Hey, King!

2021-09-12

Chapter 247 Chapter 247 People who get in your way
Not even "Hammer 23 Squad" .

After breakfast, Dagon left the group alone and headed to the stone bunker, which had been incinerated by flames. He felt like a superfluous man in this war between the Canine Fortress and the Barbarian Race in the Northland.

When he heard about the critical situation in Canine Tooth Fortress, Dagon was very anxious and especially wanted to contribute his strength. He absolutely didn't expect his strength to be not needed at all, which made him feel a great gap in his heart. The commoners of Canine Fortress think he's a fool who just wants to fight, the warriors here think he's a fool who doesn't listen. Fortunately, he has not revealed that he is a student of the elite Academy, otherwise he would have to be "trash" title.

"There's something wrong with that kid."

Dagon doesn't know that since he's gone, the cook has added the title of "problem kid" to him. He walked up to the one-eyed person Captain, lowered his voice and said, "Boss, I heard that the millstone sent someone over there. Could this kid be one of them?"

The millstone, referring to the Mopan City, the capital of the southern Jiangu kingdom, was the seat of the elected king. The northern Jiangu tribe represented by the Fangtooth Fortress has always been independent and has no idea of obeying or "returning" to the southern Jiangu tribe, but Mopan City has been pushing this matter.

"Leave the canine fortress and go back to the south to dig stones for them? I won't go." one-eyed person snorted, said: "I heard that the southern election king wants to replace our lord, and look for him everywhere. Wrong place, want to use the Jiangu clan tradition to crush him - this is a dream! It's possible that you say this, this kid is here to find the fault of the lord, otherwise what are you doing staring at the observation deck of Ming Dragon Peak?"

"The nose is really sharp enough." The cook said: "Captain, we can't make trouble for the fief lord, he has enough things. Just the madman in the north..."

"Shh, what are you talking about!" the one-eyed person raised his hand and punched the cook in the head, then said, "I know what I know. Let's hurry up and bury things today, and then rush over overnight, tomorrow will be ringing. The Dragon Peak lookout blocks the kid. Don't take it lightly, that guy is well equipped and in armor!"

"As long as he falls, there will always be gaps in the armor, and bleeding will kill him." The cook said with a smile: "I'm familiar with this."

Dagon didn't know that he had become a thorn in the eyes of "Hammer No. 23 Squad", because it was too unimaginable. He felt that Jiangu clansman of Canine Fortress kept his mouth shut about the Burning Stone Tower, maybe it was really to not shake the heart of the army, or just to be slack. He has seen many times that there is no fierce battle here at all, and they attack and chase each other just like acting.

If it weren't for the Northland Barbarian Race, which is also a mass of loose sand, and there are some tribes who don't want to act, then the Jiangu clan in the canine tooth fortress can completely die, or only some unlucky mercenary cannon fodder. Dagon has seen this kind of "cannon fodder", humans, orcs or other races with absolutely no combat training, who are assigned to guard some rudimentary lookouts. Whether they can survive depends on luck, but on whether they are close enough to the retreat tunnel when they encounter something, and whether they can keep in mind the essentials of retreating into the tunnel.

The Jiangu clan did not intend to kill them, but some lookouts called it better than nothing, but it would be quite wasteful to invest too much actual battle strength, so using some low-cost temporary soldiers to fill it is a good idea. A fully cost-benefit option.

Cost-benefit, war turns into business at Canine Fortress. Dagon felt that he was indeed a bit stupid. He knew that Elf Race could even provide food to the Barbarian Race in the north. Could this be a war? This is business! After leaving the Squad, Dagon's annoyance became heavier and heavier. He just wanted to quickly investigate whether Bono had a plan to burn the Canine Fortress. If not, he would return to the Academy immediately.

The members of the Hammer 23squad expected Dagon to walk to Naruto Dragon Peak, and they misestimated Dagon's spell abilities. With the help of the puppet mount from summon, Dagon has a travel speed slightly lower than that of a galloping horse. If you take into account the fact that the puppet mount ignores basic terrain obstacles and has a strong ability to climb mountains, its actual travel effect is faster than that of a horse.

Dagon arrived at his destination at noon and saw the incinerated stone tower.

Bono said that his alchemy flames could turn stones into candles, and now Dagon saw it, the original stone watchtower really looked like piles of solidified wax, laying on the ground without any image. Dagon approached the pile of black things, reached out and scratched, they were as crunchy as dry clods, and they could become powder state with a squeeze. These burnt stone remains are filled with holes, as if some element that had supported their tenaciousness had been burned away, leaving only their smooth-looking husks. Dagon stomped hard, bang, and directly smashed the wreckage under his feet.

"It's not as strong as ice." That's how the stone tower feels to Dagon. It can be smashed with fists and feet, so it is more convenient to use a hunting axe. He swung his head axe, chopped down with the side of the hammer, and began to dig.

Under the crispy wreckage is still the crumbly wreckage, Dagon took samples from five different places and found this all. In other words, the stone of the entire tower is indeed fully ignited, not transformed by the spell, or the flame shaman casts some kind of fire that burns from the inside out. Only when the stone is used as fuel will it be destroyed so thoroughly. This is like a corpse, the tragic state of being smoked and burned is completely different, and this stone tower can be said to be completely cremated.

This is exactly what Bowno describes as a "True Fire Flask".

So this thing becomes easier. Dagon sat down on the wreckage of the stone tower, then looked up at the sky and called out, "Bono! Can your prophecy see this? Come to me, I want to talk to you!"

He repeated it twenty times in a row, then just waited there. He believed that after he entered the Northland, Bono should be able to sense him more easily, and then observe him through prophecy. Bono should have known "ahead of time" that he was looking for him, and then realized that the meeting was going to be very important.

Dagon wants Bono to promise not to use such cruel weapons on Jiangu clansman. Even if Bao Nuo is only a Jiangu person's body and his soul is someone outside this world, he should at least be worthy of that body. Dagon will never allow Bono to speak against the elves, but actually attack the Jiangu.

Bono didn't show up, Dagon wasn't in a hurry, maybe he was being held back by something. He shouted to the sky and gave Bono three days. If he didn't come for three days, it would prove that he really didn't want to talk, or even dared to face Dagon's problems.

Then Dagon will definitely block Bono with the canine fortress, and see if the musket is more powerful than the alchemy bottle.

"Perhaps the alchemy bottle is more powerful..." Dagon only had twenty rounds of ammunition, and he didn't know how many alchemy bottles on the other side. Perhaps he is indeed more resistant to fire than other Jiangu tribes, but it is not that he has not been burned by a fire when he was a child, and he knows the taste of burning pain, so he cannot completely ignore the threat of the flame.

Anyway, he decided to wait here for three days and hoped that Bono would come to meet. Three days have given him enough reasons to set up the camp. It's not far from the War Zone, and there might be a Barbarian Race patrol approaching. He's a Jiangu clansman, and that's enough for the opponent to shoot the first round of arrows.

Looking at the surrounding terrain, Ming Dragon Peak is to the west, and in the afternoon, it can cover the sunset, and the darkness will come sooner here - but this is an advantage for the Jiangu people. The other three sides are roughly a gentle slope, the north is the Gobi terrain formed by gravel, and there are some sparse short grass and a few scattered crooked trees in the other two directions. Dagon found. Generally speaking, there is no obstruction here, and the view is very good. If there is a tower, it can take care of a large area.

As long as you don't want to be a target, you can't go high. Jiangu clansman's intuition made Dagon decide to dig down, the cave always gave him a sense of security like home. The wreckage of the watchtower is very easy to excavate, but their protective ability is worrying, and I am afraid that it will quickly shatter and collapse in front of arrows.

But what about deeper? Through the sense of the dragon, Dagon faintly felt that there were signs of artificial excavation below, which was likely to be the entrance and exit to the tunnel system. The Jiangu people set up organs at the entrances and exits of the tunnels through special miner craftsmanship, which can make the collapse happen in an orderly manner, making it impossible for people to dig, or even find the location of the entrance, unless someone can see through the rocks and soil.

"Earth Movement", like a mage, Dagon began to try to gather the surrounding Earth Elements to recharge his rune spell, didn't expect that the wreckage of the stone tower suddenly began to collapse, and began to move towards Sand transformation. Dagon startled, and later found that the sand was still under the control of soil movement, so he held him up and did not sink.

The transformation of debris to sand continues, it spreads and soon turns all debris into sand. Looking at the small sand dunes in front of him, Dagon couldn't understand what was going on. "If only Shiroai was here, she would be able to analyze it immediately."

Dagon could only analyze that the sand in front of him was actually the true state of the stone tower wreckage. Sand thus loses its ability to gather form and is considered a completely broken Earth Element. From stone to sand, it should have been a long time of wind erosion and sun exposure, but this kind of thing was quickly done by the alchemy flame? They could also be preserved in the form of black smooth wax oil before, which is estimated to be one of the effects of the "True Fire Flask". That state is brittle, but at least shaped. Its sand state is too soft, if the volume is relatively large, it will be more dangerous than quicksand, and it will affect the action too much.

Fortunately, there is soil movement, Dagon can control the sand to spread all around, exposing the ground in the center, so that it is closer to the entrance and exit of the old cave. Dagon looked at the sand and thought to himself: If the stone tower is set on fire, if he uses the earth-moving technique on the stone tower, won't the burning branch turn into sand? In that case, will the flame be stronger or weaker, and will it be put out by the sand?

"I don't know..." Dagon found the spot, took out his shovel, and started digging down to his shelter.

(end of this chapter)