For the laden crew on the ship, their fate has not changed from beginning to end. Whether the warriors who fought against the ancient dragons were the elite of the Hunters' Guild or the invaders of the Wang Li Hunting Regiment would not change the fact that their life and death were always decided by others. The sailors had no time to wonder whether they would be praised or killed after the battle. None of this mattered anymore, because in the face of the most talked-about natural disasters in the entire hunter world, all living beings are vulnerable and equal.

Despite the extreme shortage of Eamon's mystical potion, he forced every key shipwright to drink it as much as he could. Even with an indestructible dragon strike rifle and an artificially created ancient dragon bloodline, the two-star hunter still needs a large number of loyal men to control the actions of the warship. And right now, these best boatmen are making final preparations for the battle to come.

"Secure the gun mount!" The first mate "Sabo" was roaring on the bridge, and Sabo was the second master of the dragon ship, a seasoned boatman who even Master Peng praised. The uncle's face was square, his face was red from the perennial wind and sun, he was dressed in a close-fitting short suit that was convenient for maneuvering the boat, and although he had not learned any hunting skills, his exposed arms and legs showed thick and reliable muscles, "The ammunition is moved behind the windbreaker!" ”

The status of the old shipwright is still above the two five-star hunters. Now that the guys who were supposed to be directing the ship on deck were obediently lying in the cell at the bottom of the ship, he seemed to be the leader of the whole ship. The dragon ship could only be commanded by the hunter, and for the first time in his life, he was so close to the supreme authority of his dreams.

"Damn, I told you to check the halyard and didn't let you untie it!" Wang Li Hunter stood at the bow of the ship and watched with interest the hysterical shout of the first mate not far away, "The anchor has not been raised yet, do you want the dragon boat to become a kite?" ”

"Sir, the latest information from the observers, the wind has risen to level eight!" Scythe clutched his helmet and struggled into the windbreak at the bow, the metal plate swaying in the wind, and even the front end of the deck was a little unstable.

"I can see for myself—" The two-star hunter looked relaxed, his eyes still not taking his eyes off the first mate's side, "Scythe, what do you say our potion looks like in the human mind?" ”

"Sir, the wind has risen three levels in five minutes, and now is not the time to think about these things." Samsung Hunter reminded.

"I understand, I understand." Eamon finally straightened up, took the report from his companion's hand, and glanced at it casually, "Fengshan Dragon hasn't arrived yet, and we still have ten minutes to prepare—those guys think they're following the right master and doing the right thing." Aemon raised his hand and pointed to the old shipwright who was working hard in front of him. Sabo had a towel around his neck, which was swinging with the wind, "What do you think of the ship's original owner?" Do you hate them in turn, or do you treat them as some inconsequential passerby? Or have you simply forgotten about your old bosses? ”

"I don't know, you need to ask someone who has taken medication." Kamaichi pouted, "I'm sure you'll have plenty of time to do that after the fight." ”

"That's right, you're right." Wang Li Hunter pulled away from his imagination and glanced up and down at his loyal subordinates, "I do have a lot of questions to ask a person who has taken medicine - but the benefits of potions are like that, once we know how effective they are, at least no one will question whether they are lying." ”

The sickle bowed, as if not hearing the last words of the chief.

"Well, we do have more important things to do - where is the Sandstorm's front line?" Wang Li Hunter put down the small talk and said with a straight face.

"Fifteen to ten kilometers, it's already fast. You blocked the way to get on board, and the hunters on the ground were protesting. "Once the war really starts, what are you going to do with the hunters who are involved in the battle?" ”

"After the Fengshan Dragon arrived, they could do whatever they wanted." Aemon said nonchalantly, "We don't need the rabble to help us stop the ancient dragons. ”

"But what are they going to do?" "It's impossible for the ground fortifications to stop the attack of the Fengshan Dragon, and the airship is useless, and those people who stay on the ground have no choice but to die." ”

"They've learned hunting skills for half their lives, and it looks like it's time to use them." Wang Li Hunter poked his head out of the windbreaker slightly, and the strength of the howling wind on the deck seemed to increase another level, and the fine sand hit the front side of the windbreaker, making a sound like rain.

"But they ......"

"Scythe!" The two-star hunter's face became impatient, "We don't need its help to stop this group of hunters, nor its airship, we just want them to 'be here'......"

This group of hunters who suffered unjustified disasters in the desert were actually the "bait" that Emmon had cast for the ancient dragons.

The moment it was taken over by the Wang Li Hunters, the dragon slayer ship had all the ingredients to defeat the ancient dragon species. But there is one thing, in the vast desert, even the hundred-meter-long Fengshan Dragons cannot easily track down - as long as they are unwilling.

The sandstorms on the Ancient Dragon Battlefield are different from the regular forms of natural disasters, and humans cannot rely on the intensity of the storm to determine the whereabouts of the Fengshan Dragon. However, the monsters that create the dragon ring tend to drive out all the creatures in the battlefield, and such a large number of humans are gathered like a lighthouse in the vision of the ancient dragons.

Aemon's original purpose in destroying airships and restricting the movement of hunters at the cost of fighting was never to gain any benefit from airships or joint teams, and these living hunters were his greatest benefit. The Fengshan Dragon will follow the breath of humans and take the initiative to chase after them, and while expelling the humans from the battlefield, they will fall into the trap set by the hunters of Wang Li.

"Now that their mission is almost complete, it's time for us to look away from the disobedient ones." Aemon, "I need your attention on this ship. ”

"That's not what you said before you attacked." The three-star hunter was anxious, "Without your help, the chances of those hunters surviving ......"

"Scythe, there aren't that many people on board the dragon slayer, and I can't risk having my plans ruined to take in a group of hunter refugees aboard - once they see their comrades being held at the bottom of the ship, they'll lift the entire deck into the sky the next moment." Wang Li Hunter spread his hands and stood in the wind, "The desert is so big, you come and tell me, where can I transfer them?" Locklack? ”

"Planning is more important than anything else," said Aemon word for word, "and if the hunters have the courage to go to the hunting grounds in defiance of the union's bans, I believe they have a way to survive under any circumstances." "Don't think about it anymore," he ordered. ”

"But ignore ......"

"Okay...... Damn it! Wang Li stomped his foot, and the good mood that had been accumulated all day dissipated in an instant, "I will give the captains the power to decide for themselves, if they feel that the ground is not safe, they can temporarily take shelter in the airship." Also, once the battle starts, I'll try to lure the Peak Dragon out of the way...... Satisfied? The last sentence of the two-star hunter was said with an eyebrow raised.

"Don't dare." Hearing the chief's questioning tone, the sickle shrunk his neck, but secretly exhaled.

"Then go ahead and arrange it." Eamonn waved his hand happily, "I'm going to check the sandstorm monitoring every five minutes, just ask the observer to send someone else to convey it...... Anything else? ”

"I'm not sure if I need to tell you yet." The blue-armored hunter said cautiously, "Just now, when the storm had just reached level seven, there seemed to be a commotion in the patrol team under the ship. ”

"What do you want to say?"

"I'm afraid that the captains who escaped will go and come back, and they won't just give up." Scythe spoke his guess.

"I'm really restless." Emmon pressed his palm on his face, "Isn't it good to run for your life obediently?" Mobilize people to find it, even if there is only a slight possibility, and you can't let a few moths wriggle around the dragon ship after the battle begins. ”

"But we don't have any more people to spare." Kala said with difficulty.

"So many ......," Aemon's arm stopped in mid-air, and the sailors were busy on the deck where the hunter pointed to him. It's just that among so many people, none of them can be delegated to do the search.

The hunters of the combined team could not be trusted, and there were actually only seven of them on the sand ship that could claim combat power. The reason why the hunters were ordered to stay away from the dragon ship was not only because of the secrets on board, but also because they didn't want the people of the airship to know that the defense inside the ship was extremely empty. The use of each of Emon's mystical potions was carefully calculated, and it was not that he didn't want to send more fighters when he captured the airship, but he had already done everything he could.

After being silent for a long time, Wang Li Hunter waved away the boatmen near the bridge, and asked the blue-clothed hunter in a siden ear, "How sure are you?" ”

"I don't know, the huntress of the Blue Enchantress said that when the wind blows, the low-ranking rookies are afraid of the ancient dragon species and have left the patrol route without permission...... Three minutes of time. The cargo compartment of the sand ship cannot be opened casually, and there is no sign of the gangway on the side of the gangway......"

"I'm asking how sure you are!"

"More than seventy percent." "You watched the three captains leave, this is their ship, you should know that they will always come back." ”

"I'll give you two dragons to search from the deck all the way to the bottom," Aemon shuddered. Both his experience as a soldier and as a hunter had taught him that if anything unfortunate could happen, it would have happened at the worst possible time, "Even if they didn't sneak in while there was a commotion, with the abilities of those high-ranking hunters, as long as they could see through the defenses of the sand boats, they could come in at any time - no, those guys were probably already on board." ”

"The holds, ammunition depots, observation rooms, and stairs on each floor are to ensure that at least two of us are present, and at least have the ability to send signals, if not combat." Wang Li's mind quickly calculated, and then he stretched out three more fingers, "Three, give you three dragons, I don't want to see the mainmast of the dragon ship in the battle suddenly smash into my head." ”

"No, sir." Scythe solemnly promised, and the three masked boys silently stood behind him at some point, making a bow gesture along with his movements.

The desert sky darkened a little, and the surroundings were already filled with the sound of whimpering wind and sand hitting the hull of the ship. Aemon nodded, and reached out from behind the windshield again, the swift wind and sand crackling against the metal wrist armor.

"Level ten." Wang Li Hunter muttered. Ignoring the obsessive wind, he stood on the bow of the ship with the windbreaker, the closer the front line of the sandstorm became, the more blurred it became in the hunter's eyes, and a black shadow seemed to be visible in the deep sand, which was enlarging little by little in the direction of the dragon ship.

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"It's really unseemly......" Zhong Dinghui coiled the cable back around his waist, "I didn't expect Miss Lu to have such good skills." ”

The little scribe patted the dust off his hands and giggled embarrassedly. Lu Xiu jumped into the window for the third time and jumped onto the deck: "She, when she was still in the swamp, on the day we first saw the ruins of the shipwreck, Miss Lu climbed onto the flagship of the ship with her bare hands, which was one-third higher than this sand ship. ”

"At that time?" Being pulled out by the little dragon man, the girl's face turned even redder, "When I thought that it was a precious relic that was rare to see in the entire continent, I forgot what it meant to be afraid." It's just that when I got on deck, my hands were still shaking. ”

"This one isn't a relic." In the end, it is an old hunter with a strong mentality, even if he enters the enemy's base camp, he still doesn't show half a bit of nervousness, "I haven't seen Miss Lu hesitate for a while." ”

"That's because ......" The girl quietly raised her eyes to look at Lu Xiu, and saw that the dragonman was seriously preparing his weapons and props, and the second half of the sentence was muttered that only she could hear it.

With Lu Xiu's footsteps, the orcs also climbed up, and after a day of getting along, Orson's attachment to the boy became deeper and deeper, and he was unwilling to leave the dragonman for half a step. The two captains and Ah Yuan followed, and after the black charcoal broke, they helped their companions distinguish whether they had noticed the sentry here.

"Safety." Ai Lu turned over and landed on the ground, and hurried back to Uncle Zhong's shoulder in two steps, "Sneak in from here, what if you can imagine it, what if you encounter a hunter guarding the cannon bay?" ”

"There's nothing unexpected." Captain He smiled softly, "This is the safest entrance to sneak in. ”

On the deck, the sail lines were untied and the gun carriages were secured, clearly preparing for battle, but there was no one to adjust the gun angles on the side gun ports.

"They don't have manpower." The captain of the wolf moon raised the corners of his mouth, "The weapons in the cabin are not very powerful, and it is difficult to receive orders from the bridge, most of them are used to drive away low-level monsters when they are stationed in place. I guess it was the part that was abandoned first after the lack of manpower. ”

"No matter how many people this group of Wang Li hunters bring, it is normal for them to be short of manpower, not only to take over the original shipwright to control the sand boat, but also to prepare enough hunters to meet the monsters, and to draw out people to imprison the original crew." Uncle Zhong stood behind the hatch and made a gesture, the hunters hid behind him in turn, and Lu Yingying was also grabbed by the little dragon man and blocked behind.

"Getting out of this door won't be as easy as Fang Cai." Lan Mei'er licked her lips, as if she was still looking forward to it.

"Squeak—" The old hunter slowly opened the hatch through a crack, and poked his head out to look left and right.

"How?" The little dragon man whispered in his ear.

"It's strange, if there are too few people on this ship, if there are too few people." The old hunter said in a strange tone.