anovelconsole Chapter 1573: Going around
Chapter 1573: Going around
Chapter 1573: Going around
Continuing to sail day and night, the airship fleet reached the airspace between the Metabe wet forest and the inland sea area at the fastest speed.
According to the information sent back by Fukuki Rabbit, the black dragon has already entered the depths of the dense forest.
Next, we need to see whether it plans to find a place in the dense forest to recuperate, or turn to attack the inland sea area that is the core of human civilization, or whether it has any other plans.
No matter which one, the fleet occupying a favorable position can respond immediately.
In the evening, a Fukubiki rabbit flew close to the fleet.
On the flagship, the Third Princess, a hunter from the Flame Village stretched out his arm, and Fukuki Rabbit naturally landed on his arm armor.
This big, chubby bird cooed and flapped its wings from time to time, as if it was saying something.
Its owner listened quietly.
After the Fukuki rabbit finished "speaking", he stuffed a piece of dried meat into the rabbit's mouth as a reward, and then quickly walked towards the command room.
"The black dragon entered the depths of the dense forest and landed in a valley, sleeping and dormant?" The general nodded slowly after hearing this. "Sure enough, it has started to recuperate, right?"
According to the analysis of scholars from the Ancient Dragon Observation Bureau, the two most likely behaviors of the Black Dragon are to find a place to recuperate, and to directly break into the inland sea area and attack major cities.
Judging from the fact that the Black Dragon had voluntarily withdrawn from the battle before, that guy was not a wild beast that would fight desperately on impulse. It was more likely that he was looking for a place to recuperate.
Judging from the information brought back by Fukuki Rabbit, the scholars guessed correctly.
"We should hurry over there immediately!" the impatient captain yelled, "If we delay for too long, the injuries we worked so hard to inflict will heal, and our advantage will be gone!"
This is also the consensus of everyone.
Even the most cautious captain of the research team thought so, and only reminded the lookouts on each ship to pay attention and beware of sneak attacks by the Black Dragon.
As orders were passed down, the airships adjusted their formations, turned around, and sped toward the valley where the black dragon had landed to recuperate.
In a valley deep in the dense forest.
The pitch-black dragon curled up and seemed to be sleeping.
But only when you get close to it can you notice that under the dragon wings covering its body, the golden dragon pupils have never closed.
Instead, it was quietly observing something through the hole in the wing membrane.
While pretending to be dormant, it intentionally released a breath.
Feeling this "forbidden" terrifying aura, not to mention ordinary animals and monsters, even ancient dragons would run away at the first moment.
In just a few dozen minutes, all living creatures within a radius of several kilometers, including insects, had fled away or burrowed deep underground and lay dormant.
The whole canyon was eerily quiet.
At this moment, with its extremely sharp perception, it could still feel that several eyes were fixed on it.
There is no doubt that these gazes come from those annoying little birds that are always following him.
Only a specially trained Fukuki rabbit could withstand the terrifying aura of the "taboo" and continue to monitor instead of escaping at the first opportunity.
If you want to regain the initiative, you must get rid of them first.
A puff of hot air blew out of the black dragon's nose.
Suddenly, it spread its wings, flapped them with all its might, and pushed the ground hard with its limbs. Propelled by its strong muscles, its huge body flew into the air in the blink of an eye.
In one gulp, it swallowed a Fukuki rabbit that was hovering above the canyon.
The other Fukuki rabbits screamed and fled in all directions.
The black dragon did not rush to chase them, but continued to climb with its wings flapping, two hundred meters, five hundred meters, one thousand meters, and soon melted into the dark night.
Faced with this situation, the first reaction of the Fukuki rabbits is to return to their owners and report the situation.
They flapped their wings hard and headed eastward, in the direction of the fleet.
But in their haste, they overlooked the fact that, with the same goal, they ended up on the same flight path.
At this moment, the black dragon swooped down from the sky, exhaled a breath of dragon fire, and burned several Fukuki rabbits who tried to rush back to report the news to ashes.
"Roar--!"
The black dragon, freed from surveillance, roared happily, flapped its wings, and climbed again.
Arriving at an altitude that was difficult for airships to observe, under the cover of night, it flew towards the most "popular" direction on the west coast of the inland sea.
Metabetat City.
The giant halberd dragon rebellion seven or eight years ago destroyed nearly half of this city.
After years of reconstruction, the city of Metabettat has regained its original prosperity, and the newly built port is even larger than before.
It has become the second largest port in terms of throughput on the Inland Sea Loop after the Port of Dondoruma.
Every day, huge amounts of goods from the western part of the continent and the dense forests of Metabe are transported to every corner of the Old Continent through this port.
It is one of the most critical hubs connecting the east and west of the mainland.
However, in the past few days, this prosperous city has become desolate and deserted, as if it were dead.
A few days ago, the highest level of emergency declaration from Dondoruma made everyone in the city nervous.
The president of the Metabetat Guild, Zhe Luo, immediately issued an evacuation order, requiring citizens to evacuate in an orderly manner to multiple evacuation points built in the mountains and forests around the city.
The same evacuation work will encounter some resistance in other cities.
Just like in the city of Minagard.
When the evacuation order was first issued, many people raised questions, believing that it was unnecessary to abandon the city and order everyone to evacuate, which led to a slowdown in the evacuation progress.
But this is not a problem in Metabetat City.
Seven or eight years is not enough to heal the scars and nightmares in the hearts of the Metabetat people.
After hearing the news that a dragon more terrifying than the monster seven or eight years ago might attack, and Wilde City had turned into a sea of fire.
The Metabetat people's reaction was surprisingly consistent.
They all sighed, then hurriedly gathered their families, carrying large and small bags and running out of the city as the evacuees arranged by the guild. Their efficiency was extremely high.
In just two or three days, all ordinary citizens in the city had been evacuated, except for a few hunters who stayed behind.
Standing on the city wall that collapsed and was rebuilt again, becoming even taller and stronger.
The short and fat Guild Master Zhe Luo sighed and said to himself, “I don’t know how long this crisis will take to pass.
The supplies in each evacuation point are enough to last for a week, and even if they are saved as much as possible, they can only last about ten days.
If we continue to delay, something terrible will happen. I hope the decision to evacuate everyone is the right one."
The tall greatsword master walked over quickly, "Mr. Zhe Luo, the airship fleet sent an urgent message using peregrine falcons, saying that the black dragon landed deep in the Metabe forest.
The fleet has set out to pursue, so let's be on the defensive just in case."
"They really came near us?!" President Zhe Luo patted his big belly with a look of relief, "Asa, don't you think I'm very wise?
The order for all personnel to evacuate was issued early in the morning. If we wait until now to organize the evacuation, it will definitely be too late."
The great sword master Asa reluctantly agreed with the face-saving old man, "Yes, yes, you are wise.
That monster shouldn't be able to get past the fleet's blockade and attack us directly, right?"
"Shut up! Stop saying that! Will..."
"Roar--!"
President Zhe Luo was interrupted in the middle of his speech, and bursts of heart-stopping roars were heard in the dark night sky.
(End of this chapter)