Early the next morning, the giant dragon ship Pioneer took off from the airport of Ryuriyuan headquarters.
Compared with the giant combat airship, the Dragon Sense ship has more facilities deployed for investigation and scientific research, and it also integrates the guild branch and can receive certification contracts.
The workshop airships are connected in parallel on the sides, and armor weapons can be made on the ship alone.
For the hunter team, it is a very comprehensive air base.
The only drawback is that if the team does not have an airship, it can only take it when the dragon ship is stationed at the airport.
There are three ways for small and medium-sized airships to follow the dragon consciousness ship.
One is to mount and fix it on the side, just like how large ships mount lifeboats.
The second is to use cables and aerial bridges to connect the decks so that the airship and the Longshi ship can stay parallel to the sides.
The above two types of team members can stay in the Dragon Sense Ship or choose their own airship.
The third option is to simply follow the stern of the boat.
As for why they need to act together, Dewen's explanation at the combat deployment meeting was that giant airships like the Pioneer have a strong deterrent effect in the eyes of monsters.
Traveling with it at high altitudes, it can provide strong protection for small and medium-sized airships.
Li Fan is still very interested in the various facilities on the Longshi ship and would like to go on board and take a ride.
However, when traveling long distances, monsters need to be released occasionally for feeding. It is very inconvenient if the distance is too close, and it can easily cause panic if detected.
So he chose to follow from the stern of the ship. Ferry also said that even without guidance, he was capable of driving the Flame to the sky above the Relic Ridge.
Six days later, in the early morning, the Pioneer entered the Yiqun Ridge airspace.
After hearing Fei Rui's shouting reminder, Li Fan came to the deck, took a breath of cool air, and came to the bulwark to look down.
Under the thin clouds and mist, there are rugged mountain terrains with great height differences.
There are many white spots mixed in, arranged neatly into squares and rectangles.
Li Fan looked at it with a telescope and found that it was the ruins of the city-state.
"According to the Scribes team's exploration of the ruins, there was once a very powerful country here, but it does not seem to belong to the same era as the red ruins on the ruins plain."
Eudora, who was looking down together, informed.
"In other words, in different eras, two very powerful countries perished?"
Li Fan asked.
"Yes, and according to speculation, they all died out in a very short period of time."
"How powerful is this? When the Kingdom of Hyrule faced Ganon and the monster army, it at least resisted for a while."
Li Fan expressed surprise.
"Uh, where is the Kingdom of Hyrule?"
Eudora said she had never heard of it.
"It's a very far away place"
Dang! Dang! Dang!
Li Fan was halfway through speaking when the enemy attack bell on the Pioneer rang.
After a while, two fire dragons, one female and one male, appeared on the side of the Pioneer.
Ouch! Ouch!
After the two fire dragons roared for a while, they distanced themselves and continued to follow.
"What did they say?"
Eudora asked.
"Can't understand."
Li Fan shook his head and said.
"Ah? Ah! There is also a dragon roar that you don't understand."
Eudora was very surprised.
"The accent doesn't sound like Moriqiu's, so I can't tell."
Li Fan explained.
"Does this have an accent?"
"Yeah, haven't you noticed that the tail sound of the fire dragon's roar is heavier here?"
While talking, a dozen hunters on board the Pioneer ran to the bulwarks, took off the heavy ballistae on their backs, and swung them forward with all their strength.
The originally folded and merged firing assembly and barrel were unfolded, and the front and rear were chiseled together, completing the transformation from a portable form to an attack form.
Several other hunters holding black spherical shells were loading the side cannon on the side with the fire dragon.
The battle is about to break out.
"There are no fireballs stored in the fire dragon's mouth! Stop attacking! Wait and see!"
Vaguely, Li Fan heard Dewen's shout from the Pioneer.
Behind the bulwark, a dozen hunters were taking pre-sights, and the heavy crossbow barrel was immediately pressed down.
As the Pioneer accelerated away, the fire dragon couple stopped following, and the crisis was resolved.
"Huh~ Ever since we got close to the Yiqun Ridge airspace, there have been more and more encounters with monsters. Isn't this the habitat of the Sky Comet Dragon? Monsters shouldn't appear rarely, right?"
While Eudora sighed, she asked a question.
"The areas are indeed relatively close, but they are at completely different heights. In addition, Sky Comet Dragon does not control energy to change the surrounding environment like many ancient dragons, which makes its existence more difficult to detect."
"Oh? Won't the Searing Carapace fall here?"
Eudora asked curiously.
"This is really an inexplicable problem."
Li Fan, who noticed the anomaly, speculated: "Perhaps because of its habitat, the Celestial Comet Dragon will slow down when setting off and returning, making the carapace less easy to loosen?"
"The ruins have a large number of monsters and are the habitat of ancient dragons. The ecology of Yiqun Ridge is really complex."
Eudora couldn't help but sigh.
In the early morning, the Pioneer and another Longshi ship, the Natural Selection, completed parallel docking in the air.
Dozens of researchers moved to the Pioneer with instruments and supplies.
Research team leader Todd and deputy team leader El Catsik are also among them.
When the Natural Selection turned its bow and returned to pass by, several extremely deep cracks on its side caught Li Fan's attention.
Among the giant combat airships, although the Longshi ship is more focused on investigation and scientific research, its hull protection level is consistent with the strength specifications of the combat airship.
Being able to cause such damage to the opposite side, the power of the slash can be imagined.
If he was attacked on the ground, Li Fan must have thought that the attack must have been caused by Zhan Long.
In the air, only the ship-cutting sword released by the electric dragon with its crown can do it.
Unlike the dragon-killing solid tail blade slash, the ship-cutting sword is a pure lightning attribute attack.
While the cutting ability is terrifying, it does not require the whole body to drive the slashing, only the electric dragon's head is required to swing.
The disadvantage is that the lightning attribute is concentrated on the crown for a very short time, and it needs to be charged before being released.
The reason why Li Fan cares so much is because this ship-cutting sword move cannot be resisted forcefully.
Not long after, the five teams completed their assembly on the Pioneer.
De Wen looked at the team configuration and asked curiously: "Li Fan, are there any members of the team who haven't arrived yet?"
"Everyone is here."
"Two members and one hunting cat, okay."
Dewen didn't say much.
Generally, there are not enough team members and temporary changes occur.
If you are forced to continue participating in hunting, Dewen will usually dissuade you.
But after all, Li Fan and Eudora wore a set and a half of dragon-slaying armor and carried two dragon-slaying weapons, so the strength of the team was naturally guaranteed.
In addition, the 12 hunters from three teams were united, and it was a bit depressing to see that in addition to the solitary team, another team with strong strength and unusual staffing had emerged.
"Thank you for participating in this mission. Due to the complex environment of Yiqun Ridge, most areas have not yet been explored. In addition, the Pioneer itself is also a threatened target and cannot provide much support to the team, so please come and
Be careful when hunting, now I announce that the hunting of Contracted Electric Rebels has officially begun!"
After the lecture was completed, the team's attack sequence began to be deployed according to the coordinated time period.
The initial starting time is calculated based on the time when the electric dragon first attacked the Pioneer.
Each hunting period lasts for three days. The joint team can choose to attack together, but the hunting period will not be extended.
This means that even if three teams choose to attack together, there will only be one hunting period available.
The condition for completing the mission is that the electric dragon no longer hinders the progress of the dragon consciousness ship.
Li Fan's team was scheduled to attack during the fourth hunting period.
However, because the two teams at the top chose to merge and attack, Li Fan's team moved up one place.
It is quite rare to wait for monsters to come to your door before starting hunting.
After eating in the Pioneer's restaurant, the team each had a telescope and stood on the third deck, waiting for the arrival of the electric dragon.
Since it was certain that it would be attacked, except for a small number of sailors maintaining the voyage, the first deck was occupied by stationed hunters who were responsible for guarding the ship.
About an hour later, when the electric dragon was still a black spot, the observer at the front of the ship confirmed that the other party was approaching.
The copper bells of the attack rang continuously.
Beside the fence on the third deck, three telescopes were raised together.
A flying dragon with an olive-colored carapace appeared in the field of vision.
The fan-shaped head crown, which can be extended and contracted back and forth, is constantly vibrating in the strong wind, and the pincer-like tail hammer is thrown straight behind it.
The transparent wing membrane, which is similar to the veins of insect wings, changes with the angle under the sunlight, shining with crystal clear iridescent colors.
"So cool meow!"
Dilu, who observed the electric dragon for the first time, exclaimed.
"You'll look cooler when you're angry."
Li Fan, who was holding a telescope, informed.
"Lower altitude! Turn sideways! Reload the artillery! Assemble the escort on the port side wall!"
Dewen's commanding voice came from the fourth deck outside the captain's room.
The Elcat on the second deck heard the instructions and repeated them loudly with a loudspeaker.
Instructions were transmitted repeatedly on the Pioneer from back to front.
However, no matter how fast the Pioneer's response speed is, the super-large hull of the giant airship cannot match the flexibility of a monster with excellent flight capabilities.
Whoosh! Entering the range that can be confirmed by sight distance, the electric dragon dived quickly and disappeared directly from the field of vision.
"This is because he didn't want to withstand the first round of concentrated fire attacks, so he evaded it by rappelling down quickly. It seems that the electric dragon has accumulated a lot of experience from the many attacks on the giant airship."
Li Fan now understood the reason why Longli Academy vigorously studied airship swarm operations.
No matter how well-equipped a giant combat airship is, there are still blind spots in the air for attack and combat.
If multiple ships cannot cooperate in combat, let alone the Sky Comet Dragon, the electric dragon and the fire dragon with sufficient combat experience may be difficult to deal with.
At the bow, stern, and three vertical viewing openings in the middle of the first deck, observers continuously reported the position of the electric dragon below.
This kind of uninterrupted real-time position reporting gave Li Fan a headache.
However, Dewen on the fourth deck was not only able to accept it completely, but also continuously gave instructions to adjust the direction of the ship's hull.
"Approaching!"
"Approaching!"
"Impact Protection!!!"
The team heard the reminder and quickly squatted down and grabbed the fence.
Bang! There was a muffled sound, and the Pioneer only shook a little, and the intensity was not much greater than when encountering strong winds.
The collision was not as strong as expected. Li Fan speculated that although the hull of the giant combat airship was heavy, it had a good ability to withstand the impact.
Ouch!!!
Then a loud roar echoed through the sky.
"Port wall!"
"Port wall!"
"Port wall!"
During the repeated position broadcast, a wing claw with a unique shape and a bright yellow light rested on the port side wall in the middle of the airship from below.
This wing claw has four toes in total, the two outermost ones are spike-shaped, and the two middle ones are downward-curved hooks, which looks very unusual.
But what surprised Li Fan was not the shape of the wing claws, but the alternating light of green and yellow on it.
In the normal state of the electric dragon, the wing claws are black. Only when it enters the angry state and the thunder attribute is concentrated on the crown, wing claws, and tail, the green and yellow color will appear.
In other words, the electric dragon is in an angry state before it is attacked?
Bang! Another wing claw also rested on the port side wall.
The electric dragon crawling on the side used its strength to prop up its body, and its upper body was immediately revealed, and the brightness of its crown flashing with cyan electric light skyrocketed!
This is preparing a ship-cutting sword!
Li Fan was stunned for a moment.
He has never seen a monster like this that uses unique tricks when it comes up.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
boom!
A dozen heavy ballistae fired a salvo, and various shell casings continued to fly and scatter.
The smoke, dust and flames quickly engulfed the electric dragon's body.
The hunter holding a melee weapon quickly ran to the bulwark held by the wing claws and kept slashing and slashing.
Snap! The tip of a curved hook hooked onto the bulwark was quickly cut off, and cyan lightning spurted out.
Just when everyone thought they had a chance to fight back, they heard a buzzing sound and a giant blade made of cyan electric light emerged from the smoke.
"avoid!!!"
Upon seeing this, Dewen issued an order and at the same time steered the airship toward the other side.
The hunters flew back quickly along the tilt of the ship's hull, the giant green blade raised high and slashed down.
Bang! Click!
The port side wall, the deck, and the cabin below were all penetrated and torn apart by a giant blue blade.
Ouch!!!
The electric dragon roared loudly, released its claws on the bulwark, leaned back and fell down, and quickly fell into the clouds.
The engineering team composed of humans and Ellu cats used roller lifts to rescue materials at risk of being lost in the cabin, while also making emergency repairs to the cracked hull.
The two teams that merged for hunting took a small airship and pursued it along the direction of the electric dragon's whereabouts.
"It turns out that this electric dragon's tactic is to cut and run away. Why is it similar to my idea of making money when you hit it?"
Li Fan watched the entire attack and knew why Longliyuan had a headache with this electric dragon.
The opponent will indeed attack, but the attack will not be fatal.
The Guild and Ryūryūin have little control over Yiqun Ridge, so it will definitely be difficult to launch a large-scale hunting operation.
Recruiting a team of capable hunters to repel the electric dragon is the most appropriate approach.
