Monster Hunter:Hunter's Notes

Chapter 243 Mending

The timely delivery of repair materials made the big shipyard in full swing.

Gordon, Hayata and Pork Chop also came to help.

The soft and spacious bed in the king-level hunter cabin is indeed tempting, but for hunters who are used to activities, forcing themselves to lie on the bed after waking up is not enjoyment, but torture.

No one would have thought that among two people and one cat, the one who played the biggest role was not Gordon, who was the strongest and could lift heavy objects as much as two or three people.

Nor is it Hayata, who learned to draw when he was a child and was able to help draw drawings and paint new sail patterns.

It's the pork chop that carries the hammer and chisel.

In the process of studying explosive bombs, the little guy learned the skills of using all common tools. Later, under the guidance of the master, his hands-on ability improved to a level that can be called crazy.

Taking advantage of its small size, it can also get into the nooks and crannies that human craftsmen cannot enter, inspect and repair minor damages and cracks.

Quick hands and feet, extremely efficient.

If Gordon, as the owner, wasn't watching from the side, the captain, whose eyes were shining, would have been tempted to poach the cat.

There is not much else in the Loklak Tourism Association, except for the cute-looking female Ellu, who is full of holes and valleys. The captain of the boat feels that it has a great advantage.

After several days of intensive repairs, the Mineyama Maru was finally not as dilapidated as it looked before.

——At least the original damaged areas have been patched with cloudwood boards.

But Gordon couldn't help but feel worried.

To be honest, when he heard the term "dragon-attacking ship" for the first time, he thought it would be a majestic ship with high sides and thick armor, forty to fifty meters long, and loaded with dozens of cannons.

Otherwise, how can I be Gu Long’s opponent?

Over the years, haven’t the people of Lockark thought about fully strengthening the Fengshan Maru?

Knowing Gordon's worries, the captain laughed loudly.

"Hahaha, that's because you don't understand this sea of ​​sand well enough, so you have this idea."

The captain of the ship came to the side of the Mineyama Maru and patted the low side of the ship that could be climbed up with bare hands, "The sea of ​​sand looks like a sea, but it is not a sea.

Don't really equate the sand boats and Mineyama Maru with those big ships in the sea. Although the two look similar, they are actually completely different concepts.

If you have to find something similar, well, sled, yes, you can actually understand a sand boat as a sled equipped with a sail.

Have you ever seen a thickly armored, tall and large sled? Of course not, because the excessive weight will make it immobile."

He stroked the mysterious keel at the bottom of Fengshan Pill that was covered with the wind and frost of the times but was still strong and intact, and continued:

"Not just us, our predecessors in the past have also tried to imitate the Fengshan Maru countless times, but they have never succeeded. The main reason is this mysterious keel.

It is light enough to support the Hoyama Maru several times the hull of an ordinary sand boat. It is also extremely strong and can withstand repeated collisions of the Hoyama Dragon and the terrifying recoil of the dragon gun being activated without any damage.

Other materials simply cannot satisfy these two points at the same time, not metal, not the bones of ordinary large monsters, not even cloud wood.

This also makes the number of sand dragon-attacking boats extremely limited. There is only one in our Lockrak and Balubare."

"Balubare also has a dragon-killing boat?"

Hayata, who was carefully painting the sun emblem on the sail, asked curiously: "Will Fengshan Dragon also attack Balubare's side?"

The captain of the ship was silent for two seconds, "No, what they need to face may be more difficult than Fengshan Dragon."

As if he didn't want to go any further on this issue, the captain changed the subject.

"Okay, the repair work on the dragon-fighting boat is nearing completion, and the outfitting of the sand boat is almost complete.

Starting tomorrow, we will enter the sandy sea to test the performance of the ships and conduct combat drills to let you newbies know what to do when."

"Besides me, Hayata also has pork chops. Are there any other newcomers this time?"

"yes."

The captain of the ship crossed his arms and said matter-of-factly, "Almost every year during the feast, there will be casualties, and naturally, there will be new ones joining.

But they have all been practicing with the sand boats for a long time, and the only real ‘pure newcomers’ are you two, and of course, there’s the pork chop.”

"Meow--"

"I'm the newcomer~!" Cessna appeared out of nowhere.

"Captain of the ship, why don't you first explain the tactics and division of labor to Brother Gordon and Sister Hayata? How can we explain it later when we actually go out for a drill?!"

The captain of the ship scratched his chin covered with curly beard and said, "That makes sense. Just put your work aside for now. I'll explain it to you in general."

Gordon brought a few empty wooden boxes, and the captain asked them to sit down. Cessna crossed her legs and sat down on the ground.

The captain of the ship looked at her with a puzzled look on his face: "Why are you lazy here? Haven't you already mastered everything you need to learn and practice?"

"Can I also add some explanation?" Cessna did not deny the fact that she was lazy.

The captain of the boat didn't bother to care about her, so he took a piece of wood and started writing and drawing on the ground covered with fine sand.

"Excluding the fishermen who followed the fleet to catch sand fish and the support team responsible for emergency rescue, the number of ships directly involved in the battle against the Mineyama Dragon was thirteen, including the dragon-killing boat Mineyama Maru and twelve sand boats.

The two sand ships formed a small team, divided into six teams, to defend the dragon-attacking ship.

Each sand boat is equipped with two crew members responsible for operation and driving, and two to three combatants. The combatants are mainly composed of local experienced hunters and members of the fortress guerrillas.

In addition to the approximately 20 crew members on the dragon boat, the total number of combatants was more than 70.

Gordon Hayata and Pork Chop, you have been assigned to the dragon boat, and the sand boat teams have completed their cooperation training, so it is not appropriate to add you temporarily."

The two men and the cat nodded in unison.

"The main weapons on the sand boats and dragon boats are heavy crossbows. Each sand boat is equipped with one, and the dragon boat is equipped with two.

This kind of bed crossbow can fire powerful heavy crossbow shells and restraint shells. Needless to say, the former is connected to a strong rope, which can bring the ship close to Fengshan Dragon, making it easier for combatants to rush onto the dragon's back.

In addition, the dragon-striking ship is also equipped with two artillery pieces, a giant gong similar to that of Tangia Port, and the most important weapon - the dragon-smashing gun."

"I like cannons so much, why can't we also install cannons on sand boats? Boom! It will feel very majestic." Cessna muttered to herself.

The captain of the ship said helplessly: "The cannon is too heavy, and the sand boat will not be able to sail, and the recoil may knock the sand boat over. You'd better practice your crossbow accuracy."

"Do we also need to practice operating these weapons?" Gordon asked from the side.

"need."

The captain's face became serious, "Although the heavy crossbows and artillery on the dragon-attacking ship have special operators, no one can guarantee that they will not have accidents in a real battle.

Therefore, we require that every combatant who boards the dragon-attacking ship must be able to skillfully operate these weapons so that he can take up his post at any time when necessary."

Ps.

In the cutscene CG, there are a lot of people on the dragon boat, and there are also a lot of sand boats around. It can't be like in the game, where the protagonist is alone on the ghost boat and fights Fengshan Dragon emmm

There is also a problem with the translation of "varistor elastic". Although I am used to this translation, I don't know how sharp it is, but it is very cool. However, this came from a mistake made by the Chinese translation team.

The word "varistor" has the same pronunciation as "heavy-weight bed crossbow". When the Chinese translation team discovered it during the first machine translation, they thought this messy translation was very cool, so they used it.

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