From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 742 I Seem to Have Seen You Hundreds of Years Ago

When Sartharion soared into the sky, the shadow of the wings of this giant star dragon covered the entire Grand Palace.

In addition to a little fear in Amber's heart, she felt more relieved that the unsolved mystery that had been buried in her heart for many years had been solved.

In the previous life, there was an unconfirmed rumor circulating among the players of "Starry Sky OL", which was why the "time travel back" plot about the Star Dragon Empire, which had been completed, was cut out after the closed beta.

In the players' view, this story of witnessing major changes in the Star Dragon Empire and ultimately leading to the division of the entire empire is definitely a plot that is worth experiencing.

Therefore, it is very puzzling that the official just cut off this part of the plot. In addition, the small number of players who participated in the closed beta kept their mouths shut under the threat of tens of millions of liquidated damages, which directly led to this becoming an unsolved case.

But Amber felt that she might know the truth now.

"Fuck, if this clip is released, won't someone sue me for plagiarism or copyright infringement?"

"Although there is still one line missing, 'In the end, the entire XXXX will be destroyed', but the rest of the lines are at least 90% similar, right?"

The unsolved mystery of the previous life was finally solved, but the current crisis has just begun.

To be honest, the pressure from this giant star dragon was far beyond Amber's imagination. Its body length was nearly three kilometers, and its wings were three times its body length, nearly nine kilometers.
This also made Amber truly feel what it meant to block out the sky and the sun. You have to know that the largest warship currently owned by mankind, that is, Atlas's super flagship "Infinity Class", is less than six kilometers long.

Amber had to admit that based on the size of the Star Dragon, the combat effectiveness of this group would not be too bad, not to mention that according to Saleh's judgment, the Star Dragon trapped in the 'Final Dogma Zone' was only a sub-adult. If it was an adult, its body length should theoretically be close to five kilometers.
"Boss, is this the Starry Sky Dragon you mentioned?"

Van Fleet's voice suddenly sounded in the communication channel. The First Army and the Airdrop Fortress Group in the distance naturally saw the movement here, or it was difficult not to see the movement here.

After all, a giant star dragon with a body length of nearly three kilometers and a wingspan of nearly nine kilometers can rush into the stratosphere by simply flapping its wings twice. So as soon as Sartario took off, alarms sounded in the command towers of the 10 airdrop fortresses.

"Yeah, I told you it was scary. You should believe it now, right?"

Amber stared at the giant dragon that was hovering above the Grand Palace with its wings flapping, and spoke. Every time the dragon flapped its wings, a terrifying wind pressure came to the ground.

"I believe it, Boss. So should we still prepare according to the planned plan?"

"Make preparations first, and then make the final decision based on the next move of this Star Dragon."

As Amber spoke, she controlled the machine to move closer to the ATT squadron to join them. Although the top priority at the moment was to rescue Agnes and the others, after the appearance of this star dragon and after hearing its "entry lines" just now, Amber felt that the situation seemed a little different from what she had expected.

Because from the 'lines' just now, it seems that this star dragon is not controlled by the old emperor Frederico, but more like the star dragon's own consciousness.
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In the battle area of ​​the Grand Palace, Archbishop Jules Mazarin watched the giant star dragon that covered the sky roaring out from the ground. His heart skipped a beat and he felt that something was wrong.

This was very different from the situation he had carefully planned with Emperor Frederico before. At least in their plan, Frederico's "debut" was not so violent, but even so, he did not realize that the old emperor's consciousness had dissipated.

"Quick, kneel down! Pray to the Dragon God!"

He eagerly called out to the high priests around him, and he was the first to kneel down with a plop. His knees hit the gravel ground heavily, and he frowned in pain, but he couldn't care about that at the moment.

"Great existence!"

The archbishop raised his hands and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Please destroy Princess Agnes and those Atlas Group troops who are trying to overthrow the empire! They are traitors to the empire, and they are ants under your feet. You only need to wave your claws lightly to crush them completely!"

The surrounding high priests also began to shout like parrots, the voices rising one after another, mixed with a large number of prayers of the Empire's state religion, which seemed so harsh in the chaotic battlefield.

However, their flattery obviously hit the wrong target. For a proud star dragon, it was not up to these ants to tell it what to do. This was equivalent to directly touching its reverse scale.
Moreover, Sartharion had just awakened from a long sleep that had lasted for who knows how many years. From an anthropomorphic perspective, his "morning grumpiness" was definitely maxed out, so upon hearing the archbishop's foolish request, the rage and anger in the heart of this star dragon was ignited.

Its huge head slowly turned downward, and a hint of disdain and anger flashed in its cold vertical pupils.

"Hmph! So noisy."

Sartario snorted coldly, and this snort seemed to contain some kind of power that humans could not understand. It instantly turned into a materialized mental shock, attacking the archbishop and the high priests around him with precision.

Archbishop Jules Mazarin, who was still praying, felt as if his head was hit hard by a sledgehammer. Countless chaotic thoughts rushed into his mind, followed by a sharp pain, as if his brain was about to burst. He opened his eyes wide and his mouth wide open, wanting to shout but no sound came out, and his body twitched uncontrollably.

The situation of the great priests of the Imperial Church around him was not much better. Some of them collapsed to the ground with their eyes rolled back. Those who were slightly better rolled on the ground in agony with their hands covering their heads, but most of them were foaming at the mouth and their limbs trembling constantly.

In the blink of an eye, the archbishop and the high priests around him fell down like harvested wheat, their brains completely overloaded and their life force quickly dissipated.

Regent Norton II watched almost helplessly as Archbishop Jules Mazarin and the priests were annihilated in an instant, and the sense of crisis in his heart instantly reached its maximum.

He looked up at the giant star dragon that covered the entire sky, and an ominous premonition surged in his heart - this giant star dragon was probably no longer the help they expected, but had become a terrifying existence.

At the same time, since Frederico was already brain dead in the Star Dragon, the mental control he exerted on Norton II was also lifted.

However, before the regent could breathe a sigh of relief after feeling the control disappear, he suddenly felt a confusion in his mind, as if another consciousness was stirring frantically, trying to seize control of the body.

He held his head tightly with both hands, a look of pain on his face, and kept muttering: "No, no, no, you old thing, I can't let you control my body!"
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On the other side, Sartharion, in a rage, had no intention of letting anyone below go, as they were the culprits who imprisoned him. He spread his huge wings, and each flap created a gust of wind, so fast and powerful that it was like a hurricane.

The soldiers of the Imperial Guards, the Martyr Corps and the Princess' Guards who were originally fighting below were instantly swept up in the strong wind. People in the wind were like fallen leaves. Even those in heavy power armor could not stand firm and were blown to and fro.

A large number of soldiers were swept into the air by gusts of wind and then fell heavily to the ground. Others were thrown into nearby buildings, hitting their heads and bleeding, and their lives were unknown.

Immediately afterwards, Sartario opened his bloody mouth and a stream of extremely pure energy gushed out.

This attack method, called "Dragon Breath" by the forerunner civilization, has extremely high temperature and brightness, like a small sun exploding in the sky.

Wherever this pure energy impacted, the air seemed to be ignited, making a sizzling sound and forming a huge sea of ​​fire.

The troops on the ground didn't have time to react at all before they were completely enveloped by the 'dragon's breath'.

Those armored vehicles, main battle tanks, HCP and other heavy equipment melted instantly under the high temperature of the "Dragon's Breath" and turned into pools of twisted metal liquid.

Not to mention the infantry units, who were burned to ashes the moment they came into contact with the 'dragon's breath', without even having time to scream.

When the spewing 'dragon breath' gradually dissipated, Sartharion waved his huge claws and dived towards the ground.

What kind of damage could a giant star dragon with a wingspan of nine kilometers cause when it dived toward the ground?
Amber, who was retreating quickly, did not dare to look back. He only knew that the Grand Palace behind him was like the center of a strong earthquake. The buildings of the Grand Palace began to collapse in pieces, and the huge statue of the dragon god was directly turned into powder.

If someone could look down from the air at this moment, they would find that with Sartari's impact point as the center, a clear shock wave visible to the naked eye appeared on the surface and spread rapidly around.

Under Sartari's crazy attack, the defense lines of the three ground forces completely collapsed. The soldiers were filled with fear and began to flee everywhere, but in front of this terrifying monster, their escape seemed so futile.

The entire battlefield fell into chaos, with screams, fire and death everywhere. With his incomparable and terrifying killing power, Sartharion turned this place into a hell on earth.
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"With this level of destructive power, won't Agnes and the others be killed immediately?"

Amber drove the HCP and led the ATT squadron to quickly leave the Grand Palace and rush towards the direction of the First Army.

He had previously been well aware of the horror of the Star Dragon through what he had seen and heard from Saleh, but it was far less shocking than what he felt after seeing it with his own eyes.

The opponent's "Dragon Power" that can carry out large-scale mental invasion has always been the point that Saleh has repeatedly emphasized, so measures must be taken as soon as possible.

"Everyone, immediately activate the 'mental shielding' modules on combat exoskeletons and vehicles!" Amber ordered loudly through the communication channel, her voice firm and urgent.

His order was quickly spread throughout the First Army through the command network. The soldiers of the Atlas Group operated the equipment in their hands and activated the newly added "mental shielding" module - this was a protection mode specially added based on Saleh's understanding of the star dragon, hoping that it would play a role at the critical moment.

The effect of this thing did not disappoint Amber. After turning on the "mental shielding" module, the Atlas soldiers clearly felt that the mental oppression from the star dragon was much reduced, and the voice that originally appeared in their minds was completely blocked.

But this sudden and large-scale "mental loss of connection" was like a star suddenly extinguished in the night sky, which was particularly conspicuous in Sarthario's eyes.
At this moment, Sartario was venting his "morning grumpiness", but suddenly he found that among the "ants" under his surveillance, there was a large area below that seemed to have suddenly lost the signal.

Its huge head slowly turned towards Amber and the others, and a hint of doubt and curiosity flashed in its cold vertical pupils.

"What the hell are these ants doing?"

Sartarius pondered in his heart and decided to take a good look at what these humans were up to.

As the attention of the star dragon was diverted, it soon discovered Amber who was running wildly outside the Grand Palace. The next moment, it stared at Amber who was running wildly. The more it looked, the more it felt that the biological features of this human were somewhat familiar, as if it had seen her hundreds of years ago.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to Sarthario's mind.

It remembered that this person was the human who demonstrated the time-space travel ability derived from the Jeram people in the 'Final Dogma Zone' more than 500 years ago!
Although it was in a state of suspended animation at the time, it still had some vague perception of everything happening around it. It was the appearance of Amber that made it firmer in its determination to wait for the opportunity to escape.

"Oh it's you!"

A complex emotion surged in Sartario's heart, making him decide to capture this human and explore the secret of the Jeram people's time-travel technology from him.

As Sartario started to pay special attention to Amber, the latter also keenly felt Sartario's gaze that was like a thorn in her back.

Amber suddenly panicked, and a strong sense of crisis surged in his heart. Although he didn't know why this giant star dragon suddenly targeted him, he was sure that the other party definitely had no good intentions.

"Hogg! Van Fleet! Something is wrong, this giant star dragon seems to be coming towards us! Order the airdrop fortress group to prepare for the attack!" Amber gave the attack order without hesitation. Although the lethality of this "perfect cosmic creature" has exceeded his expectations, it does not mean that he will wait to die.

As Amber's order was issued, ten battleship-level heavy particle cannons were slowly raised in the center of the eighteen airdrop fortresses. Under the operation of the fire control system, these heavy particle cannons slowly aimed at the huge Sartharion in the sky. The fusion furnace inside the fortress also began to operate at full power to provide energy for the heavy particle cannons, and the atmosphere in the command tower was extremely tense.

Now Amber can only pray that Saleh's judgment is correct, and that this star dragon can also be damaged by a salvo of heavy particle cannons. But if things really get to the worst, then she may have to play "Speed" again.

Thinking of this, Amber also asked Lilith: "Is LLS943823 ready? I feel that we still need the Celestial Fortress to deal with this big guy."

(End of this chapter)