Chapter 521: Chapter 300: Is the Dragon Beast Afraid of Dragon Prestige? _1
The leader of the Dragon Knight Brigade, Captain Aimer, had a solemn look on his face, and remained silent. This perturbed his deputy, Shuyin, who asked, “You seem preoccupied. Did you lose in cards again yesterday?”
Airborne units, whilst in flight, face severe communication difficulties, which prevents them from executing intricate formations and coordinating maneuvers as seamlessly as their ground-based counterparts. The basic tactic is quite simple. Junior Knights follow their Lead Knight, Lead Knights follow the Knights, Knights follow the Great Knights, the Great Knights follow the Captain, who basically leads the charge.
To reach the level of a Knight, one must be a High-level Sword Fighter who has the ability to shape-shift utilizing his battle energy. This season swordsman can do some things that the low-level ones can’t.
Like focusing their voice into a single stream and directing it at a target to communicate while in flight.
This tactic is advanced and is difficult to master for most. Only high-level Sword Fighters can provide the fundamental basis, but even they require long-term training to fully grasp it. Most High-Level Sword Fighters are not in the position to practice this complicated and seldom used tactic due to their struggle for livelihood.
Only these airborne knights would practice such tactic from an early age, and after they cross the threshold of becoming a High-Level Sword Fighter, they are able to apply this skill immediately.
Shuyin’s voice was sent directly to Aimer’s ear, as if he were speaking directly to him.
Aimer shook his head and said, “I don’t play cards before a battle, nor do I think about anything unrelated to the fight.”
“So it’s about the battle then. Why do you look so serious? Is the enemy that strong?” Shuyin asked with curiosity.
Even as he voiced the last part, Shuyin found it ridiculous, the Elves losing?
Aimer nodded. “Not only did they apologize, they also had to compensate. Did you see the Giant War Tree in the battle report?”
Shuyin was taken aback and then grimaced as a gust of wind blew into his mouth. “That can’t be right. I thought the Elves only rented out those War Trees. Could it be that they rented one?”
“No, only the lower-level War Trees are available for rent. The one in Goddess City is a Super War Gigantic Tree which was only responsible for guarding the Tree of Life. In human terms, it would be akin to the Royal Knight Brigade or the Defense Legion,” Aimer explained.
Without these descriptions, it would have been more difficult for Shuyin to understand. But as soon as he heard the analogy, he laughed out loud. “You mean those glittering dragon dung eggs?”
Aimer’s cheeks twitched with embarrassment. He realized his analogy was inappropriate. Regardless of the country, the Royal Knight Brigade or Defense Legion tended to be a place for nobles’ offspring to gain prestige. They were fully equipped, but lacked fighting power – like shiny dragon dung eggs that stunk to high heaven.
“The Super War Gigantic Tree is far from a dragon dung egg. It’s the Elves’ greatest asset. Capable of contending with even Giant Dragons, it possesses unparalleled firepower that’s ten times more potent than lower-level War Trees. And I’m sure you’ve seen how deadly ten lower-level War Trees can be.”
“Crap, that explains why you had the Heavy Loading Squad bring all those incendiary grenades and flaming arrows – it was to crash this monstrosity,” Shuyin finally revealed the realization. “But surely the existence of a single super War Gigantic Tree doesn’t warrant such a heedful response?”
Aimer chuckled, “Because that might be the least of their power. Have you heard of the Fallen Angel Shamara? Well, it’s been reported that Shamara has now sided with these Abyssal Nomads.”
“And, you know about the Silver dragon and the Bronze Dragon right? There’s news that there are at least three Juvenile Dragons in the Goddess of Beauty City. One of them is underdeveloped, but the others are air-superiority capable. Furthermore, there’s a mature ‘strange’ dragon, the species of which we don’t know but it’s about twenty to thirty meters long.”