Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 90: Dragon King
The "disappearance" of the hunting king Niltje accelerated the retreat of the headhunters. In the joint attack of the steam titans and the forest elves, the hunting angels that broke into the city were eliminated one by one, and the remaining hunters could not cause much trouble.
Outside the city, the attacking headhunters had to retreat after losing a large number of heads. The royal patrol took the opportunity to launch a counterattack and wiped out a large number of headhunters.
An unprecedented victory greatly encouraged the forest elves. Coupled with the assistance from the Golden Shield Empire, a bold strategy of taking the initiative was placed on the desk of King Sanye.
The lakeside meeting was held, and an elder said: "Your Majesty! In this battle, we not only successfully defended the royal court, but also severely damaged the main force of the headhunters. The hunting angel king Niltye was trapped in the secret technique, and two other hunting kings were killed by our warriors in the war.
Now is the weakest moment for the headhunters. If we give them time to replenish, the hunting queen will quickly make up for the lost headhunters, and we will be forced into a passive defense again."
Another elder echoed, "Your Majesty... The Prime Minister of the Golden Shield Empire, Meteor, has arrived at the Emerald King's Court. He brought with him a super-heavy steam airship, the Steam Titan, to show us the strength of the empire.
If we don't take this opportunity to eliminate the Headhunters, the Golden Shield Empire will force us to agree to their terms, and the Emerald Forest will be dragged into the conflict between the Empire and the Shining Gold People."
This view was endorsed by some elders.
The Golden Shield Empire used this war to perfectly demonstrate the high-end military force they possessed, and these high-end military forces were obviously prepared to fight against the Shining Gold People.
The Prime Minister of the Empire, Meteor, definitely did not come to Emerald Forest to discuss aid, because aid did not require bringing so many advanced steam titans and a steam airship similar to an air fortress. He wanted to pull Emerald Forest into the camp of the Golden Shield Empire and challenge the Golden Man, one of the five ancient civilizations.
This is definitely not in the interest of Emerald Forest.
King Sanye sat on his throne in deep thought. After a while, he asked the attendant behind him, "Have the Prime Minister of Meteoric Star and the people he brought with him been properly settled?"
The attendant replied: "After the battle, the Prime Minister of Meteorite took the Kirov steam airship to Emerald Harbor and stayed with the fleet of the Golden Shield Empire. The Steam Titans that participated in the battle also returned to the dock and did not disturb the order of the royal court.
The palace followed your order and sent a batch of gifts to the Kirov steamship. The people who went there came back to report: The Prime Minister of Meteorite expressed his gratitude to Your Majesty. But he did not ask for a meeting and did not seem to be in a hurry to come to Emerald Lake. "
"It seems that the Prime Minister of Meteorite also knows that his arrival will cause us great trouble, so he gave us the choice of whether to meet him or not." King Sanye said to the elders: "We know very little about the hunting tribe, and we don't even know the exact location of the hunting queen's lair. The Emerald Magic Academy sent a message that the hunting queen's lair is in the horse mane area of the Unicorn Mountains. What is your estimate of the chance of winning if you take the initiative to attack?"
King Sanye's question brought silence to the meeting.
The forest elves are really in a dilemma this time. They don't know what is behind this window of opportunity for hunters, nor do they know what harsh treaty the Prime Minister of the Golden Shield Empire has brought.
After a while, an elder expressed his opinion: "Your Majesty, I think we should not give up the opportunity to counterattack the headhunters easily. Even if we cannot attack the hunting queen's nest, we must actively eliminate the headhunters and slow down their speed of re-emergence. Moreover, our victory on the battlefield can give us more autonomy in the negotiations with the Golden Shield Empire."
This suggestion touched King Sanye's heart.
"Yes! Whether facing the powerful headhunters or the powerful Golden Shield Empire, we should not turn ourselves into fruits for them to harvest. We should strive for more options for the future of the forest elves." King Sanye thought for a moment and ordered: "Send some more specialties of the Emerald Forest to the Prime Minister of Meteorite. Tell him that I am busy dealing with many matters related to the restoration of urban order after the war. I don't have time for a formal meeting with him for the time being. Please ask him to wait for a while...
Order the Royal Court patrolmen to immediately organize elite forces to pursue the defeated headhunters and not give them a chance to regroup. Send the Emerald Lake Guards to infiltrate the Horsehair area of the Unicorn Mountains and conduct a comprehensive investigation .
Order the Royal Court's alchemy factory to increase the research and development and manufacturing of flying alchemy puppets, and do not allow the headhunters to easily break into the Royal Court from the air. "
"As you command, Your Majesty!"
Royal decrees were passed down one after another, and the Lakeside Conference continued to discuss how to clean up the city ruins as quickly as possible and restore order in the royal court.
At this time on the Kirov airship, Mrs. Michelle was reporting to Luke on her work and diplomatic achievements during her visit to the Emerald Court.
Luke stood by the window. At the edge of the distant city, a huge mushroom cloud solidified and sealed the hunting king Niltye.
Mrs. Michelle said on the side: "Eighty-four percent of the first batch of aid materials have been handed over to the Emerald King's Court, and the overall favorability of the forest elves towards the empire has increased significantly. However, Emerald Lake is still very wary of the empire, and the Three-Leaf King is very sensitive to political topics.
I followed your instructions and did not make any positional demands on Emerald Forest. The Three-Leaf King's response to technical cooperation was still very positive.
This is the statistics of the alchemy technology cooperation we have already agreed upon. I believe that with this cooperation, the development capabilities of the Raging Waves City Magic Laboratory can be greatly improved."
Mihir presents a document.
Luke took it and read it carefully page by page.
"Madam, you have done an excellent job. By implementing these alchemical technology cooperations, you will be a great contributor to the empire's conquest. Next, your job is to continue to explore the potential for technical cooperation. Magic technology is an untapped blue ocean. The more technical reserves we have, the more we can explore."
"I understand, Prime Minister. I saw the magic Titan you drove. It was simply a miracle. Perhaps we can really create a god with magic technology."
Mrs. Michelle cast her eyes towards the "mushroom" in the distance. In the war, she saw the demeanor of the Magic Titan, which was fully capable of fighting against the five ancient civilizations. This meant that the Golden Shield Empire not only had the ability to challenge the Golden Civilization in terms of economy and politics, but also had the military strength to stop allowing the five civilizations to descend on the Imperial .
This kind of pride cannot be concealed.
A sense of mission elevated Mrs. Michel's purpose of entering politics from greed for power to the ambition of engraving her name in history.
Under the leadership of the Meteor Prime Minister, we will eventually be able to bring the brightest light to human civilization!
Faith made Mrs. Michelle seem to be glowing.
Luke said, "Perhaps we can really do it in the future, but for now we still need to have a perfect ending in the Emerald Forest. Emerald Lake sent some things, but King Clover did not express any intention to meet with me as soon as possible. He still has concerns."
Mrs. Michelle played the role of a staff member and analyzed: "Based on my understanding of the Emerald King's Court during this period, there are many factions within the forest elves. Some support getting closer to human civilization, and some want to return to the forest. Those who are closer to human civilization have different levels of acceptance, and those who want to return to the forest have different degrees of radicalism.
Now, as the elves living in the forest have fled to the Emerald King's Court, the strength of the Forest Clan has increased a lot, and their influence on Emerald Lake will become more and more serious. Although the Three-Leaf King can still suppress the Forest Clan, he can definitely feel the increasing pressure. "
After listening to this, Luke said, "Countless histories have told us that the greater the driving force, the greater the resistance. I believe that King Sanye, who chose to integrate into human civilization, would not give up a civilization that was destined to be brilliant because of this resistance.
Facing the headhunters, he chose to burn the forest, breaking many of his decrees to balance the forest elves. Therefore, we must trust this ruler who has the same long-term vision as Augustine the Great, give him some time, and let the forest elves see clearly the path they will take in the future. "
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, we admire your vision of the direction of the world. I will now supervise the handover of the imperial aid and vacate the port as soon as possible to facilitate the arrival of the second batch of aid."
"Go ahead!"
Mrs. Michelle left and Kylena came behind Luke.
"Master Prime Minister, Princess Dale has left the airship and entered the city to help rescue the survivors trapped in the rubble. A team of imperial spies has followed."
"Got it. Just ask the spy to protect Her Royal Highness the Princess and don't disturb her."
"Yes, Prime Minister."
Luke added, "I'm going to be gone for a while. Don't let anyone know I'm not on the airship. You should know what to do."
"I know what to do, Prime Minister. But if there is an emergency, how should I notify you?"
"Send it to the Emerald School of Magic. Shelley is there."
"I understand, Prime Minister."
After explaining something to Kaileena, Luke came to a side door of the airship alone.
He opened the door, and the rush of air made his clothes flutter. He looked outside and saw the Kirov steam airship hovering in the airspace outside Emerald Harbor, and various ships coming in and out of the harbor below.
Luke waved goodbye to Kaileena and jumped out.
His body was falling towards the sea below in free fall, his speed was getting faster and faster, the air was scraping his cheeks, the wind was whistling in his ears. Then the dragon-shaped mask covered his head, and then the dragon armor was attached to his body layer by layer, and the flowing fire flowed on the red armor with gold edges.
At the moment of diving into the sea, a pair of dragon wings spread out on the back of the dragon armor.
Luke completed the turn by staying close to the water's surface.
Four magic circles unfolded around him, the runes in the magic circles rotated, and four jets of flame burst out, pushing Luke forward rapidly.
A sound wave exploded with a circular air mass, and Luke broke the speed of sound, creating a huge white wave on the water.
Emerald Magic Academy.
The retreat of the headhunters gave Professor Makatina, who had returned from the Unicorn Mountains, the opportunity to enter the academy.
The news that the Queen of Clear Sky went deep into the lair of the Hunting Queen alone instantly dampened Dean Vidal's joy over defeating the headhunters.
In Library No. 1, which was being urgently rebuilt, Dean Vidal questioned Professor Makatina: "Why didn't you stop her! How could you make such a serious mistake!"
Professor Makatina blamed herself: "I'm sorry, Dean. I... I have tried my best..."
Dean Vidal then asked the Sheriff and Dark Night, "You also didn't stop Clear Sky...Miss Starry Sky?"
The cat and the mouse looked at each other. They were also very worried about Qingkong's safety: "This is Miss Xingkong's order, but we all believe that Miss will be able to return safely."
"If Miss Xingkong is safe and sound, I think she will definitely come back earlier than you!" Shelley said, staring at the two little guys: "If Miss Xingkong really has an accident, the Prime Minister will definitely not let you go."
The sheriff and Dark Night lowered their heads and dared not refute.
Shelley knew that it was useless to blame the two of them at this time, so he said to Dean Bidar: "Let me take an army with me, and I will go to rescue Miss Starry Sky!"
Dean Vidal looked up at the rebuilt library, wondering if what he was doing was still meaningful.
"I will go to Emerald Lake and inform His Majesty of this matter. We must do everything we can to determine what Miss Starry Sky is like now!"
When Dean Vidal just walked out of the library, a deafening dragon roar came from all directions. Then a black dragon descended from the sky and landed steadily on the open ground in front of the library.
The wind created by the dragon's wings brought up sand and gravel that blinded everyone's eyes. When the wind passed, they saw a man wearing dragon armor standing on the back of the black dragon Bale.
A dragon power even stronger than that of the black dragon Bale burst out from that man.
The black dragon Barie introduced: "This is our Dragon Country's Taotie King, who brings you news about Miss Xingkong."
Luke floated up from the back of the black dragon Bale and slowly floated in front of Dean Vidal.
When Dean Bidar was young, the Emerald Forest had not yet completely broken away from the control of the Dragon Kingdom, so Bidar had seen many dragons, including ancient giant dragons.
He could feel that the Taotie King in front of him, who looked like a human, exuded the aura of an ancient dragon all over his body.
At the same time, he also remembered some news coming from the Golden Shield Empire.
The Dragon Kingdom sent two ancient dragons to build a dragon's nest in the city of Saint Lun in the Golden Shield Empire. One of the ancient dragons was the Taotie King with a human appearance.
Dean Vidal saluted the floating Luke and said, "Welcome King Taotie to the Emerald Magic Academy! Excuse me, where is Miss Starry Sky now?"
Luke put on the arrogance of the dragon race and his contempt for lower creatures, and said: "Miss Starry Sky made a peerless sword for me, I owe her a great favor, so I brought you a message for her.
Miss Starry Sky was besieged in the Queen Hunting Lair... and died!"
"ah!"
Without waiting for everyone to get into the right mood, Luke continued, "But the World Tree took away Miss Starry Sky's body in time and resurrected her."
"ah!"
"Miss Xingkong is in the Moonlight Royal Court right now. It will take a long time for her body to recover. I guess she won't be able to come here."
"ah!"
"But Miss Starry Sky told me the exact location of the Hunting Queen's lair!"
"ah!"
