Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

"By the way, don't leave yet. You just happened to come over. I want to ask you for help with something."

The leader of the second group asked Isana to take away the box containing the materials, and then stopped the hunters who were about to leave.

Gordon was a little surprised. From what the leader of the second phase said, it didn't sound like a formal entrustment. Otherwise, he would have provided a task document instead of asking for help verbally like now.

"You say."

Not to say it's a big deal, but everyone is a member of the investigation team, and the other party is an old-timer, so he will definitely help if he can.

"Well, before I talk about that, I want to ask you high-level hunters what you think. What do you think of things like projectors?"

The hunters who couldn't figure out the purpose of each other's question looked at each other and started talking to each other.

"It's very useful when operating in the field. It's easier to use than a rope."

"Sure enough, it's still not as convenient as a flying insect?"

"It's rarely used in battle, and occasionally used when on the road. Oh, it's mainly used to hang pterosaurs."

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"Is that really the case?" The leader of the second phase group grasped his beard like a steel needle, "The original design purpose of this thing was actually more of a combat tool, but now it is more used by editors and hunters. There aren’t many.”

Gordon nodded, that was true.

The editors generally speak highly of the projectile. Alva, for example, uses the projector to launch capture nets all day long to catch small animals everywhere. The wilderness master even modified it into a multi-purpose walking stick for self-defense.

But for hunters, this thing is too weak.

The projectiles and hooks fired were not as powerful as their weapons, but even a punch with a little force would do more damage than that.

No hunter would regard this thing as a "weapon".

As for shooting hunting props such as flash bombs, they are indeed fast and convenient, but there is an unavoidable problem - they are not flexible enough.

After all, the projector is a mechanical structure, and the power of the launched object is fixed. For example, it is used to launch projection flash bombs with a range of thirty to forty meters.

The delay of the flash bomb fuse for projection is two seconds. It is activated the moment it is launched, which is almost when the flash bomb flies thirty meters away and is about to fall.

This is the most commonly used distance for flash bombs, but there are so many surprises in combat. What if the distance between the hunter and the monster is only twenty meters?

The flash bomb will fly to the monster's head and then trigger the flash, thus losing its effect.

Although traditional throwing flash bombs are more troublesome to use, you need to take them out of the prop bag, pull out the fuse, wait for the fuse to burn, and then throw it at the right time.

People who are not good at this may also cast incorrectly, or cast early and late.

But it is flexible enough, you can throw it as far as you want, throw it high, throw it low, throw it early and throw it late, it is all under your control.

Pork Chop is one of the masters. As long as the monster dodges, the claw flash bomb will never miss, which is much more reliable than the projectile.

Of course, there are hunters who can use projectiles in various ways, such as Evelyn, the high-ranking swordsman, but these are a minority after all, and the vast majority of hunters do not rely on this thing in battle.

"So! As one of the inventors of the slinger, I have been thinking about how to make it a step further! Make it truly a good helper for hunters in battle!

Over the years, Campbell and I have studied. Oh, by the way, Gordon, you are a disciple of Campbell, right? Well, that's a coincidence.

In fact, several years ago, we had an idea about whether it was possible to strengthen the hook of the projector to make it more powerful and reliable.

Unlike the original hook, which can only be fixed on raised objects and has the risk of falling off, it is like the claws of a raptor, tightly buckling into the monster's body, and then driving the hunters to 'fly' to the monster. Get on it! "

Hayata's eyes lit up when he heard this, "If we can do that, mounted attacks that originally had to rely on special terrain will become very convenient!"

She loves riding the most!

"So, you have developed this enhanced version of the hook? Do you want us to help test it?" Anhil immediately guessed the purpose of the old craftsman.

"That's right!" The leader of the second phase of the regiment grinned, showing teeth like bricks, "Actually, the research is not accurate. It is a new type of spring steel that was invented in the old continent.

The gripping force of the hook is doubled, and at the same time, the speed of the rope winding is also greatly enhanced, truly reaching a level that can be used in combat! "

As he said that, the old craftsman took out a pair of mechanical steel claws with cold light from under the counter, "This is it, we call it - flying claws!"

Hayata, who was extremely interested in this, took it first and looked at it.

Compared with the original claws similar to anchor hooks, the claw blade of this flying claw is very long, more than thirty centimeters, and very sharp.

Just like a peeling knife, it can be easily inserted into the gaps between the monster's scales and carapace.

"I will modify your projector as soon as possible. I hope you can provide some actual combat experience feedback as a reference before the flying claw is finalized.

When the improvements are complete and can be popularized, you may have to teach other hunters how to use the Flying Claw.

These things will probably cost you a lot of time, so we have also prepared some interesting rewards. "

"Money?!" Feng Ying blurted out.

"Of course it's not something as boring as money!" The old craftsman crossed his thick arms, "You high-ranking hunters are not short of money, I still know this!"

Missing! Feng Ying screamed in her heart.

Before she could raise any objections, Anxier pressed her head and pushed her aside, "Things that can make you feel interesting will not be ordinary."

"Hahaha! Of course!"

The leader of the second phase team confidently took out another mechanical creation. It looked like a small box with a metal shell, about the size of a grapefruit.

"This is... well, I haven't given this thing a name yet. Anyway, this was originally an investigation tool designed for Mr. Monroe (an experienced orc scholar). It was quite interesting, so we made a few more."

The leader of the second phase team said, unfolding the small box and demonstrating how to use it.

"Isn't this just a camera?" Feng Ying muttered.

In the Old World, cameras were invented many years ago, but portable cameras were rare and expensive, out of reach of ordinary people.

But the third princess had it. She snatched it and played with it, so naturally she didn’t think it was strange.

Anhir fiddled with it with great interest, "It's a portable camera, yes, but it's much smaller than the models I've seen in the old continent, and the image is clearer. Well, it also has the function of adjusting the focus?"

"That's right!" The leader of the second phase team gave a thumbs up, "We used the luminous film of Dazzling Bird as the luminous component and successfully miniaturized it.

What's more important is that it's sturdy enough to be used in the wild. You can use it to take photos of monsters and so on.

Mr. Monroe is old and has suffered from rheumatism in the past two years. He is no longer suitable for field surveys, so he asked us to make this.

In this way, he could commission hunters to go to the wild to photograph the ecology and murals of the orcs for research. "

"I see, it's really interesting."

The corner of Ancier's mouth rose, obviously he was very satisfied with the reward. Compared with money, which was just a number to him, he liked this novel and practical machine.

Gordon took the camera from Ancil, briefly understood how to use it, then suddenly turned around and pressed the shutter towards Hayata.

"Crack!"

A bright light flashed, and Hayata turned her head subconsciously.

Left a very scary photo

Ps.

MH's early works gave people the feeling of primitive society, but judging from MHW's performance, the technology in this world is probably at the level of the Industrial Revolution.

However, due to the existence of alchemy technology and monster materials, there will be a lot of black technology, such as large airships, dragon-killing cannons and the like.

So it’s normal for optical cameras to appear in games? At least I haven't found a SLR. As for the specific type, I guess it's similar to a polaroid?