Chapter 848 The Third City
After Hayata finished sketching most of the "trophies" stained with black oil, Gordon immediately arranged for evacuation.
These items in the lair are already quite strong evidence.
Perhaps, there are still some clues and details in the lair, but in this urgent situation, it is more important to pass on the currently discovered information.
Especially the fact that "the mantis leaves the nest with weapons", the guild must be warned as soon as possible to let the fortresses in various places be more careful.
Just like when we came, the retreat was uneventful.
Maybe it’s because the queen is not in the nest? The male mantises showed a considerable degree of inertia.
According to the reaction of Zhu Ba and Pandan, who were responsible for taking turns to lure them away, these male mantises stopped chasing after a few steps and could easily escape.
After passing through caves and narrow passages, Gordon and others finally returned to the surface.
It was almost dark at this time, but they had no intention of delaying and fired the signal flare directly into the air to prepare the Dragon Sense Ship to take off.
Taking into account the emergency that may arise at any time, the Longshi ship did not deflate the airbags and land completely. Instead, it used anchor ropes to fix the hull above the city wall. As long as the ropes were disconnected, it could take off immediately.
After returning to the Dragon Sense ship, the hunters immediately prepared a report to the guild headquarters.
After all, the weight of the letter that the peregrine falcon can carry is limited, and they cannot make a long speech. They just summarize their findings and conjectures in a few sentences, and then release the peregrine falcon.
After completing all this, the hunters had time to take a breath.
Mrs. Duda came over with a smile, and Gordon Hayata was a little speechless.
Fortunately, Ancil knew how persistent this lady was and dismissed her with a piece of metal with ancient inscriptions that he picked up at random from the lair.
Mrs. Duda was overjoyed. She held Ansiel's head and rubbed it, saying, "I loved you so much when I was little" and so on.
Facing this mother's best friend, he was also very helpless.
The person in charge of the Longshi Ship, the captain of the investigation team, the young dragon scholar who was a little younger than Feng Ying came close behind.
Facing the unkind looks from Gordon and the others, the young man felt numb.
With his thin and petite figure, he looked like a chicken even in front of Hayata. The three people's looking down at him gave him the illusion that he was actually an Elu.
The captain of the investigation team raised his hands and said as if surrendering: "I have something serious to discuss!"
Gordon crossed his arms, "You tell me."
"Where should we go next?" The dragon boy said helplessly: "We need to confirm the destination as soon as possible and then plan the route."
Is this really serious business?
Gordon, who had already exerted some strong stereotype influence on the scholars of Longli Academy, smiled dryly and lowered his arms, "That's true. To be honest, it hasn't been decided yet. Let's have a small meeting to discuss it?
Follow up Are any of the ship's scholars as good at analyzing monster actions as Mr. Issa is? Mr. Sa is still in Yanhuo Village."
The captain of the investigation team nodded, "I understand, wait a minute, I will ask the scholars to come over."
The captain of the investigation team. Under the arrangement, the three Gordons and the two scholars he invited sat down in a quiet cabin.
After introduction, Gordon and the others learned that these two scholars had served in the Ancient Dragon Observation Bureau for many years and still held the title of consultant. Their understanding of ancient dragons and ancient dragon-level creatures was far beyond ordinary people.
It has to be said that the number of scholars in Longli Academy is really large.
Gordon shared the information they had investigated and learned so far with the two scholars, and also attached his and others' speculations.
If it were normal times, doing this would be somewhat suspected of "leaking secrets", but now that the situation is tense, I can't care so much.
“Bring the map.” One of the older female dragon scholars ordered the captain of the investigation team.
The young scholar, like a student, immediately went to fetch the map.
Another middle-aged male scholar considered it and said: "Our understanding of the mantis is very limited. It is very different from any beetle species or even any other creature we have known.
It is difficult for us to accurately analyze the purpose and direction of its next action with this little information."
"You are too cautious," the elderly female scholar said with a hint of criticism. ," This is not an academic paper, there is no need to be so rigorous.
As long as it is a logical guess, you can make it."
"I understand, teacher." The scholar nodded, exhaled, and said: "If, as you said, the mantis has the habit of using the dragon-killing gun as a weapon, then its behavior of leaving the nest with the dragon-killing gun may indeed be aggressive.
What needs to be predicted now is the location of the next attack, right? ”
“That’s right. "Gordon nodded.
I really hope that this scholar can speak more concisely. Words such as "if", "possible" and "hypothesis" appear frequently in his words, as if he has a certain spirit.
At this time, the captain of the investigation team also sent a detailed map of the continent.
The middle-aged scholar pointed at the map and said: "Starting from the ruins of the ancient village, Ge Mantis's choice. Not too much, it roughly has three directions to go.
To the south is the great desert.
The only ones worthy of being its attack targets in the desert are Balu Barre and Lockak. The former is a moving city and is not an easy target, while Lockak is built on a giant rock platform. Mantis thought It won't be easy to take it down.
Personally, I think the probability of Ge Mantis going in this direction is low.
To the east is the Reksai Sea.
The fishing town Reixala? This is possible, but Rexala does not have conventional city defense. They mainly defend against monsters from the sea.
Considering the purpose of collecting heavy machinery parts such as dragon guns, this is a meaningless goal and the probability is not high. "
The middle-aged scholar moved his finger on the map and continued: "There is another direction, which is to the north.
To the north are the Metabe Jungle (Old Jungle Forest) and the Geokeruk Inland Sea. This area deserves more attention and suspicion. The Georis Stronghold that was attacked not long ago is here.
Jicheng should be careful. Without the village, the probability of Ge Mantis and the unknown mysterious monster directly attacking the city is not low.
Meta Betat is also in this direction. ”
The middle-aged scholar looked worried.
The elderly female scholar who was called a teacher by the middle-aged scholar spoke up, "He has clearly analyzed the direction in which the Pavilion Mantis may go, so I will start from another angle.
——The destruction of the Dongdoruma arsenal brought about the mystery of black oil Monster.
Judging from the size and ability of the Mantis, it is basically impossible for it to capture a fortress without controlling the city.
In my opinion, it is quite capable. There is a high possibility of 'joining forces' with the mysterious monster again
Hmm, maybe it's more appropriate to say that it's a steal of loot? "
"This is also the situation we are most worried about. Two ancient dragon-level creatures appear at the same time." Gordon rubbed his face.
The old lady stared at the map for a while and continued: " In fact, your thinking is somewhat restricted by the Mantis. Since the Mantis is likely to be following the mysterious monster, wouldn't it be more direct to analyze the movements of the mysterious monster? "
"Well, we tried to think about it this way, but unfortunately we couldn't get any clues about the coming and going of the mysterious monster, so we couldn't analyze it. "Gordon explained.
"That's not right. "The old lady shook her head gently, "There is no clue, but it is also a clue.
Able to quickly destroy a fortress, there is no doubt about the strength of the mysterious monster. Its size, strength, etc. are also probably amazing. Why has no one witnessed it?
Even if the garrison of the fortress was completely wiped out, what about the passers-by who witnessed it? "
Gordon and others looked at each other, unable to answer.
"There are only a few ways monsters can move, in the air, on land, underground, and if they are close to water, there is also water.
Judging from the situation in Dongdoruma's arsenal, the last three have been directly eliminated, which means that the large monster is most likely flying.
It stands to reason that a large enough monster flying in the air can easily be witnessed by caravans, travelers and the like, so why are there no sighting reports? Where did it fly from? "
Hayata thought for a while and said: "Over the inaccessible mountains and forests, or on the sea? "
Anhil frowned, "The situation has been tense recently and Dongdoruma is under martial law. The number of caravans from various places going to Dongdoruma should be greatly reduced
Wait a minute, Ji Okruk Inland Sea?
With the blockade of East Doruma Port, trade in the inland sea of Geokruk has completely lost its meaning, and there are almost no ships sailing on the sea.
If that mysterious monster flies over the inland sea, the probability of being sighted will be very low! "
Gordon also stared at the blue triangle area on the map.
"Dongdoruma, and then Jicheng, both cities are adjacent to the inland sea. "His finger moved along the coastline of the inland sea on the map.
Until it stopped at a certain point.
"The third coastal city built around the inland sea - Metabetate ! "Ps. I originally wanted to call it Meicheng for short, but think about the general custom of Meicheng referring to Meijie Boltan
(End of this chapter)