Chapter 283 The Explorers

Unlike the past, the floating fleet composed of floating carriers flew through the air at this time, and the cargo holds usually used to load cargo were replaced by infantry transport pods specially used to carry soldiers and ammunition.

The fully loaded Seagull-class floating ship cast a significant shadow from the sky to the ground, and its slow movement speed made it look like a whale leisurely cruising in the air.

"Four ships... more than usual, and the shape of the ships is also different from usual. What are they going to do..."

An explorer guard raised his head, and the tip of his stretched ears shook, as if listening to the sound in the air.

Their ears have never been decorations to please others. With the help of keen hearing, everyone in their tribe is an excellent hunter.

"I don't know, it seems that they have some big moves... Well, this distance should be enough..."

The captain of the guard reached out to the exploration team members who were following behind him and had already put on camouflage clothes made of leaves. In the past few months, their camouflage stealth and wilderness survival skills have been rapidly improving.

Finally, they could see the people in the airships... people like them.

People without ears.

People who lived in a different world from them.

The cleaning activities of the airships would continue for a while, clearing out any local creatures that dared to hinder their work. Such monsters made of steel would hover in the air for a while, and soldiers in black clothes would be deployed to shoot the remaining creatures on the ore veins one by one to ensure their death.

Guns, the weapons of the gray-clothed soldiers, they could partially understand each other's words. They also occasionally heard the weapon vocabulary they often mentioned in their conversations - a long-pole weapon with great power, long range, and slow loading speed.

Finally, the miners were deployed to fully mine the ore veins, some soldiers were on guard outside, and some drew the daggers at their waists to harvest the spoils from the creatures they killed.

The purpose of the airships was the same as those who left their homes and left the mild environment of the kingdom, all for stones.

For the floating stones emitting a faint purple light.

He felt like a scavenger, waiting for the giant beast to finish eating, and then he could not wait to find the resources they could use in the leftovers left by the giant beast.

"Check the equipment, we will follow."

The soldiers who came down from the iron-gray ship only collected the most valuable floating stone resonance chambers and magic materials from the monsters they killed. The rest was cheap for them, and some carnivorous creatures who had been waiting for a long time.

The floating fleet that periodically cleaned the mineral veins obviously changed the surrounding environment. Some small carnivorous creatures always liked to follow the tail of the iron-gray floating ship from a distance, and started to feast as soon as all the fleet personnel evacuated.

And they, their abandoned exploration team, also had to compete with these small carnivorous creatures. They raced against time to harvest the remaining scraps, and sometimes they could find some rare parts that had not been collected.

They used the spine meat of the monsters to grill luxuriously, feeling the taste of the meat immersed in energy - but there was no salt, and the little salt on the frigate had been used up long ago.

The money earned in three months is more than what they earned in the past three years.

The money they saved is enough for them to permanently quit the ranks of guard mercenaries.

The premise is that they can leave here and pass through the pupils of the giant beasts used to monitor everything. The fleet responsible for patrolling the interior of the sky island has reached this level. What will they encounter when they plan to leave the sky island... The captain of the guard sincerely hopes that what he sees is their main fleet.

"I want to open a restaurant of my own when I go back, hehe, and then hang the horn cut from the giant antelope on the restaurant for display."

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit depressing, a guard member used a humorous tone to buffer the atmosphere.

"That was not hunted by you, they shot it down from the sky... If the giant antelope hadn't run for a while before dying, it wouldn't have been our turn."

Another team member laughed and inserted the worn rune sword in his hand into the ground to fiddle with the fallen branches.

"If you want to open a restaurant, then I will open a hotel next to you, and then people who eat at your place can come and stay at my place."

The captain of the guard did not interrupt their chat. In a depressing environment, it always takes a little time to soothe his mood. Put your fingertips on the tree to leave a mark that can only be sensed by the caster. They can follow the mark left on the island to find the location of their camp and avoid getting lost.

"There are so many of them..."

A guard member sighed as he looked at the cloud-dwelling creatures rising from the forest in the distance as the floating fleet went away.

The captain of the guard knew what he was talking about. From the iron-gray warships that they first saw acting alone.

To the small fleets that have now increased to four acting together, their number is increasing. One day, the colonies of the kingdom will have to face these things head-on.

"It's time to set off. If we go any further, we won't be able to keep up with them. I hope we can have a good harvest this time."

The guards sheathed their weapons, put on simple leaf camouflage again, and followed the captain's footsteps as the floating fleet moved forward.

They were just a team that came to explore under the order of the Geological Society, but were later abandoned by the governor.