Chapter 742: Dark Tyrant
The desert night was indeed very cold, but with plenty of firewood and windproof cloaks, the hunters spent a relatively comfortable night.
Before dawn, Anshil got up and woke up his companions. The group quickly filled their stomachs with dry food and completed the last preparation before departure.
"Let's go."
The temporary three-person team left the camp under Anshil's command and headed straight for the sand dune cave where the dragon's nest was located in the guild intelligence.
The hunters ran silently on the rough sand and gravel ground.
Taking a deep breath of dry air, Maka ran very fast. This was the environment she had been familiar with since she was a child. Although it was dry and desolate, it gave her a familiar feeling like a fish returning to the water.
Fengying and Anshil's faces were a little strange.
They were used to riding on tooth hounds in the hunting ground, but now they felt like they had lost their legs.
Why did I run so slowly?
"Baka!"
The little Qimian tribe, who was exploring the way in the front like a hunting cat, suddenly stopped.
"Something's going on."
"Ka Ba Ba Cha Ka La."
Maka frowned, soothed the buzzing hunting insect on his right arm, and stretched out his hand to make a few gestures to his companions behind him.
"Be on guard, dune, opposite, large monster."
An Xier and Feng Ying slowed down their pace, suppressed their breathing and sense of existence, and the three of them climbed to the top of the dune carefully and looked down.
A khaki-colored two-horned giant beast with a body length of more than 20 meters was lying on the flat sand below the dune, resting and sleeping.
"Diabolos (horned dragon)." An Xier muttered to himself silently.
This large monster has an amazingly sharp hearing and vibration perception ability. If anyone stood up at this time, the footsteps would wake up this big guy.
Under the command of An Xier's gestures, the hunters kept lying down and slowly slid back until they left the dune. They stood up and quietly retreated two or three hundred meters away, and then began to communicate in a low voice.
"Go around."
Anxier's idea was very direct. "The black-horned dragon is guarding the dragon's nest. There is no need for us to make trouble. Go around it and go directly to the dragon's nest."
Maca seemed a little hesitant. "What if the battle breaks out and the horned dragon follows the sound? This place is only a few kilometers away from the dragon's nest. Given the territory of the horned dragon, these two can be said to live together, and they are probably partners."
Anxier shook his head gently. "The black-horned dragon is more irritable than you can imagine. Theoretically, the horned dragon will never approach the dragon's nest where the black-horned dragon is.
Before and after the delivery period, the female horned dragon that turns into a black-horned dragon under the action of hormones will regard the spouse as an invader and expel or even kill it."
"Is that so?" Maca blinked, looking a little surprised.
".Drink two less bottles of wine and read two more books."
"I was wrong" Maca admitted his mistake decisively, and Feng Ying also stuck out her tongue.
"Babaka." Anshil looked at the little odd-faced tribe, "Are you sure you can get close to the horned dragon without waking it up?"
"Kababa!"
"It said yes."
Anshil nodded, took out a dye ball and put it in Babaka's hand, "Put this under its body, be careful not to break it, but make sure it will crush the dye ball when it turns over and stands up."
Babaka understood Anshil's intention and jumped on the spot, "Kababa!"
"It said yes."
"I understand this sentence too! Go quickly, be careful."
Babaka adjusted the mask on his head, went underground and disappeared. After several minutes, it came back, jumping happily.
"It's arranged, right? Very good, let's go around to the dragon's nest."
After some effort, the hunters bypassed the area where the horned dragon was, and came to the vicinity of a huge sand dune.
Or sand dunes are not appropriate, this is basically a sand mountain.
According to Maca, the bottom of this huge sand dune is empty, hiding a giant cave.
There is a funnel-shaped hole at the top of the dune for large flying dragons to fly in and out, and there are two entrances and exits nearby, both leading to the underground cave.
"This is the best nesting site within a radius of dozens of miles. As the overlord of this area, if a black-horned dragon wants to produce and build a nest, it will definitely choose here."
"Have you been here?"
"I've been here a few times before."
"Very good, which entrance is suitable? You lead the way."
"Jumping down from the hole at the top of the dune is definitely the fastest. There are sand piles below. If you are careful, you won't get hurt, but you may jump directly on the face of the black-horned dragon.
If you want to be safe, come from this side. Follow me, this way."
After another round of twists and turns, the terrain of the underground cave is very complicated. Anxier is very fortunate to have Maca, a "local", to lead the way, otherwise he may go wrong even with a detailed map.
A large part of the underground cave here is not so much a "cave" as it is a canyon eroded by wind and sand for countless years. The scorching desert sun shines through the cracks in the rocks, and the light is sufficient.
And the temperature is relatively stable, unlike the drastic temperature difference between day and night on the ground. It is actually quite comfortable, and there is no need to drink cold drinks.
"No wonder they want to build a nest here." Feng Ying muttered softly.
Maca, who was walking in the front, made a "silence" gesture and signaled his companions to slow down.
They walked quietly through a narrow corridor and finally came to the huge cave under the big sand dune.
On the sand pile composed of fine yellow sand like flowing water, a pitch-black horned dragon was curled up there, sleeping soundly.
The hunters exchanged glances and quietly approached.
Feng Ying regretted it now, very much. She should have found a few small monsters to chop on the way here, accumulated some energy, and opened a red shield for the shield axe first.
Now the opportunity of sleeping slash in front of her could not be used for super solution, which made her very uncomfortable.
In fact, she thought too much.
Even if they tried their best to suppress the sound of footsteps, when they approached the black horned dragon less than 30 meters away, the sleeping black beast still woke up from its sleep.
The bloodshot scarlet eyes suddenly opened, and it stared at Feng Ying in the front position. The violent breath that seemed to crush everything made people's scalp numb.
Feng Ying swallowed secretly and stopped the urge to sneak behind to chop the tail. She drew her weapon, set up the horned dragon shield axe, and faced the black horned dragon directly.
I am the vanguard, I am the vanguard, I am the vanguard
The black-horned dragon stood up and shook his head, raised his huge head and took a deep breath, and was about to let out a thunderous roar.
At this moment, an extremely huge crossbow bullet turned into a line of fire, shot from a distance, and exploded at the moment when it was about to hit the side of the horned dragon's neck.
The golden red blazing fireball enveloped the black-horned dragon's head and upper body.
The black-horned dragon, who had just woken up and was still a little confused, was directly overturned to the ground, struggling and howling furiously.
The opening supernova?
Feng Ying was surprised, but she rushed forward at the first time, hitting the black-horned dragon's forehead, which was constantly struggling to get up, and quickly swung the sword.
She must grab the target's attention as soon as possible.
"Chiji!"
Maca also released the hunting insect to absorb the essence of the monster, while moving quickly and launching guerrilla warfare.
The black-horned dragon, who had been beaten for no apparent reason, supported himself on the ground with his strong wing claws and stood up. His already scarlet eyes were now filled with violent blood.
“Roar, roar, roar, roar——!”
The dark tyrant of the desert was completely furious.
P.S. Since the supernova in this book is a special crossbow bullet, there is no need to consider the hunting skill slot, only the cooling time.