Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

In the deep part of the rare mountain forest, there is a narrow valley covered by countless giant tree crowns.

At the bottom of the valley, a small hunter camp stands here.

This place is still very far away from the real core area of ​​Xiuletsen Hill - the ruins of ancient Xiulet city.

But for Gordon, who has always been active only in the outer area of ​​Senqiu, this is already a completely unfamiliar and dangerous hunting ground.

Sitting cross-legged on the hard bed in the camp tent, the young hunter is carefully studying a map that has been annotated with a lot of extra notes.

The map was given to him by instructor Ernest.

If it weren't for this detailed map sponsored by the instructor, let alone successfully completing the mission, it would be considered lucky not to get lost in this ancient mountain.

In fact, the instructor disapproved of Gordon's task of stealing dragon eggs.

The rewards are indeed generous, but the difficulty and danger of the task are too uncontrollable.

It is said to be a collection task, but the task item that needs to be delivered is not the egg of a herbivorous dragon, but the egg of a fire dragon!

That is the real flying dragon species.

If you are lucky enough to catch the fire dragon and leave the nest for a long time, and leave with the dragon egg in your arms, then this is just the most common gathering task, no different from the one-star mushroom picking.

What if when leaving with the egg, bump into a female fire dragon who just returned to the nest and has the reputation of "Queen of the Earth"?

The difficulty of the mission has risen to four stars.

In the task division of the Hunter's Guild, only experienced hunters with a four-star rating or above are qualified to confront large flying dragons such as male fire dragons and female fire dragons.

However, according to the instructor, this is still not the worst situation.

The male and female individuals in the fire dragon group have a fixed partnership. If they hold eggs and meet their parents and return together, they will usher in a mixed doubles of the "King of the Sky" and "Queen of the Earth".

Mission difficulty five-star base

If the more powerful subspecies and even rare individuals in the fire dragon group are taken into consideration, then the difficulty of this task can rise to an infinite level.

Of course, the instructor himself does not deny that there are elements of alarmism in this.

But collection missions are not hunting missions after all, and the Hunter Guild will not send out scouts and hot air balloons to confirm the monster ecology in the hunting grounds.

In other words, although the above-mentioned probability is not high, it is indeed possible to happen.

With Gordon's current strength and equipment, in case, in case of the worst situations, not to mention completing the task, it is a luxury to escape his life.

After this series of presenting facts and reasoning, the instructor thought he could persuade Gordon to give up this task.

After all, the latter who has completed a large number of one-star missions in the past few months is not short of money, so there is really no need to take this risk.

But he forgot, the reckless, convulsive stubbornness unique to sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers.

Gordon finally accepted the task and broke into this unfamiliar mountain forest that he had never set foot on.

According to this guy: I'm not doing it for money, I just want to see what the legendary fire dragon looks like!

This attitude of being irresponsible for his own life really made the instructor very angry, but he really couldn't completely abandon this guy who was almost half his son.

In the end, he had no choice but to provide Gordon with a map as detailed as possible, and instructed a lot of precautions, and then kicked the idiot out of the house.

Recalling the instructor's black face, Gordon in the tent couldn't help but touch his nose in embarrassment.

After completing the mission and going back, apologize properly.

Patting his knees, Gordon stood up: "Are you ready for the pork chop? The target fire dragon's lair is about four kilometers to the southwest. Let's complete the task in one go, and then go back to have a big meal!"

"Meow!"

Along the path that can only be passed by people sideways, the hunter and the hunting cat walked out of this hidden camp where they could hide.

From the moment they stepped out of the camp, their spirits were completely tense, and no one had forgotten that this was a dangerous area where dragons lived.

Recalling the route on the map in his mind, Gordon lowered his voice and said: "It should be relatively safe on the way to the fire dragon's lair. A powerful top predator like a fire dragon will not allow other large monsters to exist in the territory." of.

We moved along the wooded route, taking advantage of the shadow of the tree canopy to hide, so as not to be seen by the fire dragon looking down from the sky. "

"Okay meow."

Pig Chop nodded. Being cautious by nature, it behaved more lightly than Gordon.

"Pay attention to the smell in the air. The instructor said that the sulfur smell from the flames of the fire dragon can travel far. My nose is not as good as yours. It depends on you to distinguish the smell."

Pork Chop twitched its little nose and meowed cautiously.

Obviously in the wild, one person and one cat are like thieves, creeping forward among the lush trees.

Gordon knew very well that the purpose of this trip was not to fight, but to move as flexibly and quickly as possible, and the items in the luggage were streamlined as much as possible.

Apart from the most basic medicine, he didn't even bring a whetstone.

Originally, he didn't even want to bring medicine, but under the strict order of the instructor, he finally brought a few bottles of recovery medicine G, as well as antidotes and flash bombs that he would never bring with him.

According to the latter, in case of encountering a fire dragon, these are really life-saving things and must not be saved.

The journey to the fire dragon's lair was safe and sound.

Not to mention dangerous monsters, I didn't even see any larger herbivores. The biggest guy was actually a mushroom pig whose spine was less than Gordon's thigh.

What left Gordon and the others speechless the most was that this supposedly timid and cautious creature walked up and down in front of them without even the most basic vigilance.

Apparently it had never been beaten by a predator.

But after thinking about it, I felt that it was very normal. Fire dragons would not allow other predators to exist in their territory, especially in the area near their lairs, not even the most common blue velociraptor.

As for small animals such as mushroom pigs and rabbits, they looked down on them, so they just vacated a niche for them.

If it was normal, Gordon might have killed this stupid guy so that he could collect some meat.

But at the moment when he was afraid of making a big noise even when he was walking, he naturally wouldn't cause trouble. You must know that flying dragons have a very sensitive sense of smell, and the smell of blood will almost certainly attract them.

That would be a big trouble.

Recalling the tender meat of the mushroom pig and the gelatinous pig skin with the fragrance of mushrooms, Gordon took a deep breath, and then pulled the pork chops around the confident guy in front of him.

Be careful along the way, running at full speed for at most 15 to 20 minutes, Gordon and the pork chop insisted on walking for nearly an hour.

When the rocky hill marked bright red on the map appeared in front of them, one person and one cat couldn't help holding their breath.

The faint smell of sulfur in the air reminded them all the time.

Here is the dragon's lair.