Author: True North

"Morning Glory Street was attacked by headhunters. Are there any civilians who have evacuated here... Asking for support! Asking for support!"

A loudspeaker fruit was crushed by a Royal Court patrolman. When the fruit exploded and emitted sound waves, the patrolman immediately called for help. The sound was continuously amplified in the sound waves and spread steadily outward.

There are two companions beside this royal court patrol. They are guarding the door of a shop together, standing in a triangular defensive formation. The first one holds a vine shield with defensive spells and a stabbing sword, and the second two open a bow.

Aim outside.

On the road outside the store, five flying mantises were hovering close to the road. They blocked the front with their strong and sharp sickle legs, and then used small and rapid movements to dodge the aim of the patrol's bows and arrows. More than a dozen hunters had already left.

The flying mantis came down, and they also adopted a formation of front shield and back bow to surround the three patrols in the store.

There are many corpses on the road, most of them are hunters, there are also forest elves and civilians, and there are also a few royal court patrols.

An owl fell from the sky, and a flying mantis stepped forward and impaled the injured owl.

The royal patrols in the store showed angry eyes. The owl was their partner and their other eye. The dead owl was just their last owl. Losing the eagle eye caused them to lose their perception of the overall situation.

The patrols did not rush out out of anger. There were more than a dozen civilians in the corner of the shop behind them.

Not only will the three of them die if they rush out, these elves will also be killed by the headhunters.

I wonder if a distress signal can bring reinforcements.

The young patrolman shook the stabbing sword in his hand, and the enchantment stimulated made the sword glow green. Then he said to his companions behind him: "We must hold on, the Emerald Lake will definitely come to save us."

"Yes, squad leader." The two patrolmen replied together.

"Woof!" The last hound also barked. There was a shocking wound on its body, but it still lay at the feet of its owner, waiting for the order to attack.

The hunters outside began to shrink the encirclement. Behind them, there were two hunter mages jumping around and chanting spells, and the light refraction arc caused by the stalker's movement.

"Get ready to fight." The patrol squad leader whispered, with the sound of children crying in his ears.

Green light clung to the arrowhead, and the entire alchemical arrow vibrated violently due to the activation of magic. The archer held the bow firmly and controlled the string, aiming at the hunters who were approaching step by step.

Just when the patrols were preparing to fight to the death, a hail of arrows poured down from an angle. The hunters facing the store were unprepared for this attack, and most of them were shot down in an instant.

Without giving this group of hunters time to reorganize, a team of five patrols dropped from the sky. Their strength was significantly higher than that of ordinary patrols. They used swords and arrows to quickly and neatly eliminate the remaining hunters.

clean.

"It's the Emerald Lake Guards!" The young patrolman recognized the uniform of this patrol team. He excitedly shouted to the civilians in the room: "The Three-leaf King has sent his most elite patrollers, and we are saved."

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Outside, four members of the Emerald Lake Guard formed a guard formation, and the hounds sprang out to break the necks of the hunters who were not yet dead. The leader was a female elf, who put her bayonet back into its scabbard, and then walked towards the royal court.

The patrols asked: "We received your signal, how many civilians are here?"

"Beautiful red-haired lady, thank you and your companions for your rescue, which saved us from being killed and beheaded. There are sixteen forest elves civilians and three humans here, including three cute and crying children.

Four elves were injured and lost the ability to move.

Can I know your name? When the war is over, I will definitely bring the most beautiful fairy flowers that bloom in the morning..."

The red-haired elf stopped the patrol and continued: "This is war time, don't waste precious time by piling up words. This neighborhood is the main air assault area for the headhunters. You should immediately protect these civilians and move them to Pelican Square. Emerald Lake Guards

A safe zone was established there.

My soldiers and I will cover..."

When the red-haired elf was about to let the patrols lead the civilians to evacuate, a huge explosion sounded behind her. The fighting instinct made the red-haired elf instantly cast magic to prop up a shield for herself, then drew her sword and turned to face outward.

Then he saw four of his subordinates being blown away from a distance, and after rolling several times, they were lying on the ground with their life and death unknown.

The center of the explosion was surrounded by rising smoke.

The red-haired elf swung out a sword, and an arc-shaped sword light cut through the ground and cut into the smoke.

when!

It seemed that something metal had been struck.

The smoke fell, revealing a tall figure inside.

Then a pair of wings spread out behind the figure, and as they flapped, gravel shot towards the elves like bullets.

"It's a hunting angel!" After the red-haired elf saw clearly what he was facing, he immediately shouted behind him: "I'll try my best to hold it back, you guys run away... don't look back, as many as you can escape!"

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After shouting, the red-haired elf rushed towards the hunting angel. The magic shield shrunk in her left hand and solidified into a small buckler, and she held the rapier in her right hand and thrust out a long sharp edge.

In front of her, the hunting angel had no expression on his withered bark-like face, and his green eyes were shining brightly. Several thick vines broke through the hard road and rose up, then twisted towards the red-haired elf. At the same time, the hunting angel

The killing angel swung the barbed wooden stick, splitting the air at high speed and making a whistling sound.

The red-haired elf used her body skills to avoid the entanglement of the vines, and approached the hunting angel at an extremely fast speed. Facing the wooden stick that was smashed from the front, a ball of wind rose from her feet, and her body was as light as a leaf falling from the tree.

She jumped over the stick. She knocked her shield on the top of the stick, used the force to adjust her posture in the air, and then stabbed the hunting angel's neck with her sword.

However, several sharp leaves flew up from the tips of the hunting angel's wings, whirling and slashing at various parts of the red-haired elf's body.

If the red-haired elf continued to attack, she might not be able to kill the hunting angel, but she would definitely die in the blade of the leaves. As a last resort, she could only flip in the air, dodge the attack through the gaps between the leaves, and then kick out another

He kicked his foot on a vine and did a backflip to avoid the club swung by the Hunting Angel.

If the attack fails, the red-haired elf loses the initiative and can only barely protect itself from the multiple attacks of the hunting angel.

During this period, three patrols quickly covered the civilians and carried the wounded out of the room.

The squad leader stopped and said to his two subordinates: "You go to Pelican Park to protect the civilians, and I'll go help the Emerald Lake Guard. They came to save us, and we can't leave them alone."

Faced with a hunting angel, who would almost certainly die without reinforcements, the team leader still chose to stay.

The squad leader drove his men away, drew his sword, and turned to fight, his hound limping after him.

At this time, the red-haired elf had completely lost the ability to counterattack.

For their ordinary Emerald Lake Guards, even if they are full, they may not be able to deal with a Hunting Angel, let alone being the only one left after being attacked by a Hunting Angel.

Are you going to die?

The red-haired elf was unable to dodge once and was caught by a vine emerging from the ground. She saw the patrol coming over and shouted loudly: "Don't save me, run!"

A leaf flew over and cut the red-haired elf's neck. Then a large group of leaves flew in, cutting countless bloody flowers on the elf's body...

The elf patrol rushed over like crazy.

At this time, the ground shook violently, and a huge figure passed over his head.

That's... a war machine?

No, it’s the Steam Titan of the Golden Shield Empire!

The Elf Patrol recognized this weapon made of steel. He had seen these big guys at the Emerald Port Pier, but he didn't expect that this seemingly heavy machine could be so flexible.

As the earth shook, steam titans rushed past him one after another. They held huge swords in both hands and easily cut off the blocking vines; the magic projectiles on their shoulders continued to cast powerful magic.

Use intensive firepower to restrict the hunting angel's movements, and then use negative magic to weaken it.

The Hunting Angel, who had been showing off his power just now, now seemed like a chicken surrounded by a group of eagles. The sharp and circling leaves were all embedded under the steel armor, posing no threat to the driver behind the armor.

Soon, the Hunting Angel was pulled by two steam titans by its wings, and then split in half by another steam titan.

The battle is over.

The patrolman walked up to the red-haired elf, knelt down and picked her up. She was covered in blood and had no life left.

A steam Titan came to a stop next to the patrol, and the cockpit door opened: "Sorry, we are late!"

The patrolman looked up. He was a young human, wearing a Golden Shield Empire military uniform, with the rank of colonel.

"Sir, can we still win?"

"Of course I can win! Along the way, I saw countless elven warriors fighting for their homeland. Many of them died, but the living ones were still fighting.

Didn't you also charge to the Hunting Angel alone?"

"But I didn't save her. I didn't even ask her name."

"Patrol, there are many elves ahead waiting for you to rescue. Follow us. Most of the headhunters are too small for us. We need your help to clean up those little things so that we can concentrate on dealing with the hunting angels."

The patrolman gently put the red-haired elf down, and he stood up and saluted the human: "Sir, I am Sergeant Ned Cervantes of the Royal Court Patrol Corps. Thank you for your rescue. Can I know your name?"

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"Colonel Rossetti Owen, Colonel of the Steam Titan Training Regiment in Raging Waves City. Sergeant Cervantes, I hope you will gather scattered patrols along the way to follow us, and we will work together to drive the headhunters out of the Emerald Court."

"Follow your orders, Colonel Owen..." The patrolman did not finish his sentence. He looked up at the sky blankly, and the surrounding light dimmed. "Then... what is that? Is it a mountain floating in the sky?"

Owen raised his head and looked up. It was the Kirov airship. Its body was more than 300 meters long and flying at low altitude. It was really like a floating mountain.

All Steam Titans gave the Kirov airship an Imperial salute.

Owen said proudly: "That is the Kirov, the empire's newly built super-heavy airship, and the great empire's chief minister, Mr. Meteorite, is on the airship right now.

Patrolman, do you still doubt victory now?

For the elf you love, for the country you protect...fight!"

Orn sat back in the pilot's chair, closed the cockpit, and the steam titans took long strides and charged forward along the street.
To be continued...