The Journey of the Rainbow Dragon.

Molten City

This only pearl of the Red Soil Highlands is still prosperous today.

Slightly different from a year ago, there are now more and more non-human intelligent races in Molten City.

Half-elves, gray dwarves, orcs, dwarves, gnomes, dragonborns. You can see almost all the Karen races here.

Among them, the largest group is the increasingly prosperous Centaur tribe.

Their footprints are almost everywhere in Molten City.

This surprised and puzzled the indigenous people who had lived here for generations.

Needless to say, the security in Molten City is very safe.

One of the kingdom's five colored legions: the Red Legion is stationed here. Even the legendary warriors dare not stir up trouble in the Molten City.

But outside the city, the situation is different.

All adventurers who live in or pass through the Red Earth Highlands know this.

West of Molten City

In the Dragon Ridge Mountains that stretch for hundreds of miles, a huge tribe of men and horses that is no less powerful than the Red Legion is rising!

The leader of that group of people, Iron Fist Kaz, is known as the second uncrowned king of Red Earth Highlands!
As for who is the first one, there is naturally no need to say more.

Old adventurers who have been stationed in the Red Earth Plateau for a long time know that

It turned out that there was indeed a small tribe of centaurs with a population of less than a few hundred people living in the Dragon's Back Mountains.

But that Centaur tribe was weak, and its leader was just a mediocre gold-level Centaur named "Kaz".

Not to mention the Red Legion, even if a mercenary group of a hundred people was randomly dispatched, it would be enough to completely destroy the entire Centaur tribe.

No one cares about these small tribal groups that can be found everywhere - except for those merchants who are racking their brains to squeeze the last copper coin from their fur.

But now, everything has changed.

I don’t know what happened.

In just one year, that weak tribe of centaurs rapidly expanded from less than a thousand people to become the overlord of the entire Dragon Ridge Mountains.

The number of Centaurs living there has exceeded five digits in one fell swoop!
But the most terrifying thing is not here.

After all, no matter how many small fry there are, they are nothing more than cannon fodder.

What really changed the attitude of the major forces in Red Earth Highlands was a mercenary war.

The rise of the Centaur tribe is bound to attract greedy eyes hidden in the darkness.

As a widely circulated saying in the star world: A horse cannot grow fat without night grass, and a man cannot become rich without unexpected wealth.

Without the support of a large amount of wealth, it is obviously impossible for the Centaur tribe to expand rapidly.

This was also indirectly proved by the fact that they used gold and gems to buy large quantities of food and daily necessities from merchants and never bought on credit.

The Wolf Fang Mercenary Group, formerly the third largest mercenary group in the Red Soil Highlands, which has thousands of members and many master-level fighters stationed there, has set its sights on this suddenly rising Centaur tribe.

After getting ready, the mighty human mercenary group left Molten City with confident smiles.

Everyone thought it would be a massacre.

After all, in order to take a bite of this piece of fat meat, the cautious Wild Wolf Mercenary Group not only purchased a large amount of armor, but also purchased a large number of siege equipment including magic crystal cannons and siege crossbows!

For this reason, it even attracted the attention of the Red Army.

After all, the magic crystal cannon is a strategic material. If it hits someone without any preparation, even a legendary warrior will be severely damaged.

unfortunately
This time, the loaded dice of fate clearly did not favor these mercenaries.

The fighting power of the Centaur tribe was just as they had imagined, or even a little weaker.

Except for the strange little centaur who was pure white and used natural magic to cause them a lot of trouble.

The entire Centaur tribe was retreating step by step under the iron hoofs of the Wild Wolf Mercenaries, and in an instant they retreated into the hinterland of the Dragon Ridge Mountains, leaving almost no room for resistance.

However, just as a group of mercenaries were gearing up to enter the hinterland and kill them all.

A desperate scene appeared.

In the buffer zone between the Centaur Tribe and the Wild Wolf Mercenaries
Accompanied by a deafening roar, two huge monsters tens of meters tall fell down!

An experienced old mercenary recognized the identities of the two beasts at a glance: [Male Sphinx] [Female Sphinx]

No one knows why the Sphinx, a giant beast that usually appears as a messenger of God, did not guard the treasure of God, but instead came to protect a weak Centaur tribe.

But there is no doubt

The Wild Wolf Mercenaries, who lack this important information, will pay a price they will never forget.

[Immune to Charm]

[Immune to Psychic Damage]

[Immune to magic damage below level 6]

[Immune to all blunt, piercing, and slashing damage from non-magical attacks]

A series of immunity abilities brings the Sphinx a terrifying combat power that is almost invincible at the same level!
In ancient mythology, this giant beast with a sphinx's body and a human face is said to "feed on dragons and giants"!

Even a legendary golden dragon or a legendary red dragon would get a headache when seeing this kind of divine creature.

And the result of the battle also proved that this was not false.

"That wasn't a battle, it was a complete massacre!"

An old mercenary, whose body was covered with scars from the flames and who had managed to escape, leaned against the wall and shouted hysterically to the people who had gathered around him.

His voice was dry and full of despair.

Someone handed him a glass of beer. The old mercenary took it with a slight tremor and drank it.

The slight relief brought by the wine could not change the fate of his internal injuries. He soon lost consciousness and fell to the ground.

But before he died, the old mercenary told everyone what he knew.

With the help of two legendary sphinxes

It only took half a day for the Wild Wolf Mercenaries, who had originally had the overall situation in control, to completely collapse.

Even the leader of the Wild Wolf Mercenaries, a powerful warrior close to the legendary level, who jumped up from behind and attacked, could not leave a single wound on the female-faced Sphinx's skin that was as hard as pure gold!
Don't break the defense!
It doesn't break the defense at all!
And at the same time

The female-faced Sphinx simply swung her tail and blew the mercenary leader into a ball of blood mist.

Afterwards, the result is self-evident.

The physical attacks that they are best at are almost ineffective against the Sphinx, and magic attacks can only be effective with magic above the 6th ring.

The whole battle
Except for the female Sphinx who was slightly injured by the magic crystal bombardment due to carelessness at the beginning, the Wild Wolf Mercenaries did not cause any harm to the angry Sphinx couple.
However, despite this, the casualties of the Wild Wolf Mercenaries were not too exaggerated.

Although dozens of elite members died under the lion's claws at the beginning, the Wild Wolf Mercenaries reacted quickly and "dispersed and fled".

After all, there are only two Sphinxes, while the Wild Wolf Mercenaries have thousands of members.

Not to mention humans, even if there were a thousand pigs running around on the ground, it would be extremely difficult to kill them all.

However, just when the mercenaries thought they could escape during the chaos.

Their hopes were shattered by the cruel reality.

The fleeing mercenaries soon discovered to their horror that they had fallen into a larger encirclement.

Holding spears and covered in blood, the Centaurs surrounded the mercenaries like dumplings, one by one. Each mercenary was targeted by spears that were five times their number.

Every horse and man stared at the invaders, with determination and anger in their eyes.

But actually

Just an hour ago, this group of people were in a completely opposite state to what they are now.

An hour ago.
"If you don't want to be beaten, you must scare the enemy!"

Temporary war camp

The voice of the Centaur leader Kaz was sonorous and powerful, trying to inspire the demoralized tribesmen around him.

However, facing the elite weapons and armor of humans, the wild horses that had just been gathered and merged were frightened.

"Chief, those humans are too powerful. We can't defeat them."

A middle-aged man stood up and said with a terrified look on his face:
"Let's run while they are held up! As long as we abandon those old and weak men, they won't be able to catch up with us."

Swish!
Before he could finish his words, a silver blade flashed across.

With a stunned expression, a bright red head fell to the ground and hit the ground hard with a dull sound.

"boom"!
This sound resounded in the hearts of all the centaurs.

Kaz slowly put the blood-stained steel sword in his hand back into the sheath at his waist.

His eyes were like ice, revealing an invisible oppressive force.

"We have been running away like cattle and sheep for too long!"

Kaz stared at the shocked tribesmen in front of him, his tone firm and passionate:
"How long will it take for you to run away before you understand that only fighting can win dignity!"

"Now, Mr. Spiker and Ms. Ortega are fighting for us. Are you just going to sit there and wait for death?"

He glared at everyone, his voice becoming more and more excited:
"Will you choose to be a coward for the rest of your life, or will you become a true warrior at this moment?"

At this moment, a petite figure squeezed out of the crowd.

It was Lilia.

Her voice was clear and firm: "Lilia doesn't want to be a coward, and she doesn't want to abandon those grandparents!"

The small figure stood out among the tall tribesmen, but that chubby face was full of seriousness and courage.

Even though her snow-white hair was covered in blood, the luster flowing on it still revealed her fearless temperament.

Seeing this young girl standing up, the Centaur warriors who were originally hesitant suddenly felt extremely ashamed.

Is my courage not even as good as that of a young child?
"I don't want to be a coward!"

"Yes, I don't want to be a coward either. I want to be a warrior!"

"Fight his mother! Fight those bastards to the end!"

With the first roar
More and more Centaur soldiers began to raise their spears.

Angry roars echoed throughout the makeshift camp.

"In that case, what are you waiting for?!"

Kaz raised his arms and roared, his voice as shocking as a war drum:

"Warriors, use the spears in your hands to make those greedy guys leave a bloody memory. Victory will only belong to the Centaurs!"

"Everyone, turn around and charge with me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kaz was the first to rush in the direction where the mercenaries were fighting the Sphinx couple.

This roar rekindled the fighting spirit of the men and horses like a flame, and the deep-buried courage was aroused at this moment.

For the sake of more lasting peace, Kaz, despite opposition from the original Centaurs chiefs of other merged tribes, brazenly led the remaining thousands of wounded Centaurs to launch a counterattack against the human mercenaries who had defeated them.

The facts also prove two things:
1: Four-legged centaurs do run much faster than two-legged humans.

2: The difference in combat power between mercenaries who are united and organized and mercenaries who are collapsed is completely two different species.

Almost no effort

The Centaur tribe surrounded the fleeing mercenaries and drove dozens of humans into a group like herding cattle and sheep.

Then, the spear was raised!
"Boo! Hah! Hah!"

Spears Flying
In the mercenaries' desperate eyes, countless spears filled their entire field of vision like raindrops. (End of this chapter)