Long Yi's face immediately turned to one of admiration when he heard that this was the Group Leader of the Third Legion.
The White Dragon Empire's Dragon Knight Legions were divided into two parts.
One was the Imperial Dragon Knight Legion, and the other was the Empire Dragon Knight Legion.
The Imperial Dragon Knight Legion, as the name suggests, belonged directly to the Emperor and had no more than thirty members. It also possessed four Guardian White Dragons, making it extraordinarily powerful, but it rarely took action. It was only mobilized in the face of extreme danger to fight for the Empire.
On the other hand, the Empire Dragon Knight Legion was the White Dragon Empire's standing force, with a total number of just under three thousand. Although individually their strength did not match the Imperial Dragon Knight Legion, they triumphed in their vast numbers and excellent large-scale combat experience, serving as the backbone of the Empire's war efforts.
Within the entire Empire Dragon Knight Legion, the Third Legion was famously known as the Iron Blood Legion. It was specifically prepared for the most severe wars, with the highest casualty rate among all the Dragon Knight Legions, although its members also received the best treatment.
Long Yi had heard that the Group Leader of the Third Legion was an ordinary person without any Fighting Aura or spiritual power. Now, seeing him in person, it appeared to be true. Rumor had it that the Group Leader was once a renowned warrior who, during a war, accidentally got caught in a mental explosion set by an enemy Dragon Rider and lost all his power. However, his lack of power made him even calmer. In every battle, he would personally be on the ground, witnessing the Third Legion achieve victory after victory.
Although he had changed worlds and ways of life, Long Yi remained a soldier at heart. What he admired most were always the most outstanding warriors!
"Please let me join the Third Legion!"
Long Yi didn't waste words and outright asked for a position for himself.
Fan Sen was startled at first but then burst into hearty laughter.
"Good, good, good! Good lad! You know about my Third Legion and still dare to ask directly for a position from me! Alright! Today, I'll decide. Both Bone Crushing Squad and Rosy Dawn Squad are among the best, and you can choose to join either as a reserve. They won't dare mutter a word of complaint!"
With these words, Ya Han and Bereet both looked at Long Yi with expectant eyes, but Long Yi shook his head.
"I will not join any of them," Long Yi said.
"Why?" All three were stunned.
"I want to join both!"
Fan Sen's gaze became serious.
"Lad, do you understand what kind of path you're choosing for yourself?"
Long Yi nodded, and his smile returned to its simple and sincere nature.
"Group Leader, don't worry. I've been practicing both martial and magical arts since birth for eighteen years now."
Understated?
No, no, no, Long Yi was very understated.
He never told anyone his biggest secret.
Long Yi was actually a Giant.
In Long Yi's not-so-certain memory, the Giants were generally over four meters tall, with newborns being at least one meter tall at birth. However, Long Yi was merely a bit larger than a normal human baby, which was why he was abandoned. According to Giant tradition, such poorly developed 'dwarfs' should have been killed. Perhaps his parents couldn't violate the tradition yet couldn't bring themselves to kill their own child, so they quietly left him in the human world.
The Giants were a race created by the Dragon God to serve the Dragon Clan, with physical attributes very similar to those of the Dragon Clan and incredibly powerful. Unlike humans, who need to rely on the Dragon Clan to obtain Dragon Fighting Aura, Giants naturally possess Dragon Fighting Aura and magical power. Moreover, they also had abilities similar to the Dragon Clan.
Lineage.
A Giant's strength partly came from lineage and partly from subsequent training.
In the vague memories of his lineage, Long Yi's mother appeared to be a Mage, which was uncommon among Giants, especially since his blurred memories indicated that his mother's power was strong enough to contend with the Dragon Clan. Of course, this might not be accurate, but it suggested that Long Yi's magical talent came from his mother.
Three days after Long Yi's birth, the same day he was abandoned, his memories from his previous life had already recovered, merging with the inherited memories of Giants. It took him only one day to figure out his current situation and to understand that to survive in this world, the only thing he needed was strength, even though he had no idea why he was really abandoned.
So, he really started training from the moment he was born.
Of course, the old Group Leader, Fan Sen, certainly didn't believe it; he simply found the child interesting. He was also pleased to have taken in such a promising reservist.
By the time Long Yi left, his pocket had gained two more badges, one a badge of a shattered skull and the other a badge of the dawn sky.
These were the insignia of the Bone Crushing Squad and the Rosy Dawn Squad. At this moment, Long Yi had officially become a reservist of the renowned Third Legion. He had begun to accumulate his military service and could receive his military pay monthly. The day he officially graduated from Dragon Knight Academy, he could convert to active duty. Conversely, if Long Yi were expelled or failed to graduate three times in a row, then he would be stripped of his reservist status, and it would be as difficult as climbing to heaven to re-enter the Dragon Knight Legion.
At this point, Long Yi was humming a tune nobody understood, strolling leisurely on his way to the dormitory.
The Imperial Dragon Knight Academy is the exclusive training institution of the Empire's Dragon Knight Legion, and now that the General Leader of the Third Legion of the Imperial Dragon Knight Legion had recognized Long Yi, his retake naturally also passed.
The dormitory for newcomers was situated on a mountain outside Academy City, beside a stream, with rather nice surroundings.
Long Yi found his room with ease.
With a flash of the jade ring on his wrist, the door opened, revealing a spacious room with two large beds. One of the beds had a neatly packed suitcase on which a small dragon with silver light coursing through it was lying.
After Long Yi entered, the small dragon gave him a wary glance, took a look at Bajie behind him, let out a little cry, and lazily lay down again.
"Mercury Dragon?"
There were many strange types of dragons in this world, and Mercury Dragons were certainly among the stranger ones. An adult Mercury Dragon was about ten meters long, considered a small dragon species, and all its scales were fused together, continuously flowing with its breathing. This type of dragon could completely liquefy itself, taking on different shapes. When young, it could only mimic lifeless materials, but upon reaching adulthood, it could even imitate humans vividly.
Mercury Dragons were a rare breed; they were similar to typical dragons but had a greater preference for eating metal. Ordinary families would hardly ever see one, let alone satisfy their huge appetite for metals. It seemed, then, that his new roommate must be wealthy.
The room had two sets of bathrooms and toilets. The sound of water came continuously from the bathroom on the other side; it seemed someone was showering. Long Yi didn't bother with them and simply spread out the suitcase he had just received from the academy and lay down directly on top of it. Bajie, on the other hand, found a corner of the wall, dragged one of Long Yi's blankets into the corner, and lay down on it. That previous package full of ox legs had been blown away, and Bajie certainly wasn't going to pick it back up from the ground.
No matter how much it craved them.
It was a proud and powerful Demon Abyss Dragon!
And so, man and dragon fell into a deep sleep in no time; the journey day and night over the past several days had completely exhausted him.
He didn't know how long had passed, but Long Yi suddenly felt someone approaching. He reached out and grabbed the culprit, flipping over and pinning that person to his bed. One hand was pressed against the person's chest while the other hand, raised high, was about to strike!
"Ow!"
Suddenly, a flash of silver shot toward him, Long Yi swiftly made another turn and lifted the person beneath him as a shield. The silver flash, on colliding with the person in his hand, didn't penetrate through but merged into that person, transforming into a set of gorgeous silver armor in an instant.
At that moment, Long Yi also finally woke up and realized that he might have caused some trouble while half asleep.
"Calm down!"
Long Yi raised his hands high, shouting, directly startling the person in front of him.
The visor on that person's helmet rose, revealing a youthful face with a tinge of panic on it, and short grey hair.
"Is this the girls' dormitory?"
The first thing Long Yi thought was that he had walked into the wrong dormitory because the small face in front of him looked extremely young, and the person's frame was quite delicate, especially since the armor was rather form-fitting, revealing the physique underneath. Apart from a flat chest, everything about the person seemed not to be male.
"My name is Arin, and I'm a man!"