Monster Hunt: Notes From a Hunter

  Chapter 82 First confrontation

  Following the smell for more than a kilometer, Gordon and Pig Chop found the body on a small hillside.

   This is the corpse of a herbivorous dragon. He waved away the flies buzzing around. Gordon squatted down next to the corpse enduring the stench, and examined it carefully.

  The skin color of this herbivore dragon's corpse was dark red. Judging from the degree of decay, it should have been dead for about two days. The fatal injury was on the back. Some kind of huge force broke its spine, killing it instantly.

  Leaving the corpse and coming upwind, Gordon took a few deep breaths of fresh air and said, "It should be the big monster bird."

   Pork Chop nodded his head to express his agreement.

  Because the huge spoon-shaped beak cannot chew large pieces of meat, the herbivorous dragon is not on the diet of the big monster bird, but this does not mean that the surly big monster bird will not take the initiative to attack the herbivorous dragon.

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

  —The orange-red strange bird descended from the sky, its claws pressed on the herbivore's back, and it fell to the ground at once. Immediately afterwards, the huge beak smashed down like a sledgehammer, easily breaking the herbivorous dragon's spine, and the latter died before it even had time to utter a whine.

  In addition to the traces of fatal injuries, the relatively complete preservation of the herbivorous dragon's corpse can also explain the problem.

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

  Why didn't they enjoy the meal? The answer is clear, they smelled the superior predators on herbivorous dragons.

  According to the information provided by the Hunters Guild, there are no traces of other large monsters moving nearby, so the only thing the Blue Velociraptor can fear is the big monster bird.

"Although the big monster bird has a bad temper, it won't take the effort to go far away from the nest and attack a herbivorous dragon that it doesn't like to eat." Gordon analyzed to himself: "That guy's nest Should be nearby."

   As he said that, he turned his head and looked at Pig Chop, who was holding his nose, "Pig Chop, have you ever seen a big monster bird's nest when you were in the wild?"

   "No meow!" Pig Chop Weng said in a low voice, "The mountain forest where our ethnic group lives does not have big strange birds coming to meow."

   "Is that so"

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

   Gordon touched his chin.

  Although the story in Zhu Chop’s mouth is more or less like “the big bad wolf is coming to eat children if you don’t sleep after dark”, it also contains some useful information.

  —Big monster birds will build their nests in the forest.

   "Let's use this as the center of the circle, head towards the mountains and forests, and search in a detour!"

  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, as beautiful as a painting.

  Unfortunately, Gordon can't appreciate this kind of beauty.

  At this time, he was constricting his breath, hiding in the bushes, and all he could think about was how to stab that long neck.

  The information provided by the pig chop is very meaningful. The nest of the big monster bird is in a clearing in the forest.

  It was a super-giant bird's nest made of branches and dry grass, with a diameter of more than ten meters. Perhaps because of its feeding habits, it didn't have the pungent stench of ordinary beast nests, but it looked very clean.

  Gordon very much hoped that the big monster bird could go back to the nest to take a nap when he was tired from walking, so that he could sneak in and store up a sleep attack.

  Unfortunately, after waiting for several minutes, the big monster bird was just taking a walk, showing no sign of returning to the nest to rest. It seems that there is no need to think about sleeping and cutting for the time being.

  Since you can’t sneak attack, let’s head to head! The open space where the monster bird's nest is located is relatively flat, and there are no dense branches that would hang on the blade, so it is a good battlefield!

   "咻~."

   Gordon, who made a decision, whistled.

  The big monster bird with excellent hearing stopped immediately, with its neck raised high, its ruff-like crowned ears fully unfolded, and its sight has turned to this place.

  At the same time, another shrub far away from Gordon also shook violently, and the rustling movements attracted the attention of the big strange bird.

  The pork chop was hiding in the bushes, this was a tactic they had discussed before.

   Taking advantage of the momentary distraction of the big monster bird's attention, Gordon rushed out of the hiding place, ran wildly and quickly approached the big monster bird, put his palm on the hilt of the sword, and the giant scissors hanging behind him were ready to be unsheathed at any time.

  The IQ of the big monster bird is not low.

Although the movement made by the pork chop gave Gordon a little time to get closer, the big strange bird also quickly realized that the hunter who was about to charge in front of it was the real hunter compared to the trembling mysterious bushes. real threat.

  It turned to Gordon, spread its wide wings, and let out a menacing roar with its huge beak.

   "Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

  For the sake of his hearing in the future, Gordon had to interrupt his charge, cover his ears tightly, and survive the deafening roar.

  Although the hunter stopped for the time being, the strategy of the big monster bird trying to panic the opponent was obviously ineffective.

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

   Draw your sword and chop!

   "Kang!"

The great sword of the shield crab covered with crimson lines collided with the hard giant beak of the big monster bird, and the heavy sword body with inertia smashed its head to the side, leaving a trail on the giant beak at the same time. A shallow knife mark about one foot long.

   "Goooo!" The big monster bird screamed.

   Gordon, who had achieved results in the first attack, was greatly encouraged. He tensed his arms and swung his sword, using his inertia to prepare for an additional blow.

  However, the big monster bird didn't intend to give him a chance to attack continuously.

  When the giant wings flapped, the huge body was pulled back a certain distance, and the aroused wind pressure swept towards the hunter, hindering his movement.

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

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

   After the air flow stopped for a while, he rushed towards the big monster bird again while drinking.

   "Don't try to run!"

  The big monster bird was also completely irritated by the hunter's reluctance. It jumped twice on the spot, turned its body suddenly, and swept across with its long tail like a whip, swinging towards Gordon who was stuck again like brown sugar.

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

  Finally, at the moment when the tail of the big monster bird was about to hit his head, he swooped forward and dodged the blow.

   It is actually very dangerous to limit the evasion time to such a limit, and it may be self-defeating if you are not careful. The sound of the scales on the tail of the big monster bird scratching the helmet seems to be clearly audible, but Gordon doesn't care.

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

   With the strength of getting up, Gordon swung the big sword again.

   Go up and chop!

  (end of this chapter)