Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Let’s put Az’s laziness aside for now.

While the food was not yet cooked, Gordon asked Yugu, the leader of the Fish Basket Clan, about the ancient dragon that brought the violent storm.

As the leader of the clan, Yu Gu indeed knows more than the two Detels he met before.

After learning that Gordon and the others were chasing the monster that caused the storm, Yu Gu tilted his head and thought for a few seconds, then took out a shining silver scale from a small leather bag he carried.

"Some tribesmen picked this up in the forest. It may have been left behind by a monster from the storm." Fishbone handed the scales to Gordon, "The meow who picked up the scales said that many trees were blown down, meow. There are so many huge marks on the ground, meow!”

The drooling Xuanxuan also nodded repeatedly, "The place Xuanxu saw is also like this!"

Gordon took the scale.

The scales were cold and heavy to the touch, not like horny material at all, but more like a piece of frozen metal, even covered with a layer of white frost.

After turning it over and looking at it, Gordon handed the scales to Alva.

In terms of living monsters, he must have seen more than Alva, but when it comes to books and specimens related to monsters, they are definitely far less than the latter.

"There is no doubt! These are the scales of the Steel Dragon!" Alva was excited. "In the warehouse of the Ancient Dragon Observation Bureau, I have seen the scales of the Steel Dragon. They are like this, but not so 'fresh'.

Wow, it's so cold, it feels like you'll get frostbite if you leave it against your skin for a while!

In this way, there seems to be a saying that some steel dragons will condense "ten thousand years of ice" on their bodies. Can steel dragons control the power of ice and snow in addition to wind? ! "

Alva said a lot to himself, but Gordon only cared about the first sentence.

Now that it was confirmed that the target of this investigation was Steel Dragon, their preparations this time were not in vain.

Wind pressure-resistant armor, wind-proof beads, wind-proof stones, and poisonous weapons. When you have to confront the opponent head-on in extreme circumstances, you don't have to worry about not being able to fight back.

After watching for a long time, Alva reluctantly passed the scales to Hayata.

Hayata, like Gordon, didn't look at it for too long before handing the scale to Xuanxu. She actually wanted to try the knife with this silver scale, but in the end she didn't have the nerve to do it.

Xuanxuan glanced casually, handed the scales back to the fish bones, and returned her attention to the seafood in the pot.

She is not interested in ancient dragons or anything like that.

After taking the scales back, Fishbone thought for two seconds, and then handed it over to Gordon's hands again.

Gordon was a little confused. Fishbone shook his long pointed ears with tufts and explained: "Well, it's useless for you guys to hold this thing. It may also cause disaster. If you like it, just Here’s to you, meow.”

Gordon hesitated, but finally accepted the gift.

Just like what Yu Gu said, the ancient dragon material contains the unique aura of the ancient dragon species, and it is really possible for them to attract the attention of some powerful monsters, which is not a good thing for the Yulu clan.

"Show me again, show me again!" Alva rubbed his hands together like he was hyperactive.

The hunter threw the scale to the scribe, then turned to the fish bone and asked, "Can you tell us the location where you found this scale?"

"No problem, meow!" Fishbone nodded.

Hayata immediately took out the map and charcoal pen he had with him and handed them to him.

Fishbone called over Detel, who had discovered the scales of the steel dragon, and several other tribesmen who had also discovered traces of strong winds damaging trees and the ground.

Although the maps used by the hunters are complicated, they are clear enough. These little guys who run in the wild all day long can quickly confirm the scale and corresponding position of the map through the shape of the coastline.

They were busy marking the locations where the Steel Dragon had been on the map.

After Hayata got the map back, he studied the formation with Gordon.

Unfortunately, I have no clue.

There is no obvious pattern in the places where the steel dragon appears, and there is no clear concentrated location. It seems to be wandering around in the forest.

"Ah, yes, there is one thing that may be worth paying attention to." Alva, who was just about to stuff his scales into his eyes, suddenly raised his head, "Maybe it is to maintain the strength and metabolism of the metal carapace. Steel dragons eat metal ores. habits.

If there were mineral veins nearby, it might appear in that area more frequently. "

"Is it a mine?" Gordon's head hurt when he heard it.

There are indeed mineral veins in the Ancient Tree Forest, but there are no real mines.

Scattered mineral clusters are scattered throughout the forest. Some large trees even absorb minerals from the soil. After thousands of years of accumulation, they precipitate on their branches to form high-grade ore.

For example, there are many mining locations on the giant ancient tree in the center of the forest.

"Perhaps the Steel Dragon wanders around the forest in search of scattered mineral clusters?" Hayata raised a possibility.

"It's possible. Let's go check out some of the mineral veins we're familiar with. Maybe we'll find something."

"We'll talk about those cats later, they're ready to eat!" Fishbone jumped up and opened the lid of the huge pot.

The hot steam spread out, dispersing the dampness and coldness in the cave.

Xuanxiao cheered, and Gordon and others stopped their discussion for the time being. They took the dinner bowls made of coconut shells and started to eat happily.

Only Alva kept holding the scale and looking at it non-stop. If the fish bones hadn't been stuffed into his hand, he wouldn't have thought of eating.

Later, the Deters also sent fish juice, a specialty of Mojia Village.

It's the kind of salty and fresh seasoning with a fishy smell that Aziz always carries with him wherever he goes.

It seems like this guy really taught them a lot.

Hayata wasn't too used to this fishy smell, but the two Ellu liked it very much. Pandan added a lot to her bowl.

Successfully made yourself proud.

After everyone had filled their stomachs, Gordon put down the tableware and began to inquire about another thing they were concerned about - the so-called "light of life."

Yugu looked confused when he heard this word, obviously unable to understand the word.

Gordon had no choice but to ask Xuanxu to break the roots of words like "life" and "light" into pieces and translate them to it.

But after understanding it, it could only shake its head, "Well, I've never heard of anything similar, Meow, but eh, you can call the elders in the clan and ask Meow, maybe they will know something about Meow?"

"Then I'm sorry to trouble you."

Soon, Fish Bones brought a few elderly Detels, who did not know the common language of the Old World. Gordon and the others had to let Xuanxu and Fish Bones translate the whole process.

Most of them knew nothing about the "Light of Life". Only one old cat, who was so old that he could hardly open his eyes, was deep in thought and seemed to have remembered something.

After a long time, it mowed a few words vaguely.

Gordon and others looked at Xuanxu expectantly, but Xuanxu, who was not proficient in "meow language", could not understand what the other party said, so in the end, Yugu had to help translate.

"Old Yuqin said that there were similar heavy rains and strong winds in this forest about ten thousand sunsets ago.

One day the waves were too big to catch fish in the sea, so it went to the forest to find food, and then met an ancient dragon-man cat who looked like a mushroom.

It asked the ancient dragon man when the strong wind and heavy rain would stop meowing, but the ancient dragon man did not answer his meow.

I just muttered to myself, "It's like light-seeking winged insects, all attracted by the light." Is this what it probably means? "