Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

“Boom! Boom——!”

The clumps of sand and soil condensed hit the rocky ground, shattering the rocks and leaving shallow pits with a diameter of several meters.

Judging by the standards of the ancient dragon species, such an attack may not be very sharp, but for fragile humans, it is not surprising that they are instantly torn into pieces if they are hit by a sand ball at close range.

In the previous battle with the dragon-striking ship, one of the dragon-striking ships was destroyed by such sand cannonballs.

However, the hunters soon discovered the limitations of this move.

These ejected sand balls came from the pores on both sides of the Swallowing Abyss Dragon's body, which seemed to be connected to the respiratory system and assisted in exhaust.

In short, it is somewhat similar to human nostrils.

When sneaking under the sand, the Swallowing Abyss Dragon uses these pores to breathe, and when it rises into the air, it also exhausts through the pores to help adjust its body posture.

When using the suction attack on the Isana before, it can also be clearly seen that a large amount of air and yellow sand are discharged through these pores on both sides of the Swallowing Abyss Dragon's body.

Otherwise, no matter how large the lung capacity of the Swallowing Abyss Dragon is, it is impossible to inhale such a large amount of air for a long time.

The attacks from these vents did make the hunters on both sides of the Swallowing Abyss Dragon's body flustered, but after reacting, it was not difficult to avoid these attacks.

Keeping a distance is the most direct way.

The vents will shrink significantly before ejecting sand balls, so it is safe to leave the shooting path in advance. At medium and long distances, the destructive power of these sand balls will also be significantly weakened.

"Seize the opportunity! Attack the vents!" Musa slid to avoid a group of sand cannons, pulled the bow string horizontally, and several arrows flew out.

These vents are usually protected by the Swallowing Abyss Dragon's heavy carapace and cannot be touched at all. At this time, they are exposed from the gaps in the carapace for attack.

It is a threat, but also an opportunity?

Coincidentally, as the only two top shooters on the scene, he and Leihana both use flexible and light weapons.

While dodging the attack, you can also aim at the Swallowing Abyss Dragon's vents and launch a counterattack.

Several more arrows and crossbow bullets went through the pores and pierced into the body of the Swallowing Abyss Dragon, forcing it to stop this meaningless attack, lie down again, and close the pores.

"Boom, buzz, buzz!"

A dull roar sounded.

Under the control of some mysterious power whose principle was unknown, the yellow sand that was scattered around with the sand cannon attack and the fine rocks that were broken by the sand cannon, automatically started without wind.

They rotated and condensed, forming two sand and gravel vortices.

The vortex rolled faster and faster, driving the air in the canyon to form a strong wind, and finally turned into a series of wind and sand tornadoes.

The guild leader who was watching the battle with a telescope on a high place had a condensed look.

He realized that their previous guesses were all wrong.

Perhaps the Swallowing Abyss Dragon did not have the ability to control the wind, and the wind and sand tornadoes that accompanied it were not the yellow sand that was rolled up by the wind, but the high-speed rotating gravel that in turn drove the strong wind.

Does this guy have the ability to control sand?

The guild leader pondered.

The good news is that the geology here is mainly hard sandstone.

The main reason why they chose this place as the battlefield was that the geology here was hard and the Swallowing Abyss Dragon could not sneak into the ground.

As luck would have it, there was not much yellow sand in the canyon for the Swallowing Abyss Dragon to use.

The bad news was that in the previous sand cannon spray attack, the Swallowing Abyss Dragon created a batch of fine sand and gravel by bombarding the ground and cliffs.

Maybe the number was not large, but together with the gravel stored in its body, it barely condensed two wind and sand tornadoes that gave the hunters a headache.

In a relatively closed environment like the canyon, the power of these two tornadoes would be even stronger than in the sea of ​​sand.

After all, the ancient dragon species is the ancient dragon species. It is true that it cannot be killed safely after being led into a trap.

He gestured to the messenger holding the horn beside him.

"Toot-toot-"

The sharp sound of the horn barely penetrated the whistling of the wind and sand, and conveyed the command to the ears of the upper hunters who besieged the Swallowing Abyss Dragon.

The upper hunters who were having a headache with the sand tornado did not linger in the battle, and decisively put away their weapons and retreated for the time being.

For a moment, the canyon seemed to have become the home ground of the Swallowing Abyss Dragon.

The artillery, the crossbows, and even the hunters were all silent.

The human side paused the offensive, but the Swallowing Abyss Dragon was still furious.

It quickly locked onto the heavy crossbows closest to it with a glance.

Its huge body crawled quickly. No, it flew close to the ground and rushed towards the crossbows.

The shooter behind the crossbow that was selected as the target activated the mechanism without hesitation, fired the loaded restraint bomb, and then turned and ran.

The wide and powerful fins that could break the keel of a dragon ship swept across, and without any surprise, the two crossbows were smashed into pieces on the ground.

The guild leader's face was a little ugly.

The Swallowing Abyss Dragon obviously realized the threat of the crossbows, so it gave up chasing the retreating hunters and gave priority to attacking the crossbows.

If there were no sand rolls that could sweep people into the air, he might have considered asking the upper hunters to try to contain the target and protect the crossbow.

But now it seems that he can only give up.

He once again issued an order through the sound of the horn.

The archers in charge of operating the crossbow fired restraining bombs one after another, and then quickly left the battlefield.

Since they are destined to be destroyed, let them play a role again before they are crushed!

The effect of the restraint bombs is trustworthy. Although two of them were destroyed first, the restraint bombs fired by the remaining six heavy crossbows still successfully controlled the rampaging Swallowing Abyss Dragon.

However, from the dangerous creaking sound of the stretched ropes and the shaking bases of the crossbows, it can be seen that such control will not last too long.

"Salvo!"

As the horn sounded again, the cannons at the top of the canyon that had completed loading began the second round of salvos.

At the same time, the shooters who were previously responsible for operating the crossbows also deployed their weapons and fired from a long distance, providing a little firepower that was better than nothing.

"Boom boom boom--!"

The Swallowing Abyss Dragon restrained by the restraint bombs had nowhere to hide, and could only shrink its body as much as possible, trying to use its hard carapace to withstand the bombardment.

But it was not a real turtle after all, and could not put its limbs under its carapace.

Under the command of the guild master, the shooters operating the cannons deliberately locked the head and forelimbs of the Swallowing Abyss Dragon.

In addition, the previous bombardment had already broken part of the carapace, so the effect of this round of bombardment was obviously better than before, and even the two wind and sand whirlwinds that swept around were slightly dissipated.

In the decisive battlefield, the Swallowing Abyss Dragon was bleeding from wounds all over his body and panting.

This embarrassed appearance made everyone excited, and the speed of carrying shells increased a little.

Only the guild leader and Gordon's expressions remained solemn.

After two rounds of bombardment, the Swallowing Abyss Dragon looked a little miserable, but most of them were superficial injuries, and they were not really seriously injured.

And they had lost those heavy crossbows.

Without the control of the restraining bombs, it would not be so easy to use artillery to concentrate fire on the Swallowing Abyss Dragon's head and other vital parts.

Moreover, would the Swallowing Abyss Dragon really stay in the canyon and run around until it was bombarded to death by artillery?

That was naturally impossible.

The Swallowing Abyss Dragon with scarlet eyes did not roar anymore, but just swung its body silently to break the remaining restraining ropes.

Under its control, the tornado was expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye and moving towards itself.

Finally, these tornadoes merged into an extremely huge tornado, covering its hill-like body.

With the help of the powerful suction of the tornado, the Swallowing Abyss Dragon, which was originally unable to rise vertically, slowly left the ground.

The guild leader, who finally realized what it was going to do, roared, "All artillery! Don't worry about the number of reloads, just fire!

It wants to use the tornado to leave the canyon!"

The shooters immediately adjusted the muzzle and fired shells.

Unfortunately, a few shells could not stop the Swallowing Abyss Dragon from rising. Soon, it rose to a height almost flush with the top of the canyon.

The dragon's eyes, gushing with anger, swept across the people at the top of the canyon.

The "ferocious god of the dry sea" would not leave in such a disgrace.

It opened its abyss-like huge mouth, swallowing everything with a terrifying suction force, sweeping around.