This head rushed out of Winder's back coldly, and it was a monster with a slap in the face.

On all fours, his body is similar to that of an iguana, but his body size is more than ten times larger.

It is about ten meters long and about two and a half meters tall at the shoulder.

It is covered with yellow scales with green patterns.

And the most recognizable feature is the mane on its head. Like yellow dreadlocks, the strips fall apart to form a shape that resembles a parted head.

The Great Jackal Dragon.

That is, the species they are targeting for this hunt.

Although in the mission level set by the investigation team, this is only a two-star monster.

But although this size is not as heavy as the dozens of tons of the brute-jawed dragon, it must be more than a dozen tons.

And when this fierce jackal dragon raided Wende, it slapped down on the head, and almost lifted its front half of its body off the ground in the charging stage, and then smashed it down with half of its body weight with its arm strength!

Judging from the output power alone, this slap is also a pressure of several tons!

If it were Lann, he would have instinctively adopted some more 'flexible' tactics to deal with such a surprise attack.

But Wende was different.

This guy said to Lan En in the forging area inside the Star Stronghold, 'I know a little bit about everything.'

But based on his performance just now, Lan En didn't think that this was a 'little bit' level!

Although Len is unaware of the inner structure and use mechanism of the weapon that Winder chose called the Shield Axe.

But in the confrontation just now, he also roughly understood the way with his own vision and experience.

The Shield Axe is a weapon with a mechanical structure inside, and when used, it should be accompanied by a mechanism that transforms and activates mechanisms to increase its lethality.

At the moment when these internal mechanical structures start or contract, the mechanical stress of the internal occlusion will be released for a very short time.

And Winder's hand just reacted.

By twisting the waist, the shield axe hanging on the back has the initial inertia, and the hilt of the sword is used to control the direction of inertia.

Immediately afterward, his own strength, the inertia of the shield axe, the mechanical stress released by the moment the shield axe deformed, these forces were combined by his keen experience and superb technology.

Everything happens in an instant!

Under these gathered forces, even if the fierce jackal dragon pressed half of its body and smashed to the ground, it was forcibly blocked back by Wende!

The recognizable sound of 'scandium' is the sound of the mechanical stress inside the shield axe and the external force confronting each other after the monster hits the shield, and then returns to calm.

It sounds like a sound, but it's actually a mixture of many internal mechanisms at the same time, which is why it seems strange.

Wende's body took a small step back in this sudden confrontation.

But the center of gravity of his body showed no signs of instability, and his posture was the same.

It is not so much that he was repelled in the confrontation, but that he was attacked and tensed, and he was beaten backwards by the attack in the defense.

The stance has not collapsed, and the center of gravity is still stable, which means that the hunter can still make a counterattack in the second moment after being attacked!

"Click".

The shield axe finally showed another gesture of its own in Winder's hands.

The structure of the shield began to change, and the machete, which had been used as a one-handed sword, was inserted into the shield and snapped into the mechanical structure inside.

Suddenly, the original sword and shield turned into a big axe with a machete as the handle and a shield as the blade!

Due to the unfolding of the mechanical structure, the shield axe, which was originally not small, is now close to three meters in length!

Due to the increase in length, the arm during use was also lengthened, and Winder had to increase the range of movement of his body to gain the power to swing the weapon by twisting it sufficiently.

The unfolded shield axe was right in front of Winder, and he lifted up with amazing arm strength to slash up!

The Great Fierce Jackal Dragon was already shocked because of the unsuccessful raid just now, and his entire body was staggered because of Wende's defense.

Its chest is completely exposed by the uncontrolled leaning back.

The blade of the shield axe slammed into the chest of the great jackal dragon from the bottom up.

The sound of scales clashing with steel was followed by a series of scales shattering and flesh being spoken.

"Whew!"

Instead, the raiders let out a scream after a split second of confrontation.

The hunter who pulled out an axe after being raided seemed to have just reacted.

His eyes widened, his mouth wide open, and he shouted in his newly restored voice, "I'll go!! ”

It was as if he had been beaten.

A swift gust of wind blew past Winder.

It was Lan En who had turned on the [Acceleration Technique].

The dark and heavy [Turbidity Current] greatsword was pulled out of his alchemy leather bag during the charge.

"Boom!"

The sound of a church bell ringing through the woods.

The increase in the base speed of the [Acceleration Technique], coupled with Lan En's precise control of the center of gravity, made this impulsive slash become rapid and explosive.

[Heartless Flow: Shrinking the Earth]!

The blade of the sword, which was not too sharp, slashed just right at the crook of the left forelimb of the great jackal dragon that had just landed.

After the monster was almost cut open with a shield axe, the monster immediately instinctively regained its limb landing state, reducing the exposed area of its chest.

But Lane's sword jammed just in the moment when its forelimbs landed again.

The balance of force on the ground was disrupted, and although the forelimbs were not directly cut off due to the generally tough flesh of the monsters in this world, they were also tilted to the side.

I struggled on the ground, but I couldn't get up for a while.

Wende's great axe retracted in a burst of mechanical movement, turning into a sword-shield combination in his hand.

Taking advantage of the short time that the fierce jackal dragon couldn't get up, Lan En and Winder had a quick exchange.

"Is this our goal?"

Lan En asked as he held the [Turbidity Current] and prepared to slash it at any time.

The mission of the investigation team is to hunt a specific fierce jackal, and if the target is not this one, it is better to take advantage of this moment to quickly leave the battlefield.

Although Lan En didn't think that killing one more fierce jackal dragon would have any ecological impact on such a huge and prosperous ancient tree forest.

But out of respect for the people in the team, Lane didn't want to go against their philosophy of protecting nature.

But turning his head towards Vinde, the seasoned hunter frowned slightly, looking very difficult.

"I don't know, the guide worm will be so frightened that it will shrink into the cage after the large monster in the vicinity enters combat mode, and I don't know if this is the target."

Under normal circumstances, it should be that when the monster does not find the hunter, the guide worm guides the hunter to the target, and then the battle begins, and the guide worm shrinks back into the cage.

But this time the process is obviously abnormal, and the hunter is the one who is being raided.

Lan didn't speak, just tilted his head and waited for Winder's decision.

Before coming, several people set the tone for this hunt: use Wende, a veteran hunter, to bring Lane, a stranger who is unfamiliar with his life.

After a second of thinking, Winder tugged at Lan's arm, and the group immediately evacuated the scene.

Because Lan En did not resist and was very cooperative. Therefore, the movements of the three people and the cat were very fast, and when the fierce jackal staggered to its feet, they disappeared in the lush jungle.

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