Monster Hunter:Hunter's Notes

Only then did Gordon notice that the huge and weird headdress on the head of the King of Strange Faces was actually the stove of a portable barbecue grill.

What's even more amazing is that the flame on the stove, which is regarded as a crown by the King of Strange Faces, actually changes according to his mood.

At first, when this guy was crushing himself like chopping melons and vegetables, there was only a small cluster of weak flames on the stove above his head. But when it fell into madness and rage, the stove above his head turned into a blazing flame.

When the flames turned into erupting flames, the violent aura displayed by the King of Strange Faces frightened even Gordon, who had faced the fire dragon, but he still had the urge to try.

——I want to try fighting again. Even if I was cornered just after the encounter, I still want to try fighting it again.

He tightened and relaxed his hand, and finally let go of his right hand that was grabbing the handle of the explosive knife.

Now I obviously don't have the strength or qualifications to fight against monsters of that level. I rashly intervened in the battle between the King of the Strange Face Clan and Senior Yamos, just to cause trouble for the latter.

Patting his cheek hard to calm down his heated brain, he put the explosive knife behind his back. Gordon lowered his arms and watched this battle that was very important to him more carefully.

Before that, he had thought that the difference between high-level hunters and ordinary hunters was simply more hunting experience, better equipment and weapons, and better martial arts.

In fact, that's true, but the so-called "higher martial arts skills" are far beyond the understanding of a two-star hunter like him.

Just the pace was completely incomprehensible to him.

How could it be possible to glide so smoothly, frequently, and over such long distances on a forest land that is obviously covered with vegetation and uneven areas?

Is there a wheel under his feet?

And how does that ultra-long blade with a blade length of nearly two meters, which should be difficult to ensure stability, easily switch between offense and defense during repeated turns and dodges, and accurately hit the opponent's key parts in an instant?

Don’t you need to lock your position with your eyes first?

No one could answer the surprise in Gordon's heart at this time. The battle between the King of the Strange Face Tribe and Yamos had entered a fierce stage.

"Almost." Yamos whispered silently.

The aggressive rhythm of the attack came to an abrupt end, and the Taito user retreated again without warning, putting some distance between himself and the King of the Strange Face Clan.

The Tachi wielder's hands holding the handle of the sword are folded together, the blade of the sword is facing up, and the tip of the sword is pointing forward. This is a special way of holding the sword called "Daikago".

A vague light red light and shadow appeared on his body, and in the next moment, he was like an arrow leaving the string, using the tip of the knife as the tip of the arrow, and suddenly "shot" forward.

Gordon's pupils shrank.

He clearly felt that Yamos was moving faster.

The hallucinatory light red light and shadow can obviously not be summed up by the word "sword technique". It should be a special use of one's own power, or energy.

The big sword also has a similar application, that is, the "charged cut" which is the core move of the big sword.

Before the charged slash explodes, the great swordsmen will also flash a similar light, which is a sign that the accumulation and integration of power has reached the limit.

"Is this air blade slashing?"

Gordon suddenly recalled that instructor Ernest once taught him about the use of Tai Sword.

Different from the simple and crude accumulation of power of a great sword, Taito users are accustomed to accumulating "sword power" (air blade groove) through continuous attacks, and then burst out in one breath at the right time.

This is air blade slashing.

It is said that when the air blade slash is released, it will not only increase the attack speed and attack strength of the Taito users, but also "sharpen" the Taito. However, Gordon is not very clear about what this "edging" specifically means.

It’s not necessarily sharpening the knife in the literal sense, right?

While Gordon was marveling again and again, Hayata, who was also paying attention to the fighting here, also opened her eyes wide. This was the first time she saw her teacher Yamos doing everything he could.

Shirogane Nagi, who was dragging his light red sword energy, struck a sword faster than the sword. Under successive attacks, the king of the strange-faced clan who was weak on both sides was quickly forced to find a weakness.

Immediately afterwards, Yamos flew away with a spinning slash with an astonishing attack range.

With this sword strike full of faith, Yamos's whole aura suddenly increased.

Gordon, who didn't even dare to blink, immediately realized that this increase in momentum should be the "edging" that the instructor once mentioned!

If the air blade slash is the release of the accumulated "sword power", then the so-called "blade opening" is the qualitative change and improvement of the "sword power" after the air blade slash successfully strikes in battle.

"So this is the secret of Tai Sword?" Gordon said to himself.

Compared to Gordon, who has some knowledge, and Hayata, who is still an outsider, his ideas appear to be much "superficial".

She simply thought it was so handsome! Teacher Yamos's prancing steps were so handsome, his sword-dancing posture was so handsome, and even the posture of holding the sword after finishing a series of combos was so handsome!

How could there be such a handsome weapon like Tai Sword in this world!

Unable to hear Gordon's soliloquy and disciple Hayata's screams and cheers from the bottom of his heart, Yamos quietly stared at the opponent in front of him.

After exhausting the sword's power (air blade groove) and completing the sharpening, he silently put Shiroganeru into the scabbard, but he seemed to have no intention of pursuing the victory.

The King of the Strange Face Clan was breathing heavily. The bone scepter in his hand had been cut off in half, and a huge wound across the chest and abdomen was added to his chest.

If it hadn't been for the last moment, when it managed to lift the scepter to block it, it would not have been seriously injured when it was hit by the spinning air blade, but would have been cut in half.

At the moment, it was wounded in many places and could not help but have the thought of retreating.

The strength of these humans, or to be precise, the human hunter in front of them far exceeded their expectations. If they continued to fight, they would probably be killed here.

"Kabacha..."

The flames above his head slowly extinguished, and a series of turbid grunts full of warning came from under the strange-looking mask of the King of the Strange Face Clan.

Its eyes were always fixed on the hunter in front of it, but its steps were slowly retreating.

Seeing that the King of the Strange Face Tribe was about to retreat, Gordon quickly took a few steps forward to block his retreat, but unexpectedly Yamos suddenly stretched out a palm to signal him to stop.

"Senior Yamos?"

Yamos shook his head slightly and said nothing.

Gordon looked at the King of the Strange Face Tribe who was looking at him warily, hesitated for a second, and finally stopped and stepped aside.

The King of the Strange Face Tribe took a deep look at Yamos, turned around and ducked into a bush, and disappeared from the sight of several people in the blink of an eye.

Yamos still did not let down his guard until he confirmed that the King of the Strange Face Clan was really gone, then he breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to Hayata and the others.

"Senior Yamos, are you okay? Are you injured?" Gordon walked over and asked worriedly.

He guessed that the reason why Yamos let the seriously injured King of the Strange Face Tribe leave was because his own condition was not good either.

"I'm fine."

Yamos waved his hand to reassure Gordon and Hayata, who also looked worried.

"Hurry up and collect materials and confirm whether the goal of defeating 20 strange-faced tribes required by the mission has been achieved. If it is completed, we will return to the camp."