Chapter 1233 1215. ‘Trapped’ the ancient dragon!
The scales and skin of Yanwanglong itself are dark red, but the temperature on its body is too high, causing the surrounding air to be heated and shiny, and shiny scale powder will fall from time to time.
This gives people the illusion that it is a vibrant red color.
Lan En''s body was covered with a fireproof mist layer caused by [violent sweating]. The Flame King Dragon was heavy, but because of the cat''s claw structure, its footsteps passed by him silently.
?Its claws didn''t make much movement, but the mass of more than 20 meters long was shaken no matter what it moved on the ground.
When you pass by a person, this kind of vibration will remind the person''s body: There is a scary big guy next to you.
But Lan En has become accustomed to the giant things around him.
Smaug’s body is more than 140 meters long, so what? Not to mention the Molten Mountain Dragon, and the skeleton of the Ancient Snake King Dragon in the Valley of Miasma.
?The flames are still raging in the base, and many houses have collapsed due to being burned and losing their load-bearing capacity.
Fortunately, there are a lot of open spaces in the base, so Lan En can walk around as he pleases.
?The flames were burning, and the heat stirred the air to make a whirring and explosive sound.
Humans and ancient dragons passed each other and walked on opposite sides without interfering with each other.
When Yanwanglong followed the smell and entered the arena built by natural cylindrical rock walls.
?A loud, but not explosive sound of explosions came from inside, and spread all the way up the cylindrical rock wall, releasing rumbling sound waves toward the sky.
??That was the sound of the gunpowder dust raised by Lan En using [Alder''s Seal] and immediately ignited by the high temperature after the Flame King Dragon entered.
However, because the strict sealing environment of the bomb barrel was lost, it did not cause an explosion, but only burned violently.
In the sound of the violent burning of gunpowder, mixed with the lion-like roar of the Flame King Dragon.
?This is not a sound of hurt or fright. On the contrary, this sound reveals surprise and comfort.
Just after it was confirmed that Yan Wanglong had completely entered the arena.
“Bang bang!”
Two rounds of ammunition were fired from the light crossbow in Aiden''s hand from the outside of the fire scene.
??The ammunition, which was standardized by the craftsmen in the workshop area of ??the second phase of the New World Survey Corps, had a propelling tailflame on its tail and passed by Lan En.
?The ammunition penetrated the swaying curtain of fire and hit directly the two explosive barrels that he had placed beside the arena gate just now, with only a little corner exposed!
“Boom!!”
??This time it’s a serious explosion!
During this period, there was also a "crack" sound of the rock block of the arena gate structurally breaking and smashing down.
?Aiden, wearing only a shirt under his armor, ran in with his light crossbow on his back.
His face, which had been burnt red, was full of anticipation and surprise.
“Is it done? Is it done?”
Deep in the base, the originally rough and strong gate collapsed into the shape planned by the biochemical intelligence brain in the face of the impact of the explosion and the "force defects" arranged by Lan En in advance.
?Large rocks fell and piled up, and the displaced air formed wind, which was wrapped in fine sand and dust and temporarily swept away the surrounding flames.
The entire door was completely shattered and was piled in its original position without falling apart.
From inside the arena that had been blocked by large pieces of rubble, a heavy crashing sound was heard.
Then there is a roar like a lion, but the momentum and volume are completely incomparable.
?This time, the roar was filled with pain and anger.
The roar vibrated from the cylindrical rock wall, echoing far and wide throughout the valley.
??The group of people who were evacuating in the distance looked worriedly in the direction of the burning base after hearing the sound.
Inside the base, Aiden looked at Lan En, who was also smiling excitedly, a little confused, "What are you doing in there?"
"What can I do?" Lan En chuckled, "It must be the rock trap on the head. The rope net containing the rocks cannot withstand the high temperature of the Yanwang dragon and falls."
“I just adjusted the position of the rockfall trap towards the place where the gunpowder powder is scattered. I didn’t expect it to really hit.”
"Huh?" Aiden suddenly became even more confused. "Then it won''t run away after feeling pain, right? We want to confine it here!"
Yes, the limit is here. In other words: trap the ancient dragon!
This is something that no one has done or even thought about in this world so far.
??The ancient dragon is the top of the ecological chain, a life like a god.
Even if it is to repel the ancient dragon, only the top hunters are qualified to form a team to take on the mission, and the success rate is not high.
So an out-of-standard hunter like Wende can handle various ancient dragons individually and repeatedly.
Only then can he become the ace among the aces of the Hunter Guild, and let the entire fifth-phase fleet wait for him at the port of the Old Continent for a week.
But even so, so far, the only record of an ancient dragon being killed by a human is the Celestial Dragon.
There is no need to talk about capture.
Now, the two hunters want to trap the Flame King Dragon in this arena!
“I don’t think its obsession with gunpowder will make it care too much about being hit by hundreds of tons of rocks.”
As Lan En said this, he used Alder''s Seal to suppress the flames spreading around him. Because Yanwanglong was isolated in the arena, its remaining heat began to gradually decrease.
“How about we go take a look?”
??Aiden suggested, scratching his short mohawk.
Of course Lan En agreed.
?Even though the two people were braving the heat wave, they still ran to the shattered and collapsed arena gate in high spirits and full of expectations.
These large pieces of gravel were almost compacted by gravity when they were smashed down. Only at the bottom, there was a gap big enough for humans to crawl in between the large pieces of gravel and the rocky ground of the valley.
Aiden wiped his face and was about to lean forward and look inside.
?But then, Lan En grabbed him and took several steps away.
Just walked out of the direction facing the gap. "Boom!!"
The hot firelight overflowed violently from the gap like thick water.
The rocks were burned red and shiny under the flames, almost losing their solid form.
?The flames only lasted for a few seconds!
?But after Aiden and Lan saw the flames, they raised their eyebrows.
“Did you hear the flapping of wings?”
“No, did you hear that?”
“No! It’s done!”
The two people bumped their fists and both put on happy smiles.
?It is undoubtedly very difficult, even impossible, to capture the ancient dragon alive.
Not to mention that Yanwanglong still has wings, and the cylindrical mountain wall of this arena has no ceiling. If it wants to, it will flap its wings and go out.
??But Lan En dared to be the ‘King of Ideas’, and the key to proposing this idea to Aiden was that he felt that the Flame King Dragon might not want to run away in this situation.
After all, there is indeed a lot of gunpowder here that it likes to smoke and eat.
It''s a bit hard to break open the door and burn the rock blocking the door into lava, and it''s also a bit hard to fly upward, but if you stay still, there will be a lot of gunpowder to eat.
??Yes, Lan En and Aiden are unable to trap the Flame King Dragon here and unable to leave.
??But they can create some obstacles for Yanwanglong to leave, and create some nostalgia that it likes, so that it doesn''t want to leave.
?No matter what, as long as it stays in a fixed area for a period of time, isn''t this equivalent to being ''trapped''?
“We two are so awesome!” The enthusiastic and cheerful members of the fifth group raised their hands and cheered, “This is trapping Gu Long! Let’s report to the stars quickly!”
“Whether it’s this Yanwangsaurus or its hobby of gunpowder, this is a great discovery in ecological research!”
??In the arena, the angry roar of the Flame King Dragon, which was hit by a falling rock trap, gradually faded away.
?After all, that little bit of damage seems to be nothing to it, and it may not be a hit at all, just a scratch on the skin.
Following this is the comfortable purring sound of a feline.
Obviously, the pleasure caused by the powder in the arena is much greater than the irritation caused by the rock trap.
The latter let the Flame King Dragon roar, breathed fire and passed.
Is gunpowder like catnip to it?
Lan En was still very research-minded and prepared to stay and listen to the news for a while. After all, he had studied at the Ecological Research Institute of the survey team for a period of time.
But Aiden still couldn''t bear the heat in the flame.
He dragged Lan En and walked out.
“Hey, don’t get excited right now. It’s business to report back to Xingchen!”
By the time they walked out of the burning base again, the base had almost been completely burned down.
But both Aiden and Lan know it clearly.
?Compared to the two of them using the environment of the arena to temporarily ''trap a Flame King Dragon'', setting up the entire base is a huge profit!
??If it were in other worlds, then the leader of the investigation team might care about material loss, division of responsibilities and powers, etc.
However, in the New World Survey Team, there was no loss of personnel this time, and only some materials were lost to figure out a certain ecological habit of an ancient dragon.
And also ‘trapped’ it.
Everybody will be really happy about it.
??The Commander-in-Chief, a dark-faced man who looks hard to offend but actually has a good temper, could be considered serious if he didn''t laugh on the spot this time.
?Aiden and Lan were like little friends who had completed an ''idea''. Although they were tired and hot, they still talked and laughed and moved forward to catch up with Tissaya and the others who had retreated into the distance earlier.
"Speaking of which," Aiden wiped his sweat and suddenly asked with some confusion, "Why is Yanwanglong so obsessed with gunpowder? Although the flammable rocks in the wild are not pure, they can still burn."
“Maybe the taste is different?” Lan En guessed irresponsibly.
“The Sun Flame Dragon is carnivorous. The investigation team’s gunpowder formula used a lot of gunpowder herbs and the scales of the Exploding Dragon Fish and Exploding Goldfish, right?”
“It doesn’t have these in its usual recipes.”
“It is indeed a reasonable conjecture.” Aiden nodded at Lan En’s novel statement, “You can discuss this idea with the director of the Institute of Ecology.”
(End of this chapter)