Chapter 11

In fact, at this moment, it had lost its ability to fly and fight, and could no longer pose a threat to anyone. It was even impossible for it to trigger its innate magic again, making it no different from fish on a chopping board.

Clearly, it knew its time was short and without hesitation, chose to spend its remaining limited time on its knight, even until the very last moment of its life.

"Alright, you're called Gery, right? Good! I'm here to help you."

The black-armored knight picked up Eroca's body with one hand and brought him to the side of the wind dragon Gery.

Gery looked at Lin默 with gratitude, lowered its head, and affectionately rubbed against the young sky knight's already stiff face.

Although Eroca could no longer respond, the wind dragon seemed to have completely forgotten its pain, still emitting increasingly weak moans, as if unwilling to give up, continuing to call out to its knight.

A special survival knife, burning with a flame, suddenly pierced into the head of the wind dragon Gery, effortlessly piercing through the hard skull and directly penetrating the brain.

The massive dragon body convulsed violently a few times and then fell silent.

Strangely, Gery's eyes remained peaceful and content until the very last moment, showing no pain or unwillingness.

As a member of the dragon race, which is known for its tenacious vitality, Lin默 was afraid he could not wait for the wind dragon to die a slow and painful death due to the loss of its will to live. He directly ended its life, fulfilling its wish to die with its knight.

Withdrawing the special survival knife, he stuck it in the ground in front of him, and Lin默 knelt before the knight and dragon, praying silently.

"What are you doing?"

Li Muxin could not understand Lin默's strange actions at all.

"The more people I know, the more I like dragons."

Lin默 stood up, his face solemn as he sheathed his knife, as if he had just done something very sacred.

He went to the spot where the wind dragon Gery had torn apart the tree with a "Raging Wind Bullet" and, with brute force, pulled the remaining roots out of the ground.

A large pit appeared on the ground, which was exactly what he wanted.

Besides the unwritten rule that unarmed or non-combatant sky knights should not be killed at will, there was another rule: if it was not possible to return the sky knight and their mount to their hometown for burial, both sides had the responsibility and obligation to bury the fallen sky knight and their mount on the spot, to be collected later when conditions permitted.

Beyond this unwritten rule, compared to ordinary sky knights, dragon knights could also enjoy the special treatment of being buried in the dragon cemetery with their dragons.

What Lin默 was doing now was to follow the ancient sky knight tradition and bury his opponent in this forest.

All grievances vanished with the fall of one side, and the dead were to be respected.

"Sister, look what I found! A map! Oh, and a lot of other good things. I bet if we send these things to the Sotheby's auction, they will definitely fetch an astronomical price!"

While searching for spoils, Li Mubing found a finely crafted piece of parchment on the body of the dragon knight Eroca.

After a quick glance, she immediately became excited. The map on the parchment had no language or text barriers, which was exactly what the sisters and Lin默 needed.

The map, the large bow, the steel arrows, the short sword, the dry rations, the coins, and the gems were all things they could use.

Collecting spoils from the enemy was not only an important part of the intelligence officers' duties but also a tradition in the military.

"Great, now we don't have to wander around the forest like headless flies anymore."

As she spoke, Li Muxin glanced at Lin默, who was busy digging a hole, and it seemed that the man did not mind their actions.

In a short time, a large deep pit appeared in the forest, and the wind dragon Gery and its knight Eroca were buried together.

A large mound of earth was formed, with Eroca's dragon rider spear stuck in it, and several dozen trees were felled around it, making it easily visible from the sky.

Lin默 would notify the people of the Republic of Portland to collect the bodies when the opportunity arose.

Knowing their current location and having obtained a crude map, Lin默 and the Gemini sisters no longer wandered aimlessly as they had in the past few days but had a new goal.

The border town of Cedar in the Sylan Empire.

In this foreign land, the only person the Gemini sisters could rely on and trust was the dragon knight known as Major Lin默.

For Lin默, he also desperately hoped to receive assistance from the imperial authorities to find Sally and Zephyr, which would be much more efficient than the three of them searching aimlessly.

After burying the dragon knight and his dragon from the Republic of Portland, Lin默's expression remained grim. Although the conversation with the fallen Portland Republic sky knight was brief, it contained a lot of information.

The Gemini sisters, as the most professional intelligence officers, played a significant role at this time.

Through the limited information, they continuously deduced and organized, analyzing some things that even Lin默 had not deeply considered.

The current situation in the Sylan Empire was not optimistic. The war with the Terci Empire seemed to be ongoing, and neighboring countries were beginning to stir, especially the Republic of Portland, which had even begun to send dragon knights into the eastern border for targeted reconnaissance.

Combining the recently seized map with the three-striped ice fangs they had encountered a few days ago, it could be inferred that a large army had just crossed the Ice Rock Mountains on the western border of the Republic of Portland.

The giant wolf packs living near the high mountain snowline had been forced to leave their cold mountain homes and enter the Green Mist Forest for food due to the army's activities.

This indicated a more serious situation: the Sylan Empire might soon be caught in a pincer attack from both front and back.

Lin默 had to admit that the Gemini sisters were indeed skilled in intelligence analysis.

He had only roughly introduced the basic information of this world to the sisters, yet they had still made quite credible deductions.

Three days later, Lin默 and the Gemini sisters saw a winding forest path.

This meant they had successfully walked out of the vast and dense Green Mist Forest.

Fortunately, the three of them did not encounter the army of the Republic of Portland or any other dragon knights.

Perhaps the other side was still limited by the inconvenient transportation in the Green Mist Forest, and their progress was not as fast as they had imagined.

"We finally made it out!"

Li Mubing let out a long breath, threw away the walking stick in her hand, and felt she no longer needed it. She then let out a loud cry as if to vent.

She turned to look at her sister and said, "I need a good bath. Oh my God, I haven't had a hot bath for a week, I'm almost stinking. Dragon Knight Morin, lead the way!"

"..."

Major Lin默 had never thought he would one day become a guide.

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Finally, we're home...