Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 541: Battle of the Solitary Island (4)

"Chk! These annoying flies...be careful!"

Before Chocolat could finish his complaint, a red dissociation ray suddenly appeared and hit Angsola who was just about to take off. The red dragon who came to support him howled, and a large piece of scales and flesh on his chest turned into a deep black charred pit.

Obviously, it was hit by the Disintegration spell. Normal red dragons have very good spell resistance, but Angsora is only a young dragon after all, and it has not yet fully mastered the normal abilities of a red dragon. In addition, this Disintegration spell was so covert when it attacked, catching the moment when their attention was attracted by the Iron Guards. Because of this flaw, Angsora almost lost his combat ability.

"Angesola! Don't fall! Hold on! Get out of here!"

Wakagash pulled the reins with all his strength, trying to cheer up Angsola. Angsola responded with a sad roar. He was seriously injured by the disintegration spell, but it did not make him completely lose the ability to fly, nor did it make him fall down directly. But he still needed some time to recover.

Fortunately, there was another red dragon standing next to it at this time. Ukalon was spewing fire angrily. It swayed left and right, and the huge fire line burned everything around it, forcing the mage hiding in the dark to quickly flash away. Driven by anger, its dragon breath was so long this time.

It was endless and continuous, and the huge firepower even forced the steel monsters to stop.

Thanks to the improvements made by the Gond believers, the Iron Guards that are now ready for service are all equipped with magic shield generators. However, in order not to share the power of the Iron Guards' main engines and maintain their original high-strength performance, these magic shield generators are external and have another unique energy supply system.

Generally speaking, this system can block many direct offensive magics, such as the three-ring fireball, lightning beam and other one-time direct damage magics. The Iron Guard can block it more than ten times without injury. However, if the dragon's breath is continuously spewed, the magic power stored in the shield generator will burn out like straw paper lit by a candle.

The Iron Guard was blocked by Ukalon's dragon breath, which bought Angsora a considerable amount of time. After being hit by the disintegration spell, the injuries on its body were enough to affect the subsequent battle, and its rider Wakagash also judged that in its current state, it was no longer suitable to continue to participate in the next action.

So while the enemies were being held back by Chocolat and Ukalon, Wakagash immediately pulled the reins and let Angsora, who had just stood firm, flap his wings and fly towards the giant pale blue portal that had been opened in the sky.

Almost five minutes have passed since these knights came out of the Astral Tunnel. Normally, this time is enough for them to complete the vanguard mission and use the power of the red dragon to clear the enemy's ground resistance forces, providing convenience for the subsequent landing of the Githyanki army. But this time the resistance they encountered was really too stubborn. Although they did not complete the mission perfectly, Wakagash has decided to retreat first on Angsora.

Of course, the so-called retreat is actually just a temporary flight to high altitudes to regroup. Without clear orders, no Githyanki can retreat without authorization, which will be regarded as a betrayal to the queen and will be punished after the war. Vakagash just plans to wait until the astral airship enters the battlefield, and then join the Githyanki army to fight. This way, the safety factor of him and his red dragon partner will be much higher. This way of doing things is a bit too cautious for the Githyanki, but it is all to protect the red dragon, the most precious asset. The queen will definitely forgive his behavior.

Chocolat had the same plan. After covering Wakagash's takeoff, he would fly away with Ukalon, temporarily away from this evil battlefield below, and then continue to attack and plunder after he had the advantage of the fleet.

But just after Wakagash rode Angsora to take off into the sky, Chokolat, who was planning to go with him, found that he could no longer control his red dragon partner. He understood the reason immediately. Yes, Ukalon had already started to develop real anger.

For a red dragon, which is the most irascible and proud among the five colored dragons, losing an eye in battle is enough to make it angry to the point of losing its mind. Even if it receives proper treatment after returning to Tunaras, its future dragon life will be tarnished unless it tears apart the one who traumatized it with its own hands.

Ukalon had already smelled him and his hamster. He knew that guy would not die so easily in the flames, but that bastard seemed to be protected by magic. Ukalon could smell him here, but the messy smell around him made it impossible to determine the guy's exact location.

It had no choice but to lower its body, and the whole dragon rushed towards those huge steel robots at a rapid speed like a mighty chariot. Ukalon knew that as long as he was close enough to his enemy, his powerful sense of smell would be able to capture the specific location of the invisible guy, and Ukalon judged that the guy was most likely hiding next to those iron guys.

After all, those things looked very threatening at first glance, and hiding next to something that could provide them with help and protection was an instinctive reaction for a weak species like humans, so Ukalon just rushed forward. On its back, Chocolat was trying hard to comfort his companion and make it give up the foolish behavior of charging.

But even Chokrat himself understood that once the red dragon really fell into complete rage, it would be impossible to stop them unless the knight really relied on his own abilities to completely subdue his companions. Although Chokrat himself was a warrior selected from the Githyanki people, there were not many people in the entire Githyanki community who could completely tame a dragon mount.

So there was no way out. Chocolat could only watch as his red dragon partner, like a mad bull, directly knocked away a huge robot that was only 1/4 shorter than it, and then bit another robot fiercely. After those robots raised their swords and slashed at it twice, Ukalon, who was injured again, angrily shook his head and tore at the robot until its left arm was torn off and its body was thrown away.

Until this point, Ukalon still had an absolute advantage, but Chocolat understood that just two steel robots had interrupted Ukalon's charge and forced it to stop. What this meant was obvious.

(End of this chapter)