CH 89.2

Chapter 89.2 – The Battle on the Left Started

That didn’t end the imperial army’s left-wing.

The imperial army has a final decisive weapon, the 500 flying dragon knights.

In this medieval fantasy world, how formidable is the airborne flying dragon knight order? No one will be able to measure their effectiveness.

Even a lone flying dragon knight who runs through the sky can be called a brave.

And there are 500 of them.

Even if the other party is protected by strong walls, that will mean nothing against an airborne force.

No matter how big a castle or a city is, it would fall without fail if they face flying enemies.

「Everyone, starting now, the flying dragon knights will conquer Silesie Kingdom! It seems like our mercenary allies are not that great but if we make the royal capital fall, the empire will be the one who’ll emerge victoriously! Now is the time to show the power of the flying dragon knights to his royal highness the golden lion! 」

The commander of the flying dragon knight order, Rothbacher von Leifenzbel, was analyzing the war situation from a bird’s eye view while issuing a proclamation to the knights he was leading.

Cannons spewed fire from the left-wing of the volunteer army as they tried to shoot down the flying dragon knights from the sky.

Several knights were hit by cannonballs and fell.

「The enemy’s cannons are certainly very powerful.」

However, iron balls launched high into the sky will encounter a decrease in speed.

Unless you are very unlucky, a good flying dragon knight can evade them. Even the enemy’s new weapon is only this good against the flying dragon knight.

With this, the royal capital can be conquered. If overwhelmed by a large group of flying dragons(wyvern), the castle soldiers and citizens would have no choice but to flee.

What Rothbacher is currently thinking is now to make their allies enter the capital after they had taken care of the city’s defenses.

He must think hard and fast while there is still time.

In fact, even the flying dragon knights are not as invincible as they are rumored to be.

If you keep a wild flying dragon, there is a disadvantage where the second generation of wyvern won’t be that powerful.

The only terrifying thing about their flying dragons is that they can fly.

When one sees that there’s a large group of dragons coming for them, they’ll immediately instinctively think that “we can’t win against that”.

Rothbacher, a veteran flying dragon knight, knows it all.

Once demoralized, even the best soldier will be nothing more than a bunch of fleeing crows.

It is precisely because of human’s instinctive fear that their flying dragon knights remain the strongest in the world.

「Let’s go, flying dragon knights of Germania, remember who you are!」

Commander Rothbacher, who was flying in the lead, as usual, signals the descent assault.

Behind him, the flying dragon knights shouted out loud.

「The empire’s pride! The empire’s glory! We are the undefeated flying dragon knight order!」

The descent attack from the sky can cause panic on the side that will be attacked but it can also cause the attacker to be afraid.

The attacker must have the courage to fly while thinking that they are the strongest in the world.

Commander Rothbacher flew in the lead and swooped down on the royal capital of Silesie.

A gleam flashed from the enemy’s cannons as they are all pointed towards the sky.

「Cannons, dodge!」

Iron balls can be dodged and Rothbacher, who dashed with his flying dragon, had the confidence to do so.

Those with poor reinsmanship or those who were not so lucky would be hit by cannonballs.

But that would only happen once.

After that one time, all of the unprotected cannoneers would die and their bodies would be ripped apart by wyverns.

「Huh?」

Rothbacher, who had been unabashedly staring at the cannons as they spewed balls, was taken aback.

He was stunned because what he saw was not iron balls but large nets.

Rothbacher was caught in a net along with his flying dragon and fell onto the cobblestone pavement.

「W-what’s this?」

The impact of the fall as he slammed onto the cobblestones, left him breathless but he still got up given his indomitable fighting spirit. He must cut through the net so tried to get back on his feet.

What struck him was that there were needle-like things that pushed through the gaps of his armor.

He was pricked but he didn't care about that until…

「This is, poisoned….」

As a skilled dragon knight, Rothbacher knew immediately from his past experience that he had been exposed to a deadly poison. Even if he’s unscathed, the poison would affect him even more so now.

If he can’t detoxify immediately, he will die. Rothbacher took an antidote potion from his pouch using his trembling hands and drank it down.

However, that was a surprise!

What was shot out from the cannons in the capital were not iron balls but big, sticky nets. Moreover, they even had poison on them.

The enemy had taken countermeasures against the flying dragon knights in advance.

While thinking how careless they stormed there and looking at how the flying dragon knights fell one after another, Rothbacher trembled at the thought that it would be his fault if the empire was to perish.

「But it’s not over yet. I won’t let it all end here!」

The empire’s pride, the empire’s glory, and its symbol, the undefeated flying dragon knight order!

Rothbacher has only been the commander for five years. The legend of the undefeated flying dragon knight order must not end here.

With his unyielding fighting spirit, he drew his sword and cut through the tenacious net.

However, when a young girl, who looked so out of place on the battlefield, arrived in front of Rothbacher’s eyes, he involuntarily stopped what he was doing.

「Nonsense, why would a little girl…….」

Amidst the gusts of wind because of the flapping dragons, a young girl with slick blonde hair, who still looked like a child, comes running toward him.

Her adorable appearance was like an innocent girl playing in the field and for a moment, the proud dragon knight forgot that he was in the middle of a war. Even though he could see a gun in that girl’s hand.

「As soon as I find a dragon knight, I’ll kill him!」

The victorious face of the girl, who pointed the gun to Rothbacher’s head while smiling fearlessly, has become the last thing Rothbacher saw in this world.