Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1232 1214. Absorbing gunpowder

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

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

After handing the unconscious researcher over to the care of Elucat and Berengar 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 record of contact between humans and ancient dragons.

"The rescue has been completed, but the loss of supplies is inevitable."

Aiden's team editor, a female scholar with short hair and a hairpin, breathed a sigh of relief while also giving rational suggestions.

"I think we should retreat. I heard a small explosion just now. Even if the supply team keeps the gunpowder barrels in a safe place, 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 overheated by his own armor, which was totally out of tune with the high-temperature scene. At this time, the elite hunter supported his knees with one hand to catch his breath and cool down, and raised the other hand to agree with his partner.

Of course, Tishaya and Berengar, who had just arrived, had nothing to say. The biggest mission of Felynx was actually just to rescue people.

To keep the base under the roaming of the Flame Dragon, unless the most ace recommended group in the fifth group comes with full preparation, otherwise there is no hope at all, right?
They didn't even think about it.

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

Lan En tilted his head and looked at the base which was filled with flames as several small explosions occurred in succession.

"Gray." Lan first called out Aiden's partner's name.

When Aiden and I were on a large-scale mission to stop the Molten Dragon, they didn't say much, but they knew each other.

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

The editor, who was wearing a smart green hunting suit, looked up at Lan in surprise, and so did Aiden, who was being cooled down by the water she poured on him.

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

"No, there are no new breakthroughs in the research on Flame Dragon. It's pretty much the same as before. Why are you asking this?"

Lan En, who had been watching the Flame King Dragon strolling around the base, inhaling gunpowder powder and flames, across the flickering fire, tilted his head thoughtfully.

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

Gray nodded in a daze.

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

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

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

But whether it has any interest in man-made gunpowder explosives remains an open question.

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

"Hey?"

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

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

"Oh! I'm burning up too!"

The trust and generosity of their past cooperation suddenly made him full of energy!
I don't know exactly what it's going to do, but it looks like it should be awesome!
Aiden felt this way.

At the same time, the editor obviously did not keep up with the pace of the hunters, and Tishaya also did not keep up with the pace of this world.

They were all a little dumbfounded as they looked at Aiden and Lan who had suddenly gotten angry for no apparent reason.

Only Berengar, who was sweating profusely while taking care of the rescued person, vaguely understood that this was the atmosphere that only appeared when an "idea king" appeared among the men.
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Aiden simply took off his armor, which had negative fire resistance, and only carried his weapons.

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

This weapon configuration made Lan En give him a thumbs up, and he felt more confident about his plan.

"I'll rush in and set everything up, and then everything you want to do will be alright, right?"

The witcher said to the hunter.

Both of them had eager smiles on their faces.

Without the moral pressure of saving lives and with everyone else being placed far away, the two of them could now completely relax.

"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.

It would be good enough for a normal person to survive in this state, but for the hunters in the New World, even without [cold drinks], it is no problem to survive in the volcanic lava area for dozens of minutes or half an hour.

Lan En chuckled and then raised his left hand.

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

[Spell: Intense Sweating]!
The cursed fire is absorbed into the body using unique magical techniques, and one's own sweat is transformed into a highly fire-resistant mist layer that covers the body.

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

"What a great new thing I learned." The witcher said with a proud look on his face, shaking the flickering spell fire in his hand. "Even an old dog can learn new tricks!"

However, he did not show off to Aiden for long, because the spell effect of [Intense Sweating] was not long after all.

After they nodded to each other, Lan En ran straight into 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 to go. Lan En, covered in 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, then sucking in the gunpowder inside, or the flame after the gunpowder was ignited by high temperature.

The witcher ran over, brushing against the ball of flaming fur at the tip of its tail.

The tip of the tail swung back and forth because of the Flame King Dragon's intoxication, causing a whirring sound in the wind, and occasionally when it brushed against the rocky ground, it easily left charred marks.

Lan's [Intense Sweating] made him suddenly more resistant to high temperatures. 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 group.

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

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

The size of the gate is also sufficient to transport large monsters in.

The entire gate is embedded in a rock layer more than four meters thick, and looks rugged, durable and solid.

"Begin the force structure analysis, Mentos."

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

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

The real-time image of Lan's look at the arena gate just now was recorded by Mentos, and it began to be used as the basis for force analysis.

Lan En himself ran straight in without stopping.

As soon as you enter the arena, the entire scene comes into view.

This site seems to be naturally layered. In the cylindrical rock wall, there is first a circle of relatively high rock platforms, and then a large flat pit is formed in the middle of the circle of rock platforms.

The construction crew of the survey team took advantage of this terrain.

They placed artillery and crossbows on the surrounding rock platforms to serve as auxiliary props for hunters fighting in the arena.

In the sunken space in the middle of the field, a pile of rubble was gathered together and hung in a rope net, looking frighteningly heavy.

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

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

He said jokingly, and the target of his ridicule was the leader of the second phase group that was building the arena.

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

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

By the time he reached the thick and heavy door, Mentos' 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 in his mind, the experience of the Emperor's Children in playing with explosive weapons in the interstellar age was guiding him.

He was confident that he could create the desired explosion effect.

With a "swish", he drew out the Sword of the Lady of the Lake.

The sharp god-made weapons were carefully adjusted by Lady Galadriel, the God of Craftsmen, in the world of Arda. There is no doubt about their sharpness.

The rock fell apart like butter being cut by a hot knife.

Lan En worked piecemeal according to the force diagram, digging out several seemingly unconnected cracks and depressions in the originally rough but flat rock gate.

The two bomb barrels he brought were placed in the depression, with their heads slightly protruding.

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

This was the signal he had agreed on with Aiden, although the high temperature brought by the Flame Dragon's flames was now causing the air in the entire area to distort light, and was accompanied by thick smoke from burning buildings.

But as an elite hunter, Aiden was able to determine the location of the two bomb barrels based on his signal.

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

Then release the [Alder Seal] on them continuously.

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 slipped 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.

"Whoo~"

Just by turning its head, the flames from the Flame King Dragon were enough to leave a flaming whistle 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, leaving a trail of sparks.

Then Lan En, who was passing by him, walked past each other without interfering with each other and headed towards the arena.

(End of this chapter)