Monster Hunter:Hunter's Notes

Chapter 428 Suspicious Area

Gordon called his companions over.

"You're still ready to take a risk, right?" Ancil stared at Gordon.

"Um."

Gordon did not deny it. He took the map and repeated what the professor just told him, "We are now located in the eastern area of ​​the main peak. This is a good opportunity.

So I plan to scout this area tonight.

Although I still don’t know what the thing that angered Lan Long is, I don’t think it’s some kind of monster. If I’m not too lucky, I should be able to gain something.”

An Xil pinched the corners of his eyes and thought for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief.

"This judgment is reasonable. If it is some kind of monster that angers Lan Long, they should be at least creatures of the same level, and a fight will definitely break out until one party dies or leaves, so it can basically be ruled out.

Moreover, if the professor's judgment that Lanlong is unwilling to approach the area east of the main peak is true, then searching in this area should indeed be safer.

Personal preference aside, I support reconnaissance, the only question is why at night."

"So far, the sighting records of Lanlong are basically in the daytime."

The professor explained for Gordon: "Although it cannot be directly concluded that Lanlong will not move at night, at least from a probability perspective, night reconnaissance has positive significance."

"And because Lan Long is angry, there should be no dangerous monster activities in the Lingfeng Mountains. Nighttime reconnaissance is not more dangerous than during the day." Gordon added.

"Is it because of this consideration? I have no problem." An Xil nodded.

Gordon looked at Hayata.

"I have no objection either."

Hayata thought for a moment and called Alva over, who was roasting pine cones. "Mr. Alva, you have been active in this area these days. Can you help us map out the general terrain?"

Alva pushed up his glasses, "I'll try my best, but the terrain in the Lingfeng Mountains is too complicated. There are columnar stone cliffs everywhere. It's impossible for me to draw every stone cliff, but there should be a rough outline.

OK."

"That's enough."

"Wait a moment."

Alva took out a pen and paper from his book bag. Gordon and the others did not expect that this guy would still carry these things with him under such circumstances.

"This is the main peak. Lanlong lives on the top of the peak. Don't go near this direction."

Alva first drew a series of mountains with simple drawings, and then drew a small triangle on the other side of the paper.

"The location we are currently in is this small triangle. Well, let me call it the camp. Five or six kilometers west of the camp, you will enter the foothills of the main peak. Don't go there.

Going southeast, passing through a dense stone forest, you will enter a relatively flat forest land, which is where I met the Green Bear before picking fruits.

To the southwest, there is a secondary peak. Not far after climbing over that peak, you will find the place where the airship crashed.

To the north, well, there are also continuous stone forests and a large river. The professor and I witnessed a group of dog dragons there, there were four or five of them, and they should not be a threat to you.

That’s pretty much it.”

Pork Chop, who was watching Alva's drawing, stretched out his little paw and patted Alva's shoulder.

"The terrain map you drew is much clearer than Gordon's."

"Ah, ah? Thank you."

Gordon pinched Pork Chop's ears and concealed his embarrassment with a straight face, "In short, after we set off from the camp, there are three directions in which we can conduct reconnaissance.

The stone forests and woodlands in the southeast, the sub-peaks in the southwest, and the stone forests and rivers in the north. My suggestion is to abandon the southeast direction for the time being and focus more on the southwest sub-peaks and the stone forests in the north."

"Huh? Why?" Alva couldn't help but ask.

The professor squinted at his brainless apprentice, "Because you came from this direction, and you have been running the most in this direction in the past few days.

Since you didn’t find any abnormalities, it’s only natural that the priority in this direction is lowered.”

"Oh oh."

After training Alva, the professor looked at the hunters again, "Thank you for your night reconnaissance. Take Alva's cloak for camouflage. Wear it at night. Even if the Misty Dragon flies over your heads, you may not notice it."

After a while, I will take the remaining canvas and modify it into a larger one for Gordon. As for Mr. Heavy Crossbowman, it is probably not necessary. The Velociraptor Armor is the best concealed night walking equipment."

"That's it, seize the time to rest, and set out for reconnaissance after it gets completely dark.

If everything goes well, we can return tomorrow!"

The sun sets and night covers the Lingfeng Mountains.

Gordon and his party left the temporary camp and set out quietly.

I wonder if it is because Lanlong has the ability to control wind and rain. When there is no storm, the sky in the Lingfeng Mountains is incredibly clear.

As far as the eye can see, there is not a cloud at all.

In the sky where the last quarter moon hangs high, countless stars form a sea of ​​starlight.

A silver-blue glow shrouded the earth, and even Gordon and the others, who had traveled all over the continent and were used to seeing the beautiful scenery everywhere, couldn't help but feel lost for a moment.

"call."

Gordon breathed a sigh of relief.

If it weren't for the threat of Lan Long, he would really like to stop and enjoy the starry sky in front of him.

After looking left and right to confirm the direction, Gordon made two gestures.

Go north.

The three people and two cats set off silently but quickly.

They planned to conduct reconnaissance in the stone forest and river basin to the north of the camp. As for why they didn't go to the sub-peak in the southwest first.

There's no particular reason, Gordon picked it at random.

As usual, Pork Chop and Pandan leaned forward for some distance to conduct reconnaissance in advance.

They should try their best to avoid encountering accidents like dogs and dragons.

It's not that I'm worried about safety issues, but I don't want the smell of blood to attract Lan Long after a battle.

Although there is no evidence that Lanlong has a keen sense of smell, out of caution, let’s assume that Lanlong’s vision, smell, and hearing are extraordinary.

It's always good to be cautious.

With the map guidance provided by Alva, Gordon and his party quickly arrived at the target stone forest.

But they didn't know what they should be looking for specifically, so they had to spread out a little and look for things that could be called "abnormal" as much as possible.

This search lasted for several hours, and the hunters stayed together.

They found a secluded cave to hide temporarily and exchanged their findings.

"I didn't find anything unusual here."

"I do not have either."

"Nothing found, meow."

Gordon covered his face, "It seems that there is no gain. There is no point in continuing here. Turn to the south, to the sub-peak that Alva mentioned."

An Xil's expression became more serious, "What if the south side still doesn't find it?"

Gordon was silent for a moment, "Then turn to the southeast woodland. I plan to search at least this suspicious area east of the main peak.

Even if there are no commendable discoveries, at least a more detailed map can be compiled to help hunters who reconnoiter this area in the future.

As for the final result, there is no need to be too aggressive. If we don’t find out, we will prepare to leave Lingfeng.”

"Um."

A smile appeared on the corner of Ancier's mouth, "Let's briefly record the terrain nearby. We may forget it later."

(End of chapter)