Monster Hunt: Notes From a Hunter

  Chapter 75 The Trace of the Daming Shield Crab

  In the next hour or so, Gordon encountered three shield crabs one after another. There was no suspense in the battle process, but the collection part felt a bit like a lottery.

  Under the blessing of transshipment gold coins, Gordon has gained a lot—at least he thinks so.

  There are two female crabs among the three shield crabs. In addition to the previous one, he has already collected three top-quality crab roe, which seems to be not far from the five required by the mission.

   As for the last one, yes, it is a male crab without crab roe.

but! Gordon collected other good things from him, a precious material called "Black Pearl".

   It stands to reason that shield crabs, which are crustaceans, do not produce pearls themselves, but their diet also includes seashells that produce pearls.

  So, sometimes with luck, this precious biological gemstone can also be found in their stomach pouches.

  —Like this one in Gordon's hand.

  Although it is not smooth enough, and the color is not so black and bright, it cannot be sold as gems to the big merchants in the city, but it is also used in making certain weapons and armors.

   Gordon put it away happily.

   "I don't know how many copies of crab roe have been collected by Brother Ted. Is it possible that there is no one?" Gordon said to himself, and couldn't help laughing halfway through.

   "Haha, let's hurry up later, maybe before he opens, he has collected five copies, and his face will definitely be very interesting by then, hehe!"

   A little distracted, Gordon suddenly stepped on the ground and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and quickly supported the ground with his hands to maintain his balance.

  Looking back, he stepped on the footprint of the shield crab again.

   Only this time, the footprints he stepped on were extraordinarily thick, each one was the size of a plate, more than two circles larger than the footprints of ordinary shield crabs.

   Gordon's complexion tightened.

   There is no need to guess, it is obvious that this is the footprint left by the daimyo shield crab.

  Gordon subconsciously lowered his body slightly, and rested his right hand on the hilt of the explosive knife behind his back, guarding against the attack that might appear in the next second.

   Cautiously and quickly looked around, but didn't find anything, but Gordon still wasn't completely relieved.

  The shield crab is a species that is very good at burrowing into the ground. As an older individual in the population, the daimyo shield crab has no reason not to be able to do this skill. Maybe it is lurking under its feet at this time.

  Looking at the direction of the forest belt, Ted should be near there.

  From the perspective of safety, he should go to meet his companions now, but considering the unique face problem of teenagers, the choice is different.

I had sworn to Ted earlier that even if I faced the daimyo shield crab alone, I would be able to protect myself, but now I didn't even see the daimyo shield crab, and ran away in a panic when I saw a few footprints seek asylum.

   Don't you feel too ashamed?

  Of course, Gordon didn't intend to mess around. He just wanted to find out the exact location of the famous shield crab first, and then run to meet Ted. In this way, both face and safety can be guaranteed.

  Having made a decision in his heart, Gordon immediately slowed down his pace, and slowly explored in the direction of the footprints with an almost completely silent and gentle pace.

  Most monsters don't care about it, let alone clean up their own footprints, especially the crustaceans whose IQ is already at the bottom of the large monsters.

  Ten minutes later, Gordon followed the footprints and successfully found the huge crustacean monster.

  At first, when he saw the decayed skull the size of a house, he almost didn't react. He subconsciously thought it was just an ordinary skeleton, and almost walked out directly.

  Fortunately, what Ted said before, "Daimyo shield crabs like to use the skulls of flying dragons as their carapaces, especially the skulls of horned dragons" reminded him.

  Look at the three-meter-long, straight and sharp horn like a spear, isn't it the most well-known feature of a horned dragon?

  Although from his angle, he couldn't see the body of the daimyo shield crab, Gordon knew that the shield crab had the habit of resting in its shell, and this daimyo shield crab might be taking a nap here.

  Napping, sleeping, I really want to give it a sleep cut.

  A stupid idea was ready to move, but he finally dismissed this unreliable idea.

   Suppressing his breath and controlling his steps, Gordon quietly exited the area.

  Although Sleeping Slash is really cool, but this time, let’s give up the opportunity to Ted. The power of the Boom Dragon Striker is much stronger than the three-stage charge of his Explosive Knife.

   It wasn't until this moment that Gordon realized how far he had followed the daimyo shield crab's tracks.

   It took him more than half an hour before he found Ted who was chasing and killing shield crabs in the dense forest.

  Actually, after searching separately during the previous period, the distance between the two has exceeded expectations. Gordon is very glad that he did not mess around, otherwise Ted may not be able to come to the rescue in time even if he uses the signal flare to ask for help.

   "What? You've already collected three copies of crab roe, and you've also tracked down the daimyo shield crab?" Ted stared, his scarred face looked fierce.

   "Yes!" Gordon was also a little complacent, and answered very simply.

   "We just collected two copies, and I lost again?" Ted looked annoyed, and Gordon suddenly realized that this old man seemed to have a strong desire to win.

  In order to cheer this guy up, Gordon began to draw cakes, "If that daimyo shield crab is a female, and you collected super-excellent crab roe from it, wouldn't you turn the tables again?

  Although the objective of the mission has been achieved, we haven’t finished the settlement after all, so the game is not over yet! "

  Damn the game, when did we say we were going to have a game? While Gordon cheered Ted up, he cursed in his heart.

   "That's right, it makes sense! There is also the daimyo shield crab at the finale, I haven't lost yet!"

   Ted, who was a little listless, jumped up immediately, and kicked away the corpse of the male shield crab, which had been smashed by him, but it was obviously impossible to dig out the crab roe.

"Go, go! You said that daimyo shield crab is still sleeping? It's a great opportunity for sleeping! Why are we still dawdling here? Run forward, run forward! We will reach the goal in ten minutes, and I will kill it with my own hands! !"

   Before finishing speaking, Ted spread his long legs and ran out, as if whoever ran to the daimyo shield crab first would own the daimyo shield crab.

  Seeing Ted rushing away, Gordon immediately stepped forward and followed closely behind.

  In fact, he can walk slowly.

In the eyes of Ted, a monster of the level of the famous shield crab is similar to the blue velociraptor king in Gordon's eyes. It belongs to the kind of prey that can always be taken down as long as you don't close your eyes. It doesn't matter whether you have the latter's help or not. .

  But Gordon has an inexplicable feeling that if he slows down Ted too much, he will lose.

Huh? It turns out that his desire to win is not weak?

  (end of this chapter)