Monster Hunter:Hunter's Notes

Chapter 111 Exploding Knife·Change

Gordon was a little confused by what Ancil said.

Looking at the former's back as he quickly left, he was a little unsure for a moment whether he was being too nosy.

"Oh~! We saw an interesting picture!" A lively and cheerful female voice came from behind.

Gordon looked back and saw that it was Lily, the daughter of the Tulong village chief. A freckled girl in a bright yellow loose blacksmith's uniform poked her head out from behind the corner and looked at him with a smile.

"Well"

Gordon didn't know what to say for a moment.

Lily walked out from behind the corner. She hugged the hammer and said, "That guy is arrogant. If you don't follow him, he will feel dissatisfied~"

Gordon looked askance at the girl, "I'm very sure you're talking nonsense."

"Ahem." Lily coughed twice and continued:

"Okay, let's not joke. Is that guy your teammate? Let's see he is carrying the ore crystal nova. He is the heavy crossbow user. The heavy crossbow user abandons the swordsmen of the same team and runs alone to hunt. He is the brains

Has lava entered it?"

"Teammates? Not really." Gordon shook his head and said, "We are both lone hunters, and we have only cooperated once."

When Lily heard this, her short eyebrows raised slightly, "A lone heavy crossbow user? It's rare. Hey, the heavy crossbow was designed from the beginning to be a powerful output equipment with specialized firepower.

Some people have also considered adding a small shield to the heavy crossbow to improve the survivability of the heavy crossbow. However, actual combat results have proven that the effect is not good.

Without the cooperation of teammates, it will be a headache for the slow-moving heavy crossbow user to face monsters alone."

"right?"

Gordon crossed his arms, "That guy said that he encountered a bottleneck in improving his strength and wanted to find a strong enemy to find a breakthrough in a desperate situation. I think it makes sense, but he is a heavy crossbow user, so"

"Wait?! A heavy crossbow user? Looking for a breakthrough in the desperate situation of hunting alone?" Lily suddenly interrupted Gordon, her eyebrows seemed to rise higher, "What kind of hunter is that guy?"

"Three Star."

"That idiot!" Lily put her hands on her hips and said angrily, "He's in the wrong direction!"

"What's the wrong direction?" Gordon asked in confusion.

"Take you as an example. You are a great swordsman, right?" Lily pointed at Gordon.

"yes."

"As far as you great swordsmen are concerned, physical fitness and strength are the key, and swordsmanship skills are also the key. The former is even more important.

Do you think that a great swordsman who spends all his time honing his sword skills, but never exercises his body, exercises his muscles, or improves his strength, can go far?"

Gordon shook his head decisively, "It's impossible. One star and two stars may not be so obvious, but when facing more powerful monsters, physical fitness is definitely the key.

No matter how exquisite your swordsmanship is, what's the use if you can't even carry a big sword?"

"That's right! If the core of the Great Sword user is 'power', then the core of the Heavy Crossbow user is 'cooperation'. How to cooperate with teammates to output enough damage is a question that the Heavy Crossbow user must think about.

In the final analysis, he has a fucking bottleneck! His so-called bottleneck is because he refuses to form a team with others, so the role that the heavy crossbow can play is limited!

Who is that guy's instructor? You couldn't have forgotten to tell him such a basic thing, right?"

Gordon rubbed his face.

After Lily's big call, he finally figured it out.

Doesn't Ancil know the importance of forming a team? Of course not, it's just that he has never found a suitable teammate. The support method of grazing the swordsman's scalp and shooting is not something that everyone can get used to.

Ancil is a genius, there is no doubt about it.

Is his "grazing" support fire really nonsense?

Not necessarily.

On the one hand, he has absolute certainty, and on the other hand, it is also an amazing shooting skill - Ancier is very good at capturing gaps in action.

In order to take care of the "guts" of his teammates, he gave up his talents, sealed his hard-earned skills, and forced himself to become mediocre.

Why?!

——Since you can’t find teammates who are willing to trust your shooting skills unconditionally, then you might as well not form a team and rely on yourself!

Even if you do this, you will not be able to use your full strength, or even die in the hunting ground.

"Well, it would be a shame if that were the case." Gordon sighed.

"Yeah, that awkward guy, then go help him."

"But my giant scissors were damaged in the last battle." Gordon smiled bitterly and rubbed the corners of his eyes. "Even if there are enough materials, it will take a long time to build a new weapon from scratch."

"Yeah, if you rush the work, it will take two or three days. Forging and tempering all take time, so there's no rush." ​​Lily, whose strength as a craftsman is undoubted, replied with a shrug.

"My backup weapon is waiting!" Gordon said, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Exploding Knife! My backup weapon, the Exploding Knife, just arrived!"

To deal with the General Scylla, the Exploding Knife may be a bit weak, but I have the Dragonite! Lily! How long will it take to strengthen the Exploding Knife into a Exploding Knife?"

"General Sickle?!" Lily looked at Gordon with a strange expression, "If we remember correctly, you are also a three-star hunter, right? Escaped?!"

"Uh", Gordon's face froze as he accidentally let it slip.

"If it's the general Kamakura, that guy will be in danger."

Lily's face gradually became serious. She stared into Gordon's eyes and said seriously: "Issuing an emergency mission temporarily and recruiting hunters to rescue may be too late. Tell us the truth, are you really sure?"

Gordon nodded and replied equally seriously: "If he and I cooperate, there will be no problem."

"Phew~! Looks like we're going to have to stay up all night!"

Lily rubbed her freckled little nose, picked up the long-handled forging hammer at hand, "Send the blasting knife and strengthening materials to the workshop, and then go back and recharge your batteries!"

Tomorrow morning, grab your new weapons and get ready to go!"

The next day, it was still dark.

Gordon took the pork chop and the blasting knife Kai that was still warm from the fire on his back, and boarded the small mine cart heading to the hunting ground.

Anxier set out yesterday afternoon.

Even if he took the small mine cart, which he hated so much, he would have to arrive at the hunting ground near dusk.

As long as his brain was not completely blown away, he would not choose to start hunting on the night he arrived at the hunting ground. After all, no matter where the hunting ground was, hunting at night was much more dangerous than during the day.

If that's the case, you should be able to catch up.

"I hope I'm not going to collect that guy's body." Gordon stroked the shining blade of the explosive knife, and muttered in a low voice.

The Explosive Knife Kai has been completely transformed by adding a large amount of pylonite and lachonite to strengthen the blade, and re-melting the hook blade.

The original silver-gray sword body turned into silver-white, and while the sharpness, hardness, and strength of the sword body were greatly improved, the weight also increased.

Fortunately, this is not a burden for Gordon, whose physical fitness is steadily improving.

It would be better to say that it is even more advantageous.

According to Lily, the biggest advantage of metal-based weapons is their sturdiness!

The sharpness and power of the Explosive Knife Kai are the same as those of the Giant Scissors, but if Shogun Kameker wants to destroy the Explosive Knife Kai, it will not be that easy.

Compared with the claw shell of the Daimyo Shield Crab, steel has stronger toughness, and the reborn Explosive Knife Kai also gave Gordon more confidence.

"Let's come again and try our sword fighting!"

Ps. The statement that heavy crossbows are suitable for team formation and not for solo farming has nothing to do with the experience of heavy crossbows in the game, but this seems to be the official design consideration at the beginning--

(End of chapter)