Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

At this moment, Gordon felt motivated!

If it wasn't for the evening, he wished he could run out of the camp to dig the gunpowder rock now, and then rush back to East Doruma overnight.

He has wanted to learn the true charge slash for a long time, but the great swordsmen who know this move are basically high-ranking hunters.

Not having acquaintances is one aspect, and high-ranking hunters generally don't have that kind of leisure time.

Even leaving aside the true charge cut of the ultimate secret of the great sword, the strong charge cut already mastered in the three-star hunter period actually has some flaws.

After all, no one has specifically taught him the secrets, but after listening to a drunken high-ranking swordsman to point out a few words, he kept figuring it out, and there would always be some problems.

Driven by this sense of urgency, Gordon got up earlier than anyone else the next day.

The usual practice is to cook a big pot of batter with the ingredients you bring, and then do stretching exercises and warm-up exercises over and over again.

Isn't it just Gunpowder Rock? As long as the master craftsman needs it, let alone three, we will carry back thirty pieces for you!

In the camp, before departure.

Julius took out a hand-painted simple map and spread it out together with the hunting ground map provided by the guild, side by side.

There are very few road idiots among the hunters. After a little comparison, the three of them quickly overlapped the terrain depicted on the two maps.

Julius took out a charcoal pencil and circled the location of the camp on the hunting ground map, "We are here now, and there is a cave at the foot of the mountain about two kilometers north.

Entering the mountainside through the cave entrance, there is a very large space, where there is a huge lava lake. "

Julius draws a cross at the location of the lava lake.

"There are a lot of lava beasts living near the lava lake, the red velociraptor, and the giant bee. They are the biggest obstacles for us to carry the gunpowder rock. Be careful when passing."

"clear."

"OK."

Gordon Ann Hill Zizi should be.

"After passing around the lava lake, we will see another cave, which can lead to a cave deeper underground, which should be the lair of some kind of monster.

The hunter who discovered the gunpowder rock before collected the gunpowder rock from there. "

"Is the gunpowder rock buried in the ground in the lair? Or is it embedded in a rock wall or something?" Gordon asked, raising his hand.

There was also a hint of doubt in Julius' eyes.

"According to the hunter, the gunpowder rocks were 'buried in the lair like eggs,' and he thought they were some kind of dragon's egg with a rocky shell.

After research by scholars, it was confirmed that it was a rock with a special structure.

Should be easy to find. "

Gordon's expression became subtle, with a bad feeling.

"All in all, the route has already told everyone that due to the high temperature of the volcano's ground, the gunpowder rock cannot be placed on the ground halfway, otherwise it may be detonated.

From the lair to the camp, the whole journey is about three to four kilometers, Gordon, are you sure? ’ Julius looked at Gordon.

Gordon made a "no problem" gesture.

"By the way, this is for you." Julius took out two bottles of light yellow medicine and handed them to Gordon.

"Forcibly taking drugs?" Gordon raised his eyebrows.

Due to the frequent use of the strengthening technique called "ghost-humanization" by dual-knife users, it requires high endurance, so many dual-knife users will bring this special potion that makes the body less fatigued when hunting.

"Well, drink it before carrying it. After taking the gunpowder rock, we will run at full speed, rush out of the monster's lair as fast as possible, and pass through the lava lake area. The journey after that will be much safer." Julius explained.

"Understood." Gordon nodded and put away the forced medicine.

The last time I drank this thing seemed to be when I stole the dragon eggs a few years ago.

Not very auspicious, take out the transfer gold coins to say goodbye.

"That's all for the basic precautions. For the rest, everyone is not a novice anymore. Let's adapt to the situation and let's go."

The three walked out of the camp.

After forming the alert queue, they began to speed up, swiftly but silently walking through the undulating foothills of the volcanic zone.

They avoided the attention of all monsters as much as possible, even the diperasaurus on the way of migration did not bother them.

These hulking herbivores are very timid. Although they do not pose a direct threat to hunters, their heavy footsteps and howling may attract more dangerous predators.

Don't cause trouble if you can.

Ten minutes later, they crossed the road and arrived at the entrance to the lava lake on the mountainside.

"This section of the road is not difficult." Gordon looked back at the way he came, "I don't see any dangerous monsters. As long as we can bring the Gunpowder Rock here, we will basically be successful."

"Indeed."

Julius took out the cold drink and drank it down. "The real danger lies in the rest of the journey."

Anshir and Gordon also drank cold drinks one after another, and the three of them burrowed into the cave that exuded high temperature and red light, like the entrance to hell.

If it is said that outside the cave, the temperature of more than 40 degrees already makes people feel unbearably hot.

Then, if one does not take cold drinks or equip special protective equipment to insulate against the high temperature while moving in the heat wave of the lava lake, one will be scalded to death within ten or twenty minutes at most.

"It feels like in this kind of place, the effect of a cold drink won't even last for half an hour." Anshir, who likes to feel the wind direction with his facial skin and assist in calibrating his shooting, rarely puts down his visor.

Even if the heat radiated by the magma is ignored, the continuous golden-red light alone already makes people feel stinging pain in the eyes. In order to protect his eyesight, he had to use the visor to filter the strong light.

"Then let's act quickly, remember to move lightly." Julius, who was in charge of opening the way, stepped forward again, taking a detour as far as possible from the lava lake.

This is not only to avoid the high temperature, but also to keep away from the lava beasts who are churning and swimming in the lava lake.

These small monsters have a very violent temper and are very aggressive.

But it may be because they live in the magma all the year round, and their vision is not important. Their vision is not very good, and they will not be found if they are a little farther away.

"Hiss—" Walking at the end of the line, Gordon, who was in charge of guarding the rear, suddenly took a deep breath.

He quickly put his teeth against his lips, and let out a whistle that was deliberately lowered in volume.

Julius and Anshir, who were walking ahead, received the signal, stopped at the same time, and turned their heads to look.

Gordon made two tactical gestures of "warning" and "observation", and then pointed to the direction of the center of the lava lake.

Julius narrowed his eyes slightly, and Anshir directly set up the heavy crossbow and borrowed the scope to observe.

In the center of the lake, a huge dorsal fin broke through the surface of the lake formed by the hot magma, and in an instant, it continued to dive and disappeared into the lava.

"Yan Gelong!" The faces of Anshir and Julius also darkened.

This is a sea dragon monster that lives deep in the lava, and it is also the adult form of the lava beast.

In terms of ecological niche division, lava beasts are similar to small monsters such as scythe crabs and red velociraptors.

However, as an adult Yangelong, it is a powerful monster that can compete head-on with powerful flying dragons such as Xionghuolong and Honglong.

The danger level assigned by the guild is five stars.

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In the future, if I have content that I want to PS, I will write "ps" at the end, and then I will say it in the chapter review. Interested readers can go and have a look, otherwise there will be suspicion of charging chapters for word count emmm

For example, in this chapter, there are ps about ecological explanation~

ps. Now that the male fire dragon is mentioned, let me explain the ecological niche of the fire dragon family that some book friends mentioned before.

In the early works (P, G, 2, 2G), the difficulty of the male charmander and the female charmander is similar, but from 3 onwards, the difficulty of the male charmander increases, and the lowest level of hunting tasks is five-star village, while the female charmander is four-star village.

In other words, starting from 3, the ecological niche of the male Charmander is higher than that of the female Charmander.

The reason why this book positions both male and female fire dragons as four stars is that after all, Kokot Village corresponds to the early days of the game series.

As for Yangelong, in the settings, it can easily repel the male Charmander, but it is not able to defeat Tyrannosaurus and Black Boom Dragon, so it is positioned as a five-star.

The Hammer Dragon is simply because of its hardness, the fleshy NMD dung monster of this family.