Monster Hunter:Hunter's Notes

Chapter 550 Need to grab time

After emphatically warning a certain bald man who liked to wrestle with large monsters, the president lady took a picture of the layout of the old village and said, "Let's continue.

Above the battle street, there are land bridges every few hundred meters. Hunters can throw bombs from top to bottom, or even jump directly on the back of the Laoshan dragon to attack.

To be honest, I don’t recommend doing that, it’s too dangerous.”

The president's lady glanced at the high-ranking hunters present, and she knew from their expressions that no one had listened to her last piece of advice.

Not to mention Hayata, who is young and daring, he must be thinking about how to jump on the back of the old mountain dragon and cut it with the air blade.

Even veteran high-level hunters such as Yamos are probably thinking about similar problems. At most, they cautiously add a "prefix" - how to "relatively safely" jump on the back of the old mountain dragon and cut it with an air blade pocket.

It can be said that people who are prudent but have a very conservative personality basically do not exist among high-level hunters, especially high-level swordsmen.

She had no choice but to warn in another way, "The carapace on the back of Laoshanlong is very thick and hard, like a granite mountain. It is difficult for artillery to cause effective damage to it.

If you insist on thinking about the upper back, be sure not to do it at the beginning. Not only is it meaningless, but it will also affect the shooting of the artillery.

At least we have to wait until the artillery blasts the old mountain dragon’s carapace apart.”

"Why"

"Tsk."

"pity."

Subtle gasps and sighs echoed in the office, and the president's eyes twitched.

These guys just have it written all over their faces: "They want to really charge up their swords, use Kamui Iai, dragon attack cannons, dance in the air, and achieve transcendence."

"During the first phase of the battle, please stay on the ground as quietly as possible. It's not yet time for you to risk your life."

After emphasizing the sentence, the president lady took a deep breath to stabilize her emotions, "Let's continue. The function of Battle Street is to wear down Lao Shanlong's physical strength as much as possible.

When Lao Shanlong passes through Battle Street, he will come to the first city wall.

The walls of the old village are no longer so stable, but we will try our best to strengthen them.

There are a large number of artillery and heavy crossbows installed on the city wall, as well as dragon guns. Now you can take a breather.

Even Lao Shanlong would need some time to break through the city wall.

Before the city wall is breached, we will use as many facilities as possible to cause harm to Lao Shanlong until the city wall is knocked down."

Regarding the "city wall", Madam President described it relatively briefly. The operation of those defense facilities is mainly the work of other hunters and ordinary soldiers involved in defensive operations.

"Behind the first city wall is another two to three kilometers long battle street. The density of weapons arranged on this street will be higher. High-density dragon-killing carbon, one of the trump cards, will also be placed here."

The Madam President looked at Pig Chop, "The guild is working hard to prepare materials for high-density dragon-killing carbon.

In order to ensure the safety of transportation and maximize the power, Master Campbell proposed to carry out the deployment work two days before the outbreak of the battle.

Pork chop, you have experience in improving and blending this kind of explosive, and I hope you can complete the blending together with the scholars in the equipment development department."

"Good, meow." Zhupa scratched his ears, "It's a pity that there is no dragon-killing cannon, meow. The teacher said that special artillery is needed to fully exert the power of dragon-killing carbon, meow."

"The dragon-killing cannon is still in the development process. Let's consider it based on the existing conditions."

The president lady twirled the pipe on her fingertips, "There are currently several plans on how to use dragon-killing carbon, and the final plan has not yet been determined.

Master Campbell means that I can listen to your opinion, after all, you are the only ones who have applied it in actual combat."

"I'll think hard, meow."

Ted came close to Gordon, nudged Gordon with his elbow, and said with a smile: "Brother Gordon, it feels like your cat is valued more than you."

Gordon glanced at him and said, "They are more valued than 'us'."

"As expected, Laoshanlong will be severely damaged after passing through the second section of the battle street and reaching the second city wall, which is the last line of defense of the old village.

The second city wall is stronger than the first one, and there are steel bars cast in the wall. It would be best if we can defeat the Laoshan Dragon here, so that the Xinzhai that has not yet completed construction will not have to withstand this sudden test. .

But if the second city wall is also breached, it means that the old village has been completely lost, and the defense operation will have to enter the second stage."

Madam President rolled up the layout of the old village.

"There is still a long distance between Jiuzhai and Xinzhai. The straight-line distance is about 50 kilometers. The size of Laoshanlong is difficult to climb over the mountains. It can only wind around the mountains and hills, so the actual distance is about 120 kilometers. ten kilometers.

This journey is very, very important." Madam President emphasized her tone and her expression became extremely serious.

"Please keep what I'm going to say below confidential."

The hunters exchanged glances with each other, feeling a bad premonition arise in their hearts.

"The construction progress of Xinzhai is not optimistic."

Speaking of this, the president lady paused for a few seconds, "Let's describe it in an accurate way, so it's straightforward.

Today is July 16th. The time when Lao Shanlong arrived at Jiuzhai should be July 24th. According to optimistic estimates, Jiuzhai stopped Lao Shanlong for two days.

Laoshanlong restarted its journey on the 26th. At its average speed, it would take about five to six days to reach Xinzhai. In other words, it would arrive in Xinzhai on August 1st or 2nd.

However, based on the fastest construction progress currently reported by the engineering team, the completion date for Xinzhai is approximately early next month, from the 6th to the 7th.”

"What?!"

"It's been so many days?!"

More than one hunter exclaimed.

Xia Zuo, the most senior dual swordsman, stood up directly. He looked directly at the president and asked: "Is this what the guild has calculated in the first place, or is it an unexpected situation?"

“At the very beginning of the deduction, we predicted that large equipment, such as the hoisting of steel city gates and dragon guns, would not come quickly.

The engineering team is already working hard to speed up the progress, but they can only improve the completion time from the 10th to the 67th."

"Should citizens be evacuated in advance?" Hayata couldn't help but ask.

"Of course we've considered it."

The president lady sighed softly: "Minagarde has a population of nearly one hundred thousand. With our transportation capacity and the number of guards, we simply cannot complete the evacuation within a month.

The nearby cities and villages combined cannot accommodate so many people, and large-scale evacuation will only trigger greater panic and chaos. There is precedent for this before."

"So, this is a disaster that is destined to be unstoppable and inescapable?" Yamos asked in a deep voice.

"of course not."

The president's lady signaled the hunters to be calm, "That's why I said that the more than 100 kilometers between the old village and the new village is crucial.

Five to six days is the time it takes for Lao Shanlong to travel this distance at normal speed, do you understand what I mean?"

Feidi, the hunter of the flute, rubbed his forehead and said, "Do you want us people to stop on the road and delay the pace of Lao Shanlong for five days? The village can only block Lao Shanlong for two days. Don't you think too highly of us?"

"is not what it means."

The president lady shook her head and said: "We hope that through the first stage of the battle, we can cause serious enough damage to Laoshanlong, such as seriously injuring a leg, which will reduce its ability to move.

Your mission is to continuously attack and harass it along the way without giving it time to recover or breathe.

Even the old mountain dragon will get tired.

To put it bluntly, if we can slow it down by half, then we can buy enough time to complete the construction of Xinzhai."

(End of chapter)