Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 532 The hymn of mankind is the hymn of courage

Because of a moment of anger, the King of the Faerie missed his last chance to escape and decided to kill Zach.

This hammer wielder was incredibly fierce, smashing down one heavy hammer after another, even surpassing the beast in strength. The Strange-Faced King was already struggling to cope with her attacks, not to mention that more and more people had arrived and surrounded it.

“○○XX!”

The King of the Strange Faces used very foul language.

Unfortunately, most hunters couldn't understand the Gigantic language and didn't know what it was babbling about. With the hammer-wielder holding it off, melee hunters couldn't easily intervene, so they pulled out poison throwing knives and used them to paralyze it. Ranged hunters, on the other hand, could easily deploy their crossbows and start firing at the Gigantic King.

Even though most of the attacks were not aimed directly at the Giant King in order to avoid accidentally injuring the Hammer Master, but instead were launched in all directions to block the Giant King's evasive space, the increased density of the attacks still resulted in several attacks landing on the Giant King.

The King of the Grimals—An extremely rare individual among the Grimals who can grow into a king, possessing a minimum danger level of five stars.

As a beastman race, the Fatalis are very similar to the hunters. The more battles they experience, the more experience they gain, and the stronger they become. Naturally, the corresponding danger level is also higher. There have been individuals who have been able to fight against high-ranking hunters of seven or eight stars.

However, their strength comes more from combat experience and cunning schemes. While their physical strength may vary, it is not too exaggerated. Naturally, they do not have the same resistance as large monsters. Poisoned daggers will only be more effective against them.

The strange-faced king that attempted to steal weapons was like this. After being hit several times by poison and paralyzing throwing knives, its body was corroded by the toxins, and it immediately lost control of its body, standing there stiffly and unable to move. A purple tinge appeared on its bluish-gray skin.

"Great Collision of Heaven and Earth! Drink!"

Seizing the opportunity, the Hammer Master suddenly flung out the Flying Insect, leaped into the air, spun several times, and then slammed the giant hammer down hard.

"Pfft-"

Blood splattered everywhere, and a barbecue grill fell to the ground, rolling several times before the roaring flames went out.

"call--"

Everyone who arrived at the scene breathed a sigh of relief.

That was close! The armory almost exploded, but thankfully we stopped him in time.

However, now is not the time to celebrate. The Old Mountain Dragon is still approaching step by step. They need to hurry up and do what they should do. The aftermath can be considered after the war.

The hammer wielder, not even bothering to wipe the bloodstains from his weapon, slung it back over his shoulder, then looked around before finally fixing his gaze on Zack. He strode over and patted him on the shoulder.

"You were the one who held that guy back just now, right? Well done! What's your name?"

Looking at the sassy, ​​dark-skinned older sister praising him, Zack should have been happy, but when his gaze swept over the two pools of blood at the entrance of the armory, his smile involuntarily dimmed.

"I just did what I could... My name is Zack, and what's yours, senior?"

senior?

Upon hearing this title, the Hammer Master was taken aback for a moment, and then carefully examined the excessively young man in front of him.

This kid looks to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, right? His weapon is a training one-handed sword, so he must be an apprentice who hasn't passed the assessment yet. It's normal for him to call me senior. In fact, Zack is younger than she guessed. He just seems more mature because he has been out on his own for the past year and has experienced many trials.

I don't know why... but this kid looks kind of familiar? I just came to Minagard after being recruited by the guild, so there's no way I've seen him before.
"Zack, is that right? I'll remember that. Being able to delay a King of the Faerie and protect the armory is a great achievement! After this battle, I will report your contribution truthfully."

After all, it was wartime, and there was no time to lose. Manjushri quickly put aside his small doubts and turned to run towards the armory.

After running a couple of steps, she suddenly remembered that this junior had asked her name, so she stopped, turned around, and added:
"Oh, by the way, my name is Manjushri, a six-star hammer wielder, from Flamefire Village."

Seeing that Manjushri was about to leave, Zack subconsciously took a step to follow. Manjushri noticed him following and couldn't help but feel a little strange.
What are you doing following me here?

Zack froze for a moment, thinking that it would be too embarrassing to say that he was lost in the fortress and didn't know which way to go.

So he replied:

"I want to see if there's anything else I can do to help..."

Manjushri didn't suspect him, simply nodded, and led him into the wide-open armory, pointing to several enormous, over two-meter-tall super-explosive barrels inside:

"Perfect timing, you can help me transport the anti-dragon bombs! Be careful when carrying them, even with safety features, they can still explode if subjected to an excessively strong impact."

Considering that this was still a novice hunter, Manjushri lowered his voice and made a threatening gesture:
"This is a special anti-dragon bomb developed specifically to combat colossal Elder Dragons, containing high-density dragon-slaying carbon. If you accidentally get hit by it, you won't even be left with ashes..."

This is why Manjushri, a high-ranking hunter, is not on the front lines of the battle against Lao-Shan Lung, but instead has appeared inside the fortress.

This item is far too important. If a lower-ranking hunter were to transport it, the guild would be worried about whether they could handle the massive swarm of winged serpent dragons. They fear that the item might be detonated en route before it even arrives. To be on the safe side, they entrusted this important task to Manjushri, who had just returned from the front lines to rest.

Zack was clearly not intimidated by Manjushri's threatening tone. Instead, he looked at the huge bomb in front of him with longing, imagining how it would blast the monster to pieces when it exploded, making it scream miserably as it died.

"Alright, stop standing there, come and help!"

Manjushri pushed over a cart, lifted a dragon-exploding bomb, and placed it on the cart. Seeing that Zack was still standing there in a daze, he urged him repeatedly.

More than an hour has passed since Lao-Shan Lung officially entered the Battle Street area. Without any obstruction, at Lao-Shan Lung's speed, it would take about ten hours to cross the Battle Street and reach the fort. If we also consider the armed forces blocking Lao-Shan Lung from both sides and the attacks and obstructions launched by the high-ranking hunters, which make it stop and counterattack from time to time, this time could be extended by several more hours.

According to the battle plan devised by the group of high-ranking hunters, these anti-dragon bombs were to be placed on the back of Lao-Shan Lung when it crossed the land bridges set up in the battle area, and then detonated inside its carapace. There were only two land bridges in total, basically dividing the entire battle area into three equal sections. They had to deliver the anti-dragon bombs to the first land bridge before Lao-Shan Lung crossed it.

Zack snapped out of his daze, nodded quickly, picked up a dragon-exploding bomb, and stuffed it into the cart.

It must be said that this bomb truly lives up to its name as "the anti-dragon." The amount of explosives inside is so great that it makes it quite difficult for Zack to move. Moreover, the cart that looks quite large has no room to accommodate a third bomb after loading two.

"Two of them..."

Manjushri looked the cart over from left to right and nodded slightly.

"Two is fine! We can save the other two for when we build the next land bridge!"

"Let's go, Zack!"

Manjushri waved his hand forcefully and took the lead.

Zack blinked, his expression strange, but he said nothing, silently pushing the bike and following behind Manjushri.

Senior, although I said I would help you, is it really okay to just wash your hands of the job and dump the cart-pushing work on me?

However, Zach soon realized that he had misunderstood Manjushri.

Because when he followed Manjushri and finally emerged from the complex tunnel to see the light of day again, the first thing he saw was not the vast sky, but the winged serpent dragons flying around, extremely aggressive.

These small, flying monsters are just as aggressive as small predators like Velociraptors and even more so. Often, when hunters are fighting their targets in the wild, these monsters will come close, either spitting venom or diving and ramming, always causing a lot of trouble for the hunters. In some cases, they even expose weaknesses in their battles with their targets, suffering severe injuries or even losing their lives.

When they gather because of the presence of Lao-Shan Lung, their aggression increases dramatically, turning them into bloodthirsty madmen who disregard their own safety and frequently harass any living creature in their sight.

When Zack pushed his cart into the open battle street, he saw a swarm of wolves overhead. Every second, pterosaurs would swoop down, most of them being killed by crossbow bolts fired by hunters wielding ballistae or archers using light or heavy crossbows. But there were just too many pterosaurs, and some would always manage to break through the barrage and attack the hunters on the city walls.

If a hunter standing on the edge of the city wall were unfortunately knocked away by the winged serpent dragon's impact and fell from the height of twenty or thirty meters without any protection, he could only leave behind a scream and a large sum of compensation for his family.

Zack watched helplessly as a hunter, firing a heavy crossbow at the sky, was struck by a winged serpent swooping down from behind and fell headfirst off the city wall, leaving no time for those around him to rescue him.

Another person has died...

For a moment, something seemed to be churning within Zach. He suddenly remembered something an instructor had once told him at the training camp, and turned to look at Manjushri beside him:

"No more than five people are allowed to hunt. Isn't that a tradition left over from when the Kokot heroes defeated Lao-Shan Lung? If they had followed this tradition, wouldn't they have survived?"

Manjushri rolled his eyes at Zack, then swung his sledgehammer at him, startling Zack so much that he almost turned and ran away.

"Guao!"

A winged serpent dragon was slammed to the ground by a heavy hammer, exploding into a pool of blood.

"You focus on pushing the cart, I'll protect the bomb and your safety."

Manjushri gave a word of advice, then paused before explaining his question:

Do you know who those five legendary hunters who defeated Lao-Shan Lung were?

"Huh? I don't know, it's not mentioned in the book..."

"The current leader of the Hunter's Guild, the Grand Elder, gets his name from the Old Man Slayer Sword he wielded—I mean, if we had even one more dragonkin joining the battle, perhaps the four of us could still defeat Old Man Slayer, but now..."

"If we can't completely stop Lao-Shan Lung's advance here, that would be a real misfortune, do you understand? All of us hunters who came here to participate in the battle to stop Lao-Shan Lung are prepared to die in battle!"

Zack stared blankly at Manjushri's serious expression, as if he had returned to the great desert, where his brother had shouldered his katana and said, "Leave it to me," leaving him with only his back to him.

Is this... a hunter?

Zack nodded vigorously:

"I understand! I will be prepared!"

Manjushri smashed another winged serpent dragon away with his hammer, and upon hearing this, he couldn't help but chuckle:
"You're not even a certified hunter, it's not your place to risk your life. What are you being so prepared for? Just hurry up and move on! Don't worry, I'm your senior, I'll protect you!"

……

The Old Mountain Dragon is itself a walking natural disaster, a moving spiritual peak. Every step it takes causes the earth to tremble, and every movement it makes stirs up howling winds. However, the calamities it causes are far more than that.

The winged serpent serpents gathered in droves because of it, lingering nearby and greedily sniffing the thick scent of death in the air. Blue Velocidrome and Red Velocidrome also followed closely behind, chasing after the blood and stench left behind by it. If Lao-Shan Lung were to break through the fortress's defenses, perhaps Lao-Shan Lung itself would only plow a path through Minagard, but these greedy predators would surely turn this city-state into a living hell.

Therefore, after Lao-Shan Lung entered the Battle Street area, the hunters used various fortifications to block the entrance to the Battle Street and gathered a large number of armed men in an effort to keep out the greedy predators following behind. In this way, even if the defense failed, the casualties would not be too heavy.

As for the swarms of winged serpent dragons in the sky, the hunters had no way to deal with them and could only rely on archers and ballistae to kill them as much as possible.

(PS: Regarding whether the Old Man Slayer Blade cuts off the head or the tail, this is information I found, sourced from Bilibili up-loader Nanmen Yu)

(End of this chapter)