Monster Hunter:Hunter's Notes

Chapter 260 The final climb to the dragon

Larger creatures tend to be bulkier.

When Eluma fell down, it rolled over and stood up. But when Lingshanlong fell down, it might take two minutes just to turn over.

There is no doubt that this is the best opportunity to climb the dragon, but the captain of the ship did not allow the combatants on the Mineyama Marujo to immediately launch the third climb.

The Mineyama Maru has a huge hull, and once it loses speed, it can easily fall into crisis like before.

It takes a long time to reload the dragon gun. The big gong can be sounded immediately, but continuous use of the gong will make the Lingshan dragon adapt to the sound wave, resulting in failure.

At the moment, Mineyama Maru lacks the ability to protect himself.

Therefore, the captain of the ship decided to give up the opportunity to board the dragon and let Mineyama Maru regain high speed.

He took back the steering wheel and said to the trumpeter and flag bearer who were responsible for delivering the order next to him: "Inform the sand ship and let them choose whether to board the dragon according to their own position. Don't be reluctant to fight. Once the Lingshan dragon regains its posture, retreat immediately."

Then he raised his voice again and ordered to the crew on the deck: "Full the sail, adjust the sail direction, let's increase the speed first!"

"yes!"

"If you have spare time, go to the arsenal and take out the remaining crossbow shells and cannonballs. Now it's time to put them to use!"

Everyone on the ship was mobilized, and the sails were constantly adjusted. The Mineyama Maru, which had been nearly stagnant, was gradually accelerating.

Maridan came to the captain of the ship. She crossed her arms and had a hint of worry in her eyes. She was completely different from the bold and confident look she had just before in front of everyone.

"We have already destroyed more than half of the crystal behind Lingshan Dragon. Is this really effective? The Ancient Dragon Observation Bureau is not sure either."

"Well, the scholars from the Ancient Dragon Observation Bureau are just guessing." The captain of the ship looked at the Lingshan Dragon in the distance, which was struggling to turn over.

"If what we have done before is useless, we can only activate the backup plan."

"Is there any backup plan now?"

"It's always been there."

The captain of the ship glanced at Maridan, "The backup plan is for Mineyama Maru to use the last ammunition to forcefully attract the attention of the Lingshan Dragon and do everything possible to hold it back.

The remaining sand barges immediately sent out a signal to warn Lockrak.

After Mineyama Maru and the Sand Ship Group are finished, the remaining battles will be taken over by the fortress guerrillas, the fortress archers, and the hunters in the city who stayed behind in Lockrak."

".Using human lives to pile it up?"

"yes."

There was silence between the two of them. This feeling of helplessness despite trying everything, was frustrating.

"Huh~!" Maridan exhaled forcefully.

She tightened the straps of the sledgehammer behind her tights, "Then we can't give up easily, for the sake of everyone in the city.

Don’t worry! Even if the ammunition is exhausted, I and the combatants can still be of some use. There are many young people with backbone in the fleet, hehehe!”

A smile appeared on the captain's face, "Before that, I will give it a hard blow with the dragon gun!"

"Oh!" A sudden exclamation came from the deck.

The captain of the ship and Maridan quickly looked up.

Before they could ask, a young crew member laughed and cheered: "It fell! It fell again before it could get up. It must be tired!"

The two looked at each other after hearing this, and the heaviness in their eyes instantly dissipated, and their determination to fight to the death was replaced by the will to fight.

"Aha! The old man and woman from the Gulong Observation Bureau are still useful. They guessed it right!" Maridan laughed loudly, and the scar tattoos on her face that looked like tiger stripes seemed to come to life.

The captain of the boat immediately turned the steering wheel, and the dragon-attacking boat returned to high speed and its course changed sharply, pointing straight at the Lingshan Dragon, which was struggling to get up.

"Inform the sand ship and ask the combatants who boarded the dragon to retreat and start mobile warfare. Empty all ammunition against the purple crystal cluster behind the Lingshan Dragon!"

"oh!!"

Holding a large bundle of heavy crossbow shells, Gordon returned to the crossbow bed he was responsible for.

He rubbed his hands and started to string the bed crossbow.

To be honest, he really wanted to try attacking the Lingshan Dragon's left fang again, after the initial impact of the dragon-shooting gun, the subsequent continuous firing of crossbow shells, and the explosion of explosive bombs against the dragon just now.

Although the tooth is not broken, it should still be close.

But now is not the time to "think what I can do", defeating the Lingshan Dragon is the first priority.

In comparison, the personal glory of crushing Dragon Fang is completely inconsequential.

"Fire!"

All the combatants on the sand ship have withdrawn.

The captain of the ship gave an order, and the artillery and heavy crossbows on the dragon-attacking ship, which had been silent for a long time, once again made harsh roars and clangs.

Cannonballs and heavy crossbow shells fell on Lingshan Dragon's back like a heavy rain.

Since there was not much ammunition left, everyone consciously locked their sights on the area where crystal clusters were still densely packed.

Lingshan Dragon roared, withstanding the continuous attacks, it struggled to regain its posture. It half-buried into the sand, swung its long fin-like tail, and swam slowly.

"Keep a good distance!" the captain ordered while carefully controlling the dragon boat.

He knew very well that Lingshan Dragon's slow speed was just a visual effect brought about by its extremely large size.

Once this guy starts swimming, his speed will not be any slower than that of dragon boats and sand boats, and may even be even faster.

But now, it seems something is different.

It was clear that Lingshan Dragon had opened its body and was swimming in the sea of ​​sand, but its speed had never been able to increase to the previous level, and it could only keep pace with the dragon-attacking boat.

If the wind direction is right, the dragon boat can even slowly pull away.

Such a result makes the captain of the ship excited.

It seems that Lingshan Dragon is indeed tired!

"Captain, many sand ships responded that their crossbow shells have been used up, and they requested to board the dragon again." The crew member responsible for the observation came to report.

"How much ammunition are left?" the captain of the ship asked loudly.

"There are only a few shells left, they will be used up soon!"

"There are about 10% of the heavy crossbow shells left!"

The captain of the ship thought for a moment and said, "The artillery clears its ammunition and the heavy crossbow stops firing."

He turned to the messenger and said: "Let the sand boat wait for a while. When the sound of artillery stops, we will board the dragon with them."

"Isn't it too risky?" asked an older crew member.

"It has almost reached its limit. It will take about half an hour to reload the dragon gun. Let's fight for this half hour for the mechanical team!"

There was another sentence that he hid in his heart and didn't say.

The reason why I kept the last few crossbow shells was just in case.

Even if the fleet tried all means, the Lingshan Dragon still did not retreat.

The dragon-striking ship will use its last heavy crossbow shells to attack the painful spot of the Lingshan Dragon, irritate it and deal with it, trying to buy as much preparation time for Lokrak as possible.

Next to the gun mount.

"This is the last cannonball, meow!" Pig Chop, whose face was covered in black and gray, put the huge cannonball into the breech of the artillery.

Hayata, who had been off the boat several times and was still looking messy and disheveled, nodded.

She pushed up the gun gate, took careful aim, and fired the final shell.

The cannonball drew an arc and accurately landed on the top of Lingshan Dragon's head. The red lotus exploded, crystal clusters flew everywhere, and Lingshan Dragon roared and shook its head.

"Duwu——"

The long horn sounded, which was the unique signal for the last climb to the dragon.

The combatants participating in the climb looked at each other, took out their knives, and cut the safety ropes around their waists.

(End of chapter)