Chapter 55 : The Pride of the Powerful (4)

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Holy Mirishial Empire, skies above the strait south of port town Cartalpas

Central World superpower Eimor Kingdom, Order of Wind Dragon Knights

They tore through the sky, riding creatures far larger than wyverns or wyvern lords. They could withstand speeds as fast as 500 km/h, far beyond what anyone could imagine possible for a living thing. Much too fast for a human knight to bear. They had streamlined bodies, as though they had been designed to be slim, with shining wings that they used to tame the wind in order to fly in the sky. Different from lizards, they were highly intelligent and had tamed the wind dragons. The kingdom made up solely of dragonfolk, Eimor, threw their elite order of dragon knights into the battle

Oojy: Guh!!! Those impudent little-

Cursed the knight-captain, Oojy, as he watched another one of his subordinates go down. Because Eimor's population was so low, they valued quality over quantity, particularly with regards to compatibility with wind dragons. This was how their dragon knights earned their reputation as each being worth as 100 men; Oojy believed in that as well

And it was largely true; in mock air battles with other countries, they were never outdone, even handling Mu's elite fighter planes as though they were nothing more than children. He truly believed that dragons could not possibly be beaten by machines that were incapable of using magic. The mission this time was against some country outside the civilized areas, a newly emerging one, made up of humanfolk who had a low capacity for magic. Surely they would take control of the skies as easily as snapping his fingers

However, the enemy's banking and ascending ability was superior, their top speed surpassed the wind dragons', and there were giant swarms of them. If the numbers had been even, the dragon knights would have easily defeated them. But they weren't even; because of their overwhelming numbers, the mere uncivilized barbarians managed a 1:1 kill ratio against the wind dragons

Oojy: Here they come again!!!

He evaded the enemy iron dragon's bullets of light by ascending, then, killing his speed, he tried to take it from behind

Oojy: Take this!!!

A ball of fire coalesced inside the wind dragon's mouth. Similar to wyvern lords, dragons could form their breath into a sphere and use magic power to fire that sphere, at faster speeds than wyverns could. He took aim and was about ready to fire when...

 He took aim and was about ready to fire when

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His Comrades: Watch out, above and behind!!!

At the shout from one of his comrades, he abandoned his firing position and moved to evade. A split second later, a stream of bullets passed through his previous location

Oojy: Aaaargh! These irritating gnats!!!

The frustration of this battle was getting to Oojy as his actions were constantly being suppressed due to the enemy's numbers. Facing this unprecedented, powerful enemy, Eimor's order of dragon knights had a very hard time

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