"Accelerate! Keep accelerating! ”

"The boiler is running at full capacity!"

"Then overload! Want to be caught up by that guy!? ”

"Breath! Avoid! ”

On the dragon knowledge boat, the shouting and screaming were endless, and a terrifying ancient dragon that was a whole circle larger than the dragon knowledge boat after its wings were spread out, chased behind, and it was impossible to say that it was not afraid.

"It's also slowly accelerating, and if it goes on like this, it will catch up!" The helmsman shouted.

The leader of the investigation team waved his hand, "It can't climb as fast as we do!" Distribute more power to the vertical engine, and the airbag continues to heat up, rising at full speed! ”

The boilers were screaming, the engines were roaring, and the hull and cables were creaking with overwhelming burdens.

At the beginning of the design of the dragon ship, the purpose of the dragon ship was to fly smoothly as an "aerial laboratory", not as a rapid air boat with a sharp turn and ascent as it is now.

Thankfully, the Dragon Calendar Academy has invested a lot of resources into this dragon ship, the keel made of giant beast bones, the direction sail sewn by the fire dragon wing membrane, and the hull reinforced by the carapace of various monsters......

Even after the completion and sailing, the strengthening project has not stopped, and the hunters of the Dragon Calendar Academy can receive the task of "strengthening the dragon knowledge ship" from time to time.

It is also thanks to these enhancements that in the face of the entangled pursuit of the mysterious ancient dragon, this giant ship in the air survived.

"Southwest direction! Smoke columns! The lookout put down his binoculars and reminded loudly.

The leader of the survey team quickly ran to the side of the ship, "The mill is ready!" Take the one behind you in the direction of the smoke column! Keep climbing at the same time! ”

To be honest, it was unknown whether the smell of burning gunpowder and sulfur would really attract the mysterious ancient dragon behind it, but it didn't care so much at this time.

Get answers from practice.

On the city wall, looking at the dragon ship flying in the sky with the ancient dragon in the direction of the mill, the Metabetat hunters on the city wall breathed a sigh of relief.

The city was saved, at least temporarily.

President Jerro grabbed a guild member, pointed to the dock area that was still in flames, and said loudly: "Let the vice president take someone to organize rescue and firefighting!" ”

After saying this, he turned around and yelled at the hunters on the city wall, "Hunters of three stars and below continue to garrison the city wall, and see the opportunity to support the hunters of the silver border!"

The hunters above the four-star followed me to the mill and chased away the dragon there! ”

Gordon, who was accumulating his strength and preparing to slash with real power, shifted his gaze for a moment, and President Jerro was rushing to the mill where the gunpowder was buried with a dozen or so elite hunters.

That old guy had obviously also experienced the battle against the super giant ancient dragon, and knew that the city wall of Metabeta was less than ten meters less than twenty meters useless in front of a monster of that size.

After a few hits, it collapsed, and the only dragon lance on the city wall may be of some use, but it certainly only has a chance to activate once.

It is better to concentrate the elite forces to take the initiative and try to delay its pace and weaken its physical strength.

As for the result, leave it to fate.

Saying a word to take care in his heart, Gordon retracted his attention, the preparation for the real charge was complete, and he swung his great sword with a low shout.

Perhaps for the convenience of movement, the mantis cephalothorax is not protected by the heavy carapace that comes in large chunks, which should be regarded as its weak point.

Even so, the carapace that looked like it was made of gold was still amazingly hard, and Gordon was impressed by the experience of holding the epitaph greatsword and nearly failing to break through the defenses.

Fortunately, the Absolute Rush Greatsword he was using now would not cause such trouble.

The hook-like claw blade has a unique advantage in breaking through defenses.

The big sword shaped like a dragon's jaw cracked down, and the claw blade was deeply embedded in the gap between the chest and carapace of the pavilion mantis, and as the big sword continued to drag, the carapace was torn apart, and a huge wound more than a meter long was cut on the chest of the pavilion mantis.

Emerald green blood soared, and the Pavilion Mantis screamed to roll over and stand up.

The slender, sharp, and powerful leg of the foot "Kaka" swayed, trying to find a support point and flip over.

One leg was finally propped up on the ground, and it looked like it was about to succeed.

Hayata, who was attacking the abdominal joint, suddenly interrupted his attack, rolled to the front of the foot, got up and stabbed a whole set of air blades in an instant, and the air blade whirlwind that followed it accurately cut into the joints heavily protected by the carapace.

"Whew-"

The Pavilion Mantis screamed and fell back to the ground.

Gordon immediately rushed forward to adjust his position, and came to the side of the mantis's head, ready for a new round of charged slashes, and Anhill also entered a crouching position, firing continuously at an astonishing speed.

From the beginning of the battle, the Pavilion Mantis has been in a state of suppression.

As a guild-recognized ancient dragon creature, even if it hadn't manipulated the ruins, it shouldn't have behaved so badly.

But the supernova really blew it up a bit, and Gordon's next few rounds of charged slashes hurt it a lot.

This is the importance of getting a head start, and this strategy can be applied to almost any target except for the giant dragons with rough skin and thick flesh and exaggerated size.

If you strike first, you can seize the initiative.

However, this is only temporary.

A flame-like red light ignited from the bright purple gland that resembled an eye on the crown of the mantis's head, and the shrill hiss seemed to tear the eardrum apart.

It writhed its belly and flicked the spear with silk threads, forcing the hunters around it back, and the inertia of the spear helped it roll over and get back to its feet.

"Whoa——! Another piercing scream.

It's not a human language, but anyone can feel the boundless anger in it.

The queen was furious.

"Beware!" Gordon swooped down to avoid the sharp limbs swept by the Pavilion Mantis, "It's getting faster!" ”

Not only the swordsmen in the close, but even Anhill, who was shooting from a relatively safe position dozens of meters away, was also "cared for" by the queen.

The dragon spear under the dancing golden worm silk turned into an afterimage and smashed towards the shooter.

Anhill hurriedly held the heavy crossbow and rushed to dodge, and the dragon spear smashed down behind him, and the seven or eight meter-long stainless steel spear head sank into the ground for nearly half.

If such an attack falls on a human, even if it is equipped with sophisticated armor, it will be shattered into a blood mist.

The pavilion mantis swung its body, and the golden insect silk that was pulled at the end of the dragon spear instantly tensed, and with a "boom" sound, the dragon spear inserted into the ground was pulled out like this.

"Tsk."

Such a scene made Anhill, who continued to run and find a relatively safe shooting position, couldn't help but be speechless.

The dragon lance has many sharp barbs on the head, and the power of this dragon lance that has been submerged into the ground is much more terrifying than that of a dragon lance.

It's hard to understand the structure of this creature's body when manipulating the Iron Ruins, and the power it shows when it manipulates objects with insect silk is much more powerful than when it wields its blades and limbs......

On the other side, the Pavilion Mantis, which had drawn its dragon lance, swept it around it, preparing to repel the hunters who were approaching again.

It has a very strong learning ability, and if it has been successful before, it will be used frequently.

It even deliberately lowered the height of the dragon lance so that hunters could not dodge attacks by rolling.

In the face of such an attack, most of the great sword envoys have no particularly good way to deal with it except for the hard connection of the sword, but Gordon is different.

He was glad that he had learned that trick from the bushido-style greatsword envoys of the Ryuri Academy.

Facing the oncoming dragon lance, Gordon sped up on his feet, jumped up at the moment when he was about to be smashed by the dragon lance, and turned his back to avoid the dragon lance.

Volleyed to the ground, striding forward while continuing to rush forward, the big sword in his hand slashed up, causing the mantis to scream and retreat.

This kind of attack of grabbing the moment between life and death seems to be particularly conducive to the accumulation of "courage".

Gordon exhaled lightly and entered a state of courage.

At the same time, Hayata, who had avoided the attack, stabbed at the mantis.

There was also a flash of blue light in her eyes.