Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

After securing the airship and covering it with sand-proof cloth, Longliyuan and his party entered the ruins of the ancient village.

When looking down from the air before, Gordon felt that this ancient village was not so much a fortress as it was a clustered castle covering a very large area.

There are empty squares, open-air courtyards, and a majestic castle in the core area. Small buildings are densely packed, but most of them have collapsed and become ruins.

The people of the advance team did not continue to go deep, but found a few rooms inside the city wall and settled down.

This was their chosen base camp, and it was also where the hunters who guarded the ancient village lived.

The walls of the ruins of the ancient village were severely weathered, and many wall sections collapsed, but at least the location they selected was still structurally intact.

Just simply clean up, you can harvest a shelter that can block the wind and sand.

"Okay everyone, let's rest for half an hour and then start working."

The person in charge of commanding this advance team composed of scholars and support staff was a female scholar in her fifties.

She was wearing a khaki expedition suit, her hair was cut short, and she looked crisp and neat.

This scholar is Du Da, and he is the youngest among several core scholars in charge of archaeological work in Longli Academy.

Anshir called her "Mrs. Duda". Gordon asked Anshir privately and found out that Duda was the lady's surname. Apart from being an archaeologist, she also had the status of a nobleman in the kingdom.

Gordon couldn't quite understand why a noble lady would choose to become an archaeologist, eating sand in the wind and sun all day long.

But turning his head and looking at Anshir, he felt that it was not so strange.

Isn't there an eldest young master who left home to become a hunter?

Just when Gordon was thinking about these things, Duda came to them, and she asked with a smile: "You two guys, how does the desert environment feel, can you adapt?"

Gordon smiled, but didn't reply.

If one were to rank the most adaptable people in the world, at least eight or nine of the top ten would be hunters.

Anshir nodded politely and reservedly, "Of course, Mrs. Duda."

As the leader of the advance team, Du Da has the right to command the scholars and support personnel, but he cannot command the two hunters.

After all, Gordon and the others were not part of the advance team, they just came along along the way.

However, she has other ways.

"The rebellious young master of the Sterling family, he has grown up in a blink of an eye, remember your Aunt Duda?

Ah. It's normal if you don't remember. After all, the last time I went to drink tea with your mother was almost twenty years ago. "Duda's face showed a bit of regret and loss on his own.

Anhill: "."

"I really miss it, little Anshir always liked to hug her back then."

"Okay, Aunt Duda." The corner of Anshir's mouth twitched fiercely, "If you need our help, just ask."

"Oh, can I?"

Duda shook his palm, and this action reminded Gordon of the third princess who was shaking a fan.

"Actually, it's not a big deal. Can I trouble you to confirm the safety of the surrounding area as soon as possible? For example, whether there are traces of monsters or the like.

We will prepare a hot dinner here to welcome you back. "Mrs. Duda said with a smile.

"Let's go Gordon, stay with the Gale, in case any small monsters scurry in."

Saying that, Anshir carried the heavy crossbow on his back, and walked out.

Gordon didn't follow immediately, but asked Duda in a low voice, "Ma'am, so what did Anshir like to hold when she was a child?"

Du Da winked at Gordon and the pork chop that came over, and said with a chuckle: "A pet pig doll, his mother complained to me, saying that little Anshir couldn't sleep without holding it.

Oh, why is my memory so good, I remember all this? "

Anshir, who had been ridiculed by Gordon for using the pet pig doll, turned black, and stretched out his hand to the black and gold heavy crossbow behind him.

There is only one situation where it is not illegal for a crossbowman to pull the trigger on a human.

That is when the crossbow chamber is filled with recovery bullets, ghost bullets and other auxiliary ammunition.

These are all with him.

"Okay, okay, no kidding." Gordon, who didn't want to be slapped in the face by the reply, changed the subject, "So your family is very familiar with Ms. Duda?"

"Not at all. She and her mother are good friends, but later they may concentrate on archaeological work and do not have many contacts."

While paying most of his attention to the surrounding environment and possible traces of monsters, Gordon asked Anshir casually, "Is the one behind you a new heavy crossbow made of misty dragon material?"

"Um."

Speaking of this, Anshir's expression suddenly changed from thunderstorm to sunny.

"Why does it look like a wall clock?"

Anshir opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but found that he couldn't refute. Gordon's complaints were very precise, and he himself felt that the shape of this heavy crossbow was like a clock.

In desperation, I had no choice but to skip the modeling issue and introduce the connotation of this heavy crossbow.

For example, the number of ammunition loaded is usually amazing, such as being able to load almost all types of abnormal state ammunition, and it can also squat and shoot through bullets.

It can be said that it is the strongest and most versatile heavy crossbow among all the weapons currently possessed by Anshir.

The two centered on the location where the advance team was stationed, and quickly scouted the surrounding area.

Nothing was found.

The land here is barren, not to mention monsters, even slightly larger animals are not seen, only spiders, beetles and other drought-tolerant reptiles are often seen.

No obvious footprints have been found. Of course, this does not mean anything in the windy and sandy desert area.

After confirming that there was no danger nearby, Gordon glanced at the sky.

There was still some time before sunset, and it was a little early to go back now. After consulting Xia Anxier and Zhuba, the two of them walked out of the wall of the village together, and came to the empty but uneven sandy land in front of the village.

Among the yellow sand, there were many fragments of masonry half buried. As for the source of the fragments, it was naturally the dilapidated city wall nearby.

In addition to those masonry, there are also some huge components scattered around.

For example, the copper-red girders that were probably used to strengthen the building, strange-shaped mechanical parts, ordinary metal plates, etc. Gordon even saw a corroded and deformed cannon.

It's all worthless stuff.

"Gordon! This way!"

Gordon, who was looking at the rusty Dragon Shotgun, heard Anshir's call and walked over quickly.

The latter was standing on the edge of a funnel-shaped bunker.

"This should be the location where the mechanical giant burrowed into the ground and disappeared."

Anshir glanced at the surrounding environment and said: "The bunker is very wide, but not deep. It should be the yellow sand blown by the strong wind that filled the hole. Maybe after a while, this bunker should be completely leveled." .

How about, do you want to let the pork chops be dug down first? "

Gordon circled the bunker.

Under the afterglow of the golden red sunset, the yellow sand in the bunker reflects a golden luster.

"Don't worry, this is a desert, there may be quicksand underground, it's too dangerous to dig down.

Let's go back first and have a good night's rest. Anyway, there is no time limit for this exploration mission, so we can take our time. "

ps. The last few chapters have been sorting out the outline on a daily basis, and finally finished sorting out the outline for the next period of time——