"Black-and-gold armor, a coiled dragon... Could those be the Ancient King's Black Dragon Guards?"
Asharuiya's description immediately brought to Mo Xie's mind the Ancient King's elite mage force: the Black Dragon Guards.
According to the History of Magic, the First Emperor's Black Dragon Guards consisted mostly of Intermediate Mages, with a small number of Advanced Mages. They were much like an emperor's imperial guard.
The Black Dragon Guards were formidable. Ten thousand of them could drive back tens of thousands of Demon Beasts.
Their greatest strength lay in the special Armor Magic Tool that only they could wear.
Rumor had it that this Armor Magic Tool was called the Black Dragon Armor. The metal used to make it was exceptionally rare and seemed almost impossible to find in the modern age.
What was more, the Ancient King had imbued the Black Dragon Armor with his own powerful Earth Element Magic.
That turned an Armor Magic Tool already possessing Soul Grade power into one of the finest Soul Grade Armor Magic Tools in existence. The Ancient King's Earth Element Magic deserved much of the credit.
With the Black Dragon Armor's power, and with every Black Dragon Guard being at least a peak Intermediate Mage, they could slaughter their way through hordes of Demon Beasts.
Only a tiny number of exceptional Demon Beasts could tear through the Black Dragon Armor. Against Warrior-class foes, the guards were practically invincible.
Even a Commander Level Demon Beast would accomplish nothing unless it focused its full strength on a single suit of armor.
That was because the Ancient King's Earth Element Magic allowed the Black Dragon Armor to draw on the surrounding Earth Element to repair itself.
And the Black Dragon Guards had more than just one Armor Magic Tool. They carried a complete set: the