Others Summon Dragons, I Summon Legendary Knights novel Chapter 280

Chapter 280: Crimson Emperor – An Imperial Existence

Godfrey sat on the head of the blue dragon, an Echo of Lysander’s axe resting on his shoulder while he gazed at Dirge who now had more shadow taotie footmen in a ruined courtyard.

It was a great battle, the sky was already darkening. While Isolde and Solstice faced more ghosts, he and his army had finally cleared the second gate but the dragon wasn’t dead.

Not yet.

Dirge approached and sucked its life force. Watching her rise from 22.0 to 22.4 made his lips curl up a little. With this increase, she began to raise more taotie footmen as her shadow wraiths.

If they kept at this pace, Dirge would soon be able to solidly defend her title as a general. Although he was on the verge of releasing his first core.

The next gate led to the palace.

Godfrey walked through the gate after dissolving the axe but even he was stunned at the sight of twenty thousand cavalry and thirty thousand footmen. This courtyard was also insanely large, large enough to contain a large-scale battle.

Such an array of soldiers was a sight to behold. Yet, beyond that there were a few hundred manning defensive siege weapons like ballistas, about fifty of them on the wall.

The Crimson Taotie Cavalry was made up of twenty thousand Saint Tiers and twenty Divine Tier commanders.

This was a terrifying force. His eyes went to Lament and narrowed.

’How come I see it now? It’s been there this whole time. Lament is fused with a Dark Lich, a powerful undead being capable of creating great armies of the undead and yet all Lament can do is summon three thousand heavy cavalry. They’re not weak, I’ve not even seen the full might of all of them together but...’

His eyes went to Dirge. The entire taotie army was still, like statues, which gave him this breathing space.

’Dirge’s sisterhood was killed by one of the Dark Lich’s generals. She’s angry which fuels her drive to enslave the souls of others and make their bodies her wraiths, like the unfortunate people of pathan but Lament...’

’He hates what he’s fused with. That’s why he laments, he never grew over the loss of his brotherhood and so used all his abilities to resurrect and preserve their bodies and minds but he can do much more. His dislike over the state of his brother restrains him. He can lead an army of the dead but has rejected the cold to embrace the heat.’

’You weren’t supposed to have flames, Lament. Sun Annihilation and your Inferno state weaken who you truly are but you know this. I might have not been given captains, chiefs and commanders but generals. The Golden Order is so large these few couldn’t be all the leaders they had. They’re all generals, including Mountain and Ballista. Either with unrealized potentials or rejected potentials.’

Godfrey’s eyes flickered. ’They’re just broken. Dirge will truly have a unit of mages with powerful telekinetic abilities if she can raise her sisters as wraiths, but she refused to. Ballista carries the scar of losing the spot amongst the esteemed Royal Apostles despite being one of the best squires. Tempest has been fractured ever since losing his other half.’

He remembered now. Most of them said they’ve been waiting for him, the unknown king who might be able to make them whole again.

Could he?

Godfrey wasn’t sure. He could take one step at a time at least.

"We’ll grow. We’ll all grow." The moment he muttered that, a deep voice echoed.

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