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The land of Halrua was completely destroyed.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead, had his simulacrum gather all the elemental amber, and then shouted through the telepathic connection: "These elemental lizards are actually trying to blow up all of Halruaa! In that case, maintain the illusion and prepare to ascend! Send all those lined up in the sky back to the sea to feed the fish!"
[Not even a dragon can escape from the Desolate Coast alive! ]
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"...Elastrid, isn't there something wrong with the route you chose?"
Listening to the good news, Emilia couldn't help but hold her forehead.
Relying on a large number of outposts, they successfully found the dragon troops that were too lazy to even hide their whereabouts, and after examining the prisoners of war, they could confirm that the deployment of the Holy Elemental Church had been intercepted.
They had painstakingly hidden themselves from these two forces for so long, all for today's attack!
And Team Emia, under the guidance of Elaster, had already driven the Platinum hundreds of kilometers away from the mountains without encountering a single enemy.
Emiya didn't know whether this was good luck or bad luck - according to his idea, their team should have achieved some results and relieved some of the pressure on the battlefield.
Now, all the battlefields have entered the stage of hunting and even cleaning up the battlefields, but they seem to be on a tour.
"How heartbreaking." Elastrid exaggeratedly covered her chest, leaving a noticeable indentation on it. "...We managed to see the Tianhe River intact. I should be praised for that, right?"
"...That's true." Emilia could only say this as she looked away with difficulty.
Now, they even had enough energy to patrol the route they came from, ensuring the safety of the routes for the other airships that had already defeated the invading dragons.
The Type 1 airship was still too large, so even a powerful Halruaan wizard couldn't transport the entire ship directly. The Type 2 airship was large enough, but unfortunately, the average wizard's neural transmission ability was simply unable to control its extreme speed.
Elastrid, on the other hand, had recently become completely obsessed with the risky and powerful Type II ship—and the look in her eyes when she looked at him was becoming increasingly indescribable.
Emiya sighed and woke up from her wandering thoughts.
Now, it has been nearly a month since they arrived in Abel.
They used to be somewhat confused about the future, but now, they can clearly see the final obstacle standing in their way.
Everything has changed—
The former Tianhe River is now surrounded by giant dragons that cover the sky and the sun, and the roaring elemental storms have become the first barrier to protect the Tianhe River.
Members of the Fritia Alliance who prefer to fight alone will have their freedom restricted to a certain extent by the elemental storm, making it more difficult to hide their tracks... and their combat abilities will also be more restricted.
"Wait for the airships to assemble."
Emiya said, "Now, it's time to make the Elemental Holy Church, which occupies half of the planet, aware of the existence of the Toril people."
Fifty-four Winds Stop the River (I)
The dragons near Tianhe are realizing that some changes are taking place.
Before their arrival, Tianhe was already a household name in the Holy Church of Elements.
The Sky River and the Thunder Flower are portrayed in promotional material as manifestations of the Wild Spirit's benevolence. They stopped the unruly Breath of Change and saved Abel from destruction.
Although the dragons of the Holy Elemental Church would not question this, at least they did not dare to question it openly, they did not know what the blue flames in the Sky River and Thunder Flower were.
But they could notice one thing - the originally calm Sky River began to become turbulent, and the water elemental dragon felt very uneasy about this change.
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Elements have a wonderful property: winner takes all.
Even though fire elements should theoretically have strong resistance to flames, high-level fire elements are also best at dealing with flames.
The Elemental Plane isn't known for equality; quite the opposite. The elemental hierarchy is quite rigid. The infamous Calimshan on Faerun was once the domain of elemental giants, where slavery persisted until the Spellbane.
A similar hierarchy exists among the elemental dragons.
The water dragons tried their best to avoid approaching the Tianhe River - this strange river that fell from the sky and splashed a large amount of water from time to time made them feel very uneasy.
"Don't provoke the Wild Spirits, because they can decide their life and death." This is the story passed down from generation to generation by the elemental dragons.
For the older dragons who can appear on this battlefield, they have already realized a more specific rule: dragons should never challenge wild spirits of the same element.
Weaker elements are affected by stronger ones. This is reflected in dragons, such as water dragons, who can feel a tremor deep within their bodies just by looking at the Tianhe River.
Never go near it.
Will be eaten.
However, the water spirit Frustana summoned a large number of water elemental dragons to guard the Tianhe River, which caused the water elemental dragons great pain.
Every day, many water elemental dragons would try their best to ask for leave from the garrison commander or request to be transferred to other places.
To them, the unstable and wildly flowing Milky Way is like an execution chamber full of deadly traps, which is unbearable.
However, Frustana issued a death order, so the garrison officer could only firmly reject all requests and reiterate the order of the wild spirit: they must stay at their posts until new orders are issued.
At this time, in the sky hundreds of kilometers away from Tianhe, the Toril people have begun to gather.
Airships raced through the clouds, air elements gushing out. The clouds changed several times in the turbulence of the air currents: heavy rain, hail, thunder and lightning—
The only thing missing is the most crucial tail.
This made the Toril people's actions quite secretive - until they fully understood the principles of a type of airship, no one knew what these sky phenomena meant.
Not to mention, the battles between the elemental dragons themselves can disrupt the weather, and against the backdrop of a raging world war, these weather changes are almost meaningless.
In fact, the flying fleet has already completed its assembly above the clouds. After a short rest, it will launch further attacks on Tianhe.
They were still confirming the news from Thunder Flower at this time: Naturally, they also sent a small team to Thunder Flower to support the Fritia Alliance, and hoped to control the Fritia Alliance's offensive through this move.
[The war has begun.] A mage thousands of miles away sent a message via short message: [The Fritia Alliance has dispatched a large number of dragons... possibly over a thousand in number, to attack a single point and split into two groups to defeat Ashe Frame's besieging forces.]
Emiya could almost imagine the two Pac-Men devouring the elemental dragons one by one along the long battle line along Ashe Frame's territory.
This news was transmitted to every airship via the communication crystal ball. Mars said, "The gap between the two factions is over a hundred kilometers wide. The Elemental Holy Church's long-range siege of Ashe Frame... If they can achieve an unstoppable victory, it would be fine. If they reach a stalemate like before, they will inevitably face a head-on attack."
Haverfont said with some worry: "But the specific progress of the Fritia Alliance is not important..."
They were now in a small-scale battlefield near the equator.
The two factions were already fully engaged, and even the tens of thousands of dragon troops were only one of the many arrows of the Fritia Alliance. They had no intention of participating in this bloody meat grinder.
What they really care about is whether the attack of the Fritia Alliance can cause a shock to the defenders of Tianhe, and it would be best if some of the defenders can be transferred away.
Otherwise, they could also take advantage of the defenders' confusion to launch an attack.
The previous ambush was the first confrontation with the Holy Church of the Elements, and in this battle, they discovered one thing: the organization of the Holy Church of the Elements was too rigid. Once the supreme commander of a unit became incapacitated, the unit would fall into complete chaos. Although it would not be powerless to resist, it would be difficult to reorganize in the short term.
Soon, the prophecy wizards in each fleet brought bad news: they saw a group of messenger dragons entering and leaving near the Tianhe River, but there was only some commotion among the defenders, and no change in the troop strength.
"I really don't understand this." Sig sighed, "Do they care about Thunder Flower and Tianhe or not?"
Tianhe is not far from Thunder Flower, and the defenders of Tianhe are almost the nearest large force.
The Fritia Alliance assembled with great fanfare and made no attempt to hide their actions. The Holy Church of the Elements should have realized that Fritia's counterattack had begun.
At this time, Tianhe's troops remained motionless, which was really strange.
Either go to support, or retreat to avoid being swallowed up...
The distance between the two places is only a day or two's dragon ride away - and that's without rushing.
What exactly does it mean to stay on standby like this?
After a quiet discussion with Yin, Sig said, "Yin said the Wild Spirits never unite... probably because the interests of the multiple Wild Spirits are inconsistent. They have established spheres of influence for these two landmarks—forbidding each other to intervene and to assist the other."
Although there's no solid evidence to support this speculation, it's very reasonable, and it's not good news.
This meant they had to directly confront the Wild Spirit's trusted forces.
Previously, Halrua had barely sustained any damage in the Dragon Battlefield, relying on information gaps to traverse the battlefield repeatedly, annihilating the enemy each time. Even if he sustained some damage, he would be promptly rescued and restored to his original form.
And this time attacking Tianhe will probably not be so easy.
Once the fight gets into a meat-mincing melee, casualties are inevitable.
Moreover, the casualties were likely to be Toril's most elite personnel: mages, priests, paladins, and Lantan craftsmen. Even the most ordinary crew members were the most energetic and vibrant young people in Halrua.
Every loss is heartbreaking.
Emiya took a deep breath and said to the crystal ball, "We still have three hours before the official attack. Let me emphasize this one last time—every crew member is more important than anything else on board. If the ship is severely damaged, please lead the entire crew to evacuate immediately."
Mars glanced at him and took over the conversation: "At the same time, I want to emphasize again: as long as we can disperse the Tianhe defenders, we can win - as long as we defeat the organization of the Tianhe defenders, we will find that they are huge and loose. If the Fritia Alliance can capture Thunder Flower within a few days..."
He paused, then said, "Whether we can return to Toril within ten days depends on the outcome of this battle!"
When the cheers and responses came from the communication crystal ball, he whispered to Emiya: "Before the war, how could you emphasize that they could evacuate at any time?"
Emiya was silent for a moment, without refutation, but just sighed: "I hope everything goes well."
Haffont glared at him and said to Emilia, "You're not the only one in this world who's not afraid of death—and you're not the only arcane blacksmith who can excel on the battlefield."
She sneered, "We illusionists and enchanters are ready... Even if the Fritia Alliance doesn't come, we can convince the Holy Elemental Church that they are. Even if these Tianhe defenders are really dragons made of stone, we have to use the Sky Collapse and Earth Shattering to make them move!"
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"report!"
At this moment, Stannis the Black Dragon was naturally directing the defenses near the Sky River—this was the most heavily trooped area on the central battlefield, with heavily protected communications, making it a perfect command center. However, he wasn't currently responsible for the detailed defense of the Sky River, but was merely compiling external reconnaissance reports.
Tianhe is under the personal charge of Huang Ling.
However, just managing the reconnaissance and the front line has already made him a little overwhelmed: Recently, the area near Tianhe has been unusually quiet... so quiet that it is a little unusual.
He knew that the front-line troops were under attack, but after all, this place was still quite a distance away from the front line, so there was enough time to react.
Not even harassment.
However, just as Stannis was about to hear another report of "all is well," the communications captain scratched the ground uneasily and said, "A messenger said that during his call, he discovered a large force approaching from the southwest, and their target seemed to be Tianhe."
"A large force? Exactly how many?"
"It's likely the Freetia Alliance's troops." The communications team leader shook his dragon wings, as if trying to dispel fear. "From a casual glance, he could see over a hundred giant dragons flapping their wings and flying."
"Of course I know that's not our unit!"
Stannis knew that the large-scale mobilization of the Elemental Order could not be hidden from the commander, after all, he was also responsible for logistics. Recently, the Elemental Order had done nothing but send troops to exterminate the Greenwald Territory.
That army had only just set out, how could it possibly be retreating now? If they had truly been repelled, they would have been severely depleted and unable to gather a full force.
Almost at the same time, a ball of unstable electric sparks descended from the sky and crashed straight into the nearby ground. After a long while, the ball of electric sparks gradually revealed its true form, revealing a tired Thunder Blue Dragon.
His eyes were hazy, and he almost gasped as he looked at the commander flying over. "Bad news, Lord Stannis... The troops besieging Ashe Frame have been completely defeated. The enemy's strength is beyond imagination."
"What?!" This news was like a bolt from the blue, and Stannis couldn't believe his ears. "Say it again!"
"We... lost." Blue Dragon murmured.
"I know the battle has already begun! But why did you just completely retreat?" Stannis was so angry that he almost flew up. "There are over ten thousand Skitarii besieging Ashe Frame! They were holding the front lines yesterday, but today they are retreating?!
"Even if a giant dragon captures a few slaves, those slaves can't run that fast! The Fritia Alliance must sacrifice battlefield mobility to ensure victory, and their advance speed cannot be fast! This battle will last at least half a month before it is resolved! That battlefield stretches for thousands of kilometers! Even if Dragon King Kearney comes personally, he can't break through it in a day!"
However, the communication dragon who came to report the news had his eyes closed and could no longer answer his questions - he had obviously exhausted all his strength in quickly delivering the news here and had no strength to respond to inquiries.
At this moment, the dragon, the staff officer behind Stannis, said, "This is suspicious. Considering the previous reports, it is hard to accept."
The frontline troops in the center suddenly retreated on a large scale for unknown reasons. In this situation, there was actually another large force rushing straight towards them.
Stannis was silent for a moment, then a terrible possibility occurred to him.
The center wasn't originally the most intense battlefront: it was desolate and hostile, dragons and slaves rarely appeared, and vast tracts of land were practically uninhabited. Almost all supplies and troops were transferred from the more affluent areas in the rear.
This place is not even as prosperous as Abel's two poles!
But now, with Kearney attacking in front and a large army being completely defeated in the back...
Then, in the Third World War, the first heavy blow of the Fritia Alliance will probably fall on Stannis.
Thunder Flower and Tianhe may be far more important than he imagined.
"Take this communicator to rest. Then...sprinkle it out."
Stannis thought for a moment and made a decision. "Mobilize all mobile forces at the headquarters, including the guards. Send them all southwest and spread them out! I must get detailed information about this unfamiliar force!"
If the front collapsed, his command might need to fall back.
If Shui Huangling was unwilling to tell him the significance of Tianhe, then he should at least let Huangling understand that defending Tianhe was not an obligation, but his loyalty to Huangling!
Fifty-five Winds Stop the River (Part 2)
Reconnaissance teams were deployed, and reports came in one after another.
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