Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

It wasn't until the figure of the brilliant dragon disappeared into the darkness of the underground tunnel and the footsteps completely faded away that the hunters finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although I don’t know why this guy left the “Golden Land” and where he is going now.

But at least it is not the kind of ancient dragon with a strong sense of territory and strong desire to attack. As long as you hide away from this kind of ancient dragon and do not provoke them and offend them, there is generally not much danger.

Ancil thought for a while and arranged for Evelin, while Feidi's team followed Xuanhuilong from a distance.

He also emphasized that just stay at a distance "barely able to hear the footsteps". The main purpose of doing this is to get an early warning when the Xuanhuilong returns.

After all, next, the large army will enter the Golden Country to explore.

In Gale's words, "A thief needs a lookout."

The small team left quietly, and the remaining three teams continued forward.

Although the owner of Golden Township is not among them, the hunters still dare not completely relax their vigilance. No one can guarantee that there is only one brilliant dragon, or that there are no other dangerous creatures in Golden Township.

The compilers headed by Alva kept taking samples along the way.

Alva even carried a simple tool with him to test the purity of his gold.

According to him, the gold that almost covered the underground tunnels was not as pure as the gold flakes dropped from Xuanhuilong.

From this perspective, Xuanhuilong seems to have the ability to screen and refine specific metal components.

As the team continues to deepen, there is more and more gold around.

When you first enter the Golden Country, only some areas on the ground and rock walls are covered with gold.

After going deep into the Golden Township, you can see huge gold pillars and gold nuggets stacked on each other everywhere, forming golden stalactites and rock ledges.

Alva adjusted the multifunctional eyepiece on his head.

He took a small hammer and struck a huge piece of molten metal that naturally flowed into a "ding-dong" shape. Then he took a few steps back and whistled.

"Huh~, the purity of this piece seems to be quite high. Not to mention other things, as long as this piece can be transported out, the investigation team will no longer have to worry about research funding."

Anhil glanced at the huge piece of gold and made a rough estimate, "This piece is roughly estimated to be 300 to 400 cubic meters. If it is pure gold, it will exceed 6,000 tons.

Even if only one-tenth of the purity is calculated, that is more than 600 tons of gold.

At current gold prices, it is worth more than ten times the wealth our family has accumulated over generations. "

Feng Ying's eyes sparkled, "In other words, if I can move this thing out, my family will immediately become richer than yours? And many times richer?"

Ancier snorted, "If it can really be shipped out, this piece of gold alone can crush the entire precious metals market in the Old Continent.

By then, the price of gold will fall almost as much as iron, and the monetary system that binds the price of gold to a certain extent will also collapse.

The Guild Dark Night and the Kingdom Knights will come to your door together and hang you from the street lamp. "

Feng Ying: "."

Alva also comes from a businessman family. A simple thought would tell that what Ancil said was not a joke to scare people.

Gale on the side was struggling with pain, "Then can we take less with us? Instead of hundreds or thousands of tons, we will be satisfied with just one ton!"

It can be used as a dowry for Fu Fu.”

Anhil frowned, and he noticed that there were many hunters who had similar thoughts to Gale.

This is human nature, but it is also very dangerous.

It is not appropriate to dampen everyone's enthusiasm now, not to mention that his position as a "young master from a wealthy family" is also quite subtle.

The situation here must be reported to the commander-in-chief immediately after returning this time. The gold in Golden Township and Xuanhuilong can be used as raw materials, but it must not enter the market in the form of precious metals.

A new trade ban must also be set up to absolutely prohibit the New World from importing gold to the Old World.

Once someone takes advantage of smuggling, the subsequent troubles will be no joke.

The more Anhir thought about it, the more he got a headache.

"Papa!" Alva suddenly clapped his hands twice, "Over there! Don't put gold in your pockets, these are the 'property' of Xuanhuilong.

Haven’t you heard of the story of the Strange Face Clan in the Wasteland of the Big Ant Mound?

Is it okay to take this gold back to the stronghold, then turn around and the Xuanhui Dragon breaks out of the ground in the stars, causing an earthquake and ground collapse or something? ! "

This reason is somewhat mysterious.

In fact, from the perspective of scholars like Alva, it was not the ore and gold that the gold priests paid tribute to that led to the brilliant dragon back then, but the changing energy of the earth's veins.

It's just that the two happened to collide, causing this misunderstanding.

But it was enough to fool the hunters. The hunters looked at each other, smiled dryly, took out the gold nugget from the package, and threw it on the ground reluctantly.

The atmosphere at the scene was a bit delicate, but Mushroom's sudden scream broke the awkwardness and made everyone's nerves tense again.

"Meow?! Something ran past meow!"

Feng Ying was startled, "What is it?"

Mushroom pointed in one direction, "The khaki-colored cat, only a section of its tail can be seen. It's such a fast cat!"

"Is it a monster? How big is it?" Anhir, who had pulled his mind out of the "Golden Crisis", asked continuously.

"Isn't it a big cat? It should be less than one meter long."

The hunters loosened their grips on their weapons, but scholars like Alva became even more excited.

Are there creatures other than the brilliant dragon inhabiting the Golden Land? Is there really an independent ecosystem here? !

Knowing that this was an important discovery and that it would also help everyone's minds shift away from gold, Ancil immediately gave instructions to the tooth hounds, "Gale, Amber, find it!"

The two toothed hounds roared and rushed out.

In such a complex terrain, the ability of tooth hounds with flexible bodies and keen sense of smell to chase small creatures is completely unmatched by hunters.

Mushroom, Nanasi and the others also joined the chase.

After a while of cats and dogs jumping around, the inconspicuous but extremely fast creature was finally cornered.

It escaped the attack of the mushroom, but was held down by Amber and held its tail in its mouth.

Everyone gathered around.

What was held in Amber's mouth and kept struggling was a strange snake-like creature about seventy or eighty centimeters long, chubby, and covered in earthy yellow.

"**!****!" Feng Ying, who saw the creature's appearance clearly, spat out a series of unpleasant words.

"Earth dragon?! Is there really an earth dragon in this world?? And we caught it?!" Feng Ying circled the twisting and struggling strange snake and couldn't stop looking at it.

I even took out my portable camera and took random photos, using up all the photos in one go.

"Ah ha ha ha! I said earth dragons must exist, and I want to send this photo back to slap Lie Yan in the face!" Feng Ying laughed wildly.

Seeing Feng Ying's face deformed with laughter, Gale couldn't help but ask Anxil, "What is an earth dragon? Why is this guy so happy?"

Ancier's expression was also a little strange, "The 'phantom creature' in the folklore of her hometown is also called the Wild Hammer Snake.

Throughout history, many people have claimed to have witnessed it, but no one has actually caught it, so its existence has been controversial.

The earth dragon in the records does look like this, less than one meter long, with a snake-like head, short, thick and flat body, and a fast crawling speed.

But why did it appear in the New World? ! "