Monster Hunter:Hunter's Notes

Chapter 130 Distress Signal

The journey across the Geokrok Sea was not as spectacular as Gordon imagined.

Huge waves, storms, tornadoes, approaching sea monsters. None of these were encountered.

After riding the merchant ship and drifting on the sea in boredom for more than a week, the merchant ship approached the north coast of the Geokluk Sea, and the swampy plains along the coast could be seen in the distance.

Next, the ship will continue westward along the coastline until it reaches the port of Metabetat.

Gordon was puzzled by this sailing route that went around and around rather than in a straight line. When he saw a sailor sliding down the mast, he walked over and started talking.

This was a short and stocky sailor, chewing tobacco in his mouth, and the slightly pungent smell reminded Gordon of the old Draconian craftsman from Minagard.

"Hey, despite the calm conditions here, there are a lot of monsters in the sea. We are sailing like this to avoid the monster's territory."

Gordon couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, "How can such a big ship be afraid of monsters? How big are the monsters in the sea?"

The merchant ship they boarded was forty meters long. In Gordon's opinion, ordinary large monsters could not pose a practical threat to such a behemoth.

"Even though a merchant ship like ours is big, it is thin-skinned and not very fast. Naturally, it has to avoid monsters. If it encounters a sea dragon, it will be tormented in a few clicks.

Let me tell you, the most powerful ones are those hunting boats, equipped with crossbows and cannons, they are not afraid of monsters, and they chase monsters everywhere to kill them!"

Gordon actually knew what the sailor said about the ship hunter.

Hunter gatherings in offshore human settlements often build hunting boats to organize hunters to go out to hunt monsters and maintain smooth sea routes.

As a seaport city, Minagard City naturally has hunting boats, and there are more than one. However, hunters who go out to hunt need to master special naval combat skills, so Gordon did not try it.

To be honest, he didn't want to try it. Since he couldn't swim, he went into the sea fully equipped, fearing that he would just sink to the bottom and feed the fish.

While Gordon was chatting with the sailors, a shout suddenly came from the observation deck at the top of the mast.

"There's a situation in the north! Look to the sky in the north!"

"You don't have to say sea dragon, the sea dragon is coming, right?" The sailor muttered, but he didn't seem worried. He was very experienced in sailing and knew that the chance of a sea dragon appearing nearby was almost zero.

Gordon also hurriedly took out the telescope from his bag and opened it to look.

"Signal flare?" He said to himself in surprise: "Still red, distress signal?"

"Yes, the hunter's distress signal." Anhil came to the side of the ship at some point and squinted his eyes. As a sniper, he has very good eyesight. "It's from the direction of the shore. There is a hunter in danger."

"I have to go take a look." Gordon put away the telescope and frowned.

Anhir straightened the brim of his hat and responded simply: "Of course."

They all know that hunters generally will not send out a distress signal unless it is absolutely necessary. Even if they send out a distress signal, it is still unknown whether it will be seen by others and whether there will be a hunter passing by nearby who can come to rescue.

To put it bluntly, it's just a matter of resignation and taking a gamble out of desperation.

Therefore, it is a common rule among hunters to do your best to help others when they detect other people's distress signals - if you save someone this time, someone else may come to save you next time.

Without much thought, Gordon and Ancil immediately found the captain and made a request to dock.

The captain of the merchant ship was also in a dilemma. "The water depth in the offshore area is too shallow and there are a lot of sandy reefs. This big ship cannot reach it, but I can ask the sailors to launch a small boat to take you ashore, and then we will leave."

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"That's enough, thank you for your help." Gordon nodded immediately, and then looked at Ancier, "I'm going to get the pork chop, Ancier, check the ammunition, and we're ready to go."

Eli huddled up and hid in a small stone cave, or crevice, and the severe pain that kept coming from his chest and ribs made his facial features wrinkle up.

The blood foam rising from his throat proved that the broken rib had penetrated into his lungs. If he did not receive treatment, he might even choke to death on his own blood.

The heavy footsteps of the poisonous monster bird came closer and closer, and he had to hold his breath temporarily, praying that he would not be discovered, even if doing so would further spasm his lungs and aggravate his injuries.

After lingering for a while, the poisonous monster bird walked away.

Eli breathed a sigh of relief, but the injury to his lungs did not allow him to take a big breath. He could only spit out the blood foam in his mouth and gasp for air bit by bit.

Eli carefully moved his body to make some room for the broken leg, which would make it a little more comfortable.

He raised his head and smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid I have to explain it here this time."

As a dual swordsman in his thirties who is still only a three-star swordsman, Eli has long recognized that he is not one of those "talented" people.

My childhood dream of hunting flying dragons and becoming a legend has become blurry.

Having lost the motivation to go further, he returned to his hometown, an unknown small village on the edge of a swamp, married the gentle girl who was his childhood sweetheart, and started a family together.

There is also a little daughter who, like her mother, has freckles on her nose, but is still adorable.

If possible, he really didn't want to take on any more dangerous hunting missions.

From time to time, they would enter the edge of the wetland, hunt two herbivorous dragons and dewlaps, and collect some mountain products such as specialty mushrooms, which would be enough for their small family to live a leisurely life without worrying about food and clothing.

However, as the only hunter in the village, he had to fight when the monster came to his doorstep.

It was a very large poisonous monster bird. Not long after it migrated nearby, it completely destroyed the ecology of the surrounding area.

More than one or two villagers were killed, and no one dared to go out now.

Eli has never hunted this kind of poisonous bird dragon monster, but he has experience in hunting big strange birds, and the action patterns of the two are very different. He is confident that he can fight it.

After a hard fight and exhausting all the recovery medicine, antidote and other supplies, he finally forced the poisonous monster bird into a desperate situation.

When he saw the huge poisonous monster bird wailing and falling in front of him, to be honest, Eli was still very proud.

He had already thought about how to brag about his heroic hunting experience to his daughter when he returned.

However, who would have thought that when he came to the corpse of the poisonous monster bird and squatted down to peel it off, this cunning guy suddenly jumped up and knocked him away in an instant.

This bastard monster actually pretends to be dead and makes a sneak attack?!

Unprepared, Eli was seriously injured, with more than one rib broken and a fractured left leg bone. He could not even lift the sword, let alone continue hunting.

Fortunately, the poisonous monster bird's injuries were also serious. After pretending to be dead and knocking the hunter away, it had no energy left to continue chasing, which gave Eli a chance to escape.

During the evacuation process, Eli's injuries worsened and he was no longer able to return to the camp through the dangerous wetlands where monsters roamed.

With no choice but to find a place to stay temporarily, he also sent a distress signal.

What happens next can only be left to luck.

(End of chapter)