Monster Hunter Gathering

"The Qilin... is an ancient dragon species that can actually cause natural disasters!" Nie Chiwu said with a headache, "This isn't a monster that hunters like us, still wearing low-level equipment, can easily deal with!"

Chapter 199 Pre-War Seminar (Qilin)

"Let me first introduce Qilin's information."

Nie Chiwu took a photo of the hanging Qilin drawing and then said to the hunters, "Qilin is an ancient dragon species. Unlike ordinary ancient dragon species, Qilin is smaller in size and does not have the standard four legs and two wings of ordinary ancient dragon species..."

"Although it looks similar to a unicorn, it doesn't have the quirks of a unicorn... It's a genuine monster capable of bringing natural disasters."

Nie Chiwu found a straight stick and pointed at the horn on the Qilin's head. "Do you see this horn? The Qilin can use this horn to freely control the ions in the air, and can also use the ions to form an invisible protective layer around it... For example, it is difficult for long-range attacks to penetrate and attack the Qilin..."

Kazuma suddenly raised his hand: "Hey! Isn't this a place that values ​​ecology? Why are things like stances coming up? I want to report it!"

"The report is rejected! That's how ancient dragon species are! And even among ordinary dragon species, there are monsters that can utilize attribute energy! Monster Hunter ecology! Boy!" Nie Chiwu rejected Kazuma's complaints without mercy.

"In other words, Kirin can also use lightning to attack?" Tanjiro also raised his hand and asked his question with great concern.

"Yes, the Qilin has the ability to summon lightning. Even on clear days, thunder can be heard." Nie Chiwu rubbed his temples. "It feels like needles pricking my skin... The Qilin's electricity is very strong."

"See that fur with faint patterns on it?" Nie Chiwu said, "Qilin meat is of extremely poor quality. Even if an attack could penetrate the protective layer, it would be difficult to cause any damage to the Qilin itself. Things like Qilin..."

"His whole body is as hard as a piece of rotten rock! I can't hit him at all!" Nie Chiwu's face was filled with resentment. "Guess where the most vulnerable part of Qilin is? It's that damn horn! That horn is the most fragile!"

"You deserve to be treated like a popsicle!" Nie Chiwu said this with a hint of resentment.

"Any other information?" Yang Le's expression was serious. "Does Qilin have any weaknesses?"

Yang Le was very familiar with this feeling now, as if he was conquering some large BOSS, so Yang Le instinctively wanted to know more information.

"Weakness..."

Nie Chiwu rubbed his temples and thought about how to explain it to the hunters.

"The Qilin's only weakness is its head. Furthermore, it's extremely fast, relatively small, and doesn't target a single hunter when attacking... so it's easy for its attacks to miss," Nie Chiwu pondered. "The Qilin's fur is essentially completely insulative, making it resistant to many other attributes... Fire is more effective against the Qilin."

"During combat, a Qilin may enter an electric shock state. In this case, an electric current will illuminate its head, further increasing the Qilin's meat quality and resistance..."

Nie Chiwu thought about it carefully and said, "Even if the knife is sharpened, it can be easily deflected."

"Electric shock?" Yang Le asked, "Is there any way to solve this problem?"

"Yes," Nie Chiwu said. "If you attack the head as quickly as possible, you can accelerate the Qilin's exit from this state... If you can destroy the horn, the effect will be even better."

"That is to say! There is a weakness, right!" Yang Le clenched his fist: "That's fine!"

"Then...is there anything I need to pay attention to?" Emiya Shirou also slowly raised his hand: "Is there anything I need to pay special attention to?"

"The rest... basically, just pay attention to the Qilin's attack patterns." Nie Chiwu thought for a moment. "For physical skills, it's charging or using its hooves and horns to attack. For attributes, it's lightning attacks with a wide range."

"Also, Qilin's attacks can easily paralyze people, so we need to be extra careful." Nie Chiwu revealed a pained expression. "Sometimes, during a fight, people just fall down suddenly."

"Sounds... so hard to beat." Er Qiao revealed a somewhat troubled expression. "It's hard to deal damage from a distance, but it can deflect blades in close combat. It moves quickly, has a wide attack range, and even has a power-up state..."

"It doesn't matter! As long as there is a solution, we can fight!" Yang Le was quite optimistic: "As long as we find a way to break the head, it will be fine!"

"Haha! I really admire you, Yang Le!" Nie Chiwu looked at Yang Le's expression with satisfaction. "If there's a strategy group at the gathering in the future, I'll definitely take you with me! You're worthy of being a figure who emerged from the sea of ​​​​shit!"

"Of course!" Yang Le was full of confidence: "All the shit games I've played could fill up an entire bookcase!"

"I have another question." Laos raised his hand silently: "This Qilin... is it fast?"

"Ah?" Nie Chiwu was stunned.

"Because I think that with a monster like this, we seem to be able to only deal with it through a prolonged battle." Laos expressed his concerns: "It shouldn't fight us continuously in one place, right? Unlike the winged lion..."

"Even if we injure it, it will probably run away, right? Will we be able to catch up with it then?" Laos raised his doubts.

"Really?" Nie Chiwu grabbed his hair.

Although there are map restrictions in the game, Qilin will always run on the map, but the current hunting ground is in Night City.

Regardless of how fast the Qilin runs, just looking at its four hooves and horse-like appearance, you can tell that the Qilin has strong legs.

Because it was the first time that Nie Chiwu hunted this kind of monster with other hunters in the gathering, he really didn't notice this.

If Laos hadn't proposed this, the hunters would have had to find a way to find the Qilin, fight it, and then continue to slowly search for the Qilin with the help of guide insects and the like.

"How should I solve this..." Nie Chiwu scratched his hair in annoyance. "Two legs can never outrun four legs. If I delay, something bad will happen..."

"Do the hunters need mounts?" The cat next to him suddenly perked up: "Actually, the gathering has recently introduced new support that can be provided to the hunters!"

"Hunters can ride on the Eurasian Eagle Dragon!" the Felyne said happily. "Just exchange it with the coins from the fighting tournament! Or you can use the coins to hire a Fanghound!"

"what?"

Nie Chiwu was happy at first, but then he felt like something was wrong.

"Let me ask, roughly...how many coins are needed?"

Chapter 200 David's Determination

"So expensive... so expensive!" Nie Chiwu looked at the list of items that could be exchanged for the coins from the fighting competition with a sad heart: "Why does the Heron Eagle Dragon need so many coins to get it?"

"Because the Heron Eagle Dragon is a very precious companion, meow!" The Felyn said to Nie Chiwu innocently, "No matter how harsh the environment is, the Heron Eagle Dragon will follow the hunters!"

"We can't afford to exchange for the Heron Eagle Dragon!" Nie Chiwu said sadly.

Nie Chiwu briefly calculated the progress.

If I start participating in the fighting tournament non-stop from now on, with my current fighting skills, I can defeat my opponent in about two hours... and that's just the most basic one...

Then it only takes three months for me to get a Heron Eagle Dragon of my own!

"That's impossible! Three months of use is already gone!" Nie Chiwu shouted, "Isn't there a more convenient option? Like a mount whistle or something like that?"

"Hunters can also hire Fanghounds, meow! And Fanghounds can help hunters fight together! They are very powerful, meow!" The Felyn cat also explained: "And the mount whistle, although we have this thing here..."

"Really?! Can it be used?" Nie Chiwu's eyes showed hope.

"But... aren't the hunters going to Night City to hunt, meow?" Felyn looked confused. "What kind of mount are the hunters trying to summon with their mount whistles, meow?"

"Ah!" Nie Chiwu collapsed to the ground in frustration. "Looks like we'll just have to wait a little longer after we find Qilin..."

"Captain." David looked puzzled. "What is a mount whistle?"

"It's a very convenient item. After you've built up your favorability with the local tribe, you can summon a local mount to help you get around." Nie Chiwu said, "Damn it! I miss my Fang Hound!"

"Then, Grand Commander..."

David hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to say it or not, but finally poked Nie Chiwu: "Can't we... ride a motorcycle or drive a car?"

"..."

David's words caused everyone present to fall into deathly silence.

Tanjiro, Sinmeier, and Laos have never been exposed to cars or motorcycles so they didn't think about it.

Kazuma, Jotaro, and Naofumi Iwatani also stayed in the Hunter's Gathering for too long and failed to change their thinking for a while.

Yangle and Shirou Emiya are still high school students and haven't taken a motorcycle driver's license test yet...

In the end, David was the only one who thought of using the power of technology.

"Genius!" Nie Chiwu jumped up from the ground and rushed directly towards David: "Why didn't I think of this? We can also hunt on motorcycles!"

“Hunting on a motorcycle or something… What era is this style of painting from?” Kazuma complained, “It’s so weird!”

"But I don't have a driver's license..." Emiya Shirou's face was filled with worry: "Should I go back and take the test..."

"Do you need a driver's license in Night City?" Nie Chiwu patted Emiya Shirou's shoulder. "Don't worry, you can just ride your motorcycle. A driver's license or something... Night City doesn't check for that."

"It's really interesting." After sobering up, Xin Meier came to participate in the seminar. He watched other hunters make hunting plans with a smile. This reminded Xin Meier of his experience of conquering a maze with his companions.

"If you need me, come find me." Xin Meier said with a smile. "If there are people who want to improve their fighting skills, I can also help teach them."

"Shh! Xin Meier, aren't you coming?" Kazuma's eyes widened: "Aren't you the strongest one here?"

"If there's a need for me, I'll certainly be involved."

Xin Meier also said: "But...if I fully participate, it will destroy your growth."

"What are you thinking about! You lazy Kazuma!" Nie Chiwu looked at Kazuma with disdain: "Xin Mei'er is the most powerful person in our stronghold! If we call him directly, we won't have a chance to show our abilities..."

"Being led by someone is also a form of strength!" He Zhenli said confidently, "It's very efficient!"

"turn down!"

Nie Chiwu said mercilessly: "Everyone here is a potential stock that needs to grow! How did you get so far with He Zhen?"

"You guy! You were obviously clinging to Xin Mei'er before!" He Zhen pounced on Nie Chiwu and started fighting.

At the end of the seminar, after Nie Chiwu told everyone the news about the Qilin, he also asked the hunters to think about whether there was any good way to hunt the Qilin.

Besides Qilin, Nie Chiwu finally brought up the matter about David and Night City.

"Now you should all know that Night City is a huge series with many stories..."

Nie Chiwu looked at David and said, "David is just one of the stories, but there is still a lot we can do for Night City."

"For example, Arasaka Corporation, Soul Slayer, Arasaka Yorinobu or Arasaka Saburo."

Nie Chiwu said: "Although David's mother has been rescued, David, you don't intend to... just stop like this, right?"

As Nie Chiwu said this, he looked at the blood on David's body caused by the prosthetic body.

"I want to... change Night City!"

David also clenched his fists: "Night City has completely gone awry!"

David's expression was a little excited.

After seeing the other hunters at the gathering, whose lives were even somewhat cozy compared to his own, David could clearly feel the morbidity of the city of Night City.

It is obvious that his world is the most technologically advanced among all the hunters' worlds, but it is also the most decadent and dead one.

Night City is sick, and it has been sick for a long time.

David felt that if his fate was really to be the Hanged Man and he was destined to sacrifice himself for something, then he must change this sick Night City.

For the future partners I see.

For my mother.

And for that... colorful girl who appeared in my dream.

"I will become a legend in Night City!"

David Martinez announced seriously in front of the hunters.

"This Night City has become completely sick. It has become a monster that has completely deviated from normality..."

"If there's a reason why I became a hunter..."

"Then hunting this monster is my reason!"

Chapter 201 Hunter's Quarrel

"Has Mr. David made up his mind?"

After seeing David's announcement, Tanjiro clenched his fist and cheered for David: "Mr. David can definitely do it!"

"It seems you've made up your mind." Xin Meier smiled and said, "If you need me anywhere, you can always call me for help."

"Not bad, David! I have some respect for you!" Er Qiao also directly hooked his arm around David's shoulders.

But just as the other hunters were encouraging David, Iwatani Naofumi crossed his arms and said the opposite: "I don't think what you said can be easily achieved."

Naofumi Iwaya's words drew the focus of the conversation to him, and Naofumi Iwaya also expressed his views under the gaze of the hunters.

"I previously read some of the background information about David's world in the game. The in-game text is a good resource for understanding the background."

Iwatani Naofumi tapped the shield on his arm, his expression somewhat indifferent: "I have discussed our respective worlds with the Grand Commander, Kazuma, JoJo and the others before."

"Yoraku, Shirou, Tanjiro, I've also read their stories, and their worlds aren't significantly different from ours in terms of development..."

"The other three heroes in my own world also come from a similar world... But although the environment of this cyberpunk world is similar to ours, the actual situation is very different."

Iwatani Naofumi's finger tapping speed increased, confirming the anxiety hidden beneath his cold expression. "Dystopia... Let me put it this way. Night City is too depressing compared to our world."

"The distinctions between countries and regions have become blurred. The entire world is shrouded in a vast network created by information technology. Giant corporations are the rulers of David's world."

Iwatani Naofumi looked at David: "If it's just to change your life and the lives of those around you, it's easy..."