Ms. Fanshi raised her head and looked at the Great Elder, "Instead of establishing a useless last line of defense at home, it is better to concentrate all our strength on the strongest new stronghold and repel the old mountain dragon here."
The great elder was silent for a moment, his voice thunderous.
"Can."
"Under the premise of sourcing the dragon gun and other defense equipment and solving the transportation problem, we only need to consider the installation of equipment and city gates, as well as the reinforcement of the Xinzhai wall. How long will it take to complete the project? Can it be completed within a month?" Guild The supervisor looked at the official and asked.
The official scratched his hair hard and said, "Impossible. If you send over dragon guns and artillery, we have to consider hoisting them too."
The number of large-scale hoisting equipment is limited, and the hoisting of the city gate alone will take a whole month. Fortunately, the wall reinforcement can be carried out simultaneously by sending additional manpower.
However, it takes one month to hoist the city gate and ten days to install the defense equipment. It will take at least forty days, and this is when the work is done day and night, regardless of manpower and cost. "
"Forty days." The great elder frowned.
Laoshanlong will arrive in Minagard in just one month, how can he fight for these ten days.
"Send hunters to intercept them on the way?" someone suggested.
"It doesn't mean much." The elder slowly shook his head. "With the size of Laoshanlong, it is extremely difficult for hunters to pose an effective threat to it without relying on the facilities of the village. It is even difficult to slow down its pace."
"Maybe so."
Campbell spoke again: "Although the old fortress is no longer strong enough, it is still a fortress that has successfully blocked Lao Shanlong several times.
If the dragon-killing gun over there is repaired quickly, it should be barely usable, right? Then hurry up and arrange some artillery and heavy crossbows.
Build the first line of defense here to buy time for the equipment installation in Xinzhai. "
"It's impossible for the village to stop Laoshan Long for ten days."
A guild executive retorted, "According to past records, the blocking operations in front of the stronghold usually lasted one to two days. Either the stronghold was destroyed and breached, or Lao Shanlong gave up and turned around and left."
"No, it might work."
Ms. Fanshi said, "The distance between the old village and the new village is quite long. At Laoshanlong's walking speed, it would take about five or six days.
If Laoshanlong could be seriously injured in Jiuzhai, at least making it inconvenient to move, it might slow down.
We will then send hunters to stop it along the way. In this way, we may be able to buy enough time before it reaches Xinzhai. "
"Are you sure?" Another guild executive asked.
Fan smiled bitterly and shook his head, "There's nothing you can't be sure of. It's just that you try your best to do everything you can and then wait for the results."
"As it should be."
The Great Elder paused for a moment with the huge old sword in his hand, "Issuing an 'emergency declaration' to mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized, and we must defend Minagarde City in front of Lao Shanlong."
...
The homing pigeons and peregrine falcons from the guild headquarters scattered out and flew to all parts of the world.
Countless airships were drafted, both official and private.
They shuttle back and forth between major cities, transporting teams of craftsmen, weapons and equipment, building materials, and the most critical hunters to the city of Minagard in the northwest of the continent at extremely fast speeds.
A few days later, Gordon, who was fishing in Bernard Village, also received an emergency transfer order from the guild.
Not to mention him being a "foreign aid", even many hunters affiliated with Ryūliyuan are also on the move.
Under the "Emergency Declaration", not only high-ranking hunters, as long as you are a hunter, you must obey the guild's dispatches.
Excluding Gordon, there were a total of five hunters in the entire Bernard Village who received dispatch orders, two were high-ranking swordsmen, and the remaining three were all four-star and five-star marksmen.
There are no lower swordsmen because, regardless of their equipment level or their own strength, it is difficult for a lower swordsman to pose a threat to a super large ancient dragon like Lao Shanlong.
The casualty rate will also be astonishingly high, and there is really no need to specially dispatch them to take risks.
Since the two high-ranking hunters except Gordon have not yet had time to return to Bernard Village, the hunters from Ryūliyuan will depart in a few days and fly directly to Minagard.
Gordon first boarded a cargo airship heading to East Doruma. He planned to go back to his master to find out some "inside information", then go to Ancil's house to get the Epitaph Sword, and then rush to Minagard.
Nowadays, Laoshanlong is still crawling slowly among the mountains. Craftsmen are racing against time to repair the two fortresses. As for the hunters, it is not time for them to fight desperately.
For human civilization, airships are a transportation technology that spans the ages. Even if it is a cargo airship that is not very fast, it only takes a little more than two days to fly from Bernard Village to East Doruma.
For this reason, Gordon suffered another complaint from the pork chop.
Think about how we got to Bernard Village, meow!
Gordon, who came to East Doruma, did not feel the tense atmosphere he imagined. On second thought, it was Minagard City that faced the threat of the Laoshan Dragon, not East Doruma.
For the residents of East Doruma, it was just news.
Go straight to the master's studio.
The master was not surprised to see Gordon running over.
Compared to Julius, who was somewhat rigid in rules, his second apprentice's mind was obviously much more flexible.
"Master, is the situation in Minagarde very critical?"
Gordon asked tentatively: "A small place like Bernard Village has recruited three high-level hunters. How many high-level hunters must participate in the battle? Is Lao Shanlong so troublesome?"
Gordon participated in three battles against ancient dragons in total. When fighting Lingshan Dragon, there was only Maridan as a high-level hunter. When fighting Qilin, there was only Yamos. Only when facing Lanlong, he and Hilda A top hunter joins the battle.
But Lao Shanlong...
The master poured a glass of water for the tired Gordon and Zhupa, and said with a smile: "That's because Longliyuan itself is special and has a large number of high-level hunters. How can you say that an ordinary village can have so many high-level hunters?"
Gordon thought about it. Not to mention small villages like Bokai Village, Jieyun Village was not as small as Bernard Village, but it didn't even have a permanent high-level hunter.
The master craftsman continued: "The high-ranking hunters of Ryūliyuan have recently been busy collecting materials for their Dragon Sense Ship. This is something that can be slowed down a little, so the guild safely and boldly mobilized power from them."
"That's it." Gordon suddenly realized.
"As far as I know, there are a total of nine high-ranking hunters participating in the battle against Laoshan Dragon this time. Two were sent by Ryuuriyuan, and three were sent by Todoruma. Well, you are included in Todoruma. In addition, there are four local people from Minagard."
"Nine?! This is already a scary number!" Gordon exclaimed, "When I was participating in the 'Great Desert Banquet', Maridan, a high-ranking hunter, participated in the battle!"
The smile on the master's face faded a little. He pondered for a moment and said: "The situation is different. Lockrak's 'Feast' mainly relies on the dragon-attacking boat and the sand boat group, as well as the experienced crew. The hunter is not the key.
In fact, Lao Shanlong mainly relied on the 'stronghold' to repel the battle, and this time, there were some problems in the stronghold..."
After listening to the master explain the situation, Gordon finally understood why there were so many high-level hunters participating in the war.
After the old village was breached, the new village was not ready to be completed.
They can only stop Lao Shanlong.
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