Monster Hunter:Hunter's Notes

On the stone road outside Minagard City, a flatbed carriage without a shed, pulled by a herbivorous dragon, was walking slowly.

Hayata put his helmet aside and lay on his back on the car board side by side with the pork chop, enjoying the sunshine and breeze. He stretched his two calves out of the car board and swayed leisurely, feeling relaxed and content.

"It's been a long time since I left the city. We're still far from the hunting ground. The teacher said we can relax a little~"

"Meow~"

Unlike Hayata, who was always "captive" within the city walls, Gordon didn't think there was anything worth "enjoying" in the blue sky and white clouds and the weeds and wildflowers on the roadside.

At this moment, his attention was entirely on the weapon behind Yamos.

"Senior Yamos, is this weapon of yours... a sword?"

No wonder he was confused, the appearance of this weapon was really strange.

Different from the slender and slightly curved shape of the tachi that most people think of, it looks more like a huge fork.

The hilt of the sword is very long, accounting for nearly half of the total length. The ice-blue sword body is slightly stubby. The tip of the sword is further widened and divided into two branches, which reminds people of the sharp fangs of beasts.

"Oh? That's what you're talking about."

Yamos glanced at the weapon behind him, and couldn't help but feel a little proud in his tone.

"Yes, the Hyoudachi - White Saru Nagi [Goku], was made from the materials of the Tooth Beast monster 'Snow Lion King'. After being strengthened step by step, it finally became what it is now."

"Wow, this is my first time seeing a weapon with properties!" Gordon couldn't help but get closer and carefully looked at the slightly transparent ice blue sword body.

"What are 'attributes'?" Hearing the topic of interest, Hayata also turned over and sat up and came closer, "Huh? It's cool!"

"Don't touch the blade, it's easy to get frostbite." Yamos reminded the two of them, and then entered the "teaching mode" and patiently explained to Hayata the knowledge related to various attributes and monster weaknesses.

Gordon knew all these things, but of course he would not interfere with the teaching between master and apprentice. In order to pass the time, he took off the explosive knife and used cloth and knife oil to maintain it.

"Why do you say that the attributes of heavy weapons such as great swords and giant hammers are not important?"

Hayata's attitude of drawing inferences from one case to another satisfied Yamos, and her questions also attracted Gordon's attention.

Attributes are not important to a great sword? So there is such a saying? It is a knowledge point that I don’t know!

Gordon stopped what he was doing, tilted his head, and listened carefully.

Yamos glanced at him with a smile and asked: "Gordon, when you use the sword to attack continuously, how fast is the attack frequency?"

Gordon thought for a while and replied: "If you don't take into account dodge and charged slashing, it will take about two to three seconds to execute a sword."

Yamos nodded and continued to explain: "The single attack of the great sword has high damage, but the attack frequency is slow, while the attack frequency of the tachi is more than one sword per second, and it will be even faster when using Qi Training Slash.

For weapons with attached attributes, the additional attribute damage caused each time the sword is fired is basically fixed, so the higher the attack frequency of the weapon, the greater the attribute effect will be improved.

The improvement of the double swords with the fastest attack speed is particularly obvious. Rather, the additional attribute damage is the core part of the output of the double swords. Therefore, most double swordsmen will build multiple weapons with different attributes in order to target different hunting targets.

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The two young people listening to the lecture nodded in unison, and Gordon's expectations and envy for attribute weapons also diminished.

...

Several days passed like this in teaching, chatting and resting.

The road gradually disappeared, and the low shrubs and weeds on the roadside were replaced by taller woody plants. They finally arrived at the Metabe forest where the target hunting ground was located.

This is a super giant forest covering an area of ​​more than 500,000 square kilometers.

Because it is far away from the Sinmailon Mountains, the terrain here is relatively flatter, with some low hills but no high mountains, and the vegetation is much more lush.

If Gordon could describe his current state, it would be like a fish in water.

The natural ecology of the two hunting grounds was quite similar, so there was no need to adapt from scratch. The gentle terrain also eliminated the trouble of climbing mountains and going down ditches. He fell in love with this place almost immediately.

After arriving at the hunting ground, they did not start hunting immediately. Instead, they came to the camp and planned to rest for the night.

Hayata felt a little disappointed in this regard.

Gordon, who accidentally noticed the former's expression, was a little speechless. He was very nervous when he followed the instructor into the hunting ground for the first time. Why did she have nothing to look forward to now?

By the campfire in the hunter's camp, the spoiled Hayata tasted the "deliciousness" of carrying food for the first time.

She was clenching her teeth...

Although it was hard to chew and very salty, Hayata chewed all her portion bit by bit with water.

This made Yamos feel a little surprised.

Hayata has good talents and is very brave. This is a fact that has long been confirmed. His only worry is whether the child can endure the hardship of being a hunter.

Now it seems that I was worrying too much.

Pine, your precious niece is probably more enlightened than you think.

A night of silence.

A new day arrives in the thin morning mist.

The first one to wake up was Hayata, and she could not wait for a long time.

Ignoring the little girl running around the camp carrying a hunter's knife, Amos came to Gordon who was checking the hunting props in his bag.

"Gordon, you will be the main force in this crusade. I need to protect Hayata. Unless there is a critical situation, I will not take action. Is that okay?"

"Of course." Gordon nodded readily.

It was agreed when he accepted the mission. Since he received all the rewards, it was reasonable for the other party not to participate in the hunt. They were just a few odd-faced tribesmen, and there was no need to borrow Yamos's power.

"Well, I would like to remind you not to provoke too many strange-faced tribesmen at once. These little creatures are quite intelligent and are good at using tools. It will be a bit troublesome if they cooperate with each other."

"Understood!"

After checking the equipment and props for the last time, the three people and the cat left the camp.

Gordon and Pork Chop walked in front, while Yamos followed Hayata about ten meters behind.

Along the way, Hayata had constant problems.

When she noticed that Gordon suddenly squatted down and picked up the weeds on the ground, she asked in a low voice again: "Teacher, what are you doing, looking for the footprints of monsters?"

Yamos glanced at it and said: "No, he is understanding the environmental humidity through the state of the grass roots and soil."

"environment humidity?"

"Well, seasons, temperature, weather, landforms, monster habits, etc., all of these are relatively independent, but also interconnected."

As he spoke, Yamos squatted down, inserted his fingertips into the soil, and pulled out a piece of grass root. Hayata followed suit, but his delicate fingers could not penetrate into the soil.

Holding the piece of grass root with wet soil in front of Hayata, Yamos said: "Just from this piece of grass root with soil, we can extract a lot of information, for example, it rained here within one day."

Seeing that Hayata's face was still confused, Yamos smiled and threw away the grass roots, patted the soil off his hands, and stood up.

"Hunting is not just about slashing monsters with a knife. Keep reading. That kid's basic skills are very solid. It seems that he has a very good instructor."