Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

On the endless sandy sea, a light and small sand boat with full sails was riding the wind and sand, gliding like a flying fish.

"Haifa! It's too fast, slow down!"

Huali grasped the hull of the boat with both hands, trying hard to prevent herself from being thrown out by the violent tilt and bumps of the sand boat. At the same time, she shouted angrily: "Smooth sailing! Your luggage will be thrown away!"

"Hahahaha! Where are you?" Haifa laughed boldly, "You have never participated in the 'Great Desert Banquet'. Those people are much more powerful than me in sailing boats!"

"Haifa!"

"Tsk, okay, okay, I'll be more steady." The swordsman named Haifa smacked his lips, adjusted the sails, and the ship's speed dropped slightly.

Although the current speed of the sand boat can still be called "speeding", at least it is not jumping like a frightened sand fish like before.

Under the dustproof facecloth, Huali breathed a sigh of relief.

She finally had the strength to free her hands, took out the map from her bag, and confirmed their current location.

After holding the map and comparing it with the surrounding terrain for several seconds, the young dual-sword wielder fell silent.

In the depths of the sand sea, all you can see are countless huge wave-like sand dunes. Without the necessary reference objects, it is impossible to judge the direction.

"Hehe, in this sandy sea, a map alone is not enough." Haifa smiled and showed his teeth like a roaring dragon, "Don't worry, I am familiar with this sandy sea, and I have not gone astray.

At the current speed, if we continue sailing for half a day, we will almost arrive at the oasis near our destination in the evening. "

Huali nodded upon hearing this and decided to trust Haifa's judgment.

Although this guy has muscles in his head, a sense of simplicity, and he is a native of the desert, he is still quite reliable overall.

Haifa’s parents are very warm, friendly and easy to get along with.

At least that's what Huali thinks from the perspective of being a "guest".

After learning that Huali was traveling and practicing in the Old World recently, Haifa, who had no interest in traveling, was also brought over by her mother, Ms. Maridan.

I hope Huali can take her to travel with her and gain experience, instead of staying in the comfort zone of Lockak, relying on her mother's reputation to dominate the young hunters.

Faced with the request of the senior, even Huali, who is used to walking alone, is not easy to refuse.

It just so happened that Haifa also revealed her mission slip. No matter how they arranged it later, the two of them planned to complete the current mission first and hunt the tailed axosaurus together.

After discussion, the two gave up their plan to continue looking for other companions and prepared to complete the hunt as a two-person team.

To be honest, this is not a wise decision.

As a subspecies of Tailmaulosaurus, Tailaxosaurus is also a herbivorous beast-saurus monster, although it does not have sharp teeth, sharp claws, and terrifying bite force like the Terror Tyrannosaurus, which is also a beast-saurus.

But as one of the largest species among the beast dragon monsters, the size of the tail axosaurus itself is their most powerful weapon.

Even with a full team of four hunters, if the hunting process goes very smoothly, it will take a long time to kill it.

Not to mention that there were only two of them, and among them Huali used double swords, a light weapon that was famous for its agility but slightly embarrassing in terms of destructive power.

A protracted war is their only option.

Fortunately, the two of them were not in a hurry, so they focused on honing their technical coordination.

The yellow sand and wind kept sweeping back, and when the setting sun reached the horizon, they finally arrived at the oasis near the area where the target appeared.

They worked together to drag the sand boat borrowed by Haifa to a rock platform. After covering it with a cloth and fixing it, the two dragged a large pile of supplies to the hunter's camp located in the corner of the oasis.

Huali carefully counted the supplies and stored them in storage boxes by category.

Haifa sat cross-legged on the lid of the supply box in an imageless manner, supporting his chin with one hand, watching his companions pack their luggage in an orderly manner, and said as if to relieve his boredom:

"This is the largest oasis within a hundred miles. You don't have to worry about food and water. There are springs and freshwater lakes nearby. There are fish in the lakes, there are many herbivorous dragons, and there are many cacti, aloe vera and the like.

To be honest, I don’t think there is any need to bring so many supplies. "

Huali glanced at her and simply replied: "Just in case."

Haifa jumped off the box, "I heard that there is a nomadic village across the lake, on the other side of this oasis.

Why don't we go there and have a look? Maybe I can get some delicious food. I mean, maybe I can get some information about the presence of the tailed axosaurus. "

Huali turned her head and thought for a moment, then put her weapon back on her back, straightened her armor straps, and stood up.

"OK."

The area of ​​​​this oasis is indeed not small. Under the leadership of Haifa, the two of them walked around the large lake and spent nearly half an hour before finally finding the village that the former mentioned.

In Huali's view, this is not even a "village".

There are less than ten households in total, and there are no fixed houses. Instead, there are tents made of animal bones, leather and coarse cloth. Several caravans can be seen around, as well as huge alpacas enclosed in simple fences.

It is more like a traveling caravan station than a settlement.

"They were desert nomads."

(Actually, what is depicted in this picture should be Lockrak’s ancestors, there is not much difference)

Haifa smiled and explained to Huali: "The scale of this group is relatively small, and the larger scale can reach hundreds of people, or even more.

The predecessor of the mobile city Balubare was actually an alliance of several nomadic convoys. Their living habits of chasing the monsoon and migrating around have continued for countless years. "

After saying that, she shouted a few times to signal the arrival of the two of them, and also to express that there was no hostility.

Unlike people in cities, these nomads who live in the wild will be more cautious when facing strangers.

Fortunately, this was not the first time Haifa had come into contact with nomads. She took the initiative to negotiate with them.

Due to a lack of understanding of local folk customs and in order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, Huali followed Haifa quietly and listened to Haifa's communication with the other party without saying a word.

They use the language of a certain desert nation, which is very different from the common language. As an outsider, Huali cannot understand it at all.

After a brief exchange, the vigilance on the herdsmen's faces dissipated. The middle-aged man who looked like the leader nodded to them and invited them to rest in the village.

Huali hesitated.

Her original idea was just to ask the herdsmen if they had any information about the tailed axosaurus, but looking at the current situation, it seemed that the herdsmen wanted to entertain them?

"What did you say to them?" Huali pulled Haifa and asked in a low voice.

"It's nothing, I just explained the identity of our hunters and that we are here to hunt some kind of dangerous monster.

This is also a good thing for them, so they are quite enthusiastic. Haifa explained with a smile.

After hearing this, Huali felt that there should be no problem.

Although I was not used to it, I could only follow Haifa and the herdsmen to the bonfire in front of the tent.

Soon, the herdsmen brought dates, cacti, cheese, bacon, scones and other food to entertain them.

Haifa was not polite at all and started eating and drinking lavishly, while Huali behaved more reservedly and only ate a few dates as a token gesture.

The atmosphere around the bonfire gradually became warmer, and the gathered herdsmen took out their treasured food and drinks to share with them, and eventually it turned into a small banquet.

Before I knew it, the sky had completely darkened.

While warming the campfire with the herdsmen, Huali gradually let go of her guard and told the curious children about her experience of hunting monsters.

This was supposed to be a fun night.

Until Haifa accidentally said that the target of their hunting trip was the tail axosaurus.

The atmosphere around the campfire suddenly became weird.