Chapter 292 Cooperative Hunting (Ⅰ)

Qiao An watched Xiao Miao climb up the hanging basket, heaved a sigh of relief, continued to climb up, and soon reached the bottom of the hanging basket, grabbed Ah Zhi's extended hand, and climbed into the hanging basket with his strength.

"Thank you, Mr. Azhi! Good afternoon, Mr. Benny!"

"Hey, Joan, would you like some rum to warm you up? It's windy in the air, so be careful not to catch a cold."

Mr. Benny controlled the steering wheel with one hand, took out an aluminum flask from his coat pocket, and handed it over.

"Thanks, I don't need to, but I guess Thomas and the others would be happy to have a couple of strong drinks."

Joan looked around the hanging basket and found that it had indeed changed a lot from the first time he took the light balloon at Mount Vernon last time.

Both the balloon and the basket have been fully refitted, and the volume and load capacity have more than doubled.

The hanging basket has changed from a simple structure resembling a bread basket to a "concentric cage" structure. There are two layers of fences inside and outside. There is a hole in the center of the inner fence for one person to pass through, like a patio, so that the sling can be hung down.

At this time, Thomas finally climbed to the top of the cable, and struggled to probe upward, looking around like a fat groundhog, tsk-tsk admiring.

Joan reached out and pulled him over the fence, then pulled Dick and Roger up, and passed the jug over.

Brothers Thomas and Tyndale took turns to drink spirits, their faces turned rosy, and the tension caused by the first experience of high-altitude flight was also relieved. They surrounded Teacher Benny excitedly and asked about the flying principle and piloting skills of the light balloon.

Teacher Benny was very happy that someone appreciated his invention, and patiently explained it to the boys one by one.

The modified gondola is very spacious, and it doesn't look crowded for seven people. However, after all, more than 600 pounds of weight have been added, and the balloon is slowly descending under pressure.

In order to maintain the flying height, Qiao An and others worked together, picked up the sandbags piled up under their feet, and threw the hanging basket with all their strength.

A sandbag weighs about 50 pounds. After discarding 12 sandbags, the light balloon rises to its original height.

Mr. Benny was smoking a pipe, skillfully turning the steering wheel.

With the sound of creaking gears, the sail propped up by the mast rotates synchronously. By adjusting the angle between the wind direction and the sail plane, the force direction of the sail is changed, so that the light balloon sails in a specific direction.

Joan heard that an experienced helmsman can steer a sailboat against the wind, and this rumor can be verified through simple mathematical calculations.

However, this is the first time he has personally experienced sailing against the wind, and he is riding a "sailboat" floating in the air.

Teacher Benny flew a light balloon over Razor Mountain. At the same time, Xiao Miao summoned a petrel as an "animal messenger" and asked Miss Martha where she was at the moment. After she received the reply, she cast a spell to send a signal. Provides navigation beacons for light balloons.

With cloth strips wrapped around Haiyan's feet, she spread her wings and flew out of the hanging basket, heading into the depths of a distant dense forest.

After about ten minutes, there was a gunshot from where Haiyan landed, and the bullet shot up into the air at high speed, and at the same time, a strong magical radiance flashed.

Seeing this wonderful scene, Joan immediately guessed that Miss Martha—or maybe Rebecca—had blessed the bullet with the "light spell", and then shot the enchanted bullet into the sky, making the bullet flying at the same time. It emits a strong light and becomes a simple "flare" to provide navigation for Mr. Benny who is driving the balloon.

Mr. Benny observed the direction of the "flare" through the telescope, then calmly steered the balloon and flew straight there.

Within a few minutes, dense gunfire was heard again from the forest below the flare. Qiao An's face changed slightly, and he quickly asked Ah Zhi: "What's going on next?"

Ah Zhi looked through the binoculars at the place where the gunshots came from, and then raised his head to answer: "It may be that Miss Martha and the others disturbed the wild boars in the nearby forest when they fired the signal just now..."

"Are there a lot of wild boars?"

"No less than 20, and there are many huge ferocious wild boars and razor boars." Ah Zhi's face was serious.

"Miss Martha and the others may not be able to handle so many wild boars, we have to go down to help as soon as possible!"

Xiao Miao leaned on the fence and looked down, as if she was going to climb over the fence and jump off.

"Wait first! Jumping here will waste time traveling through the dense forest. We will reach the sky above the battle site in at most two minutes. I have no objection if you want to jump then." Teacher Benny said calmly.

Joan held the bottle of "Feather Fall" potion in his coat pocket, stood in front of the fence and overlooked the forest below, and the wild boar could be seen faintly through the swaying branches and leaves.

The successive gunshots from Lin Ji made his heartstrings tense.

Just when the balloon was about to reach the sky above the battlefield, a white figure suddenly appeared in the bushes below, rushing towards the hanging basket like lightning.

Joan was startled, and instinctively turned her head back, but soon recognized the familiar figure, and all the surprise in her heart immediately turned into surprise.

Rebecca flew into the sky with the magic crystal gun on her shoulders, her long hair fluttering in the wind, like a black and bright silk.

The bright sun at noon shone on her body, and the mithril chain mail shirt and porcelain-like white and delicate skin were dazzling, and everyone in the hanging basket, including Joan, were stunned.

Joan finally came back to his senses, and waved to the beautiful girl flying in the sky outside the fence: "Rebecca, are you okay?"

"It's okay." Rebecca seemed to be still angry with him, and pretended to be cold, "I came up to say hello to you on behalf of my sister, Mr. Vasa and Mr. Downs. I saw that you are all safe and sound. Well, I'm relieved!"

"Other things, wait until we eliminate the group of annoying wild boars below! That's it, see you later!"

Before she finished speaking, she turned around and flew down. During the flight, he raised his gun and fired, and at the same time as the gunshot sounded, a wild boar below fell to the ground.

"Rebecca, who I usually see in school, always wears a nun's costume and a headscarf, and looks weak and shy. I didn't expect that she would become a heroic female warrior when she put on armor and picked up a shotgun. It's like a different person!"

Looking at Rebecca's back, Thomas expressed emotion at first, and then suddenly became confused.

"Wait! That's not right! Priests must be at least level 7 to learn the magic of flying. Rebecca is only a level 5 priest. How did she fly?"

"In addition to the regular practice of divine arts, Rebecca also chose two 'Divine Granted Domains' - 'Fate Domain' and 'Travel Domain'. It can be cast at a higher level." Joan replied casually.

"I just said that you and Rebecca have an unusual relationship! You even know exactly what spells she has chosen!" Thomas smirked.

Joan was not in the mood to quarrel with him, but when he realized that the balloon had floated over the area where Rebecca's team was fighting wild boars, he took out the "Feather Fall" potion, pulled out the cork and drank it all, then turned over and jumped off the hanging basket.