"Whew, after a whole day's walk, it's finally here."

Gordon dropped the heavy package on his shoulders and gasped.

This is a closed cave camp, not big, but very safe, as long as the entrance and exit are blocked with snowdrifts, even in the event of a snowstorm.

The only drawback is that the lighting is relatively poor, and if you don't light a campfire at night, you probably can't see anything, but Gordon is already very satisfied.

In the dozens of kilograms, there were only two things - a large amount of food to carry, and a large amount of hot drinks.

These two things seem to have nothing to do with hunting, but in the snow-capped mountains with poor resources and extremely cold climate, the only fate of food and hot drinks is to freeze to death in a short time.

Gordon didn't want to be halfway through the hunt and have to think about replenishment.

"A week's worth of food and hot drinks should be enough, but why do you always feel a little unsafe?" After storing most of the supplies in the storage boxes in the camp, Gordon muttered.

"Probably infected by Anhill."

"Makes sense."

"But I do need to make some preparations, I just checked the firewood in the camp, and it's barely enough for two or three days."

"That's something to add."

Gordon glanced at the sky outside the cave camp, "Didn't we pass through a valley on our way here?" It's not completely covered by snow, so it should be enough to cut down a small tree and drag it back. ”

"Over there, I saw the footprints of a snow deer down there!" The eyes of the pork chop are shining.

"Snow Deer's Footprints ......"

"Very fresh footprints!"

"Then let's go!"

After two or three hours, it was dark.

A man and a cat dragged a small tree blown down by a blizzard and a large pile of snow venison back to camp.

After much effort, crackling the little trees into firewood, and roasting all the snow venison, they ate nonsense.

The rest of the roast is allowed to cool and then stored in the storage bin.

Looking at the full cabinets, Gordon sighed with satisfaction, "Now that I'm comfortable, I can start hunting with peace of mind tomorrow." ”

"Hiccup~, you were really infected by Anhill."

......

The first day of the hunt did not go well.

The blizzard of the previous two days had obscured all traces of life, and among the few fresh footprints encountered, there were no giant beasts.

The huge footprint, which was said to be more than two meters in diameter, Gordon felt that he should not miss it or admit it wrong.

The next day, the same.

On the third day, Gordon set off early in the morning with the pork chops, and wasted most of the day, still finding nothing.

So far, it's not much, Gordon is optimistic, for various reasons, it's not uncommon to find prey for a while in hunting, right?

Then the uncommon came to pass.

The sharp-eyed pork chops noticed that there was a hot air balloon hovering back in the clouds, so they immediately used the reflective part of the armor metal to send a signal and ask the hot air balloon to help find the location of the target.

Scholars who observed hot air balloons responded to their request.

"Snow Lion... King... Northwest... Five kilometers ...... Strange Dragon... Due North... Ten kilometers ...... Yes? Gordon, who was carefully reading the light signals, was full of question marks.

As is customary, the light signal was repeated three times, and Gordon confirmed it three times.

That's right.

Gordon doesn't believe in evil and sends a light signal at the hot air balloon again.

"Plus... Governess... Torr? (Behemoth)"

After a few moments, observe the hot air balloon response.

"None... Discover ......"

Gordon and the pork chop noodles look at each other.

Judging from the style, the observation hot air balloon should belong to the Gulong Observatory, and the observer on it will never be a novice with bad eyes, even if he is not a good scholar.

Besides, something as big as a giant beast should be very conspicuous in the sky, and it can still be seen?

If it weren't for the leakage, there wouldn't have been a giant beast in the nearby mountains at all? To make a fruitless trip?

Kidding us?!

At this time, the observation hot air balloon had slowly drifted into the clouds and disappeared, and Gordon and the others had no way to find each other to confirm again.

"Unbelievable meow."

Pork Chop looked in the direction where the hot air balloon disappeared and muttered to himself, "I lost the transfer gold coin, and Hayatta is not around, Gordon can actually have a black face to this extent?" ”

The corners of Gordon's mouth twitched fiercely.

His face was indeed dark at this point, but he didn't blame all the problems on luck.

Whether it is an ordinary illustrated book or the research data within the Dragon Academy, it is shown that the giant beast has a strong sense of territory, and the territory is very fixed.

With no predators, it is almost impossible for them to leave their territory unless food is too expensive to survive.

This possibility cannot be said to be completely impossible, after all, the reason for this mission was that the giant beast trampled on the village and ate up the wood for the construction of the house.

But he and Pork Chop had cut down a tree in a valley two days ago? Although it is not a large snow forest, the basic food should still be guaranteed.

Wait, the valley?

Pork Chop looked left and right at the silent Gordon and shook his little paws, "Meow? This is hit to meow? In the next just joking meow. ”

Gordon found a rock exposed in the snow, sat down, and pulled out the map.

After looking left and right, he quickly combined the surrounding mountains with the map and confirmed his location.

The pork chop also came over curiously.

"We're here now." Gordon raised his eyes and looked at the sky, "The hot air balloon just now was probably at this position and altitude. ”

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Gordon asked Pork Chop to hold the map, stood up on his own, and looked down.

The flat map turned into rolling mountains and deep valleys in his mind, and he soon had some guesses.

"From where the hot air balloon was observed, this valley, and the back slope of this mountain ridge to the bottom of the mountain, it should not be visible."

Gordon demarcated two areas on the map with his finger, "We focus on scouting these two places, and if there are giant beasts in the nearby mountains, only these two places can avoid the sight of the hot air balloon." ”

"Makes sense."

Pork Chop thought back, "Isn't this the valley we went to two days ago?" ”

"Hmm."

Gordon nodded, "The valley isn't that big, and if we weren't blind at the time, we should have noticed it somewhat, so... Or the probability of the back slope of this mountain is greater, so give priority to scouting here.

If you don't have it here, go to the previous valley again, and if you don't have it in the valley, you can only choose to retreat. ”

"Good meow."

The hunter and Eru cheered themselves up, and instead of wandering aimlessly in search, there were at least two targets to focus on.

Over the mountains, it took Gordon and the pork chop more than two hours to finally reach the back of the towering mountain.

The steep ridge acts as a barrier to block most of the wind and snow, and at the foot of the mountain stretches out into the distance, a small basin stretches.

"Oh."

On the ridge, looking down at the basin's dense cedars and spruces, Gordon raised his eyebrows.

The giant beast eats wood as its staple food, and this is a cafeteria.

Looking up at the orange-red sky full of sunset, the pig scratched his ears, "Meow... If the giant beast is really in this basin, it should be seen clearly on the hot air balloon? ”

"That's right, maybe it's because the mountain is obscuring, and there are some visual blind spots." Gordon held a portable telescope and patrolled the foothills.

At this time, a large group of Mengqiu, in groups, stepped into his field of vision.

"Huh? Is there a head that is white? ”