Xingtie, started with a guitar, and made a living by singing

If you go deep into the front line from the Iron Guard restricted area, you will reach the Echo Corridor, which has been completely alienated by the years of fighting between the Silver Mane Iron Guard and the Rift.

Wendy and his companions were in the Polluted Square, where the brave and battle-hardened Silver Mane Guards had been reviewed countless times.

From here on out is the devastated war front, filled with crystallized products of deep erosion by the power of the Rift. At the same time, the cracks in space are much larger than usual, forming a kind of one-way "wandering path" hidden in the corners.

These tunnels, left behind by the rift's erosion of reality, lead to somewhere unknown.

Maybe it is the outside world with ice and snow, or maybe it is on the other side of the planet, or even in outer space.

Therefore, from here on, everyone must pay attention.

Whether it is to guard against the monsters of the Rift that may appear at any time, or to avoid triggering certain conditions that will cause the monsters whose information is recorded by the Rift to reappear, caution is the most correct choice here.

It was almost visible to the naked eye that Bronya, Jeppard, and Pera, the three senior guards, seemed to have pressed a switch after arriving here.

Their expressions were almost uniformly serious and solemn. At the same time, Pella also released the floating reconnaissance aircraft, and she continued to issue instructions through the control panel.

The girl's round-framed lenses kept flashing with the faint blue light of data, and various professional terms kept coming out of her mouth, while Bronya and Jeppard stopped to listen, occasionally nodding in agreement.

This made Xier, who had felt particularly uncomfortable since she came in, tugged at Wendy's sleeve with some concern.

"Hey, street singers, do you think they're quite professional?"

"...Just to remind you, those three are at least the best of the Silvermane Guards, okay?"

Wendy covered her mouth with her hand and whispered in her ear.

Although it looks extremely suspicious, it is better than Xier's stupid question being heard by others.

Isn't this like asking Shiluwa who is repairing machinery: "Master, what do you do?"

Of course, if it was her, she might say something rock or roll on a whim, and it would be hard to tell whether it was a joke or something sincere.

After all, mechanical maintenance is strictly speaking just her hobby, but it is quite rare to be able to achieve this level out of interest.

"I know, I know, but it's that thing, that thing that floats in the streets of the upper class, invisible and intangible, but it's definitely there."

"You mean the atmosphere?"

"Yeah! This feeling doesn't fit in with their atmosphere at all, and it makes me look unprofessional for some reason."

"Well, I don't think you need to think that way. After all, a king has his own talents, and a chef has his own talents. Xier just hasn't received the same systematic training as them. Killing monsters is easy for you, right?"

These words made Xier raise the corners of her mouth and puff out her chest proudly.

"Of course. I'm the strongest. Even the boss has gradually handed over the responsibility of combat power to me over the years!"

"Then we will have to rely more on the strength of Xi'er-sama."

"No, no, leave it to me!"

When Seele was about to laugh out loud with Wendy, the three people who were discussing over there also came to a conclusion. Bronya looked half relieved and half worried.

"Hmm? Judging from your expression, are you facing some difficult problem?"

Wendy asked caringly.

"If there's any small trouble I can help you avoid, feel free to tell me."

"...Hmm. It's not so much a difficult problem as it is a dilemma about which option is better."

Bronya shook her head and briefly summarized the information obtained by Pella's investigation.

"First, judging by the traces at the scene, the Wind Demon Dragon should be on the disc mechanism in the city construction area."

"Ooooh, how efficient, Master Pella!"

"Adults, please refrain from interrupting during such a serious moment."

Pella pushed her glasses up, her expression extremely serious.

Wendy had to quickly cover her mouth and looked at Bronya again. She nodded and continued her story.

"That was originally a giant mechanical structure that allowed the Iron Guards to quickly reach various battlefields. It also had a power supply underneath that operated day and night.

Their presence ensures that even if the front lines collapse, those in the rear can promptly use the mechanical discs to block the roads, buying enough time for the city to be evacuated."

When she said this, Bronya seemed to remember something and her expression became sad for a moment, but soon returned to normal.

"If we want to fight the Wind Demon Dragon here, we must be careful not to damage the energy supply device underneath, otherwise the disc will be completely stuck. No matter who is outside or us inside, we will be unable to enter or exit, and the energy center of the restricted area will also be seriously affected."

"So?"

"Considering this situation, we now have two choices. One is to go all out and avoid complications by directly confronting the Wind Demon Dragon here. The other is to lure him into the front lines of the ancient battlefield. Using the special terrain there, we can advance to form a battle array and invite the enemy to attack, or retreat to lure the enemy into a concentrated attack—"

Under the gaze of the two, Bronya frowned.

"In the past, the Iron Guards relied on this fortress to flexibly respond to the enemy, achieving victory after victory. However, its disadvantages are also significant. Although the narrow terrain can greatly affect the movement of the Wind Demon Dragon, the same effect applies to us.

In such a single channel, we have almost no room to dodge.

Therefore, if we are hit by the Wind Demon Dragon, there is a high probability that we will be seriously injured or even die on the spot."

These are two solutions that both have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Bronya prefers the former. Although the cross structure of the mechanical disc also greatly reduces the space they can dodge, it is a place used for legion battles after all, and there is definitely enough space for four or five people to move around.

Worst case——

She looked at Wendy. Judging from his previous performance of controlling the wind to support others, he might not be in any danger even if he stumbled.

After the voting was completed, the plan to fight the Wind Dragon directly on the mechanism disk was unanimously approved.

The latter is too restrictive, and how to lure the Wind Dragon there is also a problem. Carrying out such a bait operation is a test of the ability of the parties involved.

The most suitable person here is Xier. Although she doesn't mind taking a little risk and is the only one who cast the last vote, she has no objection to the final vote.

So, the group set out again. Along the way, they saw many remains of the monsters from the Rift Valley, as if they were hit head-on by some crushing giant. Most of them didn't even have a complete limb left, and were just "scraps".

The closer you get to the city-building area, the more obvious the feeling of the earth shaking becomes.

Everyone present couldn't help but feel a little nervous. In order to prevent the Wind Demon Dragon from escaping, someone had to stay outside to shut down the mechanism and let the disk rotate to block the retreat. This naturally included them. It was a real fight to the death among the trapped beasts.

The most suitable person to turn the mechanism is undoubtedly Pera who can provide off-field assistance.

She is just an intelligence officer. Although her abilities are not weak, she focuses more on providing intelligence analysis and hindering the enemy.

The frontal battlefield is not very suitable for her. With Pera's thin body, even if she is hit by the aftermath of the Wind Dragon's attack, she might really become Pera-chan.

Therefore, under the particularly heavy gaze of Intelligence Officer Pella, everyone stepped into the main battlefield and also saw the ultimate goal of this trip up close.

Wind Dragon——

Its huge body occupies almost one-third of the entire disc, and half of the remaining two-thirds are empty holes at the four corners of the cross.

The giant blue dragon was like a hunter at this moment, its huge but flexible body moving quickly in the field, and in the center were the two leaders of the boundary-breaking monsters - the Flame of the Outer Universe and the Ice of the Outer Universe!

Like twins, they are strange life forms that do not belong to this world. They grew from the rift brought by the star core, parasitizing on the fundamental structure of the world to absorb energy. Their armored shells are just like their names, one burning with the flames of the star core, and the other reflecting the deep and dim starry sky.

If it happened under normal circumstances, if two monster leaders gathered together like this, the Silver Mane Iron Guard would have to pay a heavy price to completely wipe them out.

For example, in the first counterattack organized ten years ago, such twin leaders caused the Silver Mane Iron Guard to lose the lives of several lieutenants, and the large number of rift crystal creations that accompanied them brought tremendous pressure to the Iron Guards.

But at this moment, they were like shivering quails, huddled together, blocked in the middle by the Wind Dragon and dared not move.

The giant dragon, originally composed of pure wind elements, now continuously exudes a strong sense of oppression due to the rift seed on its neck. The twisted and confined wind field spreads throughout the entire space, and dark green wind vortices gather in the sky, forming a strange phenomenon that connects heaven and earth.

Under the gaze of everyone, the Wind Dragon roared angrily, and the dark green vortex completely enveloped the sky. Invisible wind blades continued to condense in the wind field and swept towards the twin leader monsters from the outer universe in the center.

Just like being cut by a thousand knives, in an instant, the armor that was powerful enough to make the Iron Guards' attacks insignificant became like a piece of paper, not providing any protection at all to the flames and ice from the outer universe, and left them covered with wounds in the moment of contact.

The fragile core of their bodies is revealed, and the crystal elemental power on their bodies should be able to be controlled at will.

But at this moment it was liberated by the howling wind. Just as the name suggests, a large amount of flames and ice were guided and spread by the wind.

Then, under the influence of the huge vortex, the elemental power of the two was completely released, and the raging fire tornado and ice tornado combined with each other. Not only did it not bring them any shelter, but it also hurt each other at the same time.

The twins, whose attributes were mutually exclusive, all showed signs of weakness, and at this moment the giant blue dragon pounced out and bit. Its claws captured the flames from the outer universe, rubbing and slapping them against the ground, while its mouth bit the ice from the outer universe. The deep cold air that was enough to turn a human body into an ice sculpture was nothing to it than a popsicle to humans.

Amid the crisp chewing sounds, the outer universe ice was the first to declare death, turning into large pieces of ice chips and dispersing, while the outer universe flame that was stepped on by the claws was also swung hard by the wind dragon, drawing an arc in the air, brushing past everyone and crashing directly into the stone wall of the disc.

Even until the outer universe's flame form collapsed, it was unable to prevent an effective counterattack.

The Wind Demon Dragon spread out its four wings that were eroded by the power of the Rift, roared to the sky, and the materialized sound waves drove the wind field to spread outward!

In the face of this overwhelming power and violence, the people present were as small as ants. If they fell into even the smallest vortex, they would probably be shattered beyond recognition.

At this point, even Bronya felt a little regretful, wondering if she had been too arrogant and had come directly to subjugate the Wind Dragon. Fortunately,

A light piano sound rang out, and the double pressure that shocked the mind and body was transformed into power, and the out-of-control Wind Dragon also showed signs of calming down.

He stopped roaring, stared at Wendy with a confused and resentful look on his face, and spoke human words.

"...Ah, it's you! It's Barbatos..."

"Ok?"

Wendy showed a somewhat surprised expression. You know, no matter how powerful he was, and no matter how much growth he had gained after coming here, strength itself always had certain limitations. It was not a problem for him to create a dragon that was only in shape.

After all, what the Wind Demon Dragon is doing now is still within the scope of what he can do, but when it comes to the forbidden power of creating real life, it is definitely not something that can be done by simply creating a wind elemental creature.

It is one thing that the creature's status is not enough to bear such a huge power, even if it wants to imitate the "finishing touch" of the old man next door.

First of all, he needs to have such a dragon with ignorant wisdom and pure power of wind to draw it. How could he make it up out of thin air?

But the wind dragon in front of him seemed to have a preliminary "spiritual consciousness" and had taken the first step as a living being.

Could it be because of the erosion of the power of the Rift?

Wendy could only guess this, and he also pretended to be a good friend in his memory and greeted the Wind Dragon.

"Hey, Tevarin. Are you okay? I've got some help!"

However, the Wind Dragon did not respond to his greeting, but continued to murmur the divine name of Wendy in confusion.

"...Barbatos, Barbatos..."

This made the others present subconsciously look at Wendy, as if they were very surprised by the name, while Wendy spread her hands.

"As the saying goes, a person has five names. For us bards who travel far and wide, isn't it normal for us to have several stage names?"

"I don't know what you're talking about, but what exactly is going on here?"

Xier rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Hmm. From the conclusion, it seems that the power of the Rift corroded Tevarin. The large amount of information recorded by the Rift polluted Tevarin's mind, causing him to go berserk."

Wendy also acted like an expert.

"Then is there any way you can save it?"

Bronya asked immediately.

It is not wise to make an enemy of such a natural disaster. Although she will not be afraid, she does not want the people present to sacrifice in vain.

"It's a little difficult, but I think it's just right. After all—"

Wendy's smile was filled with a hint of amusement.

"Even I'm getting a little excited."

As the poet finished speaking, thousands of pure and peaceful winds began to blow, their robes fluttering and their fighting spirit surged.

"It's time to get going, guys!"

Chapter 85: Don’t try to escape!

The battle is about to break out.

Almost before everyone could react, the Wind Demon Dragon pounced on them with great momentum. The limitations of the venue were not as big a problem for it as they had imagined.

On the contrary, with his "slender" body like a sea slug, he can easily break through the limitations of the physical level like a cruising plankton.

In the blink of an eye, the terrifying giant mouth that had previously crushed the ice of the outer universe was already in front of him. There was no doubt that if he was swallowed by it, he would definitely die.

However, who among those who dare to launch a counterattack against the dragon on this battlefield does not have some trump cards and strength?

Without waiting for Bronya's orders, Jeppard rushed forward. Just before they collided, he leaned sideways, gathering all the strength in his shoulders, arms, and hips, and delivered a powerful punch like an egg against a rock!

Xier, who dodged the fastest among the crowd, opened her mouth in shock and wanted to move to save the other person, but it was too late. However, the scene at the next moment made her dumbfounded.