After cleaning up the giant spider, the Dragon Fire Guild began its next step.
"They are looking for a way into the egg chamber of the spider nest." Jita told everyone in a low voice in time.
The Dragon Fire Guild dispersed some melee members, waving torches and clearing a path through the spider web-strewn forest. Spider silk is flammable and turns into a plume of smoke when exposed to fire. As they moved forward, a group of people from the Nanami Brigade followed quietly behind them.
After a great battle, the giant spider went dormant and did not dare to appear again. The Dragon Fire Guild quickly opened a path and entered the spider nest. White towers appeared all around, which were "egg towers" with countless silk cocoons stacked on top of each other. Inside were layers of spider eggs, and the future seedbeds of the little spiders.
The Dragon Fire Guild had no scruples about these spider eggs and threw torches to burn them. The immature spiders struggled in the flames and let out bursts of shrill screams, which seemed to make the forest echo.
Alyssa and Jita couldn't help but look a little pale.
Even Luo Hao shuddered.
Fang Plover was holding the vest of the young lady naturalist from behind. Jita shivered and turned around. Behind the big spectacle frames, her clear black and white eyes were clear and flawless. She looked at him and blinked slightly in confusion.
"Don't be afraid, Miss Sylvide and I are here." Fang Plover smiled at her.
Jita took a breath and nodded to him, feeling reassured.
Sylvide smiled tenderly upon seeing this.
Like a creature's instinct to protect its offspring, the screams of the little spiders finally attracted a group of giant spiders, but they were unable to do anything to the Dragon Fire Guild when they were more numerous before, and the same now. What's more, the Dragon Fire Guild seemed to have expected this, prepared early, and won easily after a battle.
They passed the charred corpse of the giant spider and continued forward. Separated by a distance of about one or two hundred meters, the people of Nanami Traveler hung far behind.
Further away, the dense woods will obscure each other's figure, making it difficult for them to see what the other person is doing. But getting closer, there is the worry of being discovered. At this distance, the Qihai Brigade and the others relied on Fang Plover's flexible forward reconnaissance ability to control the distance just right.
Although the opponent also had combat craftsmen, Fang Plover relied on his superb control skills of the clockwork fairy to play with the opponent at the palm of his hand.
What's more, the opponent's combat craftsman is actually a bit lame. Several times, Alisa saw the opponent's craftsman climb into the tree to get the clockwork fairy stuck to the web.
Seeing that everyone was a little bored, she joked about it with everyone.
But the Papal people couldn't help but roll their eyes when they heard this: "Alyssa, please stop being like Fang and praising that damn pigeon."
"Look at him, he's about to fly."
"Who's going to fly?" Fang Yu was furious.
Under the influence of his cousin, these guys also knew his nickname, which was simply unreasonable.
Among everyone, Luo Hao is the only one who knows things. Speaking of it, he and Fang Pulong actually have some similar experiences. Both of them have been theoretical masters in the community - of course, Fang Plot is more introverted, and Luo Hao prefers to give advice in front of others. country.
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Alyssa's words gave Luo Hao a thought, and he realized that his new 'captain' had a somewhat unique way of controlling the clockwork goblin.
At his core, he is a person who is at ease with the situation, probably because he is confident in his own abilities and believes that he can accomplish things without relying on his teammates. Therefore, when he received the transfer order, he did not have many expectations for his future teammates, and naturally he was not very frustrated.
But the craftsman leader of the Seven Seas Brigade gave him a small surprise.
First of all, he also knew the other party. The brief relationship between them in Dawn Star and the Continental League gave him a lot of expectations, and then the facts proved that he was not mistaken.
However, after going through the Continental League, he once thought that the opponent was a main craftsman. Although the craftsmen had some basic skills of combat craftsmen, it was not surprising. After all, there were so many people claiming to be dual cultivators these days.
He had not watched the last battle of Van Rick, of course he had seen some online videos, but regarding the final dragon knight battle, it was obvious that the fourteen master craftsmen of the Elfendor Council were the ones who really contributed.
Therefore, unlike most people's opinions, he only slightly suspected that Fang Plover was a fairy user, but this idea was too ridiculous, so he left it alone.
After getting along with each other for this period of time, he gradually revised his understanding and realized that the other party might be an equal-vocational craftsman - the so-called equal-vocational craftsman, that is, a balanced development on the road of combat craftsman and alchemist. There are many such people, and Elite’s Iceberg Goddess is one of the best.
Adventure groups do not have high requirements for craftsmen. In other words, most adventure groups only require craftsmen who can repair magic devices on a daily basis. It would be better if they were full-time mercenary craftsmen or siege craftsmen.
Back then, when Scarpe's Dawn Star picked up an apprentice like Fang Plover, it was like finding a treasure. Not only is Fang Plover's level of maintenance of magic tools already unique among craftsmen of the same level, but he can also make full use of the materials the team obtained from adventures.
Compared with ordinary craftsmen, this is nowhere high. The so-called professional aboriginal craftsmen are nothing more than that.
There may not be many such craftsmen in major crafts associations, but how can an ordinary adventure group have the opportunity to win the favor of these arrogant master craftsmen and let them join their team and adventure with the team?
Apart from that, Fang Plover's level of combat craftsmanship is also quite good.
At least that's how Luo Hao sees it. He had seen Fang Plover use an alien sword wielder like the 'Angel of Power' before, and he had used it quite decently, and could even be said to be excellent.
It can be said to be good in all aspects. Luo Hao may not agree with it in other professions. After all, comprehensive development means all-round mediocrity; but in the field of craftsman, it is a blessing. After all, craftsmen are the team members. supporter.
The more versatile the craftsman is, the more comprehensive the team will be.
This is exactly what Virus is to Elite. Without the efforts of the iceberg goddess, the elite guild that is currently unparalleled in the domestic competition will lose a lot of its legend.
At least the Jade Fire should not be born.
But now, he had a new understanding in his heart.
But Luo Hao looked at the others and felt a little suspicious:
An all-round craftsman is rare, and he also has unique skills in controlling clockwork fairies, which is at the top level among first-line guilds. Why don't these people react at all to this? Or is it that everyone is used to it and he is overreacting?
Thinking of this, he did not dare to speak easily to avoid being ugly, so he only asked tentatively:
"Captain, your ability to control clockwork goblins is at least above the average level of a large guild. It is difficult for ordinary free-chosen people to reach this level. Have you studied under anyone?"
"Really?" Fang Yu was stunned. He knew that his level was outstanding among ordinary combat craftsmen, especially his calculation power. But he really didn't know much about the level of the Grand Guild. Among the craftsmen he knew from the Grand Guild, apart from big guys like Virus, FOX, and Ming, the closest ones were probably Hong Ye, Wu Di, and Liu Liyue.
At most, plus the unknown young craftsman from Jefflett's red team whom he met several times.
However, seriously speaking, these four people are not considered to be the 'seed' players of the first-line major guilds, at least they are far behind Sophie's level. Sophie was trained as the core successor of Silver Vislan's first guild in Aitaria. In the future, she is likely to join Silver Vislan's brigade in the first world, becoming the brigade leader, vice president, and... President of this line.
She is definitely going to enter the second world, and there is no guarantee that she will even have the opportunity to become a member of Silver Vislan in the second world brigade "Silver Rose" in the future.
Therefore, he lacks a suitable reference. At present, Fang Yu only knows that he is quite good, and the military also values him. However, compared to the level of craftsmen of the same level in the Grand Guild, he still lacks a more specific impression.
He asked: "Do you know the level of the front-line members of the Grand Guild?"
Luo Hao thought for a while and replied: "It's clearer, but I may not know the details. Captain, at your level, you are also the best among newcomers in the first-line guild."
"First world?"
"Of course it's the first world." Luo Hao also looked at the other person strangely, thinking that this man's heart was too big, and he was still thinking about the second world.
Fang Yu naturally didn't know what standard Luo Hao used to judge his own strength. He just compared his own level with Sophie's in his mind, and he could generally accept the other party's judgment. He is just the best among the newcomers in the first-line guild, and he is still the first in the world. This is not much different from Sophie - Fang Pliance thought, but this does not seem to be the strongest.
After this small episode, the Dragon Fire Guild finally entered the core area of the spider nest in the forest.
They found the mother spider of the spider group behind a tall white tower forest.
After two battles, there were not many giant spiders left in this spider group, and only a few female spiders were still resisting and guarding the mistress.
The female spider bared her teeth and claws, trying to prevent the enemy from approaching the leader of her clan, but to no avail. However, at this point, the Dragon Fire Guild did not even need to use any strategies, and could continue to approach the female spider through force and cleverness.
It was also the first time for Fang Plover and others to see the mother spider of the Panir cunning spider.
It is one size larger than ordinary female spiders, especially its huge abdomen, which is impressive - unlike ordinary cunning spiders, the female spider's round abdomen is almost transparent and filled with green body fluid. It was filled with densely arranged egg sacs, one egg next to the other, so swollen that it almost exploded immediately.
It screamed and defended its nest, but the female spiders fighting in front fell one after another, and in the end it was left alone to fight.
The Dragon Fire Guild was not in a hurry to get close to it. Instead, the combat craftsmen assembled a crossbow machine, fully stretched the bowstring, and fired a chain spear at it. The spear hit the abdomen of the female spider, and there was a 'pop' sound, and the liquid inside immediately splashed out.
The female spider screamed angrily in pain and struggled to fight left and right among the crowd, but its bulky body could hardly pose a threat to the Dragon Fire Guild.
The scene seemed huge, but in fact the pressure on the Dragon Fire Guild was not as great as the previous female spiders.
Some people pulled the iron chain and pulled the mother spider in the other direction. The mother spider was furious and tried to break free, but soon more crossbows were assembled, and each spear was shot into the round abdomen of the mother spider. superior.
The hole pulled out by the spear even caused the unfertilized eggs in the abdomen to spurt out with liquid, fell to the ground, and quickly shriveled up.
The female spider screamed repeatedly, but to no avail. As the number of wounds increased, it gradually became weaker.
A group of people from the Seven Seas Brigade looked at each other in shock. They did not expect that the mother spider of the Panir Cunning Spider looked like this. Although the level was higher than that of the adult female spider, her combat effectiveness was actually weaker. But think about it, as the reproductive machine of the spider swarm, it is normal that it is too bulky and not good at fighting.
After the Dragon Fire Guild completely trapped the female spider, it did not kill it. Instead, it used rolling logs to build a platform, and let the more powerful melee professions hold iron chains in front, dragging the behemoth. go ahead.
"What are they going to do?"
The box was puzzled.
Aitila frowned, but understood the Dragon Fire Guild's intention: "They want to attract more spiders."
At this time, the voice of the big cat man came from the communicator: "Ed, the people from the Dragon Fire Guild are taking action."
While watching the scene in front of him, Fang Yu picked up the communication crystal and asked, "Have they started to lure the hill giants away?"
"Yes," Rhett replied: "Baggins said they sent some nightingales into the giant's settlement and seemed to steal some things."
Fang Yu's heart moved: "Did you see clearly what was stolen?"
"I don't know. It seems to be some rag bags. I don't know what's in them."
"Giant Pockets," Fang Plover took a breath: "The Dragon Fire Guild has a lot of fun. Those tattered pockets are the most valuable possessions of the hill giants. If these things are stolen, the giants will chase them all the way. Idos.”
Suddenly there was a rumble from the communicator.
Red looked back and said, "The hill giants seem to have discovered it."
"Follow them and come over to join us."
"OK."
Fang Yu put the communication crystal in his pocket, looked up and found that the people from the Dragon Fire Guild didn't seem to want to leave in a hurry. They were dragging the corpses of the surrounding female spiders over one by one and gathering them together.
Then he threw the torch up, and blazing flames suddenly shot into the sky.
"Captain, look over there." Sylvide patted his shoulder and said suddenly.
Everyone was startled and looked in the direction mentioned by the ship officer. They saw a dark smoke trail rising into the sky above the forest.
Then the second and third smoke pillars rose into the air, far and near. Everyone counted them one by one, and the number of smoke pillars finally settled on eleven.
In addition, they are currently burning the pile of female spider corpses to form a twelfth path——
Assuming that each smoke column represents the two teams of the Dragon Fire Guild, they currently have about a hundred people. If converted to the entire forest, wouldn't there be thousands of people? And everyone in the Qihai Brigade couldn't help but change their expressions when they thought of this.
"There are so many people in the Dragon Fire Guild..." Parker couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Fang Yu also didn't expect that they would encounter such a big scene here.
After the Dragon Fire Guild lit the fire, they took the dying spider mother and began to evacuate.
Naturally, the people from the Seven Seas Brigade still followed behind, but they followed the Dragon Fire Guild at first, and soon after, under the guidance of Fang Plover, they went around to the front of the opponent. With the Dragon Fire Guild dragging a big guy forward and slowing down greatly, it wasn't too troublesome for them to take a detour.
The reason why Fang Plover made this choice was because there were more and more giant spiders in the forest.
He detected through the clockwork goblin that swarms of spiders near and far seemed to be gathering, although these eight-legged monsters had not appeared again since the previous battle. But they didn't leave too far, they just hid in the forest and observed the Dragon Fire Guild from a distance.
There are far more than just three or five spider groups in this forest. Hidden in this red sandy mountain range is a huge spider colony. Although the spider groups are not in harmony with each other, they will occasionally kill each other.
But when they encounter foreign enemies, they will also share the same hatred, just like when they faced the hill giant together.
Although Fang Yu didn't know what impact the Dragon Fire Guild's capture of the spider mother would have on these giant spiders, since the other party chose to do so, it was obviously not without purpose.
In fact, the silent undercurrent in the jungle seems to illustrate this point.
Soon after, the Dragon Fire Guild encountered another team of their own. That team was not as leisurely as the current one. In fact, they were being chased by a group of giant spiders. Fortunately, the support here arrived immediately and they were able to kill the incoming giant spiders.
However, after the two spider mothers gathered together, Fang Plover observed through the clockwork fairy that more and more spiders were following behind.
In the previous battle, the Dragon Fire Guild also suffered heavy losses. It was obvious that the giant spider side would launch another attack soon. Fang Plover looked at it from a distance and realized that it seemed not good for them to follow them like this.
At the moment, there are only giant spiders in the back and on the left and right sides, but after a while, there is no guarantee that giant spiders will not be surrounded in front.
The Dragon Fire Guild has a large number of people, but their small team hidden in the periphery will be embarrassed when the time comes.
He thought for a moment and then said to everyone:
"The people of the Dragon Fire Guild mobilized so many troops. There must have been more than one settlement on the hill giant side. For such a large-scale operation, the place where they finally met must have been specially selected," Fang Pulver looked at his ship officer. Miss: "Silverde, do you know where there is a relatively open place near here?"
"I do know." It was Luo Hao who spoke: "This Spider Gorge is actually quite famous. There is a basin in the middle of the canyon. That place should meet your requirements."
Fang Plover looked at Sylvide and saw the other party nodded slightly.
He made a prompt decision: "Let's go to that place first."
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