The freelance hunters had already left with the earlier airships, and as the closing signal was raised from all over the East City, the service hunters who remained in the border town also gave up the last cart of cargo they had and returned to their respective airships before the cargo hold closed. Yoda's boat turned in the air and followed the tail of the airship in front of it as the rear of the entire airship team.

The hunters could not help but withdraw, and the patrolling eagle eyes sent out several signals of the beast tide one after another, and the color of the signal flare became brighter and brighter each time, and the frequency was higher and higher each time. Regardless of how many of the lord-level monsters above the lava line can adapt to the climate at the foot of the mountain, even if they are top-tier monsters, they will lose most of their combat power if they dodge the gradually accelerating mudslide from near the top of the mountain and run to the foot of the mountain in one go. Most of the beast tides in Lincheng are lucky herbivores running down the mountainside, mixed with low-level predators such as the Red Speedy Dragon, which prides themselves on speed.

Such a team, even with the screaming snake dragons and other flying species in the mountains, would not be a source of fear for the border towns of the past. However, the desperate monsters are approaching the city, which means that the smelling and distorted ghost pulp is also close at hand. The group of small hunters leaned on the lookout at the end of the airship, only to see a miserable gray front line in the rain curtain, separated from the billowing smoke.

Crossing the steepest part of the volcano, the mudflow suddenly divided into a dozen streams of different sizes, one of which was particularly large, and collapsed down the valley slope, pointing to the quiet border town that remained. The smoke and dust from the mudslide are like the whip of the mountain god to drive away wild beasts, devouring any beast that dares to slack off in flight. I don't know how many monster bones were contained in the pulpy muddy water, and perhaps even a lot of human ones—there was no shortage of poachers on the volcano who didn't have time to escape by boat.

The last information was heard from the messengers, and although the exact number of evacuees will not be counted until after they have settled, the percentage of townspeople who have been safely evacuated is higher than expected, according to the available records. The pimple in the little prince's eyebrows finally slowly loosened, but the corners of his eyebrows and mouth were still drooping, and the green pupils that only the royal family of the Eastern Kingdom had seemed to be covered with a layer of volcanic ash: "Tell the captain, don't speed up and leave first, there are still patrolling eagle eyes over the town, give them the way, and we will retreat last." ”

"If the prince is like you, won't the royal family be exhausted?" Xiao Yang took off his helmet, took off his mask with a big grin, and poured the stagnant water in his shoes out of the porthole, "The mudslide can't go up to the sky, and the reconnaissance airship behind will be fine." Even if you're the crown prince, there's no need to be the last one to withdraw, right? Don't you want to see your sister sooner? ”

Yan Shi had already taken Yuke out of town in the first batch of departing airships, and the little girl was the last person Yoda wanted to see the injured, but the prince himself could not leave easily. The local branch leader set up a temporary headquarters outside the town early, and the deacon's team also opened commissions in various parts of the town, and Yoda was theoretically not the supreme commander of the evacuation commission, but he was the most indispensable person in this retreat.

A considerable part of the town's armament resources are exclusive to Wang Li's hunting group and the military, and without Yoda's identity to permit, it is impossible for the local hunter union to mobilize all the airships so cleanly, and the evacuation speed will be reduced by at least thirty percent. In between rounding the town in an airship, the young hunter signs countless permits. The victims of the disaster had the opportunity to ride a rare war spaceship in their lives, and they were all thanks to him.

"So, that's it." Ignoring the Twin Knife Hunter's other advices, the little prince's eyes were foggy for a moment, and he said to himself, "The border town is coming to an end. ”

"I still can't believe it's going to disappear soon." Head Qin said with emotion. Looking down, the huge town stands just as it did when the hunters first saw it. The monsters gathered by the city wall in the wind and rain were like colorful and jumping color blocks. The sturdy walls blocked the way of the beasts, and the low-level monsters rushed along the walls, finally breaking the locked gates. The tall herbivores knocked down the torii along the road, drove straight into human territory, and used their exhausted bodies to make a final struggle against Tianwei.

"It's not all going to go away." Jia Xiao said comfortingly, "Probably only Xicheng District will completely collapse in the first round of sediment impact." ”

The muddy water falls from between the steep mountain walls to the flat ground, and the speed decreases suddenly. Large urban areas will continue to exist for quite some time. It is not until the foundation of the building is soaked in mud and water that it collapses and collapses one after another, a stage that lasts for 12 hours or even days. Sturdy facilities such as trade union halls may survive the catastrophe and remain untouched.

"But it doesn't make any sense – even if the topography of the border town makes it unlikely that a dammed lake will form, the area around the base of the mountain will be a swamp for a long time." The little prince said with great regret, "It's a pity that this year's wheat is already heading......"

Despite its trade function, the border town is surrounded by a large amount of fertile land. Suddenly lost a large area of fertile grain production land, and carried the burden of food for tens of thousands of people in the second half of the year, and under the increase and decrease, I don't know how much pressure it will add to the already weak national strength of Ryan and Reuben.

However, this is not something that the hunters need to consider, Jia Xiao showed a smile: "Okay, Your Highness, we should go back to the cabin." I can't bear to stand here and stare at the last scene of Bordertown. ”

"That's right......," the little prince's face showed clarity, "I have seen the actions of the little hunters in the disaster, and I thank you for your help on behalf of the border townspeople who have successfully evacuated. I promised you on the volcano that after this disaster is over, I have some information to tell you. ”

"Doesn't it matter to you?" The female head of the group said with concern, "I just escaped from the volcano, and I have worked so hard again, at least I should rest for a while." ”

"How can I sleep?" Yoda's face was a little pale, probably because he was overthinking, "There is still some time before the airship lands, and I think now is the right time." ”

Led by the little prince, the hunters left the stern cabin. Feng Manyun walked behind, but found that Xiao Meike was still guarding the lookout glass. Meralu only left for a while, and then she really found an iron-gray full-body armor, and the armor still smelled of oil, obviously just opened. As for the origin of this armor, the hunter in white didn't want to ask at all.

"Hey, come along, everyone is back to the cabin."

"I'm good to stay here!" Black Elu jumped into the mirror, but her eyes lit up with excitement at an inopportune time, "I won't walk around, if I am lucky enough to see the last scene of the destruction of Border Town, I will be able to make a name for myself!" ”

"Whatever you want......" Feng Manyun pursed his lips and closed the door of the cabin from the outside. With a heroic credential and the most legendary experience of his generation, the Xishu Hunter is completely unable to understand the joy of making "famous" her life goal.

"Don't trouble the people on board, there's enough trouble today." The sound of a warning sounded faintly from outside the door.

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There was no room for bathing the crowd on the small airship, so the hunters simply changed the lining of their armor, wiped down their hunting clothes and weapons, and then searched for a quiet cabin with Yoda.

"It's not complicated information, the ancient dragon on the volcano, Ryan Yelu has already seen it." As soon as he sat down, before the hunters could swallow a mouthful of warm water, Yoda couldn't wait to shake out a word. It seems that the act of concealing information from his friends has long since tired the young hunter with double duties, "Has anyone heard of the Emerald Ancient Tower of Ryan Yelu?" ”

"Ancient Tower?" Feng Manyun turned his head and asked his companions beside him, "A ruin?" ”

"It's not 'a ruin', it's 'that ruin' that is right for ......," Jia Xiao said thoughtfully, "The largest ancient ruin in the New World, could it be that when it was first discovered, the Qilin actually lived in that kind of place?" ”

"Emerald Ancient Tower" refers not only to a tower, but to the remains of a stone complex that stretches for dozens of kilometers, and it is also a large hunting ground controlled by the military and Wang Li's hunting group. The hunting ground is named after a towering stone tower located in the middle of the ruins, with a cylindrical tower more than 300 meters high, which has miraculously remained stable and strong over countless years. There is no jade on the tower, but every inch of the stone on the tower body is covered with vines and moss, and it looks like a huge jade pillar from a distance.

In the eastern country, no matter who mentions that hunting area, people will invariably call it a treasure given by God to Ryan Yelu. Compared to the ruins of the city of Shured, which is located in the Old World, the scale of the Emerald Ancient Tower is slightly smaller, but it is enough to dominate the entire New World.

The ancient materials and technologies in the ruins have been explored and developed by Lane Yelu for generations, and there is no sign of depletion to this day. It is no exaggeration to say that more than half of the technology accumulation in the entire Eastern Country, and even the research and development of the most cutting-edge combat airship, rely on this mysterious ancient ruin.

"There's always been an ancient dragon species inhabiting the Emerald Tower?" Xiong Fuji squinted his eyes and let out some droplets of water from his ears, "Doesn't Ryan Yelu send hunters in to explore every year?" ”

"Gu Long didn't live there all the time." Yoda explained, "A few years ago, several unusual rains were observed around several villages and towns in the country, and it was probably at that time that the Kirin began to enter Lane Yelu. As you can see, that guy is not like a normal ancient dragon, its body is too small to attract the attention of the monitoring station, and it plunged headlong into the Emerald Tower. ”

"So, it's been a few years since this information?" Regiment Leader Qin exclaimed, "The Gulong Observatory is an organization directly under the trade union headquarters!" Why has such information never been disclosed to us? ”

"What do you want to ask?" Yoda glanced at the huntress meaningfully, "If it's 'how', I can only say that the relationship between Ryan and the Kingdom is not the same as that of Scarlet. ”

Hearing the little prince's answer, the two-star hunters silently stopped interjecting. The power of the royal family of Ryan Yelu had the means to infiltrate the Observatories of the Ancient Dragons, which meant that the entire guild had become almost entirely a vassal of the royal family. Crown power and union power have been on the verge of ambiguity since their emergence, and the young hunters have neither wanted nor been able to comment on them.

"As for the 'why'. Father didn't want outsiders to know that it had been a few years since we had been able to get a single favor from the Emerald Tower, and that was only one of the reasons. The little prince smiled bitterly.

Yoda had already said it very tactfully. Ryan Yelu's technological superiority largely depends on the output of the ruins, and the strategy of the hunter world to deal with ancient dragons is usually a combination of strong people who know no borders. This means that the treasures that belong only to Ryan Yelu have room for other countries to intervene – a case in point.

"Ryan Yelu is a country full of disasters......" Shentu Miaoling sighed softly as she looked at the gradually lightening rain outside the porthole. The main battlefield of the Second Human Dragon War is in the territory of Ryan Yelu, and the legendary ancient dragon species "Tianjin Disaster Land" was discovered on the Lingfeng. It seems that since then, the news of the Eastern Realm's observation of the ancient dragon species has never been broken, and this is when they concealed one of them.

"So, make your home in the Emerald Tower...... It's called 'Kirin', why did you suddenly run up to the volcano? Xiao Yang asked.

"That's something we're figuring out." The little prince spread out his hands, "For several years, we have only been active in the outskirts of the ruins due to the existence of the unicorn. But I don't want to leave the habitat on its own initiative a month ago. ”

If the ecology of the hunting ground is a calm lake, the migration of the ancient dragon is to draw a series of ripples on it. On the path of the natural disaster, the tide of large and small beasts has never been stopped. Yoda received the royal order, and since then he has been chasing the unicorn's movements, from the south of the border to the foot of the volcano.

"So by the time we signaled, you were already on your way to Bordertown, right?" The little head nodded thoughtfully.

It has been active only in the outermost part of the ruins. But I don't want to leave the habitat on its own initiative a month ago. ”

If the ecology of the hunting ground is a calm lake, the migration of the ancient dragon is to draw a series of ripples on it. On the path of the natural disaster, the tide of large and small beasts has never been stopped. Yoda received the royal order, and since then he has been chasing the unicorn's movements, from the south of the border to the foot of the volcano.

"So by the time we signaled, you were already on your way to Bordertown, right?" The little head nodded thoughtfully.