Chapter 547: The Mind of a One-Star Hunter
As Mechanic Ailu said, under the condition that the auxiliary propeller is not fully installed, the steering of the airship can only rely on the tilt of the air chamber, which is extremely clumsy and slow. It took a full minute for the battleship to make a 180-degree U-turn and fly slowly in the direction of Lokrak.
"That's a battle that the entire hunter world hasn't seen in a hundred years......" Xiong Fuji cried out in distress as if a piece of flesh had been cut off from his body.
"I'm afraid the little hunting group doesn't have that blessing." The cat sits on the neck of its owner. In Ailu's field of vision, a dense cloud in the distance was spreading out from the celestial dome after the mobilization order had dispersed, and only the ancient dragon species could cause that level of celestial change.
"If Instructor Anfei's previous judgment was not wrong, the dust should also be in Locklac at this time." Jia Xiao reminded faintly that even if the young man did not show his emotions on his face like a strong companion, he still had unconcealed worry in his words.
"I know. So we can't even get on that airship. Qin Shuiyu turned around and straightened her helmet that was blown crooked by the propeller, and she said with some difficulty, "A few days ago, I almost lost all of you, and now that everyone is lucky to be alive, it is not easy to get together, I can't risk losing you again." ”
What the companions on her side will do for their teammates when they are about to fight, the female leader knows best. On the other side of the battlefield is most likely the furious Fengshan Dragon, and if it really comes to a critical juncture, the one-star hunters may have to sacrifice more lives to rescue Feng Chen. At that time, in the camp of Xishu, Qin Shuiyu watched the captains of the joint team make seemingly ridiculous decisions one after another. After experiencing life and death, the object that needs to be considered has been replaced by her companion, and the female head of the group can put herself in the shoes of the pain and entanglement of the seniors every time they weigh it.
"You're the boss." Jia Xiaoyi raised his eyebrows, put his hands behind his back, and walked towards the broken dragon boat. Even if he is as calm as he is, there is a moment when he wants to board the returning airship desperately - someone has to make difficult decisions, and fortunately the head of the regiment is not himself.
"Now it's up to us." Nie Xiaoyang sighed, feeling that everyone's mood was a little low, he clapped his hands vigorously, "Hey, there are also things we can do here, at least we must fix the shelter first, and we also need to be vigilant around the dragon boat...... Anyway, let's go and talk to the seniors who stayed on the ship first. ”
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The high-end combat power on the dragon ship was swept away, and the few who could still fight were the only ones who returned from exploration and didn't have time to catch the last train of the airship. The three captains were re-transferred back to the sand boat, and Uncle Zhong was not lightly injured, and even had to help the two of them when he got on and off the boat. The other two captains were also sent back to the ship's cabin, and Orson was also transferred, and the orcs were particularly well-behaved and quiet at Luxiu's side, as long as they did not approach the humans who had been affected by the potion, they were like domesticated beasts, and were allowed to be tied up and fed by hunters.
More than half of the cabins of the sand ship were destroyed in the battle, and the bottom bilge was leaked, so the hunters were worried about the attack of the sand monsters, so they moved all the supplies to the upper level, and the space that could accommodate people was even more cramped. The limited cabins were given to the wounded and the crew who had not yet recovered from the effects of the drug, and the group had to spend the night on deck.
When Lu Xiu woke up, it was still dark, and the little dragon man subconsciously wiped his backhand beside him, and the familiar roughness came from the handle of the big sword, which made the young man feel a little more at ease. One by one, the companions lay on their sides and slept soundly. The repeated battles, coupled with the help of one-star hunters in setting up guard traps and cleaning the cabins until the early hours of the morning, were barely able to hold on to the dragonmen's physique.
The Hunter pinched his eyebrows to sober himself up a little. He lay on his back like this for a long time, but he stood up gently, picked up his weapon, walked past his teammates beside him, and crept down the stairwell to the cabin on the top floor.
From the end of the corridor, there was only a faint glow of fire in the crack of the door of the medical cabin. The dragonman snorted and paced past the light.
"Squeak......
The hatch was badly deformed during the battle and could only barely open and close. With the strange sound coming from the hinge, the light of the charcoal fire also flickered, startling the girl in the cabin, and the medicine bottle in her hand almost did not fall.
"Ahh
"Shhhh ”
"Do some research......" Lu Yingying lip synced exaggeratedly. The girl had been in the dragon ship since the end of the battle, hoping to find clues to the mysterious potion in the empty vials of the infirmary. It's just that Lu Yingying is an archaeological scrivener in the end, and there is no one to help, and she has to worry about the danger that she may be infected at any time, and her progress is extremely slow.
"It's time for you to go get some sleep." Lu Xiu pursed his lips, probably from the night until now, and the eyes of the girl in front of him under the light had swollen into peaches. Hunters of the same age can't stand it, let alone the weak girl in front of her.
"I'm here to wait for you." Finally calmed down from the fright, Lu Yingying calmed down and tilted her head slightly, "The bow of the ship is blocked by the windbreaker, and this is the only way to get off the boat." ”
"Why disembark?" As if he had been poked in the heart, the tall boy turned his face away in embarrassment, and put one hand unnaturally on the back of his head.
"I still have your blood in me." The little scrivener's eyes did not blink, "What you are going to do, I know from the beginning." Her face flushed, probably thinking that this statement was a little inappropriate, "Well, I don't know about your plan, but it's definitely not a safe thing to do." ”
"I'm sorry." Every time I want to take a risk, the old injury of the girl in front of me will recur, and the dragon's heart will be uneasy, "But if I don't do anything, I can't sleep." ”
"I'm not here to stop you...... Just wanted to remind you to be careful. The girl casually placed the medicine bottle on the table behind her, and took a step forward, almost pressing it to the boy's chest.
"How dangerous is it?" Lu Xiu leaned back slightly, looked around and asked.
"Between that time of the ancient dragon seed and the time of your promotion commission......" Lu Yingying closed her eyes, quietly felt the pain in her wrist, and added in her heart, "But it is still possible to die." ”
"I'll be back," he added solemnly, though the boy himself didn't know why, "I promise." ”
"Those fellows' lair should avoid the Scribes' Observatory," the little Scribe reminded in a low voice, pursing his dry lips, "The hunting ground is so big, it's a waste of time to search without a purpose—you already know that?" Looking at the dragonman's face, the girl realized that her thoughts had already been thought of by the other party.
"Everyone in the Little Hunting Group has locked on an area, and the information should have been delivered to Master Anfei before nightfall." Lu Xiu said gloomily, "I didn't expect such a thing to happen." ”
"What about supplies? Also, you're not going to have to go all the way, are you? The girl asked nervously.
"I'm the hunter, I'll figure out these things myself," the dragon man smiled sneeringly, he wanted to reach out and touch the little scribe in front of him, but he still didn't take action after all, "Don't make a noise...... Go and rest. ”
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The hole in the bilge had been knocked out earlier, and Orson had temporarily secured it with the door panels, but now the fragile planks had all been broken. The freight elevator and the various gangways are manned at night, and this is the only place on the ship that has the best way to get off the ship. Lu Xiu poked his head out of the loophole and looked left and right, and when he saw that there was no one around, he stepped out of the hatch with confidence.
"Horn!"
Before the boy could go out, a hand behind him grabbed his arm roughly. The little dragon man was caught off guard and was dragged abruptly, his head "banged" on the roof of the cave, and he retracted into the cabin in embarrassment.
"Yes...... Not! As soon as the hunter turned his head, his mouth and nose were covered with death, and he saw a human face enlarged in front of his eyes. The hunter who sneaked up on him was dressed in a white hunting suit, but it was Feng Manyun, who was also hiding here, "Hell, do you want us to be found together?" ”
"Clouds?" Lu Xiu pushed away his companion's hand, "Why are you here?" ”
"I want to ask you." The white-clothed hunter poked his head out slightly, and when he saw that the lens of the telescope was not facing him, and there was no hunter coming from the side of the gunwale, he retracted his gaze with confidence.
"You want to track down that group of royal hunters, too?" Luciu's eyes narrowed.
"No," the boy took two steps back and coldly brushed the sand and dust off his body, "I'm here first." ”
The goggles and patrols on the deck would cross over the hole every minute, not far enough apart to keep the boy out of sight. Although most of the guards on the dragon ship are used to deal with monsters, it is just as troublesome to be encountered by one's own people. Feng Manyun has been waiting here for a long time, and he can only leave a chance for the young man to sneak out when he changes shifts, but he didn't expect that the first thing to wait for was a fellow villager with the same purpose.
"The other party said that there are seven, and five of them are monsters with infinite power, do you just break through?" Lu Xiu leaned behind the deck and looked his fellow villagers up and down.
"I'm a hunter in Xishu, and what I'm best at is winning more with less, but you're not planning to go by yourself." The white-clothed hunter did not waver in the slightest.
"Uncle Mo said that I am the strongest warrior," the chief deacon did not use "will become", but firmly held the fighting talent of the little dragon man to the top from the beginning, "I have blocked those five monsters alone." The boy remembered the details of the battle, and added in a whisper, "It's almost all blocked by one person......
"Sealing the dust isn't there, if you really want to fight, you should go back to Locklac." Feng Manyun said with some irritation, "Why do you want to go to trouble those people?" ”
"Destroying a sand boat and hurting the lives of so many companions," Lu Xiu's eyes lit up, "Someone has to pay for it, I guess you think so too." ”
"It's not." The young man in white resolutely denied, "I'm doing it for other reasons. If these guys, as Master Anfei said, have been planning in the Thundering Sand Sea for a long time, I guess they have something to do with the beast tide in Xishu a month ago. ”
"The one that ruined Xishu?" The little dragon man swallowed, "I thought it was just a natural disaster. ”
"The types of monsters attacking Xishu are too complex, and the number is too large to be true. The little prince was holding the dragon pulp in his hand, and this time it was another strange potion, and it was hard not to connect them. "Feng Manyun is colorful.
"Are you saying that after the Challenge Sacrifice, the Wang Li Hunting Regiment dropped another Dragon Marrow Pulp into the desert?" The effect of the concentrated purple potion is amazing, and even if there is no Xia Dragon to guide it, the number of drops can affect the monsters of the entire hunting ground, but if it is consciously dropped, it can still easily cause a sizable beast tide.
"It's just speculation, I can't bring everyone in Xishu back to life, but at least I have to find out the truth." The white-clothed hunter didn't want to talk any further, "Anyway, this is my private matter, you better go back." ”
"Before the harvest festival began, you said the same thing when you stopped everyone from the Little Hunting Group from going to Xishu. We're all on the same page, and we always have to take care of ourselves when we go together, right? Lu Xiu patted his companion on the shoulder, but Feng Manyun turned around to dodge, "I still think it's more convenient to travel alone." ”
"What do you want to do yourself? You can't rush to the man in black and ask directly, right? The dragonman retracted his hand in embarrassment.
"What, what else do you do?"
"We'll sneak over, well......" the boy said as if he had given up, frowning for a long time, "and we'll do the rest." ”
Hearing the other party's unintelligent answer, the young man in white snorted coldly, turned his head and was about to leave.
"Hey! Wait a minute...... Plans can be thought of on the road, but for now you need me. The Hunter's eyes rolled slightly.
"Do what?"
"Look at this." Lu Xiu smiled mysteriously and poked his head out of the hole in the cabin. Bloodshot streaks appeared in the whites of the hunter's eyes, sweeping across the rolling sand of the night. A strong aura swept across the ground, only to hear a "fluttering" sound, and a group of scavenging doves were frightened and rose into the air behind a sand dune in the distance.
The sound of the wings flapping was not loud, but it was enough to attract the attention of the night watchman. The camera of the scope gave up the monotonous patrol and looked towards the place where the wild birds were flying, and the patrol team also stopped to draw their weapons, alert for the ground behind the sand dunes.
"Why don't you go quickly?" Lu Xiu reminded in Feng Manyun's ear. Although he still sneered at this cheap teammate, the time to leave the ship was fleeting, and the teenager could not think about it. The white-clothed hunter had to stomp his feet, and his short body came out of the hole, and the cat hurried in the opposite direction of the dragon's sound.
"Whew......!" Leaning on the back of a pile of sand, Lu Xiu reaped the effect of his red pupils, "How is it?" ”
"It's not bad," Feng Manyun's face was a little lighter when he finally got out of the night watchman's field of vision, "but do you have to let it come with you?" ”
"Who?" The little dragon man subconsciously turned his head, but saw that there was a third guy sneaking out of the team.
"From the moment your eyes turn into that weird look, it follows." The white-clad hunter said, "I thought you were going to take it." ”
The orcs crouched on the ground, panting incessantly at the dragonmen, their eyes wide as glass on their wide faces.