Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

The hot air balloon of the Gulong Observatory floats on the lower edge of the clouds.

Although this kind of balloon is not as fast as ordinary airships, it is more stable and can hang in the air for a longer time, just like this one, which has been staring here for several days.

In the boat-shaped gondola, a scholar of the dragon race held a long telescope and watched the north.

"Um?"

On the horizon in the distance, many tiny black dots appeared faintly.

It's like a stain is sprinkled in the blue and pure sky.

The dragon-human scholar looked serious, turned the telescope, and adjusted the focus. The images of those black spots became clearer, and they were below them.

A giant dark red shadow slowly emerged.

It is like a mountain in motion, moving slowly but inexorably.

"Launch the signal bomb!" The dragon-human scholar put down the binoculars and shouted to the assistant who was sorting out the materials: "It's coming! The direction is due north, and it has passed the landmark mountain!"

The assistant raised his head and was confused for a moment, then came back to his senses, hurriedly took out a signal flare from the pouch, pulled the fuse, and shot it into the air.

After waiting for a minute, he fired another one, and he fired three or four in succession until the signal flares were also lit up in the sky far to the south, and then he stopped firing.

The warning signal went out.

The long horn flute sounded in the fortress, and everyone's expressions changed in unison.

Whether it was the craftsmen who adjusted the equipment on the city wall, or the hunters who carried the cannonballs and crossbows in the battle street, the movements of their hands were a little faster.

This is the signal that Laoshanlong is coming.

Counting from this moment, about twenty-four hours later, Laoshanlong will enter the visible range of the observation balloon above the old village, and the first stage of defensive operations will break out soon.

The pork chop beard that was preparing high-density dragon-killing charcoal shook, and two drops of the refined dragon bone marrow in its paws were sprinkled on the table. Amid the pungent smell, a large area of ​​the solid wooden table was scorched.

Evelyn, who was helping on the side, comforted: "Don't worry, there is still plenty of time."

The pork chop with sweaty nose nodded his head.

It stabilizes the mood, mixes several solidifying agents in appropriate proportions into the magma-like golden-red viscous colloid, solidifies it into wax, and completes this blend.

This is the formula improved by master craftsmen and scholars.

While not weakening the power of Mielong Carbon, it greatly improves the stability. You don’t have to worry about it like before, and it will explode by mistake when you shake it slightly, and it has the possibility of being used in actual combat.

The prefix of "experimental type" of high-density Mielong carbon can finally be removed.

With the cooperation of Evelyn and several alchemists, the high-density Dragon Slayer Carbon that had just been blended was packed into a package made of hard leather.

Then use rivets and straps to fix it to an arm-length solid steel stake.

Xia Zuo walked into this temporary alchemy studio, glanced at the explosives neatly stacked on the workbench and by the corner, and asked, "How are you getting ready?"

"Completed meow! The nineteen high-density dragon-slaying carbon materials provided by the guild have been blended into explosive bombs meow!"

Evelyn added on the side: "Eight sets of blasting spikes are used to attack the legs of the old mountain dragon, and six explosive bombs are used to attack the giant dragon. We have increased the amount of killing dragon fruit for the above, and it will be more effective for the old mountain dragon. efficient.

The remaining gunpowder rocks and dragon bone marrow are used by us to strengthen the power of the bomb barrels. These bomb barrels will be used to deal with the velociraptor group. "

"Um."

Xia Zuo nodded his jaw, "I brought some people over here, first move these bomb barrels for dealing with small monsters to the predetermined location."

Ajin poked his head in with a smile, followed by twenty or so hunters and hunters with inconspicuous equipment, but looked very experienced, "Leave the hard work to us!"

In the past few days, Ajin and these low-star hunters from all over the Xiulet area have played a role beyond Xia Zuo and others' expectations.

What they can do is not just hard work.

Hunters are indeed a talent-hungry industry. Most hunters will not be able to hunt flying dragons alone in their entire lives.

These two-star and three-star hunters are the main body of the hunter group.

Novice hunters and low-star hunters are two completely different concepts.

These hunters may not be comparable to the high-ranking hunters in terms of martial arts and equipment, but their experience in dealing with various small monsters is also incomparable to the high-ranking hunters.

Take the sledgehammer Ajin as an example. He has never hunted a flying dragon in the past ten years since he became a hunter, and there are very few hunting records of large monsters.

But the combined numbers of the blue velociraptor and the big wild boar can easily break through four digits

It can be said to be very clear about the habits of the blue velociraptor, what eating habits it has, what biological blood smell is most attractive to them, and so on.

According to him, a group of blue velociraptors came running, and he knew even with his eyes closed which direction they would attack from, how many batches they would attack, whether they would move their paws or their mouths first.

The three-headed pterosaur can make him scramble, but if it is replaced by a blue velociraptor, ten heads will not be afraid.

Similar to Ajin, these low-star hunters more or less have some inexplicable experience skills.

Evelyn Pork Chop They listened to a lot of their opinions when it came to laying out the bait and the bombs.

Using bait to gather velociraptors, and then throwing bomb barrels from a high place, the plan of concentrated bombing has long been revised.

These low-level hunters, who have spent half their lives dealing with small monsters, agreed that the strategy of gathering a large group of Velociraptors and killing them with a powerful bomb in one go is too taken for granted.

With the habits of the Velociraptor, it is impossible to have such a large-scale crowded situation, no matter how many baits are arranged.

Evelyn was embarrassed at the time.

The person who proposed to use explosive bombs to reduce the number of small monsters was the legendary hunter Master Campbell, and the person who perfected the tactics was himself and the pork chop as a high-ranking hunter.

However, after carefully listening to the explanations of Ah Jin and others, she realized that these humble low-star hunters were right.

So she put aside her meaningless pride and put herself in the position of helper.

When it comes to dealing with small monsters alone, these talents are experts.

"Let's go together too." Evelyn took off the burqa she wore during reconciliation, and put on armor.

Pork Chop also donned its cat armor helmet.

"It's okay, don't worry."

Seeing that Evelyn and the others were about to join in, Ajin waved his hands with a smile and said, "The large troop of the Velociraptor group hasn't arrived yet, but the leading 'scouts' are expected to appear soon.

For three or two, it would be too wasteful to use large barrel bombs, so use a knife first.

We plan to move the bomb barrels to the location and hide them, and wait until the critical moment to use them.

Go get a good night's sleep first, and recharge your spirits. The next tough battle will depend on you. Just leave those small monsters to us. "

Evelyn and Pork Chop looked at each other.

Looking at the dark circles under each other's eyes, they reluctantly accepted Ah Jin's proposal, "Then leave it to your vanguard."

"Vanguard? We like that term."

A Jin turned his head to look at his companions behind him, and smiled, "Poor ghosts, be careful when holding bombs and releasing bombs, these things are all stuffed.

That old mountain dragon is said to be 60 to 70 meters long, and the sum of us people is not enough for it to swallow it in one bite, but the speed dragon or something, hehehe.

The leather armor on us is almost worn out, and we are just about to change into new ones, how about you? "