Monster Hunter:Hunter's Notes

Chapter 103 Protective Stones and Ballistics

He got the Huilong Stone he wanted, but Ancier kept vigiling for him and found nothing, which made Gordon feel a little embarrassed.

So Gordon took the initiative to propose that after finding the ore veins, he could exchange them, and he would be the guard while Ancil would dig the mines.

Unexpectedly, Ancil said that he had no interest in mining, and he even admitted that he had no favorable impression of metal-based weapons and armor.

Sturdy, easy to collect materials, and easy to build are indeed the advantages of metal equipment. However, on the other hand, metal equipment also represents shortcomings such as heavy weight, lack of additional attributes, and low upper limit.

It doesn't fit his "aesthetic".

"So you came to the volcano just for tourism?" Gordon couldn't help but complain.

"You can't say that. It's mainly to get familiar with the hunting environment."

Perhaps it was Gordon's "not taking advantage" attitude that won his favor, and Ancil no longer insisted on his lame rhetoric of "collecting ammunition materials".

But he still didn't say it clearly. He simply said, "I'm more concerned about certain monsters" and then changed the subject.

"Gordon, your main goal in coming to Naguli Village is to dig for protective stones, right? Have you ever thought about the specific effects of protective stones you need?"

Gordon was startled when he heard this.

It seemed like he hadn't really thought about this issue in detail.

"Well, it's probably the kind that increases strength and destructive power?" As a swordsman who pursues ultimate destructive power, Gordon gave an answer that he thought should be quite satisfactory.

"Haha." An Xil sighed, "I think you don't understand at all?"

Gordon: "?"

Seeing Gordon's face full of greetings, Ancier had no choice but to explain patiently: "In most cases, protective stones are not used to increase strength.

There are indeed protective stones that increase the strength (attack power) of hunters, but no matter how high-quality the protective stones are, they can only increase the strength by a few percent. It is effective, but it cannot play a decisive role.

Is there a big difference between killing a monster with ten swords and killing it with eleven swords?"

"It seems there really isn't much of a difference."

Seeing that Gordon was still a little confused, Ancier took out a protective stone shining with a light cyan light from his collar, "Take my protective stone for example.

This protective stone has the power of 'elf's protection'. The effect is that sometimes it can help me offset part of the damage. It sounds uncontrollable, right? But sometimes it may save my life. It is an essential oil.

of protective stones.

Hunters tend to be more "functional" when choosing the effect of stone protection, such as improving resistance to vibration or improving resistance to noise.

A while ago, I heard that a lucky person got a very powerful 'poison resistance' protective stone. As long as he wears that protective stone, he will never have to worry about being poisoned."

"So powerful? Will the poison of the fire dragon be harmless?" Gordon said with wide eyes.

"Well, all toxins are ineffective."

Gordon somewhat understood what Ancil meant. Compared with the effect of saving lives at this critical moment, the slight improvement in strength is indeed insignificant.

But having said that, he didn't even know what effects the protective stone had, so naturally he couldn't say which effects he expected.

Seeing Gordon's lack of knowledge about the effect of stone protection, Ancil continued: "I am not a swordsman myself, so I can't tell what kind of stone protection is suitable for you.

I can only say this. Among the few swordsmen I know, there is a great hammer user whose stone protection effect is 'stun (KO)', which can improve the effect of stunning monsters. There is a great sword user whose stone protection effect is

It is an 'earplug', which can largely ignore the roar of monsters. There is also a dual-sword user who likes to use poison-type swords. The stone protection effect is 'poison attribute enhancement'.

No one can tell how many types of protective stones there are in the world. All in all, try your best to choose a protective stone that suits your combat habits."

Listening to Ancier's description, although Gordon knew that he was not very lucky, he still couldn't help but have a beautiful dream in his heart to dig out the best protective stone.

"Let's go! Let's dig out the protective stone now!" Gordon picked up the pickaxe and looked excited as if he wanted to dig out the super powerful protective stone right away.

"Are you sick!?" Anhil seemed to have forgotten "elegance" and complained mercilessly: "There is no relic vein in this hunting ground that can dig out protective stones, okay? If you want to dig metal ore, hurry up

Go dig!”

"oh"

Gordon came to another mining site dejectedly and waved his pickaxe like he was venting his anger. The clanking sound echoed endlessly in the cave.

Ancier set up the Ore Crystal Nova again and maintained vigilance.

Another period of time passed, and Pork Chop, who was so idle that he felt sleepy, suddenly became excited and his ears perked up.

"There's a monster howling, meow! It might be a velociraptor meow!" Pig Chop warned loudly.

"Is it finally here?"

Anhil narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his hand, and signaled Gordon, who was about to come over, to continue digging, while he turned the heavy crossbow in the direction of the tunnel where the howling came from.

Before leaving the camp, he showed Gordon a few shots of his shooting skills. Although he expressed admiration for the shots, he himself was a little dissatisfied.

As he expected, in the high temperature environment of the volcano, the ballistic trajectory of the crossbow seemed to be slightly different from usual.

But now that we are in a hunting ground, we can't just fire cannons and do experiments randomly. It just so happens that a monster is attracted by the sound of Gordon's mining, which is the best target.

Ten seconds later, what appeared in the scope were two scarlet agile figures - red velociraptors.

As a subspecies of the velociraptor group that lives in harsh environment areas such as volcanoes and swamps, the red velociraptor has gelatinous skin with excellent thermal insulation effect. Its bright color is reminiscent of some highly venomous amphibians.

Red Velociraptor does not have the sharp and long teeth of its close relative Blue Velociraptor, but they do possess another deadly weapon - venom.

The venom sprayed from the venom glands in the throat is even toxic enough to make flying dragons feel afraid.

On the other side, Ancier, who had entered sniper mode, showed no signs of nervousness at all.

Venom? With that pitiful spray distance, is it even close?

Pull the bolt machine calmly, and with a muffled "bang" sound, the crossbow shells shoot out.

Almost at the same time that the heavy crossbow's muzzle erupted with flames, one of the red velociraptors fell to the ground, and the inertia of its high-speed running caused its body to roll several times on the ground.

It whined and tried to stand up, but that was obviously no longer a hope. One of its knees was pierced by a crossbow bullet. Judging from the weird bend of the calf, the kneecap had been completely shattered.

Anhir frowned. The area he originally aimed at was actually his ankle.

Then there was another roar, and the other red velociraptor also fell to the ground, struggling and wailing.

Compared to the prey running at high speed, the two red velociraptors lying on the ground unable to get up were like targets in front of Ancier's eyes, and it was not easy to miss them.

I added a few rounds casually, and the world became peaceful.

"Sure enough, will the high temperature environment and the rising heat of the magma have a certain impact on accurate sniping?" Ancier said to himself.

"You need to get used to the trajectory again."

ps. Well, everyone in the game likes to pursue extreme damage. If they really go hunting, most people will probably pay more attention to saving their lives, right?

(End of chapter)