Monster Hunter:Hunter's Notes

Chapter 454 Early Scouting

The airship finally landed outside the hunter camp at the southern foot of the volcano.

Not to mention that they can't determine the location of the temporary camp yet, even if they can determine it, it's unlikely they can land the airship there directly.

Commercial airships have no defensive capabilities. Sufficient flying altitude is their only means of self-protection. Landing in a hunting ground where many large monsters live is too risky.

After settling down in the camp, Hilda, as the captain, gave the order.

——Delay the hunt and spend two to three days making various preparations.

They will split up temporarily.

Hilda herself will go deep into the lava cave alone to find out the location of the target blaster dragon, as well as the concubine spider and armor dragon that may have appeared, and roughly confirm their range of activities.

This is very critical.

If you can avoid the activity area of ​​large monsters other than the target in advance, you may be able to avoid intrusion incidents.

Feng Ying took Amber with An Xil. Their main goals were twofold, one was to find a temporary camp, and the other was to collect dragon-killing fruits.

"Too."

"Understood, let's talk about the situation here. First of all, it's the dragon-killing fruit. We collected seven of them, but we don't know if they are enough."

"There is also the issue of temporary camps."

"That's good."

From the outside, it looks like several peaks connected together, but inside the mountain, there are large and small caves that crisscross traffic."

Hilda checked the fruits and said, "The quality is good, but seven may not be enough. Please pay more attention when taking action later and try to collect as many as possible."

"Yes, in short, we didn't find any dangerous creatures. Compared with the lava cave where high-risk monsters gather, it's like two different worlds."

Hilda rubbed her forehead in distress, "The armored dragon is not very active by nature, and often burrows into the ground or even into magma to rest. I didn't find it.

Hilda couldn't help but rub Feng Ying's head, and continued: "Store the excess ammunition and supplies in Camp No. 2, and we can set off lightly.

This is roughly what I discovered. By the way, the temperature inside the lava cave is very high, so remember to bring more cold drinks."

It should be the result of concubine spiders giving birth to babies everywhere.”

"Let's talk about the monster situation. I found the Explosive Hammer Dragon. Its activity area is here, which is in the middle of the lava cave.

"That's not bad. Don't ask too high. How big is the temporary camp?" Hilda asked.

And here, and these, are the conditions inside the volcano, which are the so-called ‘lava caves’.”

Therefore, my plan is to drive the Boomerosaurus to the west, away from the area where the Concubine Spider is, and at the same time, close to Camp 2, so that it will be more convenient to replenish ammunition.

"Two maps?" Feng Ying asked doubtfully.

Hilda adjusted the map and continued: "Tomorrow we will carry as much ammunition and supplies as possible and head to the temporary camp. Well, let's call it Camp 2. We are now at Camp 1.

"I see, instructor Hilda, have you discovered the location of the armored dragon?"

Hilda glanced at it, nodded and said: "Between Area 6 and Area 7? This location is good, and the straight-line distance from the activity area of ​​Explosive Hammer Dragon is not too far.

Hilda smiled and said: "Not surprising, you will also find out in the future that the harsher the environment, the more powerful the monsters spawned.

Feng Ying immediately took out the dark red, round and hard fruits in her luggage.

"Leave the hard work to me!" Feng Ying flexed her arms, which were not very fleshy, and she was full of confidence.

Hilda nodded with satisfaction, "It doesn't matter if we don't find another temporary camp, we will use this temporary camp as a base for our activities.

Speaking of this, Hilda's expression became more serious, "If other large monsters appear during the battle with the Explosive Hammer Dragon, don't panic, I will lure them away.

Hilda smiled and said to Ancil: "You are just worried that some flying dragon monsters will attack from the air. Don't worry, it won't happen.

Hilda's fingers traced the map, "These areas describe the terrain outside the mountain, or the terrain on the volcano.

"No."

Feng Ying and An Xier understood.

In the view of Anhil, who has a cautious personality, only a camp that is surrounded by solid mountains can be called "safe".

Is the security of the camp okay?”

Anxier, each of us carries two bases of ammunition. Xiao Fengying needs to work harder. You and Amber have to carry three bases of crossbow shells, arrows and power bottles.

For things like collecting, it’s better to finish them in advance.

The only question is, are there any entrances to the mountain nearby?"

"I also saw a huge red-armored beast!" Feng Ying raised her hand to add.

An Xil said and gave Feng Ying a look.

More than two days flew by.

Large flying dragons will not land in such a small place. They cannot extend their wings and will have trouble landing and taking off. This should be the purpose of the stone wall.

"OK."

Ancier pointed to the map, "We found one of them, it is indeed on a ridge, at this location."

"That's good."

Anxier, even if you don’t consider Xiao Fengying’s combat prowess, you should be confident in hunting the Explosive Hammer Dragon alone, right?”

"Woof!"

Hilda spread out the map that would dazzle ordinary people even just looking at it, and said: "The description of the terrain on this map is actually very detailed and accurate.

We saw a lot of heat-resistant plants, and small monsters are also very common, such as poisonous dog dragons, wild boars, giant wasps, and pterosaurs."

No one can predict what will happen after the hunt. There is a possibility that many people will be injured and need to rush back to the base for first aid immediately.

Ancil smiled and felt relieved, "Besides, we found that the 'vitality' of this volcano is much stronger than that of Latio volcano.

It’s a bit far-fetched, the next step is the specific hunting plan, which is actually not that complicated.”

"It was about thirty square meters, quite small." Feng Ying recalled.

I have also witnessed the concubine spider. It is here, northeast of the lava cave. The distance between the two is quite far, but I can't completely rest assured.

The reason why it looks messy is because the two maps are superimposed on each other.”

Of course, this is the best-case scenario."

That night, three people and one dog gathered around the campfire in the hunter's camp to share the findings and results of the past two days.

As for monsters that are small enough, such as the Pterosaurs, would you worry about them?"

"It's okay. It's on a steep hill. Small monsters probably can't jump up it. There is a circle of stone walls surrounding the camp. It should have been dug by the ancestors. Unfortunately, it has no roof and is open to the sky."

"Woof woof!"

The places they walked through in the past two days were basically on the first level, which was the area on the volcano. It was because they had not entered the mountain that they felt the map looked messy.

"Well, this volcano is not comparable in scale to giant volcanoes like the Latio Volcano Mountains, but the terrain is quite complex.

This concubine spider likes to run around very much, so its real activity area should be quite large."

If we have a total of five base ammunition, it will definitely be enough to hunt the Boomerosaurus. Another large monster will be a bit reluctant, but our target is only the Boomerosaurus, and other large monsters can be driven away."

"Okay! Amber has memorized the smell of this fruit. If you pass by nearby in the future, you won't miss it."

Hilda pointed out several locations on the map, "Here, here, and here, I have found traces of the spider.

"some."

"Why do you say that?" Anhir asked.

Hunting the Boomerosaurus itself is not difficult, the problem is to avoid contact with other large monsters as much as possible.

"That's natural."

After Anhil nodded seriously, he hesitated and asked: "What if there is an extreme situation where three large monsters gather together?"

"Retreat immediately."

Hilda answered without hesitation: "If that happens, Feng Ying will directly ride on Amber to evacuate, and then Anxier, I will cover you."

(End of chapter)