Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Seeing the unusualness of this blue velociraptor, Gordon didn't let the pork chop go to lure the enemy, but challenged himself.

Faced with the sudden appearance of the enemy, the Blue Velociraptor stopped eating. Instead of rushing up immediately, it locked its eyes on the hunter, fiercely cautious.

Gordon put his right hand on the hilt of the sword behind his back, but did not pull it out directly. The state of holding the sword will greatly affect the speed of movement, and it is not suitable before the distance between the two sides is closer.

In the end, it was Gordon who shot first, and he started sprinting, and the distance between the two quickly shortened.

The blue velociraptor hissed, and also took a step forward, its long beak and sharp claws covered in blood looked particularly ferocious.

Just when the target's head was about to enter the attack range of the explosive knife, Gordon decisively slashed out with the knife.

This almost invincible move against the blue velociraptor actually failed this time. The blue velociraptor stopped in time, leaped back a short distance, and easily avoided the powerful blow.

The heavy explosive knife hit the ground, and Gordon needed time to lift it up again, but Blue Athlon seized this opportunity and slammed his powerful long tail at Gordon's side.

Gordon frowned, temporarily stopped raising the big sword, held the hilt with one hand, and turned to the other side of the explosive knife.

Block with a sword!

"Bang!"

The blue velociraptor's long tail hit the sword face of the Explosive Knife, and the strong force made Gordon's hands that were holding the block slightly numb.

"Sure enough, you have a lot of combat experience."

Gordon pursed his lips and put away his contemptuous mentality. He bent down slightly, and with the strength of his waist and legs, he swung his knife across Lan Avelon's legs.

Blue Velociraptor jumped back in time again and avoided it smoothly.

This time, however, Gordon's attack did not end there.

After removing the excess inertia of slashing across the air and swinging through a complete arc, Gordon directly stepped forward again.

The blue velociraptor, who thought the hunter had entered the interval between attacks, was just about to pounce and bite, when the huge claws were precisely nailed into its lower jaw, piercing through its brain, and its huge body fell limply to the ground.

Instant death.

Gordon put away the Explosive Knife and let out a soft breath.

Sure enough, actual combat is the most effective way to improve martial arts. In just two days, he polished the big sword moves that were not very proficient to proficiency.

Slashing the sky with a sword? It doesn't matter, the next sword that takes advantage of the situation will only be stronger!

Looking at the complete blue velociraptor body in front of him, Gordon smiled with satisfaction.

Without his reminding, Pig Chop consciously began to alert the surroundings.

It took almost twice as long as usual, and Gordon carefully peeled off this huge and complete blue velociraptor skin. Of course, those high-quality scales, claws, and teeth will not be let go.

The materials of the blue velociraptor suit have been collected!

"Okay pork chop, let's go home!"

"Meow!"

Back in Kokot Village, after delivering the task and clearing the rewards, Gordon immediately came to the workshop with a large pile of blue velociraptor materials.

Then I got the bad news of a thunderbolt.

He has collected enough material, but not enough money

The Blue Velociraptor suit includes five parts: head, trunk, waist, wrist, and shin. The manufacturing cost of each part's armor is 1150z, and the total sum is nearly 6000z.

In addition, Gordon hoped that the owner of the workshop would use the extra materials to make armor for the pork chops, which would add an extra expense.

Part of the 2000z task reward that he just received was used to pay off the instructor's debt, which was not enough at all.

In desperation, Gordon had to hand over the materials and all the money to the workshop owner, and asked the latter to help him start making the armor first. After all, unlike weapons, the construction period for a full set of armor will be much longer.

And he took the pork chops, received a new task, and rushed to the hunting ground again.

In the next period of time.

Looking for specialty mushrooms, hunting meat, collecting deer skins, hunting down big wild boars, blue velociraptors, and the odd-faced tribe, as long as the price is right, he will take on anything.

At first, Gordon was frustrated by these "miscellaneous" one-star missions that were neither lucrative nor challenging.

But the instructor told him that this is the daily life of monster hunters.

Ores and materials for making armor and weapons, countless materials for blending various hunting props, and money that must be used for everything.

None of this fell from the sky.

Can only accumulate bit by bit.

Take the explosive knife in Gordon's hand.

It seemed that it was easy to collect all the materials, but the huge amount of iron ore and earth crystals, after all, weren't all Gordon hammered out with one pickaxe in the past two years?

Without going through this stage of accumulation, how to forge stronger armor, and how to hunt more powerful monsters?

Let's do the task honestly!

Two weeks later, the Blue Athlon suit was completed, and Gordon, who had paid the final payment, finally put on this new set of armor that he had been thinking about day and night.

This is a set of full body armor with a low-key shape, but it gives people a very reliable feeling.

The bright blue velociraptor leather has been tanned and turned into an unremarkable dark gray. It is obviously leather, but it has a heavy metal-like texture.

The chest, joints and other vital parts are decorated with a large number of blue velociraptor scales and armor made of metal, which provides maximum protection without affecting the wearer's actions.

According to the owner of the workshop, the defensive performance of this set of armor is at least two to three times higher than that of the most basic hunter suit.

Paired with a heavy and sharp explosive knife, Gordon now finally looks like he is no longer the "fedgy boy" style of painting.

It's not just Gordon who changed clothes, but also pork chops.

Only the nut cover with the advantage of "lightness" was replaced by a brand new armor made of blue velociraptor material as the main material.

And the "Ore Cat Pickaxe" that is carefully forged by smelting several kinds of minerals.

All this makes the pork chop who is also in "adolescence" very excited.

After paying the final payment for himself and the pork chop armor, Gordon, who became a pauper again, had no choice but to return to the original busy and slightly boring mission life.

However, even he himself didn't notice.

During these insignificant one-star missions, his body has been tempered, his martial arts and sword skills have been improved, and even the impetuous mentality unique to young people has gradually calmed down under the polishing of mushrooms and ores.

Midsummer and autumn passed quietly.

Throughout the autumn, everyone was making reserves for the coming winter. As the only two hunters in the village, the instructor and Gordon also kept going back and forth between the village and the hunting ground to hunt for the necessary meat for the villagers to survive the winter.

After the tenth full moon of this year, Gordon, who had been busy for nearly half a year, finally temporarily removed his armor and weapons.

In the Shulet region located in the northwest corner of the continent, winter came earlier, and under the cold wind from the Akula region in the north, everything withered and the activities of all living things stopped.

Humans are no exception.

During this season, hunters generally do not enter the hunting grounds.

One is that the hungry monsters in the snow forest are more aggressive and extremely dangerous, and the other is to give the pregnant females a little time to breathe during the autumn breeding period.

Heavy snow fell, covering the mountains, forest hills, roads and villages.

In previous years, Gordon, who was reluctant to spend the winter at the instructor's house for the sake of face, was always alone.

And this year, he has a cat!