Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

"Hahahaha! So you two are a couple, good thing!"

"Uh, thanks?"

"How about it, Gordon boy, have you seen that guy Amos after chasing Hariyata? Over the years, that guy has been bragging about his precious apprentice!"

"It should be like, haven't seen it yet?" Gordon automatically filtered the second half of the other party's sentence.

"Then go see him quickly! Remember to observe the expression of Amos, write it down, and let me know when the time comes, hahahaha!"

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Mr. Asa is a bold and talkative person, which fits the stereotype of hunters that ordinary people have.

When we got to the happy part of the conversation, "hahahaha" was always included in a few sentences. If it wasn't for the bad timing, he would have dragged Gordon Hayata to the tavern for a few drinks.

Gordon was also a little confused about what the uncle was thinking.

A few hours ago, he still had a heavy and serious look, but now that the danger is approaching, he has become cheerful and even jumped out?

Probably because he noticed the weird gaze in Gordon's eyes, the smile on Asa's face was slightly restrained, but the corner of his mouth was still smiling, "It's not a good thing to be too emotionally tense before a big battle."

Hayatta, who understood the other party's thoughts, sighed helplessly, "Mr. Asa, we are not nervous, we have passed that stage."

"Ahha, yes." Asa scratched his unshaven chin, "Seeing that you are not a few years older than our daughter, I almost forgot that you have been promoted to the top.

Just treat it as me being nervous, hahaha. "

The two of them could only agree with each other with dry smiles.

"I might be a little nervous, especially a few hours ago." Asa leaned on the wall, looking at the busy people in the afterglow of the setting sun.

"Our Metabeta is not on the path of ancient dragon migration, and it has not been attacked by ancient dragons for so many years.

That is a monster that broke through two fortresses in a short period of time, and haha ​​at both ends. To be honest, I don't have much confidence. "

Gordon looked sideways at Asa, listening quietly.

"But now, I've calmed down. The president is a decisive person. The evacuation work for the citizens should be almost done. The people who can't stay in the shelter are also arranged by the president to board a boat and leave the port for refuge. .

On the side of the city wall, we have made all the preparations we can, and there is nothing to worry about in the future, we just have to fight for our lives. "

Gordon's expression suddenly froze, his throat tightened, and his breathing felt a little rough.

He turned his head sharply to the east, in the direction of the coastline.

Mr. Asa's words made him aware of some neglected possibility.

No, that can no longer be said to be a possibility, it is simply a high probability event!

"What's wrong?"

Hayata immediately noticed his strangeness, and Asa, who was chattering with emotion, also looked over.

"We've fallen into a misunderstanding." Gordon's voice was a little rough.

"What's the meaning?"

Knowing that now is not the time to hesitate, Gordon took a deep breath and quickly said: "Metabetat was built by the sea, facing the sea in the east and the city wall in the west.

The main purpose of the city wall is to defend against the monsters coming from the western mountains and forests.

But attacking and migrating are two different things. How can we assume that the mysterious monster and Mantis of Destruction Fortress will come from the west and head towards the city wall?

Scholars of the Longli Academy had previously analyzed that the mysterious monster should have been flying over the Inner Sea to hide its whereabouts.

So, shouldn't it come from the sea? ! "

Hayata's eyes widened, and Asa's face turned pale.

Metabetat has beautiful scenery and rich seafood. It is a peaceful city that is hardly attacked by monsters. The number of emergency facilities such as shelters in the city is not particularly sufficient.

But there are many ships here, fishing boats, merchant ships, yachts of the rich, and the port is also prosperous.

It should have been a very smart idea to organize some difficult-to-place citizens to board the ship and evacuate to sea.

If the opponent is an old mountain dragon, stockade crab, etc., the safety of evacuating out to sea is far higher than hiding in an underground shelter in the city.

But if the monster comes from the sea.

Those citizens who were evacuated to the sea seemed to have packed themselves and sent them to monsters.

"Yes, but the mantis should hate water, and it shouldn't come from the direction of the seashore?" Hayata tried to propose some optimistic possibilities.

"That's even worse. The mantis and the mysterious monster don't appear together. If the mysterious monster comes from the sea in the east, the mantis appears from the west and attacks the city wall.

We will have to organize two fronts, or be flanked. Just imagining that scene made Gordon feel his scalp go numb.

"I'm going to notify the president!" Mr. Asa grabbed his helmet and ran down the city wall, "You two quickly think of a solution!"

"How can this be figured out?" The bad news gathered, and Gordon beat his forehead, as if this would hammer out the solution.

"Can those piled up gunpowder and inflammable materials have any effect?" Hayata asked anxiously: "The monster hasn't shown up yet, maybe there is still time to move them to the seaside?"

"It's too late." Gordon looked up at the sunset that was about to completely set on the horizon, and said impatiently: "It's too late, gunpowder is not a bag of rice, so we have to move it carefully, and we can't get up quickly.

You have to cross the city, and you may not be able to move it well before dawn. Moving half of the monsters will only cause more trouble.

I can only think of a more direct way.”

"What method?! Any method is fine!" The short and stubby President Jerome ran up the city wall, his movements were so strong that he didn't look like an old man over sixty years old, and Asa behind him was a little Can't catch up with him.

Gordon Hayatta looked at him in astonishment.

The old guy was wearing a set of tyrannosaurus armor. The style of the armor was a bit old, and there were obvious traces of repair after damage, but the overall state of maintenance was not bad.

Gordon couldn't recognize the sledgehammer on his back. It was shiny silver, but it seemed to be made of some kind of monster's bone. It looked unusual.

"See what I do?" President Jerome stared, "I just heard you say a more direct way, what is a more direct way?"

Gordon turned his attention away from President Jerome's weapons and armor.

Not surprising when you think about it.

The presidents of the hunter guilds all over the country are basically hunters, and most of them are experienced hunters with a high level. Otherwise, it would not be so easy to persuade the group of rude and reckless men below.

Putting aside these unimportant things, Gordon cleared his mind and said quickly: "There is no barrier to rely on, and it is impossible to stop the monster there. How about evacuating the citizens going out to sea?"

"I have already sent someone to arrange it. Calling the ship back at this time will only cause more chaos. I will keep the offshore ships as far away as possible. As long as they are far enough away from Metabeta, it will be safer."

"Well." There was nothing inappropriate about this arrangement. Gordon put the matter behind him and continued:

"My idea is that we still have to bring the battlefield to the city wall. If that guy really comes from the sea, we have to find a way to attract him to the city wall. Of course, it would be better to let him go outside the city."

Speaking of this, Gordon looked at the captain of the investigation team who followed, "The Dragon Sense Ship should be able to be used, cruising above the sea, and a mysterious monster appears, so try to attract it.

I know it's dangerous, but"

"We'll do our best." The captain of the investigation team nodded, and ran towards the winding ladder hanging from the Dragon Sense Ship.

Following President Jerome, the high-ranking swordsman named DeWitt also made a suggestion, "I like trap tactics, and I have some experience in this regard.

You can consider using the smell of food to lure you, isn't it that the mysterious monster will swallow gunpowder?

We can keep burning the gunpowder and brimstone close to where we keep the gunpowder, so that it might come along with the smell of the food. "

Gordon nodded immediately, "This is a good idea!"

"call out--"

At this moment, a signal flare suddenly rose from the distant sea, which may have come from a ship near the sea. The crimson light was particularly conspicuous in the dark night that had already fallen.

On the city wall and by the pier, everyone looked in that direction.

Under the fading light of the signal flare, a terrifying creature so huge that it is hard to believe that it can fly, waving its huge wings, emerged from the darkness.

The people crowded on the shore and on the boat raised their heads in a daze. They couldn't breathe, and even their heartbeats stopped, as if the whole world had fallen into absolute silence.

"Roar--"

The ray-like breath swept across the crowded dock, and after a short delay, the flames of the explosion dyed the night sky red.