Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

On the second day, when the sky was about to light up, the hunters in the camp had already made all preparations before departure.

Julius spread out the densely marked map on the stone table, "I divided the area we explored yesterday into several parts, and we searched them one by one.

If you can't find a heavy beetle, explore slowly until you find your target. "

"OK."

"clear."

"Check the equipment, props and supplies for the last time, and get ready to go."

A few minutes later, three people and one cat formed a loose formation and filed away from the safe cliff camp.

Due to the outstanding performance of the pork chop yesterday, the hunters placed high hopes on it, but unfortunately they searched several areas one after another, but they did not find it.

In fact, this is very normal. It is not uncommon to find monsters for two or three days in a row during ordinary hunting. Everyone is very calm and searches area by area according to the plan.

Finally, two or three hours later, they found some clues on a rock wall outside the ascertained area yesterday.

On the originally relatively flat rock wall, there were several large pits that looked like they had been hit by a giant hammer, and there were traces of dragging and scratching on the edges, which seemed to be some kind of footprints.

Gordon stepped forward and gestured with open arms. The diameter of these pits was more than one meter. If they were really monster footprints, the legs and feet of the guy who left the footprints were really thick.

"A heavy beetle?" Gordon looked back at Julius.

"I have never hunted such a monster myself."

Julius was equally unsure, "But I'm inclined to be it, have you seen the footprints of the sickle crab and the shield crab?"

"certainly."

"Although the two are divided into crustaceans and beetles, they are all exoskeleton creatures in the final analysis."

Julius felt the edges of the pits.

"If you ignore the footprint, wouldn't crustacean monsters like the general scythe crab insert their legs into the rock wall and crawl upwards in the same way?"

Gordon thought about it too. If the general's scythe crab awl-like legs were replaced with sledgehammer-like legs, the footprint would probably be similar to this.

The pork chop also lay on the rock wall and sniffed for a while.

"There's a bad smell meow." Pig Chop scratched the tip of his nose, "but the smell has dissipated very lightly meow, it shouldn't be left behind for a short time."

"According to the information, the heavy beetle will secrete a foul-smelling gas." Nadia added on the side.

"It should be right." Gordon took a few steps back and took a complete look at the huge footprints left on the rock wall to roughly estimate the size of the target.

"What a big guy."

"The territory of the owner of the footprints should be nearby." Julius glanced at his companions. "Be vigilant and we'll move on."

The formation of the hunters became relatively compact, and they explored cautiously but efficiently.

More than half an hour later, the pig chop running at the front of the queue suddenly pricked up its ears.

"Meow?!"

"What's wrong?" Julius asked quietly.

"It seems that there are footsteps meowing."

Several people held their breath for a while, so that Pig Chop could listen carefully.

Pig Chop lay down and put its ears on the ground. After a few seconds, it looked in one direction.

"It's the sound of footsteps, slow and heavy meow, the terrain is too complicated, it's hard to judge the straight-line distance meow, but it shouldn't be too far away meow."

The hunters communicated with each other with hand gestures, then slowed down their pace and moved forward silently.

Even if the target is right in front of your eyes, you must not be impatient. If you can sneak into the vicinity of the monster without seeing it, it will be very helpful to establish an advantage in the early stages of the battle.

It didn't take long to move forward, and they could feel the heavy footsteps without the pork chop leading the way.

Not hear it, but feel it with your feet.

The ground trembled slightly with a "bang bang", as if what existed in front was not some monster, but a few heavy pendant hammers that were ramming the foundation.

Bypassing a mountain peak composed of boulders and ancient architectural relics, a huge dark green monster finally appeared within the sight of the hunters.

You tell me this is a beetle "bug"? .

Gordon burst into foul language in his heart.

The monster in front of him was covered in a thick chitin carapace, making it impossible to connect it with the carapace beetle.

Compared with the beetle whose appearance is basically within the concept of "insect", the heavy beetle is more like a combination of a crab and a scorpion.

The torso is roughly in the shape of a thick diamond, and the legs are distributed on both sides of the torso, which are very similar to crabs.

But it only has four legs, and they are very thick, almost like four war hammers installed on both sides of the body, no wonder it can leave such footprints.

Washing your feet is absolutely useless to this guy!

——This was the first thought that came to Gordon's mind when he saw those two pairs of thick legs.

However, after careful observation, Gordon discovered that the heavy beetle actually has three pairs of legs, the same as other insects.

It's just that the first pair of legs is too small compared to the last two pairs of "pillars". It is attached to the face of the heavy beetle, and at first glance it is easy to mistake it for a part of the mouthparts.

As for the impression of "Scorpion", it comes from the terrifying long tail behind it, and at the end of the long tail, the sharp giant claws are menacing.

When the claws are closed, they are round like a full moon, which also makes the heavy beetle's pincer tail get the exclusive name of "full moon tail".

Gordon has already begun to imagine the tragic scene after he was caught by the end of the full moon

"Chacha."

Nadia rubbed her fingers lightly and made two slight low noises.

Gordon and Julius looked at her.

Nadia raised his chin, indicating to a certain direction, and the two of them looked along. About 40 to 50 meters away from the heavy beetle, a carnivorous beetle was slowly flying.

The aimless appearance is like sleepwalking. It seems that this is the "guard" attracted by the heavy beetle.

Now that the targets are all there, there is no need to waste time and the hunt starts as planned.

Using the rocks and shrubs as a cover, the three of them and a cat moved separately. Julius and Zhu Chop approached the heavy beetle, and Gordon and Nadia came not far from the tortoise beetle.

Julius was the first to attack. He rushed out from behind the huge boulder where he was hiding, and covered a distance of tens of meters almost in the blink of an eye, before arriving in front of the heavy beetle.

The heavy beetle didn't seem to have expected that such a small creature would dare to attack it actively. When the twin swords with lightning attribute power fell on its head and face, it reacted a little later.

Its hammer-like legs slammed into the ground, and white gas, suspected to be water vapor, spewed out from the cracks in its carapace.

The heavy beetle let out a sharp hiss that didn't match its size.

In the distance, the slowly flying beetle immediately seemed to be summoned, and its sharp horns turned to this place, and it seemed that it was about to charge.

However, several crossbow bullets took the lead and pierced into its soft belly, sparks exploded, and blood flew everywhere.

At the same time, Gordon also rushed out from the sidewall, slanted in front of the beetle, and the Explosive Knife Gai slashed down, interrupting the latter's movement to accelerate.

The beetle controlled by hormones hissed, trying to bypass Gordon and protect the heavy beetle.

But Gordon didn't give it a chance to escape at all, and stopped the beetle with a huge horizontal slash, and then raised the big sword to force it back.

"I can't let you pass."