Monster Hunt: Notes From a Hunter

  Chapter 17 From Summer to Winter

   Seeing that this blue velociraptor was unusual, Gordon didn't let the pig chop go to lure the enemy, but launched a challenge himself.

   Facing the sudden appearance of the enemy, Blue Velociraptor stopped eating. It didn't pounce on the hunter immediately, but locked its eyes on the hunter, fierce and cautious.

  Gordon rested his right hand on the hilt behind his back, but did not pull it out directly. The state of holding the sword will greatly affect the movement speed, and it is not suitable before the distance between the two sides is shortened.

  In the end, Gordon shot first, and he started sprinting, and the distance between the two quickly shortened.

  Blue Velociraptor hissed, and also took steps forward, the long beak and sharp claws covered in blood looked particularly ferocious.

   Just when the target's head was about to enter the attack range of the explosive knife, Gordon decisively took out the knife and slashed out.

   This almost invincible move against the blue velociraptor actually failed this time. The blue velociraptor stopped in time, leaped back a short distance, and easily avoided the powerful blow.

  The heavy explosive knife hit the ground, and Gordon needed time to lift it up again, but Lan Athlon seized this opportunity and slammed it to Gordon's side with a powerful long tail.

  Gordon frowned, temporarily stopped raising the big sword, held the hilt with one hand, and turned to the other side of the explosive knife.

   Block with a sword!

   "Kang!"

  Blue Velociraptor's long tail slammed into the blade of the Explosive Knife, and Gordon's hands, which were still blocking, were slightly numb with such force.

   "Sure enough, you have a lot of combat experience."

  Gordon pursed his lips and put away his contemptuous mentality. He bent down slightly, and with the strength of his waist and legs, he swung his knife and slashed at Blue Velociraptor's legs.

  Blue Athlon once again jumped back in time and avoided it smoothly.

  However, this time, Gordon's attack did not end there.

  Removing the excess inertia of the horizontal slash and swinging in the air, after swinging through a complete arc, Gordon directly stepped forward again.

   The blue velociraptor, who thought the hunter had entered the interval between attacks, was just about to pounce and bite, when the huge claws were nailed into its jaw precisely, penetrating through its brain, and its huge body fell limply to the ground.

  Instant death.

  Gordon put away the Explosive Knife and let out a soft breath.

   Sure enough, actual combat is the most effective way to improve martial arts. In just two days, he polished the big sword moves that were not very proficient to proficiency.

  Slashing the sky with a sword? It doesn't matter, the next sword that takes advantage of the situation will only be stronger!

  Looking at the extremely complete corpse of the blue velociraptor in front of him, Gordon smiled with satisfaction.

   Without his reminder, Pig Chop consciously began to alert the surrounding area.

   It took almost twice as long as usual, and Gordon carefully peeled off this huge and complete blue velociraptor skin. Of course, those high-quality scales, claws, and teeth will not be let go.

  The materials of the Blue Athlon suit have been collected!

   "The pork chop is done, let's go home!"

"Meow!"

  Back to Kokot Village, after delivering the task liquidation reward, Gordon immediately came to the workshop with a large pile of blue velociraptor materials.

   Then I got the bad news of a thunderbolt.

  He has collected enough material, but not enough money

  Blue Velociraptor suit includes five parts: head, body, waist, wrist, and shin. The manufacturing cost of the armor for each part is 1150z, and the total sum is nearly 6000z.

   In addition, Gordon hoped that the owner of the workshop would use the extra materials to make a suit of armor for the pork chop, which would add an extra expense.

  Part of the 2000z task reward that I just received was used to pay off the instructor's debt, which was not enough at all.

   In desperation, Gordon had no choice but to hand over the materials and all the money to the owner of the workshop, and asked the latter to help him start making the armor first. After all, unlike weapons, the construction period for a full set of armor will be much longer.

   And he took the pork chops, received a new task, and rushed to the hunting ground again.

  In the next period of time.

  Looking for specialty mushrooms, hunting meat, gathering quests to collect buckskins, hunting down big wild boars, blue velociraptors, and hunting down odd-faced tribes, as long as the price is right, he will accept anything.

  At first, these "miscellaneous fish" one-star missions that were neither oily nor challenging made Gordon feel frustrated.

  But the instructor told him that this is the daily life of monster hunters.

  Ores and materials for making armor and weapons, countless materials for blending various hunting props, and money that must be used for everything.

   None of these fell from the sky.

   can only accumulate little by little.

   Take the explosive knife in Gordon's hand as an example.

   It seems that it is easy to collect all the materials, but the huge amount of iron ore and the crystallization of the earth, after all, aren’t all Gordon’s iron picks in the past two years?

   Without going through this stage of accumulation, how to build stronger armor and hunt more powerful monsters?

   Let's do the task honestly!

  Two weeks later, the blue velociraptor suit was completed, and after paying the final payment, Gordon finally put on this new set of armor that he had been thinking about day and night.

  This is a set of low-key, but very reliable full body armor.

  The brightly colored blue Velociraptor leather has been tanned and turned into an unremarkable dark gray. It is obviously leather, but it has a heavy metal-like texture.

   Chest, joints and other vital parts are decorated with a large number of blue velociraptor scales and armor made of metal, which provides maximum protection without affecting the wearer's actions.

  According to the boss of the workshop, the defensive performance of this set of armor is at least two to three times higher than that of the most basic hunter suit.

  Paired with a heavy and sharp explosive knife, Gordon now looks like he is no longer the "fedgy fool" style of painting.

   It's not just Gordon who changed clothes, but also pork chops.

  The nut cover with only the advantage of "lightness" was replaced by a brand new armor made of blue velociraptor material as the main material.

  And the "Ore Cat Pickaxe" that is carefully forged by smelting several kinds of minerals.

  All of these excite the pork chop who is also in "adolescence".

  After paying the final payment for himself and the pork chop armor, Gordon, who became a pauper again, had no choice but to return to the original busy and slightly boring task life.

   However, even he himself didn't notice.

   During these inconspicuous one-star missions, his body has been tempered, his martial arts and sword skills have been improved, and even the impetuous mentality unique to young people has gradually calmed down under the polishing of mushrooms and ores.

  Midsummer and autumn passed quietly.

   Throughout the autumn, everyone was making reserves for the coming winter. As the only two hunters in the village, the instructor and Gordon also kept going back and forth between the village and the hunting ground to hunt for the necessary meat for the villagers in the winter.

  After the tenth full moon of this year, Gordon, who had been busy for nearly half a year, finally took off his armor and weapons temporarily.

  Located in the northwestern corner of the mainland, in the Shulet region, winter came earlier, and under the cold wind from the northern Akula region, everything withered, and the activities of all living things stopped.

  Humans are no exception.

   During this season, hunters generally do not enter the hunting grounds.

  One is that the hungry monsters in the snow forest are more aggressive and extremely dangerous. On the other hand, it is also to give the pregnant female beasts a little breathing time during the autumn breeding period.

   Heavy snow fell, covering the mountains, forest hills, roads and villages.

  Gordon, who was reluctant to spend the winter at the instructor's house for the sake of face, was always alone.

   And this year, he has a cat!

  (end of this chapter)