Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

"Tsk."

Gordon put down the inscription sword, feeling as if he was suddenly forced to stop something halfway through.

Hayata frowned, checked the edge of the sword in his hand, and walked over, "It feels like it has become harder than before. Isn't it my imagination?

Especially the black parts of the carapace and scales, there is a sluggish feeling that is difficult to break when the Inscription Scythe cuts it.

And those thorns, as soon as I cut off a few, they regenerated almost immediately, and only a small part of the root was bone white.

As a result, it will become difficult to remove the bone spurs on it. "

"It has indeed become harder." Gordon took out the sharpening stone and polished the blade a few times. "It is still growing, or in other words, evolving."

Noticing the seriousness on the faces of the seniors, Feng Ying came over and said, "You mean, the strength of this guy named Nergigante is still growing rapidly?"

"Well, at least it's a bit more difficult than the last time we fought more than three years ago." Gordon put away the sword, "But we've all become stronger, haven't we?"

"Hehe, of course!" Feng Ying bent her arms, showing off her biceps which were not obvious.

Seeing her confident look, Hayata couldn't help but smile, "I just need to quickly upgrade my equipment. The Defense Force series is still suitable for dealing with ordinary flying dragon monsters, but it is a bit too reluctant to use it to deal with ancient dragon species. "

Looking at the claw marks on the big shield in her hand, Feng Ying missed her "destiny force" even more.

I don't know if it has been repaired or not.

Several people from Silverside gathered together and found Jean and the others who had retreated nearby.

Jean's face was covered with fine claw marks, which looked like they had been scratched by a cat. With the joint efforts of Pork Chop Pandan Nasi, the obstructive heavy armor was finally removed.

At this time, Jean's body was covered with bandages, and there was still blood seeping out from many places. Pork Chop and Xianglan scrambled for a while, and finally stopped the bleeding and stabilized the injury.

Due to excessive blood loss, Jean's face was a little pale, but he was still in good spirits.

He was even a little excited. When he saw Gordon and the others coming over, he tried to sit up while lying on the ground, but was kicked back by Pandan.

Nanasi quickly pressed his forehead to prevent him from moving.

He struggled twice and found that he couldn't, so he lay down and said, "Brother Gordon! What was the move that bounced back the monster's attack just now?! Why didn't you see any charge? Why did you use the real charge attack?" !”

Looking at the bloody thorns that were pulled out and thrown to the ground, Gordon temporarily had no idea of ​​blaming Gene, but he had some thoughts of teasing.

He deliberately kept a straight face and explained simply, "That move was done in one go. It is the secret of the great sword based on precise defense. But what does this have to do with you? Aren't you a swordsman?"

As he spoke, Gordon glanced at the Defense Force sword that almost turned into a saw in Gene's hand.

Jean chuckled and said: "How can that be possible? The big sword has always been our favorite weapon. Isn't it because we are afraid that the pterosaur cannot carry us with both the armor and the big sword!"

Only then did he temporarily use the tachi, a guest tachi wielder, temporarily! "

Hayata asked angrily and funny: "Who swore to me a few days ago that Tai Sword is the best weapon, and plans to master the skills of Tai Sword from now on, and chased me and begged me to teach him Iai?"

Aiden also squatted beside him, smiling and trying to break up the situation, "Someone also said to me, 'I like the katami sword the most!' or something like that."

Feng Ying's eyes widened, "Why haven't I heard you say that you like shield axes the most? Do you despise shield axes?!"

Jean's face was amazingly thick. When faced with the "questions" from several people, he still grinned and said indifferently, "We have fourteen favorite weapons!

No, there are twelve types, not counting shield axes and slashing axes. We can't play with those fancy machines. "

Feng Ying stepped on him hard.

Due to the serious injury, Jean could not leave immediately even with the help of recovery medicine and healing chimney.

Gordon and others took Jean to a nearby camp and asked Aiden to guard him overnight. After his injuries improved a little tomorrow, they would take a pterosaur to return to the camp in the northern part of the Great Ant Mound Desert.

Others rushed back overnight.

The appearance and evolution of Nergigante must be reported as soon as possible. The earthquake from the north also made Gordon and the others very concerned.

Everyone invariably made similar speculations-could it be the awakening of the Lava Dragon that caused the earthquake? And the Nergigante's sudden departure was just to chase the Molten Dragon?

With such suspicion, the group returned to the base camp of the investigation team.

It was already late at night, and the lights were still on in the scholars' tents.

After opening the door curtain and entering, the three uncles were indeed still awake. When they saw Gordon and others coming in, they asked about the situation.

After learning that Jean was really attacked by the Nergigante, the three uncles were speechless.

This can only be said to be an unforeseen disaster.

"By the way, the earthquake before was felt here, right? What was it?" After briefly talking about Jean's attack and their support for the rescue, Gordon asked proactively.

"Of course, of course!" The cheerful orc scholar nodded repeatedly, "There was a big earthquake, and there was a small-scale landslide in the valley not far from here!"

The orc scholar from Sunshine added on the side, "The exact coordinates of the earthquake source are unknown, but it should be somewhere to the west, still some distance away from here. Fortunately, no one was injured."

The cheerful orc scholar then spoke, "Mecca has already gone over to investigate the situation. You have been traveling back and forth and experienced a war. You should go and rest quickly. There should be news tomorrow morning."

The three old men quickly explained the current situation with one sentence each.

Gordon and the others nodded, accepted the arrangement, found a flatter place, set up the tent, ate something, then put on their clothes and lay down.

The camp was not particularly quiet, but fortunately there were dedicated people responsible for keeping watch and there were tents to block the wind, so the hunters spent a fairly comfortable night.

Very early the next day, they were awakened by the noise in the camp.

I don't know if the three uncles got up earlier than them or if they didn't sleep at all. They were directing the people of the investigation team to pack their bags and seemed to be preparing to leave.

Gordon and others were confused.

The three uncles were so busy that Gordon was too embarrassed to disturb them, so he happened to see Evelin and Feddy there, so he went over to ask about the situation.

"Mr. Mecca discovered traces of the Lava Dragon, which was hidden underground in a Gobi desert. The earthquake last night was caused by its awakening.

It is said that a huge rift valley was created. ” Evelin quickly explained.

"We've probably guessed this. What's going on with the evacuation of the investigation team?" Anhil asked.

"Having confirmed the traces of the Molten Dragon, there is no need to continue to maintain such a large team." Evelin and Feidi obviously learned the news from the three uncles in advance.

Feidi took over his wife's words and continued: "The camp will continue to be maintained, but most of the investigators and scholars will withdraw to the stars, leaving only the top hunters to continue tracking to prevent the Lava Dragon from 'losing' again.

We are now on our way to pick up Mr. Mecca's shift. We will be rotating in a day. We will try to get closer to conduct reconnaissance to confirm the weakness of the Molten Mountain Dragon. "

Gordon nodded, "Understood, I will return to the stars as soon as possible. Now that the whereabouts of the Molten Dragon have been confirmed, the battle will enter the next stage.

The commander-in-chief will definitely formulate a new combat plan. I must participate in the meeting. Feng Ying, you go back with me. "

"Ah, yes!"

"Yeah? You want to go back? That's just in time. Bring me some things." Gale, wearing a cat helmet, ran out from nowhere.

"Bring me my 'Mudfish Dragon Bullet Crossbow', and then bring as many water-cooled bullets as you can!"

Although this is not the first time I have seen it, the mix of cat head, fur pants and armor still makes Ansiel’s head hurt.

He rubbed his forehead, "You want to shoot water-cooling bullets quickly? How do you know that the Molten Dragon is afraid of water?"

"Isn't that nonsense? Isn't a dragon carrying a volcano afraid of water or fire?" Gale rolled his eyes.

Anhil opened his mouth and found that he was actually convinced, "Then please help me bring my Ji Ke [Shigure]."

"If you are an ancient dragon, dragon-type weapons should be more effective. Please help me bring the Dragon Sword [Red Lotus] as well." Hayata followed closely behind.

Evelin also spoke: "And my [Ye Thallium Desire] (pickled melon slice hand)."

Gordon didn't know whether he should agree or not, "...We probably can't take that much."

"It's okay, let Gale Amber carry it."