“A dark red stone?”
Ms. Duda, who was so focused on interpreting the stone inscriptions that she didn’t even notice that Gordon had returned, raised her head and repeated her question, "You mean the red stone?"
“It’s meow, it’s this meow!”
Pork Chop took out a dark red stone from the package and raised it in front of Duda.
“This is very interesting.” Duda looked at the ore and muttered to himself.
"What? Does the inscription mention these red ores?" Anhil asked, turning his head.
Duda touched the brightly colored ore with his fingertips.
“In the description of the prayer ceremony, it is mentioned that the ceremony will be decorated with a ‘brilliant red stone’, which symbolizes the ‘comet’.
If you guessed correctly, it refers to this kind of ore. "
“Does it symbolize a comet?” Gordon whispered.
In recent days, the word "red evil star" has echoed in my ears too many times. When I hear the word comet, I will naturally associate it with it.
"These ores must be collected and brought back to the Dragon Sense ship for further analysis and research. I also found some meaningful things in the inscriptions here. I will interpret and record them first." Ms. Duda simply added. , then continued to turn his attention back to those inscriptions.
Gordon nodded, and did not disturb the archaeologists' work anymore, nor did he run out and wander around anymore. Instead, he ate and rested in place to recover his strength.
The investigation team composed of scholars and hunters spent more than an hour peacefully.
Gordon rested against the wall and yawned secretly. Anhil checked again and counted the ammunition and props he carried with him.
“Woof?!” Li Feng, who was lying behind Ms. Duda, sticking out his tongue, suddenly raised his head, and his triangular ears stood up alertly.
Pork Chop also sniffed it from side to side a few times, and the hair on the tip of its tail started to stand out.
Noting the reactions of Tooth Hound and Ellu, Gordon and the others knew without asking that something was approaching.
“Around, distance, can you tell what kind of monster it is?” Gordon asked in a low voice.
Ancier said directly to Ms. Duda: "A monster is coming. Let's evacuate immediately."
"Ah? There is less than a quarter left. Give me another twenty minutes, no, just fifteen minutes!" The archaeologist who was immersed in ancient texts was obviously not very clear-headed.
“Strong wind.”
"Woof!" The strong wind directly grabbed Ms. Duda's clothes and threw her onto his back.
“It’s very close, meow, the movement is very small, meow! It feels like a monster like a velociraptor, a meow that walks silently! The breath is very dangerous, very dangerous meow!” Zhupa spoke very quickly.
It sniffed carefully again, "Meow from the west, it's a meow from the west!"
Gordon frowned.
It is difficult for Pig Chop to evaluate it as "very dangerous" for an ordinary five-star dangerous monster, let alone when he and Ancier are by his side.
It should be a high-level monster.
When fighting a monster of this level, the two six-star hunters must be very alert, and they may not have time to care about the scholar's safety.
So he no longer hesitated and shouted softly: "Gale Wind is holding Ms. Duda on her back, waiting for us to attract the monster's attention.
Once he heard the news that we were in contact with the monster, Gale immediately carried Ms. Duda to retreat at full speed and rushed back to the Longshi ship. Do you understand? "
“Woof!”
“Then what should you do?” Ms. Duda, who finally came to her senses, asked nervously.
“We will find a way to escape.” Anhir said, putting on his helmet.
Gordon directly drank the demon potion and hardening potion, and then pulled off the visor of the Tyrannosaurus armor.
He believed in Zhupa’s judgment. Ordinary monsters, even six-star dangerous monsters, would not scare Zhupa so much.
Seven stars? Or is it more dangerous? !
“Let’s go.” Gordon shouted.
Two people and one cat walked quietly towards the entrance and exit of the ruins.
Due to the limited sight angle, he did not find any trace of the monster, but he did not dare to relax his vigilance at all.
Even his senses, which are far inferior to those of Ellu and the Fang Hound, can still feel the depressing atmosphere in the air at this time.
There is no doubt that he is a strong enemy.
He thought for a while and made two gestures to Anhir.
Anhil nodded, came to the corner, unfolded the heavy crossbow and set it up, ready to cover Gordon's actions at any time, but his finger was not directly hooked on the trigger.
It is unwise to attack first and provoke the monster before the hostility of the monster is determined.
Although some monsters are powerful but not very aggressive, it is not difficult to retreat calmly as long as you do not deliberately attract their attention.
The monster hoping to get close to the ruins falls into this category
With such luck, the hunters' vigilance level has been raised to the highest level.
Gordon made a gesture again, took a deep breath, and slowly walked out of the ruins.
Compared with reckless sprinting, this slow walking method is less likely to irritate monsters.
Gordon's nerves were tense, and several shimmering crimson butterflies floated in front of him.
For some reason, these butterflies, which were less than half the size of a hand even with their wings spread out, actually made him feel in danger.
He trusts his instincts.
If there is a situation, be careful.
Gordon made two gestures again to remind Ancil and Pig Chop to be careful of these inconspicuous insects.
In fact, even if he didn't remind them, Anhil and the others would not ignore these seemingly weak butterflies - how can ordinary butterflies emit red light?
Seeing that the butterfly had no intention of continuing to approach, Gordon breathed a sigh of relief and quickly searched his surroundings, but still couldn't find anything.
“The smell seems to be where the ore has just been mined.” Pig Cho said in a low voice.
Gordon nodded, and the group of people walked along the corner of the wall and slowly explored the rock wall where the mineral vein was previously discovered.
More numbers of crimson butterflies are gathering here. They are stopping in groups in the cracks of the mineral veins and on the ore debris on the ground.
The red light on the wings is uncertain.
Gordon forced himself to turn his attention away from the eye-catching butterflies and pay attention to every movement around him.
“There meow!”
Gordon suddenly looked up and saw a giant beast squatting quietly on the top of the ruins building, overlooking them.
The color of the carapace almost blends in with the dark masonry, making it look like a part of the ruins building. Because of this, the hunters did not notice its existence at the first time.
It has a broad chest and strong limbs, and its body structure is compact. Its back and joints of limbs are dotted with pale hair, which makes its almost pure black body more majestic.
The monster in front of me is familiar yet unfamiliar.
But no matter what, it will not be that kind of good-tempered existence, and it is obviously impossible to retreat easily.
Gordon put his hand on the hilt of his sword.
Anhil also raised the muzzle and whispered two words in his mouth, "Thunder Wolf Dragon? Overlord?"
“It doesn’t look like it, it should be some kind of subspecies.” Gordon glanced at the red butterflies.
Has the symbiotic relationship with the lightning bugs also changed?
The huge black beast jumped up and landed in front of the hunters. It raised its head to the sky and let out a long and frightening roar.
As if they heard the order, the crimson butterflies left the vein one after another, fluttered and landed on the back of the giant beast, and got into the gaps in the carapace.
The next second, fine red arcs of lightning flashed, wrapping around its pitch-black carapace and claws, as if it were a vicious wolf from hell.
“Dragon energy?!”
Ps. I haven’t surpassed Dragon Flash yet, huh?
(End of this chapter)