Under the Red Dragon

It was the time between spring and summer, upon the Western Sea of Fury.

A massive war was reaching its end in this sea area.

The fleet, with the 'Dragon's Roar' as its flagship, drifted far away on the sea, gazing at the battlefield bathed in sunlight.

They were drawn here by the intense magical energy storms at sea, only to witness a devastating war.

Around a massive island, the seawater had been dyed red with blood, creating an endless, bloody scene.

Countless ship fragments and wreckage floated on the Western Sea, with the dense, incomplete corpses of Sahuagin Fishmen bobbing around the shattered hulls.

Pirate ships battled their enemies alongside the Sahuagin Fishmen amidst the waves, their foes being enormous ironclad warships and overwhelming aerial legions.

The royal banner of Gaugamela fluttered in the wind on the ironclad warships, the shadow of the dragon on the flag almost leaping out.

This was the Golden Empire's war to completely eradicate the underwater Sahuagin Fishman Kingdom in the Western Sea.

It wasn't just the feud and territorial disputes between the Golden Empire and the Sahuagin Fishman Kingdom; the countless pirate ships involved were forces that the Sahuagin Fishmen could never have connected with.

Even the Naga race from the deep sea had joined forces with the Golden Empire to launch a war of annihilation against the Sahuagin Fishman Kingdom.

Since incorporating Order, the Golden Empire had rarely been openly targeted by any civilized power, but behind-the-scenes actions never ceased.

Not only in the Ekkania plane world, but in almost every world, the rise of a dragon civilization would attract joint attacks from weaker humanoid races, seeking to completely destroy any intention of the dragons to rule the world again.

Even in the Southern Continent, the stronghold of the Southern Good Dragons, the metallic dragons couldn't possess exclusive territories as vast and potentially prosperous as the Gaugamela Dynasty.

The human territory owned by Gold Dragon Earl Obelix's father, the Ancestral Gold Dragon, was only obtained after actively integrating into human civilization and gaining a position within the civilized order.

Ericsson, the pride of the Gold Dragon race, the Ancestral Gold Dragon, even needed to expand to overseas archipelagos to possess a kingdom and territory of his own because the Southern Continent no longer had enough land for these metallic dragons to occupy.

As for the descendants of the Ancient Titans, they went even further, isolating themselves at the end of the sea, no different from the numerous ancient remnants in the Godforsaken Mountains, confined to one place to preserve the last spark of their bloodline.

However, the actions of the Golden Empire, and the rationality and restraint shown by the 'Green Algae River Alliance', made many humanoid civilizations no longer regard the Golden Empire as the greatest threat; the Elven race would even actively seek to establish diplomatic relations with the dragon kingdom.

Although this was also due to the dominant human race's exclusion of other humanoid civilizations, it was more because the orderly system displayed by the Golden Empire allowed it to integrate into this orderly material plane.

The majestic and melodious sounds of horns and drums echoed for miles, and the agitation of magic and elements made the calm sea turbulent and boiling.

In the sound of these horns, countless people on the 'Dragon's Roar' seemed to recall the scene of ancient dragons soaring through the sky, overlooking the myriad forms of life on the desolate land.

And that scene was indeed unfolding before this fleet.

Niederer looked at the scene of his treasured paintings in his cabin reappearing, and he finally understood the style felt by the painter who depicted that scene.

Rolling clouds filled with lightning and snowstorms covered the sky, and countless huge flying dragons and magic dragons swooped down from the firmament.

The sails and huge masts of the ships on the sea were pressed by the gale of the Flying Dragon Legion to flutter violently.

“The land of the Northern Territory, the earth, sky, and ocean, belongs solely to the Holy Gaugamela! Anyone who challenges this declaration is an enemy to be punished!”

The roaring battle cries and dragon roars occupied the sky, and even the countless fighting and killing sounds of warriors on the sea could not cover them up.

After continuous spell strikes by the Golden Empire's caster legion, the Flying Dragon Legion in the sky began to move out.

Although most of the Empire's caster legion was composed of low-level casters, one should not underestimate low-level casters, especially those of the Golden Empire.

The magical effects induced by the caster legion who mastered resonance casting and collective casting were beyond imagination; simply emptying half of their own magic reserves easily eliminated all resistance from the pirate camp's casters.

The Nagas of the deep sea also had their own race warlocks and shamans, containing the spell and divine spell strikes from the deep-sea fishmen. The storm of spells was like a meteor shower mixing and flowing on the sea. Under the beautiful scenery were countless bones floating on the sea.

Three huge blue-scaled dragons pierced through the sky amidst the lightning that crisscrossed in the sky. Huge thunderbolts struck down, directly piercing through the bow deck of a pirate ship.

On the deck, which was filled with seawater stirred up by the blue dragon's storm, lightning splashed, turning dozens of pirates adjusting artillery fire and giant crossbows into trembling human sticks. Some particularly unlucky guys were even directly incinerated internally by the huge current.

One by one, huge magic dragons, driven by dragon knights, spewed out blazing dragon fire, sweeping across the sky and scattering the light of destruction all the way.

On the sea, water and fire coexisted, and a sea of fire spread on the ocean.

Occasionally, a few huge flying dragons were shot down from the sky by dense giant crossbows and magic strikes, falling into the sea.

But before the surrounding Sahuagin Fishmen could surround them, fierce deep-sea Nagas had already lifted the bodies of the flying dragons and knights.

An eight-armed Naga waved a huge crescent blade, traversing the sea.

The graceful and slender body curves could not conceal its fierce and dazzling blade light. The dazzling blade light and large areas of exposed smooth and bright skin shone in the eyes of the enemy.

The eight fair and plump arms and the terrifying snake tail had a different kind of beauty, but in the eyes of the Sahuagin Fishmen, it was the scythe of the god of death.

The endowment from divine grace allowed this eight-armed Naga to possess inexhaustible power. Although there was an upper limit to this power, no Sahuagin Fishman could reach this Naga's power limit.

Even the baron among the Sahuagin Fishmen, even the ruling prince in the Sahuagin Fishman Kingdom, blood and broken limbs swept around this Naga, and its fierce aura was not weaker than the dragons in the sky.

Above the sky, an adult white dragon with huge scars and cracks remaining on its fierce cheeks flapped its wings, traveling through the sky at high speed. The ancient dragon language was like layers of songs echoing in the frost and snow.

The sky was filled with wind and snow, and a few seconds later, the dragon language magic surged and arrived, pouring extremely cold storms towards the bottom of his flight.

The turbulent seawater was briefly frozen by the adult white dragon's dragon language magic, and the pirate ships riding the waves were turned into ice sculptures.

The thick gun barrels on the steel giant ships had already been aimed at these ships within the strike range under the calibration of the marine legion, and intense fire and extremely condensed magic bloomed at the same time.

Whoosh, rumble!

The movable magic energy giant cannons and high-energy gunpowder heavy cannons carried on both sides of the steel giant ship directly broke two frozen pirate ships as long as forty meters in the waist in a volley attack.

As the Golden Empire's steel giant ships began to parade on the sea, those pirates and countries in the South also began to imitate the Empire's improvements.

Although they could not build mobile land on the sea with steel like the Empire, they could also put a layer of solid iron armor on ships with the blessing of magic.

Although these pirate ships could not have the same powerful configuration as the main battleships in the Southern countries in order to cover up their origins, they were still covered with a layer of iron plate armor.

Because iron has poor conductivity for magic, the main ships of these pirate ships even had defensive and balancing magic arrays engraved on the hull under the iron armor.

But even such a solid defense could not stop the heavy artillery attacks of the Empire's giant ships.

The magic-powered penetrating heavy cannons and magic pulse cannons carried on the Empire's giant ships were both creations born to strike targets with magical defense capabilities. The former had great penetration and cohesion, while the latter accumulated power for devastating strikes.

Many pirates were instantly shattered into powder by the heavy artillery on the broken ship, and the subsequent magic pulse heavy artillery even blew up the pirates' ashes.

“No, we can’t resist these Golden Empire bastards. Their strength is too strong. Continuing to defend this base is a dead end. We should abandon our alliance with those Sahuagin Fishmen, escape the Western Sea, and return to the South to recuperate.”

On a huge flagship that was sixty-five meters long, a pirate with an outstanding temperament roared: “We don’t need to work for those people, boss!”

In the magic observation telescope in the hands of the pirate fleet's boss, Grieg, the densely packed warriors on the Golden Empire's steel giant ships that traversed the waves of the sea began to prepare to land on the island.

These warriors were all heavily armored berserker legions, and under the leadership of the berserker legion leader, Gibb, they had successively broken through four island bases of the pirate and Sahuagin Fishman Kingdom alliance.

And this island behind them was also the last base they had left in the Western Sea near the sea and deep sea junction.

Although the Southern countries did not openly target the Golden Empire, they had spontaneously formed an economic alliance aggregate for economic and cultural invasion and colonization in order to resist the Golden Empire's neo-colonialism.

Grieg, as a former instructor at the Naval Academy in the Southern Rose City, also defected under the will of the Southern Economic Alliance aggregate and became a rampant sea pirate.

The purpose was only to fulfill some shady will of the Northern Southern Aristocratic Alliance.

However, not only did Grieg not expect it, but even those nobles in the South did not expect that the gap between them and the Golden Empire had reached a point of almost two extremes.

It was as huge as the gap between a super-hegemon country on the planet in the previous life and a certain Tanzania region, as huge as the blow of a more advanced civilization to a primitive civilization.

Whether it was organizational power or comprehensive national strength, or face-to-face absolute force, the dark side of the Southern Alliance could not have a greater impact on the Golden Empire, even if both sides possessed knowledge called magic.

Grieg put down the magic telescope and observation mirror. The swaying flagship could not shake his body, but the tone of this once outstanding instructor at the Naval Academy was difficult to resist the decline.

“It’s useless, we can’t escape. Those Tide Giants have already abandoned their alliance with the Sahuagin Fishmen earlier than us, and the Sahuagin Fishman Kingdom cannot resist the Golden Empire on the sea. We can’t escape.”

On the sea, the waves raised by the Tide Giants with their talent magic to control water sources were as high as hundreds of meters, overwhelming, but they were frozen by a huge adult white dragon with magic.

The adult white dragon, Sachs, roared with the inherent roar of the dragon, passing through the clouds, dragging the trajectory of frost flowers behind him, and huge wings with dense six-pointed star magic arrays presented, freezing ten miles around.

“Retreat, Tide Giants, the Gaugamela royal flag is destined to be inserted on this sea area today, and no one can shake it. Otherwise, if you cause the anger of the Gaugamela dragon group, even if you live in the deep sea, you will face the punishment of death!”

The deep dragon language was calm with unquestionable, and the huge white dragon looked down at the Tide Giants who manipulated the sea water. The huge dragon claws gently tapped on the frozen wave roll, and the sky of sea water turned into ice shavings and fell into the sea.

The tall Tide Giants are a race in the deep sea, and they were once a powerful civilization in the sea, but civilization will eventually decline, and now it is no longer the time for the Tide Giant race to run rampant on the sea.

Faced with the dragons of the Golden Empire, these Tide Giants were not afraid. Although dragons can swim in the sea and exert great power, they are not as good as the Tide Giants’ natural skills.

Even the most powerful Ancestral Red Dragon in the Gaugamela dragon group cannot defeat them in the deep sea in the eyes of these Tide Giants.

However, seeing the countless warriors on dozens of medium-sized battleships behind the Golden Empire’s giant ships jumped into the sea, and slaughtered the Sahuagin Fishmen, also made these Tide Giants rise to retreat.

Those warriors of the Golden Empire are not aquatic races, but with the blessing of the magic constructs on their bodies, they can actually exert the power comparable to that on land in the sea. This is a terrible display.

This means that once the Golden Empire really wants to destroy the Tide Giants, it also has enough ability to launch a war of genocide, just like the last resistance of the Sahuagin Fishman Kingdom in front of them.

The leader of the Tide Giants said in a deep voice: “We have no intention of being enemies with the Golden Empire, but we are allied with the Sahuagin Fishmen to jointly fight against the Naga in the deep sea. Of course, we can retreat, but the kingship of the Golden Empire on the sea will not be recognized by our Tide Giants.”

White Dragon Sachs smiled proudly: “The kingship of Gaugamela never needs to be recognized by others, Tide Giants. When the Emperor of the Empire really wants to own the sea, you will know that taking the initiative to submit is the best choice.”

The people on the ‘Dragon’s Roar’ could not hide their inner fluctuations as they watched the tilt of the distant battlefield.

There were no dragon lords here, but the scale of this naval war was enough to destroy some small civilized countries.

As a dragon, Celia paid particular attention to the dragons in the sky, but these dragons, whose reputation was not well known, showed something that Celia was particularly afraid of.

Although ordinary dragons can control the wind and magic to fly, they still need to flap their wings when chanting spells and launching magic attacks.

But each dragon appearing here seemed to possess a harmony with the elements and nature, a control unmatched by ordinary dragons, like an advanced dragon among dragons, an elemental master of sorts.

“A dragon civilization? It already makes my heart yearn,” Celia whispered.

Isabel Adjani, the princess of the Elven race, couldn't describe her feelings, especially when she saw the legion warriors shouting, “Fear nothing, show no mercy, loyalty to the Emperor is our courage and glory!” as they landed on the island and began their slaughter.

“Such powerful military strength, yet possessing such restrained rationality, what kind of dragons are the rulers of the Golden Empire? It completely defies dragon ecology and psychology,”

Adjani watched the power radiating from the warriors, like some elves blessed by the influence of the transformed Celestial Golden Tree.

“Perhaps the answers the Elven race seeks can be found in the Golden Empire.”

The other races on the ship also had their own thoughts; it was easy to see the impact this war had on them.

This war of slaughter quickly came to an end, with the escape of the Sahuagin and the annihilation of the Pirate Alliance as its conclusion.

When the adult white dragon, Sacreless, held high the hideous head of the Sahuagin prince with his claws, roaring loudly: “With this heretic’s head, let it be displayed throughout the Empire’s nine borders, to witness my glory, to witness the Empire’s might!” the 'Dragon Roar' finally embarked on its journey.

When these people saw dozens of thick spires towering into the clouds from every corner of the city, the white marble buildings gleaming with dazzling light, and elegant arched bridges leaping from one spire to another, drawing beautiful arcs in the air,

They knew that the Golden Empire was before their eyes.

These arched bridges were designed by the Empire's elves but crafted by dwarven artisans, capable of supporting an entire troop, yet appearing so delicately balanced that even a small bird could disrupt their graceful poise.

In the vast and majestic city, diverse civilizations welcomed new guests, and also welcomed the hands of new civilizations.

With the pacification of the Empire's nine borders, from this day forward! –《A General History of the Golden Empire》