Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1572. Assault!

Lan En jumped out of the tunnel with a bang.

But when he stood firmly on his feet, he found that the two people and the cat in front of him all had serious faces and were ready to go.

They were listening to the conversation just now taking place upstairs.

So everyone knows that now they have directly reduced their workload by more than half.

"It's a pleasant surprise." Lan En took the lead and continued to walk towards the back door of the temple and the second floor of the Taling Mountain. "But we have to continue to do the work that needs to be completed."

When I opened the back door of the temple, I could see some pale sky above the edge of the sky.

It was already around five in the morning.

Because there is a large forging furnace on the second floor of Ta'e Mountain, the people who live here are all highly skilled swordsmiths.

The houses are mostly built with a mixture of mud and wood boards, and look much better than the first floor.

But the situation here is even more miserable than the already militarized first floor.

Bamboo baskets, wooden boxes, and fragments of door panels from the house were scattered on the road, and the blood-stained mud and clothing fragments had turned dark brown.

Because the blockade was mainly carried out by monsters, even Saito Yoshitatsu's army was not large. No one was there to clean up, so of course it was more chaotic and depressed than the first militarized layer.

It retains the traces left on the day when the Yilong Army arrived.

This scene was undoubtedly a nightmare scene for the swordsmiths, but everyone present around Lan En was already accustomed to the scene of monsters attacking the village.

They are not affected at all.

In the sky that was already turning pale, we quietly advanced along the wreckage of buildings and the messy roads.

Lan En raised his head and glanced upwards, then reached back and pressed down gently without looking back.

The second floor was subjected to some militarization modifications by the Yilong Army.

A long crooked wooden board was placed on the roof of the dilapidated house, serving as a surveillance corridor in mid-air.

There were several foot soldiers who looked listless due to their biological clocks, and a leading samurai who was patrolling back and forth with torches in his hands.

But now they are in a hurry, and Lan En and the others are not interested in wasting time here.

The ball of fluff flew straight up to the roof.

Lan En’s own weight was definitely not enough to stand on such a wooden roof, but just like before, he pushed Wu Ming and A Xiu directly onto the roof.

After that, Lan En walked straight down the street. The only sound coming from the wooden bridge above his head, which was the sound of blood spurting out of his veins and the liquid spilling onto the ground like rain, indicated what was happening above.

The patrol team failed to hand over and report on time. Things like bloodstains and corpses were no longer important in the face of the increasingly rapid pace led by Lan En.

"I found a powder keg, meow!"

On the eaves of the house, the kitten clung to the eaves, revealing its furry little head wearing a helmet and whispering to Lan En.

It jumped up and down with its light body, searching for gaps between houses and messy piles of boxes according to Qian Zifeng's description. Soon it found the hidden gunpowder barrel.

"How big is that barrel?"

Lan En stopped and asked.

"Meow?" The calico kitten hesitated for a moment. "It's a barrel with a diameter of 1.5 meters and a height of 1.5 meters. It's about right, meow!"

Lan En raised his eyebrows.

OK, the Magical Warring States is worthy of its reputation. At this moment, a village full of knife makers can produce such a large barrel of black powder, which is unprecedented.

Besides, the performance of this black powder is still different from that of the black powder in the "normal world".

"Remember that spot, flannel ball."

"Don't worry, Boss!" Flannel Ball confidently put his hands on his hips, "Leave it to me, meow!"

There was a sound of something falling beside Lan En. He turned around and saw Ah Xiu standing up from a half-squatting position.

'It's all right up there.'

As they looked at each other, Lan En understood what Ah Xiu meant.

There are more houses on the second floor of Ta'e Mountain, but they are also arranged neatly.

Keep walking along the road and you will arrive at the main entrance of the big forge.

It is called a large forging furnace, but with the integrated collaboration of so many knife makers, it has already become a prototype of a factory.

It’s actually a big factory.

Several people stood against the wall of the courtyard gate. Lan En listened silently for a while. His shining eyes looked towards the terrain in front of the courtyard gate again, and he already had an idea in his mind.

No matter how sacred the large forge is among the swordsmith community, they even build temples for it and hold regular sacrifices.

Its most fundamental positioning is still a large workshop that takes in raw materials and produces weapons.

Therefore, it is impossible for this place to be located in a remote corner, and it is impossible for the traffic and transportation conditions to be poor.

It is different from those shrines and temples built in deep mountains and forests.

In fact, the reason why the street in the middle of the residential area was so wide and led directly to the gate of the large forge was to facilitate the transportation of goods.

And this is just for transporting goods. If someone with more mobility wants to travel between the first floor of Ta'er Mountain and the big forge, they actually just need to cross a steep slope.

In order to facilitate people's entry and exit, the knife makers also built a staircase on the steep slope.

However, when the Yilong Army arrived, in order to strengthen control and limit the movement of the knife makers, they removed the steps and put a wooden ladder in its place for their own use.

But if the situation is chaotic, the knife makers don't even need to worry about being quiet or hiding when they escape. What will happen if they roll down this steep slope? It's not easy to fall to death on a loess road at such a height.

The clanging sound of iron hammering did not stop even when the sky was only dim, and it spread from the factory building of the large forge to the outside.

It's not just the sound of iron hammering, but also the rolling heat waves. It's not an exaggeration, but a realistic description, spreading from the factory to the outside.

Even after it spread from the factory gate, it was still conspicuous when it poured out of the yard gate.

The air was stirred by the dry and hot wind, leaving obvious traces of the distortion caused by the refraction of light in air of different temperatures.

This is totally unnaturally hot.

"There are still knife makers working inside, but not many are left alive." Lan En said calmly to Ah Xiu who was standing against the wall next to him.

"The structure inside the factory will not be easily changed, which will delay production. According to Mitsuhide Akechi's memory, there are three key passages guarded by monsters."

If the knife maker inside is to be able to run out unhindered as soon as he hears the signal, these three key positions must be cleared.

"One is on the left side of the third floor, one is at the corner of the second floor stairs, and the other is on the right side of the inside of the factory gate."

Lan En spoke softly in a tone of assigning a task, without any emotional ups and downs, as if he naturally believed in Ah Xiu's level.

"There's only a split second before we break in. In that split second, I want you to shoot the monster at the gate in the head so I can rush in steadily. If there's no interference, I can deal with the remaining two in the next split second."

"The passage is cleared, so the swordsmith and his men can escape immediately."

Ah Xiu herself was not nervous. She listened calmly to Lan En's arrangements, took off the bow hanging on her back, and prepared to put an arrow on it.

Because there were sounds of iron hammering everywhere, and the feeling of demonic energy on these monsters was almost the same, Lan En could only judge the location but not the type of monster.

Wuming doesn't know how to use long-range weapons, so he has to rely on her.

Then, Lan En took out a small ball from his pocket and handed it to the calico kitten.

The flannel ball took it over with ease.

"[Rescue Flare]. I'm ready, meow! When will it be used?"

This is the equipment of the New World Investigation Team. It can set off large fireworks. As the name suggests, it is used to send a distress signal to companions when suddenly encountering a monster that cannot be defeated.

It is also the signal for the start of the action that was agreed upon.

"At the same time as that powder keg, just use it when it's in place. We are all in good spirits and can react completely."

Lan looked down and back at the kitten.

"When Qilin comes in, you have to follow it and escort the swordsmiths away. Don't bother with the monsters on the road, the main thing is the people."

The fluffy ball adjusted the small helmet on his head, stood up straight, and said in a low but proud voice: "Leave it to me, meow!"

After saying that, he didn't delay any longer and ran towards the direction of the gunpowder barrel along the same path he came from.

As the kitten quickly ran away, the remaining three humans leaning against the wall of the yard gate began to breathe long and deep.

The three of them began to calm their minds at the same time, using breathing techniques to adjust their physical and mental states, keeping themselves tense and maintaining their peak.

"Breathe~blow~"

Time seemed to slow down in the steady breathing.

Wu Ming, A Xiu and Lan En, all with their backs against the wall, seemed to be able to feel the heartbeats of the other two from their quiet breathing.

At this time, except for the sound of iron hammering day and night, the Ta'an Mountain was still in dead silence in the early morning.

But the next moment.
Lan En's eyes were the first to sparkle!
Then, the hairs on the back of Wuming and Axiu’s slender necks suddenly stood up!
And after that, there was a huge explosion!
"bump!!!"

The sound of the [rescue flare] was drowned out by the explosion of the gunpowder barrel, but the huge, bright fireworks still filled the pale sky!
At the same moment the explosion sounded!

Lan En dodged without hesitation or worry! He rushed from the wall of the courtyard gate straight into the factory of the large forging furnace!

With no restraint in his speed and strength, Lan En's running was like a sledgehammer hitting the ground with a silent sound, fast and fierce!

The sound of the wind created by that majestic body sounded like a whistle!
The human defenders in Mount Ta'er were stunned for a few seconds because of the sudden explosion and fireworks, but the monsters would not just stand there and watch.

From the inside of the big forging furnace factory door, an ape ghost poked its head out angrily!

This is not good news.

Because monsters like the Monkey King have thick skin and flesh, they will not die even if shot directly on the head by a bow and arrow, at most they will be injured.

Seeing Lan En rushing towards him, the ape ghost was about to let out a sharp and angry cry.

The spear in its hand was being held randomly forward to stab Lan En.

But the demon hunter didn't even look at it, and even the pupils of his eyes didn't focus on it!
"Whoosh!"

An arrow was shot by Ah Xiu who dodged just one step late!

She also discovered at the first moment that it was an ape ghost, but her skills and quality did not fluctuate at all, she was terribly stable!
Even better!

"Ow!"

A cry of pain replaced the sharp howl, and the ape-ghost's powerful yet chaotic movements suddenly softened.

Because the arrow hit the golden horn on its head directly at that moment!
There was a crackling sound of crystals breaking, and the arrow shot off the ghost's horn!

The ghost horn is the ghost's weak spot, so the ape ghost could only waile and cover the broken horn.

Lan En quickly passed the ape ghost blocking the door and rushed into the large forging furnace factory!
All I heard was a loud bang!
Without even stopping, Lan En held the hilt of the knife at his waist with his left hand and drew the knife with his backhand!

The air blade extended violently, like a whip, cutting into the reserved position on the second floor. The wooden floor and the head of the undead warrior were cut off at the same time!
Lan En's right hand was completely synchronized with the sword drawing of his left hand [Dragon Roar]!
"Bang bang!"

(End of this chapter)