Chapter 245
Chapter 245 The Conflict Escalates
Nighttime. The knights’ kingdom was in turmoil.
The actual battle reports had come in from the frontlines. More than half of the six thousand witcher-knights had died in Greenland Forest, while the survivors had been scattered in the wild and were unlikely to regroup anytime soon.
The cause for the delay in information was due to that accursed Count Vanlier taking up arms and rebelling. He had publicly surrendered to those evil invading adepts.
Only five radiant knights remained out of the leaders that went to battle. They led a hundred of their subordinates back to Herdurand City, and that was how news of the battle got back.
The sudden betrayal of the dragons!
The departure of Fourth Grade Holy Knight Sir Willis with the dragons!
One of the three dragon knights had died in battle, while the other two had been caught in the adepts’ base.
“Understood!” “Understood!”
“Sarah, Claire. Find the princes immediately and evacuate the palace. Return immediately if we are able to make it through today. If… if war breaks out, don’t care about what happens back here. Take them east. The further the better!”
The two were both female knights. Their expressions were saddened when they heard this, but they forced their tears back down and nodded in acknowledgement.
“The rest follow me to see what the dragons want.”
“We will stand with you!”
Amidst some vague sobbings, the four radiant knights sorted out their equipment and marched out of the palace with tragic and passionate valiance.
Yet, just as everyone was distracted by the tense standoff in front of the palace, a fully armed radiant knight was hurrying towards the back with two spellbreaker knights following closely behind. It was a time of turmoil and chaos. Large numbers of witcher-knights were stationed in various locations in the palace and even the palace guards were in a panic.
At this time, the powerful radiant knights were like the foundation of the entire kingdom’s backbone. Which ignorant guard would dare to stop and search a radiant knight at such a moment?
Thus, Greem successfully made his way near the hall with Cobalt and Flower following closely behind and managed to hide in a room right next to the large hall.
At the front of the palace, the elderly radiant knight that strode out had attracted the attention of the dragon flight.
The dragon at the lead with the massive body folded its wings when it saw the four radiant knights walking out. It landed on the large platform.
“Human, call your king out. Today, he must hand over the Gem of the Contract, as well as the dragon-murderer. Otherwise, we will raze this place to the ground.” The green dragon roared.
“O respected dragon ambassador, what is it that angers you so? We of the knights’ kingdom have always been the loyal companions to the great dragons for the past thousand years. Yet now, it is you that are viciously attacking the capital and assaulting our cities. And today you even come here to demand some Gem of Contract and murderer from us! Is this something companions and allies do to each other?”
“Puny human, don’t try and show off your speaking skills. The great Wrathion will not sit here and listen to your useless words. Have your king come out or I’ll force my way in!” The dragon in the lead was violent and aggressive. It was clear that he had no intention of letting this end peacefully.
Greem, who was peeking from a side hall in the distance, let out a breath of relief.
Fortunately for him, the leading Third Grade dragon had an excessively overbearing personality. Otherwise, if both parties had any sign of peaceful negotiation, he would probably have to take the risk and incite a conflict. He only needed to run to a group of ‘ignorant’ witcher-knights and order them to attack the dragons to start a complete bloodbath.
Luckily, the dragons were far more reckless than he thought. Such a forceful method of negotiation. It would be weird if the knights didn’t react negatively!
As expected, just as the elderly radiant knight drew his shining runic longsword to halt the march of the lead dragon, chaos broke out! No one knew whether it was started by a runic arrow shot by a panicking witcher-knight, or the dragon breath of a young green dragon, but a terrifying battle quickly exploded!
Under the terrified gazes of countless palace guards, numerous acidic poison and wind poison dragon breaths rained down like a storm. All of the human warriors that were caught in them died a painful death before they could even escape.
The warriors that were engulfed in the wind poison fell to the ground, their faces a deathly black. They had been killed instantly by the poison. Those that were showered with acidic poison had their flesh dissolved like melting candles, turning into viscous green liquid and leaving only a pile of charred and withered bones behind.
Bows and crossbows on the ground fired in unison. Waves of fire and ice arrows slashed through the sky, barring the dragon flight.
Clinking noises echoed throughout. Countless arrows were swiped out of the skies by the dragons’ wings and tails, but some arrows still found their way into gaps in the scales of the younger dragons.
For a moment, grunts and cries of pain rang out incessantly from the dragon flight.
A few adolescent green dragons quickly dove down and used their massive bodies to shield the young dragons. Under the orders of the adolescent dragons, the dragon flight quickly took to the sky and gradually left the range of the crossbows.
But this didn’t mean that the dragons were going to retreat. In fact, it was the precursor to a ferocious attack.
Dragon roars rumbled through the skies. With two adolescent dragons in the front, and three juvenile dragons following closely behind, five massive green dragons beat their wide wings and dove downwards at the palace at high speed.
The five green dragons opened their mouths wide, and large balls of horrifying acid quickly gathered behind their throats.
The next moment, five dense acidic poison breaths had ploughed several paths of death through the crowd below. The crossbows attacks from the ground were mostly deflected by the dragons’ scales. Even the occasional bolts that found their mark into flesh wasn’t enough to interrupt the dragons’ wild breaths.
The first group of dragons had just finished unleashing their ravaging breaths. Just as they turned their bodies and took to the skies once more, a second group of dragons had already started their high-speed dive. Behind them, a third group of dragons was already in formation, looking for the best diving angle…