The journey across the Sea of Gio Crook was not as spectacular as Gordon had imagined.

Great waves, storms, tornadoes, sea beasts are coming. None of this happened.

After drifting on the sea for more than a week, the merchant ships approached the northern shore of the Gio Crook Sea, and the marshy plains of the coast were visible.

Next, the ship will continue west along the coastline until it reaches the port of Metabetat.

Gordon was puzzled by the roundabout, unstraight route, and when he saw a sailor slide down the mast, he walked over and talked.

It was a short, stout seaman chewing tobacco in his mouth, and the slightly pungent smell reminded Gordon of the old dragon-man craftsman of Minagald.

"Hey, don't look at the calm here, there are many monsters in the sea, let's sail like this to bypass the territory of monsters."

Gordon couldn't help but say when he heard this, "Such a big ship will also be afraid of monsters?" How big are the monsters in the sea? ”

The merchant ship they were aboard was forty meters long, and in Gordon's opinion, ordinary large monsters could not pose an actual threat to such a behemoth.

"Don't look at our kind of merchant ship, but the skin is thin, and the speed is not fast, so naturally we have to avoid monsters, in case we encounter a sea dragon, we have to be tossed and sunk in three or two."

Let's tell you, the most powerful thing is that kind of hunting boat, equipped with bed crossbows and artillery, they are not afraid of monsters, and they are still hunting monsters everywhere! ”

The sailor said that the hunting ship Gordon actually knew.

Hunters' settlements in coastal human settlements often built hunting boats to organize hunters to go out to sea to hunt monsters and keep the sea lanes open.

Minagal City, as a harbor city, naturally has hunting ships, and there are more than one, but hunters who go out to sea to hunt need to master special naval combat skills, so Gordon has not tried it.

To be honest, he didn't want to try, and he didn't know how to swim, so he went into the sea fully armed, for fear that he would sink directly to the bottom to feed the fish.

While Gordon was chatting with the sailors, a shout suddenly came from the lookout at the top of the mast.

"There's a situation in the north! Look north in the sky! ”

"You don't necessarily have to say that the sea dragon is coming, right?" The sailor muttered, but he didn't seem too worried, he knew very well that the chance of a sea dragon in the vicinity was almost zero.

Gordon also hurriedly took the binoculars out of his bag and pulled them open.

"Flares?" He muttered to himself with some surprise: "Still red, distress signal?" ”

"Well, the hunter's distress signal." Anhil, who came to the side of the ship at some point, squinted, as a sniper, his eyes were very good, "It's the direction of the shore, there are hunters in distress." ”

"Gotta go see." Gordon put away his binoculars and frowned.

Anhill straightened the brim of his hat and simply responded, "Of course." ”

They all know that hunters generally do not send out distress signals unless absolutely necessary, and even if they send out distress signals, it is unknown whether they can be seen by people, and whether there are hunters passing by nearby who can rush to help.

To put it bluntly, it is resigned to fate and gambles in despair.

Therefore, it is a common rule among hunters to do everything you can to help others when they find a distress signal - if you save someone else this time, someone else may save you next time.

Without much thought, Gordon and Anhill immediately approached the captain and made a request to dock.

The captain of the merchant ship was also a little embarrassed, "The water depth is too shallow offshore, and there are a lot of sand reefs, and this big ship can't get close, but I can ask the sailors to put a dinghy and send them ashore, and then we will leave." ”

"That's enough, thank you for your help." Gordon nodded immediately, and then looked at Anhill, "I'll call for pork chops, Anhill, you check the ammunition, we're ready to go." ”

Eli shrank into a small cavern, or crevice, and his features were crumpled by the constant pain in his ribs.

The constant gush of blood in his throat proves that the broken rib has been inserted into the lobe of the lung, and if left untreated, he may even choke on his own blood.

The sound of the Poison Bird's heavy footsteps came from far and near, and he had to hold his breath for a moment, praying that he wouldn't be detected, even if doing so would cause his lungs to spasm further and aggravate the injury.

After wandering for a while, the Monster Bird walked away.

Eli breathed a sigh of relief, but the damage to his lungs did not allow him to breathe heavily, and he could only keep spitting out the blood foam in his mouth, panting little by little.

Eli carefully moved his body to make room for the broken leg to be a little more comfortable.

Raising his head, he smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid I'll have to explain here this time." ”

As a dual-sword envoy in his thirties, but still only a three-star level, Eli has long recognized that he does not belong to the kind of "talented" person.

As a child, the dream of hunting dragons and becoming a legend has blurred.

Losing his momentum, he returned to his hometown, a nameless village on the edge of the swamp, married the gentle girl of his childhood sweetheart, and started a family together.

There is also a little daughter like her mother, who is full of freckles on her nose, but she is still very cute.

If it were possible, he really didn't want to take on any more dangerous hunting missions.

From time to time, they go to the edge of the wetland, hunt two herbivorous dragons, weeping beasts, and collect some special mushrooms and other mountain goods, which is enough for their small family to live a leisurely life without worrying about food and clothing.

However, as the only hunter in the village, he also had to fight when the monster came to his doorstep.

It was a very large poisonous monster bird, and not long after migrating to the vicinity, it destroyed the ecology of the surrounding area.

There were more than one or two villagers killed, and now they don't even dare to go out.

Eli had never hunted such a poisonous bird-dragon monster, but he had experience in hunting monster birds, and the two had similar patterns of action, and he was confident that he could fight.

After a hard battle, after exhausting all the supplies such as recovery pills and antidotes, he finally cornered the poisonous monster bird.

As he watched the huge poisonous monster bird fall in front of him with a wail, Eli was honestly proud.

He had already figured out how he would brag to his daughter about his heroic hunting experience when he returned.

However, who would have thought that when he came to the corpse of the poison bird and crouched down to peel it off, this cunning fellow suddenly jumped up and knocked him out in one fell swoop.

This bastard monster would actually play dead and sneak attack?!

Unsuspecting, Eli was badly wounded, with more than one broken rib and a broken leg bone in his left leg, unable to lift his sword, let alone continue hunting.

Fortunately, the Poison Bird's injuries were also not light, and after pretending to be dead and flying the hunter, it had no strength left to continue the pursuit, which gave Eli a chance to escape.

During the evacuation, Eli, whose injuries worsened, was no longer able to make it through the monster-roaming and treacherous wetlands to return to the camp.

In desperation, he had to find a place to shelter temporarily, and at the same time sent a distress signal.

The rest is left to luck.

(End of chapter)