Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Let alone whether it is edible or not, how to catch those manta rays is a big problem.

Looking at those ancient creatures flying in the air, Yu Zi seemed a little confused.

These days, his owner Azi repeatedly emphasized to him that there is no difference between being on the coral plateau and being in the sea. Flying in the air is equivalent to swimming in the sea, and running on the ground is equivalent to crawling on the seabed. Fish are everywhere.

Things like flying eels, swaying eels, and manta rays do look like marine creatures.

But.

Yu Zi looked at the harpoon-shaped weapon in his hand.

How to catch them?

"You can use the shock wave of the bomb to blow them down, meow!" Pork Chop suggested, holding a slime bomb.

Yu Zi nodded suddenly.

Using explosions to stun fish in the water and then scoop them up is indeed a very common way of fishing.

"Wait a minute," Gordon pressed down the claw of Pork Chop holding the explosive bomb, "Can we think of some gentler methods? Besides, isn't the noise of the explosive bomb too loud?"

"That's meow." Pork Chop put away the explosive bomb with a little regret, "Then find one that flies lower and try to shoot it with the catapult to see if it can be shot down, meow?"

This suggestion was finally much more reliable.

One man and two cats looked up for a while, and finally waited until a hovering manta ray flew down a little. Gordon immediately raised his hand and fired the catapult.

A small stone less than the size of a fist shot out.

However, because the distance was close to the range limit of the catapult, and Gordon really lacked the talent of a shooter, this shot was off.

The two cats cast a disappointed look at him at the same time.

Gordon was a little embarrassed, and he took another stone from the rock wall next to him, reloaded, and fired!

It was off again.

The stone brushed the body of the manta ray and flew over.

Gordon thought that the manta ray would be frightened and fly away, but he didn't expect that this guy didn't seem to be alert at all, and still flew leisurely and slowly.

"Then you can't blame me." Gordon picked up stones from the coral reefs around him one by one, wound up, and fired, and kept repeating.

After trying six or seven times in a row, he finally succeeded in hitting.

Due to the long distance, the force carried by the stone was severely reduced. Gordon thought that this would not have any effect on the ancient creature that was almost two meters long.

In the end, it was just a matter of fighting for a breath.

However, the effect of the stone attack was unexpectedly good. The ancient manta ray trembled all over, and its paddle-like limbs were retracted to its abdomen, and it fell from the air.

Yu Zi reacted quickly, "Meow!" rushed out.

Without giving the fallen manta ray a chance to recover and take off again, he stabbed it with a cat fork and gave it a good time.

Gordon opened his mouth. He had wanted to catch it alive with a capture net.

He and Pork Chop went over together. One man and two cats surrounded the strange creature that was still twitching slightly and looked at it.

Yuzi tried to pull out his flying thunder dragon cat fork, but accidentally lifted up the manta ray.

Seeing Yuzi lift up the manta ray that was almost twice as big as himself, Gordon Pork Chop was a little stunned.

Is this guy so strong?

Yuzi was also shocked and exclaimed softly: "It's so light?!"

It was thought that a "fish" of this size would weigh at least dozens of kilograms, but after lifting it up, it was found that it was much lighter than imagined.

Gordon and the others also tried it.

It was indeed as Yuzi said. This big-looking manta ray probably weighed less than ten kilograms.

Although the whole body is covered with shells, the shells are very thin and seem to be hollow inside, giving people the feeling of holding a huge empty paper box.

Gordon scratched his chin, "Not surprising, if it is very heavy, it can't float in the air like a kite, right?"

"Meow——." Pork Chop's face wrinkled together, "After removing the shells that cannot be eaten and the internal organs that dare not be eaten, this guy really has meat to eat, meow?"

Speaking so, Pork Chop still peeled the manta ray with some disbelief.

Fish Roe tilted his head and looked for a while, then ran away with the cat fork, and Gordon didn't have time to call it.

However, Fish Roe is also a mature hunting cat, so there is no need to worry about its safety, so Gordon stayed to peel it with Pork Chop.

Cut open a layer of shell, and then another layer of shell, with many air bladder-like air sacs in the middle, filled with some light gas, which may be the key to this creature flying in the air.

But this is not what Gordon and his friends care about, they want to find meat! Why is there a green and sticky internal organ under the shell! ?

Bit by bit, it was more like dissection than peeling, and finally a few translucent gelatinous meat slices were peeled off from the interlayer of the thin shell on the back, which looked like only a few bites.

"It's all shells, it's better to catch a flicker eel."

Pork Chop cursed, "There's so little meat, no wonder it's always so leisurely, I'm afraid there are no natural enemies, who would eat this thing?"

"Can you catch a few more?" Fish Roe, who ran back at some point, whispered.

"Forget it, let's catch something more substantial next time." Pig Chop had given up.

Fish Roe turned sideways and unloaded the thing on his back, which was a flicker eel with several gills strung together, twisting non-stop.

There were also two lively lantern fish hanging on its flying thunder dragon cat fork.

"As expected of the fish basket family, the fishing efficiency is really high." Gordon rubbed the head of the fish roe.

Mentioning those swaying eels that are more meaty than spiny, and kicking the messy carcass of the ancient ghost manta ray, "If you have these, it's almost the same.

By the way, that fish monster is ugly, can it really be eaten? "

The fish roe knew that Gordon was referring to the lantern fish on his harpoon, and it nodded, "It looks very similar to the angler fish, it should be delicious, meow."

However, it is more troublesome to handle. You have to peel and cut into pieces, otherwise the most delicious liver will be broken. "

"Look at me, this is what I call professional, find time to learn from me!" Gordon pointedly said to Pork Chop.

Under the glare of Pig Chop's dead fish eyes, he shook off the swaying eels that tried to wrap around his wrist armor and was about to leave here.

The moment he turned around, Gordon noticed something strange.

He stopped.

Pork Chop reacted quickly, turned around immediately, raised his ears, and alertly searched for possible dangers.

Gordon's gaze turned to higher ground.

At the top of the coral reef, which is layered on top of each other, as if made up of countless plates, a strange and mysterious figure stands there.

He was only one meter tall, wearing a cloak made of kelp and sponge, covered with barnacles and corals, and a glowing jellyfish on his head.

That was an ancient dragon man.

Before the other party could speak, Gordon's head started to hurt.

He came into contact with the ancient dragon people twice. The first time led to the incident of the appearance of the brilliant dragon, and the second time was a warning that the molten mountain dragon would detonate the new continent if it entered the earth corridor.

Similar warnings have occurred several times in the records of the investigation team, but they are not a good thing in any case.

Could it be that this time it brought some bad news?

I really don't want to hear it.

Gordon sighed silently and came to the coral rock where the ancient dragon people stood.

"You" Gordon was about to say something when the other party spoke first.

"The earth has awakened, and the song is spreading to the distance.

The Dragon King is entrenched at the end, and disaster and chaos are coming."