“These are just stragglers and wandering soldiers?”
Meng Lei’s eyes shone even brighter.
“Which of those large-scale ant tides in history didn’t overrun the heavens and earth and stretched for several thousand kilometers?” Ol’ Amos’ voice was deep and grave. “Endless and boundless, and engulfing the mountains and wilderness, just like the great ocean. Even the sight could throw one into absolute despair.”
“They’ll be even more of them on an even bigger scale that’s even more fearsome?”
Meng Lei’s eyes were burning hot.
“Yes!” Ol’ Amos nodded slightly. Then, he suddenly felt like something wasn’t quite right, and he yelled furiously, “You brat, do you wish for the ant tide to return that much?!”
“Yes, of course... Cough, no, of course!” Meng Lei shook his head incessantly and vigorously. “The ant tide is bloody and cruel. They take away countless lives and are the nightmare of all living things. Of course I don’t wish for them to return.”
Ol’ Amos snorted. “Hmph! At least you still have a bit of conscience in you.”
At that moment, a clear and loud cry suddenly traveled over from the far distance. It sounded like a dragon roar or a lion’s roar, yet also like an eagle’s cry...
It was crystal clear, loud, and sonorous, and traveled right into one’s spirit!
“Huh?”
Meng Lei turned and looked over to see a large, dark mass of clouds that shrouded an area of several hundred kilometers coming toward them in the sky a far distance away.
However, just how sharp was Meng Lei’s sight? That was no dark cloud—they were clearly numerous... big birds!
Well, they could tentatively be called big birds for now because they had Colossal Dragon wings, a vulture’s body, and a lion’s head. They had razor-sharp claws and teeth and looked like a combination of a Colossal Dragon, a vulture, and a lion.
Each of them was more than 10 meters tall, their wings spanned over 20 meters, and there were more than 100,000 of them.
Their momentum was even more fearsome than the ant tide just now!
“That’s...”
Meng Lei was stunned.
“That’s the Flying Dragon Troops!” Ol’ Amos twisted his beard and said with a smile, “The Flying Dragon Troops are Fire Dragon Kingdom’s top elite troops. They have 100,000 Double-Legged Flying Dragons and are usually garrisoned at Flying Dragon Valley. They are only mobilized during wartimes.”
“100,000... Double-Legged Flying Dragons?”
Chapter 95: The Flying Dragon Troops, Fighting For Magic Cores
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Double-Legged Flying Dragons possess two types of bloodlines, the Colossal Dragon’s and a griffin’s. When they mature into adults, they are comparable to Seventh-Grade Magical Beasts.
“As they are smaller and more compact than Colossal Dragons, their speed is lightning-quick. Adding to these claws and teeth as sharp as razors, they are an outstanding existence even among Seventh-Grade Magical Beasts.
“However, these aren’t the only reasons why Double-Legged Flying Dragons can firmly suppress other Drakes to become Fire Dragon Kingdom’s top elite troops. They have three more advantages over the others—high reproductive rate, short growth cycles, and high intelligence!”
Ol’ Amos explained with a smile, “A female Double-Legged Flying Dragon can produce 10 infants, and an infant needs only 30 years to mature into an adult. An adult Double-Legged Flying Dragon’s level of intelligence is comparable to a human’s!”
“No wonder.”
Realization dawned upon Meng Lei.
There were many types of Drakes—Raptors, Ground Dragons, Dragon-Hawks, Triceratops, Dragon-Rhinos, Dragon-Wolves, Dragon-Turtles, Wind Flying Dragons, Crimson-Armored Earthworms1, and so on... All of them were Drakes, but only the Double-Legged Flying Dragons possessed all three of those characteristics.
Some Drakes were strong and powerful but awfully stupid, while some Drakes were highly intelligent but grew too slowly. A few Drakes had both characteristics but didn’t reproduce.
Therefore, even if these Drakes had dragon blood in them, they’d hardly be placed in important positions by the Dragon race. In fact, the Dragon race saw some Drakes as a disgrace and drove them out of the kingdom, e.g., the Sillies.
Sillies were a very kooky species of Drakes. They clearly had Golden Colossal Dragon blood in them, yet they were astonishingly weak and weren’t even a match for ordinary wild beasts in battle. Additionally, they looked very adorable and were mischievous and silly in nature. They were totally people’s number one choice when choosing pets.
However, the Dragon race saw these fellows as a disgrace and had tried many times to exterminate them. It was just a shame for them that the Sillies reproduced at a rate faster than even pigs, and they couldn’t wipe them out completely. In the end, they could only banish them. One could pretty much consider them weirdos among Drakes.
As he gazed at the Flying Dragon Troops on the horizon, Meng Lei sighed emotionally. “Double-Legged Flying Dragons are the most successful Drakes for sure!”
“You’re wrong in saying that!” Ol’ Amos shook his head and said with a smile, “The most successful Drakes are us Dragon People instead!”
“Uh... That’s true!” Meng Lei burst into laughter. “Would you believe that? How could I have forgotten about the Dragon People?”
“That’s normal.”
Roar!
Roar!
Roar!
As the Flying Dragon Troops got nearer and nearer, waves of dragon might converged to form a single majestic wave that spread throughout the sky and earth as it came crushing toward them.
“The Flying Dragon Troops!”
“It’s the Flying Dragon Troops!”
“They’re finally here!”
“But the problem is...”
Had it been any other time, the sight of the Flying Dragon Troops’ arrival would definitely have sent all the soldiers into loud, deafening cheers and the whole place into a furor. However, everyone’s countenances looked somewhat... strange today.
“The ant tide has already receded by now, though.”
“Shows how much they really care...”
In spite of that, no one dared to really comment much. The Flying Dragon Troops were elites; be it their overall strength or their status, they were much more powerful than
