Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

What kind of eyes are these.

The golden irises were as brilliant as real gold, reflecting metallic prisms in the sunlight.

The pupil in the center was two masses of dull scarlet, as dim as if he was blind.

Every hunter present, whether it was Gordon and Jean who were close in front of the mysterious ancient dragon's head, or Aiden's heavy crossbowmen who were a hundred meters away, hiding behind a rock bunker.

The same thought suddenly appeared in their minds.

-It's staring at me.

Facing the pair of dim red eyes that exuded a strange gaze, a suffocating feeling of heart palpitations enveloped everyone's heart.

This feeling is like the first time I saw an ancient dragon species.

The fierce offensive also came to a halt, and the battlefield fell into a scalp-numbing silence.

The mysterious ancient dragon spread out its limbs, supported its body, and slowly stood up.

Gordon took a sharp breath and shouted to remind everyone, "Be alert! Keep your distance!"

The hunters who came to their senses quickly retreated.

The mysterious ancient dragon touched the tentacles of its wings to the ground. Amidst the sound that exceeded the limit of human hearing, the high-frequency vibrating sand turned into fluid-like quicksand and spread to all sides.

Ted, who was wearing heavy armor and carrying a heavy blunderbuss and a large shield, was trapped by the quicksand due to his slow movement speed, so he had to put up a large shield and enter a defensive posture and stay put.

The mysterious Gu Long moved his gaze downwards and locked his gaze.

It closed its wing claws that were in contact with the ground in front of it, trying to catch Ted between its wings like a mosquito and swat him to death.

This kind of attack made the latter feel excited.

The large shield is strong, but it can only protect against attacks from one direction. Facing such claw attacks from the left and right at the same time, no matter which side it is defended from, its vulnerable back will always be exposed.

On the other hand, can we only rely on armor to carry it?

Ted gritted his teeth and tightened his muscles, with his shield facing to the left, ready to withstand the attack.

At this moment, Feng Ying, who had successfully escaped from the area where the quicksand spread, released the flying insect, and she pulled the insect silk and came over.

He flew nearly twenty meters in one fell swoop, passed through the gap and got between the quickly closing wings.

He smashed down the big shield and entered a defensive posture back to back with Ted. At the same time, he spread worm silk to wrap around the shield to stabilize the defense.

"boom!"

The mysterious ancient dragon folded its wings, and in the dust raised, one could faintly hear the "click-click" sound of those withered vine-like tentacles and the shield surface.

Just when Gordon and others were anxiously trying to ask about the situation loudly, the flames from the muzzle and the spark arc of the rotating ax blade exploded at the same time, and the two men's roars came from the sand curtain.

"Fire all bombs!"

“Get the hell out of it!”

"Gah-!!"

The mysterious ancient dragon shrieked in pain and retracted its wings. It felt as if it was caught on a turtle shell with a blade. Not only did it fail to tear the target into pieces, it actually suffered some injuries.

This made it very angry.

The retracted wings once again folded into a ring in front of him. Seeing this action, everyone knew what it was going to do.

Ted Fengying can withstand the claw attack of the mysterious ancient dragon with her shield, but it does not mean that they can survive the bombardment of the giant concussive air column.

Gordon yelled, "Break it!"

The fastest Maka and Hayata rushed out immediately, but how to break through the blockade of the quicksand area and get close to the mysterious ancient dragon again was a big problem.

Maka charged at full speed and took the lead in rushing into the quicksand area.

With the blessing of monster essence, her speed was astonishingly fast. Her feet stepped on the flowing sand, and before she could sink in, she took another step forward.

In this way, she rushed forward for more than ten meters. The sand that could not provide any leverage continued to swallow up her speed, and then the quicksand gradually wrapped around her ankles.

But her purpose has been achieved.

Before her feet sank into the sand, she took off from the pole, waving the bug stick, and jumped into the air.

"Flying Claw!" she shouted in warning.

Hayata, who understood her intention, aimed at the end of the insect stick and launched his flying claws. The steel hooks wrapped around it, and the rope was quickly retracted. Hayata took advantage of the situation and jumped into the air.

The huge pulling force pulled Maka back to the ground. She gritted her teeth and twisted her waist. The moment her feet sank into the yellow sand, she swung the bug stick out with all her strength.

With this power, Hayata leaped over her head, broke through the area blocked by quicksand, and came to the mysterious ancient dragon.

The moment he landed, Hayata's legs suddenly exerted force, and he kicked out a shallow pit in the sand before the quicksand collapsed. He continued to charge forward. At the same time, he straightened the blade of his sword and thrust forward with the power of the charge.

The tip of the sword penetrated deeply into the bloody dragon's claw. Hayata jumped up and slashed down with the sharp ice blade.

Air blade cutting!

The broken ice crystals reflected the cold and solid sword energy, creating a dazzling light path in the air.

The blade fell to the ground, and the next second, a wound nearly three meters long opened from the side of the mysterious ancient dragon's neck to its chest, and blood spurted out.

"Jiiya——!"

The mysterious ancient dragon screamed in pain, leaning back, and the attack that was about to be condensed was interrupted.

The golden-red pupils filled with cold anger shifted, and the concussive energy on the tentacles that had not completely dissipated was shot towards Hayata in front of him.

Hayata saw the attack immediately, jumped back and distanced himself, and narrowly avoided the direct shot of the shocking air column.

Immediately afterwards, another blow came with a claw.

Hayata, who was too late to reach Iai, had to dodge and dodge, hitting her claws in the air, but the shock wave that erupted on the sand blew her away.

Just as the mysterious ancient dragon was about to continue its pursuit, a series of ice bullets shot out, exploding clouds of frost on its face.

Under the cover of Oshula's fire, Hayata shook his dizzy head and got up.

Seeing that the latter was not seriously injured, Gordon breathed a sigh of relief.

As the mysterious ancient dragon's attention was distracted, it continued to oscillate, and the quicksand that flowed like water stopped and turned back into ordinary sand.

Gordon took a deep breath, launched another charge and approached the target, and said loudly: "The attack speed is much faster than before, be careful not to get hit!"

"Then we have to step up our attack!" Jean took out his immovable clothes from his bag and put them on his body.

Then he poured two more bottles of ghost potion into his mouth. After hardening the potion, he roared and rushed towards the mysterious ancient dragon.

The attacking position of the head naturally belongs to Gordon, who is the main midfielder.

Feng Ying took over the right forefoot, which was more seriously injured, and started high-pressure backfilling when it deformed.

Gene had no choice but to target the left front foot.

He gathered strength while approaching.

When he came to the target, the preparations for accumulating power were completed. He swung the sledgehammer with all his strength and turned it into a whirlwind.

The giant hammer surrounded by electric light repeatedly hit the mysterious ancient dragon's left paw and ankle with an attack speed unmatched by other heavy weapons.

He and Feng Ying attacked from the left and right, which naturally attracted the attention of the mysterious ancient dragon.

The wings spread out, and several air pillars shot from top to bottom towards the two of them.

Feng Ying quickly interrupted the attack, turned around and took apart the weapon while taking a big step back.

Raising the shield, he accurately defended against the concussive air column that swept past him. He used the opportunity to switch weapon forms and slashed back with a big backhand strike.

Feng Ying felt that her way of defending and counterattacking was reckless enough, but she didn't expect that there was someone more reckless than her.

Realizing that he had no time to escape from the dangerous area, Jean simply refused to dodge and continued to swing the sledgehammer and attack with gyrations.

That’s what my immovable clothes are for!

"Buzz——"

A column of concussive air swept across his body. The heavy and thick Fudo clothes absorbed most of the impact for him, and the spinning attack continued.

But the concussive energy could not be easily offset. The vibrations penetrated deep into his organs, and he couldn't help but spurt out a large mouthful of blood.

"That's it?!"

He jumped up with a roar, slammed the sledgehammer down, and the kinetic energy accumulated in the spinning attack exploded in one go.

The ground trembled under the heavy hammer, and the mysterious ancient dragon howled in pain.

"Come again!" Gene vomited blood and once again assumed a posture of accumulating power.