore the injuries and physical strength of the corrupt dragon Agnes again."

"That's right! We can't let this corrupt dragon recover again." Duke Victor nodded and agreed.

However, Ryan looked thoughtful and did not agree immediately. After thinking about it, he pointed to the corrupt dragon Agnes who had just severely damaged the federal gunboat and said:

"Admiral Edward, let me try, maybe I should be able to deal with it."

It's not that Ryan wants to show off, but it's based on several considerations.

First of all, he is a member of the Empire. For now, both Admiral Edward and Duke Munster are very concerned about him. If the corrupt dragon continues to wreak havoc, not only will the residents of Brightxin suffer, but these two will also be blamed by the Empire.

Secondly, he didn't want to see the griffin knights, including Felke and Fisher, fall in front of him one by one, especially when he could still do something.

Finally, Ryan actually wanted to verify some of his assumptions.

"Hmm?"

Everyone, including Admiral Edward and Duke of Munster, looked at Ryan, not knowing what this meant.

Duke Victor frowned, as he didn't have a good impression of Ryan, who was late.

This time, he was even more unhappy to hear that the young man in front of him actually questioned Edward's orders.

But he saw that Edward didn't say anything, and his lips stammered twice, but he didn't scold him.

As Ryan's mind moved, he heard the lookout suddenly shout: "A ferocious raptor suddenly came behind us."

"Don't worry, this is my mount." Ryan said calmly.

"Hmm? Ryan, do you have a flying mount?" Admiral Edward's face was happy, but when he thought of Agnes's power, it was dark again.

Because even if Ryan became a flying knight, it would at most be equivalent to adding a top-notch griffin knight, which would have little impact on the battle situation.

But Duke Victor on the side had a different idea, and looked at Ryan with an even more unfriendly look.

You are a flying knight?

Then when the griffin knights were fighting the rot dragon just now, why didn't you attack together? Are you afraid of death?

Just when he couldn't help but scold,

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Three heavy objects fell to the ground.

The blood-feathered horned eagle that had just landed placed three combat puppets on the airship deck.

Ryan had already turned around and walked over, and heard a voice from afar: "Prepare three high-explosive bombs for me."