Monster Hunter:Hunter's Notes

Chapter 180 Unexpected Danger

At this time, Gordon felt very motivated!

If it hadn't been already past dusk, he would have wanted to run out of the camp right now to dig out the gunpowder rock, and then rush back to Dongdoruma overnight.

He has wanted to learn how to really charge up the sword for a long time, but the swordsmen who know how to do it are basically high-level hunters.

Not having any acquaintances is one thing, but high-level hunters generally don't have that much free time.

Even leaving aside the ultimate secret of the great sword, the true charged slash, the powerful charged slash that has been mastered since the three-star hunter era actually has some flaws.

After all, no one has taught him the secrets. He just listened to a few tips from a drunk high-ranking swordsman and figured it out on his own. There will always be some problems.

Driven by this sense of urgency, Gordon got up earlier than anyone else the next day.

I usually cook a large pot of paste with the food I brought with me, then do stretching exercises and warm-up exercises.

Isn't it just a gunpowder rock? As long as the master craftsman needs it, let alone three, I will carry back thirty for you!

In the camp, before departure.

Julius took out a simple hand-drawn map and spread it out side by side with the hunting ground map provided by the guild.

There are very few road warriors among the hunters. After a little comparison, the three of them quickly overlapped the terrain depicted on the two maps.

Julius took out a charcoal pen and circled the location of the camp on the hunting map, "We are here now. There is a cave entrance at the foot of the mountain about two kilometers north.

Entering the mountain through the cave entrance, there is a very large space, and there is a huge lava lake there."

Julius drew a cross where the lava lake was.

"There are a large number of lava beasts, red velociraptors, and giant bees living near the lava lake. They are the biggest obstacles for us to move the gunpowder rocks. We must pay attention when passing through."

"clear."

"OK."

Gordon Anhill all should be.

"After passing around the lava lake, we will see another underground cave that can lead to a cave deeper underground, which should be the lair of some kind of monster.

The hunter who discovered the gunpowder rock before collected the gunpowder rock from there.”

"Is the gunpowder rock in the lair buried underground? Or is it embedded in a rock wall or something like that?" Gordon raised his hand and asked.

There was also a trace of doubt in Julius's eyes.

"According to the hunter, the gunpowder rocks were 'buried in the nest like eggs,' and he originally thought they were some kind of dragon eggs with a rock-like shell.

After research by scholars, they confirmed that it was some kind of rock with a special structure.

It should be easy to find."

Gordon's expression became subtle, and he had a bad feeling.

"In short, the route has told everyone that due to the high temperature of the volcano's ground, gunpowder rocks cannot be placed on the ground midway, otherwise they may be detonated.

The whole journey from the nest to the camp is about three to four kilometers. Gordon, are you sure?" Julius looked at Gordon.

Gordon made a "no problem" gesture.

"By the way, this is for you." Julius took out two bottles of light yellow medicine and handed them to Gordon.

"Forcibly taking the medicine?" Gordon raised his eyebrows.

Since dual-swordsmen frequently use the strengthening technique called "demon transformation", which requires high endurance, many dual-swordsmen will bring this special medicine to make their bodies less fatigued when hunting.

"Well, drink it before transporting it, and after bringing the gunpowder rock, we will run at full speed, rush out of the monster's lair as fast as possible, and pass through the lava lake area. The subsequent journey will be much safer." Julius explained.

"Understood." Gordon nodded and put away the forced medicine.

The last time I drank this stuff was when I stole dragon eggs a few years ago.

It's not very auspicious, so I took out the gold coins to say goodbye.

"These are the basic precautions. As for the rest, we are all newbies. Let's adapt accordingly and let's set off."

The three of them walked out of the camp.

After forming a vigilant queue, they began to accelerate, moving swiftly but silently through the undulating foothills of the volcanic zone.

They tried their best to avoid the attention of all monsters, even the migrating Draperysaurus did not bother them.

These bulky herbivores are very timid. Although they do not pose a direct threat to hunters, their heavy footsteps and howls may attract more dangerous predators.

If you can avoid causing trouble, don't cause trouble.

Ten minutes later, they crossed this section of the road and arrived at the cave entrance leading to the lava lake at the heart of the mountain.

"This section of the road is not difficult." Gordon looked back at the way he came, "I don't see any dangerous monsters. As long as we can bring the gunpowder rock here, we are basically 80% successful."

"Indeed."

Julius took out the cold drink and drank it in one gulp. "The real danger lies in the second half of the journey."

Ancil and Gordon also drank cold drinks, and the three of them dived into the cave that radiated high temperature and red light, like the entrance to hell.

If we say outside the cave, the temperature of more than 40 degrees already makes people feel unbearably hot.

So if you are moving in the belly of the mountain where the heat wave of the lava lake is steaming, if you don't take cold drinks or wear special armor to isolate yourself from the high temperature, a person will be scalded to death by the high temperature in at most ten or twenty minutes.

"It feels like in a place like this, the effects of cold drinks won't last even half an hour." Anhil, who likes to use his facial skin to feel the wind direction to assist in calibrating his shots, rarely put down his visor.

Even if the heat radiated by the magma was ignored, the golden-red light that continued to emit was enough to make people's eyes sting. In order to protect his eyesight, he had to use a mask to filter the strong light.

"Then let's move quickly and remember to move gently." Julius, who was responsible for opening the road, took steps again and took a detour as far away from the lava lake as possible.

This is not only to avoid the high temperature, but also to stay away from the lava beasts that are writhing and swimming in the lava lake.

These small monsters have a very bad temper and are very aggressive.

But maybe because they live in magma all year round and their vision is not important, their eyesight is not very good. If they are a little farther away, they will not be discovered.

"Hiss—" Gordon, who was walking at the end of the team and responsible for guarding the rear, suddenly took a breath.

He quickly pressed his teeth against his lips and let out a whistle that was deliberately lowered in volume.

Julius and Ancil, who were walking in front, received the signal, stopped at the same time, and turned around to look.

Gordon made two tactical gestures of "warning" and "observation", and then pointed in the direction of the center of the lava lake.

Julius narrowed his eyes slightly, and Ancier directly set up the heavy crossbow and borrowed the sight to observe.

In the center of the lake, a huge dorsal fin broke through the lake surface formed by the hot magma. In an instant, it continued to dive and disappeared into the lava.

"Yangelong!" Ancier and Julius' expressions also darkened.

This is a sea dragon monster that lives in the depths of lava, and is also the adult form of the lava beast.

In terms of ecological niche division, lava beasts are similar to small monsters such as sickle crabs and red velociraptors.

However, as an adult, Yan Gelong is a powerful monster that can compete head-on with powerful flying dragon species such as the Male Fire Dragon and the Boom Dragon, or even outperform it.

The danger level assigned by the guild is five stars.

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In the future, if I have content that I want to PS, I will write "ps" at the end, and then talk about it in the chapter review. Interested readers can take a look, otherwise there will be suspicions of charging the chapter to inflate the word count emmm

For example, in this chapter, there is a PS about ecological explanation~

ps. Since we mentioned the male fire dragon, let me explain the ecological niche problem of the fire dragon family that some book friends mentioned before.

In the early works (P, G, 2, 2G), the difficulty of male and female fire dragons was almost the same, but from 3 onwards, the difficulty of male fire dragons increased. The lowest hunting mission level was village five-star, while the female fire dragon was village four-star.

In other words, from 3 onwards, the ecological niche of male fire dragons is higher than that of female fire dragons.

The reason why this book ranks both male and female fire dragons as four stars is that Kokot Village corresponds to the early stage of the game series.

As for Yan Gelong, according to the setting, it can defeat the male Fire Dragon relatively easily, but it is defeated by the Terror Tyrannosaurus and Black Boom Dragon, so it is positioned as a five-star.

The Boomerosaurus is simply tough, a fleshy NMD dung monster from this family.

(End of chapter)