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Kerosene is the best target!
Once they show a strong desire for this thing, the Holy See will not let them get it and will definitely follow!
This is a real conspiracy!
What's more, they left some "little gifts" in the city. If everything goes well, the other party must have been furious and even lost their minds, right?
After being fooled several times in a row, anyone would fight to the death!
"Unfortunately, it happened too fast. We don't have time to make more arrangements, otherwise it should be foolproof!" Lin En said helplessly.
According to his previous estimates, the Holy See had just suffered thousands of casualties. Even if they were in a hurry, they would have to rest for half a day before launching an attack tomorrow morning. However, the opponent's actions were obviously much faster than he expected...
Chapter 416 This is unscientific but magical!
"Nothing is foolproof. Accidents can happen at any time. It's worth going all out if we can ensure an 80% chance of winning!" Harov said comfortingly.
If it weren't for the method Lin En developed temporarily to detect the enemy situation by sensing ground vibrations, they would have been unable to escape the Vatican's surprise attack.
The situation would be unpredictable. Even if we could win the battle, we would inevitably suffer heavy losses!
The greater possibility is another defeat, or even mutual destruction...
"In my opinion, there is no need to worry so much. We are 'traveling lightly' this time, and these people can only follow behind us and eat dust. It is not difficult to buy some time..." Raphael said optimistically.
"It's not good to be so sure!" Lin En shook his head, looked back, and said, "They've caught up!"
As he was speaking, a terrifying dragon roar came from afar.
Under everyone's gaze, a red fireball was rushing towards this side.
When they got closer, they found that it was not a fireball, but a hideous-looking monster with a wingspan of more than 20 meters. Its red scales seemed to be made of lava, and its eyes were blood red, revealing a murderous and brutal aura.
"Is this... a dragon?" Raphael's pupils constricted, and he immediately remembered the dragon disaster in the wizard land decades ago.
"It should just be a sub-dragon species!" Harof corrected.
"So fast, the speed is at least over 180 kilometers per hour. How can something so big and heavy fly so fast with just the flesh?" Lin En said in surprise. Just relying on the pair of dragon wings, it would be impossible for it to run at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour even if it was broken. In fact, it is difficult to even float.
Harov and others looked at Lin En strangely, not understanding why this magic star could say such a thing. Didn't his fighter jet made of steel also run at a speed of three to four hundred kilometers per hour?
Lin En didn't know what everyone was thinking, otherwise he would have told them that the fighter jet's flying method was very scientific, while this could only be described as magical!
But at this moment, Lin En didn't have the energy to explore how the fire dragon in front of him flew.
Because their enemies have entered the range of attack and casting.
Several machine guns mounted at the rear of the airship immediately opened fire, and dense bullets poured towards the lava dragon like a torrential rain.
However, although this fire dragon was huge in size, it was more flexible than they imagined. It easily dodged the rain of bullets by flapping its wings.
"They should have predicted and aimed at the path ahead..." Lin En shook his head. These machine gunners were still too inexperienced. It was also because they had too little training time and were rushed into the battle in a hurry.
Soon after, the second line of defense formed by wizards arrived. A large number of fireballs, ice blades, and thunder forces covered a large area. Since the opponent was extremely fast and flexible, it would be best to make it impossible for the opponent to dodge!
However, this time, their target did not dodge, but opened its mouth and spit out a stream of hot dragon breath. The fire wave with a temperature of thousands of degrees destroyed all the oncoming magic, and then rushed towards the airship array with the dragon breath in its mouth.
The rolling waves of fire came in an instant. Lin En took a step forward and stretched out his hand. His index and middle fingers trembled slightly, and ripples appeared in the invisible space and time. The surging dragon breath was cut apart by a force that was invisible to the naked eye, and passed directly from both sides of the airship. The rolling heat waves made the air distorted...
Although the invisible [space vibration] is invisible to the naked eye, Silide, as a cardinal, can sense this force that is powerful enough to cause space fluctuations.
The lava fire dragon under him was also very sensitive to danger, even much stronger than Silide. Before the [Space Vibration Wave] approached, it had already flown away and its dragon breath also stopped abruptly.
After realizing that the airship was protected by a powerful wizard and would be difficult to destroy, Silide simply avoided it and turned to other targets.
There are more than a hundred airships in the entire array, stretching over a kilometer in length!
If such a weapon of war appeared on the battlefield, it would be able to easily defeat a legion of tens of thousands of people. However, in Silide's eyes, they are nothing more than targets!
The twenty-meter-long wings of the lava fire dragon shook violently, and the huge dragon body accelerated again, rushing towards an airship on the right, spewing out hot dragon breath, and the surging fire waves easily broke through the protection of the witchcraft barrier and swept the entire airship into the sea of fire.
In an instant, flames shot up into the sky, the entire airship was on fire, and violent explosions echoed in the sky.
Even though fireproof materials were used when making the airship airbag, they were unable to block such horrific high temperatures, and the steel frame was directly melted and burned...
The lava dragon leaped up again, avoiding dozens of flying ice blades. It swung its thick dragon tail violently and hit the hull of the airship heavily. With a dull sound that made people's teeth ache, the iron guardrail was directly smashed to pieces, so that half of the cockpit exploded directly, and turned into a ball of fire and fell to the ground...
"Damn it, send a message, let them disperse!" Raphael shouted anxiously as an airship in front of him was shot down in seconds.
Since the lava dragon rushed straight into the array of airships, they didn't dare to cast spells to counterattack with all their strength, otherwise the opponent would only need to dodge and the attack would hit the friendly forces.
In fact, Raphael didn't need to remind them, as the airships that gathered together had already dispersed in all directions.
Silide obviously would not miss this opportunity. He rode the lava fire dragon under him and shuttled through the array of airships. Waves of fire rose up, painting the sky red in just over ten seconds.
As the pilot, Alex watched helplessly as an airship not far away was turned into a fireball by the hot dragon's breath. He felt both angry and scared.
In the past, they relied on their extraordinary speed to play with the enemies at their fingertips, but now the situation is obviously reversed. Now their enemies fly faster and are more flexible than them!
In this way, the disadvantages of the airship, which are large in size and slow in changing direction, become extremely fatal, and it cannot even dodge the fire dragon's breath.
"Damn it!" Ali cursed inwardly, gnashing his teeth, then turned to look at the great plastic wizard Sanchez, and spoke anxiously. "Master Wizard, are we just going to stand by and watch?"
Sanchez was also a little anxious, but there was nothing he could do. The dragon was flying too fast, striking and leaving without ever stopping anywhere. Their magic either missed or was not enough to hurt the opponent even if it did.
Just as Sanchez was hesitating whether to transform into a giant eagle and fight the opponent to the death, the device that received electromagnetic signals suddenly lit up.
Chapter 417: The First Generation Fighter's Debut
The ticking sound continued to echo on the airship. Sanchez was shocked and his anxious expression gradually cooled down. After deciphering the message, he immediately spoke.
"Now, turn around!"
Ali, who was full of anger, was overjoyed. The other airship operators were also fully alert and controlled the airships to change directions. It was time for them to fight back!
Silide was riding a huge fire dragon and wreaking havoc in the sky, but he did not notice that the airships around him were not simply fleeing. Dozens of them quietly changed direction and quickly formed an array under Lin En's command. One after another, lightning flashed on each airship.
"Chain lightning!" "Thunder Prison - Lightning Storm!"
More than fifty thunder wizards cast spells together, and an electromagnetic field covering hundreds of meters in radius was formed instantly.
By the time Silide realized that something was wrong, blue-purple lightning had occupied his entire field of vision. The divine barrier around him was cracked under the bombardment of violent electric arcs. The lava fire dragon under him roared and the speed of flapping its wings slowed down.
Immediately afterwards, dozens of dense laser beams swept over from all directions. The lava fire dragon, whose body was paralyzed and unable to dodge, was like a huge target and was quickly hit.
The most powerful laser beam struck down from the fire dragon's neck, tearing apart its hard dragon scales. Blood like molten lava spurted out, dyeing the sky red...
However, the other laser beams were not as powerful. They only cut scars as thick as a little finger on the hard dragon scales and failed to even break through the defense.
"So hard!" Lin En was secretly shocked.
The most powerful laser magic was naturally his work, and it hit the target but failed to kill it.
Not to mention the other beam magics, they couldn't even cut through the dragon scales.
Although he had the airship array pull away to avoid accidental injuries, which weakened the power of the laser to a certain extent, its own powerful armor-piercing ability was enough to cut metal. Now it was even difficult to break through the defense...
It seems that even if the machine gun just now successfully hit the target, the machine gun fire alone would not be enough to injure the opponent.
"This species of dragon is highly resistant to fire and high temperature, and the distance is too far. If it's close enough, I think laser magic should still be of some use!" Harof said solemnly.
Unfortunately, there was obviously only one chance like this. After suffering a great loss, Silide controlled the lava dragon to fly above them. This was the second weakness of the airship. As the airbag was too large, it blocked the line of sight and there was no way to attack the enemy above the airship.
It was the first time that they were at an absolute disadvantage in speed, and Harov finally experienced the frustrating feeling of not being able to hit his previous opponents.
If Vittorio were here, he might be able to seal off the sky, restrict the opponent's movements, and then use the [Blade of Time and Space] to kill him with one blow.
However, Vittorio and Aurora went ahead to prepare for the next battlefield.
At this moment, a series of sharp and piercing sounds suddenly rang out in the sky, and a black shadow appeared in everyone's sight in the distance.
"It's the Griffin Knights!" Harof frowned slightly. They could barely deal with a fire dragon, but if these Griffin Knights got close to them, it would easily cause heavy damage to the airship array.
In the previous air battle in the royal capital, they relied on laser magic to achieve an absolute victory, but this was based on the debut of a new magic and the lack of intelligence.
It won’t be that easy now!
As expected, after approaching, these griffin knights easily flew high into the sky, ready to destroy the airship's airbag from above and let it fall on its own. They had no intention of fighting with them at all.
However, Lin En's expression relaxed and he said, "Don't worry, our support has arrived!"
This support is naturally Lydia’s new fighter.
Since this thing didn't carry much fuel, had limited endurance, and was equipped with a powerful weapon, Lin En waited until he confirmed that the Holy See had really caught up before he let Lydia drive a fighter jet to support him!
Now he arrived at the same time as the Griffin Knight.
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"Come on, everyone! We must not let this group of shameful scum and minions of the devil seize the empire's weapons of war!" A griffin knight raised the hammer in his hand high and roared loudly.
"Kill these blasphemers!" "Charge, charge!"
Shouts were like thunder, and hundreds of Griffin Knights were in high spirits. They rushed towards the outer airships like wolves and tigers, determined to wash away the shame of their previous defeats!
But before they could finish their words, bursts of machine gun roars rang out, and the several Griffin Knights who were leading the shouting "Charge" were engulfed in the hail of bullets in full view of the crowd, their bodies shot like sieves.
"Damn it, what on earth is going on?" "Where are the enemies?" "Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
A series of shrill voices echoed in the sky, and the Griffin Knights, who were originally in high spirits, suddenly fell into chaos.
Several stealth fighters blessed with polarizing magic rushed past, the flames of the machine guns flashed in the air, and the machine gun barrage instantly pierced the bodies of the Griffin Knights and tore them to pieces.
Blood splattered and screams rang out one after another.
Although griffins have an amazing sense of smell and optical stealth has little effect on them, the speed of fighter jets is too fast, and they have no way to confirm the enemy's position simply by relying on their sense of smell.
Under the cover of polarization magic and night, those fighter planes were like invisible gods of death, constantly reaping the lives of the Griffin Knights.
During the period of launching counterattack and retaking the king, the wizards of the Alchemy Workshop once again produced and modified four magic fighters. The pilots were selected from among the wizards. Even though they were somewhat untrained, they were sufficient to deal with these griffin knights.
Lydia, who had the most skilled driving skills, aimed at the huge lava dragon in the airship array.
As the cannon fire button was pressed, the cannons installed on both wings opened again, and the chained barrage of bullets continued to hit the fire dragon's back. Sparks flew out, and there was actually a dull sound of steel colliding.
"So hard!" Lydia made the same comment as Lin En. You know, the fighter jet's machine gun doesn't use lead bullets, but more powerful fixed bullets. However, it was actually broken by the dragon scales.
However, Lydia was not discouraged. She increased her speed to the extreme and rushed straight towards the huge fire dragon in front of her...