The group went to the public tavern.

It's not that they go to drink, and they don't have much leisure or mood to drink now, but the workshop where the master and craftsman spend most often is on the ground floor of the tavern.

No matter what the atmosphere outside, the inside of the tavern is still lively, and most of the hunters are optimists, but they don't have a sad face because of a mysterious monster that has not yet appeared.

Seeing Gordon and them coming in, there were quite a few people who raised a glass to greet them, and some really shouted Anhill "rich man", which made the latter's face extremely dark.

He intends to take revenge.

After going back and being idle, find someone to give that guy Gale a nickname too, what's the name, poor ghost? Cat head? Nirvana?

No one knew what Anhill was thinking, and Gordon knew how to do it, and soon led everyone to the master's workshop.

After knocking on the door and hearing the response from the inside, Gordon pushed the door open with a smile, "Master, I'm coming to see you!" ”

"Teacher meow!"

"Sure enough, it's you." The master craftsman who was revising a drawing looked up.

Several other people greeted each other, and the master also said "welcome" with a smile.

Habitually wanting to hand over something, but suddenly found that he didn't prepare any souvenirs, Gordon scratched his neck in embarrassment, "I came in a hurry, and I didn't prepare anything." ”

The master craftsman waved his hand, "That is, you are always so polite, cough cough. Julius never thinks about that, so let's find a place to sit on our own.

You're here to ask about the latest situation, right? ”

As a high-ranking member of the guild, he was present when the Great Elder ordered Yinbian to rush back to Dongdoruma.

Gordon and the others briefly talked about the Flame Village, and the master craftsman was silent for a moment and sighed.

"It's eventful, and ahem, everything is really squeezed together."

Gordon's expression became serious, "It seems that as I guessed, Dondoruma is so nervous, not just because of the attack and destruction of that small fortress. ”

"Hmm." The master craftsman nodded, pulled a chair and sat down, "Ahem. In fact, it can be said that the tense atmosphere in Dondoruma has nothing to do with the fortress at all. ”

The few people in front of him were all high-ranking hunters, and the master craftsman had no intention of hiding it, and after taking a breath, he continued: "I'll start from the beginning.

You should also feel that in recent years, for unknown reasons, there have been frequent incidents related to ancient dragons, and the Great Elder has ordered guilds in various places to strengthen and repair city defenses and fortresses, store supplies, and prepare for possible dangers in the future.

Naturally, Dondoruma is no exception, organized by the guild and funded by the royal family, nobles and merchants, to completely renovate the Battle Street of East Doruma

This work began a year or two ago, and now the walls and other buildings are almost completed, and the final steps of replacing and installing defensive weapons are underway.

The replacement and dismantling weapons, including the original Dragon Striker, were sent to the small destroyed fortress to be stored in storage, pending further arrangements. ”

Hayatta got up and poured the master a glass of warm water.

The master craftsman took a sip and continued, "Julius, they have been busy with this recently, coughing up the collection of some special materials, and the cleaning of transportation lines. ”

Gordon was a little embarrassed to hear this, compared to his senior brother Julius, who often helped the master with things, his two disciples were really a bit "jumpy" and ran around.

Fortunately, the master did not mean to be sarcastic, and mentioned Julius because of another thing.

"In the process, they found some, ahem, ahem... Some traces of the dragon virus were found. ”

"What?!" The biggest reaction of the crowd was Hayata.

During the time she traveled with the brigade, she had been battling all kinds of monsters infected with the dragon virus almost constantly, so she naturally knew how dangerous those things were.

"But, isn't the Heavenly Dragon already solved?" Hayatta pointed at Ansir, to be precise, at the set of Heavenly Dragon armor on Ansiel's body.

At that time, in order to prevent the resurrection of the Heavenly Dragon, they specially wasted their strength to completely burn the corpse to ashes.

"The professor of the Institute of Dracosaurus believes that there are two possibilities, one is that there are other black eclipse dragons and even celestial dragons in the world.

The second is that the death of the original does not mean that the virus spores will also die, and the infected monsters will still infect each other. ”

Hayatta fell silent.

"Don't worry." The master craftsman comforted her, "The guild has also arranged for hunters to follow up on this matter, ahem. The resurgence of the dragon virus is at best a small part of the recent troubles. ”

Hayata: "."

You're really comforting.

"Two days ago, the Ancient Dragon Observatory sent an alert, and they observed that a steel dragon operating in the Flasia region has entered the 'molting period', which is the so-called rusty steel dragon.

During this period, the steel dragon was very irritable and would take the initiative to attack large cities.

Some scholars have suggested that the Rusty Steel Dragon's attack on the city was not for predation or the like, but was deliberately to provoke a fight and assist it in molting. ”

"It's like, when some species of snakes molt, they rub their bodies against rough, sharp stones?" Anhill asked.

"Something like that."

Shi Jiang nodded, "There are many people who support this point of view, if you think about it from this point of view, cough cough cough."

The most likely city to attack is Dondoruma, which is not too far from the Flasia region and has a battle street.

After all, that guy was here ten years ago. ”

Hearing the last half of the sentence, Gordon was startled and looked up at the master craftsman, "Is it 'that' steel dragon?!" ”

"It should be." The master didn't show anything out of the ordinary.

But Gordon knew that the steel dragon was the culprit of the master's serious injury and retirement, and it was also Julius's "heart knot".

Julius's guy shouldn't have known this news yet, otherwise he would have rushed back to Dondoruma as soon as possible, sharpening his knife and preparing for war.

"Wait." Anhill suddenly opened his mouth and raised a possibility, "You just said that the steel dragon may be attacking, so could it be the steel dragon that attacked the fortress?" ”

The one who answered this question was Kut Iz, "At first, we also guessed so, but after investigating, I don't think so.

The steel dragon belongs to the ancient dragon that haunts more frequently, and the ancient dragon observation bureau has also studied its ecology relatively thoroughly.

Although they are called 'steel dragons', they do not have the habit of eating steel, and if the attacker is a steel dragon, the disappearance of steel artifacts such as steel weapons and dragon spears cannot be explained. ”

Gordon rubbed his forehead, "So there are three problems that need to be faced by the headquarters, the wild dragon disease of unknown origin, the steel dragon that may attack at any time, and the mysterious monster that attacks the fortress and is suspected of being a pavilion mantis?" ”

The master craftsman sighed, "It's four, and there is one biggest trouble that you have overlooked, cough cough I just mentioned, the battle street facilities in East Doruma are being replaced and upgraded.

The new dragon striking gun that has been stepped up is still in the run-in and debugging stage, and the final weapon 'dragon exterminator' for the ancient dragon has not yet been completely completed.

Ahem, cough, cough. At this moment, Dondoruma cannot be said to be completely undefended, but it is also in a state of lack of defense. ”

The hunters looked at each other, no wonder the air pressure around the old man was so low when he met the Great Elder before.

It turned out that the pressure was all in his cardiovascular and cerebrovascular vessels

"Is there anything we can do to help with the preparation of the defensive line?" Hayatta asked, a little worried.

The master craftsman smiled at her, "Ahem. No, the guild is trying to muster more power, and for now you just need to do what you do, which is to find out what is attacking the monsters in the stronghold. ”

Ps.

The 4G plot reorganization is mixed (adaptation is inevitable), it can be understood that the original plot is happening, but the protagonist and others are not following the original plot and working in other directions.

Of course, there may be some intersections.

This is a large, comprehensive matter, and it is impossible to rely on one person or a few people to solve all the problems.

Whether it's the pen or the protagonist group of this book, it's just one part of the big event.

(End of chapter)