Monster Hunter:Hunter's Notes

Chapter 580 Buried

Author: It’s a puffer fish

Chapter 580 Buried

The retreat signal has been given for some time.

The corridors that were quite busy before were now empty, and the seriously injured people who were unable to move had already been carried out by other hunters.

Madam President ran all the way, Pork Chop was running on all fours, and she kept talking about the countdown seconds.

"One hundred and twenty-one, one hundred and twenty, one hundred and nineteen."

One person and one cat rushed out of the passage of the city wall and arrived at the decisive battle square in front of the city wall. The summer morning sun was a bit dazzling, but they had no time to care about it.

Lao Shanlong had climbed up again and was roaring, walking step by step towards the silent city wall.

Most of the people and the wounded have been evacuated to a distant place.

However, some hunters were unwilling to do so. They stopped midway and used crossbows and bows to launch an even better attack on Lao Shanlong from a distance. Even some swordsmen were eager to try.

President Fan Ti and Pork Chop looked at each other in confusion.

They suddenly remembered that due to the emergency situation and no time to notify, many hunters only knew that they had to evacuate, but did not know that the city wall was about to be blasted.

With the power of the dragon-killing carbon and the large pile of gunpowder in the ammunition depot, he had to at least run out of the decisive battle square and hide in the battle street before he could barely be said to have entered a safe area.

The president pushed and scolded the hunters who stopped halfway. She waved her arms and shouted: "Stop attacking and keep running! The distance is too close. Run to the fighting street!"

Some people's minds can't turn around for a while. Even if they put away their weapons after listening to the president's words, they still don't have the sense of urgency to seize the time to escape.

The president was so angry that she wanted to pull out her heavy crossbow and shoot these crazy guys in the back. Pig Chop screamed at the top of her lungs: "The ammunition depot is about to explode, meow! It's going to happen in less than a minute."

It exploded, meow!”

The hunters were stunned for a moment, and they all looked at the Madam President.

"Still don't understand?! Run quickly!!"

At this time, everyone reacted, spread their legs and ran, while not forgetting to yell to remind their friends who were far away who didn't hear clearly.

The entrance to the Battle Square and the corner connecting Battle Street became everyone's target.

As long as you can run around the corner before the big explosion occurs, the solid rock wall can become a cover and block the aftermath of the explosion.

After all, no one can be sure how big the explosion will be.

A group of people were like a herd of mammoths driven out by a powerful dragon, running desperately, and finally ran around the corner within the "one minute" that Zhupa said.

After waiting for a few seconds, no explosion was heard. Someone asked confusedly: "So, it exploded? It became a squib?"

Pig Chop didn't bother to explain to them that he deliberately shortened the countdown, "There are still forty or fifty seconds, meow! Run a little further, then lie down against the cliff and meow, cover your ears and open your mouth to meow!"

Most of the dozen or so hunters who were lagging behind obeyed the instructions, but there were some who were bold and wanted to stick their heads out of the corner to confirm the scale and effect of the explosion with their own eyes, but were scolded back by the president's lady with terrifying eyes.

Lie down against the cliff and wait for the explosion to happen.

The countdown of the pork chops was messed up, and they could not accurately determine the time of the explosion. They lay on the ground like this and spent more than half a minute, which could be called the longest in their lives.

"boom!"

There was a roar, and a hunter raised his head and muttered: "That's all the noise? Didn't it say that the ammunition depot was detonated? Why doesn't it feel as powerful as expected?"

Not far from him, Zhupa, who was covering his ears, exclaimed: "Hurry, cover your ears, meow! That's the sound of Lao Shanlong hitting the city wall, not an explosion."

“Boom, boom—!!!”

The hunters lying on the ground felt like they were being lifted up by the shaking earth.

The invisible shock wave envelops the broken masonry and dust, forming a wall of air visible to the naked eye. It instantly pushes across the square, squeezes around the corner, and blows into the battle street.

If everyone hadn't lied down on the ground and minimized the windward side, they would all have been blown away.

The explosion was followed by a muffled sound like a landslide - the sound of a city wall collapsing.

The deep wail of Lao Shanlong was faintly mixed in. I don't know if it was masked by the loud noise of the city wall collapsing, or if it was due to hearing loss, so I couldn't hear it clearly.

Before the aftermath of the explosion dissipated, the president's lady jumped up and ran towards the corner.

She wanted to confirm the victory.

At the end of the decisive battle square, the tall city wall has completely disappeared, leaving only a pile of ruins composed of broken bricks, boulders and steel bars, piled there like a mountain.

The old mountain dragon was buried deep inside, leaving only a small section of its tail hanging out of the ruins, hanging powerlessly without any movement.

"To count the number of casualties, the airship will give priority to carrying away the seriously injured and the remains of the victims. The transport team? No, the transport team should not get close to this side yet. Safety cannot be ensured yet.

Release the peregrine falcon and send an urgent message to Minagard and Dondoruma, asking them to transport a batch of supplies as quickly as possible.

Others can be slowed down a little, emphasizing the need for high-density dragon-killing carbon. Apart from the immovable dragon-killing gun, this is the most powerful weapon we can use to deal with the super-giant ancient dragon.

Organize the hunters who are still capable of fighting and monitor the ruins in shifts. I suspect that Lao Shanlong is not completely dead yet.

Maintain surveillance for at least three days, no, one week. Even if it resurrects in one week, the construction of the new village has been completed, and the initiative is in our hands.

By the way, the letter to Xinzhai should emphasize that it is currently impossible to confirm that Lao Shanlong is dead, so they must not slow down the construction speed because of slackness.

No, I'm not worried. Isa, please help me go to Xinzhai and supervise the construction there for me."

The lady president, whose face was covered with dust, had no time to clean up her appearance and gave instructions one after another.

In the decisive battle square, the hunters were in small groups, scattered and resting.

Some people were cheering to celebrate the successful defeat of Lao Shanlong, while others were silent and crying in memory of their fallen comrades.

Gordon and his group of high-ranking hunters also gathered together.

Chip and Heineye are not here due to their serious injuries. They are receiving emergency treatment. If the situation gets worse, they will be sent back to Minagard by airship along with the seriously injured.

Xia Zuo's mental state was equally bad.

After fighting hard all day and night, I drank several bottles of recovery medicine and just lay down. Maybe I didn't even have time to close my eyes when I was called up for an emergency retreat.

Now might be a good time to take a rest, but looking at the tip of the tail protruding from the pile of ruins, who would have the heart to fall asleep immediately?

"Seniors, I think you should go and rest quickly," Gordon said hesitantly.

"There's no rush." ​​Xia Zuo interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "We know what's going on and we'll naturally go to rest later, but there are some things we need to confirm in advance."

He looked at Pig Chop, "Pork Chop, do you still have the strength?"

"There's meow!"

"I hope you can take a few Ellu and dig into the pile of ruins. It is best to get to the head of Laoshanlong to confirm whether it is still breathing.

This job is very dangerous, but I can only leave it to you."

"Leave it to me, meow!"

Pig Chop dragged the reluctant Xiang Lan, meowed loudly and called several of his kin who were pushing the cat cart, and ran towards the ruins together.

(End of chapter)