Vitaly was a mid-sized city in Bair.
Other than producing seaweed and coconuts, it wasn't famous at all. Not to mention the capital of Bair, it wasn't even famous in the Tariq Province where it was located.
It was just an ordinary small city with a normal population. A few decades ago, when Linhai's tourism industry was booming, it was still popular for a period of time and accepted many tourist groups. However, in recent years, the water quality was getting worse and worse. Rich people had all gone to other countries' beaches to play, and this place was declining.
Now, it was probably the model of a tourist attraction that "desperately opened up while it's popular. Although it's declining in popularity, it's still barely alive".
Especially since the beach was more than 10 kilometers away from the town, the traffic was congested and inconvenient, which made it even more subtle.
Tourists from other countries were getting fewer and fewer. Only the locals would take advantage of these few months of ocean currents to enjoy the beach and sunshine while the water quality was still good.
Perhaps due to the late arrival of the tropical climate, the weather was getting hotter and hotter. Today was a rest day, so there were quite a number of tourists on the beach.
Especially since today's weather forecast had announced that today would be a sunny day, and it was also a weekend without work. Many locals had set up camp here last night.
But just after noon, when the tourists were still considering whether to return to their tents to sleep in, a shrill air-raid siren suddenly sounded, making them feel as if it was a joke.
Right after that, three bright red signal flares exploded in the sky … This was the sign of a typhoon warning.
"Huge waves! A typhoon is coming, and there are earthquakes and tornadoes. Hurry up and take shelter! Hurry up and go to the emergency shelter. "
Lifeguards were carrying loudspeakers to and fro on the beach, and the scene was a little chaotic for a moment.
The tourists were stunned. Most of them looked up at the sky, then back at the sea … Hmm, was this an evacuation drill? They didn't receive any notice.
"Ah, the weather is so good, and you're telling me about a typhoon? Are you kidding me? "
"Don't, it's not easy for us to take some time out for a weekend. It's too much to waste it on an evacuation drill."
"Tsk, look at how serious they are shouting, as if it's real …"
The weather was so good that it was unbelievable. If the lifeguards only said about huge waves and tornadoes, some people would still believe them. But now, all the common natural disasters were mentioned at once, which was too abnormal.
Originally, Vitaly's geographical location rarely encountered typhoons, not to mention earthquakes and tornadoes. The locals had never seen such things in their entire lives. Now, many people stopped to listen to them with interest.
"Get the hell out of here!"
In the next moment, they knew that this was definitely not a joke.
Flying across the sky were fiery red giant dragons. Furthermore, it wasn't just a small patrol team of one or two.
Furthermore, they were fully armed. The knights were holding dragon spears and tower shields, and the dragons were even wearing dragon armor (dragon magic armor).
There were too many dragon wings, which blotted out the sky. Among them, the three largest had wingspans of more than 30 meters, which was far beyond the standard of ordinary Ancient Dragons.
From the blood-dripping rose and dragon head insignia on the chest of their armor, as well as the organization structure of the red dragon, it was clear that they were the Heart of Fire Dragon Knights, one of the seven major dragon knights of the empire.
In a short thirty seconds, at least fifty dragon knights flew over the beach. At this time, even an idiot would know that something big had happened.
The tourists on the beach threw down their swimming props and ran desperately to the shore. Seeing this scene, the dragon knights who had originally wanted to send out two people to chase the tourists away immediately returned to their formation.
What was coming next was even more trouble. One more person to share the burden would increase their chances of success.
Ten nautical miles from the shore, spellcasters were constantly teleporting out of a hard floating board that had just been built. Seeing that the dragon knights had arrived on time, the archmage who was leading the team heaved a sigh of relief.
Even though he had transferred more than half of the high-level spellcasters in the southern military region, it would still be difficult to face the upcoming crisis. Now that there were dragon knights and giant dragons to share the burden, he finally had some confidence.
The moment the spellcasters arrived, they began casting their spells. Crystal walls of water were built from the bottom to the top, densely packed together like a beehive.
And in midair, the dragon knights also spread out. They were responsible for building a defense in midair, as well as for setting up a defense after the first line of defense was destroyed.
This time, the dragon knights were all equipped with heavy defensive equipment. The dragon knights activated their force field tower shields, each capable of blocking at least ten square meters of impact. And judging from how far they were spread out, they weren't even thinking about completely blocking the impact. They were only doing their best to reduce the impact's power.
Right after the defensive formation was completed, before they had time to further reinforce it, the thing that was supposed to come arrived.
"… Isn't this too ridiculous? It's completely different from what we said before. What ten-meter-tall wave? This is at least thirty meters tall!"
Even the dragon knights were used to the information department's unreliability. They broke out in a cold sweat when they saw this huge wave right above their heads, as well as the dark clouds and storm that followed.
Actually, the information department couldn't be blamed. They had immediately reported the information they received from the mages. How could they possibly have had the time to verify it?
The dragon knights had already considered the possibility that the information they received might have been wrong. The force field tower was more than twenty meters tall, and now …
* Boom! *
Right before the breach was breached, three Immemorial Dragons blocked it.
Shocking and mystical draconic responses echoed in the sky. Steel draconic bodies, dragonbreath flames that instantly vaporized the huge wave, or a golden wall that suddenly appeared.
In just a few short seconds of collision, the difference between life and death was the difference between life and death. Dragon knights were constantly sent flying, while mages coughed up blood and left the formation.
Several seconds later, what was supposed to happen still happened.
After the huge wave passed, the first line of defense collapsed. But, this was to be expected. The "emergency wave wall" had indeed been effective.
"The wave has dropped to a safe height, and it's also slowed down. It probably won't become a destructive disaster by the time it reaches the town of Vitaly. Although the shoreline and beach won't be able to be protected, this should count as a success … "
On a floating platform in midair, the white-bearded archmage leading the team gave his assessment. The other archmages all cheered.
Meanwhile, the dragon knights weren't as relaxed as the archmages. Only thirty or so of them were still floating in midair. The remaining ten or so dragons and their knights had probably gone to bathe.
Considering their equipment and power level, they probably wouldn't die in such a huge wave. But, considering that red dragons were naturally averse to water, they were probably in a terrible mood right now.
Dragon Knight Captain Miehn was in a terrible mood as well. Although he didn't go to bathe like his subordinates, the huge wave still forcefully pushed over him. Not only was he completely drenched, his partner Hoho Dean was also full of complaints.
"Let's go back and take a bath. Although the wave is stronger than expected, if it's only to this extent, there shouldn't be any problems elsewhere. "
Miehn heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this.
This wave-blocking wall wasn't the only one. There were several major populated areas that might be at risk this time. Other dragon knight orders and dragon knight squads were also carrying out the same mission.
Miehn's location seemed to be the most dangerous one. Several elder dragons had come to help him, but if nothing happened here, there shouldn't be any problems elsewhere.
Just as Miehn was about to go back, the archmage suddenly teleported in front of him and gave him a new order.
"What? You want us to go search for a few people who went missing in the waves? Are you kidding me? How could anyone possibly survive in such a huge wave? "
Archmage Reese shook his head.
"None of the three missing people are ordinary people. It's highly likely that they're still alive. Plus, their identities are truly special. If they're alive, we need to see them, and if they're dead, we need to see their corpses. You can't afford to delay the rescue mission."
"I can't afford to? Ha. "
Miehn immediately laughed out loud. Reese was the leader of one of the seven major dragon knight squadrons in the military, a super ranked lieutenant general. Was there more than ten people in the kingdom that he couldn't afford to offend?
However, Archmage Reese resolutely shook his head. His gaze was so calm that it made Miehn's hair stand on end.
"… Could it be that the princess and prince are messing around inside?"
"It's the princess and prince. Yep, there's more than one."
Miehn helplessly covered his head. He had had enough of those ignorant nobles. Couldn't they do something nice instead of causing trouble everywhere? Disaster relief was already quite busy, and they were even causing trouble for him.
"Ha, who is it? The Second Prince who loves to travel? The Surfing King's Eleventh Duke? Or that extravagant princess who went on her honeymoon with her gigolos? Her luxurious cruise ship is famous for being lascivious … Heh heh. "
Miehn's words were filled with undisguised disdain and mockery. The Bair Kingdom valued military achievements greatly, and Miehn indeed didn't need to give face to those Second Princes.
Archmage Reese laughed even more bitterly when he heard this.
"No, it's the Seventh Princess. The Seventh Princess, who just completed a private diplomatic mission, disappeared with the national treasure of another country. Also, two foreign royal families disappeared with her."
Miehn opened his mouth, but was unable to say anything.
A sudden huge wave? Consecutive disasters? A royal conspiracy? Only an idiot would be able to accomplish something like this. At this moment, Miehn thought of many things.
However, now obviously wasn't the time to waste. Miehn hurriedly used his communication device to order all the dragon knights to spread out and search for the Seventh Princess. Even the Elder Gu Long wouldn't be spared. He wanted to personally search for the Seventh Princess.
As a military representative who was resolutely loyal to the royal family, this was his attitude. At the very least, he definitely couldn't allow the Seventh Princess, who was supported by the military, to die here.
However, the archmage didn't let him go.
"There are two others who must be found as well. Otherwise, the trouble they'll cause won't be any less than the Seventh Princess."
Miehn instantly felt his scalp go numb. Royal family members were even more troublesome than the death of Bair's next highest-ranked crown prince. Could it be that the king of a mega empire had personally come?
As the highest-ranked military leader of this generation's defense zone, this was too big of a problem for him to bear.
"That Silver Elf Princess is still alright. It's just that her Calamity Grade mother is more troublesome. Our Bair isn't afraid of trouble. However, the last one is the wood spirits' prince."
"The wood spirits have a prince? Aren't their royalty the seven princesses of the Seven Virtues? "
"Ha, you don't even know this … Actually, I just found out. Yep, they just said that the entire world knew that the wood spirits had a prince 20 minutes ago, and that he was attacked and disappeared on the Bair coast (your defense zone). Do as you see fit. "
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