5. Hand of Fate

"Bang"

Dai Lin's fist smashed on the side of the ship, he looked at the dragon above him viciously, and he gritted his teeth and said:

"This is the first time! These big winged lizards are disgusting! ”

Of course, the Admiral's disgust comes more from the helplessness of the dragons, the existing battleship cannons simply do not threaten these cunning dragons, they only need to flap their wings before the barrage attack arrives, and they can easily dodge those shells.

"My navy needs more deterrent weapons! This kind of battle that can only be passively beaten is not what I want! ”

The Admiral put his command knife back into its scabbard, and he took a deep breath to calm his thoughts.

"I've heard that the gnomes who fight alongside the dwarves are very good at crafting weapons, father, I heard from Mr. Muradin, that the gnomes also have strange machines that can fly in the sky, and when Kazmodan is all liberated, we can have those gnomes make a new kind of artillery for the navy."

Prince Drake of Kul Tiras was guarding his father's side, and seeing his father's anxious appearance, he couldn't help but open his mouth to comfort:

"The griffin knights have the upper hand, and they will soon be able to drive away the pesky dragon."

"But the griffin knights have lost a lot too, Drake, my son."

Dai Lin sighed, he raised his head and could see the corpse of a griffin charred by dragon fire falling from the sky into the sea, he said helplessly:

"While there will always be sacrifices in war, I can understand that, but these Hammer Dwarves will inevitably become part of the Alliance after the war, and we can't use their sacrifices every time to win for us, it's not what allies should do."

The Admiral was a king, and his vision was naturally more than that of ordinary soldiers, and he had already begun to think about what would happen after the war was over, but this thinking did not last long, and Dai Lin quickly came back to his senses, seeing that the dragons were being entangled by the griffin knights, and the Admiral rubbed his beard, and refocused his attention on the three orc warships that could still move in the sea ahead.

"Keep shelling! Kill them all! ”

"Boom Boom"

The roar of the artillery rang out again, and Red, who had just transferred to another ship, was gasping for breath. The Black Hand is desperate to find that the help of the Dragon's Throat Orcs is still difficult for them to escape the fate of destruction.

"Be careful!"

As far as he could gaze, two flaming shells smashed straight into the ship he was on, and he only had time to pounce his brother into the water, and the next moment, the battleship behind him was smashed through the deck by the guns.

"Boom"

The explosion of the cannonball ignited the gunpowder magazine of the battleship, blowing the battleship off the center, the broken planks and the wreckage of the shells flew everywhere, rolling up the surrounding sea into a whirlpool, and the black hand brothers in the water were dizzy by the explosion, struggling to survive in the water.

"Maim, hold my hand!"

Red struggled to breathe in the undulating icy waters, his fingers clutching his brother's arm, but the Coalition's devastating shelling continued on the smoke-filled sea, and if it continued like this, they would be dead.

"Gollum... Gollum"

The explosion of the ship caused the icy sea water to swell and lift Red, who was struggling to maintain his body, into the sea, the light on the sea, the coldness of the sea, all of which made the scenery in front of him spin around, like a leaf in a storm, and he couldn't control his body at all.

This terrible situation made Red's heart extremely cold, he turned his head with difficulty to see that his brother had fallen into a coma in the explosion just now, he could only roar and hold up Mim's body with both hands to prevent his brother from sinking into the water, but as an orc, he has a natural aversion to water, and he can feel the power draining from his body little by little.

The surrounding sea water wrapped around his body like tentacles, and if he continued like this, he would soon fall into the icy water, and then die alone.

"Nope! No! ”

Red roared in despair, but it couldn't change his situation, the cold water flooded his nose little by little, the water rushed into his nostrils, making him feel suffocated, he subconsciously waved his arms with difficulty, like a person about to drown, he desperately wanted to grasp a life-saving straw that did not exist, at this time, the orc's heart was full of fear.

But he can't be blamed, the end of life is always dead and terrifying, for anyone, whether a hero or a coward, it is the same cold, but behind Red, there is a pair of eyes watching him, and when necessary, he will always lend a hand.

"Huh"

Just as Red and Maim were about to sink completely into the water, a cold hand grabbed his arm, and the next moment, a huge force surged, dragging Red and Maim out of the cold hell.

Red looked back with what little sanity he had left, and could only see a familiar figure lifting him and his brother up and placing them on the back of the skeleton warhorse, in the midst of the flames of war, the figure standing on the water did not look back, but he knew who it was...

"Father... Thank you..."

"The orc ships have all been blown up."

Prince Drake put down his binoculars and said to his father, "The tactical objective has been accomplished, father, we can get out of this sea!" ”

"Let's go! Those damn lizards have no reason to fight anymore. ”

The Admiral looked up at the dragons and griffin knights who were still fighting in the sky, he shook his head, turned and walked to the captain's room:

"Gather the wounded as quickly as possible, then evacuate the battlefield and let the griffin knights prepare to return."

The navy knew early on that orcs could control dragons to fight, so in the course of the war, every ship in the fleet was prepared to set fire, and this time the griffin knights firmly suppressed the incoming dragons with numbers, so Dai Lin's fleet only lost 3 ships, completely overwhelmed by dragon fire, and this wooden battleship was completely unable to resist.

But there are a lot of wounded, and the dragon fire that falls from the sky is very lethal, and ordinary people are burned as long as they come into contact with it, but overall, under the disturbance of the dragon, this battle can be fought like this, which is already good.

Under the command of the navigators, the Alliance fleet began to withdraw from the battlefield, and this scene also attracted the attention of the anxious dragon throat knights, seeing that Dai Lin's flagship was turning around, one dragon knight could no longer hold back.

He brutally pulled the reins of the dragon and made two gestures to his companion, so that the remaining two dragons flapped their wings and covered the sky with scorching dragon fire, forcing the griffin knights back.

"The little cub of the black hand is dead, and the chief will kill me... Unless..."

A trace of fear flashed in the eyes of the orc dragon knight, and he locked his gaze on Dai Lin's flagship, it seemed that he was going to make a last ditch effort.

The dragon's rapid fall immediately attracted the attention of the sailors, and without the need for the captain's order, the scorching artillery barrage flew into the sky again, but this time, the dragon knight did not dodge, he lay his body on the dragon's saddle, and roared loudly in the dragon's ear:

"Rush over! Kill that ship! Think of your queen, stupid dragon, you can't escape! ”

This threatening word made the dragon's yellow snake eyes flash a trace of gloom and pain, and in the face of the incoming barrage of artillery fire, it let out a mournful roar, and no longer obeyed its instinctive dodge, almost completely eating the artillery barrage.

The searing cannonball tore his scales apart, sending the dragon's blood flying through the air, and in a wail of pain, the dragon broke through the fleet's artillery barrage, dragging its bloody body into the flagship of Dareen as it reloaded the sailors, its massive battering ram-like tail swept across the deck, smashing a row of guns on deck and panicked sailors into the sea.

The red dragon's claws tore through the solid deck, and its other sharp claw slammed at the admiral in front of it.

"Block"

Dai Lin's command knife collided with the dragon's claw, and the blade shattered in an instant, and the moment before the sharp claw smashed into his body, Prince Drake, who was desperate to save his father, rushed out from the side, knocking Dai Lin to the deck.

"Bang"

Behind him, sawdust flew across the deck, and the Grand Knight Cyrus led the royal knights to charge at the dragon, the weapons in their hands slashed the dragon scales, causing the dragon's blood to splash everywhere, this pain made the red dragon roar, flapping its wings and flying into the sky, it raised its head and took a deep breath, and the next moment, the scorching dragon flame pillar erupted from its mouth, and in an instant, the deck in front of it was completely ignited.

"Oh, that's bad!"

Dai Lin, who had dodged the dragon's claws, looked up and saw the dragon fire descending, and he muttered to himself in almost despair, he knew very well what was below deck.

"Boom"

The battleship's powder magazine was ignited by dragon fire, and the fierce fire overwhelmed everything, enveloping the sturdy flagship in flames, and although it was not shattered, everyone on deck, contaminated with dragon fire in the explosion, was also thrown into the sea.

"Dead! Dai Lin is dead! Hahahaha"

The Dragonthroat Knight, who had completed a desperate raid, laughed wildly and manipulated the red dragon into the sky, and the fire of the destroyed flagship also fell into the eyes of the griffon knight in the sky.

"No, Dai Lin! No! ”

Alfonso, the griffon knight. Thunder saw the destruction of the flagship almost completely, the dwarves didn't know much about human titles, but he worked well with Dai Lin, who invited him to drink the wine of the royal cellar of Kul Tiras, and Prince Drake learned from him how to manipulate griffins, and he was a true friend with these two guys.

The dwarves don't care if Dareen is a king or not, but they will avenge their friends, even if it takes everything!

"Dragon! Dragon! ”

Alfonso roared, pulling the reins of his best griffin companion, Swift Feather, and the armored griffin seemed to sense Alfonso's anger, and it let out a shrill hiss, flapped its wings, and rushed towards the wounded red dragon with the angry dwarf.

"Die! Dragon! ”

"Buzz"

In Alfonso's roar, two flying hammers with thunder light smashed left and right towards the red dragon that flew into the sky, the first smashed into the red dragon's chest, and the second hit the red dragon's wings.

The dragon's body staggered in the air, and the connecting bone of its left wing was shattered by the dwarven attack.

"Go to hell with your villain master!"

But that wasn't the end of it, Swift Feather flew Alfonso across the sky in front of the red dragon, and the moment he dodged the raging dragon fire, the dwarf grabbed the bag next to the griffon's saddle and threw it into the dragon's mouth full of dragon fire.

It was a bag full of alchemical bombs made by the mages of Dalaran.

"Boom"

The powerful explosion erupted in flames from the dragon's mouth, a blow that sent a near-devastating blow to the dragon's fragile throat, it couldn't even let out a wail, its mouth emitted terrifying black smoke, its form swayed in the air, and in the terrified screams of the dragon-throated orcs, the red dragon fell like a meteor into the distant sea.

Its neck was blasted out of a terrifying flesh and blood fracture, even if it was a powerful red dragon, it was a fatal injury... It's dead.

The griffon's feathers were also affected by the explosion, the griffon's feathers flew everywhere in the explosion, its wings were wounded, and it screamed and whirled in the air to regain its balance, but finally planted into the sea with the dizzy griffin knight Alfonso.

However, the dwarf was lucky, he and his griffin were quickly rescued by the sailors, and the Grand Knight Cyrus of Kul Tiras, who survived the explosion, searched the sea as fast as he could, and they found the lucky boy Taylor, who had fallen into the water, and found the bodies of the sailors who had fallen into the water.

But the most important people were not found, their kings and their princes...

What about Dai Lin?

Is Dai Lin dead like that?

No... Of course not, he is about to face a difficult choice, and this choice will directly affect the fate of him and his son Drake.

"Dragon! I'm at odds with you! ”

Grand Knight Cyrus looked at the two red dragons flapping their wings in the sky, and his face covered in black ash and burns shone with a look of urgency.

"Stop the boat! All of them! All those who can still move, go and find them! ”

"Be sure to find Your Majesty and the Prince! Even if you look across the ocean, you won't hesitate! ”