Rough Contact

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'History shows that the Best of men comes out when his Family and Nation is bonded under Freedom' -Vasily 1921

Central Calendar year 1639, January 3rd, 8 AM,Principality of Kua Toine, 6th dragon squadron

The skies were clear. Riding on a flying dragon known as a wyvern, the dragon rider Marl Patima was on a patrol mission in the northeast region of the principality. There was nothing in this part of the country. To the east, there was only the ocean, and while adventurers had left to explore for new lands, none ever returned.

Because of recent tensions with the Laurian Kingdom, patrols were necessary to detect and counter warships going off-course for possible surprise attacks, thus explaining why he and his partner were in this empty region.

"―!?"

He spotted something.

"What is that?"

He should have been alone in the skies, but something else was there. In normal situations, anything other than a friendly wyvern was unthinkable. Even by wyvern, the flight distance from Lauria to here was nothing to sneeze at. The major civilizations apparently had a flying dragon carrier called the Dragon Mother, but something like that should have nothing to do with this remote area.

The flying object, starting at the size of a grain, approached very quickly. As it came closer in speeds that were not possible, he confirmed it was not a friendly wyvern.

''Wah? It's so fast! and Nothing appears to be flapping..."

He immediately contacted headquarters with a magical communication tool.

"Unidentified object in the sky. Preparing flyby to identify. Current location..."

before he could utter another word, the Object flew right by him, making his Wyvern almost fall off the skies, and when he looked at the Object, It was already gone far away, the only thing he saw were 2 red stars on its wings

He tried to catch up and find out what it was. But after just 1 minute the thing was already gone from his vision of field.Wyverns could fly at 235 km/h. Among animals, it could claim almost the top speed, being faster than horses – the cavalry that ruled the skies. (Apparently, the major civilizations were breeding an even faster species of dragon.)

But really, he just couldn't catch up at all. He couldn't even determine if it was a living thing or not.Whatever it was, its speed was well over 5 times its own speed.

''What the hell it that thing!''

Stupefaction

"HQ! HQ! I'm trying to confirm the object, but it's was way too fast! I can't catch it at all! The object is heading towards Myhak. I repeat, it's heading for Myhak! Hell its even over the city by now!"

Headquarters, after receiving the report, buzzed furiously like an angry beehive. Something that could even outrace a wyvern was headed for the economic center of Kua Toine, Myhak. If it was attacked, that would stain the prestige of the military. Judging from its speed, it probably already entered the mainland's airspace or even near the city. Orders were relayed via communication magic.

"6th dragon squadron, all wyverns fly! An unidentified object appears to be entering Myhak's airspace! Shoot on sight! Repeat, shoot on sight!"

Wyverns crowded the runway. There were 12 total, all geared up for a sortie. They launched into the clear blue skies and soared up high.But it was too late, as the Mysterious Object flew right pass them at such a high speed that is was already gone.

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