Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

After introducing each other and briefly communicating with each other, Gordon felt that this little pupa girl named Nymph was quite interesting.

From a certain point of view, the personality is a bit similar to Fengying?

If that guy were here, he would probably make new friends soon.

The worm envoy who led them into the village seemed not interested in chatting. After seeing Gordon and his companions meet, he silently prepared to leave.

Gordon stopped him, took out a flash bomb and threw it to the other party, briefly explained how to use it, and said with a smile: "I don't know if you have anything similar, it should be a small gift, thank you for bringing us in .”

Hayata and the others also bowed or nodded lightly to express their gratitude.

The envoy took the flash bomb, was silent for two seconds, nodded and left.

"He's called Lichen. He's not very talkative. He's a very nice person." Qian Cao said to the hunters with a smile, "The insect envoys are not very popular, but they are very powerful."

"I can tell." Gordon retracted his gaze, "Can you show us around a little bit? I didn't expect so many people to live in the depths of the tree sea. Are there many settlements of this size?"

"Gulu. Lead the way!" The chrysalis girl raised her hand.

Qian Cao pinned the two large leaves on the helmet that could serve as visors to the back of her head, "Not many, this place is called 'woodland', one of the largest settlements in the sea of ​​trees, most of the settlements are small.

The Alchemy Academy is here, and young people from the sea of ​​trees come here to study. "

Alchemy Academy.

Gordon choked. There are educational institutions that can be called "colleges". It seems that the social structure of the aborigines in the sea of ​​trees is far more complicated than they thought.

But in retrospect, they have only seen four or five aborigines so far, all of whom are young people, and each of them looks like a "combatant".

It can be seen from the armor and weapons that these people have completely different combat systems. Insect envoys, archers, and those who use insect sticks all turn into chrysalis.

Ah, there's a guy with big leather wings fixed to his armpits.

If there is no special inheritance, it is impossible for young people to figure out these by themselves.

"How many combat professions are there on your side?" Gordon couldn't help asking.

"Occupation? Everyone has their own, countless." Qiancao shook her head, "Some can only be inherited by one person, some are suitable for the dense forest belt in the south, but not suitable for the north.

And it doesn’t necessarily have to be for fighting, but for breeding, collecting, forest patrolling, and so on.”

"Suddenly I feel that our hunter system is quite simple." Gail couldn't help but commented.

An Xier squinted at her, "They don't have the term 'hunter' as a full-time combatant, everything is for survival in the dangerous forest.

If you want to compare our society with them horizontally, craftsmen, messengers, scholars, farmers, etc. should be counted. "

"You really want to slap me, don't you?!"

"I just don't want them to have unnecessary misunderstandings about us outsiders, such as intelligence."

"You two, be quiet." Hilda, who was annoyed by the two of them, finally spoke, and the visiting team finally calmed down.

Led by Akane and Nymph, they visited the Alchemy Academy.

Different from the school in their impression, this place is more of a collective research institution, and Gordon finally knows why these young people who are obviously more combatants come to learn the so-called "alchemy".

To put it bluntly, the alchemy of the Shuhai people is a biological cultivation technology. They use their own methods to cultivate plants, fungi, and even insects and reptiles that can be used by them.

For example, the special chrysalis that co-exists with her on the nymph, of course, does not exist in nature, and is the product of alchemy cultivation.

There are also the living bows and arrows used by the previous archer, the quiver, and the special rat women on the worm lichen, all of which are the results of alchemy intervention and cultivation.

For example, the leaf armor, honeycomb armor, and slime wrist armor on Qiancao's body were all "planted" by her.

The only exception is the long stick in her hand. This weapon called "Ocarina Flute Hammer" is actually a bone instrument.

It was carved out of the bones of some monsters, together with vocal cord membranes, etc., and was made for her by her elders.

Gordon was very curious as to whether there was any connection between the flute hammer and the bug stick, so he specifically asked Hilda and Qiancao's teachers before confirming.

Really relevant.

The ocarina hammer is common in the sea of ​​trees, used by madder to control the poisonous bees in the honeycomb armor, falconers use it to command birds of prey, and others use it to control hunting insects.

The outsiders learned and mastered the alchemy technique of directional cultivation of hunting insects, as well as the skills of commanding and controlling hunting insects. On this basis, they improved the ocarina flute hammer.

The musical function is almost completely eliminated, leaving only the most basic sound holes, making it more weapon-like than musical instruments overall.

At the same time, the functions of "lantern" and "pheromone" have been added to reduce the difficulty of manipulating insects and improve the accuracy of insect hunting commands.

Thus the Fucking Insect Stick was born.

It is said that this kind of weapon is also used by people in the sea of ​​trees, and it can be regarded as a little commonality between the outside world and the residents of the sea of ​​trees.

Gordon and the others were curious about the biological alchemy of the aborigines in the sea of ​​trees, while madder, nymph, and even the teachers of the alchemy academy were also amazed at the manufacturing technology of the hunters' equipment.

For the aborigines in the sea of ​​trees, metal is a rare resource.

Because ore is scarce and easy to corrode, they rarely see the shadow of metal on their equipment, and they don't know anything about industrial technologies such as ore smelting, alloy manufacturing, and high-temperature forging.

After learning this, Gail exchanged his own stripping knife for several plant and insect materials that are considered very precious in the outside world.

Gordon and the others followed suit. They also used knives, some hunting props and so on, and changed a lot of messy things.

In addition, people from the Alchemy Academy showed great interest in the hunters' weapons.

The hunters were shocked by the power that their swords could cut through trees easily, and their bows and arrows could pierce rocks, so they offered a trade request.

The hunters naturally refused, and they were deeply regretful.

The residents of the Sea of ​​Trees seldom actively hunt large monsters, and when they have to fight, they usually use traps, poisonous insects, poisons, etc. to encircle and kill them.

For hunters like this, relying on their own force and weapons, it is unimaginable for them to confront large monsters head-on and slash and kill them.

In this alchemy academy full of wonderful things, Gordon and others spent half a day of amazing time.

The sky was getting dark and it was evening.

As "landlords", madder grass nymphs enthusiastically brought the hunters home and treated them to a special dinner with a high protein content.

Anshir, who had already experienced it at lunch, cleverly found an excuse, and sneaked out to eat and bring food.

The rest of the people looked at the fresh food that was still squirming on the table, their faces turned green.

Even Gordon, who is willing to try and never picky eaters, can't stand the chomping, crunching, mouthfuls of madder and the others.

Hayata took a small piece of Endurance Thunderworm from Gordon's plate, straightened his neck and swallowed it, then smiled stiffly and claimed that he had a small appetite and was full.

Gail even talked nonsense, saying that he never ate dinner in order to keep in shape.

Only Hilda looked normal and tasted everything. The young hunters admired her determination.

After the meal, Hayatta and Gail exchanged glances with an empty stomach.

It's better to wait for Qiancao and the others to fall asleep, and then sneak up to eat the food they carry

Ps.

About Alchemy Academy, Ocarina Flute Hammer, Falcon Trainer, Insect Messenger, and these equipments all come from part of the mh2 data book. The data book itself does not explain in detail, and the connection with the insect stick is also It's my subjective guess, not an official setting.

However, the main creative team has also mentioned many times that many of the later settings are actually developed from the early abandoned cases. This guess should be reasonable.