"King Theo has returned to Royal Court."
"Haha, there are many stupid people who think that we released King Theo because of New Federation's condemnation."
The whisper of Iron Dragon sounded in the heart of Garos through Blood Kin Link.
"The timing is just right, this is expected."
Garos responded unhurriedly, "Let King Theo calm down and don't show his eagerness to become a vassal of Aura right now. We need him to maintain the attitude of a rescued person, not an impatient surrenderer."
At this point, he changed the topic slightly and asked, "Ribos, is there any reaction recently?"
Iron Dragon pondered for a moment, "According to the investigation, Ribos has not signed the treaty with New Federation."
"However, after Lothern condemned us, it followed closely and echoed Lothern's statement. However, Ribos's wording was not strong, but more like an echoing statement, leaving room for itself."
"Other than that, Ribos currently has no intention of contacting us."
Hearing this, Garos was thoughtful.
He suddenly asked Iron Dragon: "Sorog, what do you think Ribos really thinks now?"
Sorog thought for a few seconds, and then said slowly, "I think they are waiting for a clear signal."
"A signal that can conclusively prove that we, Aura, are sincerely hostile to Lothern, and not just an impulsive show of force, feel our true confidence and determination."
Garos grinned slightly. "You can always keep up with my thoughts."
Iron Dragon's judgment coincided with his.
Ribos suffered a disastrous defeat in the last war. Although it was not like Theo, it also paid an extremely painful price. The national power was greatly damaged and the elite was defeated.
Their foundation cannot withstand another big gamble.
Therefore, even if they are full of unwillingness to Lothern's strong dominance, they will not reveal their position easily.
What if this whole situation is a show staged by Aura and Lothern, two former close allies? The purpose is to lure a sub-powerful country like Ribos to jump out and then deal a fatal blow?
Considering the strong cooperative relationship between Aura and Lothern for a long time in the past, this possibility is not a fantasy.
Taking sides rashly will only push yourself into unpredictable Abyss.
Garos stopped smiling and became serious and sharp.
"This time, the flame we ignited may not sweep across the entire Romanian States like wildfire in an instant."
He analyzed, "Ribos, Cambrook, they were all defeated in the last battle. They all paid a heavy price. Their wounds have not yet healed, and they will not easily leave the field and join the war."
"And Mattena Kingdom... it is a victorious nation and a member of New Federation."
"However, Goblin is ultimately regarded as an alien and is not welcomed in Romanian States. It is similar to us and it is difficult to gain real trust."
"In addition, Lain Kingdom has long been torn apart by civil strife."
"Theo and other principalities have either surrendered or are weak and not worth mentioning."
"The remaining ones who can really determine the future pattern of the plains are mainly us and Lothern."
Hearing this, Iron Dragon became calm and asked, "What do you mean..."
Garos said slowly, "This time, it is very likely to turn into a one-on-one war between us Aura and Lothern. Other kingdoms may secretly provide limited support to one party, providing supplies, intelligence, or armaments. But on the surface, they are more likely to choose to sit back and watch the flames burn and spread between us and Lothern."
"Until the dust has basically settled and the balance of victory and defeat is clearly tilted, they will support and follow whoever wins."
"If we and Lothern end up losing and both of us decline, it will be a great thing for other countries. They can take advantage of the opportunity to seize benefits and redefine their spheres of influence."
At present, this is just Garos's speculation based on the existing intelligence and situation, and it is impossible to completely determine all future variables.
However, judging from the current status and historical entanglements of the Romanian Plains countries, there is a high probability that future development will evolve in this direction.
"This... if this is the case, we will face Lothern, that Holy Spirit, the two Crown Rank, and their entire Legendary Realm class of strong Lothern."
Iron Dragon Sorog's mood is a little anxious.
Garos smiled and asked, "Why, my brother, are you scared?"
"No, on the contrary," Iron Dragon Sorog said in a deep voice, "I feel an unprecedented excitement."
"Once upon a time, when we heard the name Lothern, we could only look up to its size and fear its power as a weak dragon. But now, not only do we stand on the opposite side of it and challenge it openly, but we have also become an opponent that it has to take seriously."
"Lothern... will be a witness on our path to glory."
"The era that belongs to it has passed. Next, the sky and earth of Romanian Plains will be planted with the flag of our Aura!"
Hearing these words, Garos nodded with satisfaction.
"Very good, then, let's start our next plan. Let other countries see our determination clearly, and let Lothern... taste the taste of overthrow again!"
Iron Dragon asked, "What do you want to do?"
Garos looks towards the deep sky in the south.
He responded in his heart, "It's very simple, let them taste the fire." After a pause, he continued, "Inform Samantha. She can't wait. This time, let her enjoy it first."
One month later.
Theo Kingdom, Silverglow City Suburban, southern station.
The night breeze was slightly cool, carrying a slightly moist breath, passing over the earth.
The bonfire was burning brightly in the center of the camp, and the wood crackled, dispelling the chill of the night and illuminating the faces of the surrounding young knights with drunkenness and relaxed smiles.
This is the main camp where Lothern Knights is stationed in Theo.
This place is large enough to accommodate nearly a thousand elite knights and their accompanying retinues, horses and supplies.
The tents were arranged neatly, the flags were flapping in the rising evening wind, and the regular footsteps of the night watch soldiers and the occasional snort of war horses could be heard in the distance.
"If you ask me, the so-called Red Emperor looks fierce."
Gideon, this young knight who had only joined the Knights for two years, threw a thick log into the fire, causing a cloud of sparks to fly.
He took a sip of the warmed ale in the earthenware cup, his Adam's apple rolled, and his tone was full of contempt, "If you really encounter our Lothern's sword and shield, why don't you have to let him go?"
"Who does King Theo rely on for his safe return? It's not our Lothern's reputation!"
He burped and continued, "Since ancient times, how many kingdoms have been able to rise again after declining? That requires knowledge! We Lothern have the inheritance of Saint King Era and have the appearance of an empire! Those monsters... heh."
"Gideon is right!"
The knight sitting on his right, with a shallow scar on his cheek, also raised his cup.
"I heard that there was no movement at all over Aura. Red Emperor personally took the person abducted. It sounded very fierce. But after being severely condemned and scolded by us, in the end, he couldn't withstand the pressure and sent the person back in despair?"
Another older knight moved closer to the fire and lowered his voice.
"I see, Aura is strong on the outside but weak on the inside."
"No matter how many monsters there are, without real foundation and allies, they will never be able to stand on the stage in front of us Lothern. Do you think it has only been a long time since they founded the country? They are like babies in swaddling clothes compared to us."
The seven or eight knights sitting around the campfire are all taking turns to rest today.
Ale, barbecue and warm campfire made the atmosphere relaxed. They talked about the recent situation, and their words were full of imagination for Lothern's future and contempt for the Aura Kingdom.
In the past, when the relationship between the two countries was still in the honeymoon period, such a conversation would never have occurred.
At that time, Lothern people generally had a good impression of Aura through some exchanges with Kingdom propaganda.
They felt that they were a group of monster allies who were straightforward, bold, and powerful. Although they had different shapes, they were committed and trustworthy, and they were worth making friends with.
Many young knights even yearn to travel to Aura to see the legendary dragons and those strange intelligent races.
But today is different from the past, and the direction of public opinion has quietly changed.
Propaganda within the kingdom gradually portrayed Aura as an ungrateful and ambitious barbarian.
In taverns, markets and even aristocratic salons, a certain argument became popular.
A group of barbarians were able to grow and rise thanks to Lothern's light. Now they are not grateful for the support back then, but instead want to cause trouble?
Monsters are monsters after all, they don't know etiquette and they are ungrateful!
This has gradually become the consensus of the vast majority of Lothern people.
The news that Aura released King Theo, after deliberate guidance and publicity by Lothern, has been interpreted by many people as a compromise that Aura was forced to make under the pressure of Lothern.
The morale of the Lothern side was greatly boosted.
This also makes these knights who are far away from home and stationed on the land of the "allies" filled with a sense of superiority as the elites of the superior country.
"When the thorn in Aura is completely settled and the power of New Federation is integrated..."
An older knight captain's eyes were bright. "We Lothern will truly restore the glory of Saint King Era, and even go one step further to dominate the entire Romanian Plains, which is just around the corner!"
"When the time comes," he turned around and smiled at the young people around him.
"Those of us who have fought on the front lines might become pioneer lords! There are plenty of opportunities in the fertile land, mountains, forests and mineral deposits in the south."
"Haha, the captain is right! For the glory of Lothern!"
"For glory!"
Everyone raised their glasses and clinked their glasses, ale spilled from the rim of the glasses, and laughter echoed in the night.
The firelight illuminated the high-spirited faces. They were talking about possible fiefdoms, future military exploits, and even how to deal with Aura's monster army.
However, this relaxed atmosphere did not last long.
Just when a knight cleared his throat and was about to tell a joke he heard from the tavern about the Aura monster.
Boom!!!
The sky seemed to be torn apart by a pair of giant hands.
A red meteor pierced the sky, trailing a blazing trail, and hit the center of the camp. Its speed was so fast, as if it was still high in the sky one moment, and the next moment it had filled the entire field of vision.
"What's that-"
"Red, Red Emperor?!"
Time seemed to have frozen, the smiles on the faces of the Lothern knights froze, and their pupils shrank in shock.
The light of the bonfire was obscured by the red ray, and the laughter and laughter stopped abruptly, replaced by the sudden death silence, and the shouts that broke out after the death silence.
"Dodge! Everyone dodge!"
"It's Fire Princess from Aura!!"
The experienced captain roared, dragging the nearest young knight away and running away as hard as he could.
Almost at the same time, a figure wearing a short cloak appeared in mid-air in the center of the camp.
This is the leader of the Lothern Legendary Realm Knights who is responsible for the garrison here.
He was furious and stared at the approaching flaming meteor, with a domain halo glowing around his body, but he did not step forward to stop it.
It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't.
Starting with a ferocious impact like a meteor falling from the sky, this is the Aura Dragons' signature fighting method, and it was mentioned more than once in the intelligence.
With the dragon's terrifying body, this kind of dive that turns itself into a weapon is extremely difficult to intercept.
Although the leader of the knights is Legendary Realm, if he rashly attacks it, he may be directly seriously injured. He can only watch the meteorite fall with an unstoppable force.
As for the military formation... that takes time and is often used in battles between two armies.
When being attacked unexpectedly, the military formation did not have time to condense immediately.
Boom!
The entire camp, centered on the impact point, collapsed Shatter like an anthill that had been stepped on by Giant.
The sturdy tents were torn to pieces and flew away; the horses and soldiers who were too late to get out of the way were reduced to pieces of flesh and blood; the carefully laid out fortifications collapsed; a huge crater was smashed into the ground, and cracks spread like spider webs.
Young knight Gideon, because he had just stood up to get a drink from the side, happened to be a little far away from the center of the impact, and was blocked by a thick and flying log, so he was lucky enough not to be directly torn to pieces by the first wave of impact.
But he was also violently thrown away and fell heavily into the mud. His mouth and nose were bleeding, and his ears were filled with buzzing.
He struggled to raise his head, his vision blurred and obscured by dust and blood.
Through his vision stained red by blood, he saw a scene like Hell.
Broken limbs, burning debris, collapsed tents, and... a giant red beast standing up slowly in the center of the still-burning pit!
It was a red dragon, but it was far stronger and more ferocious than ordinary red dragons.
The thick scales, which were bright red like lava, were covered with a layer of thick armor with a ferocious shape and countless Flame Rune inscribed on it. Even his chin was covered in it. The armor was completely red because it had withstood the high-speed impact before, like a red-hot iron.
The majestic dragon horns, the protruding sharp fangs, and the vertical pupils burning with pure violence and desire for destruction.
All these make onlookers feel nightmare-like fear.
Aura Kingdom, Fire Princess, Red Dragon, Samantha·Ignas.
She shook her head, let out a low growl of satisfaction, and looked around at the miserable situation, as if appreciating her own masterpiece.
"Military formation! Gather the military formation!"
The remaining Lothern knights showed their elite qualities.
Despite heavy casualties, the survivors quickly organized resistance.
They gathered together in a military formation, shooting arrows, spears, and spells at the red dragon, but most of them bounced off her thick scales and armor, leaving not even a trace.
At the same time, a powerful knight with a higher level rushed towards the red dragon under the light of the military formation.
Dang! Click!
The knight who was at the front was knocked away with his sword. The stainless steel breastplate was dented visibly to the naked eye, and his body was twisted and deformed in the air. The other knight's spear pierced the armor on the dragon's claw wrist, sending up a stream of sparks. The tip of the spear broke, and the shock force caused his jaw to crack.
The red dragon grasped the third person with its claws, and the muffled sound of broken bones instantly sounded.
"Ant."
The red dragon roared disdainfully.
As if tired of playing, the huge head turned to the left where the largest number of knights were gathered, and took a deep breath.
As she inhaled, the red-hot iron-like armor on her body suddenly lit up.
The countless runes engraved on it lit up one after another, and the light converged from all parts of the armor toward the throat, as if the kinetic energy accumulated in the previous high-speed impact and the heat absorbed by the armor were transformed and blessed into the next breath.
Boom!
The next moment, the terrifying dark red Dragon Breath, like a long river of flame, spurted out from the red dragon's mouth. As its neck turned, it swept through most of the remaining camp.
Whether it is human body, armor, wood or stone, it will melt and burn quickly under this high temperature Dragon Breath.
As soon as the screams started to sound, they were instantly drowned in the roar of flames, and the air was filled with the smell of burnt and sulfurous death.
On the other side, the young knight had just climbed up.
He wanted to bravely rush towards the red dragon, but his legs were stuck on the ground, unable to take a step forward.
"Evil Dragon!"
An angry shout was like a thunderous explosion.
The knight leader leaped out with a giant sword in both hands. There were realms around him. He was a Legendary Realm level warrior. He was also shrouded in the light of the military formation and looked majestic.
"It's the captain, he's saved!"
The young knight's eyes lit up, and hope ignited in his heart.
Their leader is a level 23 Legendary Warrior, who also has the power of a military formation, while Fire Princess of Aura broke through the Legendary Realm not long ago, and is only level 21.
Legendary Warrior was filled with rage, and with the power of tearing the air, the giant sword slashed at the red dragon's neck!
"Haha, are you here to die?!"
The red dragon did not dodge, and its thick armor-covered dragon tail swept out.
Bang!
The loud sound like metal clashing was deafening.
Legendary Realm Leader groaned, his body shook violently, and he slid back hundreds of meters, plowing deep ravines on the ground. The giant sword in his hand buzzed, and a large number of cracks appeared in the field.
"Insect, feel the power of Red Dragon Queen!"
The red dragon roared, kicking its feet on the ground, waving its wings, and rushed towards Legendary Warrior who had not yet stood firm. The wind pressure caused by the charge swept up all the gravel and dust along the way.
As she charged, Dragon Qi, as if it were substantial, steamed and ignited from the gaps in her scales.
These Dragon Qi rolled violently on her shoulder blades, and finally turned into two giant red arms with knotted muscles!
The second way of Star-Self, Samantha.
She has always admired her brother, and in addition to Alchemy Path, she also embarked on Star-Self Path.
A four-armed red dragon wearing heavy armor attacks the ant-like human Legendary Realm.
Four claws, two covered with solid metal, two condensed with energy, attack from different angles and in different ways.
Slap, grab, tear, stab.
Every stroke was unparalleledly heavy.
Legendary Realm leader tried his best to resist, dodge and counterattack.
His sword skills were superb. Every time he swung his sword, he could cut the ground and split fire waves. Occasionally, when he found a gap, the sword edge broke through the scorching aura around the red dragon, and when it struck the armor, it could only emit dazzling sparks, making it difficult to break it.
The armor was extremely strong, with a dragon scale texture on its surface.
For example, it was mixed with the scales of a certain dragon as a material.
Even if you finally find the weakness and break through the outer layer, there is still a second layer of hard red dragon scales underneath.
His own attacks were basically ineffective. However, he did not dare to meet the red dragon's attacks head-on.
Human Legendary Realm is like a small boat in the storm, it can only struggle to hold on, and the realm continues to collapse with more cracks.
He realized that he was no match for this Legendary Realm red dragon, which was armed to the teeth.
If you continue to fight, you will definitely die!
"Damn it!"
He gritted his teeth and growled, taking advantage of the opportunity to retreat while resisting the dragon's tail sweep, he took out a scroll that exuded strong spatial fluctuations from his arms and tore it apart without hesitation.
The dazzling silver light erupted and enveloped him instantly.
"Want to run?!"
The red dragon roared angrily, and a giant claw stretched out like lightning, grabbing at the center of the silver light. However, it was too slow in the end, and the dragon's claw penetrated the dissipating silver light shadow, and missed the target.
"Bah! Useless trash!"
The red dragon spat dissatisfiedly, and the spit burned to the ground and emitted green smoke.
No longer paying attention to the fleeing enemies, the dragon continued to pour its anger on the Lothern camp.
Dragon Breath raged, slapping with sharp claws, turning everything into ruins and a sea of fire.
The young knight who was lucky enough to survive at first huddled in the corner of the ruins and witnessed all this.
He watched the red behemoth destroying everything as if it were playing, and watched the leader Legendary Realm, who was usually revered as a god, be beaten to the point where he was unable to fight back and fled in panic...
Until a wave of scorching hot air hit his face, and dark red tongues of fire rolled over the earthen wall and licked into the corner where he was hiding.
Less than the next day, news of the attack on the garrison came back to Lothern.
But earlier, before waiting for Lothern's specific reaction, a statement was issued from Theo Royal Court and spread quickly throughout the world.
"Lothern Kingdom has unilaterally stationed troops in my country for a long time without formal consultation and permission from my country. Its scale and deployment have caused potential threats and substantial impacts to my country's sovereignty integrity and territorial security."
"As a friendly neighbor and strategic partner of Theo, based on the principle of jointly maintaining regional stability, Aura Kingdom carried out the necessary expulsion of Lothern's illegal garrison at the request of our country. This incident was committed by Aura to maintain regional peace and stability and defend Theo's legitimate rights and interests."
"Lothern Kingdom, which ignores the sovereignty of other countries and garrison troops without authorization, should bear all consequences."
The backstab came so suddenly.
New Calendar April 17, May 23rd.
Fire Princess of the Aura Kingdom, Red Dragon, Samantha·Ignas, raided Lothern's southern camp of the Theo Kingdom, causing heavy casualties on Lothern's side.
Theo Kingdom immediately issued a statement expressing unconditional support for this action and condemning Lothern's illegal military garrison.
Lothern The whole country was furious, all attempts at diplomatic mediation were abandoned, and the horn of the assembled legions was sounded across the country, formally declaring war on the Aura Kingdom.
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