Monster Hunter Gathering

"It's too late. We can't just run away from the breath of a monster this big." Iwatani Naofumi's expression turned serious. "It's been aiming at us while it's charging its power. There's no point running now!"

To be honest, it didn't matter to him and Kazuma. After all, even if they were burned to death by the Snake Emperor Dragon's breath, he and Kazuma could be resurrected by cat car.

But there are more than just the two of them here now.

“Mislen! Go help Kazuma! And then…”

Naofumi Iwaya took out his heavy crossbow and slapped it on his shield.

"Everyone get behind me!!!!!!! Silver Ridge Behemoth! Come here!"

Following Iwaya Naofumi's order, the tall Silver Ridge beast also came to Iwaya Naofumi and directly threw Iwaya Naofumi onto its back with its nose.

The Snake Emperor Dragon’s power is almost fully accumulated at this moment.

"Nie Chiwu mentioned the attack method of the Snake King Dragon and Snake Emperor Dragon..."

Naofumi Iwaya pursed his lips and was already riding on the Silver Ridge beast. At the same time, he began to drink various potions to enhance his defense before the breath of the Snake Emperor Dragon fell.

If he couldn't block the next attack, the others would die. Although he didn't really like these elves with their annoying personalities, he would feel unhappy if he left them alone.

At least that Mislen got along pretty well with them.

Under the pressure of Snake Emperor Dragon, Naofumi Iwaya actually laughed.

If you think about it carefully, now that he has become a hunter, he will probably face monsters like this more than once in the future. Just imagine this... the hunter's future is really full of excitement.

"The Japonodra's attacks are mostly physical, but it can also spit out blue flames..." Naofumi Iwatani recalled the information about Japonodra: "Giant fire bombs or flaming tornadoes... and it can also summon meteorites from the sky..."

"Let me see if my shield and heavy crossbow can withstand it!" Naofumi Iwatani was also aroused by the pressure and became competitive: "I am the first batch of the group... the Shield Hero with the highest defense!"

"Are you ok?"

Mislen on the other side didn't hesitate either. He helped the completely incapacitated Kazuma to his feet. Kazuma's lips moved, "Quick, have someone give me your hand..."

"Is there something important?"

Seeing Kazuma like this, Patadulu grabbed Kazuma's hand with some confusion: "Is there something you need us to help you with?"

"Ah, no need, this will do." Kazuma said this, and without hesitation used his signature skill on the young female elf in front of him: "[Stamina Steal]!!!"

"Ah ah!!!"

Patadlu was completely drained by Kazuma in an instant, but the spirit's weak constitution only gave Kazuma a little mobility...

"I finally have enough energy to get the barbecue." Kazuma, with tears in his eyes, took out the barbecue from his backpack and started to chew it fiercely, starting to replenish his strength quickly.

"You... have the ability to absorb other people's energy?" Mislen looked at Kazuma and the remarkably peaceful Patadulu lying on the ground, and suddenly thought: "If everyone here provides you with energy and magic power, can you repeat that attack just now?"

"?!"

The elves around widened their eyes after hearing what Mislen said.

They hadn't expected that Mislen, the captain of the Canary Squad, would sell them out so easily...

"I can recover my stamina by eating some barbecue, but my magicka needs time to recover," Kazuma said, rarely without a sly smile. "I think I can probably get one more shot before I have to wash off the spores from the transformation mushroom!"

As Kazuma said this, he let go of Mislen and mercilessly threw a piece of barbecue at Patardlu on the ground. Then he hurriedly hid behind Iwatani Naofumi: "Protect me quickly! Big brother with the shield!!!"

Chapter 139: Nergigante Shield

"Leave it to me!" Naofumi Iwatani shouted.

The elves also hid behind Naofumi Iwaya with a nervous mood.

"Four...shield plug-ins." Naofumi Iwatani looked at the heavy crossbow in his hand.

Then he looked at the equipment on him to see what skills it had.

[Defense Enhancement] allows hunters to resist difficult attacks. Defense performance 5 can greatly enhance the effectiveness of defense...

Plus various equipment that provides defense.

At last……

Naofumi Iwatani looked at the Four Sacred Shields on his arms.

Although, for a long time, Naofumi Iwaya hated the shield on his arm.

It is precisely because of the existence of this shield that Naofumi Iwatani was brought to another world, unable to use weapons and was framed, ridiculed and mocked by that group of guys.

But now he has learned to use it.

When setting up the plan and discussing the strengths of each hunter, Nie Chiwu actually talked to those who had their own fighting methods.

Iwaya Naofumi grinned and repeated Nie Chiwu's words, "A hunter's fighting style is only one part of the story. As a hunter... you must, of course, use all your abilities to hunt. It's most appropriate to integrate your abilities into the hunt."

"Then let's try it!"

Iwatani Naofumi looked at the Snake Emperor Dragon, which had almost fully charged its power, and stretched out his shielded arm towards the Snake King Dragon: "Spirit Shield!!!"

At this moment, Naofumi Iwatani was not stingy with his physical strength at all. While using his skills and consuming a lot of his physical strength, Naofumi Iwatani had already stuffed barbecued meat and food into his mouth to replenish his physical strength.

"Spirit Shield, Spirit Shield..."

Without caring about the physical exertion at all, the translucent spiritual shields were stacked up in layers in the direction in front of Naofumi Iwaya.

"Is there any shield I can use right now..."

While Iwaya Naofumi was thinking this, the Snake Emperor Dragon had already completed his energy accumulation. A solid fireball that was almost like a small sun was suddenly ejected by the Snake Emperor Dragon towards Iwaya Naofumi.

The fireball shot out at high speed, cutting through the sky in almost the blink of an eye, and hit the spiritual shield released by Naofumi Iwaya.

The first layer of spiritual energy shield was directly shattered. The scorching air waves passed through the spiritual energy shield, making everyone here feel the high temperature of the breath, and the second layer of spiritual energy shield was also shattered at a very fast speed under the high temperature.

The Silver Ridge beast under Naofumi Iwaya's seat also showed fear at this moment.

If it weren't for Naofumi Iwaya, the Silver Ridge Beast would have turned around and fled out of its life instinct.

"Hold on... for me!"

Naofumi Iwaya held an ancient secret medicine in his mouth as a backup, ready to replenish his strength at any time. At the same time, he was also accelerating the control of the Four Sacred Shields to resist the attack of the breath.

But the breath of the Snake Emperor Dragon was still approaching Naofumi Iwaya and his group little by little.

Think of a way, what kind of shield should be used at this time.

Naofumi Iwatani's brain began to work frantically under the pressure.

The shields he had unlocked now were all unlocked in his own world using materials that were not very strong. Although they were practical for the early adventures, they were completely inadequate to defend against attacks like the current one.

Although some functional shields have been put to use, the power of the Snake Emperor Dragon's breath is even greater than Naofumi Iwaya had imagined, and now he is on the verge of collapse.

"What else, what else..."

Naofumi Iwatani's brain was searching frantically, and suddenly he thought of something.

That was the [souvenir] that Laos and Nie Chiwu brought back for the hunters when they stole the dragon eggs.

Before the spiritual shields were completely destroyed, Naofumi Iwatani suddenly reached into his backpack, grabbed an item from it, and stuffed it into the Four Sacred Shields.

"That's it! Take a gamble!!! Let's see what kind of shield I can unlock!!!"

"boom!!!"

At the moment when the [souvenir] was stuffed into the shield, the breath of the Snake Emperor Dragon exploded, and the explosive high-temperature flames and energy instantly enveloped Naofumi Iwatani and the Silver Ridge Beast. The elves hiding behind Naofumi Iwatani were also enveloped in flames.

Some dwarven troops on the other side also noticed what was happening here. Seeing the power of the Serpent Emperor Dragon's breath, some of them were about to report the deaths here. However, when the aftermath of the explosion dissipated, the dwarves discovered...

The place where the Silver Ridge beast originally stood has now changed drastically.

Countless spikes covered the body of the tall Silver Ridge beast, as if the beast was wearing a ferocious armor. On the back of the Silver Ridge beast, a large number of broken spikes began to peel off on the surface of Naofumi Iwaya's body, eventually revealing the frightened appearance of Naofumi Iwaya.

The final force of the Snake Emperor Dragon's breath was blocked by his heavy crossbow and the Silver Ridge beast.

If it weren't for the new shield he unlocked at the last moment, he, the elves under the Silver Ridge Beast, and Kazuma would have all become barbecued meat.

"I should have thought of it earlier."

Naofumi Iwatani raised his right hand high, and the brand new Four Sacred Shields appeared in front of him.

"Materials from other worlds can also be used to unlock new shields! This isn't a game!"

The hideous dark spikes together formed a shield. Although those spikes were damaged in the explosion just now, they were regenerating rapidly.

That is... the ability belonging to Nergigante.

"Nergigante Shield! I got it!" Naofumi Iwatani smiled brightly.

[Nergigante Shield: Initially unlocked, this Nergigante Shield possesses high-speed regeneration capabilities. It contains the power of the ancient dragon and absorbs energy to grow thorns, which can be attached to oneself and others.]

Just at the last moment before the explosion, Naofumi Iwatani stuffed the souvenir he got from Leos Nie Chiwu - a small piece of the thorn of the Nergigante - into the shield as a material to unlock a new shield.

Then, before the explosion came, Naofumi Iwaya attached the thorns to himself and the Silver Ridge beast, and used the terrifying defensive power brought by the regenerated thorns to withstand the attack of the breath.

"It's just a small piece of material... If only there were more Nergigante material..."

Iwaya Naofumi looked at the shield with a little excitement: "This is the real power of the ancient dragon..."

"There are other materials, and other ancient dragons..."

"No, as a hunter in the future, I will be able to come into contact with more worlds..."

"In that case...how many more shields can I unlock!"

Chapter 140: Thousand Blades Dragon! A real monster from Monster Hunter!

"He actually blocked an attack that none of us could have blocked. It's truly thrilling! So admirable!"

Kazuma, who was protected from the cat car by Naofumi Iwaya, crawled out from under the Silver Ridge beast and uttered these inspiring words with a clenched fist.

"Why are you talking like that too?" Iwatani Naofumi glanced at Kazuma. "Did you learn this from the Grand Commander?"

"No, it's just that Grandpa JoJo's story is so good!" Kazuma said confidently, pinching his waist. "I didn't watch it carefully before, but later I borrowed the player from Nie Chiwu and watched it several times by myself!"

"Although I felt uncomfortable at first, the more I read, the more I enjoyed it." Kazuma showed an expression like Buddha: "Mr. Kazuma, you don't dislike this kind of classic story."

"Oh, by the way, I also borrowed your [anime]." Kazuma said to Iwatani Naofumi: "You guy! Although you look bitter and resentful, you are actually a real person who enjoys life in another world with many harems!!"

"I?"

Iwatani Naofumi's expression was a little subtle, but he thought about the danger of the other world where Kazuma was and his teammates...

If it wasn't for the fact that it was a comedy show and Kazuma, though a bit of a creep, was able to hold his own, it would probably have been a bit more difficult...

“In that case, then… let’s show those new hunters how you, Kazuma, traveled through time.” Naofumi Iwatani turned around and said, “Among all the hunters currently, only one person’s journey through time was comical. Who is that person…”

"Hey!!!! What do you want to do!!! Yami!!!!"

The elves looked at the conversation between Kazuma and Naofumi Iwatani with a look of question marks on their faces.

At this critical moment, these two hunters actually started joking with each other?

Aren't they afraid of death? Aren't they afraid that the Snake Emperor Dragon will breathe again?

You know, although this place is now covered by the maze, the rules that restrict immortality that were originally exclusive to the Hisil Maze also cover here, but even if it is resurrection magic... in order to resurrect a person, the corresponding physical body must be preserved.

If the body is completely destroyed, even resurrection magic won't work...

"We should move now." Mislen used teleportation to teleport directly to the head of the Silver Ridge Behemoth and pressed Iwaya Naofumi's shoulders: "Thank you for protecting the elves, but your ability should not be wasted here now."

"Yes." Iwatani Naofumi nodded. "You and the elves should take Kazuma and transfer him. He should be able to recover enough magic power to cast a blast spell before the effect of the mushroom spore transformation wears off... If possible, you can use any auxiliary magic you have on Kazuma."

"As for me."

Iwatani Naofumi turned to look at the Snake Emperor Dragon, who had already begun to move: "I'm going to serve as a shield for my companions."

"Our Grand Commander is probably on his way back now."

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"what……"

At this moment in the camp, Nie Chiwu rubbed his neck, climbed up from the cat car, and politely thanked the colorful dazzling Ailu cat: "Thank you, Colorful Cat Car Man."

"You're welcome, meow. It's our duty to protect the hunters' safety, meow!" The colorful Elu cat said this to Nie Chiwu and left.

The reason why Nie Chiwu took so long to be resurrected...

It was because after he fell from the Snake Emperor Dragon's body due to the desire to be eaten, he crashed directly onto the island.

However, because he was not susceptible to falling damage, Nie Chiwu was not killed... Instead, he lay there in a state of loss of desire for a long time. In the end, a monster passed by and killed Nie Chiwu, which allowed Nie Chiwu to be resurrected.

"You have to write this down. Although you can get out of trouble if you die, you have to take precautions if you experience something like this again..." Nie Chiwu took out a small notebook and wrote down the key points.