Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

"Disperse as planned! Attack those unhealed wounds!"

After giving a simple command, Gordon took the lead and rushed towards one of the red dragon's front legs.

There are no records about red dragons in historical documents, and naturally there is no "predecessor experience" to refer to.

Their tactics came from the battle of hunting the Dark Lantern Dragon.

Although one is an adult and the other is a juvenile, there are huge differences between the two in terms of strength, moves, etc.

But the almost identical body structure determines that their basic behavioral patterns and habits of action are common.

When there is no better basis for reference, continuing the tactic of hunting the Dark Lantern Dragon is the safest choice.

The core of this so-called tactic is to cut off the toes

Whether it is a red dragon or a dark lamp dragon, the limbs are relatively slender, and the head, chest, and abdomen are placed very high.

Weapons such as tachi and large swords can barely reach them if they are raised high.

But that would place great restrictions on the moves. It would be better to focus on the limbs on the ground and attack them, accumulating damage and forcing them to lose their balance and fall.

As for the choices of shooters, they have much more freedom.

The weapon Ancil used in this battle was the Industry Heavy Crossbow [Famine], and the ammunition he carried was mainly powerful lv3 armor-piercing grenades.

After throwing out the supernova's shell, he loaded the ballista with armor-piercing grenades and started shooting one after another at the red dragon's head.

It was hoped that the impact of the explosion could further damage the carapace on the latter's head and knock it out.

Ancier fired continuously, attracting Chilong's attention. At the same time, Gordon had already arrived at Chiryuu's right front paw.

Aiming at the wounds on the dragon's claws that were obviously bitten by fangs, Gordon shouldered the sword with one hand, fired the launcher on his left arm, and used the recoil of the powerful shot to complete the preparation for the true charged attack.

In the low voice, [Move] the sword fell down.

The blade, which looked like wood but was heavier than steel, struck at the injured joint of the red dragon's claws and toes.

The moment the sword blade came into contact with the red dragon's blood.

[Unmoving] As if the great sword had received an extremely strong stimulus, an astonishingly strong dragon-attribute energy suddenly burst out.

The black light of red lightning spread in the air, and for a moment, Gordon felt that the hilt of the sword was almost out of his control.

He roared, strengthened his palms, firmly grasped the hilt of the sword, and continued to press the sword down.

The injury to the claw-toe joint was already serious, with the bones of the joint exposed.

Coupled with the powerful power of the True Charged Slash, the sharpness of the [Unmoving] Great Sword's purple slashing flavor, the high-intensity dragon attribute energy, and the precise landing point under his control.

It's not surprising that this sword directly cut off the amputated toe.

But the strength of the red dragon's bones was still beyond the hunter's expectations, and the blade got stuck in the center of the joint.

The ancient dragons were able to successfully break through the red dragon's scales and leave hideous scars on its body, that's because they were ancient dragons.

It is still a bit too reluctant to cut off the red dragon's claws with human power in one go.

However, the power of this sword was enough to cause Red Dragon to feel severe pain.

It howled angrily and raised its front paws, stepping towards Gordon.

Gordon rolled in time to avoid the red dragon's stampede.

Gordon got up quickly and was ready for the follow-up pursuit, but the pursuit did not come.

This is how Chiron's counterattack ended.

"Um?"

Gordon was a little surprised.

Mushroom warned them, saying that the Red Dragon was very fast and very offensive, and was not at the same level as the Dark Lantern Dragon.

But Chiron's actions and reactions seemed somewhat unworthy of this evaluation.

Is it because it is seriously injured and too tired?

Or is it because it didn't pay attention to humans like them from the beginning to the end, so it didn't use its full strength?

Whatever the answer is, good for them!

You can take advantage of this opportunity to launch an offensive more aggressively.

"Seize the opportunity! It's not awake yet!" Gordon reminded his companions loudly.

Hayata and Feng Ying, who each found a position to attack, also realized this and stepped up their offensive.

Feng Ying, who completed charging as quickly as possible and turned on the red shield, began to scream "Get rid of it".

Hayata looked at the wound exposed after the thorns on the red dragon's back were shattered, launched his flying claws, and flew up.

Perhaps he really didn't realize the danger of these "little bipedal animals". The red dragon didn't even try to get rid of it, as if what flew on its back was not a hunter, but a mosquito or something.

This made Hayata, who landed on its back, have a dangerous smile on his face.

[Ice Spirit Blade] slid out of the scabbard.

Forged by the cold air, the ice-blue sword blade was covered with a layer of extremely cold ice.

Hayata stood up, turned his wrist, and pointed the blade diagonally downward.

Anyway, she didn't see Chilong struggling, so she had plenty of time to choose where to attack.

It would be great if a sword could pierce the spine and pierce the spinal cord. In that case, the red dragon might be severely injured in an instant.

Unfortunately, that can only be an illusion. Even if there is a gap between the spines, it cannot be broken through with a casual sword.

Instead of pursuing that tiny possibility, do something more certain.

Through the thorns on the back of the red dragon and the bumps between the muscle lines, she roughly confirmed the location of the bones on the back of the red dragon.

Putting the tip of the sword against the wound of flesh and blood, and finding an angle between the spine and ribs with no bone obstruction, Hayata used all his strength to stab the sword downwards.

With a light "chi--" sound, the blade almost sank into the hilt.

She gripped the hilt tightly again and twisted it hard.

"Roar!"

The red dragon trembled violently, and the howl of pain echoed in the cave. The rocks on the rock wall that were roasted by the dragon flames fell down with a crackling sound.

Such an obvious stiffness, Gordon and Feng Ying would naturally not let it go.

The charging slash and the attribute release slash fell one after another, adding several new wounds to the two front claws of the red dragon.

Perhaps finally realizing the threat of these "inconspicuous little animals", the red dragon's action speed has obviously accelerated.

Turning his head, a ball of blazing silver energy flames sprayed towards Feng Ying.

Feng Ying's reaction speed was very fast. At the moment when the red dragon turned around, she disassembled the weapon with a backslash without thinking, shrank her body, and pushed the shield forward for precise defense.

At the same time, she did not forget to swear, "Why is it me!?"

Then she was blown away by the ball of blazing light.

Of course, the red dragon would not answer her question.

It only knew that there was a breath on this guy, a breath that made it familiar and disgusted.

"Fire cover!" Gordon yelled.

Ansel, who was sniping the target in an orderly manner, immediately stepped up the rhythm of shooting and emptied the magazine in one breath.

But the red dragon seemed to be aiming at Feng Ying, and the silver-white energy light condensed between its teeth again. Then, this energy turned into a very thin blazing light and swept towards the latter.

Feng Ying released the Kinsect to assist in the body, alleviating the impact of being blown away. Before she had time to catch her breath, she looked up and saw the blazing light sweeping over.

"Ah--!"

Feng Ying screamed and released the Kinsect again. Finally, she got out of the range of the blazing light breath sweep at the last moment and fell to the ground in embarrassment.

But it was not just a hot line.

The blazing light breath swept across the rock wall and the ground, triggering a series of violent explosions, and the hot flames and the flying debris like bomb fragments enveloped her.

Feng Ying barely had time to raise her shield, and didn't even have time to take a defensive stance, and was about to be blown away again.

A figure fell from the sky and landed in front of her.

The heavy shield blocked the aftermath of the explosion like a city wall, and the arrogant laughter even drowned out the rumbling echo of the aftermath of the explosion.

"Wahahaha! It doesn't hurt! I arrived first!"