Chapter 865 This Flag Is Firmly Planted

The speed of the Dragon Knowledge Ship is much faster than that of ordinary airships.

After flying along the northern coastline of the Geokruk Inland Sea for two days and one night, they arrived at the airspace where East Doruma was located and were slowly landing.

In less than two days, the body of the mantis, which was basically intact, had been dissected and decomposed into countless parts by scholars.

Even in the dissection room of the Royal Paleontological Scribes Headquarters, it was impossible to do it more meticulously and better than them.

After all, the Dragon Knowledge Ship is not a means of transportation, let alone a warship, but an aerial research room with the most advanced scientific research equipment.

The data and specimens obtained during the dissection process, as well as the dissection of the mantis itself, are the "rewards" for the Dragon Knowledge Ship to take the risk of participating in this incident.

In short, the scholars of the Dragon Calendar Institute are very satisfied with this reward.

Gordon and his team are the same.

The material yield rate of the scholars' meticulous dissection is much higher than that of their peeling and digging with a knife.

Even if the scholars will collect some scraps as specimens, they will still make a lot of money.

If they were to peel many things themselves, they would probably not be able to collect them at all and would only lose them in vain, such as a volatile green liquid with a pungent fragrance extracted from the glands in the tail.

Scholars named it "the fragrant liquid of the mantis", guessing that it should be a kind of pheromone used to attract male mantises.

There are also many golden shells, rainbow-colored carapaces, gorgeous thorns, elegantly curved sickle blades, residual golden silk threads, etc.

They are neatly stacked on the deck, like the treasures of ancient heroes, shining with jewels and precious stones, making it difficult to look away.

The most eye-catching one is a dazzling gem about the size of an egg, emitting rainbow light.

According to the scholars of the Dragon Calendar Institute, this gem is not only beautiful, but also contains amazing and powerful energy. They also gave it a nice name.

——The Lixuan Jade of the Mantis.

Gordon rubbed his chin.

If these materials are shown to the dragon craftsman, the legendary old craftsman will also be moved, right?

I don't know what kind of equipment can be made, which is exciting.

However, Gordon and others' good mood did not last too long.

When the height of the Dragon Knowledge Ship dropped to only a few hundred meters, they finally noticed something wrong.

The ground and walls of the East Doruma Battle Street were full of potholes and traces of battles. One wall even collapsed for the most part. The craftsmen set up scaffolding and stepped up repairs.

There were also obvious dents on the heavy city gate. This was a steel city gate that could withstand continuous artillery bombardment!

During the time they left East Doruma, this continental city was also attacked.

The Dragon Knowledge Ship finally landed in a large dock near the Battle Street.

Ansel was the first to jump off the side of the ship. Metabetat's tragedy made him extremely nervous, so he caught a craftsman nearby to ask about the situation.

The craftsman was obviously not very clear about the specific situation and spoke vaguely.

He just told them that the attacking monsters did not break through the Battle Street, and there were no casualties in the city.

This made Anshil breathe a sigh of relief and calm down.

"The attacker is an ancient dragon, right?" Gordon said, "So the guild blocked the news to prevent the citizens from being too nervous."

"It should be." Anshil nodded in agreement.

"Could it be that mysterious ancient dragon?" Hayata shook his head halfway through his words and denied himself, "No, if it was that guy, there should be traces of black oil and burning at the scene."

At this time, a guild member came forward.

Gordon had seen this person in the Grand Elder Hall. He seemed to be one of the civil servants around the Grand Elder.

"Silver Edge, please follow me. The Grand Elder has been waiting for you for a long time." The guild clerk bowed and offered his hand.

Gordon and the others exchanged glances.

After successfully defeating the mantis, they sent the peregrine falcon to deliver the letter. The high-speed dragon ship was not much slower than the peregrine falcon.

It is estimated that the Grand Elder had just received the letter and sent this person to the big dock and waited there.

"Let's go."

In the familiar hall, the elder sat there as usual.

The old dragon's face was still dark, but at least the air pressure around him was not as low as the last time they met. When he saw Gordon and the other two come in, he smiled.

"Thank you for your hard work. I received the letter and the thank-you letter from President Zhe Luo. You did a great job in Metabetat.

No, maybe I should praise you more directly. You saved that city and saved tens of thousands of lives."

The elder put his hands on his knees and bowed to the silver-edged hunters.

Gordon and the other two quickly made way.

The elder raised his head and continued: "Although it does not involve taboos, considering that you predicted the attack position of the mysterious ancient dragon and the mantis in advance, killed the mantis, and finally defended the city.

After discussion, this mission will be recorded as nine stars, which is a great achievement that can be recorded in history. The corresponding rewards and rewards will be paid soon."

"Elder, is this too exaggerated?"

Gordon touched his nose. Compared with the respectful and even head-raising a few years ago, he is now more casual in front of the elder. "In the defense of Metabetat, the local hunters and the dragon recognition ship played a far greater role."

The great elder waved his hand and interrupted him, "Those old men all know that their awards, honors and rewards will not be less, and the guild will not favor one thing over another."

".All right."

“Also, I originally planned to take this opportunity to promote you, Gordon, Ancier to the eight-star hunter, and Hayata to the seven-star hunter, but your master Kambei strongly opposed it.

I want to ask your opinion. "

"Ah?" Gordon was stunned, "Great Elder. I was promoted to Seven Stars in August last year, after the Sky Comet Dragon incident. It's less than a year ago?"

Hayata followed: "I was promoted to six stars in July last year, which was also less than a year ago."

An Xil even rolled his eyes, "I was promoted to Seven Stars in December last year, and it's been, um, four months now."

"."

The great elder stroked his beard and asked, "Is this me too impatient?"

"Yes." Anhil answered very impolitely: "You are indeed too impatient. At our age, it is too heavy to carry such a level of honor."

The Great Elder sighed, "Well, maybe it's because you hunted too many ancient dragon-level creatures. I thought a long time had passed.

The Sky Comet Dragon, the Sky Return Dragon, and the Pavilion Mantis are all three, and the Thunder God Dragon is also considered half. Ordinary eight-star hunters may not have the experience of hunting so many ancient dragons or ancient dragon-level creatures. "

"This is all thanks to you." An Xil said angrily.

"You kid." The great elder glanced at Anxier.

Although he has a hot temper, the old guy will not be angry because of such verbal offense, especially if the other party has performed his duties as a hunter well.

Hayata quickly smoothed things over, "How about we get down to business first? There are still many details of this investigation and battle that have not been reported."

"Hmph -" the great elder shook his eyebrows, "Looking at your intentions, you don't seem to want to be promoted, so that's all, follow your wishes and postpone it for now.

Wait until, um, when you hunt an ancient dragon again, I will promote you. "

Gordon twitched the corner of his mouth, the flag was planted firmly.

After skipping the topic of collective promotion, the three people in Yinbian complemented each other and reported their findings, experiences and speculations in recent days to the great elder one by one.

The old man frowned as he listened.

"The matter with Pavilion Mantis is finally over, but that mysterious ancient dragon is still a huge hidden danger. Do you think the attack will continue?"

"Yes." Gordon answered decisively, "It will even happen soon, because we detonated gunpowder in its belly. It should still be very hungry and will naturally want to continue to look for food."

Hayata also made a suggestion, "Since the mysterious ancient dragon flies back and forth over the inland sea, maybe its whereabouts can be found on some islands in the inland sea?

With such a large body and swaying black oil, it shouldn't be difficult to find it given the general range. "

"This is a good idea. I will arrange manpower for reconnaissance as soon as possible."

"Wait a minute, I have a question." Anhil suddenly raised his hand, "Great Elder, among the cities around the inland sea, which city has the largest amount of gunpowder reserves?

We may be able to predict the next target of the mysterious ancient dragon from this perspective. "

The great elder's face darkened, "It should be Dongdoruma. The arsenal was attacked. In order to deal with the attack of the rusty steel dragon, the logistics department worked overtime to produce a large amount of gunpowder.

Most of it has not been consumed and is currently stored in a warehouse on Battle Street. "