Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton-Chapter 520 - 300: Is the Dragon Beast Afraid of Dragon Prestige? _1
Chapter 521: Chapter 300: Is the Dragon Beast Afraid of Dragon Prestige? _1
The leader of the Dragon Knight Brigade, Captain Aimer, had a solemn look on his face, and remained silent. This perturbed his deputy, Shuyin, who asked, “You seem preoccupied. Did you lose in cards again yesterday?”
Airborne units, whilst in flight, face severe communication difficulties, which prevents them from executing intricate formations and coordinating maneuvers as seamlessly as their ground-based counterparts. The basic tactic is quite simple. Junior Knights follow their Lead Knight, Lead Knights follow the Knights, Knights follow the Great Knights, the Great Knights follow the Captain, who basically leads the charge.
To reach the level of a Knight, one must be a High-level Sword Fighter who has the ability to shape-shift utilizing his battle energy. This season swordsman can do some things that the low-level ones can’t.
Like focusing their voice into a single stream and directing it at a target to communicate while in flight.
This tactic is advanced and is difficult to master for most. Only high-level Sword Fighters can provide the fundamental basis, but even they require long-term training to fully grasp it. Most High-Level Sword Fighters are not in the position to practice this complicated and seldom used tactic due to their struggle for livelihood.
Only these airborne knights would practice such tactic from an early age, and after they cross the threshold of becoming a High-Level Sword Fighter, they are able to apply this skill immediately.
Shuyin’s voice was sent directly to Aimer’s ear, as if he were speaking directly to him.
Aimer shook his head and said, “I don’t play cards before a battle, nor do I think about anything unrelated to the fight.”
“So it’s about the battle then. Why do you look so serious? Is the enemy that strong?” Shuyin asked with curiosity.
“Don’t you read the battle reports?” Aimer asked.
“That’s why I am puzzled. Isn’t it just a bunch of abyssal nomads? I don’t think there’s too much to worry about. With us all heading out, besides those air knights ranked on the leaderboard, who else can stop us?” Shuyin asserted confidently.
Aimer shook his head patiently and responded, “If there was nothing to worry about, would the King send us all out? Do you know how much grain is consumed daily when the entire army is mobilized? As we venture deeper into the desert – or even take a detour – do you realize how many soldiers will be needed to back us up? Do you think the enemy that we’re making such huge expenditures to ambush is one we don’t need to worry about? You’re being complacent.”
Although Shuyin didn’t entirely agree, he straightened his face and said, “Yes, Captain, you are correct. I was careless. The enemy that requires us to mobilize the entire army must not be ordinary. May I know if you’ve analyzed anything from the battle reports?”
Aimer shook his head, “These Abyssal nomads are strange. What I am going to tell you isn’t mentioned in the battle reports.”
Shuyin’s interest was piqued. He knew that Captain Aimer, being an heir to a long-standing noble family, had access to information far beyond his which was an upstart from a minor noble family.
“The leader of these Abyssal Nomads is Ange,” Aimer revealed.
Shuyin was shocked. “You mean the Ange that the elves were searching all over the world for?”
“Yes, it’s the same place that the Elves sent their whole force to, resulting in us being in level-four security for a month,” Aimer confirmed.
Shuyin frowned, “That doesn’t make sense. From the scale of the Elves’ forces, they were obviously seeking revenge. I thought they were about to launch a Planar War. If this was where their target was, then why did they apologize to Ange afterward? Could it have been because they lost – hence the need for apology?”
Even as he voiced the last part, Shuyin found it ridiculous, the Elves losing?
Aimer nodded. “Not only did they apologize, they also had to compensate. Did you see the Giant War Tree in the battle report?”
Shuyin was taken aback and then grimaced as a gust of wind blew into his mouth. “That can’t be right. I thought the Elves only rented out those War Trees. Could it be that they rented one?”
“No, only the lower-level War Trees are available for rent. The one in Goddess City is a Super War Gigantic Tree which was only responsible for guarding the Tree of Life. In human terms, it would be akin to the Royal Knight Brigade or the Defense Legion,” Aimer explained.
Without these descriptions, it would have been more difficult for Shuyin to understand. But as soon as he heard the analogy, he laughed out loud. “You mean those glittering dragon dung eggs?”
Aimer’s cheeks twitched with embarrassment. He realized his analogy was inappropriate. Regardless of the country, the Royal Knight Brigade or Defense Legion tended to be a place for nobles’ offspring to gain prestige. They were fully equipped, but lacked fighting power – like shiny dragon dung eggs that stunk to high heaven.
“The Super War Gigantic Tree is far from a dragon dung egg. It’s the Elves’ greatest asset. Capable of contending with even Giant Dragons, it possesses unparalleled firepower that’s ten times more potent than lower-level War Trees. And I’m sure you’ve seen how deadly ten lower-level War Trees can be.”
“Crap, that explains why you had the Heavy Loading Squad bring all those incendiary grenades and flaming arrows – it was to crash this monstrosity,” Shuyin finally revealed the realization. “But surely the existence of a single super War Gigantic Tree doesn’t warrant such a heedful response?” freeweɓnovel.cѳm
Aimer chuckled, “Because that might be the least of their power. Have you heard of the Fallen Angel Shamara? Well, it’s been reported that Shamara has now sided with these Abyssal Nomads.”
“And, you know about the Silver dragon and the Bronze Dragon right? There’s news that there are at least three Juvenile Dragons in the Goddess of Beauty City. One of them is underdeveloped, but the others are air-superiority capable. Furthermore, there’s a mature ‘strange’ dragon, the species of which we don’t know but it’s about twenty to thirty meters long.”
