Monster Hunt: Notes From a Hunter

  Chapter 24 The target is the dragon egg!

  In the deep part of the rare mountain forest, there is a narrow valley covered by countless giant tree crowns.

   At the bottom of the valley, a small hunter camp stands here.

  Here is still very far away from the real core area of ​​Xiuleitesen Hill—the ruins of ancient Xiuleite city.

   But for Gordon, who has always been only active in the outer area of ​​Senqiu, this is already a completely unfamiliar and dangerous hunting ground.

   Sitting cross-legged on the hard bed in the camp tent, the young hunter is carefully studying a map that has been marked with a lot of extra annotations.

  The map was given to him by instructor Ernest.

  If it weren’t for this detailed map sponsored by the instructor, let alone successfully completing the mission, it would be considered good luck not to get lost in this ancient mountain.

  Actually, the instructor disapproved of Gordon taking on the task of stealing dragon eggs.

   The remuneration is indeed generous, but the difficulty and danger of the task are too uncontrollable.

   It is said to be a collection task, but the task item that needs to be handed in is not the egg of a herbivorous dragon, but the egg of a fire dragon!

  That's a real flying dragon.

  If you are lucky enough to catch the fire dragon and leave the nest for a long time, and leave with the dragon egg, then this is just the most common collection task, no different from the one-star mushroom picking.

  What if when leaving with eggs, bump into a female Charmander who just returned to the nest and has the reputation of "Queen of the Earth"?

  The difficulty of the mission has been raised to four stars.

  In the task division of the Hunters Guild, only experienced hunters with four stars or above are qualified to confront large flying dragons such as male fire dragons and female fire dragons.

  However, according to the instructor, this is still not the worst situation.

  The male and female individuals in the fire dragon group have a fixed partnership. If they hold eggs and meet their parents and return together, they will usher in a mixed doubles of the "king of the sky" and "queen of the earth".

  Task difficulty five-star base

  If the more powerful subspecies and even rare individuals in the fire dragon group are taken into consideration, then the difficulty of this task can rise to an infinite level.

  Of course, the instructor himself does not deny that there are elements of alarmism in this.

   Collectable missions are not hunting missions after all, and the Hunter Guild will not send scouts and hot air balloons to check the monster ecology in the hunting ground.

   In other words, although the above-mentioned probability is not high, it is indeed possible to happen.

  With Gordon's current strength and equipment, in case, in case of the worst-case scenario, not to mention completing the mission, it is a luxury to escape with his life.

  After this series of presenting facts and reasoning, the instructor thought he could persuade Gordon to give up this task.

   After all, the latter, who has completed a large number of one-star missions in a few months, is not short of money, so there is really no need to take this risk.

  But he forgot, the reckless, convulsive stubbornness unique to sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers.

  Gordon finally accepted the task and broke into this unfamiliar mountain forest that he had never set foot on.

  According to this guy: I am not doing it for money, I just want to see what the legendary fire dragon looks like!

  This attitude of irresponsibility for his own life really made the instructor very angry, but he really couldn't completely abandon this guy who was almost half his son.

  In the end, he had no choice but to provide Gordon with a map as detailed as possible, and ordered a lot of precautions, which kicked the idiot out of the house.

  Recalling the black face of the instructor, Gordon in the tent couldn't help touching his nose in embarrassment.

   After completing the mission and going back, please apologize.

   Patted his knees, Gordon stood up: "Are you ready for the pork chop? The target's fire dragon lair is about four kilometers to the southwest. Let's complete the task in one go, and then go back to have a big meal!"

"Meow!"

  Along the path that can only be passed by people sideways, the hunter and the hunting cat walked out of this hidden camp where they could hide.

  From the moment they stepped out of the camp, their spirits were completely tense, and no one had forgotten that this was a dangerous area where dragons lived.

Recalling the route on the map in his mind, Gordon lowered his voice and said: "It should be relatively safe on the way to the fire dragon's lair. A powerful top predator like a fire dragon will not allow other large monsters to exist in the territory." of.

  We moved along the densely wooded route, borrowing the shadow of the canopy to hide, so as not to be spotted by the fire dragon from a high altitude. "

   "Ok meow."

  Pork Chop nodded. Being cautious by nature, it behaved more lightly than Gordon.

   "Pay attention to the smell in the air. The instructor said that the sulfur smell from the fire dragon can travel far away. My nose is not as good as yours. It is up to you to distinguish the smell."

   Pork Chop twitched its little nose and meowed cautiously.

   Obviously in the wild, one man and one cat are like thieves, creeping forward among the lush trees.

  Gordon is very clear that the purpose of this trip is not to fight, but to move as flexibly and quickly as possible, and the items in the luggage are also streamlined as much as possible.

   Except for the most basic medicine, he didn't even bring a whetstone.

  Originally, he didn't even want to bring medicine, but under the strict order of the instructor, he finally brought a few bottles of recovery medicine G, as well as antidotes and flash bombs that he would never bring with him.

  According to the latter, in case of encountering a fire dragon, these are really life-saving things and must not be saved.

   The journey to the fire dragon's lair was safe and sound.

   Not to mention dangerous monsters, even larger herbivores were not seen. The biggest guy was actually a mushroom pig whose spine height was less than Gordon's thigh.

   What left Gordon and the others speechless the most was that this supposedly timid and cautious creature walked up and down in front of them, eating lichens and mushrooms wantonly, without even the most basic vigilance.

   Obviously have not experienced the beating of predators.

   But after thinking about it, I feel that it is very normal. Fire dragons will not allow other predators to exist in their territory, especially in the area near their lairs, not even the most common blue velociraptor.

   As for small animals such as mushroom pigs and rabbits, they look down on them, so they insist on vacating a niche.

  If it was normal, Gordon might have killed this stupid guy so that he could collect some meat.

   But at the moment when he was afraid of making a big noise even when he was walking, he naturally wouldn't cause trouble. You must know that flying dragons have a very sensitive sense of smell, and the smell of blood will almost certainly attract them.

   Then the trouble will be big.

  Recalling the tender meat of the mushroom pig and the gelatinous pig skin with the fragrance of mushrooms, Gordon took a deep breath, and then pulled the pork chops around the confident guy in front of him.

  Careful along the way, running at full speed for at most 15 to 20 minutes, Gordon and the pork chop insisted on walking for nearly an hour.

  When the rocky hill marked bright red on the map appeared in front of them, one person and one cat couldn't help holding their breath.

  The faint smell of sulfur in the air reminded them all the time.

  Here is the lair of the fire dragon.

  (end of this chapter)