Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1255 1227. Estrus

The cylindrical mountain surrounding the Yanwang Dragon is like a big chimney at this time.

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

 In the end, this hill, which has nothing special except for its appearance, looks like a crater about to erupt.

At the opening above, a large amount of thermal energy heats the air, causing a visible refractive index change in the atmosphere.

 At the entire mountain pass, the air was heated to the point of blur.

And the columnar rising hot air was also mixed with glowing fiery red scales like sparks.

“It’s like the whole mountain is on fire!”

Hung the slinger on the saddle of the pterosaur with a sling hook, Aibo said with a half-nervous and excited tone.

With her other hand, she had already removed the small telescope tube from her forehead, covered it in her eye socket, and looked towards the second arena.

 “Yanwanglong, so cool!”

“Let’s decide whether it’s cool or not.” Unlike his partner, the editor, Wende could already feel the sweltering heat even at this distance in the thick and ferocious [Mist Nest Lord] armor.

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

 Normally, Wen De and April can talk and laugh at will.

 But once it was time to seriously prepare for battle, Wende's experience and strength made him the leader without question.

 After all, hunters' hunting involves risking their lives to fight monsters. There is nothing more serious than this.

Although most hunters are rough-headed and cheerful at the same time, it is normal to talk and laugh during the hunt.

 But that kind of relaxation is due to personality reasons, but whether one is serious and cautious during hunting is a matter of attitude.

"I'm looking for."

Ai Bo adjusted the tube of the telescope on his eyes and turned around to look around.

 Soon, Aibo’s equally outstanding professionalism allowed her to see her goal.

“Yah! I found it, follow me.”

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

Wen De looked down and saw a flash of blue and white lightning, easily following their flying speed among the desert below.

 He raised his helmet a little with one hand, exposed his lips, and blew a sharp whistle.

  “咻~”

Looking at Lan En below, he looked up at him. Wende knew that the other party had received his message.

So he also controlled the pterosaur and flew behind Ai Bo.

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

This is the place where Lan En and his team rescued the survivors from the transit base last time.

It was originally supposed to be a small place for hunters to rest and resupply intermittently in the wilderness. At this time, there were about a dozen people and a dozen Ellu cats inside, which was quite cramped.

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

 So they actually found it quite fun in such a cramped place.

 “Eh? Do you really want to drive away this Flame King Dragon?”

　　The current director of this camp is a draconian scholar. He looks like he is reluctant to leave even though he has received the notice.

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

“There’s nothing we can do about it.” Aibo said while moving his arm that had been hanging on the pterosaur for a long time. "The gunpowder production capacity of the Star Stronghold and the transportation team of the supplies team have reached their limits."

“Furthermore, the ecological research on this Yanwangsaurus has reached a bottleneck. It would be good for everyone to get rid of it.”

 Ai Bo patted the other party's shoulder generously.

Although the opponent did not want to miss the opportunity to observe the ancient dragon at a fixed location at close range, he still knew the importance.

  He fully believed that the other people in the investigation team had the same enthusiasm for exploring natural ecology as himself.

But now that the commander-in-chief, the leader of the second phase regiment, and the leader of the supplies squad have all agreed to drive away the Yanwanglong, it can only be because the logistics really cannot support it.

Lan En, who followed them a little later, also entered the camp hidden in the hidden space through the cracks in the rocks.

His new armor made a clicking sound when it collided with the rocks.

But after he struggled to get in, he patted the loose soil and gravel on the armor, and found that no traces were left on the bone-white armor with a cold and hard metallic texture.

 “Eh? You were the hunter who rescued us at that time!”

As soon as Lan En showed his head, the dragon-human scholar stepped forward gratefully to express his thanks.

 “Thank you so much! If you hadn’t passed by last time, we would have all been roasted to death!”

 “It’s okay, that’s just in time.”

Lan En waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

 “And we still need your support for this operation.”

The dragon scholar nodded: "This is what it should be." Because of the pterosaur's transport capacity, when hunters go hunting in the wilderness, many supplies are actually replenished and replaced at the nearby camp.

Although the transfer base was almost burned down after a single visit by the Yanwang Dragon, a lot of supplies were transported here by subsequent teams.

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

Wende raised his head and calculated beside him. Even in this camp that was surrounded by rocks and had only a small crack as an entrance and exit, he could still see the direction of the second arena through the gap above, and the twisting heat waves rising up.

 The temperature inside is probably almost the same as that of a volcano.

“Also, has my equipment been delivered?”

“It’s all in the storage box.” The Draconian scholar said very professionally, “The supplies class sent you several sets of equipment, saying they might be useful. Do you want to change them now?”

It is still due to the problem of transportation capacity. Hunters are fully equipped when they leave the star stronghold, but the hunting process is a long and accident-prone process.

 So the survey team will, at the request of the hunter, send his other commonly used equipment to the camp near the mission location for use before that.

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

For example, Wende's current equipment combination is to deal with possible accidents on the road, not against the Flame King Dragon.

 “You go change your equipment first, and I’ll get [cold drink].”

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

Waiting for the demon hunter to insert three groups, a total of fifteen bottles of [cold drinks] into two armed belts, just waiting to be hung on the body so that they can be used at any time.

And Wende has also sorted out his equipment.

He has not changed much. The overall armor is still the [Mist Nest Lord Suit], but the [Pain Sword], which is also made of the Tyrannosaurus material, was left in the camp.

Hung on his back was a pair of double swords, the same pair he had used when he greeted Lan En outside the arena. They were ice-attributed swords made from Wind-Drifting Dragon materials.

At this time, Aibo was using the stove in the camp to cook.

 They had been on the road for a long time, and the cat meal they had eaten at the Weapons and Lynx Pavilion in the morning had long been digested.

Even gnawed a few pieces of food on the way.

As the editor of the recommendation team, Ai Bo is not only responsible for recording the ecological phenomena encountered by hunters in the wild, but also assisting hunters with logistical work.

At first, Rongbuqiu was a little worried when he saw Ai Bo walking towards the stove, and went over to see if he could help.

 After all, Aibo is a bit too lively, which makes her feel unreliable when she wants to work.

 But surprisingly, she did quite well.

Although it is definitely not as long as the cooking time, it is still an efficient sports meal with sufficient calories and filling at your fingertips.

  After all, he is an editor who can work with Wen De, and his basic abilities are very good.

Aibo made a large pot of stew and put a layer of fragrant cheese on top, which was very hot.

After the two hunters and the two Elu cats had eaten, they took a brief rest, nodded to April and others in the camp, and headed towards the second arena.

There are still rugged rocks, and there is the sound of wind that keeps going back and forth between the mountains.

  When they don’t have to take care of others, both Lan En and Wende can act quickly and neatly.

 So it didn’t take long for the two of them to arrive at the transit base established in the valley.

 In other words, the ruins of the transit base.

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

It and Wende were supposed to come over to deal with the Flame King Dragon on the first day, but before they had gone far, they turned back because of the news that Lan En and Aiden had trapped the Flame King Dragon.

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

“It’s the Flame King Dragon after all.” Wen De said without surprise, “That’s the ancient dragon known as [Scorching Sun].”

Although the opponent is Yan Wanglong, both Garfield and Wind appear cautious but not nervous.

 Presumably the two of them were already familiar with contacting and even fighting ancient dragon-level creatures when they were in the Old Continent.

 “Come this way.” Lan En took a step forward and walked to the leader’s position. "We detonated bomb barrels, blew up the arena gate, and there was a fire. You probably wouldn't recognize it."

“I have been studying the [Mist Nest Lord] during this period.” Lan En said as he led the way, “Do you have any guesses about the reason why this Flame King Dragon suddenly appeared? It didn’t come for the gunpowder in the first place.”

 As we get closer to the arena, the air gets hotter.

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

It turned into a violent heat that seemed to be burning at any time.

“The director of the Institute of Ecology said that it may be because the estrus period has arrived. The ancient dragon will also feel irritable and run around, invading its territory.”

 Wende spoke in an orderly manner.

“Animals in estrus are very ferocious, and he also told me to be extra careful.”

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

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