Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

The cone-shaped cannonball, which was comparable in size to a large wild boar king, roared in the wind, traveled hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye, and bombarded the black dragon's side.

“Rumble, rumble—!”

Golden explosive flames rose into the sky and enveloped the black dragon's body. The spreading explosion wind overturned the ships at the dock. Piles of cargo that had no time to be transported were blown away, eventually forming a huge mushroom cloud.

On the Dragon Sense ship, everyone who had been knocked down by the recoil of the fire jumped up and cheered loudly.

At this distance, whether the cannonball can accurately hit the target depends on skill for three points and luck for seven points.

Obviously, they had good luck this time.

The cannonball hit the target directly. Even if the subsequent violent explosion was not considered, the power of the pointed cone-shaped warhead hitting the black dragon would never be inferior to that of the dragon gun.

Even an ancient dragon species would be seriously injured under this direct attack.

"All ships! Concentrate fire!" The general's roar suppressed the cheers of the crowd.

As a person who participated in the defense battle of East Doruma, he knew very well how strong the ancient dragon's body was.

Even though today's dragon-killing cannons are much more technologically advanced and more powerful than they were ten years ago, steel dragons and black dragons are not creatures of the same level.

He is not so optimistic that he thinks that after this shot, the black dragon will lose its fighting ability.

Taking advantage of the situation to pursue and cause as much damage as possible before the Black Dragon launches a counterattack is what they should do now.

Fortunately, the operators of every large spaceship are elites from various countries.

After cheering, they immediately returned to their respective posts, with a total of more than thirty artillery pieces of various types firing in turns.

Even if most of the cannonballs fall into the air, even the few that hit are enough to cause huge damage to any kind of creature.

"Keep attacking! Don't stop!" the general yelled.

Second round, third round, fourth round.

The once prosperous port of Minagard has been reduced to ruins amidst explosions and loud noises.

The thick smoke obscured their vision, but everyone in the sky could vaguely see the dark figure still standing deep in the smoke.

"roar--!"

Just as the fifth round of bombardment was about to begin, a large stream of dragon flames spurted out.

The nearest airship was almost hit by the dragon flames, and it turned urgently, but the aftermath also scorched the sides of the ship.

Dragon flames swept across, and the airships dispersed one after another. The formation of the fleet was destroyed as a result, the attack paused, and the smoke covering the port also dissipated under the heat wave.

The black dragon's appearance at this time was unavoidable.

The direct hit from the Dragon Slayer Cannon was indeed seriously injured. A huge hole was opened from the side ribs to the abdomen.

Through this wound, you can even see the exposed ribs and internal organs.

But this was the only injury on Black Dragon that could be called "serious".

Almost all of the remaining cannonballs were blocked by the dragon wings held in front of it.

This pair of dragon wings is so hard that it is unbelievable. After being bombarded by dozens of cannonballs, there were only some scorch marks and cracks.

As for the most critical wing bone, there was no damage at all.

The general's face was as dark as a piece of carbon.

In his tactical plan, this round of preemptive concentrated fire was not intended to kill the black dragon, nor was it even intended to cause serious injuries to the black dragon.

But its wings must be damaged to weaken or even cut off the black dragon's ability to fly.

In this way, the airship fleet can take the absolute initiative in the battle, and there is no need to worry about the black dragon leaving here and continuing to attack other cities.

But now it seems that this can only be said to be a delusion.

The attack of the cannonball cannot even effectively penetrate the black dragon's wing membrane. Perhaps only the power of the dragon-killing cannon can really harm it.

"Disperse the entire ship! Continue the fire suppression, and fire the dragon-killing cannon immediately after loading!" After a brief thought, the general issued a new order.

On the Dragon Sense ship, with the efforts of the three cross team members and the strong sailors, the second dragon-killing bomb was finally loaded.

In order to ensure the accuracy of the attack, the Dragon Sense Ship began to take risks and accelerate forward, shortening the distance between it and the target.

The gunners on the huge gun mount quickly turned the gears, adjusted the muzzle pointing, and put the sight on the black dragon again. The gunner responsible for firing slammed the trigger.

"boom!"

Under the huge recoil, the entire Dragon Sense ship retreated several meters backward.

The muzzle flash scorched the bow deck of the ship, and the incredibly powerful cannon shell turned into a stream of light and struck the black dragon on the pier, which had folded its wings to defend against the bombardment.

"Hit!" Lan, the light crossbow of the cross team, pumped his fist excitedly.

As a shooter, he made a judgment the moment the cannon came out of the barrel. The impact point of the cannonball was very accurate.

The two seconds that the cannonball flies are not enough for the Black Dragon to take off and dodge, and it will definitely hit the target!

However, the Black Dragon's reaction speed exceeded their expectations.

Facing the incoming shells, the black dragon opened its huge mouth and spit out a ball of blazing dragon flames.

The dragon-killing bomb, which is charged with high-density dragon-killing carbon and loaded with a fuse before launch, is very sensitive and detonates in advance at the moment of collision with the dragon flames.

"Boom--!"

A huge fireball with a diameter of nearly fifty meters exploded in mid-air, and the blazing flames and shock waves pushed the black dragon back for a long distance.

Everyone on the Dragon Sense ship who was about to cheer choked up. No one could have imagined that the black dragon could still neutralize the attack in this way.

The captain of the investigation team hurriedly raised the telescope and observed the target. As he expected, the aftermath of the explosion alone obviously could not cause effective damage to the black dragon.

He could even see a trace of human sarcasm on the black dragon's ferocious face.

It seemed to say that it would not be hit by the same attack a second time.

"Hurry up and reload!" The captain of the investigation team put down the telescope and gave a loud order.

But the black dragon obviously did not intend to give them another chance to try. It ignored the bombardment of other airships, opened its wide dragon wings, and flapped them violently.

The huge body flew into the air like a flexible bird and accelerated towards the dragon ship.

The captain of the investigation team immediately took over the steering wheel from the helmsman and turned the rudder. However, no matter how fast the airship was, it was still a dead object controlled by people.

In terms of flexibility, it could not compare with the flying dragon.

Seeing this, the general immediately issued a defensive order to cover each other and shrink the formation with the dragon ship as the core.

The Dragon-Knowledge Ship, or more precisely, the Dragon-Slaying Cannon on the Dragon-Knowledge Ship, is the core of the entire fleet. The Black Dragon must not be allowed to shoot it down at any cost.

If necessary, even if other airships are used to hit it, it must be stopped!

But just as the ships were urgently returning to defense and gathering closer and closer.

The Black Dragon suddenly flapped its wings and climbed at an almost vertical angle, rushing out of the encirclement of the airship fleet, drilling into the clouds, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The fleet surrounding the Dragon-Knowledge Ship was in a brief chaos. After a period of adjustment, they re-formed the formation, collectively climbed to a higher altitude, and accelerated in the direction of the Black Dragon's departure.

Below.

The embarrassed Gene climbed back to the ruined Minagard Port Pier, and reached out his hand to pull the old guys ashore.

"Damn, what a coward, running away just like that?" Gene took off his broken helmet and kept cursing, "It really disgraced the ancient dragon species!"

Ernest and the others were full of worry in their eyes.

Stubborn monsters are not scary. No matter how strong they are, they can always be solved by stacking them with people.

This powerful and cunning monster is the most troublesome.

Can we catch up with it with the speed of the fleet?

The various vehicles in the MH world are also a major feature, including the sand ship of Lockrak, the Isana of the Brigade, the Dragon Knowledge Ship of the Dragon Calendar Institute, the research base of the investigation team, and the huge battleship of Elgard.

The beauty of machinery is also a man's romance (sigh)