Monster Hunter:Hunter's Notes

Chapter 278 Jumping to the sea

"I was protected very well by my master in the past." Hayata hugged Xianglan and rubbed the little one's chubby cheeks, "and the village chief's mother-in-law helped me experience the life of a hunter all over again.

Next spring, when I stand in front of the strange dragon again, I will still be afraid, but my hands and feet will no longer shake.

Although the result of the second hunt was still a failure, I was able to retreat calmly, and the nightmare of being devoured by the strange dragon was also far away without me realizing it.

When summer came, I finally cut off the head of the strange dragon."

"The second half of your story jumped too fast!" Gordon couldn't help complaining.

Hayata pouted and put her chin on top of Pandan's head, "I'm not good at telling stories anyway."

Gordon picked up a squid tentacle in his mouth and said while chewing: "Actually, when you took the novice equipment handed to you by the village chief's mother-in-law, you had already stepped out."

"Is that so?" Hayata blinked.

"Yes."

Aziz agreed with Gordon's statement, "Those who have experienced life and death and are able to pick up weapons again and go into the hunting grounds can basically come out."

"So, has Brother Aziz ever encountered something similar?" Ai Xia asked curiously.

Previously, when Aziz recounted his experiences, the whole story was about fishing everywhere and killing people in all directions. Failure seemed to have never happened before.

Aziz and Gordon looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

"Then we'll have to talk about it until tomorrow morning."

Early the next morning, Gordon sat up from the floor on time.

Aziz is away from home all the time, and there is no furniture at home, so making a bed on the floor is his only option. Fortunately, Gordon doesn't have to choose a place to sleep, and he can sleep soundly on the floor.

The door was pushed open from the outside.

Aziz, who had already put on his equipment, walked in.

"Hey, wake up."

He threw Gordon two pieces of calla taro left over from last night, and gave the pork chop a piece of dried fish. This was a simple breakfast.

"Hurry up and get ready, we will be leaving soon."

Gordon finished filling his stomach in a few mouthfuls and stood up.

"Today we are going to fight in the water? To be honest, I haven't tried water fighting yet. Although I can swim, I can only survive drowning. I guess it's the same with Hayata. Is that okay?"

"calm down!"

Aziz waved his hands carelessly, "This kind of thing is just instinct, instinct! You will know what to do as soon as you get into the water!"

Gordon broke into a cold sweat after hearing this. How could he forget that this guy was a sea dweller?

Is it possible that my "instinct" is the same as his?

Noticing Gordon's nervousness, Aziz smiled and explained: "Well, I know what you are worried about. You don't have to think so much. Underwater fighting is different from swimming. As long as you overcome the fear of water and get used to the resistance, it will be fine.

If the opponent is a monster like a sea dragon, of course I won’t dare to lead you around, but it’s just a few sharks, no problem!”

Gordon then thought about it, it was the same.

The danger level of sharks should be similar to that of blue velociraptors. Even if you can't control your hands and feet well underwater, you can still crush them with your equipment.

"The respirator and weight quota will be prepared for you. If you are really worried later, just jump into the sea to get used to it, and then go to the hunting ground."

Gordon heard two key words, "Respirator? Counterweight? Are these things still needed in water battles?"

"wait a moment."

Aziz ran out and came back soon.

He held up some cork and lead blocks.

"These are counterweights, fixed on the armor. If the equipment is heavy, get more cork, and if the equipment is more buoyant, get some lead weights. In short, it will allow you to float underwater in an upright position. This will save a lot of effort."

Gordon nodded. This was easy to understand. He was more concerned about the other thing in Az's hand.

It was a strange-looking mask with two fang-like horizontal branches on both sides.

"Well, I'm a sea dweller, so I don't need this, but you might need it."

Az pointed at the two horizontal branches, "There are oxygen algae inside, which can provide you with oxygen for a few minutes. When the oxygen is exhausted and you return to the surface for air, it can quickly re-store oxygen.

It’s very convenient.”

Gordon took over the respirator and felt mostly relaxed.

What he is most worried about is the problem of holding his breath. Fortunately, there are corresponding equipment that can solve this problem. However, he probably won’t be able to wear this anymore while wearing a helmet. It seems that he can only give up the helmet for the time being.

"By the way, what will they do with the pork chop?"

"It's okay, meow!" Pig Chop held the dried fish in his mouth and put his hands on his hips confidently.

"Elu cats are better at water than you think. Their diving ability even exceeds that of us sea dwellers. This is a physiological advantage."

"That's right, meow!"

Gordon felt relieved after hearing this, and chatted with Aziz while washing up.

"Gululu, bah - Aziz, do you sea people have the tradition of painting war patterns on your body before going out to fish or go hunting?"

Aziz tilted his head when he heard this, "There is such a tradition. Do you want to try it?"

"Is it possible?" Gordon was a little interested. "Who can I ask to draw it? Is there any special dye that won't fade when wet?"

Aziz's expression became ambiguous, "Dye is easy to say. Mom has it there. The key point is, the question is who do you want to find to help you paint, Miss Hayata?"

"Why Hayata?"

"According to the tradition of the sea people, the wife helps her husband draw war patterns."

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Gordon froze.

"You pretend I didn't say that."

"Hehehe, do you want me to help you tell Miss Hayata?"

"roll!"

Suppressed with force and obtained Aziz's guarantee not to talk nonsense.

Gordon equipped the armor, and the two of them went out together, went to Aisha's house to bring Hayata and Xianglan, and then went to find the village chief and receive the mission certificate.

Glancing at the respirator in Gordon's hand, the village chief said with a smile: "It seems that you are all ready. As long as you use the respirator properly, even if you are new to water fighting, there will be no big problem."

"What is a respirator?" Hayata asked curiously.

"How do you use this thing?" Gordon also looked at Az.

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The village chief's face turned dark. He slapped Aziz on the back of his neck and cursed, "You bastard! Didn't I tell you that you need to tell them the precautions for water battles first?!"

Aziz grinned and rubbed the back of his red neck, "Well, weren't you just about to talk about it?"

"What did you do for so much time yesterday afternoon and evening?!"

Xianglan said with an innocent face: "First, I pretended to be a ghost and scared Sister Ai Xia to tears, and then in order to coax Sister Ai Xia, I told stories all night."

Seeing that the village chief's eyebrows were about to rise again, Aziz grabbed Gordon and the others' wrists, turned around and ran away.

"Um, take them to try out the respirator first!"

Gordon and Hayata were dragged to the dock by Aziz. He first kicked the pandan into the sea, and then said to the pork chop:

"Little pandan is ailu from the desert. You need to take the pork chop with it to familiarize yourself with the water. I'll make delicious fish for you in the evening."

"Deal Meow!"

Pig Chop happily jumped into the sea, dragging the struggling Pandan, and dived in. A string of bubbles appeared on the surface of the water.

Hayata: "."

Aziz turned around and handed Hayata a respirator mask, and then said to the two of them: "Put the respirator on your mouth first."

Hayata and Gordon looked at each other and obeyed.

It felt a little strange to breathe while wearing a respirator. Gordon asked in a low voice: "Then what?"

Aziz grinned, revealing his big white teeth, grabbed their wrists again, and jumped forward with all his strength.

"Then just jump into the sea!"

(I have some work tonight, two updates today orz

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