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In fact, it’s not the fault of those guys from outside the region who underestimated the enemy.
This was because the major intelligence organizations in the Ice Ridge Wasteland originally knew very limited information about Black Dragon City’s combat capabilities.
Black Dragon City has never regarded any force in the Ice Ridge Wasteland as an enemy.
No one is qualified.
Neither the once powerful Omar Empire nor the Sid with thousands or tens of thousands of years of history were qualified to allow Black Dragon City to fully expose its combat power.
The only three times that military force was used in public were just the tip of the iceberg.
The first was when the Black Wind Lords attacked the auction, the second was when the Omar monarchy attacked the Omar Royal Academy, and the third was when they bombed and destroyed the Glorious Kingdom.
The world knows that Black Dragon City has a group of flying dragons with a size of thousands, and an unknown number of mechanic corps.
In the following years, there were no large-scale military mobilizations in Black Dragon City.
Of course, the information was not wrong, it was just a little outdated.
Outsiders have no idea how exaggerated the development of Black Dragon City is.
Metternich's previous plan of "showing weakness to the enemy" to lure the enemy was based on this information gap.
Those extraterritorial enemies had intelligence on Black Dragon City’s combat power from a few years ago.
At that time, the main mounts of the Black Dragon City's Flying Dragon Legion were indeed only around level three, and there were not many of them.
But in recent years, Ryan and his team have developed the high-level sub-dragon gathering area in the western part of the basin and captured several large high-level flying dragon groups.
Now the main force of the Flying Dragon Group are all fourth-level and fifth-level flying dragons.
The average rank of the mounts is nearly two major ranks higher, which is completely incomparable to the combat power a few years ago.
The animal sheds for high-level Warcraft mounts are not in the city, so this is also a hidden combat power that has never been revealed to the world.
Now that this secret flying dragon army has appeared, it is invincible.
In the Ice Ridge Wasteland, there is no army that can stop them!
The appearance of the Flying Dragon Legion instantly boosted the morale of the entire city.
The soldiers and people who had been beaten without any chance to fight back, looked at the flying dragon in the sky and were overjoyed.
"Look, it's the flying dragon army of Coleman's warriors!"
"Wow... Elder Wuduo is on the back of that black dragon!"
"And Elder Hab of Coleman's First Warrior!"
"Oh my god, it turns out our city lord was well prepared... Hahaha, kill those damn invaders!"
"Kill them all!"
"Long live Lord Ren!"
"Long live Lord Ren!"
“…”
There was a tide of shouts in the city.
The horn of counterattack sounded, and a dense crowd of people emerged from the air-raid shelters in the city. They held weapons in their hands and rushed towards the crashed airships and the fallen foreign enemies one by one...
Because all the people in Black Dragon City are extraordinary, even though the extraordinary levels of those enemies from outside the domain are generally higher, the people are not afraid at all. They use their overwhelming numerical advantage to completely overwhelm the invaders who landed on the ground.
…
What supports the military strength of Black Dragon City has always been not only the Flying Dragon Legion, but also Grandpa Tust’s Mechanical Legion!
Just after the first round of artillery fire, an exaggerated sound of gears suddenly came from the "secret research institute" behind the Black Dragon Academy.
The amazing shot just now directly blasted through the enemy's main battleship.
Everyone understood that the cannon buried underground was the biggest secret weapon in the hands of the City Lord’s Mansion!
However, before the shock on everyone in the city's faces had fully worn off, they saw another shocking scene that they would never forget.
No one had expected that at this moment, the huge gun barrel suddenly and slowly emerged from the ground...
Click, click...
Boom boom boom...
Accompanied by the violent movement of the boiler and the sound of metal friction, the huge monster finally slowly rose from the ground.
The huge power provided by the super-pressure steam ball pushed the real steel behemoth into the air, and the speed of its ascent was getting faster and faster...
At this time, everyone could see the full appearance of the steel monster.
It doesn't look like a regular airship in the sky, but more like a long worm...
In the myths and legends of this world, there is a mythical giant insect that can devour everything - the "Mouth of the Abyss".
The design inspiration of Master Tust comes from this.
The entire "Black Dragon" is in the shape of a cylinder, with a huge gun barrel in the middle, almost as long as the ship. With the gun barrel as the axis, countless huge propellers are installed.
The kinetic energy of this airship is not entirely dependent on the thrust of the steam ball, but on the hybrid power system of wind and steam. This design will ensure that wind resistance is minimized and the kinetic energy of the steam boiler is maximized.
The most intuitive feeling is that its flying speed will be several times that of a conventional airship!
On top of the giant monster's head there is a glass building that looks like a crystal horn. That is Master Kavo's library.
And this is also the command post of the airship.
Ryan was in the command cabin of the Black Dragon, feeling the extra weight of the airship taking off, his eyes lit up.
He looked at old man Tust beside him and exclaimed: "Grandpa Tust, your design is really extraordinary..."
Ymir, who was standing by, also said with emotion: "The mechanical airship designed by Dean Tust is really eye-opening."
"really……"
Everyone expressed their approval.
Not to mention other things, the design of the hull and the main guns of this expropriation ship is something that not everyone can come up with.
"Imagination" is also the most important talent of a mechanic.
The Black Dragon's shape is completely different from conventional mechanical airships. Not to mention how its technological level compares to that of the outside world, just looking at its design concept, it is much superior to those various "fish-shaped" airships in the sky.
Tust looked at his work and seemed very satisfied. He laughed and said, "Hahaha, the Black Dragon is the mechanical work I am most proud of in my life."
As he spoke, his eyes sparkled with excitement, and he added: "Wait until it flies out of the domain, and then I will modify it with magical energy. By then, the performance of the airship in all aspects will have another qualitative leap."
Hearing everyone's boasting, little Carl on the side also excitedly interrupted: "Brother Ryan, there's me too! I designed the acceleration system of this airship..."
Ryan also laughed and said, "Haha, our Carl is naturally the most powerful genius mechanic!"
Listening to this, everyone burst into laughter.
…
"Damn it, these natives actually mastered airship technology? No one mentioned it in the intelligence?!"
Mr. Sky, the three-eyed young man Credo no longer had the calmness on his face.
Now the "king-class battleship" he was on was blasted through by a cannon. Although the spare boiler compartment prevented it from falling for the time being, the situation was still very dangerous.
"Idiots! Trash! A bunch of trash!"
Credo was furious.
Didn’t that stupid subordinate say before that the Black Dragon City’s Flying Dragon Corps had suffered heavy casualties and was completely unable to fight?
What is this group in front of me now?
Didn’t they say that even though the other side had a dragon corps, their fleet couldn’t be harmed by their outdated mechanical technology?
Now what is that strange steel monster that is flying?
The huge muzzle has lit up again, and the second super shell is already being launched...
With such an exaggerated super cannon, no one knows how many more shots their "king-class battleship" can withstand.
After a little thought, he understood that the other party was "showing weakness to the enemy" and was waiting for him, the "big fish".
No one expected that these "natives" would possess such terrifying combat power.
"Damn it! Didn't you say that the Oma Empire's capital 'Usenbar' is the strongest mechanical city, the mechanical holy land? What is this!!!"
Credo roared in the command post, but he couldn't change the situation at all.
The significance of the mechanical airship is to positional warfare in the air. Although it can float in the air, its movement speed is not at the same level as that of the flying dragon.
Their current situation is very embarrassing. They have to watch the enemy surround the fleet, but they are completely helpless and can only choose to fight back.
But the firepower of Black Dragon City is much stronger than expected...
In comparison, the technological level of the Omar Imperial Capital is several decades behind!
…
The Black Dragon took off into the sky, thanks to the ingenious design of wind + steam power, which made it very fast.
There was another loud bang.
The super cannon directly penetrated several small warships that served as shields for the enemy's main ship.
At this time, the enemies naturally could not let the "Black Dragon" fly towards them. After all, everyone had seen the power of this strange airship that looked like a "mouth of the abyss" bug.
If it really were to rush into the fleet, that would be a real disaster.
Even when he saw that Black Dragon City had mechanical airships, the fleet commander did not completely despair, because they still had the advantage in numbers.
No matter how powerful the cannon is, there is only one.
The other small artillery pieces were of similar caliber to those on their airships.
There are more than a hundred airships, and the number of artillery alone is enough to bomb that lonely airship into pieces.
"Number 18, 19, 56, 88... Ships, listen up, turn your guns around and shoot down that enemy airship!"
The commander of the fleet is also an experienced battlefield commander.
After a moment of panic, he immediately ordered the fleet on the lower level to point their artillery at the "Black Dragon" on the ground.
Thousands of cannons spewed out flames at the same time.
Bang, bang, bang, bang…
Accompanied by a thunderous sound of dense artillery fire, projectiles of various sizes rained down on the Black Dragon like a rainstorm.
The battleship commander also had enough experience in dealing with this situation.
Originally, this kind of clustered fire suppression was enough to cause heavy damage to a single ship. Even though the airship had a magic shield, because it was suspended in the air, the impact of the shells was enough to make the airship lose balance in the air... Two more rounds, even if it couldn't penetrate the magic shield, it would still make it fall.
However, what is unexpected is.
The dense shells did not touch any anti-magic shield, but directly hit the airship's hull armor.
But when it hit the target, the fleet commander's face changed drastically as if he saw a ghost!
"How is this possible!!! Why didn't the shells penetrate the armor?!"
Not only did it fail to penetrate the armor, the people from outside the region on the airship even clearly saw the bullets hitting the armor of the "Black Dragon" and then "sinking" into the armor. After a series of weak ripples, the bullets actually fell from the surface of the armor...
"That's... 'Angela Black Iron'! Is it possible that this mechanical airship is made of that god-level metal?"
Seeing this strange phenomenon, the mechanics on the extraterritorial fleet recognized the origin of the slightly scarlet black steel at a glance.
Originally they just thought that the red color on the surface of the armor was an enchantment, but they didn't expect it to be the color of the metal itself.
After thinking about all the conditions in their minds, they immediately came to a conclusion.
This is that kind of "god-level metal"!
Oh my god…
Even outside the domain, this [Angela Black Iron] is an extremely rare top-grade metal. A fist-sized piece is worth a fortune, and even the top auction houses may not have much in stock.
These "natives" actually used this metal so luxuriously to build an entire mechanical airship?
Outside the domain, the value of this airship is enough to exchange for a powerful empire!
If they were to be somewhere else, these people from the “Glorious Alliance” would surely be overjoyed to see this bizarre airship.
But now, there is only despair in their eyes.
Now that they recognized the origin of this metal, they were also very clear about one reality: conventional gunpowder and artillery had absolutely no effect on this airship!
No, even ordinary magic artillery can't do anything to it!
This metal not only has a magical physical force-removing property, but also has extremely strong magical conductivity...
Oh my God, what kind of steel monster did these natives create!
…
In the desperate eyes of those extraterritorial enemies, Ryan and his men drove the "Black Dragon" brutally into the fleet in the sky.
If the "Volcano Cannon" had not fired in this way, it would have definitely severely damaged one or several warships.
The mechanical background of Black Dragon City is not just airships.
And...Mechanic!
Just as the "Black Dragon" charged into the enemy fleet, the cabin door of the airship opened, and mechanical warriors dressed in mighty mechas jumped out.
The steam balls carried on their bodies spewed out high-pressure steam, pushing the heavy mechas onto the warships.
Then, the mecha warriors drew out the "Arc Shock Black Knives" on their backs and cut at the armor frantically.
The best way to deal with machines is to use machines!
Some of those flying dragons could not bite through the mechanical armor, but in front of this big black knife, it was like cutting stone. After finding the right vibration frequency, they could cut into it easily.
Thousands of mechas were like industrious bees, flying, jumping, and moving flexibly among the airships and warships in the sky...
finally.
After the appearance of the Flying Dragon Legion and the Black Dragon, the balance of battle instantly tipped towards the Black Dragon City.
Those enemies from outside the domain, without the protection of the mechanical city, their combat effectiveness is not worth worrying about at all.
As time passed, one airship after another was deserted and the city was filled with flames of war.
"Everyone be careful, another one has fallen!"
"Hahaha, brothers, charge and kill all the enemies!"
“…”
On the ground, the troops of Black Dragon City were also frantically harvesting those foreign enemies.
One hundred and twenty-one extraterritorial airships were all under the surveillance of the Blue Tailed Eagle, and no one could escape.
…
This battle was very fierce.
The fight lasted until late at night.
The Black Dragon City was ablaze with lights late at night, and flares illuminated the entire sky.
Although there were still sporadic sounds of artillery fire in the distance, the main battleships of the enemy fleet had been shot down.
Ryan, Lilith, Bazel, Canossa, Ymir, Kavo, Marfa, Habu...
A group of masters personally went to the battlefield and killed those top-level strongmen from outside the domain with ease .
In this battle, Black Dragon City suffered heavy losses, and the buildings in the city were bombed into ruins.
Ryan stood on the ruins and broke the necks of two level five enemies.
At this time, Metternich was holding a corpse by the neck and walking over.
He threw the body on the ground and muttered, "Tsk tsk... the 'divinely favored ones' from outside the domain are just like this... even if they use divine arts, they are only slightly more powerful than ordinary fifth-level ones."
When the corpse was turned over, it was revealed to be a handsome young man with vertical pupils on his forehead.
This was none other than the enemy's supreme commander this time, the "God-favored One" named Credo.
Ryan looked at the body and nodded, saying, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Metternich."
"It didn't take much effort."
Metternich looked relaxed and continued, "However, the Three-Eyed Clan is just as recorded in the tomb. The 'Divine Eye' has the ability to bewitch people. If you don't have extraordinary mental power, it will be quite troublesome to deal with them."
"hehe……"
Listening, Ryan's eyebrows raised slightly.
Outside the domain, this "God's Favored One" means an invincible existence of the same level. They can summon the will of the gods, use divine arts, and have extraordinary combat power.
But in the eyes of the masters of the Ice Ridge Wasteland, it seems to be just that...
The Black Emperor's tomb records many things that happened in those years. Therefore, Ryan and his men knew almost everything about their enemies, while their enemies knew nothing about them.
Soon, Basel and his group of masters also gathered together.
The enemy's masters have almost been eliminated, and there are no threats left.
…
This war against the outside world started suddenly and ended even more suddenly.
By the early morning, all 121 mechanical airships had been shot down or captured.
However, the task of cleaning up the battlefield was left to the citizens and guards of Black Dragon City.
Ryan and his men have new plans.
As soon as the war ended, they hurried to set off.
In the city square, the "Black Dragon" was on an open space.
At the side of the hatch, Ryan, Bazel, Kavo, Guy, Lilith, Ymir, Canossa, Udo...a group of masters were saying goodbye to their old friends.
There was a gleam of reluctance in everyone's eyes.
After this separation, the future is uncertain, and we don’t even know if we’ll have the chance to meet again in this life.
However, the urgency of reality did not give them time to delay any further.
Today, this extraterritorial fleet was completely wiped out, and the "God-favored One" Credo was killed. The people of the "Holy Light Alliance" outside the territory have already received the news.
In twenty days at most, the enemies outside the domain will gather a new army of airships and enter the Ice Ridge Wasteland again.
Ryan and his men have no time to waste. They must leave here before the enemy arrives and close the passage in and out of the wasteland.
This was a plan that had been made long ago.
The airship slowly took off and the hatch was about to close.
Ryan looked at the familiar faces on the ground, and felt a little sore in the corners of his eyes.
He shouted, "Mafa Witch Priest, after we leave, Black Dragon City will trouble you..."
Marfa: "Yes. You can go without worry. I still have a few more years to live, and I won't let any trouble happen in the city..."
Ryan: "Teacher Irubek, please take care of yourself. I will definitely come back in the future..."
Irubek: "Well, Ryan boy, take care of yourself too. No matter where you are in the future, remember that there is the Ge family in the Ice Ridge Wasteland..."
"Aunt Catherine, the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce is now in your hands..."
"good!"
"General Baron, I leave the city's troops in your hands..."
"Lord City Lord, Her Royal Highness the Princess, please rest assured..."
"Lord City Lord, take care."
"Everyone, take care!"
“…”
The "Black Dragon" took away thousands of dragon knights, thousands of mechanics, and a group of top masters.
Although Black Dragon City is now almost no longer a threat in the Bingji Wasteland, it still needs experts to take charge.
Therefore, the Great Shaman of Mafa, the "Rain Master Elder" Fufa, and the "Insect Master Elder" Yimuyu, they stayed.
With them around, there won't be any major chaos in Black Dragon City in the future.
The airship slowly took off, flew higher and higher, and then rushed into the black fog clouds.
Ryan stood at the observation window, watching the people on the ground still waving their hands becoming smaller and smaller...
Finally, the vision was completely blurred by the black fog.
In the command room, Ymir, Canossa, Udo, Bazel, Guy, Kavo, Lilith, Hab... a group of top masters looked at their homeland which was getting farther and farther away, and sighed repeatedly.
They went to the foreign land to explore and also to carry a heavy mission.
One day, they want to allow the humans in the Ice Ridge Wasteland to live freely under the wider sky.
At this time, Mr. Tust's voice came from the pipeline, "Captain Ryan, please give the departure order."
"Let's go outside the territory!"
At Ryan's command, the airship rushed into the clouds and headed east at high speed.
Everyone's eyes sparkled with light, and they shouted excitedly : "New world, here we come..."
(End of the book)