Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1660. Hunting the Dragon Turtle
'coming. ’

Stuart confirmed it in his heart.

The originally calm lake surface was stirred up by tiny ripples, and like a crocodile, only a pair of cold little eyes and a little "something" on the tip of the nose were revealed above the water, observing them.

In a turbid pool of water, this camouflage is hidden in the tiny ripples and is difficult to detect.

As a result, most ordinary bystanders would simply feel that "something is about to come out of the pool" and fall into a kind of panic with no clear cause.

However, he didn't know that the thing was already quietly floating at a height close to the water surface, and even had its eyes exposed to observe the surroundings.

But this is not true for the demon hunter's extraordinary senses.

Stuart didn't even have to say anything, after the dragon turtle's eyes surfaced, the three Embers Knights immediately dispersed!
With the prototype of [Acceleration Technique], they dodged as fast as a Yharnam hunter, allowing them to move five or six meters away in an instant!

At the same time, the water surface, which was originally calm and silent and had just started to ripple, also exploded with huge splashes of water!

"Kakaka!"

There was no roar, but there was a series of sounds of hard shells knocking against each other, or joints moving!
The dragon turtle smashed out like a huge rock thrown by a catapult!

With a loud 'bang', the place where the three Embers Knights had been standing was covered in dirt and rocks.

The mud was shaken up more than three meters high!

The cold-blooded monster only then revealed its full appearance.

Its entire body is covered in reptile-like scales, but they are visibly strong and thick.

The head did look like a cross between a crocodile and a dragon, matching the movements it had just observed beneath the water.

But from the head down it doesn't look much like a turtle.

The dragon turtle is about five meters tall, but its body length is more than twice that.

Because its body is like a giant lizard with swollen muscles.

The reason why it is called "Dragon Turtle" is probably due to the large thick shell on its body.

These shells are piled up layer by layer on its body, and like the scales on its body, they are mostly black with yellow stripes.

However, on the edge of the shell, there was a cold, metallic reflection.

That's why it loves metal.

The crocodile characteristics are very obvious on this dragon turtle.

It doesn't roar. The 'cracking' sound is just the sound of its body shells bumping against each other during movement, similar to the sound of humans wearing armor.

After rushing out of the stinking puddle and hitting the ground, its reptilian vertical pupils glanced around coldly.

"call out!"

A sharp sound of breaking through the air came from behind the dragon turtle.

The Cinder Knight, who had quickly flashed to the side of the dragon turtle, stretched out his left hand in the direction where the sound of breaking air came from without even thinking.

[Alder's Seal]!
"Oh!"

A slender, fleeting black shadow was directly deflected by the impact of the seal, but even though it was disturbed and deflected, this whip-like thing still created a small-scale sonic boom in mid-air!
That's the tail of this dragon turtle!
Embers Knight did not miss this opportunity.

Another Embers Knight jumped out from beside his companion who had just released a seal and attacked incorrectly!

With the enhanced reaction speed brought by [Enhanced Blizzard], he accurately seized the opportunity.

However, based on the skill of [Acceleration], the person wearing heavy and formal knight armor is as fast as a flash of silver light.

The silver light in his hand was faster than his body!
The long sword with a steel core and silver coating was placed with the base of the sword near the handle on the dragon turtle's sturdy tail, followed by a juicy "sizzle" sound!

The speed at which the Embers Knight swings his sword is enhanced by the [Enhanced Thunder] potion, as well as the speed at which the Dragon Turtle's tail twitches. When the relative speeds are added together, the damage caused by the speed is astonishing!

The hard black and yellow scales were cut open immediately!

Sparks flew between the scales and the silver sword, and in the cut, the dragon turtle's thick and strong muscle fibers and fat layer were exposed in red and white.

The wound from the knife went straight into the coccyx.

[Advanced Dragon Beast Oil] also entered its body and began to spread toxins.

The dragon turtle did not roar, but its tail muscles suddenly tensed up!

Its ferocious character made it subconsciously seek a counterattack. It pulled out one of its front paws that had just been stuck in the ground, and prepared to swing it horizontally to the side to smack or grab the little guy jumping around it to death.

But before it could completely pull out its claws
"Oh!"

A dull collision sound erupted from its front paws!

On the other side of the dragon turtle, Stuart was holding the all-steel staff from Viggofortz, and was smashing the dragon turtle's front paw shoulder with the head of the staff in a vertical chopping posture!
The sound of Karara's scales breaking was very crisp, and the sound of the minced meat and blood being squeezed out from under the broken scales was like squeezing a juicy tomato.

And at the bottom of the iron rod that Stuart was swinging, even though the ground was not touched at all, a wave of air was pressed down in the middle by the swinging iron rod!
[Wei Mingli·One word chop]!
Ashina-ryu is a technique that is flexible and refuses to be rigid. Stuart's use of swordsmanship on this magic iron staff is in line with the original spirit of this technique.

When the iron rod is swung, it may even feel light and powerless in the hands of the holder. But when it hits something, its mass will increase suddenly! The inertia and force of the hammer will also increase dramatically!
With a simple swing of Viggofortz's hand, he applied magic to the iron rod and was able to smash a tree trunk as thick as an adult's waist.

But later the magic on the staff was weakened by Margarita to prevent Stuart's own magic power from being unable to activate it.

The dragon turtle, who had just pulled his hands up from the ground, was immediately knocked off balance by Stuart's iron stick.

Stuart's stick poked a large piece of carapace on the dragon turtle's back, and the two collided with each other, making a sound like large pieces of metal smashing against each other.

A palm-sized piece of the accumulated shell on the dragon turtle's back was knocked off, and the sound of the impact lingered in the mountains and spread far away.

On the mountain road, the rebels who were called to help were tying up rattan sticks to make a plank.

With the sudden explosion, all the movements of his hands stopped, and he looked towards the direction of the mine in trance and worry.

"My beard." The dwarf opened his mouth wide and bared his teeth. "Is this a piece of iron that fell from the mountain?"

"Oh, unless a lump of iron falls from the mountain and there happens to be another lump of iron below to catch it." The elf rubbed his pointed ears, "otherwise, even if it hits a rock, there won't be such a crisp sound."

"Is there something wrong?" The human wearing a straw hat squeezed in and said a little worriedly, "I heard you say that the dragon turtle seems to be very powerful."

The dwarf asked very straightforwardly: "Why don't we go up and take a look?"

"Go up and see? How do you see?" The elf spread his hands, indicating that he had a small sickle on his belt. "Or do you think that the hoe you use to till the land is more useful than the battle axe?"

The elf was halfway through his words when his tone suddenly became distorted when he uttered the last word!
In the end, only mumbling and inarticulate murmurs remained.

He wanted to cover his pointed ears, but since they were visible to the naked eye, it seemed useless.

At this moment, more than a dozen people panicked. Not only because the two elves in the team had become like this, but also because they themselves felt dizzy and nauseous!
The esophageal spasms that started inexplicably seemed to be vomiting the stomach out of the mouth.

My heartbeat began to speed up uncontrollably, and the speed it accelerated was like a truck being pulled towards a cliff by a mad horse!

Fear and panic also began to appear in abnormal levels among these battle-hardened rebels.

"Cut off my head!" the elf wailed, and tried to pull the small sickle on his belt tremblingly.

The dwarf's face was now so red that it seemed like blood was oozing out, and veins were bulging on his forehead, but he still gritted his teeth and held down the elf's hand tightly, together with the human next to him who was similar in appearance.

One second, two seconds. In this uncomfortable and sickening pain, they felt like five or six minutes had passed.

Then, at a certain point in time, their uncomfortable feelings were greatly alleviated and their abnormal body condition quickly recovered.

Everyone looked at each other in confusion.

But based on their experience that time seems to slow down when you're in pain, they finally felt that it was less than half a minute.

Sweating profusely, everyone looked in the direction of the abandoned mine not far away.

In fact, the time estimated by these rebels was still inaccurate.

That peculiar and sudden discomfort lasted only ten seconds at most.

——Lane and Mentos counted them themselves.

When Stuart and the other two Embers Knights left deep wounds on the dragon turtle's body and [Advanced Dragon Beast Oil] entered its body.

The cold-blooded and ferocious monster immediately followed its instinct and prepared to run back to the pool in the mine.

But how could Embers Knight let it go back so easily?
After a brief entanglement, the dragon turtle immediately burst out with more strength to escape.

On its head that looked like a cross between a crocodile and a dragon, a burst of flames surged up from its throat and spread to the outside world through the gaps between its teeth.

But this only stopped the Embers Knights for a short while. Despite the noise of the [Quen Seal] exploding, their pace did not slow down.

The dragon turtle did not expect its ordinary flame to have any effect.

What is really effective is the huge pile of shells on its back!
The edges of the overgrown carapaces shone with metallic luster in the sun. They spontaneously opened and closed from their tightly fitted state on the dragon turtle's back, creating dense gaps between them, and then each piece of the carapace began to tremble rapidly.

Then, silently, just like the rebels in the distance, the same dizziness, discomfort, unreasonable panic, and rapid heartbeat appeared on the Embers Knight.

The demon hunters' strong physical endurance prevented them from falling down like the rebels in the distance.

But it is basically difficult to stand.

But they were different from the other team members in one respect - even when they were suddenly attacked by unknown means, they did not panic, nor did they despair when facing the dragon turtle.

Because their mission had actually been completed at the very beginning.

The monster was dead the moment it left the fetid pool.

"Infrasound? No, it doesn't seem that big. But it's interesting."

Lan En's interested voice came from above.

Immediately afterwards, before the dragon turtle had time to look up after hearing the sound, a real and strong body, which was different from the others who were supported by magic cloaks, smashed directly on the dragon turtle's back!
"Bang!!!"

The whole monster was knocked down like a golden mountain or a jade pillar!

(End of this chapter)