Monster Hunt: Notes From a Hunter

  Chapter 76 Breaking the balance

  Unfortunately, when Ted and Gordon returned to the daimyo shield crab, this huge crustacean monster had already woken up, and it was walking unsteadily on its six short legs.

  Since the chance of Sleeping Slash was lost, there was no need for the two of them to continue to act lightly. Ted let out a provocative roar, and then rushed straight up.

Sensing the movement, the daimyo shield crab turned around on the spot, stared at Ted who was rushing forward with his bright black eyes, and the two claws of the crab, which were probably bigger than the latter's whole body, pinched twice, making a scalp-scalping sound. Numb "click" sound.

  Gordon couldn't help but see the image of himself being pinched in two by the pair of big pliers. He wasn't afraid, but he was a little more afraid after all.

  Ted, as if he didn't see it, rushed in front of the Daming Shield Crab like a wild boar.

  The blunderbuss and large shield that were folded and stored behind fell into his hands, and they unfolded instantly. With the force of his charge, the tip of the blunderbuss thrust straight forward, and precisely stabbed the daimyo shield crab's weak defense mouthparts.

  Dark green blood splashed out, the daimyo shield crab let out a piercing scream, the huge crab claws swung forward, Ted calmly slid back a step, and easily dodged the daimyo shield crab's counterattack.

  The gun gun used with the large shield is huge and heavy.

  Under the unfolded state, the user can’t even walk fast, not to mention running, but can only move slowly and steadily in small steps. Facing the attack of monsters, it is difficult to dodge in time.

   But the Gunners didn't care either.

   After all, the huge shield that is enough to cover the hunter's entire body behind it is not just a decoration.

  Most of the monster's offensive methods can only return in vain in front of this giant shield, even the breath attacks of many flying dragons are no exception.

  At the same time, gunners generally like to choose armor with outstanding defensive performance and heavy armor, just like the rock dragon suit on Ted.

  The effects of the two are superimposed, making the Gunners turn into thorny turtles in front of monsters, unable to bite, and may be bleeding at any time.

   "Boom!"

  A dull explosion sounded, and the part of the gun gun that belonged to the "gun" showed its power.

  Among the flames and smoke of gunpowder deflagration, countless tiny steel **** sprayed out from the muzzle of the gun gun, creating countless not serious but densely packed wounds on the carapace of the daimyo shield crab.

  The effective range of this kind of attack is very short, only about two to three meters, which is why the Gunlancer is undisputedly classified as a swordsman (close combat), rather than a shooter (long range).

   "Boom!"

   There was another explosion.

   The recoil from the two successive shellings caused Ted to slide back more than one meter.

  He kept his center of gravity stable and his stance remained unchanged. After reloading the ammunition with a swift swing of the blunderbuss, he continued to attack the daimyo shield crab with successive thrusts and upward thrusts, and then bombarded, loaded, and repeated.

   After observing for a while, Gordon was surprised to find that this cycle of attacks did not happen randomly.

  The blunderbuss is heavy, whether it is a horizontal thrust or an upward attack, it will uncontrollably drive the body of the blunderbuss to move forward a small step.

  When the distance to the target is too close, it will be difficult to exert the power of the gun spear stabbing, so Ted will launch the shelling at this time.

  The diffuse bombardment with a very limited range will naturally cause more damage the closer it is to the target, and the recoil of the bombardment will help him to distance himself from the monster again, making it easier to use the stabbing attack later.

  Precisely controlling the distance and mastering the rhythm, Ted at this time is like a precision instrument, and there is a rigorous aesthetic feeling between the offensive and defensive cycles.

  Gordon was dazed for a moment, until the successively wounded daimyo shield crab let out a piercing and sharp neighing, which woke him up from his daze.

   "It's berserk! Go to the side, don't stay in the front!" Ted reminded Gordon loudly, and he slowed down the rhythm of attack a little, and switched to defense.

"clear!"

  Gordon moved immediately, taking advantage of the time when the daimyo shield crab swung continuously on Ted's large shield like iron, and circled to its left side.

   In addition to the large claws, the daimyo shield crab also has three pairs of hind legs.

  In addition to being inconvenient to move back and forth, these crab legs are very flexible and powerful. A single leg is as thick as Gordon's thigh. Covered by a thick carapace covered with thorns, it looks like a knotted old tree root.

  Gordon tentatively slashed with a vertical slash. Although he didn't bounce the knife, it only left a light white mark on the dark red carapace. The result made him grin involuntarily.

  If there were other options, Gordon would not attack such a hard-looking part.

   But look at the huge dragon skull as thick as a city wall, and the pair of giant pincers with no obvious scars from Ted's thrusting shelling for a long time.

  These crab legs look a little slender and cute.

   "Attack the joint!"

   Ted, who was resisting the crazy output of the famous shield crab in a defensive posture, reminded him loudly, and Gordon immediately understood what he meant.

   These crab legs are indeed covered with thick carapaces, which are difficult to break through, but in order to move flexibly, the carapaces at the joints must not be too thick.

   As a crustacean, the daimyo shield crab has no real bones, as long as it can destroy the joints, the crab leg can be destroyed directly!

   "Okay!" Gordon immediately changed his attack method.

  Under normal circumstances, the charged slash is the absolute core of the big sword moves.

   It doesn’t matter even if you cut the air countless times in a row, as long as you successfully hit the most critical part with one blow and three-stage charged slash, the previous attempts are worthwhile.

   But now, he has completely given up on the plan of accumulating power, and instead uses relatively flexible horizontal slashes, vertical slashes, upward slashes, and even sword blade slaps to repeatedly attack a certain foot joint of the daimyo shield crab.

  A single hit is meaningless, but when several, dozens of shallow sword marks are superimposed, the continuous attacks produce a qualitative change.

  The joint structure of exoskeleton organisms such as insects and crustaceans may seem simple, but it is actually a very complex and efficient biohydraulic system.

  When the layer of hard periosteum hidden between the carapaces of the joints was pierced by a burst knife, the balance and integrity of the hydraulic system were instantly broken.

  With a crisp "click", a large amount of light blue translucent body fluid suddenly sprayed out from that joint, and the huge body of the daimyo shield crab staggered towards Gordon.

The damaged joints couldn't bear such a huge weight at all, and they were completely crushed almost the moment the daimyo shield crab staggered, and the remaining five crab legs twitched and tried to regain their balance, but finally fell to the ground .

   "Aha! Well done, Gordon!"

   Noticing the abnormal posture of the daimyo shield crab, Ted immediately launched a counterattack.

  Before, the daimyo shield crab's attention had been on him, which made it difficult for him to use the long-charged dragon blaster, but now that the daimyo shield crab fell down, what else could be said?

   A mechanism hidden inside the handle of the gun was pulled, and bright flames gathered at the muzzle of the gun, compressed, and exploded after a few seconds!

   "Boom, boom!!"

  (end of this chapter)