Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Fully armed and wearing a thick winter cloak over his armor, Gordon pushed open the door.

The thick snow outside the door is the main reason for the difficulty in opening the door.

After two days and two nights of snow fell for the first heavy snowfall in the Flasia area after the real winter, it was just clearing up.

The calf-deep snow near the village is already the result of the weakening of the hot springs. A little farther away, the snow is more than half a meter thick, and in the mountain depressions where the wind and snow are concentrated, it may be close to one meter.

"Yo! Good weather, boy, isn't it?"

On the roof of a house, an uncle in a thick snow mountain suit put down the shovel for shoveling snow, and greeted Gordon with his waist.

Gordon Pork Chop waved back.

Only then did they realize that the entire Bokai Village had completely "woke up".

The more difficult the conditions are, the more diligent the residents are.

Before the sky was bright, every household went out of the house to clean up the snow on the roof, in front of the door, and on the village road.

The roof of the wooden structure covered with straw to keep warm is not strong. If it is not cleaned in time, the thick snow may even crush the house.

If the village road is not cleared, everyone's activities will be restricted.

Therefore, it has become a habit for adults and children to go to battle after the heavy snow to clear the snow as soon as possible.

Gordon met Hayata near the village entrance.

She was helping the village head's mother-in-law to build a bonfire. Her mother-in-law was too old and refused to stay in the house. It would be more comfortable to warm up.

"It's Gordon, I'm going to trouble you again today." The mother-in-law of the village head bowed slightly and took out a task slip.

Gordon took the receipt and glanced at it.

It is the most common gathering task for hunting raw meat, one-star difficulty, nothing special.

It stands to reason that such a task can be completed by just finding a novice hunter.

But right now there are no hunters stationed in Bokai Village, the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, and hunters from other places will not choose to come here in this season, and the village chief can only ask them.

"It's okay, I can eat and live here for free, so I should make some effort."

Gordon smiled and put away the mission receipt, "It just happens that the sun is out today, there should be mammoths coming out for activities, and we will bring back a lot of meat."

"Humm~."

"Is mother-in-law happy today?"

After the fire was lit, Hayata sat next to the village chief's mother-in-law and asked with a smile, "Is there something good going to happen?"

"Hey, can you see it?"

The village chief's mother-in-law poked the fire with her cane.

She laughed and said: "I received news from the guild a few days ago that a young hunter will be assigned to stay here in Pokai Village, and he seems to be only seventeen years old.

Although he is a novice, he is said to be a very energetic little guy. "

"Has the guild finally sent someone over?" Hayata asked with some surprise.

There were also resident hunters in Bokai Village before, but later they got old and had old injuries, so they had no choice but to retire.

During the year she was in Bokai Village, she also played a role similar to that of a resident hunter.

And in the past few months after she left, relying on the help of traveling hunters and sending mission documents to big cities, she was able to make ends meet.

But it is not a long-term solution after all.

It is a great blessing for Pokai Village to welcome a resident hunter right now.

Only Gordon grinned invisibly.

They all came from that age, "very energetic" may not be a very good word for a seventeen-year-old boy...

"Okay! Let's work hard to get meat today, and hold a banquet for the newcomers who are about to come!" Hayata seemed full of energy.

Gordon heard the words, and he no longer thought about what was there or what was not.

He straightened the big sword on his back, "Bring enough hot drinks, let's set off now!"

...

The snow on the mountain is very deep, even if the greaves are equipped with special snow shoe covers, it is still very inconvenient to walk.

One foot deep and one shallow.

After several hours of searching and selection, Gordon and Hayatta finally selected an old mammoth with a leg injury as the target.

The meat of such an old mammoth will be rough and hard, but the residents of the snow mountain don't care about it. Slowly simmering it is also a delicacy.

With a simple strike, the target was dealt with neatly, and the old mammoth died without much pain.

And the real hard work starts now.

The speed of peeling the raw meat must be fast, the weather is cold, and the corpse will be frozen hard in a short time, which is very troublesome to handle.

While the corpse was still steaming, the hunter and Ailu worked together, quickly cut off a large piece of meat, threw it on the sled for transportation, and piled it up into a hill.

A full-grown mammoth weighs several tons. Even if the skin, bones and internal organs are removed, the pure meat alone must weigh at least two or three tons. It is impossible for them to take all of them away no matter what.

Specially pick the tender parts such as leg meat, tenderloin, fat, etc., and pile up the sled so high that it can hardly be pulled, leaving more than half of it.

They are not greedy either, so just leave these to the nearby carnivores. Hunting is difficult in winter, and not a single bone will be wasted.

In the end, Harjatta cut off the mammoth's huge tongue completely and placed it on top of the pile of meat.

She smiled and said: "This is the most delicious part, don't forget it."

"Yes, you are the best at eating!" Gordon teased, pulling the sled's leash together with Hayata, and began to rush back.

Zhu Chop ran forward for a while to be on guard, while Pan Lan stayed by Hayata's side, pretending to help pull the rope and stealthily fish.

Although the collection task is a bit tiring, the process is also very flat, and there is no excitement like hunting large monsters.

But this feeling of returning home with a rewarding experience is also reassuring and joyful.

"Hayata, are you fat, do you like the stew in Pokai village so much?"

"No! Pandan is getting fat!"

"I'm not fat either!"

The two were chatting and laughing, and the pig chop who had been on alert suddenly ran back.

"I seem to hear the sound of fighting meow."

The expressions of the two of Gordon suddenly became serious, "Pork chop, Panlan, you guys are guarding the sleigh, Hayata and I went over to have a look."

"I'm going to meow too!"

"Don't mess with meow willfully!" The pork chop knocked on Panlan's head again.

The two little guys who had no time to chat together, Gordon and Hayata quickly walked towards the direction pointed by the pork chop.

After advancing several hundred meters and bypassing a section of cliff, Gordon and the others finally discovered the source of the fighting noise.

It was a boy in a snow mountain suit, wielding a bone dagger and fighting fiercely with several snow lions.

The boy's movements were open and closed, and he also seemed quite courageous. He was obviously on the inferior side, but he kept attacking.

The snow lion seemed to be intimidated by his aura, and kept backing away. One of them had already been beheaded, and the other two didn't seem to pose much threat.

The relieved Gordon and Hariyata looked at each other.

It seems that this screaming, hot-blooded young man who keeps attacking is the novice hunter that the village chief's mother-in-law said was sent by the guild.

"Really, very energetic." Gordon couldn't help laughing.

Hayata, who is also a Taidao user, also raised the corners of his mouth, "Bone sword [Spike Fang], the Taidao that needs the material of the King of Velociraptors, a seventeen-year-old two-star hunter, should be pretty good."

Ps. Familiar equipment