Monster Hunter:Hunter's Notes

Chapter 234 Sand City

Aerial view.

Loklak, in the middle of the sand sea, is like an isolated island in the sea.

The raging waves composed of boundless wind and sand are continuous and beating, while the tall giant rock platforms are islands and reefs standing in the sea, stable and motionless, guarding the towns and people on the island.

In the nearby airspace, there are surprisingly many hot air balloons, airships, and even large airships.

Among the earth and rock buildings built layer by layer according to the terrain of the giant rock platform, airship terraces can be seen everywhere.

Even in East Doruma, a powerful city located in the center of the continent, it is extremely difficult to see such a large number of aircraft at one time.

According to the jewelry merchants, at least 70% to 80% of them are businessmen and tourists who came here specially for the harvest festival.

The prosperity of Lockak is evident.

Amidst the sound of the fog bell "ding-dong-ding-dong", the airship landed steadily next to a platform.

After politely declining the invitation from the jeweler to visit Lockrack Commercial Street, Gordon and his party jumped off the airship and followed the flow of people towards the famous stone gate pillar.

The huge stone gate pillars standing tall on the outskirts of Loklak are one of the most famous attractions in this sand city and are also the "entrance" of the city.

The wide doorway, which can even allow several large vehicles to pass side by side, promotes Locke's open-minded attitude to embrace all kinds of things.

The special design of only gateposts without city walls or lintels symbolizes the city’s ever-improving and never-ending spirit of advancement.

"So high, so high. Meow!!"

In front of the huge stone gate pillar, Pork Chop kept raising his head upward in order to see the top of the pillar clearly, and finally lost his balance and turned over.

Hayata chuckled and helped Pig Chop up.

"Welcome to Lockark Meow, do you need some guidance?"

A high-pitched but polite voice sounded, and Gordon and the others turned around and saw that the person making the voice was a female Ellu with silver-white fur.

It was wearing a uniform-like orange-red blouse and an exquisite little top hat on its head, making it look cute and professional.

Pork Chop quickly stood up, it didn't want to lose face in front of its kind.

Silver Ellu folded her paws on her chest and bowed gracefully - this is a common etiquette in the desert.

"I'm Dianthus, Elu-meow who belongs to the Lockark Tourism Association."

The silver-furred Ellu cat introduced himself: "If you need it, I can show you the way or lead you to visit Lok Lak Meow.

Of course, these are all free, I just hope you all have a good time in Lockark~."

Gordon glanced around with his peripheral vision and found that not only Dianthus, but also many Ellu cats in the same uniform were nearby, serving businessmen and tourists.

I had never seen such a scene when I came to Lockark before. Is this a recent addition to benefit the people?

Gordon thought about it and felt that there was no need to refuse.

Although I have been to Lockark before, my familiarity with the city is definitely not as good as these little tour guides.

So, he nodded, "Then I'll leave it to you. We plan to go to the assembly hall. Please give us a brief introduction along the way."

"Of course you can, meow~."

Shizhu consciously walked to the front of the team and introduced along the way, "This is the gate pillar of Lockak. If you want to enter the city of Lockak, you usually pass by here first."

After entering the gate pillar, you will find the commercial street. You have come at the right time. The harvest festival is about to begin, and the commercial street will become very lively."

Just as Dianthus said.

Although the commercial street here is not as neat and broad as Dongdoruma, the various shops, stalls, and tents are intertwined together, and the vendors hawking along the way do have a special vitality.

At Dianthus' suggestion, they bought some local specialty dates from a roadside vendor to try.

Due to the abundant sunshine and the huge temperature difference between day and night, this fruit with a rustic texture is very sweet, almost cloyingly sweet. Gordon didn't particularly like it, but Hayata and Pork Chop were very enjoyable to eat.

After strolling around the commercial street for a while, the group continued forward under the leadership of Shi Zhu.

"Going west from here, there are many residences and hotels. Foreign tourists, caravans, hunters, desert corps, and even some single members of the walled guerrillas will choose to rent here."

Speaking of this, Shizhu hesitated.

It lowered its voice and whispered: "The cost of hotels in this area is relatively affordable, but the space and comfort are beyond expectations. If you have the conditions, it is recommended to go to a better hotel."

Gordon twitched his lips.

At that time, it was convenient for him and Anhir to find a house to live in on that hotel street. The conditions were indeed quite average.

"Who are the Walled City guerrillas?" Hayata asked curiously.

Gordon explained directly: "If you see armed men wearing uniform lightweight armor, hats or turbans, they are fortress guerrillas.

The fortress guerrillas are the official armed organization responsible for protecting Lockrak, and they are divided into two parts: the 'guerrillas' and the 'archers', well, they are actually swordsmen and archers."

Speaking of this, Gordon pointed to the sky.

"You must have seen it when the airship landed just now. There are many snake dragons living in the airspace near Lockark. From time to time, monsters such as the Yellow Velociraptor will enter the city and cause damage.

Hunters can easily deal with these monsters, but loosely organized hunters cannot react so quickly.

The fortress guerrillas are different. They patrol everywhere and will rush to the scene as soon as possible to deal with the monsters and avoid personal injury.

At the same time, the fortress guerrillas are also Lockrak's last line of defense.

If the sand fleet fails to intercept Fengshan Dragon, their mission is to fight back Fengshan Dragon with all their might."

"That's it." Hayata nodded in understanding.

Dianthus glanced at Gordon in surprise, "This Mr. Hunter has been to Lockark? Meow? He knows very well, Meow!"

"So be it." Gordon replied with a dry smile.

A year or two ago, he and Ancil came to Lockark and stayed in Hotel Street, but found that the rooms in that hotel were all bunk beds, and the people who slept with them were the guys from the fortress guerrillas, so they got to know each other better.

The group passed the intersection and continued moving forward.

Dianthus was very responsible in carrying out his tour guide work, and introduced the forging workshop, prop shop and other facilities that are very important to hunters along the way.

Unknowingly, the Lockrak Assembly Hall was already in front of us.

"This is the hunter meeting place, meow. Please enjoy your time in Lockark, meow." Dianthus saluted politely again and prepared to leave.

Gordon and his party also thanked each other one after another, and even took out the pork chop and dried fish to share with each other, but Shi Zhu politely declined.

This made the little guy a little frustrated.

Similar to the Assembly Hall in Port Tangia, the Lockark Assembly Hall is not a "building" but an open-air facility.

The sunshade roof made of black tarpaulin blocks the too harsh sunlight.

Naturally, such a "ceiling" cannot block the rain, but this is a desert, so it doesn't matter.

Gordon looked around.

Finally, he found the dragon tribe elder he was looking for at a wine table with a red hat on his head.

Seeing the young old man enjoying the side dishes and drinking wine leisurely, Gordon walked forward with a smile.

Ps.

We quite like the various settings. A lot of information is hidden in equipment introductions, NPC conversations, etc. It is quite interesting to discover it by accident.

However, the equipment of the Fortress Guerrillas, emmm, is said to be the standard equipment of the local escorts in Lockark, but it also requires a large amount of materials from Lanlong and Fengshanlong.

Qilo Clark breeds Lan Mei on a large scale, right?

In short, here I set the fortress guerrilla set to be a lower-grade mass-produced equipment, similar to the cloud set and the flame set, otherwise it would be too outrageous.

(End of chapter)