Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1232 1214. Absorbing gunpowder

"Great!" The fluff ball and the black and white Ailu cat jumped up and meowed, hugging each other in celebration. "They're out!"

Lan En and Aiden carried the researcher from the Ecological Research Institute and trotted out of the burning base.

After handing the researcher who was fainted by the roast to Ailu cat and Berengar for care as usual, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

At least there were no casualties in this accident caused by the ancient dragon, which is a very ideal situation in the records of human and ancient dragon contact.

"The rescue has been completed, and the loss of materials is inevitable."

Aiden's team editor, a female scholar with short hair and a hairpin, breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and also made rational suggestions.

"I think we should retreat. I heard a small explosion just now. Even if the supply team keeps the gunpowder barrels tightly, as long as the Flame King Dragon is still active here, it's only a matter of time before it explodes."

"Totally agree!"

Aiden was so hot from his armor that was totally out of tune with the high-temperature scene. At this time, the elite hunter supported his knees with one hand to breathe and cool down, and raised one hand to agree with his partner.

The newcomers, Tishaya and Berengar, of course had nothing to say. The biggest task of Fey Cat was actually just to rescue people.

To keep the base under the walking of the Flame King Dragon. Unless the most ace recommended group of the fifth group came after making all preparations, otherwise, wouldn't it be completely impossible?

They didn't even think about it.

However, when the partner editor poured water on Aiden's head to cool him down, and the rescued ecological researcher was also taken care of by Fey Cat.

Lan En tilted his head and looked at the base where several small explosions occurred in succession and a sea of ​​fire.

"Gray." Lan En first called Aiden's partner by name.

When they were working together in the large-scale mission to stop the Molten Dragon, although they didn't say a few words, they knew each other.

"Is there any new progress in the Ecological Research Institute's research on the Flame King Dragon now?"

The editor in the green hunting suit looked up at Lan En strangely, and Aiden, who was cooled down by her watering, did the same.

However, as a scholar who could go out with hunters and conduct close-range monster ecological analysis, she still gave an answer based on her excellent professional qualities.

"No, there is no new breakthrough in the research on the Flame King Dragon now. It's almost the same as before. Why do you ask this?"

Lan En, who had been looking at the Flame King Dragon strolling in the base across the swaying fire, inhaling gunpowder powder and gunpowder flames, tilted his head thoughtfully.

"In other words, the conjecture that 'the Flame King Dragon is very interested in processed gunpowder' has not been verified until now?"

Gray nodded a little dazed.

"Then we can verify it today." The demon hunter said decisively.

"I just saw it was very intoxicated in absorbing gunpowder. Perhaps it was attracted by the gunpowder reserves transported by this base."

According to the confirmed ecological research, the Flame King Dragon will eat some ores with combustion and explosion capabilities in the wild.

But whether it is interested in artificial gunpowder and explosives has always been an undetermined matter.

After all, in terms of purity, artificial ones are obviously purer than natural ones.

"Huh?"

Aiden, who had a bottle of water poured on his head, first raised his head in confusion.

But then, after he saw Lan En's interested and determined eyes.

"Oh! I'm also ignited!"

The trust and big heart of the past cooperation made him full of momentum!

Although I don't know what to do specifically, it looks like it should be very powerful!

Aiden felt so in his heart.

At the same time, the editor who obviously didn't keep up with the pace of the hunters, and Tishaya who didn't keep up with the pace of this world.

They were all dumbfounded as they watched Aiden and Lann, who had caught fire for no apparent reason.

Only Berengar, who was sweating profusely beside the rescued, vaguely understood that this was the atmosphere that only appeared when a "king of ideas" appeared among the men.

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Aiden simply took off his armor with a negative fire resistance and only carried his weapon.

This time he came out to hunt the mudfish dragon, and the weapon he used was a light crossbow.

This weapon configuration made Lann give him a thumbs up, and he was more confident about his plan.

"I'll rush in and arrange everything, and then everything you want to do will be fine, right?"

The demon hunter said to the hunter.

Both of them had eager smiles on their faces.

Without the moral pressure of saving people, and the others were placed far away, the two of them were now completely relaxed.

"Understood." Aiden's armor lining was stuck to his body by sweat, and then dried by the high heat, but he gave a thumbs up in response.

Normal people would be lucky to survive in this state, but for hunters in the New World, even without [cold drinks], it is not a problem to survive in the volcanic lava area for dozens of minutes or half an hour.

Lan En smiled and raised his left palm.

With a "puff", a small flame ignited on his palm.

[Curse: Sweating violently]!

The fire of the curse is taken into the body with a unique spell technique, and the sweat is transformed into a fire-resistant mist layer, covering the body.

"Wow!" Aiden blinked and exclaimed, "What is this? The last time you sprayed fire, it wasn't like this!"

"Newly learned good stuff." The demon hunter shook the swaying spell fire in his hand and said proudly, "Even an old dog can learn new tricks!"

But he didn't show off to Aiden for long, after all, the spell effect of [Intense Sweating] is not long.

After nodding to each other, Lan En ran straight to the deeper part of the base.

Aiden licked his lips that were already cracked from the heat, and pulled the bolt of the light crossbow in his hand with a "click", ready.

Lan En, covered with a layer of fireproof mist, ran behind the intoxicated Flame King Dragon.

This flaming "big red cat" was using its claws to open the sealed bomb barrels one by one, and then sucked the gunpowder inside, or the flames after the gunpowder was ignited by high temperature.

The demon hunter ran over, rubbing the fluff on the tip of its tail that looked like leaping flames.

The tip of the tail swung back and forth because of the intoxication of the Flame King Dragon, bringing with it a whirring sound, and when it occasionally brushed against the rocky ground, it could easily leave a charred mark.

Lan En's [Intense Sweating] made him suddenly more resistant to high temperatures at this time. His goal was the depths of the base.

The natural barrel-shaped rock structure that was transformed into an arena by the leader of the second-term group.

As soon as he ran over, Lan En saw the gate of the arena.

It was a large steel gate, made of minerals from the New World, probably swallow stone or something like that, to prevent monsters in the arena from rushing out.

And the size of the gate was completely enough to transport large monsters in.

The entire gate was embedded in a rock layer more than four meters thick, and it looked rough, durable and solid.

"Start analyzing the force structure, Mentos."

The demon hunter gave the biochemical intelligent brain a new calculation task in his mind, and the biochemical intelligent brain immediately began to intervene in the work.

"The mission has been accepted, and the scene has been recorded."

The real-time image of Lan En's glance at the gate of the arena just now was properly recorded by Mentos, and it began to invest computing power as the basis for force analysis.

Lan En himself ran in without stopping.

As soon as he entered the arena, the whole scene came into view.

This venue seemed to be naturally layered. In the cylindrical rock wall, there was first a circle of relatively high rock platforms, and then a flat pit was sunken in the middle of the circle of rock platforms.

The construction personnel of the investigation team took advantage of this terrain.

They arranged artillery and crossbows on the surrounding rock platforms as auxiliary props for hunters to fight in the arena.

And in the sunken mid-air in the middle of the field, a large pile of rubble was gathered together and hung in a rope net, which looked frighteningly heavy.

"Ha! It's this arrangement! You old dog has no new tricks!"

After taking a glance, Lan En immediately found his target.

He said jokingly that the target of his ridicule was the leader of the second phase of the construction of the arena.

What he was really looking for was the large amount of gunpowder for the firing devices of the cannons and dragon-slaying spears.

He quickly ran to the side of the barrels of explosives, picked up two of them and walked towards the gate of the arena.

When he reached the thick and heavy gate, Mentos's calculation process had been completed.

Under the operation of Mentos, the gate of the arena formed a clear and simple force analysis diagram on Lan's retina.

"Explosion. Explosion"

Lan's eyes referred to the data given by Mentos, and at the same time, the experience of the Emperor's children playing with explosive weapons in the interstellar era was guiding him in his mind.

He was confident that he could produce the ideal explosion effect.

With a "swoosh", he pulled out the Sword of the Lady of the Lake.

The sharp god-made weapons, which had been adjusted by Lady Galadriel, the God of Craftsmen, in the world of Arda, were undoubtedly sharp.

The rock was separated like butter cut by a hot knife.

Lann followed the force diagram and dug several seemingly unconnected joints and depressions in the rough but flat rock gate.

The two barrels of explosive bombs he brought were placed in the depressions, with their heads slightly exposed.

After finishing, the demon hunter opened his arms and waved outside the arena.

This was the signal he had agreed with Aiden. Although the high temperature brought by the flames of the Flame King Dragon was causing the air in the entire area to distort light, accompanied by the smoke of burning buildings.

But as an elite hunter, Aiden was able to determine the location of the two barrels of explosive bombs under his signal.

Then, Lann returned to the arena and picked up seven or eight barrels of gunpowder and rolled them into the depression in the middle of the venue.

Then he continuously released the [Alder Seal] at them.

The explosive seal shattered the outer shell of the wooden barrel and dispersed and exploded the gunpowder dust inside.

Half a minute later, the demon hunter had already applied [Intense Sweating] to himself again, and slid out of the arena gate.

Outside, the fiery red cat, intoxicated by the gunpowder smoke, raised its head and face, twitching its nose following the smell.

"Huh~"

Just by turning its head, the flames brought by the Flame King Dragon were enough to leave a burst of explosive whistling in the air.

The Flame King Dragon's blue eyes immediately turned to the arena deep in the base.

Its tongue subconsciously stretched out and licked its lips, bringing out a trail of sparks.

Then Lan En, who was passing by him, kept his distance from each other and headed towards the arena.