Monster Hunter:Hunter's Notes

Chapter 82 The first confrontation

After following the scent for more than a kilometer, Gordon and Pork Chop found the body on a hillside.

This was the corpse of a herbivorous dragon. He waved away the flies buzzing around. Gordon endured the stench and squatted down next to the corpse to examine it carefully.

The corpse of this herbivorous dragon had dark red skin. Judging from the degree of decomposition, it must have been dead for about two days. The fatal injury was on its back. Some huge force broke its spine and killed it instantly.

After leaving the body and coming upwind, Gordon took a few deep breaths of fresh air and said, "It must have been the big strange bird that did it."

Pork Chop nodded his head in agreement.

Since the huge spoon-shaped beak cannot chew large pieces of meat, creatures like herbivorous dragons are not on the diet of the big strange birds, but this does not mean that the big strange birds with surly personalities will not take the initiative to attack herbivorous dragons.

Gordon could roughly imagine the scene where the herbivorous dragon was attacked.

——The orange-red strange bird fell from the sky. Its claws pressed on the back of the herbivore dragon, knocking it to the ground. Then, the huge bird's beak smashed down like a giant hammer, easily breaking the herbivorous dragon.

The dragon's spine died before it could even let out a cry.

In addition to the traces of fatal injuries, the relatively complete preservation of the herbivorous dragon's body is also very revealing.

In the wild where there is never enough food, the attraction of such a corpse is unquestionable. Gordon believes that within half an hour of the death of the herbivorous dragon, a blue velociraptor came here.

Why didn't they enjoy this feast? The answer is clear, they smelled the scent of a superior predator on the herbivorous dragon.

According to the information provided by the Hunter Guild, there are no traces of other large monster activities nearby, so the only thing the blue velociraptor can fear is the big strange bird.

"Although the big strange bird has a bad temper, it won't go to a place far away from its nest to attack a herbivorous dragon it doesn't like to eat." Gordon analyzed to himself: "That guy's nest

It should be nearby."

As he said that, he turned to look at Zhupa, who was covering his nose, "Zhupa, have you ever seen the nest of a big strange bird when you were in the wild before?"

"No meow!" The pig's chopper said angrily: "There are no big strange birds coming to meow in the mountain forest where our tribe lives."

"That's it"

"But I remember when I was young, the very old grandma in the clan told us that if we see a super big bird's nest in the forest, we should run away because it is the nest of a big strange bird!"

Gordon rubbed his chin.

Although the story told by Pig Chops is somewhat like "the big bad wolf will come and eat the children if you don't sleep after dark", it also contains some useful information.

——Big strange birds will build nests in the forest.

"Let's take this place as the center of the circle and search in a roundabout way toward the mountains and forests!"

The afternoon sun shines through the canopy of the tall trees, casting beams of light in the forest. The orange-red monster raises its slender neck and walks among them, with an elegant posture and as beautiful as a painting.

It's a pity that Gordon can't appreciate this kind of beauty.

At this time, he was concentrating his breathing and hiding in the bushes. All he could think about was how to stab that long neck.

The information provided by Pork Chop is very meaningful. The nest of the big strange bird is in a clearing in the forest.

It was a super giant bird's nest made of branches and hay, with a diameter of more than ten meters. Perhaps because of its feeding habits, there was no pungent smell like that found in ordinary animal nests, and instead it looked very clean.

Gordon really hoped that when the big strange bird was tired from walking, he could lie down in the nest and take a nap, so that he could sneak over and store up a Sleeping Slash.

Unfortunately, after waiting for several minutes, the big strange bird was just taking a walk, with no sign of returning to its nest to rest. It seemed that there was no need to think about Mian Zhan for the time being.

Since you can't make a sneak attack, let's go head-to-head! The open space where the giant bird's nest is located is relatively flat, and there are no dense branches that can catch the sword blade. It is a good battlefield!

"Phew~."

Gordon made his decision and whistled.

The big strange bird with excellent hearing stopped immediately, raised its neck high, fully unfolded its ruff-like crown ears, and turned its gaze here.

At the same time, another bush far away from Gordon began to shake violently, and the rustling movement attracted the attention of the big strange bird.

Hiding in the bushes was Pork Chop, which was a tactic they had discussed before.

Taking advantage of the big strange bird's attention being temporarily attracted, Gordon rushed out of his hiding place, ran like crazy and quickly approached the big strange bird, with his palm on the hilt of his sword, and the giant scissors hanging behind him were ready to be unsheathed at any time.

The big strange bird's IQ is not low.

Although the movement caused by the pork chop gave Gordon some time to close the distance, the big strange bird also quickly realized that compared to the shaking mysterious bush, the hunter who was almost charging in front of it was

A real threat.

It turned towards Gordon, spread its broad wings, opened its huge beak and let out a menacing roar.

"Goooooooooooo!"

For the sake of his future hearing, Gordon had to interrupt the charge, cover his ears tightly, and withstand the roar that could deafen a person's ears.

Although the hunter temporarily stopped, the big strange bird's strategy of trying to scare its opponent was obviously ineffective.

As soon as the sound wave ended, Gordon continued to sprint without hesitation, and in the blink of an eye he was in front of the big strange bird. Before he could stand on his hind legs, the hilt of the giant scissors had already fallen into his palm.

Draw your sword and chop!

"Bang!"

The shield crab sword covered with red lines collided with the hard giant beak of the big strange bird. The heavy sword body carried the inertia and smashed its head to the side, leaving a mark on the giant beak at the same time.

A shallow knife mark over a foot long.

"Goooo!" the big strange bird screamed.

Gordon was greatly encouraged by the success of his first attack. He tensed his arms and turned his sword, using the inertia to prepare for another horizontal slash.

However, the big strange bird did not intend to give him the opportunity to attack continuously.

As soon as the giant wings flapped, the huge body was pulled back a certain distance, and the aroused wind pressure swept towards the hunter, hindering his movements.

Gordon lowered his body slightly and stabilized his center of gravity.

The disadvantage of the heavy metal armor turned out to be an advantage at this time. The violent airflow flowed away like a river hitting a rock. Although his actions were forced to stop again, he did not lose his balance or simply be blown away.

After the air flow stopped for a moment, he shouted and rushed towards the big strange bird again.

"Don't even think about running away!"

The big strange bird was also completely angered by the hunter's reluctance. It jumped twice on the spot, suddenly turned its body, and swept its long whip-like tail towards Gordon, who was sticking to him again like brown sugar.

Faced with this large-scale sweeping attack, Gordon did not choose to resist forcefully, but quickly estimated the speed and relative distance of both sides.

Finally, at the moment when the big strange bird's tail was about to hit his head, he swooped forward and dodged the blow in a flash.

It is actually very dangerous to push the dodge time to such an extreme. If you are not careful, you may be self-defeating. The sound of the scales on the tail of the big strange bird scraping against the helmet seems to be clearly audible, but Gordon does not care.

Because he had already used this roll to get close to the big strange bird again.

Using the strength to stand up, Gordon swung his sword again.

Upward chop!

(End of chapter)