Monster Hunt: Notes From a Hunter

  Chapter 38 Field Teaching

  On the slate road outside the city of Minagarde, a flatbed carriage without a shed, pulled by a herbivorous dragon, was moving slowly.

  The helmet was put aside, and Hayatta, who was lying on the car board side by side with the pork chop, enjoying the sunshine and the breeze, put his two calves out of the car board, swaying leisurely and relaxed.

   "I haven't left the city for a long time, and now I'm still far away from the hunting ground. The teacher said that I can relax~."

   "Meow~"

  Different from Hayata, who is always "captive" inside the city wall, Gordon doesn't think there is anything worth "enjoying" about the blue sky, white clouds and weeds and wildflowers on the roadside.

  At this moment, his attention was all on the weapon behind Amos.

   "Senior Amos, is your weapon a tachi?"

   It's no wonder he was puzzled, the appearance of this weapon is really weird.

  Different from the slender and slightly curved shape of the Taidao in the general impression, it looks more like a huge fork.

  The hilt of the sword is very long, accounting for nearly half of the total length. The ice-blue sword body is slightly short and thick. While the tip of the sword is further widened, it is divided into two branches, which makes people think of the sharp fangs of a beast.

   "Oh? You said this."

  Amos glanced at the weapon behind him, and could not help but carry a little pride in his tone.

   "That's right, the ice sword—Bai Saru Nagi [pole], made of the material of the toothed beast monster 'Snow Lion King', after strengthening step by step, it finally became what it is now."

   "Wow, it's the first time I've seen a weapon with attributes!" Gordon couldn't help but get closer again, and carefully looked at the slightly transparent ice-blue blade.

   "What is 'property'." Hearing the topic of interest, Hayata also turned over and sat up, and leaned over, "Huh? It's cool!"

   "Don't touch the blade, it's easy to get frostbite." Amos reminded the two, and then entered the "teaching mode", patiently explaining various attributes and monster weaknesses to Hayata.

  Gordon knew all these things, but of course he would not interfere with the teaching between master and apprentice. To pass the time, he took off the explosive knife and started maintenance with cloth and knife oil.

   "Why do you say that the attributes of heavy weapons such as great swords and giant hammers are not important?"

  Hayata's inference made Amos quite satisfied, and her question also attracted Gordon's attention.

  Attributes are not important to the Great Sword? Is there such a saying? It's a knowledge point that I don't know!

  Gordon stopped what he was doing, tilted his head, and listened carefully.

  Amos glanced at him with a smile, and asked: "Gordon, when you use the big sword to attack continuously, how fast is the attack frequency?"

  Gordon thought for a while, and replied: "If you don't consider dodge and charge slash, you can make a sword in about two to three seconds."

  Amos nodded and continued to explain: "The single attack of the big sword has high damage, but the attack frequency is relatively slow, while the attack frequency of the Taidao is more than one sword per second, and it will be even faster when using Qi Training Slash.

  For weapons with attached attributes, the additional attribute damage is basically fixed each time the knife is fired, so the higher the attack frequency of the weapon, the greater the attribute effect will be improved.

The double-knife with the fastest attack speed is particularly improved. Rather, the additional attribute damage is the core part of the dual-knife output. Therefore, most dual-knife envoys will create multiple weapons with different attributes in order to target different hunting targets. . "

  The two young people listening to the class nodded in unison, and Gordon's anticipation and envy for attribute weapons also decreased a little.

   In this way, several days passed in teaching, chatting and resting.

  The road gradually disappeared, and the low shrubs and weeds on the side of the road were replaced by taller woody plants. They finally came to the Metabe jungle where the target hunting ground was located.

   This is a super giant forest covering an area of ​​more than half a million square kilometers.

  Because it is far away from the Simmailong Mountains, the terrain near here is relatively flatter, with some low hills, but no high mountains, and the vegetation is much more lush.

  If Gordon is asked to describe his state at this time, it would be like a fish in water.

  The natural ecology of the two hunting grounds is quite similar, there is no need to adapt from the beginning, and the gentle terrain saves the trouble of climbing the mountain and going down the ditch. He fell in love with it almost immediately.

  After arriving at the hunting ground, they did not start hunting immediately, but came to the camp, intending to rest for the night.

   In this regard, Hayatta was a little disappointed.

  Gordon, who accidentally noticed the former's expression, was a little speechless. He was very nervous when he followed the instructor into the hunting ground for the first time. How could she have nothing to look forward to?

  By the bonfire in the hunter camp, the pampered Hayata tasted the "deliciousness" of carrying food for the first time.

   She gritted her teeth

  Although it was hard and hard to chew, and still very salty, Hayata chewed her share bit by bit with clear water.

   This made Amos feel a little different.

  Hayatta's talent is good, and he is also very brave. This is a fact that has long been confirmed. His only concern is whether this child can bear the hardship of being a hunter.

   Now it seems that I am worrying too much.

  Pyne, your precious niece is probably more enlightened than you think.

   Nothing to say all night.

  A new day arrives in the thin morning mist.

  The first one to wake up was actually Hayata, and she felt impatient for a long time.

  Ignoring the little girl who was wandering around the camp with a hunter's knife, Amos came to Gordon who was checking the hunting tools in his luggage.

   "Gordon, you are the main force in this crusade mission. I need to protect Hayata. Unless there is a critical situation, I will not make a move. Is it okay?"

   "Of course." Gordon nodded readily.

   It was agreed when he accepted the task. Since he takes all the rewards, it is reasonable for the other party not to participate in the hunting. It is just a few strange faces, and there is no need to borrow the power of Amos.

   "Well, a word of caution, don't provoke too many odd-faced people at once. These little things are not low in intelligence, and they are good at using tools. It will be a bit troublesome to cooperate with each other."

"Understood!"

  After checking the equipment and props for the last time, the three of them and one cat left the camp.

  Gordon and Pork Chop walked in front, and Amos led Hayata about ten meters behind and followed behind.

   Along the way, Hayatta had constant problems.

   When she found that Gordon suddenly squatted down and picked up the weeds on the ground, she asked again in a low voice: "Teacher, what is Brother Gordon doing, looking for the footprints of the monster?"

  Amos glanced at it and said: "No, he is learning about the humidity of the environment through the state of the grass roots and soil."

"environment humidity?"

   "Well, seasons, temperature, weather, landforms, monster habits, etc., all of these are relatively independent and interlocking."

   As he spoke, Amos squatted down, inserted his fingertips into the soil, and pulled out a piece of grass root. Hayata followed suit, but his delicate fingers could not penetrate into the soil.

  Holding the grass root with wet soil to Hayata, Amos said: "A lot of information can be extracted from this grass root with soil, for example, it has rained here in a day."

   Seeing that Hayata was still confused, Amos smiled and threw away the grass roots, patted the soil off his hands, and stood up.

   "Hunting is not just about chopping monsters with a knife. Keep watching. That kid has solid basic skills. It seems that he has a very good instructor."

  (end of this chapter)