Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

The big explosion caused by the death of the Lava Dragon shook the entire New World.

The soaring fire illuminated the sky, and the giant mushroom cloud and smoke column that followed could be clearly seen from star strongholds hundreds of kilometers away.

Naturally, such an explosion cannot be achieved by relying on explosive barrels and mass-produced dragon-killing carbon buried in trap pits.

That unprecedented explosion trap only served as a "lead". What really caused all this was the countless years of fire energy accumulated in the Molten Dragon's body.

This astonishing energy collapsed the mountains, blasted through the earth's crust, and opened up a huge crater with a diameter of several kilometers at the original southern end of the Grand Canyon.

Within hundreds of square kilometers with the giant crater as the center, the earth's crust is covered with cracks, and magma gushes out from it, forming lava lakes and rivers. The plates stack up to form peaks, scattered throughout the period.

After several days of violent earthquakes and geological changes, the area affected by the big explosion gradually stabilized, eventually forming an area similar to the lava canyons of the Old World.

The investigation team named the place after Laoshan Dragon and called the place - Laoshan Canyon.

The crisis of destruction of the New World has been resolved, and the work of the investigation team has gradually returned to the right track. The investigation of the lava canyon will become the core of the next stage of work.

Maybe I should say it was a blessing in disguise? The harassment operation that lasted for more than a month allowed the hunters of the fifth phase of the group who were originally "newcomers" to quickly integrate into this new world.

Take the humble but crucial technology of controlling pterosaur flight as an example.

Flying is not difficult, the key lies in practice. Gordon feels that the flying time Feng Ying and the others have spent in more than a month is almost as long as those of their older members in one or two years.

Moreover, after witnessing a majestic creature like the Molten Dragon with their own eyes and personally participating in the battle against it, the young hunters' horizons have been greatly broadened.

Most of them had never come into contact with ancient dragons before.

And after this, even if an Laoshan Dragon suddenly appeared in front of them, their reaction would probably be - oh, but that's it, it's not as long as the Molten Mountain Dragon's tail.

This situation should be impossible to happen.

Gordon and the others even had to strengthen their education and repeatedly emphasize the dangers of the ancient dragon species, lest this group of young people develop contempt.

Survey missions to Molten Canyon are especially popular during this time.

Almost all hunters are rushing to get there.

What could be more interesting than investigating a new and unknown area that has just emerged?

Okay, that's just an excuse

The real reason that ignited the hunters' enthusiasm was that the hunting cat team, composed of several hunting cats including Zhupa Xianglan, discovered a scattered remains of the Laoshan Dragon during their preliminary exploration of the Laoshan Canyon.

This piece of debris may have been nothing more than a piece of skin to the Lava Dragon in life, but compared to the size of the Ellu, it seemed quite huge.

It took them a lot of effort to drag the pork chop back.

The leader of the second phase team used a small amount of carapace, scales, and magma extracted from the wreckage, along with some high-quality pyrosaur stone, to create a new cat armor for the pork chop.

Taking into account that when the leader of the second phase of the team was building the cat armor, the design style of the cat armor was at best eclectic and at worst the design style of the Neuro Knife. Pork Chop specially invited Mrs. Sterling, a professional counterpart, to participate in the appearance design.

The final product, named "The Great Set", takes into account both appearance and practicality.

Although Gordon thought the big-ear-like hood looked a bit weird, Hayata and the others thought it was cute, and Pork Chop also liked it, so Gordon naturally wouldn't complain about it.

In terms of practicality, in addition to its excellent defensive performance, this set of cat armor is designed around "explosive bombs" from top to bottom.

It is safe and convenient to pack various small parcels to collect materials such as explosives. The beetle leaf, which is rich in metal minerals, can also be used as flint.

More importantly, the Molten Dragon material itself also contains a special protection (bomber) that can make explosives burn faster and more completely, which can increase the power of explosives to a certain extent. This makes Pork Chop Very satisfied.

The harvest of pork chops set off a "treasure hunting craze" among the young hunters in the fifth phase of the group.

That is equipment made from ancient dragon materials!

The most rare thing is that each of them participated in the blocking operation against the Molten Dragon. In other words, they are all qualified to use equipment made from the materials of the Molten Dragon.

Unable to stop this enthusiasm, Gordon, as the leader of the investigation team, discussed with the Commander-in-Chief and added a large number of exploration tasks for the lava canyon. This also made the investigation progress of the investigation team into this new area increase rapidly.

However, in more than a week, the general topographic map has been summarized.

Gordon, the top hunters of the special investigation team, would naturally not compete with the newcomers of the fifth phase of the team for this benefit.

But Feng Ying, who was also a member of the fifth phase group, was not polite. After she asked Amber to remember the smell of the Laoshan dragon material brought back by Pork Chop, she almost lived in Laoshan Canyon with one person and one dog.

It's a pity that while she inherited Gordon's hunting skills, she also inherited the latter's luck. She has found nothing these days. It seems that the defense team jacket will have to be worn for a while.

Aiden did gain something. Although the amount of materials was not enough to make armor, it was barely enough to make a weapon.

He finally chose the heavy crossbow.

During the design process, the leader of the second phase of the regiment discovered that the characteristics of the Laoshan Dragon material enable this heavy crossbow to withstand the high temperatures when the diffusion bomb is launched. The special protection that enhances the power of the explosion also goes well with the diffusion bomb.

This made him and Ancil very excited.

Anhill, who is forming a diffusion heavy crossbow team, has been looking for a "standard" heavy crossbow that is relatively cheap to produce and can be installed in a small range.

Before that, he had three choices, the "Dark Left and Right" designed around the Tyrannosaurus material, the "Golden Lion Cannon" based on the golden lion material, and the "Tooth Dragon Heavy Ballista" based on the Tyrannosaurus material.

The first two require the materials of seven-star monsters, but they cannot be combined with words such as "low cost" and "standard".

The cost of the last one is low enough, but the strength of the material itself limits the upper limit of the Tooth Dragon Heavy Ballista, and it can only use lv2 diffusion bombs, which is not satisfactory.

The emergence of the Laoshan Dragon Heavy Ballista broke this embarrassing situation.

As an ancient dragon species, the materials for the Lava Mountain Dragon are certainly not easy to come by, but with the big explosion, there are not too few debris scattered in the Lava Mountain Canyon to collect.

The materials collected by most people are not enough to build a complete set of armor, not even a single weapon. Trading materials privately violates the guild's red line, so no one dares to act recklessly.

So Anhir took a detour and took advantage of a loophole.

He asked the leader of the second phase of the team to purchase unused scattered materials from the hunters at a high price in the official name of the investigation team. He gathered these Laoshan dragon materials and built a batch of Laoshan dragon heavy ballistae.

After training and passing the assessment, heavy crossbowmen have the right to use these "public properties".

Theoretically, there is no difference between this batch of Laoshanlong heavy crossbows and the heavy bed crossbows owned by the survey team. They are under the jurisdiction of the supplies squad leader and are recorded.

As a guild knight and supervisor, Rania turned a blind eye and acquiesced to this operation.

The diffusion heavy crossbow unit, with the Laoshan Dragon heavy crossbow as its standard weapon, finally took shape.