Future Knight [EN]: Chapter 121

“What’s on the agenda today?”

“Our land has been invaded.”

The dragons stirred slightly at Zikyon’s words about the invasion.

However, they didn’t act rashly like humans.

This was because they were all absolute beings in this world.

“Who invaded? Could it be the Demon race again?”

“No.”

“Then, besides them, who else could threaten the safety of the dragons?”

Since only the Celestial race, besides the Demon race, could threaten the dragons, Rekrashion, the Red Dragon who was second in rank to Zikyon, asked with a questioning tone.

There was no reason for the Celestial race to attack the surface.

However, Zikyon’s unexpected words surprised them.

“The enemy is from outer space.”

“Outer space?”

“If it’s outer space, are they beings from another dimension?”

“That’s not it. They are beings in the same dimension, not another dimension. It’s just that they came from so far away that even we dragons can’t imagine.”

“Isn’t this vast Arkandor continent like the palm of our hand to us? How can there be a place that even we dragons can’t imagine? Where is that place?”

Zikyon silently pointed to the sky.

“They are the ones who came from above the sky.”

“Then are they the Celestial race?”

Dragons were also living beings, so they had never been outside the universe.

Of course, there were dragons who had challenged where the end of the sky was. However, the dragon who went up to the stratosphere had to return to the ground immediately due to the extremely low temperature and lack of oxygen.

Therefore, even those who called themselves the absolute beings of this world, like humans, vaguely thought of the sky as the realm of God.

The realm of God that even they could not approach.

“No. They are beings just like humans.”

At the words that they were beings like humans, the dragons made a deflated expression, and Rekrashion asked as their representative.

“Aren’t humans just like bugs in front of us?”

“I wish that were true…”

Rekrashion couldn’t understand Zikyon’s words.

What was clear was that Zikyon was clearly afraid of them.

“What are you so afraid of? Are those aliens so powerful that they worry you so much, Zikyon?”

Zikyon was the Lord of all dragons.

That meant that she was the strongest being in this land.

But for her to say such weak-hearted things meant that there was something that she was so afraid of.

Zikyon revealed to her fellow dragons the reason why she feared them.

“I was defeated by them and ran away.”

“Gasp!”

In an instant, all the dragons were shocked.

Their leader was defeated and ran away… Could that be true? They couldn’t believe it.

“H, how could Zikyon-nim [term of respect]?”

“I can’t believe it. How could Zikyon-nim be defeated…”

“Did those guys use some kind of cowardly trick?”

The dragons had a blind belief that they were the absolute beings of this world, so they couldn’t accept the defeat of Zikyon, a powerful Ancient Dragon.

However, it was clear that she had been defeated by the enemies from outer space, and Zikyon had to convince them of that fact.

She explained to them the moment of her shameful defeat.

“I was the first to attack with Breath, but the enemy easily blocked the Breath with all their power and broke me with an attack stronger than Breath. I managed to save my life by escaping to the Lair with emergency escape magic.”

The spacious Lair was filled with cold air at Zikyon’s words. The dragons had expressions of disbelief.

“Was the opponent so strong that Zikyon-nim had to use emergency escape magic? A human?”

“Yes, they are different from the humans here. They are the ones who have developed science, not magic.”

“Science? Isn’t that like child’s play?”

“Science is a field that even the humans here look down on.”

The science they knew was no different from the old Arteon, so all they knew was windmills and watermills.

“I only knew that too. Until recently… But I was with a human from there and heard and experienced a lot from him.”

“You said you were with that alien human, the invader? Then where is he now?”

“He is now on the side of the Human Alliance, fighting the Green Elves.”

“I’ll catch him right away and see his face!”

Black Dragon K. Kellion, who was as quick-tempered as the Red clan, was about to rush there to find Kang Chan, but Zikyon stopped him.

“He is living with me now. Don’t step out.”

“I’m sorry, Lord. I overstepped my bounds…”

No matter how quick-tempered he was, he was like a docile cat in front of the Lord.

“Never underestimate their scientific power. The science they have achieved is as incredibly high-dimensional as the magic we have achieved, and its power is beyond imagination. That power is…”

Zikyon pointed to S. Silpiris of the 3,500-year-old Silver clan and said.

“Your shield won’t even be able to block their weakest attack.”

“Gasp!”

Silpiris, whom Zikyon pointed out, was the youngest dragon among them, and Zikyon’s words were shocking to him.

Even though he was the youngest, he couldn’t even block a single blow, so his face turned red with hurt pride, but on the other hand, his spine tingled.

His life, which he thought was immortal, was only worth one blow.

However, Zikyon’s warning didn’t stop there. Zikyon this time pointed to A. Aijellion, a 4,000-year-old Wyrm-class Gold Dragon, and said.

“You are 5 hits.”

“!!”

“Rekrashion, you will probably be able to withstand 20 hits. I withstood about 30 shots.”

Even Rekrashion, who had reached the Ancient class, was only 20 hits, which was a bit humiliating, but Rekrashion had nothing to say when Zikyon, who was stronger than him, said that he could only withstand 30 shots.

“If their weakest blow is that strong, how strong is their strongest?”

“Even that was one hit for me.”

“……”

“……”

“I couldn’t block it at all. I put up five layers of shields, but their attack shattered the shields in an instant. That was the first time in my 8,000 years of life that I felt a threat to my life.”

The dragons gradually began to tense up at Zikyon’s words.

Even the Lord was one hit, so they couldn’t block it.

Their tension gradually turned into fear.

Because they were no longer absolute beings.

“If the opponent is that strong, what should we do, Lord…”

Zikyon calmly said to stabilize her fellow dragons, whose faces were full of tension.

“Isn’t that why we’re all gathered here? Now, let’s not do this here and go to the conference room.”

“I understand.”

The dragons began an emergency meeting to fight against the humans from Earth.

39. The Identity of the Enemy Revealed

Kang Chan teleported to the Red Mars with Zikyon.

In the past, it was said that teleportation was impossible because it was too far from the Mine Kingdom to the Helion Kingdom, but now he came here, which was twice as far, in one go.

Kang Chan glared at Zikyon with distrustful eyes, but Zikyon only pretended not to notice with a brazen expression.

“Ugh, I shouldn’t have said anything…”

Kang Chan cut off his attention from Zikyon and headed to the hangar for the purpose of coming here.

The reason Kang Chan came here was because of the assault ship.

The assault ship, which was developed to transport troops from space to planets, was small in size but boasted superior performance to most civilian space passenger ships.

The reason Kang Chan was looking for the assault ship was because of the radio installed in the assault ship.

Kang Chan was going to eavesdrop on the enemy’s radio using the antenna installed in the assault ship and reveal their identity.

The Red Mars had a much better antenna installed, but it was destroyed by the Empire’s droids and could no longer be used.

But fortunately, the assault ship’s space communication antenna was enough to identify the enemy right above his head.

Even though there was a high probability of being reverse-tracked.

The assault ship had not been serviced for several years, so he could not guarantee normal operation, so Kang Chan started the engine with impatience.

Kuuuuuuuuung….

The assault ship started as the various instrument panels in the cockpit lit up.

“Okay! Good!”

“Is it working?”

“Yes.”

Kang Chan briefly checked the condition of the assault ship and immediately activated the antenna.

Then, he activated the automatic frequency search and IFF (Identify Friend or Foe) device and waited for the enemies to communicate.

“The guys have to take the bait…”

“What? Are we just waiting like this?”

“Yes, we have to wait like this until the guys use the communication channel.”

“Eek? How do you know when the guys will communicate? I don’t know, I’m going to go to my room and take a nap.”

“Suit yourself.”

In fact, there was nothing Zikyon could do to help here.

Rather, it was easier for Kang Chan to concentrate if she disappeared.

While Zikyon got off the assault ship and went to enjoy a nap, Kang Chan waited for the enemies’ communication, armed with perseverance and patience.

However, unlike his determined resolution, the enemy’s communication was eavesdropped on surprisingly easily.

-Chik! Co, Commander… Chik! Here… Chik!

The communication sound was so faint that it was impossible to understand. But soon Kang Chan despaired.

Because the IFF device lit up red.

They were the enemy.

Kang Chan quickly turned off the communication.

There was a possibility of reverse tracking if he continued to eavesdrop on the communication.

Besides, the opponent was a space battleship.

An individual assault ship was no match for them.

“No… How can the Imperial Army be here?”

Kang Chan couldn’t believe it.

As far as he knew, they had not developed a warp system for hyperdimensional navigation.

And what on earth was the Space Federation doing while they were coming here?

“Could it be?”

All sorts of bad thoughts crossed Kang Chan’s mind.

Even the possibility that the Imperial Army had won the war.

If that happened, the situation would get worse.

Even approaching using his identity was impossible.

Now all that was left was to beat them down with force.

That was like hitting a rock with an egg in Kang Chan’s eyes.

* * *

While Kang Chan was in despair, the Zvezda’s bow, which was floating in space, was on emergency alert.

“Who is it? Who eavesdropped on our communication?”

-Currently, the unidentified enemy has closed the communication channel. Tracking is impossible.

“A cautious guy, he only identified friend or foe and immediately closed the channel. Then it’s definitely not an ally…”

-As a result of identifying the enemy computer system connected to the channel, it was the BNB-NX103 parabola system used in small spaceships.

“Oh ho? Isn’t that the model attached to the Space Federation’s assault ship? Then does that mean there is a Space Federation’s dog hiding on this planet?”

“Judging from the fact that he used the assault ship’s antenna, which could be detected, instead of the battleship-class system, I think the enemy is a survivor who arrived here on the assault ship.”

“Then he’s not an enemy that will get in the way of our work.”

“Maybe? But don’t let your guard down. Computer! Dispatch a fighter squadron to the expected area where the enemy is lurking and search it like catching lice.”

-I understand.

Hundreds of fighters were launched from the Zvezda and dispatched to the area where the enemy was lurking.

But they never found the Red Mars.

This was because the Red Mars was surrounded by several layers of space distortion magic circles that Zikyon had painstakingly created.