The night was already very deep, and most of the day had passed since the old mountain dragon appeared and the battle began.

The first wall of the old city is already in sight.

On the city wall, beside the city wall, on the dense artillery and heavy bed crossbow battle positions, hunters from all over the world are waiting for them.

Compared to the high-ranking hunters who are always fighting with the old mountain dragons, their combat intensity is not so high, and the main thing is to clear out small monsters and take turns maneuvering the forts along the way as planned.

So it's all in good shape.

"Hugh!"

A green flare was fired into the air.

Gordon, who was mechanically wielding a great sword, raised his head a little dazedly, and the fatigue accumulated from a long and high-intensity battle made his mind a little confused, and he didn't react to the meaning of this signal flare for a while.

"Gordon Senpai."

Hayata, who was also tired, put her knife into the sheath and took a breath, "Senior Gordon, it's a signal to retreat. ”

"Retreat?"

Gordon was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted, "Ah, yes, it's time to retreat for now." ”

According to the original plan, the duty of the upper hunters was to hold back as much as possible in the battle street and do everything possible to inflict damage on it.

And when the old mountain dragon comes to the city wall, the responsibility of the battle is handed over to the hunters who guard the city wall.

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The martial arts of the high-ranking swordsmen don't play much role on the city wall, so it's better to withdraw and rest first.

The wall is not a wall in the conventional sense, and the cliffs on both sides of the city wall are also part of the fortifications, and there is nothing to see on the surface, but in fact the interior has long been hollowed out.

The field hospital, the main warehouse, and many other key defenses are located in it.

Just as the old mountain dragon passed by this cliff and was about to approach the city wall, several special crossbows made of pure steel that were more than one meter long shot out from the facilities in the cliff.

These crossbows, with their giant barbs and special ropes towed, are bound bullets designed specifically for oversized ancient dragons.

Under the precise control of the elite archers in the fortifications, these crossbows went straight to the old mountain dragon, and several wounds caused by the hunters of the upper rank disappeared, and they stuck into it.

"Roar—"

In the roar of the old mountain dragon, the rope was instantly straightened.

The movement of "squeak and quack" was tooth-souring, but these ropes, which were made of unknown materials, did not break, but firmly restrained the old mountain dragon's movements, forcing it to stop.

"So powerful?!"

Covered in dust and gray-faced, Henieer put down her shield axe and muttered, "Why don't you use such a useful thing earlier." ”

Amos glanced at the shield axe, who didn't like to use his brain, "The key is those wounds, otherwise the restraint bullet will not be able to hit it, and it would be so easy to summon us to do something." ”

"Yes!"

Several hunters, led by an old hunter in his fifties with gray hair, ran out of the fortifications in the cliff.

"Estine." Xia Zuo stepped forward to say hello to him.

The two were contemporaneous, although the former was not a superior position, but his rich experience and bold personality made him have a good reputation among the local hunters in Minagarde, and was responsible for leading the hunters on this wall in defensive battles.

"I'll leave it to us here, you should hurry up and eat and rest."

The old hunters were very neat and didn't talk nonsense, and under their cover, the upper hunters entered the fortifications dug deep into the cliffs.

Outside, dragons roared and artillery roared.

"Rest well."

Estin still had too much to do, so he said hello and hurried away.

Soon food and water were brought for the hunters.

The logistics personnel who had no combat effectiveness had already withdrawn from the bar, and the food was only the simplest carrying materials, but now no one cared about this, so they ate with clear water.

Ted threw the food into his mouth one by one, "Shall we go up to the city wall and have a look?" Uncle Ben still has strength! ”

The continuous sound of artillery fire burned to him.

Xia Zuo glared at him, "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and fill your stomach, rest on the spot, and try to sleep as much as possible." ”

"Oh......"

Hayatta found a hunter who was temporarily idle, and asked him to help deliver a message to the guild about the urgent delivery of weapons.

There were also a few people who also needed to change their equipment, so they explained it to him together.

Gordon, who had no need for this, swallowed the fifth portion of the food he was carrying, and lay down on the spot.

Resting on the sound of fierce battles outside the fortifications, I fell into a deep sleep.

......

It was as if only a moment had passed.

Gordon opened his eyes.

A hunter covered in the smell of gunpowder smoke and his face covered in cannon fodder was just about to reach out to wake him up, but he was startled by his eyes that opened one step earlier.

The two looked at each other for a second, and the hunter came back to his senses, "I'm sorry, Mr. Estin asked me to wake you up. ”

Gordon nodded and stood up.

He wasn't sure how long he had been asleep, but his much lighter limbs and spirit told him that he had slept well.

Just this sentence, Xia Zuo and Amos had already opened their eyes and looked at it.

Amos, in particular, didn't even lie down, his back was straight, he sat cross-legged, and the dragon sword [silver] was placed horizontally on his knees, as if he had replaced sleep with meditation.

It seems that I heard Hayatta say, this is called sword Zen?

Gordon turned his gaze and looked at Hayatta again, who was curled up beside her, holding pandan and snoring comfortably, sleeping soundly.

Well, that's where the gap comes in......

With curiosity, Gordon roughly observed, and it was true that the older people were, the more alert they became, and the worst vigilance was Hayata, everyone got up, and she was still sleeping.

Amos's face darkened, and he kicked her to wake her up.

Gordon couldn't help but bring in his identity, if the person lying and snoring under everyone's gaze was Fengying, he couldn't help but kick it.

With that guy's vigilance, it is estimated that he will have to kick a few more times before he wakes up......

"Boom ——。"

The loud noise coming from outside the cliff fortifications made the hunters feel so excited that they didn't care about breakfast or anything, so they took up their weapons and rushed outside.

It's getting dark.

From the dimly lit interior of the fortifications to the brightly lit outdoors, Gordon subconsciously reached out to block his eyes.

When his vision barely regained clarity and he could see everything in front of him, his childlike hole couldn't help but shrink suddenly.

The originally intact and solid city wall has collapsed by a small half.

Most of the numerous turrets and heavy bed crossbows had also been destroyed, and many of the archers who had lost their gun positions had to set up their weapons and fire almost meaninglessly at the old mountain dragon.

"Roar!"

The carapace was broken in many places, and there were many wounds and scorch marks on the old mountain dragon's forelimbs, and he stood up upright, and pounced on the crumbling city wall.

The commander on the city wall could be heard screaming, "It's on its feet!" Is the reloading of the dragon lance complete?! ”

"The left dragon spear is completely stuck! There is also a fault on the right side, the steam boiler is leaking, and the maximum power cannot be guaranteed! ”

"Don't worry! Start it now, and give it another shot before the walls are called back! ”

There was another loud crash, and the old mountain dragon fell on the city wall, biting and grabbing.

"Launch! Fast! The commander roared.

Large puffs of steam erupted from the almost ruined walls, and the high-speed spinning steel spear stabbed straight forward, pressing against the old mountain dragon's chest, pushing it away.

Dragon's blood splattered.

With a roar of pain, the old mountain dragon lowered his head and bit the spinning dragon spear, and countless sparks rubbed between the dragon's teeth and the steel.

The old mountain dragon swung his long neck and pulled it fiercely.

With an astonishing force proportional to its size, the dragon lance was pulled out of the wall with some of its power mechanisms, and destroyed a large part of the city wall with it.

Many hunters at the head of the city fell in amazement and were buried in the rubble.

The first wall has been broken.

Without anyone's command, the upper hunters drew their weapons one after another.

"Let's go!"