MTL - Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 904 886. Dragon Pattern Shield

Lann’s original intention was to give the Knight Commander Lothrik something to push against him first.

But unexpectedly, Lan En's hook and lock pulled the kite-shaped shield over and handed it to the knight captain.

The knight commander of Lothric seemed to be suddenly stunned.

Under his lifted visor, half of one of his eyebrows was missing. It seemed that the skin with half of the eyebrows had been shaved off in a certain battle. After scarring, he lost the ability to grow eyebrows.

At this time, the one and a half eyebrows looked like one long and one short, like two long twisting snakes.

"This is."

The knight commander inserted his sword into the gap between the stone bricks of the stairs.

Hands took over the kite-shaped shield handed over by Lan En. His hands were trembling slightly, as if he didn't want to believe the situation in front of him.

 In other words, he was resisting what was happening in front of him.

 But in the end, the knight's tenacity and strength prevailed.

 When describing the dragon-patterned shield, the Knight Commander's unconscious emphasis was on the word "magical".

"certainly."

“Can we pull that man’s body over here, the one lying next to the dragon-patterned shield?”

 But in the end, he still opened the small iron box with a small "squeak".

Through logical analysis, the witcher has grasped the key points of the knight's long story.

“This is the fire protection that can only be achieved by attaching magic to it. It is a blue shield with magic power!”

As the bright red cloak was gradually blackened by ashes, the previously buried lines on the shield began to appear.

“[Red Worm Pills], improves the body’s high temperature tolerance. The technology of Youshu Church.”

“Even the black iron shield held by the infamous [Hunter Knight] and the Black Knight Shield of the Black Knights of the Mythical Age are inferior to it!”

 “Is there something wrong with this shield?”

 Lan En raised his left hand, and the hook lock device on the arm armor opened and closed as he moved, making a mechanical "click" sound.

“This is the most fire-resistant shield in the world.”

Lan En asked softly without leaving any trace.

His hands regained their composure, and the metal glove pulled up the bright red cape like flames, and began to wipe the surface of the kite-shaped shield.

Now, dragon pattern shields and red worm pills are still appearing on the scene. These technologies and production methods are obviously very special things.

 It seemed like if Lan En said ‘no’, he would just rush out with his shield on his back.

 “How could this thing be in the hands of rioters?!”

A few enemies who have been burned to death by the dragon's breath, and there are many more enemies who still maintain their fighting power despite the waves of dragon's breath. They all have this kind of shield on their hands and on the ground!

As if he remembered something, the knight commander suddenly pressed Lan En's shoulders and spoke hurriedly.

 Hook Lock once again crossed a distance of more than 20 meters, grabbed an enemy corpse that had been burned to char, and dragged it back to the safe stairs.

 It seemed as if what he was holding was not a shield but some terrible omen.

 This attack was planned for a long time and only broke out now because of the full understanding of the dragon knights in Lothric City.

 This is the characteristic of "having a ghost".

Before the hook lock could fully retract, the knight commander leaned out and grabbed the corpse by the neck. Then the hands wearing iron gloves began to rummage through the corpse's clothes and small bags.

  Inside were small fiery red pills, with some things on them that looked like slender limbs of insects.

He now felt that the sudden attack on the bridge into Lothrik was probably a big deal.

Lann looked at the anxious knight commander. He had already tied the inner leather strap of the dragon-patterned shield to his hand.

 But as Lan En and the Knight Commander's gaze extended towards the bridge.

 When describing red worm pills, the emphasis is on "deep church".

This time without the witcher asking, the knight commander muttered about the pills himself.

The knight commander almost gritted his teeth and told the situation about this shield.

Just listening to the knight commander’s introduction is enough to make the shield seem precious.

 “Dragon-patterned shield?!”

 Finally, he dug out a small iron box.

 But obviously, the reason why the Knight Commander was so rude had nothing to do with its 'exquisiteness'.

Judging from Lan En's knowledge of pharmacology, this is probably a pill made by drying and grinding insects into powder.

 “What are you going to do?”

 “That skill you just had! Can you use it again?”

As the knight commander murmured to himself, Lan also looked at the shield and the pill box with strange eyes.

 This is a kite-shaped shield with a blue base and a golden dragon pattern on it. The shape is exquisite and gorgeous.

Similar to the expression he had just wiped the dragon-patterned shield, the knight commander seemed to be afraid to open the box and see what was inside.

Even when he cleared the entire staircase of enemies with his sword and was injured himself, the knight commander's voice had never been so dry.

The blue shield with magical power involves the magician, and the pills produced in the Netherworld Church involve the priesthood.

Although these two things are precious in themselves, they are not taken seriously by the Knight Commander Lothric at all.

 What is really important is that these two things appeared at the scene of the riot, and what do they mean!

Lothric's royal power comes from the support of three pillars.

  The knights represent force, the sages represent wisdom and research, and the priests regulate faith.

 And now, at least two of them are carrying strong suspicions!

 After getting the dragon pattern shield and red worm pills, the knight captain became more urgent.

He pulled out the big sword inserted in the gap between the stone bricks, and carried the dragon-patterned shield on his back. He passed Lan En and ran towards the top of the gatehouse. He just patted Lan En on the shoulder as a greeting as he passed by.

The flying dragon that stayed high in the sky and did not enter the battlefield because there was no dragon knight fell again, and the knight commander rode his dragon into the sky.

Three flying dragons gathered and hovered in the sky for a while, as if they were exchanging information.

 Subsequently, the formation of the dragon knights changed.

Originally, the three-headed flying dragon was like a bomber, flying over the bridge and covering the entire place with its breath of dragon breath.

  But it's all about waves, one after another, striving to cause maximum damage in a reasonable wave arrangement.

 But this skilled and reasonable tactic was in vain when facing these attackers.

Precisely because the flying dragons came in waves, they were able to adjust the direction of the shield in time and use the magic power on the dragon pattern shield to resist the flying dragon's breath.

 The knight commander’s arrangement is also very simple.

Two flying dragons spit fire at each other from both sides of the bridge, burning from beginning to end. See where a dragon-patterned shield can go! How many flames to guard against!

As expected, the breath of the two flying dragons instantly burned the entire stone brick bridge surface to black, and there was a "click" sound of the stones being burned.

 At the same time, the attackers had experienced several breath attacks without any serious loss in numbers. After this time, the number of [Thunder Guns] that can be fired into the sky has suddenly decreased by most!

After figuring out what the enemy's protection against flames is, as long as the tactical arrangements are reasonable, it is a matter of course to achieve victory.

At the end, there was an attacker who was lying on the stairs pretending to be dead. He wanted to take advantage of the dragon knights to breathe fire at low altitude, jump up and prepare to use the [Thunder Gun] to kill even a flying dragon.

 But the knight captain’s sword was far faster than the [miracle] he released.

  Sen Leng's sword blade flashed through the air, leaving only a corpse broken into two pieces.

 The knight commander on the dragon's back has a cold gaze.

Looking at the half of the corpse, he was even more certain that these people knew the Lothric Dragon Knight very well.

If I hadn't discovered the enemy who jumped over just now, maybe my flying dragon would have been killed.

 Because the angle chosen by the attacker was the blind spot of the flying dragon's field of vision.

Without enough professional guidance, ordinary people would never know such critical information as the flying dragon’s blind spot in a few lifetimes!

And if I had really rushed to the bridge to look for clues against the dragon's breath of my companions just now, I would have inevitably been burned.

After the state declines, whether you can react to such a sudden attack is also a question.

 Fortunately, with the help of others, I figured out what was going on while maintaining a perfect state.

 The three-headed flying dragon finally landed on the bridge safely.

Two of them were still turning their long necks alertly, looking around and alert, while the one with the most serious injury was lying on the bridge panting.

 “Put away these dragon-patterned shields.”

The knight captain jumped off the dragon's back and gave instructions to the other two Lothric knights.

“There are also red worm pills in their arms. These are all put away. Hurry!”

As the knight commander spoke, he bent down to pick up the dragon pattern shields scattered in various places and carried them on his back.

He picked it up and walked towards the wall of the stairs below the door.

There, Lan En was stroking Qilin's forehead, seemingly waiting for him.

Several dragon-patterned shields clashed with each other on the knight's back.

 He walked up to Lan En and raised his visor.

 “I am Lorenzo, one of the knight captains of the Knights of Lothric.”

 “My name is Lan En.”

 The iron gloves and the leather gloves with steel armor on the outside simply shook hands, and they were acquainted.

 While Lorenzo tightened the shields on his back, he looked into Lan En's eyes.

“I hope you will follow me into the city and be a witness.”

 “Witness? Prove what?”

“Proof that these shields and red worm pills were equipment worn and used by the attackers from the beginning.”

 The knight captain patted these shields, making a "bang bang" sound.

“Catalina people, you may not know this. Lothrik’s flying dragon is our world-famous power, and we will not let this shield, which can significantly restrain the flying dragon’s flames, spread to the people on a large scale.”

“The key to the craftsmanship of this shield lies in the magic on it. This is not something that everyone can learn.”

“There are very few places in the world where such shields can be made.”

As he spoke, Lorenzo couldn't help but look at the magnificent city at the end of the bridge.

The city of Lothric was built by hollowing out one side of a mountain range.

Lan En suddenly thought: The place that can make such a shield should obviously be Lothric.

 After all, the knights of Lothric were formerly dragon-slaying knights.

 In this world where the rules of the world are about to collapse, are there still internal disputes?

 Thinking of this, Lan En shook his head at his own assumptions.

 In an ordinary world, of course there should be unity at the end of the world.

 But in this world, the bishops of the Netherworld Church are beginning to think of ways to survive in the Deep Sea Age.

 It is difficult to say what plans other scholars and mages will have.

 After all, life always wants to find its own way.

 “Then take me in.” Lan En nodded towards Lorenzo. "I happen to be going to the city too."

“Thanks for your cooperation, Lan En. Don’t worry, we won’t waste a long time.”

 (End of this chapter)