Heduran City.
It was the time of the day when the sun was the brightest. The huge square in front of the majestic city hall was already occupied by a sea of people. Groups of fully armed city guards with long halberds in their hands pushed with all their might to prevent the huge open space in the center of the square from being engulfed by the surging tide of people.
It was early spring, but the breeze still carried a hint of coldness. Even so, the city guards responsible for maintaining order were so tired that their armors were crooked, and their foreheads were covered in sweat.
The people in the square, regardless of gender, all held a bouquet of beautiful flowers in their hands. They stood on their tiptoes and shielded their eyes with their hands as they desperately looked towards the horizon, as if waiting for something. There, under the blue sky, there was nothing noteworthy other than a few white clouds floating leisurely.
On both sides of the city hall, teams of Demon Hunter Knights in bright armor faced off against the Lord's Guards on the other side. Even though both sides were not in a state of mutual hostility, the atmosphere was still solemn and somber compared to the square below.
Every time the Demon Hunter Knights on top of their magic colts glanced at the opposite side, there would be a hint of undetectable disdain in their eyes. But when their gazes moved to the distant sky, there would be a hint of excitement hidden within the anticipation.
Compared to the normal city guards, the Lord's Guards under Grand Duke Ellington's command could be said to be well-trained and valiant. But their warhorses were obviously not as good as the Demon Hunter Knights' magic colts. Be it in terms of size or ferocity, it was too far apart.
If the rune weapons were taken into account, the gap between the Lord's Guards and the Demon Hunter Knights was so huge that it was almost impossible to make up for it.
On the Knight Continent, only those who swore loyalty to His Majesty the King and passed the Demon Hunter Knight test could obtain magic colts, rune weapons, and other standard equipment. These were tightly controlled by the Central Kingdom, and it was difficult for the outside world to obtain them on a large scale. That was why the Demon Hunter Knights became the most powerful knight equipment in the Knight Continent.
Because all the Demon Hunter Knights thought of themselves as knights under His Majesty the King, they did not acknowledge the leadership of the local nobles when they were stationed or carrying out missions. Therefore, every year, there would be countless disputes between the local nobles' armed forces and the Demon Hunters over jurisdiction.
This also led to conflicts between the armed forces of the local nobles and the Demon Hunter Knights, and it was normal for both sides to hate each other.
As for the small hostility between the people below, it did not affect the upper echelons of both sides to shake hands and chat happily.
In the spacious and bright City Hall, the long table used for municipal meetings had been moved to one side of the hall. At this moment, it was filled with fragrant delicacies and drinks. Exquisite stir-fried foie gras, steak drizzled with sauce, perfectly grilled golden lamb …
However, at this moment, no one paid attention to the delicacies of the banquet. Everyone was anxiously waiting for the big shots to appear.
At the entrance of the hall, close to a hundred people wearing the standard armor of the Anti-Magic Knights were standing in two rows, looking around. Behind them, a dozen or so Radiant Knights were gathered together and discussing softly.
According to the Sorcerer Continent's standard of strength, these Radiant Knights could be considered as frightening experts whose strength had reached Grade 2. However, today, they were still not the main characters. They were just members of the crowd waiting anxiously.
As the Grade 2 profession of the Demon Hunters, the Radiant Knights were, of course, much stronger than the Anti-Magic Knights. The Anti-Magic Knights usually wore a full set of knight armor, which could cover most of their bodies under the hard armor.
With the runic armor's magic resistance, the Anti-Magic Knights' defense had reached an extremely shocking level. In the few evil wars that broke out in the Knight Continent, the Anti-Magic Knights often took the spells of the evil ones head-on, rushed to the side of the evil ones, and cut them down one by one.
Therefore, one could imagine how high their defense was!
Compared to the Anti-Magic Knights, the surface area of the Radiant Knights' armor was greatly reduced.
The exquisite armor was no longer the cumbersome full-body armor. Instead, it was a piece of armor that could be disassembled. It could only cover the chest, abdomen, crotch, shoulder, upper arm, and a few other vital parts. In order to maintain agility and speed in battle, the rest of the Radiant Knight's body was either covered by soft armor or simply exposed.
If the Anti-Magic Knights were said to be simple weapons and defensive equipment, then the Radiant Knights had reached the stage of using the runic energy to strengthen their physical strength.
The few parts of the armor on the Radiant Knights were engraved with mysterious patterns of unknown effects. Whenever they encountered an enemy, they only needed to activate these runes to absorb power from the runic energy, and from there, become a powerful Rune Knight.
The reason why they were called Radiant Knights was because once the runic energy was channeled into their body, their entire body would emit a faint glow like a magic weapon. At that moment, they were already equivalent to a humanoid magic weapon.
A berserk magic sword also needed armor? No! At that time, they only needed to attack, attack, and attack again …
The anxious crowd waited from sunrise until now, but no one slacked off or was dissatisfied. Even the usually calm Grand Duke Ellington was pacing back and forth in the city hall, stopping from time to time to look at the distant sky.
Evidently, the main character of today's welcome banquet was someone important enough that even a Grand Duke like him could only silently endure the torment of waiting!
Finally, as the crowd waited anxiously, a clear alarm rang from the sentry tower on the distant city wall.
The crowd could not help but perk up, using their palms to shield their eyes from the sun as they looked towards the west.
It's here!
It's really here!
Today was a beautiful day with clear skies, but at the end of the horizon, two indiscernible black dots had unknowingly appeared out of nowhere.
In less than half a cup of tea's time, the two black dots grew larger and larger.
In the distance, a resonant dragon roar faintly sounded out like rolling thunder, causing everyone who heard it to feel dizzy and their minds to tremble.
But before they could slowly understand the origin of this inexplicable palpitation, the two black dots had already arrived in the sky above Heduran City, displaying their imposing and majestic bodies in front of everyone.
These were two terrifying green dragons that were more than 20 meters long. If the spindle-shaped long tail that was covered in bone spikes were added to the two dragons' tails, the two green dragons' tails would probably reach an astonishing 30 meters long.
They had jaws full of sharp fangs like a crocodile's, towering and distinct facial bones, and layers of emerald green dragon scales that perfectly covered every part of their bodies. The terrifying dragon claws below them were thick and powerful, the sharp ends flickering with a chilling light.
Green dragons in ordinary material planes only had one pair of wings, but the green dragons in this plane of knights had two pairs of wings. This undoubtedly gave them a terrifying flying speed!
When the green dragon's huge body hovered above the square, its huge olive-colored eyes looked down at the densely packed human heads below it. It couldn't help but raise its neck again and let out a loud dragon roar that shook the heavens and the earth.
Waves of dragon's might poured down!
The crowd in the square immediately became restless.
Many timid women and children let out mournful screams, and the crowd became somewhat chaotic.
The green dragon seemed to have a special interest in creating chaos. A strange light shone in the depths of its eyes. It was obviously quite satisfied with its' masterpiece '. Jefferson, who was riding on the green dragon's back, didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
As one of the only three dragon knights in the knight continent, Jefferson had once ridden the green dragon Isendre to visit countless human cities. Every time it saw a dense crowd, this hateful green dragon that had just reached adulthood would play this trick. From this point of view, it was not without reason that many ancient books classified green dragons as evil dragons!
Jefferson stretched out his hand and patted the green dragon's long neck, then made a hand gesture to Kalec, who was on the other green dragon. The two green dragons swooped down at the same time, flapping their wide wings and landing in the middle of the square in the air.
When the giant dragons landed, their fleshy wings flapped in the air, stirring up a strong wind comparable to a small storm. The closer crowd was blown away, the flowers in their hands and the gauze hats on their heads as if they had grown wings, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
The crowd had waited for so long just to see the majestic figure of the giant dragon. Now that they suddenly saw the terrifying figure lying on the square like a mountain of flesh, they were so scared that they held their breath, not even daring to breathe loudly.
The knights who had been waiting in the city hall, along with the nobles of Heduran City, came out in a single file, welcoming the arrival of the two great dragon knights with warm applause and passionate gazes.
The scene was very lively for a while.
However, just as the two sides shook hands and chatted happily, a few cloaked people hidden in the crowd at the entrance of the long alley in the distance were also watching everything that happened in the square with passionate and greedy eyes.
After welcoming the group into the city hall, the few cloaked figures exchanged glances with each other and sneaked into a nearby alley.
"Now not only have the Radiant Knights appeared, but even the dragon knights have come. This must be reported to Lady Mary as soon as possible! "
"Alright, I'll set off immediately. You guys continue to keep watch here. If the two dragon knights make any big moves, be sure to report it immediately … "
"Yes, I understand …"
"Hurry up and set off. Be careful on the road …"
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