"Red Star. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Silver Moon trotted up to Red Star, raised her face slightly, and called.

"Is it a steel dragon?"

Red Star took a deep breath and asked in a stated sentence.

"Hmm." Yinyue nodded solemnly, and then began to speak, "I arrived a little earlier than you, and I met the pioneer team that was defeated by the steel dragon, and I learned from the survivors of the pioneer team......"

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"Is it time?"

Mingguang's lips were covered with blood, which was the mark left by him biting his lips again and again, and as the two days passed, they seemed to have been forgotten in this temporary refuge, waiting for anyone to call, but compared to another possibility, Mingguang wished that his group of people had been forgotten.

"It's here!"

Another young hunter, who had been counting the time, said.

"Let's go!"

Mingguang couldn't bear it anymore, and directly lifted the hijab on the top and got out from under the sand.

The outside world was a yellow sandstorm, and it didn't seem to be the same as it had been two days ago, except for the absence of the terrifying sandstorm.

Mingguang took out his compass, recognized the direction, and ignored his companions and the Ailu cats, and took the lead in running towards the camp where the senior hunters of the pioneer team had resisted the steel dragon two days ago.

Stomp stomp

Hurried footsteps, curled up under the ground for two days, Mingguang's body was not stretched, several times he almost wanted to fall, but he stood up strongly, just to be able to arrive a second earlier.

[Arrived, this is it, this Gobi! 】

But it was empty, and there was nothing to see but a patch of yellow sand.

He held his breath and looked around, hoping to find something.

【There is!】 】

A long stick with a wisp and a half of yellow cloth protruded from under the sand, and if he read it correctly, it was supposed to be the banner of their desert pioneer team, but it was now in tatters.

[Is it buried underneath?] 】

Mingguang subconsciously thought of this, indeed, after the sandstorm, even the oasis could be buried by it.

He hurriedly ran to the long pole of the flag, stretched out his hand and tried to pull it out, but found that it was very tight and difficult to pull out.

He gave up the idea of pulling the flag out forcefully, and instead lay down and began to dig into the sand next to the flag's long pole.

At this time, the team behind also caught up, and when they saw Mingguang's approach, they understood his thoughts without saying much, and they also accompanied him to start digging sand.

"It's ......"

"It's Captain Quirrell......"

"How, how could it be ......?"

Under the sand pit they dug out, stuck with the flag and difficult to pull out, it was Quirrell, the deputy captain of their development team, the lower half of his body was gone, only the upper half of his body was left, covered in yellow sand, his eyes were slightly open, holding the flag tightly, his mouth was slightly open, as if he wanted to say something.

He was no longer breathing.

"Do you mean ......?"

Even Captain Quirrell ...... Someone covered their mouths, trying not to let their sobs come out.

"Impossible!"

Mingguang roared and began to pull sand around.

Everyone's mood was very heavy, and they silently accompanied Mingguang to dig together.

One, one-and-a-half, two-and-a-half, three-and-a-half...... Until most of the old hunters who stayed to fight the steel dragon were found.

Without exception, they were all breathless.

"Hillary Instructor !!!!"

……

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“…… After that, they gathered the remains of the hunters who had died in the battle and began their journey back, but when they arrived at Huangsha Village, they found that it had been attacked by steel dragons. ”

"It seems that the steel dragon came to Huangsha Village from the beginning."

Hongxing nodded, indicating that he understood, in this case, the ruins could be explained without the remains of the villagers and hunters of Huangsha Village, and it should have been buried by the surviving members of the pioneer team.

After listening to Yinyue's story, he was slowly able to calm down and think.

"Then you're here for the steel dragon this time."

"Yes, the Great Elder has released the urgent mission 'Steel Dragon Knock-off Battle'......"

"Wait, why still repel, not crusade! This beast has such a strong sense of revenge, doesn't the Great Elder know the truth of 'fighting a tiger instead of dying, but suffering from it'? ”

Before Yinyue could finish speaking, Red Star asked.

Although he knew very well that in the "Monster Hunter 2DOS" he played back then, he needed to repel the steel dragon once in the dense forest and desert area before receiving the task of crusading against the steel dragon in the snowy mountain area, but the game is a game, reality is reality, and the current reality is that the steel dragon must be defeated as much as possible.

"It's not that I don't want to, but I can't."

Who knew that Yinyue shook her head and said.

"Can't?"

Red Star had a puzzled expression.

"In fact, the pioneer team in the desert area is much more well prepared than the pioneer team in the dense forest area, which naturally includes the preparation for the battle against the steel dragon......

When Yinyue said this, she closed her eyes and lowered her head, she couldn't go on.

She is just a sixteen-year-old girl, if she were on earth, she should have gone to school carefree and enjoyed a happy life like a pearl in her palm, but in this world, she has seen too many deaths, and she still remembers that when she saw the red star facing the steel dragon, she did not hesitate to stand up - her heart is actually kinder than anyone else, let the kind she face the death of others, her heart, must be very painful!

"You mean, even with preparation, the elite of the pioneer team was still completely wiped out, and the steel dragon still had the strength to destroy the ...... Huangsha Village?!"

How could Red Star think so much at this time, he asked incredulously.

Silver Moon tilted her head and nodded heavily.

"It'...... Getting stronger?! ”

So, Red Star came to this conclusion, one that drove him crazy.

[How is it possible!] How can it be! How can it be! 】

[How can it be stronger!] And it's not a little bit stronger! It's a big cut! 】

Even if it was a steel dragon in the dense forest, if Red Star faced it again, he had to be nervous for a long time, muster up his courage, and repeatedly suppressed his desire to survive.

Now, facing the steel dragon that has become more than a little stronger......

But he was still able to calm down, because he couldn't figure out how the steel dragon became stronger.

[Could it be that this beast has been lurking for a year just to enhance its strength? 】

[But...... Whether it is in the game or in the records of ancient documents in reality, there is no mention that the steel dragon will become stronger so much, even if it becomes "Rusty Steel Dragon", it is only a change in appearance......]

"Huh?"

Hongxing was suddenly stunned, and he suddenly thought of one thing, which was probably related to the strengthening of the steel dragon.

[If that's the case......]

[That...... I'm the culprit......]

"What's wrong?"

"No, nothing."

Red Star quickly shook his head.