Chapter 32: First Encounter with Battle Qi
“How can there be such a tall Goblin!?” Baron Swan was a handsome man with a neatly trimmed mustache. He always paid great attention to his appearance. However, at this moment, not only were his clothes messy, but he also had a wound on his face, which was scratched by a Magic Horn Tree javelin. The wound was swollen, and the intense pain made his face twitch, making him look very embarrassed. However, he did not panic, but instead noticed the difference in the Goblin General at the first moment, believing that it was the key point of this battle.
“Kill it! Otherwise, even if we escape, all these soldiers will be finished!” Viscount Flying Dragon had light green hair, which was the most obvious characteristic of the Green Dragon Family. However, his bloodline was thin, so the color was not deep, and his eyes were not the emerald green of the main lineage, but blue-brown. That was why his father was sent to the remote Northland border to be a border noble, because his bloodline was considered too thin to be passed on. Otherwise, even if he had no talent, he would be kept to continue the bloodline, and he would also receive the glory of the Green Dragon Family and live a real aristocratic life.
Therefore, Flying Dragon II hated both his father and himself. It was because his bloodline was not pure enough that he lost the opportunity to be a superior person from birth and was driven to the remote north like a dog to fight for food with other wild dogs.
However, Viscount Flying Dragon never thought of himself as a wild dog, so even in the remote Northland border, he always maintained an aristocratic demeanor, even if it cost him a lot of unnecessary expenses.
And in this ghostly place, only Baron Swan, who was also a noble, could appreciate it, so the two had already formed an alliance. Therefore, after the chaos broke out, they did not show up, but hid themselves at the first moment. Their purpose was to let White Wolf and Wild Bull take the lead.
However, at this time, Viscount Flying Dragon could no longer care about his aristocratic demeanor. The strength of the Goblin General and the Elite Goblins was beyond his expectations. The casualty rate of the soldiers was too fast. Once the soldiers suffered heavy losses, even if he won the final victory, how much confidence would he have left? He might be defeated in minutes, and then he would end up like a stray dog, so he roared in exasperation.
Compared to the two who were a little out of control, White Wolf, who was a mercenary, and Wild Bull, who made his way up by his own bravery, were much more decisive.
Unlike Viscount Flying Dragon and Baron Swan, who had some family background and foundation, the two of them achieved their current status by fighting their way up with their swords and axes. They had encountered countless life-and-death crises, so they did not panic, but tried their best to gather their strength. Without finding Viscount Flying Dragon and Baron Swan, they did not hesitate for long and finally chose to charge at the Goblin General together.
Now was not the time to calculate gains and losses. If they did not make a strong counterattack, these soldiers would be dead. After all, ordinary soldiers who were poisoned by the Magic Horn Tree would fall to the ground without any resistance and be slaughtered by the Magic Horn Goblins. Once they lost all their soldiers, their years of hard work would have been in vain. Moreover, they did not have the energy to make a comeback now, so they had to fight no matter what.
Facing the menacing White Wolf and Wild Bull, the Goblin General was fearless. Wielding its heavy blade, it fought one against two and actually suppressed the two. As for the mercenaries and Northland Barbarians brought by the two, the Elite Goblins were not vegetarians either. They had a variety of professions and cooperated well, so the two sides fought fiercely.
If it had been ten or twenty years earlier, the Goblin General would not have dared to be careless against either of them. The problem was that both of them were now close to fifty years old, and they were not from noble families. They had been fighting all their lives, and their bodies were already overdrawn. If they had not been smart enough to know when to retreat, they would either be dead now or lying in bed with only the strength to breathe. Even so, their bodies were still very weak.
Moreover, after becoming nobles of the Northland border, they had fewer and fewer opportunities to fight. Now they did not even have half the strength of their peak. If it had not been for the few old mercenaries and barbarians who were helping them, they would have been killed by the Goblin General on the spot.
“They are all useless!” Viscount Flying Dragon said with an ugly face. After all, he could see that the situation was not good.
“We can’t wait any longer. Without these two to hold it back, we can only use our trump card.” Baron Swan glanced at Viscount Flying Dragon meaningfully and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
Viscount Flying Dragon’s face became even uglier, but he acquiesced to Baron Swan’s words. He drew his longsword and charged towards the Goblin General with Baron Swan, who was holding a rapier. As long as they killed it, the Goblins would be a mess.
Owen, who was hiding in the dark, saw Battle Qi for the first time. Compared to White Wolf and Wild Bull, who were almost fifty years old and could barely fight, Viscount Flying Dragon, who was thirty years old, and Baron Swan, who was in his thirties, were in their prime. As nobles of the Empire, although they did not receive many resources from their families, they still had a basic grasp of Battle Qi.
Owen’s predecessor did not know much about Battle Qi. After all, Hydra II died early, and his mother obviously had other motives and took all the family’s heritage, so Owen learned more about it from Maya.
The initial Battle Qi originated from knights who had honed their bodies to the limit. As reserve nobles, knights had the time, energy, resources, and conditions to train their bodies to the limit and hone them to perfection, thus awakening Battle Qi. Therefore, the initial Battle Qi was called Knight Breathing Technique, a cultivation method that had extremely high requirements for the body.
Later, the Knight Breathing Technique was gradually spread out and improved by other professions, reducing the difficulty of cultivation and the requirements for the body. After all, not everyone had such good conditions.
However, after the modification, the power of Battle Qi was also reduced a lot. Therefore, Battle Qi techniques appeared to make up for the deficiency of Battle Qi with skills.
Viscount Flying Dragon and Baron Swan both used Swordsman Battle Qi. The Swordsman profession focused on attack and agility. It required lower physical conditions to activate Battle Qi and had many gorgeous Battle Qi techniques, so it was very popular among nobles. However, although both of them used Swordsman Battle Qi, there was a big difference.
Viscount Flying Dragon’s Battle Qi was mainly concentrated on his shoulders and back, in the triangular area of his body. After being infused with Battle Qi, the muscles on his shoulders and back bulged high, as if he was hiding a pair of folded wings. When he erupted, his Battle Qi was released, and the muscles on his shoulders and back were like ignited boosters, pushing the longsword in his hand to cut through the air at an alarming speed. With a sharp whistle, an Elite Goblin was killed on the spot before it could react. After the blade passed, the blood from its neck spurted more than a meter high, which showed how fast the sword was.
However, this kind of outburst put a lot of pressure on his muscles, and Viscount Flying Dragon could not use it continuously.
Baron Swan’s Battle Qi was more dispersed, mainly concentrated on his joints, which made his movements flexible and graceful. He wielded his rapier with a whirring sound, but it was far less deadly and efficient than Viscount Flying Dragon’s.
