Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1255 1227. Estrus Period

The cylindrical mountain that surrounded the Flame King Dragon now looked like a big chimney.

Although it isolates a large part of the heat inside, at the same time, this heat accumulates in the cylindrical mountain and rises all the way.

In the end, this hill, which had nothing special about it except its appearance, looked like a crater about to erupt.

At the opening above, a large amount of heat energy heats the air, causing the atmosphere to produce a change in refractive index that is visible to the naked eye.

All over the mountain pass the air was heated to a hazy state.

And in the column of rising hot air, there was also a mixture of fiery red scale powder that glowed like sparks.

"It's like the whole mountain is on fire!"

Hanging the catapult hook on the saddle of the pterosaur, Aibo said in a tone that was half nervous and half excited.

With her other hand, she had already taken down the small telescope on her forehead, placed it over her eye sockets, and observed the second arena.

"Flame King Dragon, so cool!"

"We'll talk about whether it's cool or not later." Unlike his partner the editor, Winder already felt the stuffiness at this distance in the heavy and hideous armor of the [Mist Nest Lord].

"The combat environment will be worse than you think. April, have you seen the people from the transit base who came to contact us?"

Normally, Winder and April can chat and laugh freely.

But once the time came to prepare for battle, Winder's experience and strength made him the undisputed leader.

After all, hunters' hunting means fighting monsters to the death with their lives. There is nothing more serious than this.

Although most hunters are thick-skinned and sunny and cheerful, it is normal to talk and laugh during the hunting trip.

But that kind of relaxation is due to personality reasons, while whether you are serious and cautious during the hunting process is a matter of attitude.

"I'm looking for."

Ai Bo adjusted the tube of the telescope on his eyes and looked around.

Soon, Ai Bo's equally outstanding professional qualities helped her see her goal.

"Ah! Found it, follow me."

With a small cheer, Aibo immediately controlled the pterosaur and flew in a direction outside the mountain.

Winder looked down and saw a flash of blue and white electric light, easily following their flying speed in the desert below.

He lifted his helmet a little with one hand, exposing his lips, and blew a sharp whistle.

"Hey~"

Seeing Lan En below looking up at him, Winder knew that the other party had received his message.

So he also controlled the pterosaur and flew behind Aibo.

Not long after, they arrived at a hunter camp outside the transit base.

This was also the place where Lan En and his team had rescued and resettled the survivors from the transit base last time.

It was supposed to be just a small place for hunters to take intermittent rest and replenish supplies in the wilderness, but now there are about ten people and a dozen Felynx in it, which is quite cramped.

But fortunately, both the survivors and the Felynns are a group of optimistic people.

So they actually found this cramped place quite fun.

"Eh? Do we really want to drive this Flame Dragon away?"

The current director of this camp is a dragon scholar, who looks like he is reluctant to leave even though he received the notice.

It was as if he was not the one who was almost roasted to death by the Flame Dragon.

"It can't be helped." Aibo said as he moved his arm, which had been hanging on the pterosaur for a long time. "The gunpowder production capacity of the Star Base and the transport team of the material team have reached their limit."

"Besides, the ecological research on this Flame King Dragon has reached a bottleneck. It will be good for everyone if we drive it away."

Ai Bo patted the other person's shoulder generously.

Although the opponent was reluctant to give up the opportunity to observe the ancient dragon at a close distance in a fixed location, he was also able to distinguish the priorities.

He fully believed that the other members of the survey team shared the same passion for exploring natural ecology as he did.

But now the commander-in-chief, the commander of the second regiment, and the leader of the logistics squad have all agreed to drive away the Flame Dragon, which means that the logistics department can no longer hold on.

Lan En, who arrived a little later than them, also rubbed against the cracks in the rocks and entered the camp hidden in the secluded space.

There was a sound of "clacking" as his new armor rubbed against the rocks.

But after he struggled to get in, he simply brushed off the loose dust and gravel on the armor, and no trace was left on this set of armor with a cold, hard texture of bone white and metal.

"Eh? You're the hunter who rescued us back then!"

As soon as Lan En showed his head, the dragon scholar immediately stepped forward to thank him with gratitude.

"Thank you so much! If you hadn't passed by last time, we would have been roasted to death!"

"It doesn't matter. That's just in time."

Lan En waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

"And this operation still requires your support."

The dragon scholar nodded: "That's as it should be." Because of the pterosaurs' transportation capacity, when hunters go hunting in the wilderness, many of their supplies are actually replenished and replaced at nearby camps.

Although the transit base was almost burned down after the Flame Dragon made a visit, the subsequent supply team transported a lot of supplies here.

"We need at least three sets of [cold drinks]."

Winder looked up and thought, even in this camp surrounded by rocks with only a small crack as the entrance and exit, he could see the direction of the second arena through the gap above and the distorted heat wave rolling up.

The temperature in there is probably almost the same as that in a volcano crater.

"Also, has my equipment been delivered?"

"They are all in the storage box." The Dragon Scholar said very professionally, "The logistics team sent you several sets of equipment, saying that they might be useful. Do you want to change now?"

Still due to the problem of transportation capacity, hunters are fully equipped when they walk out of the Star Stronghold, but the hunting process is a long one with frequent accidents.

Therefore, before that, the investigation team will, at the hunter's request, deliver his other commonly used equipment to the camp near the mission site for use.

Hunters are at the forefront of the battle, but the support of other departments also works silently behind the hunters.

For example, Winder's current equipment combination is designed to deal with possible accidents on the road, rather than targeting the Flame King Dragon.

"Go change your equipment first, I'll get the [cold drink]."

Lan said to Winder, who nodded and walked towards the storage box in the camp.

The demon hunter put three groups of fifteen bottles of [cold drinks] on two belts, waiting for them to be hung on his body for use at any time.

And Winder has already packed his equipment.

He had not changed much, his overall armor was still the [Mist Nest Lord Set], but the [Painful Greatsword], which was also made from the materials of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, was left in the camp by him.

He had a pair of swords hanging on his back, the same pair he had used when he greeted Lan En outside the arena, ice-attribute swords made from Wind Dragon materials.

At this time, Ai Bo was cooking using the stove in the camp.

They had already been on the road for quite some time, and the cat meal they had eaten at the Weapons and Mountain Cat Pavilion in the morning had long been digested.

He even ate a few pieces of food he had brought with him on the way.

As the compiler of the recommendation group, Ai Bo is not only responsible for recording the ecological phenomena encountered by hunters in the wild, but also for helping hunters with logistics work.

Originally, the fluff ball watched Ai Bo walk towards the stove and was a little worried when he went over to see if he needed help.

After all, Aibo is a little too lively, and this personality makes people feel that she is unreliable when she is trying to work.

But surprisingly, she actually did pretty well.

Although it is definitely not as long as cooking, it is still easy to make an efficient sports meal that is sufficient in calories and filling.

After all, he is an editor who can partner with Winder, and his basic abilities are very strong.

Aibo made a big pot of stew and topped it with a layer of fragrant cheese, which was very caloric.

After the two hunters and two Felynx had finished their meal, they took a brief rest, nodded to Aibo and the others in the camp, and headed towards the second arena.

There are still rugged rocks and the sound of the wind blowing back and forth across the mountains.

Without having to take care of others, Lan and Winder can act quickly and efficiently.

So it didn't take long for the two of them to reach the transit base established in the valley.

In other words, the ruins of a transit base.

"It's completely burned, meow." Garfield raised his little paws on his hind legs. The pads of his feet on the ground were already covered with black ash.

It and Winder were supposed to come here to deal with the Flame King Dragon on the first day, but they had not gone far when they turned back because of the news that "Lane and Aiden trapped the Flame King Dragon."

So this was the first time for both of them to come to this burned-down transit base.

"It is the Flame King Dragon after all." Winder said without surprise, "It is the ancient dragon known as the Burning Sun."

Although their opponent was a Flame King Dragon, both Garfield and Winder appeared cautious but not nervous.

Presumably, when they were in the Old World, they were already familiar with coming into contact with, or even fighting against, ancient dragon-level creatures.

"Go this way." Lan stepped forward and said to the leader. "We detonated the explosive barrels and blew up the gate of the arena. There was also a fire. You probably can't recognize it."

"I have been studying the Lord of the Mist Nest for some time." Lan En said as he led the way. "Do you have any guesses as to why this Flame King Dragon suddenly appeared? It didn't come for the gunpowder at first."

The air grew hotter as we got closer to the arena.

It was still stuffy at first, but soon even the moisture in the air seemed extremely thin.

It turned into a violent heat that seemed like it would burst into flames at any moment.

"The director of the Ecological Research Institute said that it might be because of the mating season. The ancient dragons will also feel irritated and run around, invading outside their own territory."

Winder spoke in an orderly manner.

"Animals in rutting season are very aggressive, and he told me to be extra careful."

At the same time, they had reached the original gate of the arena.

Just like several days ago, there was only a gap between the boulder and the ground connecting the outside world with the inside of the cylindrical mountain.

(End of this chapter)