Chapter 825: Holy Dragon's First Battle
Speaking of the military camp in Lookout City, it is quite unique.
Because the lookout city was built on the top of a high mountain, it was staggered in height and went back and forth.
Therefore, the military camp in Lookout City was built in a scattered manner, with some pieces scattered east and west.
There is not even a road connecting the military camp and the living area, so the only way is to fly there.
But this is not a problem for the troops in the barracks, because the troops in the Lookout City barracks only include the Djinn and the Air Mage who can teleport. The Djinn can fly, the mage can teleport, and both can ignore the terrain.
After Qi Ge arrived at the Lookout City military camp, he was warmly received by officers at all levels of the Lookout City troops.
Lookout City is located on a high and dangerous mountain with inconvenient transportation, and there are few delicious foods and drinks. When Qi Ge arrived, they took out all of them without saying a word.
Although Qi Ge held a high position, he was very tactful and courteous. While drinking and chatting, he was able to make all the senior officers at the table smile.
After the mess, the two most powerful people in Lookout City supported Qi Ge on the left and right as they left.
Under the influence of alcohol, they kept whispering in Qi Ge's ears.
“Your Highness Xingfeng, you don’t know how hard it is for us two old guys.
Look at the Kael family in the south and the Richard family in the west. What kind of lives did those legendary heroes lead? And then look at what kind of lives we two normally lead?
They live a carefree life with fine clothes and delicious food every day, while we are exposed to the wind and snow every day and suffer terribly.
We are all legendary heroes, why?
We two old guys have been stationed in this Lookout City for our entire lives and have made so many contributions to Bracada, shouldn't we enjoy ourselves?"
The lamp god Vaner on the left of Qige looked bitter and resentful, and looked pitiful.
Qi Ge patted Faner's hand and said affirmatively, "Of course, of course!"
The mage Zadu on the right of Qige sighed:
“Your Highness Xingfeng, I had a stubborn temper in my early years and thought I could make a name for myself in Thunder City with my own abilities.
When the Mages Guild extended an olive branch to me, I refused. I felt that they were just a bunch of selfish guys and I didn't want to be associated with them.
When the Trosa Chamber of Commerce invited me, I did not join. I felt that they were just a group of money-minded businessmen who had no ability to govern a country.
When His Majesty Fafnir came in person, I rejected him. I felt that I was not interested in the army.
Her Majesty Elni invited me to join the Pharmacists Guild as a special pharmacist, but I disagreed because I felt that the position was too low and had no real power.
When I had the opportunity to choose, I didn't make it. When my potential was exhausted and I had no chance to advance to a true legend, I had no choice.
The four major factions didn't want me, so they brought me to this hellhole, where I've been staying for sixty-four years.
During these sixty-four years, I have regretted all the time, regretting that I was self-righteous and did not seize the opportunity to make progress.
And you are my only hope to make up for my mistakes."
Zadu held Qige's hand tightly, tears welling up in his eyes:
"Your Highness Xingfeng, you must save me. I can't stay in this damn place for even one more day."
Qi Ge knew clearly in his heart that as a hub city in the east, Lookout City was not as bad as they said.
They were not extremely wealthy, but by intercepting resources being shipped to various places, the two of them could live a good life.
But this is a fortress city after all, with relatively few resources. It is of course impossible to make the city lord live a life of luxury and well-being like the inland cities.
There is no such thing as unbearable suffering, it's just dissatisfaction.
If Lookout City had more money to earn than the inland cities, Qi Ge was sure that not only would these two people not have any dissatisfaction, but they would be nailed here like nails and would never leave. Even after they died, they would find ways to pass on their positions to their descendants.
Maybe we can even create a good story about three generations of a family looking out for each other.
Of course, it is a good thing for Qi Ge that the two Lookout City coaches, Vaner and Zadu, are willing to make progress. He will certainly not expose their little thoughts, but will strongly support them!
Qi Ge looked left and right, then said solemnly:
“My two coaches, although I have only been in Lookout City for two days, I have already deeply felt the harsh environment here.
You have guarded the border for Bracada in such a harsh place, and no one can erase this contribution!
When I return to Thunder City, I will report to my teacher, Agaide, and ask him to commend you at the Great Council."
The two were overjoyed and hugged Qi Ge and shouted:
"Your Highness is so wise!" "Your Highness! Thank you so much, Your Highness!"
Qi Ge looked at the two people who were very excited and smiled without saying anything.
After the two of them shouted for a while, his face changed and he said hesitantly:
"It's just that... every major city in Bracada has a city lord, and each one has his own position.
If you want to transfer a position, someone has to give up the position. This is really difficult to do.
I'm afraid that when the time comes, the Grand Council will just give you some rewards to get rid of your contributions.
Although the teacher has some status in the Great Council, he cannot act arbitrarily. "
"This...what should I do?"
Vaner and Zadu looked at each other and pleaded in unison:
"Your Highness Xingfeng, we two have to think of a solution. We can't find any other connections, so we can only ask you for help."
"Yes, Your Highness, from now on we will follow your lead. If you tell us to go east, we will never go west."
Seeing the two of them eager to show their loyalty, Qi Ge looked up at the sky and whispered:
“You two may think too highly of me. I am just an ordinary master with limited abilities.
Whether you can leave this Lookout City depends on you.
The key to suppressing the rebellion this time is whether you can achieve success and establish your career."
After hearing Qi Ge's hint, Zadu seemed to be thinking about something, but the straightforward Van Er couldn't help but ask:
“Your Highness Xingfeng, this is true, but our mission is to guard the Lookout City and monitor the surroundings.
If the rebels don't get close to us, we won't have a chance to achieve anything. What should we do?"
Hearing this question, Qi Ge laughed mysteriously.
He took out a gold coin and waved it in front of the two of them:
"Two commanders, tell me, are these the rebels' gold coins or our gold coins?"
Van Er was a little confused:
"Isn't this your gold coin, His Highness Xingfeng?"
"Heh. Two commanders, I still have the task of inspecting Lookout City, so you can just send them here.
Thank you both for your hospitality. Xingfeng will never forget it and will repay you generously.
Goodbye. "
Qi Ge smiled and shook his head, quickened his pace and strode away.
Van Er wanted to ask something else, but seeing that Qi Ge was determined to leave, he couldn't force him to stay, so he could only answer reluctantly:
"Hey, hey, hey. Your Highness, please take care."
Seeing Qi Ge waving his hand and leaving without looking back, Vaner was so anxious that he jumped to his feet.
He whispered in Zadu's ear while he was deep in thought:
"Hiss. What on earth does His Highness Xingfeng mean by this? Gold coins... Is he hinting that we should give him some benefits?"
"stupid!"
Zadu cursed:
"How is that possible? His Highness Xingfeng's teacher is Agaide. What benefits can we give him that he would be interested in?"
"So what do you think he meant by this?"
Vaner asked unconvinced.
Zadu took a deep breath and said hesitantly:
"If my guess is correct, His Highness Xingfeng may want us to kill innocent people and take credit for it."
"Ah?! Killing a good person and claiming credit for it?!"
Vaner's face turned pale in an instant.
Zadu nodded and said:
“The enemy we are dealing with this time is the rebels.
The rebels' troops are no different from our Bracada troops.
A broken gargoyle, you can't tell if it's the rebels' gargoyle or ours.
It's like you can't tell whether a gold coin is ours or the rebels'.
We have 14,000 gargoyles on standby in Lookout City now. If we smash half of them ourselves, that will be the military merit of 7,000 gargoyles.
In addition to the gargoyles, there are also iron men.
There are many fairy villages around our Lookout City. If we just sweep them, we can capture two to three thousand fairies.
If that doesn't work, we still have many lamp gods and wizards in Lookout City."
“This, this, this…”
Van Er was somewhat frightened:
"That won't work. We use our troops as credit, but what if the higher-ups conduct an inventory and find that we have fewer troops?"
“This is not easy, just sacrifice it.
We have eliminated so many rebels, how could there not be casualties?"
"No, no. If the Thunder Temple finds out, it will be a capital crime."
Vaner was a little flustered.
Zadu suddenly grabbed Faner's hand and said in a deep voice:
"Van Er, we have been partners for decades, and we know each other's thoughts.
To put it nicely, we are the city lords, but to put it bluntly, we are exiled here.
For decades, the Grand Council has ignored us. Why?
It’s because we don’t have a backstage!
Vaner, let me tell you, His Highness is very smart. He didn't tell us anything. We wanted to do this ourselves.
If something happens, His Highness can completely stay out of it, and even divination magic cannot find anything on His Highness.
But Your Highness must have a share of the credit for defeating the rebels.
Doing this, it seems that we will definitely lose money and Your Highness will definitely make money, but in fact, it is not the case.
If we do this, it means we are handing over our life-threatening evidence to His Highness Xingfeng.
From now on, His Highness Xingfeng, and the Agaide Changren behind His Highness, will be our backers!
But if we don't do it, it will be tantamount to breaking with His Highness, and Agaide's permanent position will be cut off.
Without your highness' words, we two pseudo-legends without any foundation would probably die of old age in this Lookout City.
Take some risks to achieve greater wealth and glory, or stay here and die peacefully. It's your choice."
Vaner looked at Zadu's determined eyes and his heart suddenly jumped.
He realized that if he didn't want to, Zadu might even run to Xingfeng and sell himself for a future.
As a long-time friend, he knew very well that Zadu was such a person.
He hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth:
“Shit Bracada, done!
Zadu, what do you think we should do?
Zadu smiled:
“That’s right.
If you and I work together, we will definitely be able to make this thing perfect!"
…
Two days later, Lookout City was suddenly attacked by unknown rebels.
The rebels were extremely cunning and bypassed all defenses through tunnels, then set fire to the military camp and launched a surprise attack.
Under the command of Xingfeng, the commanders of Lookout City, Zadu and Vaner, put up a tenacious resistance, turned defeat into victory, gradually encircled and suppressed the rebels, and achieved a brilliant victory.
The loss of the gargoyles and iron men in the Lookout City was close to 80%, and the casualties among the wizards and djinn troops were nearly half.
After the war, the resourceful His Highness Xingfeng personally found out the culprit - it turned out that the rebels dug tunnels from the fairy villages around Lookout City under the cover of the fairy villages!
His Highness Xingfeng immediately led his loyal troops to sweep the surrounding fairy villages.
In total, he captured nearly 100,000 goblins who might have been connected to the rebels, and imprisoned them all in the dungeons of Overlook City.
For a time, the dungeons of Lookout City were packed, and there was no place to stay in any of the cells.
On that day, a bulletin arrived in Thunder City with the title:
Great victory at Lookout City!
Escher and Fafnir, who were at the front line, heard about the great victory at Lookout City and praised it together.
Escher wrote a letter to Thunder City, praising Xingfeng for his fearlessness in the face of danger, his courage and strategy, and calling him a great general with a promising future.
Fafnir wrote a letter to Thunder City, praising Xingfeng for being a young man with the demeanor of a veteran, and calling him a military genius with a promising future.
No one knew that in the dungeon of Lookout City, under the cover of a hundred thousand goblins, a large group of engineering goblins from the Chosen City and the ancient dwarf demigod O'Falatti were busy building an underground portal.
Seven days later, the rebels launched a surprise attack on the Winter Valley guarded by Escher.
Escher led his troops in a desperate fight and won a great victory, killing and capturing countless rebels, but he himself was seriously injured in the battle by an unidentified legendary hero and had to retreat back to Lookout City for recuperation.
During his recuperation, Qi Ge visited him many times and they had very pleasant conversations, as if they were old friends regardless of age.
Seven days later, Escher's injuries had not yet healed, and Winter Valley was attacked by the rebels again.
Starwind Serena was ordered to lead the reserve army to Winter Valley for support.
Xingfeng won a great victory and chased the rebels for thirty miles, but they were ambushed and the army was in danger.
At the critical moment, Xingfeng stayed behind to cover the retreat, allowing Serena to lead the troops to retreat first, thus turning danger into safety without any danger.
The next day, Fafnir arrived at Winter Valley and gathered his forces to suppress the rebellion, ready to engage in a decisive battle with the main rebel force.
Under Favrona's command, the rebel suppression forces continued to gain local advantages and almost wiped out the rebels.
But at this moment, an extremely huge ice-blue dragon suddenly appeared among the rebels!
…
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"roar!!!"
A dragon roar sounded in the sky, and a giant ice-blue dragon looked down at all living things.
Fafnir was shocked to find that a strange sense of panic filled his heart.
It was a deterrent and a panic derived from blood.
He, a legendary hero, is like this, not to mention the troops under his command.
The wizards trembled and fell to the ground, completely losing the courage to lift the magic book. The djinn were in panic, and some even shrunk their elementals into the magic lamp.
The Nagas raised their swords to block their faces and stared at the sky vigilantly.
"What kind of dragon is that?"
"Roar!!" Just as Fafner was shocked, the blue dragon in the sky roared again.
A giant dragon with a strange shape, made of blue ice, slowly appeared beside it.
A gleam of light flashed in the ice dragon's eyes, and the energy of magic suddenly surged. From high in the sky, lightning bolts as thick as arms came down and hit Fafnir's army!
The gargoyles flying in the sky were the first to be hit, and lightning kept jumping in the clouds formed by the gargoyles!
Fafner's pupils shrank.
“With just one strike from that blue dragon’s summon, thousands of gargoyles were wiped out!
Could it be that even its summoned creatures are mythical soldiers? !
So what on earth is it?!
Monster, that blue dragon is simply a monster!"
