"You are right, but the two will inevitably appear together, right?"
Sofia asked.
"It seems so."
Li Fan couldn't give a very precise reply, but according to the current official history of the monster hunting world, this is indeed the case.
"Thank you for your reply, I will speed up the production of the frog puppet bag."
"Okay, bye."
The two of them left the puppet shop and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
"Sofia feels so strange, especially when it comes to the legendary hunter of the brigade."
Eudora said with emotion.
"That's her like you've never seen her before."
Li Fan informed.
"Oh! Have you interacted with the Hunter Brigade?"
Eudora said incredulously.
Because in terms of experience, Li Fan's past is a bit too rich.
"I just heard some gossip."
"What gossip?"
"Sophia loves monsters very much, almost to the point of obsession. When sketching, she will carefully observe and record even the smallest movements. For monsters that cannot be witnessed and observed, others will imitate the monster's movements for her to see. Perhaps it is this extreme love that
That's what prompted her to join the Hunter Brigade and become a receptionist."
"It sounds a bit like you."
Eudora suddenly said.
"It's different. It's just a pure friendship between me and the monster, but she is different. Sophia once regarded Broken Dragon as her first love."
"Uh-huh?"
Eudora opened her mouth slightly and froze on the spot.
"In short, it's hard to guess what the idea is. Moreover, the disappearance of the hunters of the Legend Brigade seems to have had a great impact on her. She always feels that something is going to go wrong."
Li Fan thought and said.
"Sofia doesn't work as a receptionist anymore, so it should be nothing."
Eudora speculated.
If the receptionist randomly distributes the contract to a team of hunters who are not up to standard, or maliciously alters the information, it can indeed cause great harm.
But Sophia is no longer a receptionist, so there is no reason why sewing puppets can pose a threat.
"I hope so, we should make preparations."
The Steel Dragon and the Pavilion Mantis may not actually attack Dongdoruma, but it is definitely necessary to conduct combat drills in advance.
In addition, the detection of intelligence is also very important. Unfortunately, the team only has two hunters, so Li Fan thought of using the power of the guild and the newly recruited treasure hunting team.
Ten minutes in the evening.
Sophia stuffed the drawing board into her backpack, took her favorite green shawl and wrapped it around her neck. She picked up the sewing box and walked out of the door, locking the door of the puppet shop.
The commercial street of East Doruma is a little deserted at this time because of the Laoshan Dragon's invasion of the city-state.
"Miss Sophia!"
Hearing the shouts, Sophia turned to look.
Aiden, who was wearing armor, ran over with a smile, scratched the back of his head and said, "Can I treat you to dinner?"
Sofia glanced in the direction of the puppet shop and then looked back.
"How do you know I'm free?"
"Uh-huh, I see the puppet shop has been closing early lately."
"In that case, this is not the first time you have observed me."
Sophia touched her chin and said in thought, with a trace of vigilance in her eyes.
"No! I'm definitely not spying on you! I just happen to see you closing the store every time I come back from training in the arena."
Aiden quickly gave an explanation.
"I believe you, but I'm sorry, there are still many orders that have not been completed."
Sophia said unapologetically and raised the sewing box she was carrying.
"Excuse me. Miss Sophia, please don't work too hard."
Aiden advised.
"knew."
Watching Sophia's retreating figure, Aiden lowered his head and sighed weakly, but soon his smile returned.
"That's right! She's just busy with work recently and didn't explicitly reject me. She just means that I still have a chance!"
Aiden turned optimistic.
East Doruma Waterway Port Warehouse, in a medium-sized warehouse.
"Master, this is the material you want."
The man wearing a black robe and a hood knelt down on one knee and presented a stack of tablets wrapped in black cloth with his hands.
The man in green robes, also in the typical attire of the Dragon Worship Cult, gently took it and whispered: "Miraboreas will pardon you."
"Leader, Lao Shanlong is coming soon. The cargo volume at the port has been greatly reduced. The believers have gone to great lengths to hide it from the guild's review. Everyone wants to know, do we need to escape this time?"
The man in black robe asked respectfully.
"Disaster is bound to come, and whether you run away or not doesn't make any sense."
"Then can you tell me in advance the specific time when the steel dragon and the unknown monster will attack in the prophecy?"
"It's not appropriate to reveal it yet. I will let you know when the time comes. Where did you find the red-robed preacher by the fountain in the central square? He can't even recite the words in two months."
"I'm sorry, Master! It's our fault in employing people."
The man in black robe lowered his head again.
"Okay, I still have things to deal with, please step back."
The man in black robe backed away slowly and walked out of the warehouse door.
The man in green robe pulled off his hood, and Sophia's face appeared in the slanting moonlight.
After changing clothes, carrying the leaf-like object wrapped in black cloth on her back, and picking up the sewing box, Sophia took the rail car to the north city gate.
After showing the five-star Compiler Medal to the guards, she successfully left the city and took the Bobo bus to continue her journey.
Until we reached the junction of plains and desert, we changed to sand boats and started moving forward again.
After 5 hours of journey, we finally arrived at the outskirts of the lost ancient city, which was full of ruins.
The Lost Ancient City is not a dangerous place, but there are often reports of sightings of giant monsters.
What's strange is that in these reports, each witness's description of the monster's shape is different.
crawling dragon, standing man, curled snake
At the same time, these reports were all accompanied by sandstorms. In the eyes of the guild, they only thought they were mistakes or mirages, and they failed to pay attention at all.
But even so, it is also very dangerous for the editor to conduct ecological surveys alone without the protection of hunters.
"This editor, I admire your courage, but it's late at night now, so it's better not to be brave. Shazhou will reach the village in two hours. Let's rest overnight and come back during the day."
Captain Shazhou explained.
"Don't worry about the captain, the accompanying hunters have arrived early. I will use the signal flare to summon them as soon as I get off the boat."
Sofia, who was sorting out her belongings, informed.
"Then I'm relieved. The Cat Treasure Hunting Team over there! The lost ancient city you are going to has arrived. Remember to bring your belongings."
The captain lowered the sail and slowed down the sand boat while shouting reminders.
"Thank you, Captain, meow! Gold and silver! Pearls! Emeralds! Let's set off!"
Treasure shouted.
Snap!
Jade, who was sleeping soundly, burst the bubbles on the tip of his nose. He stood up and rubbed his eyes and said: "Sail...set sail, meow."
As the sand boat left, there was only Sophia and the treasure hunting team in a dark and silent desert.
"Cats, why haven't you set off yet?"
Sofia stood still for a moment, and when she saw that the treasure hunter team was still on standby, she asked curiously.
"We are protecting you, meow! Don't worry, we will stay here until our hunter teammates come to join us, and we won't go anywhere."
Cai Bao informed.
“It’s really considerate.”
Sophia laughed dryly.
"You haven't released the signal bomb yet. Did you forget to bring it with you? I have it here! What color is the assembly signal you agreed on?"
Jin Yin said as he opened his backpack, revealing flares of various colors.
"Uh, black."
"Oh! Ink flare meow!"
Jin Yin said and handed over one.
Sophia's eyes twitched, she didn't expect it to happen.
"Releasing ink flares late at night? How strange, meow"
Pearl touched her chin and analyzed.
"I remembered! The agreement is that they will wait for me inside the lost ancient city, and I will take the first step."
Sofia picked up her sewing box and walked quickly towards the ancient city.
"Okay, the target is the lost ancient city! The treasure hunting team has set off, meow!"
Under the cry of the treasure, the treasure hunting team lined up and headed towards the ancient city happily.
Sophia clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, but there was nothing she could do.
After walking for more than ten minutes, the remains of the city wall exposed from the sand became larger and larger.
After passing through a sideways stone arch, Sophia and the treasure hunting team came to a circular open area.
Countless corners of debris emerged from the sand, making the entire area look extremely messy.
On the other end directly opposite the stone arch is a castle that has been severely eroded by wind and sand, and only the basic outline can be recognized.
Seeing the smoke floating into the sky in front of the castle, Sofia became alert and quickly hid behind a leaning stone pillar and looked around.
"Look at the standard color of the tent. It seems to be the guild's field investigation team."
Sophia was quick to judge.
"He's from the guild, meow! He must not be discovered."
Caibao exclaimed.
"Indeed, if we are discovered, what are you doing hiding here?"
Sophia didn't feel right until she was halfway through speaking.
"We. We are here to hunt for treasures in the ancient city, meow."
Caibao said, squinting his eyes.
"Oh, why are treasure hunters afraid of being discovered by the guild?"
Sophia smiled slyly.
"This. This meow."
Treasure appears in embarrassment.
"Isn't it the same for you, nya."
Pearl raised her paw and said.
"That's right, meow."
"It's meow."
Gold, silver and jade, holding their waists, agreed.
"Then since everyone has the same goals, why do we still need to ask about motives?"
When Sophia said this, the four cats looked at each other for a long time, but they couldn't find any loopholes.
"So everyone can just act on their own. Also, don't follow me."
Sophia finished speaking with stern eyes and left the stone archway.
Seeing the other party leaving, the gold and silver cat lowered its ears and sighed: "What should I do, meow? There is no route to continue deep into the ancient city, otherwise the guild will definitely discover it."
"The mission assigned by Li Fan this time is very strange. He knew that the guild would definitely visit, but he asked the treasure hunting team not to be noticed."
Pearl said doubtfully.
"Li Fan must have his motives for doing this. Don't be discouraged. Let's find a route separately."
After Cai Bao gave encouragement, the four Ellu cats split up.
However, before the treasure could run very far, he saw a long, slanting figure projected on the sand behind a stone pillar.
"Ah! You are so cunning, you actually eavesdropped, Meow!"
Treasure let out a cry.
But what Cai Bao didn't know was that Sophia, who overheard the conversation, was also in shock.
I've been noticed!
However, Li Fan did not report the truth to the guild, otherwise the field investigation team would not be the only ones visiting the ancient city.
Wait, could it be that the information he has is actually very limited, and he directed the guild to visit just to test it out.
At the same time, he was afraid that the guild would retain the exploration information, so he sent a cat treasure hunting team to confirm the guild's investigation trends.
That makes sense!
But does Li Fan really have such planning ability?
Sophia fell into deep doubts.
But soon, she suddenly smiled.
Although it was earlier than expected, at this point in time, no one except him could stop the development of the situation.
The figure behind the stone pillar flashed and quickly disappeared.
Caibao wanted to give chase, but saw Sophia stepping onto a sloping rock wall and skillfully walking quickly along the ruined city wall.
It felt like returning to my own home.
Due to his unfamiliarity with the terrain, Cai Bao was completely unable to pursue him.
Not long after, Sofia climbed the rope ladder and reached the top of the castle.
Unfolding the wrapped black cloth, the gray leaf-like insect wings were revealed.
"It's time to eat, Twinkle."
After Sophia finished speaking, she threw the whole pile of gray insect wings away.
Dang! Bang!
The seemingly light insect wings quickly fell to the ground and made a metallic buzzing sound after impact.
The stationed guild field investigation team immediately became alert.
After the vigil members took up arms and warned, dozens of members quickly ran out of the tent.
"Protective queue!"
"What's wrong?"
"I don't know, it seems like something fell."
"Don't worry, it's very close to Dongdoruma. Even an ancient dragon can get support quickly."
During a hurried exchange, the mentality of the field investigation team quickly stabilized. They were assigned to visit and stationed there just today.
In their eyes, this was an extremely easy field investigation mission.
The reason is that the ruins of the ancient city have been visited countless times, and a lot of ecological information does not need to be investigated at all. You only need to confirm the current situation.
Da da!
There was a dense sound of stamping on the ground.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Countless golden threads spread out from under the sand layer and wrapped around the surface of the wreckage.
A field investigation team member holding a tachi saw a huge steel beam half-buried in the sand in front of him, being quickly wrapped in swirling golden threads. He raised his sword and chopped it up.
Squeak! Sparks fly!
The members of the field investigation team were immediately knocked back.
He didn't expect that the seemingly soft and light silk thread had a steel-like texture.
"Over there! Something is climbing over the wall!"
Members of the women's field team pointed in a direction.
Behind the mottled khaki city wall, a hooked sickle emitting golden light hangs on the edge of the wall.
The second hook and sickle followed closely behind. As the hook and sickle clasped against the wall, a pair of strip-shaped compound eyes glowing with a strange purple light slowly rose from behind the wall.
"What kind of creature is this!"
A male member of the investigation team exclaimed.
"Calm down! Record the information! The combat team is responsible for protection! Try to buy time for recording!"
Although the middle-aged male leader also felt that something was wrong, he still made arrangements.
Sofia on the top of the castle was not moved at all by the investigation team's actions.
Instead, he opened the sewing box and knitted the unfinished monster doll.
