To be honest, Amber is no stranger to adventurers' exploration process - although she is not an adventurer herself, the adventurers she has worked with are almost enough to take down a viscount - in her concept, when encountering exploration targets such as enchanted forests, ancient caves, and secret dungeons, the most normal process usually starts with organizing a team, preparing supplies, and gathering intelligence, and then cautiously enters the target area, scouting along the way, drawing maps, disarming mechanisms, and fighting monsters...... Basically, nine out of ten adventurers will do this, and the remaining one will basically die on the way......

Now, however, Gawain has proven that most of the above processes can be condensed into half of the ammunition base......

The deafening roar of artillery fire broke the barbaric order of the Black Forest for thousands of years - the fire of civilization more barbaric than barbarism directly burned all the vegetation on the forest border, and all the dangerous monsters in the range were also wiped out, poisonous plants, cunning monsters, greedy meat eaters, and treacherous soul eaters...... All of them are sublimated with art, and they are sublimated cleanly.

Safe, efficient, clean, no hidden dangers, no traps in the bombed secret realm, no monsters in the burned Black Forest.

Gawain stood on the high ground in front of the cavern of the Shadow Laboratory, looking with satisfaction at the avenue that had been flattened by artillery fire - of course, the avenue full of craters was not so "flat", but it was much easier to walk than the Black Forest, and beside him, Amber was stunned with a "you're kidding me" expression.

"How can you really do that......" Miss Half-Elf felt like she had seen a whole new world again, "Aren't you afraid of attracting monsters from the Black Forest......"

"Monsters? It should have been blown up," Gawain said indifferently, "I'm not blindly commanding - no one knows better than me about the situation in the Demon Tide Pollution Zone, which is a sparsely polluted area, and the main harm is these mutated plants and poisonous water sources, as well as some weak monsters that are not in the climate, and the truly powerful Demon Tide creatures will not gather in this kind of area, and the thin chaos magic energy here cannot support their activities for a long time." ”

As Gawain said, he also gave the order after thinking about it, and he chose to open the way with artillery fire after confirming that the environment was suitable, and in this dangerous Black Forest, artillery leveling is basically the most suitable means to open the way.

An elite group of Steel Rangers was quickly assembled, and under the personal leadership of Sölderlin, the team set off with Gawain and Amber.

Although Gawain's "fire reconnaissance" always made people feel that there was something wrong, Amber had to admit that the Black Forest, which had been plowed by the artillery fire, seemed much safer, and she saw countless fragmented plant remains scattered among the rubble and craters, which were dangerous poisons that could kill people at any time not so long ago, and some formidable monster wreckage mixed between the remains of the plants, those twisted and mutated flesh and blood were billowing smoke, and some of the wreckage was even squirming slightly- But now they will never be able to jump up and attack themselves.

Thorderling had a short bow in his hand, and he led the team forward while guarding the surroundings: although the artillery fire had flattened a large area, and most of the nearby monsters should have been affected by the power of the magic cannon and did not dare to approach here for the time being, many of the monsters under the influence of the demon tide could not be judged by reason, and maybe there would be mutated monsters who were not afraid of death rushing out of the dense forest in the distance - there were not a few pioneers who died under this kind of raid back then.

Gawain confidently left the vigilance to Thorderlin and the Steel Rangers, while most of his own energy was focused on the satellite view in his head.

The crater is already very close.

At the end of the "safe passage" created by the artillery bombardment, there was a patchwork of ancient trees and shrubs in front of it, and the team had now entered the interior of the Black Forest, which was the edge of the artillery-covered area, where the man-made thunder fire stopped, and almost everywhere in sight was towering giant trees and tall bushes growing wantonly - it was not that the range of the "Justice" magic cannon was not enough, but that Gawain deliberately let the artillery of the Byron knights control the range of the fire bombardment, and he was worried that a round of shells would blow up some crucial clues.

But it doesn't matter, we're almost on the edge of the crater.

Gawain raised his head and looked into the dark depths of the jungle, at this moment the sky light had gradually dimmed, and the already not very bright sunlight passed through the thin magical mist, and then through the layers of canopy branches and leaves, when it spilled down, only a hazy and dim shimmer remained, but with the blessing of the transcendent's vision, he could still see the situation in the distance.

"Right in that direction," he said, drawing his Pathfinder sword and speaking to Thordrling beside him, "keep going." ”

Thorderlin nodded, raised his hand and ordered the Ranger warriors beside him: "Keep moving forward - open the eyepieces and stay on your toes!" ”

This high-level ranger had already seen what his old friend was probably looking for, and that determined attitude and unhesitating tone were not at all as simple as "sensing abnormal magic fluctuations", but determined that there was something ahead of him to react, but the tacit understanding of seven hundred years ago made him not ask more, but carried out Gawain's order as soon as possible.

One by one, the Steel Ranger warriors activated their tactical goggles, the outer soldiers held up their shields, the inner soldiers activated the safety of the magic terminals, ready to deal with the hidden threats in the jungle, and at the front of the group, in the depths of the dense forest where the shadows of the trees spread, Amber's figure disappeared and shifted in the air.

Gawain glanced at Amber, who was scouting the situation at the front of the team, with a slight cry - this half-elf would complain no matter what the situation was, but as long as she was in the working state, she had never delayed her business, and sometimes he didn't know if this elf's shameful appearance of passive slacking off on weekdays was real or fake.

No wonder someone in the government hall commented that Cecil has two things that are the most unpredictable, one is the dark circles under the eyes of the big butler Hetty, and the other is Amber's slacking attitude, the director of military intelligence is the only person in the territory who says that he is going to skip work all day, but finally counts the number of days of attendance and the month is full of work - regardless of his style, he is like a model worker.

But regardless of whether Amber is fishing or not, one thing Gawain is sure of: this seemingly elven shame is actually quite reliable.

Just as Gawain was thinking about these thoughts, Amber's figure suddenly emerged from the air beside him.

Miss Half-Elf had obviously found something unusual, she glared at her eyes and said in a surprised tone, "Old Zongzi!" There's a big pit ahead!! ”

"Really? Then it looks like we're on the right track," Gawain raised an eyebrow, then waved his hand, "Everyone, speed up!" ”

Amber was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed Gao Wen's footsteps: "Huh? Did you already know? Why aren't you surprised? ”

Gawain ignored Amber's Bibi as he strode over the uneven potholes and annoying vines in the dense forest, the Pioneer's sword rose with a scorching magical light, and all the bushes and rocks that stood in its way were reduced to ashes in an instant, and the speed of the team's progress increased sharply, and as he went, Thordrling noticed the change in his surroundings—

A large number of bushes fell backwards in a neat manner, the more fragile trunks were broken by some invisible force at the waist, and even the tall giants showed a posture of tilting and falling—

He is no stranger to this phenomenon.

This is caused by a powerful shockwave.

Gawain stopped: "Here we are. ”

Thorderling stared at the scene in front of him in amazement, and the elite Ranger warriors let out a low exclamation for a moment.

Around the crater, countless boulders were turned into dust, the earth cracked, and the towering trees were broken at the waist, and inside the crater, the semi-molten rock and sintered earth fused into a black cemented state, showing the purgatory-like temperature of the place.

"O forest spirit...... "Thorderling" exclaimed, "this ...... Was it bombarded by the Creation of Annihilation? ”

"The Creation of Annihilation doesn't form such a neat and single crater," Gawain shook his head, he looked up at the already darkening sky, "Something has fallen from above." ”

"What's that? Meteorite? Thorderling was stunned for a moment, then looked at the bottom of the pit, "Maybe there will be a star core ......"

The amber spirit next to him suddenly jumped over: "Star core? A big palm can be exchanged for the kind of star core of half a castle?! ”

Gao Wen pressed Amber's head back with his hand: "If you have a star core, you have to hand it over to the principality, what are you excited about." ”

He then ignored Amber, who had started to make a loud noise, and strode towards the crater.

Thorderling and the Steel Ranger warriors followed.

Gawain glanced at the pit and whispered to himself, "No debris, no wreckage......"

The only thing that can be found in the crater is the black material formed by the melting and cementing of the rock and soil, and there is no noticeable debris or debris in sight, and the mysterious extraterrestrial object (if it exists) is not left at all.

Was it taken away by the dragon? That dragon is so clean?

Gao Wen had a strong doubt in his heart, because he had watched the dragon land in the impact crater with his own eyes, and the other party had stayed for a short time, even if he took something away, it should have only taken away the largest and easiest part to collect, how could there be no fragments left?

Could it be that there are no extraterrestrial objects at all, and this is just an energy explosion, so there are no fragments? Or ...... The alien object did not shatter after such a terrible impact and explosion, but was taken away intact by the dragon?

Gawain speculated in his mind as he continued to scan the neighborhood with a satellite perspective for clues left by the dragon, while Thorderling led the warriors to search the bottom of the pit, and soon a Steel Ranger warrior exclaimed, "Sir! Look at this! ”

Thorderling quickly approached the warrior, and at a glance he saw what was causing the other to exclaim:

At the bottom of the pit, on the black, cemented ground that still exuded a little heat, several large paw prints were slightly messy.

These paw prints obviously had no intention of concealing themselves at all, each of them was close to the size of a human torso, and was deeply dented in the ground for more than ten centimeters, and from these paw prints alone, it was not difficult for Thorderlin to tell what a terrible behemoth had once stayed here for a short time.

The Ranger warrior who first spotted the paw prints muttered, "What left this thing behind......"

"It's a dragon," Gawain said when he came to Thorderling and the warriors, "I've seen dragons, only those big ones can leave such large paw prints." ”

Toldling's eyes widened at Gawain, "Are you sure?" ”

Of course, Gawain was sure, after all, he had seen it with his own eyes, but he couldn't say too much here: "Eighty percent sure." Don't think that dragons are fantastic, they do exist, the old Cecil was burned by dragon flames, and it is still a scorched earth filled with dragon magic. ”

"Even the dragons have appeared...... "Solderling muttered to himself, "here...... It's really the border of civilization. ”

At this moment, Amber, who ran aside because she was ignored by Gao Wen, suddenly shouted: "Old Zongzi!" I found a baby!! ”