Early in the morning, the sky is clear.

The team had breakfast and prepared for the hunt.

Since Lindsey was wearing a heavy cast iron suit and the strap buckle was the largest model that could carry an iron spear, she needed the assistance of the hunting cat Sanye by her side.

In contrast, Waxiu, who is dressed in a black leather suit, is much more relaxed.

With the hunting cat obsidian, each person has an ore short sword, and sits by the campfire to polish the stone.

"Meow is done, let's try it!"

Mi Duoduo's cat's claws were removed from Li Ming's back.

Li Ming, who was sitting on the rock, got up, turned sideways from side to side, stretched his arms and felt it.

"The tightness is just right, not bad, Mi Duoduo... The shoulders are soft, is it a cushion? ”

Li Ming tilted his head and noticed that the two buckle straps on his shoulders had risen in height, not clinging to his pajamas as tightly as before.

"I cut a scarf and sewed it on, so it shouldn't be too tight and cause bleeding."

Midodo informed.

"Thank you, when I make money as a hunter in the future, I will definitely buy you the best scarf."

Li Ming promised.

"Don't need meow, as long as we can create our own story."

"Definitely, let's go!"

After Li Ming finished speaking, he embedded the energy storage sword into the vertical slide rail on the inside of the shield, picked up the handle of the axe with both hands and crossed it over his shoulder, and loaded it towards his back.

While~

A thud was heard.

The Bone Shield Axe deviated slightly from its side and failed to fit properly on its back.

"Uh... It's crooked a little bit, and the buckle position is a little higher. ”

Midodo guided.

"Huh!"

Li Ming exerted his strength again and raised his arms up.

When~when~click~

A crisp metal bite sounded.

"I still have to practice..."

Li Ming let go of his hands and let out a long breath.

"Equipped with a shield axe and accompanied by a hunting cat, I already have the appearance of a hunter."

Wood, who walked out from behind the rocks, said with a smile.

"I went to observe and learn, and by the way, I got used to the feeling of traveling far away with a shield axe."

Just because you can carry a weapon doesn't mean you can take part in hunting.

Li Ming still has a clear understanding of this.

"Remember not to leave the team too far today."

Wood said solemnly.

"Okay... Senior Wood, are you carrying a shield axe? ”

Li Ming found the weapon on Wood's back, wrapped in a thick tarpaulin.

But from the rough outline, it can still be seen that it is a shield axe.

"That's right, the material for creating it is the same species as a nearby monster, so in order not to cause trouble, so it was covered up."

Wood explained.

Li Ming didn't expect this kind of thing.

However, if you think about it, you can understand that carrying a weapon made of the same material as the monster will indeed make it easier to attract the attention of the other party.

"Is it a shield axe made of Huang Sulong's materials?"

Li Ming speculated.

"Almost, it's time to go."

Do a good job of hiding the camp, and the four people and four cats use ropes to rappel down the surface from the mountainside.

The residual smell of the dye balls can accurately guide the hunter to the target.

But there is a gap between people's sense of smell by nature.

In order to detect monsters more quickly and accurately, sniffing work is usually carried out by the person with the best sense of smell in the team.

Washo tilted his head to the sky, closed his eyes and sniffed.

"This way."

After a moment, he pointed in a direction with his hand.

Li Ming, who was carrying the bone shield axe on his back, gradually found the feeling of walking through the sand dunes with his back armor on his back a while ago.

The difference is that with the blessing of a completely full stomach and the coolness of cold drinks, one's physical strength and endurance have been greatly improved.

Although the shield axe still produces a strong sense of pressure in this state, it is not too much of a problem to carry it for long distances.

"It's time, meow."

An hour later, Sanye shouted, took out a dark red fruit from his satchel, and handed it to Lindsay.

Crunch ~ Crunch ~ ...

Like nibbling on an apple, Lindsay stuttered.

"Wood-sensala, what's that?"

Li Ming, who was at the end of the team, asked curiously.

Wood rolled up the map in his hand and said, "That's the Seed of Strange Power." ”

"Eat now, it's early, right?"

Li Ming asked puzzled.

"It's not for hunting, it's part of Lindsay's strength training program, and even if you're not hunting, you have to eat a few pills on time every day."

"I see."

In the game, the Seed of Strange Power is a buff item that increases attack power.

Reality, as a tonic for strength training, also seems normal.

"It's not cheap, is it?"

"Yes, the main reason is that it is difficult to gather, and with the salary of a two-star hunter, it may be necessary to reveal the hunting contract more frequently to maintain."

Wood informed.

"Can't you build a farm and plant it on a large scale?"

Li Ming asked.

"The farm... It's been a long time since anyone mentioned this word.,In fact, someone has tried it for a long time.,But the artificially cultivated seeds of strange power,At most, it can only bear fruit one or three times.,Botanists speculated,This may be related to the lack of monster activity in the planting environment.,In addition, for the seeds of strange power.,Monsters are also in demand.,So planting has to take a lot of risk.。 ”

"So the impact of the frequent activities of monsters in the wild is also one of the conditions that contribute to the growth of the seed of strange power?"

Li Ming speculated.

"There are similar views, but they haven't been verified."

After about an hour, the team was led by Washer to the top of a sand dune not far from the bog.

In the downward depression of the sand pit, the earth sand dragon with hardened silt on the surface of the body is attacking a rock pillar ant nest.

Ah Tang bent down, picked up a ball of fine gravel with his cat's paws, and said disappointedly: "The terrain here is completely impossible to dig traps and meows." ”

"It's good to attack directly, even if the body surface silt is hydrolyzed and softened last time, it didn't bring much advantage."

Lindsay, crouching, spoke out.

"It's hurt, it's bad."

Hei Yao put down his binoculars and gave a piece of information that surprised everyone.

The team immediately began to take a serious look, and soon saw a huge hollow in the side of the earth sand dragon's body.

Judging from the degree to which the surrounding carapace was bent and inverted, if the cavity had not been filled with silt, the squeezed flesh and collapsed bones would have been directly exposed.

"Haha, this luck is too good, as long as you attack that wound, you can ignore the hardened sludge."

Lindsay's eyes were excited.

"Idiot, use your brain."

Waxiu sighed helplessly.

"The last time we met, there was no such wound on the earth sand dragon's body, which means that it was attacked recently, and the monster that can cause this kind of penetrating wound is definitely not something we can deal with."

Wood informs of the danger.

"Monsters are messing around... When the guild was trained, I remember saying that if you encounter an invincible monster while hunting, you should evacuate first, and if the safety is sufficient, you can collect the ecological information of the other party as much as possible and report it to the guild to help prevent and respond. ”

Lindsey recalled.

"That's right, but the evacuation continues, and I don't have the decision-making power."

Wood spread his hands and crossed his legs on the sand.

"I'm not going to evacuate, but I'm not going to stop you from leaving."

Washo made a statement.

"Haha, after going around for a long time, didn't you still decide to continue hunting, this is obviously the same as my decision, little spinning top."

Lindsay laughed and patted Washo on the back.

Waxiu stumbled and almost didn't get knocked down.

"Who do you say is the little spinning top?"

Seeing the other party's gloomy gaze, Lindsay immediately waved his hand and solemnly apologized: "I'm sorry! It's me who is too presumptuous! ”

Seeing this, Waxiu, who was about to go crazy, could only sigh helplessly and said: "Find a way to end the hunt as soon as possible, there is really an unfavorable situation, remember that you don't need to help me, the first thing to do is to evacuate safely." ”

"That's not going to work, I use spears all the time, just to protect people."

Lindsay was resolute.

"Whatever you want, obsidian, ghost medicine."

Waxiu, who was crouching and watching, reluctantly finished speaking, and stretched out his hand to the side.

Obsidian hands the bottle containing the red liquid to the other party.

"If that monster does appear, I'll do an ecological observation, and you can just evacuate."

Wood informed.

"Thank you, old man, but pay attention to the observation distance."

After Lindsay finished speaking, he jumped straight from the top of the hill and slid down the ramp.

"If I have an accident, the contents of the camp storage box will be left to you and Lindsay."

Without waiting for Wood to respond, Waxiu jumped up and onto the ramp.

Two people and two cats, quickly disappeared in the slide.

"They used to have a good relationship."

Li Ming was a little surprised.

"If you can trust each other and become teammates, you will inevitably recognize each other, but what about you? Do you want to evacuate first? ”

"Hmm... Midodo, you go and tell the ambulance team that there are high-risk monsters moving nearby, and the most likely type of monster is the Ceratosaurus. ”

Li Ming informed.

"Okay meow! Ceratosaurus, right? ”

After climbing a few steps, Midodo suddenly froze in place.

After a moment, the cat's head turned around a little stiffly, and in a tone of uncertainty he asked again: "It's a ceratosaurus... Meow? ”

"That's right, if it's a dragon slay, there should be a transverse cut wound, and an extremely deep puncture wound like this should only be done by the sharp horns of a horned dragon... Midodo, what are you shaking? ”

Seeing Mi Duoduo's legs trembling, Li Ming asked curiously.

"No, meow... Ceratosaurus, I have to hurry up and let me know. ”

After Midodo, who was a little distracted, finished speaking, he staggered and began to march.

"If you tell me now, the ambulance team will be in a mess."

Wood said a little helplessly.

"I'm sure the Melu Cat Tribe can handle it."

"To be honest, I admire your courage more than your ecological knowledge."

Wood uttered, a slightly odd compliment.

"Courage?"

"Yes, Meow, you're familiar with the Ceratosaurus, and you know that the other party is nearby, and it's really rare to be so calm."

Ah Tang told the reason.

Li Ming suddenly realized the problem.

According to the hierarchy of contracts he had learned.

The group of Yellow Speed Dragons is almost a one-star monster, the Yellow Speed Dragon King is almost a two-star monster, and the Earth Sand Dragon is a three-star monster.

And the ceratosaurus, it's a five-star!

And there is no difficulty gradient in reality, and the game experience is optimized.

The pair of curved horns on the top of the horn dragon can't even carry the earth sand dragon with a heavy carapace, let alone a human.

Is it too late to be scared now...

"If you want to become a top hunter, courage is indispensable."

Gazing at Wood in the distance, he sighed.

"Actually... I'm not as calm as I seem. ”

"Don't be modest."

"It's meow."

Don't be foolish!

Li Ming, who was helpless, clenched his fists tightly.

But after thinking about it, Lindsay and Wasei, who were really involved in the hunt, were not afraid of what they were so nervous about.

And the reality is not a game scene, walking back and forth casually is a day.

With such a wide area of sand, there is no reason to encounter it.

Besides, the earth sand dragon that has suffered heavy damage has a high chance of being hunted today, and if you evacuate and escape now, you won't be able to rub the skill ball.

The most critical point is that I can't grasp the movement of the ceratosaurus at all, and when I bump into it on the way out, I will directly collapse in blood.

Li Ming analyzed it for a while, and felt that walking with the team was the safest.

"Senior Wood, you and Ah Tang seem to be very calm, huh?"

After calming down, Li Ming noticed something unusual.

"It's... I am also a senior no matter what I say to Ah Tang, and in front of the young hunters, I must play an exemplary role, right, Ah Tang. ”

"That's right."

Seeing that one person and one cat were constantly looking around even talking, Li Ming could clearly feel that he was hiding something.

However, the monster hunting world does not have all kinds of conspiracies and tricks to kill people and seize treasures, so this kind of concealment is very likely to be biased towards good intentions.

While! While! ...

A dense chopping sound erupted.

Large swaths of hardened mud debris sputtered and flew out.

After the ghost dance, Waxiu, who landed in front of the head of the earth sand dragon, attracted the attention of the other party, and at the same time, he stepped on the sand with both feet and flew to open the distance.

"Huh! Scold! ”

In the direction of the side of the earth sand dragon, Lindsay shouted twice, and the tip of the iron spear stabbed diagonally upward, hitting the hollow wound twice in a row.

Poof! Poof!

Blood splattered, and crisp flesh cracks rang out.

Oh~

The earth sand dragon let out a deep cry of pain, staggered and fell to the sand.

Seeing that the perfect time to attack had arrived, Lindsay raised the iron spear in his hand horizontally, and his legs burst with all his strength, and he rushed forward in the pedal.

Stand on the ground and swing your arms sideways to remove the heavy shield.

The spear that was gaining momentum in the rush stabbed straight out.

Puff ~ Puff!

With the blessing of a powerful dash, the spear pierced into as much as half a root before it stopped going deeper.

Wow~Wow!

The sand dragon swayed violently and resisted.

Under the powerful force, Lindsay pulled out the spear several times to no avail, and the grip was detached from his hand.

At this time, the earth sand dragon who stood up on the ground on the outside of his hind legs had completely lost the will to fight.

The fluffy soles of his feet moved, dragging his body and began to flee.

Victory is imminent, and the two cats are in hot pursuit.

Wood and Li Ming's side also immediately followed.

"It's running away from the swamp."

Wood quickly determined where the sand dragon was fleeing.

"It's not good, meow, the ambulance team hasn't followed up yet."

Ah Tang reminded.

"In the face of the horned dragon, a temporary rout is understandable."

Wood behaved rather nonchalantically.

Under the harsh ecology of the sand plain, the Meilu cat is a species that survives in the cracks.

If the sighting report of the ceratosaurus had been submitted sooner and had been issued a warning by the local guild branch, the Melucat tribe would never have taken this first aid mission.

Sou~

At the top of the sand dunes in the distance, a four-wheeled flatbed truck leaped out, and a puff of sand and dust flew up.

"Ugh! Keep up with meow! ”

Ah Tang said excitedly.

"This tribe is so brave?"

Wood looked rather surprised.

"As I said... Wait, the car is being pushed too fast, right? ”

Li Ming was halfway through his speech when he suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

Call~

At the top of the sand dune, over which the flatbed truck had just jumped, a large cloud of dusky sand dust flew up.

A huge figure of earthy yellow suddenly appeared.

Sand Plains area, ceratosaurus, sightings confirmed.