Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1233 1215. ‘Trapped’ Ancient Dragon!
The scales and skin of the Flame King Dragon are dark red, but the temperature of its body is so high that the air around it is slightly heated and shiny, and shiny scale powder is falling at any time.

This gives people the illusion that it is a vibrant fiery red.

Lan En was wearing a layer of fire-proof mist caused by [Intense Sweating]. The Flame King Dragon was heavy, but because of its cat-claw structure, it passed by him silently.

Its claws didn't make much noise, but this body of more than 20 meters in length had to shake when moving on the ground.

When passing by a person, this vibration will remind the person's body: there is a scary big guy right next to you.

But Lan En was used to the giants around him.

Smaug was over 140 meters long, so what? Not to mention the Molten Mountain Dragon and the ancient snake king dragon skeleton in the Miasma Valley.

The flames were still raging in the base, and many houses had collapsed because they had lost their load-bearing capacity.

Fortunately, there are many open spaces in the base, so Lan En can walk around freely.

The flames were burning, and the heat stirred the air, making a whirring sound.

Humans and ancient dragons passed each other by, walking in opposite directions without interfering with each other.

And when the Flame King Dragon followed the smell and entered the arena constructed by natural cylindrical rock walls.

A loud but not explosive explosion sounded from inside, spreading upward along the cylindrical rock wall, releasing rumbling sound waves towards the sky.

That was the sound of gunpowder dust raised by Lan using the [Alder Seal] and immediately ignited by the high temperature after the Fire King Dragon entered.

However, because the bomb barrel lost its strictly sealed environment, it did not explode, but only burned violently.

Mixed in with the sound of the violent burning of gunpowder was the lion-like roar of the Flame Dragon.

This was not the sound of being hurt or frightened. On the contrary, it revealed surprise and comfort.

And just after confirming that the Flame King Dragon had completely entered the arena.

"Bang bang!"

Two rounds of ammunition were fired from the light crossbow in Aiden's hand from outside the fire scene.

The ammunition, which was standardized and manufactured by the craftsmen in the workshop area of ​​the New World Survey Team's second phase, still had a propulsive tail flame at the tail, and brushed past Lan En.

The ammunition pierced through the flickering curtain of fire and directly hit the two bomb barrels that he had placed near the arena gate, with only a little corner showing!
"boom!!!"

This time it was a real explosion!

During this time, there was also the sound of structural fractures of rocks at the arena gate, and the sound of "cracking" falling down.

Aiden, wearing only a shirt underneath his armor, ran in with his light crossbow slung on his back.

His face, which had been roasted red, was full of anticipation and surprise.

"Is it done? Is it done?"

Deep inside the base, the originally rugged and solid gate collapsed into the shape planned by the biochemical intelligent brain due to the impact of the explosion and the "stress defects" arranged by Lan En in advance.

Large rocks fell and piled up, and the displaced air formed wind, which carried fine sand and dust and temporarily blew away the surrounding flames.

The entire door completely collapsed and piled up in its original location without collapsing outwards.

At this moment, a heavy crash was heard coming from the arena that was already blocked by large pieces of rubble.

Then came the roar that was like that of a lion, but the momentum and volume were completely incomparable.

This time, the roar was filled with pain and anger.

The roar vibrated out from the cylindrical rock wall, echoing far away throughout the valley.

A group of people who were retreating in the distance looked towards the burning base worriedly after hearing the sound.

Inside the base, Aiden looked at Lan, who was also smiling excitedly, and asked, "What are you doing in there?"

"What can I do?" Lan En chuckled. "It must be a rockfall trap above my head. The rope net holding the rocks couldn't withstand the high temperature of the Flame King Dragon and fell down."

"I just adjusted the position of the rockfall trap towards where the gunpowder powder was floating. I didn't expect it to hit the target."

"Ah?" Aiden was even more confused. "Will it run away after feeling the pain? We want to confine it here!"

Yes, the limit is here. In other words: trap the ancient dragon!

This is something that no one in this world has ever done, or even thought about.

Ancient dragons are at the top of the ecological chain and are god-like beings.

Even if it was something like repelling an ancient dragon, only the top hunters were qualified to form a team to take on the task, and the success rate was not high.

Therefore, there are hunters like Winder who are beyond the standard and can deal with various ancient dragons alone and repeatedly.

Only then will he become the ace of aces in the Hunter Guild and make the entire Fifth Regiment fleet wait for him at the port of the Old Continent for a week.

But even so, so far, the only ancient dragon killed by humans is the Tianhui Dragon.

There is no need to talk about capture.

And now, the two hunters want to trap the Flame King Dragon in this arena!

"I don't think its obsession with gunpowder would make it care too much about being hit by hundreds of tons of rock."

Lan En said this, and used the Alder Seal to suppress the flames spreading around him. Because the Flame King Dragon was isolated in the arena, its remaining heat began to gradually decrease.

"How about we go take a look?"

Aiden suggested, scratching his short mohawk.

Of course Lan En agreed.

Although the two men were braving the heat wave, they still ran to the collapsed gate of the arena with great interest and anticipation.

These large pieces of rubble were almost compacted by gravity when they fell down, and only at the bottom, there was a gap between the large pieces of rubble and the rocky ground of the valley that was large enough for humans to crawl into.

Aiden wiped his face and was about to move forward and lie down to take a look inside.

But then, Lan En grabbed him and took several steps to the side.

Just as I walked to the direction facing the gap, "BOOM!!!"

The scorching flames flowed out violently from the gap like a sticky stream of water.

The rocks were burned red and shiny by the flames, almost losing their solid form.

The flame only lasted for a few seconds!
But after seeing the flames, Aiden and Lan raised their eyebrows.

"Do you hear the flapping of wings?"

"No, did you hear it?"

"No! It's done!"

The two men bumped their fists together and both put on happy smiles.

It is undoubtedly very difficult, even impossible, to capture the ancient dragon alive.

Not to mention that the Flame King Dragon has wings, and the cylindrical mountain wall of the arena has no ceiling. If it wants to, it can just flap its wings and get out.

But the key reason why Lan En dared to act as the "Idea King" and proposed this idea to Aiden was that he felt that the Flame King Dragon might not want to run away under this circumstance.

After all, there is indeed a lot of gunpowder here that it likes to suck and eat.

It's a bit difficult to break down the door and burn the rocks blocking the door into lava, and it's also a bit difficult to fly upwards, but if you stay still, you'll have plenty of gunpowder to eat.

Yes, Lan and Aiden were unable to trap the Flame King Dragon here and prevent it from leaving.

But they can create some obstacles for the Flame Dragon to leave, and then make it linger a little so that it doesn't want to leave.

In any case, as long as it stays in a fixed area for a period of time, isn't it equivalent to being 'trapped'?
"We are awesome!" The enthusiastic and cheerful members of the fifth group raised their hands and cheered, "We have trapped the ancient dragon! Let's report to Xingchen!"

"Whether it's this Flame King Dragon or its fondness for gunpowder, these are both great discoveries in ecological research!"

The angry roar of the Flame King Dragon in the arena gradually faded away as it was hit by the falling rock trap.

After all, that little bit of damage didn't seem to matter much to it, and maybe it didn't hit it accurately at all, it was just a scratch.

This was followed by the comfortable purring sound of the feline.

Apparently, the pleasure brought by the gunpowder in the arena was much greater than the annoyance caused by the falling rock traps.

The latter made the Flame Dragon roar, spit fire and then left.

Is gunpowder like catnip to it?
Lan En was still very inquisitive and was prepared to stay and listen for a while. After all, he had studied at the Ecological Research Institute of the investigation team for a period of time.

But Aiden still couldn't stand the heat of the flames.

He dragged Lan En out.

"Hey, don't get excited right now, hurry back to Xingchen to report the serious business!"

By the time they walked out of the burning base again, the base had almost been completely burned down.

But both Aiden and Lan knew it.

Compared to the two of them using the arena's environment to temporarily "trap a Flame King Dragon", setting up the entire base is a complete win!
If it were in another world, the leader of the investigation team might care about material loss, division of responsibilities and powers, etc.

However, in the New World Survey Team, there was no loss of life this time, only some supplies were lost, and a certain ecological habit of an ancient dragon was figured out.

And it also 'trapped' it.

Everyone will be truly happy about it.

The commander-in-chief looks tough but actually has a good temper. If he didn't laugh this time, he would be considered serious.

Aiden and Lan were like friends who had accomplished an "idea". Although they were tired and hot, they still talked and laughed as they chased after Tishaya and the others who had retreated far away earlier.

"Speaking of which," Aiden wiped his sweat and suddenly asked in confusion, "Why is the Flame King Dragon so obsessed with gunpowder? Although the combustible rocks in the wild are not pure, they can at least burn."

"Maybe the taste is different?" Lan En guessed irresponsibly.

"Kagero is carnivorous. The gunpowder formula of the investigation team used a lot of gunpowder grass and scales of Exploding Dragonfish and Exploding Goldfish, right?"

"That's not part of its normal diet."

"It's a reasonable guess indeed." Aiden nodded at Lan's novel idea. "You can talk about this idea with the director of the Ecological Research Institute."

(End of this chapter)