Monster Hunter: Wild Pointer

The thick monster fluids and shell fragments drenched the young boy. While he was stunned, he swung his sword back and forth a few times, chopping the young spiders on his body into pieces.

A strong hand grabbed his wrist and roughly pulled him up from the ground.

Glancing at the young man and the middle-aged hunter on his back, Aolan shouted, "Carry him on your back and follow me closely! Hurry!"

This voice finally woke Archie up. He hurriedly carried his father on his back and followed the strange hunter closely.

There were surprisingly many young spiders in the cave. After quickly clearing out a batch with flash grenades, the number that continued to gather around did not decrease at all.

Aolan was getting impatient.

Since entering the nest until now, no trace of the second shadow spider has been found. This is certainly good news, but it is far from enough to relax.

If he were alone, he wouldn't be afraid of any number of baby spiders, because these little creatures couldn't bite through his armor. If he leaned against the rock wall and spent more time, he would be able to get rid of these annoying little creatures.

But now he has a burden and a wounded person who is unable to move with him, and the first priority is to get them out of the nest quickly.

Once the shadow spider that was led away by Seabuckthorn realized that something was wrong in the nest and rushed back, he would not be sure that he could protect the two people from being besieged by a shadow spider and countless baby spiders.

But how can we quickly break through the encirclement of this group of young spiders?

The destructive power of the iron sword [Kagura] is sufficient, even excessive, but as a large weapon, the katana is not very convenient for dealing with small creatures such as young spiders that may not even reach the height of the knees.

It would be nice to have twin swords or a one-handed sword.

As he was thinking this, Orlan's eyes fell on the pair of strange bird ears hanging crookedly on Aqi's waist.

Well.

Although it is a bit against the rules, I can’t care about it at the critical moment of life and death!

Bending his knees, he crouched down and slashed horizontally, temporarily forcing back the surrounding young spiders. Orlan sheathed the iron sword [Kagura] and threw the sword and sheath into the boy's arms.

"Give me the two swords!"

"what?"

Waving his hand to fend off a leaping young spider, Orlan shouted sharply, "Quick!"

Aqi shuddered and quickly handed over the strange bird ears. The iron knife [Kagura] in his arms accidentally fell to the ground. He quickly bent down to pick up the iron knife [Kagura], and his father behind him almost slipped again.

Without paying attention to the boy's panic, Orlan, holding the strange bird ears, directly transformed into a demon, rushed into the group of young spiders, and performed the demon dance at full speed.

It has to be said that when dealing with targets the size of a baby spider, the light and flexible twin swords are much more convenient to use than a nearly two-meter-long katana.

He twirled his feet and danced his arms swiftly, stirring up a storm of fire among the spiders. Countless young spiders were torn into pieces by the fire and sword light, turning into charred fragments.

The road was cleared, Aolan breathed a sigh of relief, and temporarily stopped transforming into a demon to save energy.

"Follow!"

The two ran wildly in the cave.

Shadow spiders are cruel and greedy, and so are their young. In their minds, all living creatures in the nest that are not of the same species are delicacies, so they naturally don't want to leave without giving up their "food".

They flock together, pursue, and pounce on their target again and again.

The hunter holding two swords showed amazing flexibility. He hovered beside the boy and cut into pieces any spider that pounced on him, the boy or the wounded with his sword.

Under the close protection of the hunter, several people rushed out of the cave where the young spiders gathered, and then followed the cave all the way out, finally escaping from the shadow spider's nest.

Instinct told the young spiders that the world outside the nest was very dangerous. They chased to the cave entrance and became agitated, but eventually retreated back into the dark cave.

The boy who escaped from the nest breathed in the fresh air outside the nest in big gulps. The dark woods and gloomy night sky around him were so beautiful in his eyes.

I survived! I even escaped with my father!

He wanted to cheer loudly, but suddenly, a large ball of white spider silk shot out from a distance and stuck his legs to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the spider silk tightened, and a terrifying black shadow rushed over with the help of the spider silk.

Aolan didn't bother to warn him, he swung his sword to cut the spider silk, then pulled the boy to the ground.

"boom!"

The shadow fell to the spot where they had been standing a second ago, and turned around with a "clatter".

The moonlight, which seemed particularly dim due to the dark clouds, vaguely illuminated it, revealing its sharp legs, pale shell, and the iconic poisonous bird skin draped over its body.

There is no doubt that this is a shadow spider.

Orlan's expression turned extremely ugly. There was no trace of the dye ball on the shadow spider. In other words, this was the second shadow spider he had been worried about.

This guy was not in the nest before, and he was probably out hunting. As a result, he ran into these two guys who had just run out of the nest and were still covered in the smell of his children's blood when he came back.

His azure eyes were stained blood-red, and he was raging with rage.

"Click! Click!"

With two hair-raising snapping sounds, the inconspicuous horns on both sides of the mouth unfolded from their folded state and turned into two giant sickles soaked in venom, which were about to strangle the two hateful invaders in half.

Turning over and standing up, before he could even steady himself, Orlan decisively raised his left arm and fired a flash grenade that had been pre-loaded on the projector.

“Ji-ya——!”

With a sharp hiss, the shadow spider's attack was interrupted. Its limbs twitched wildly in dizziness and it fell to the ground in a mess.

"You know where the hunter camp is not far to the north." Orlan gripped his swords tightly and spoke in a hurried tone, "Don't go back to the village, the scent on your body might bring the shadow spider there.

Take the wounded to the hunter camp. There are potions and food in the box. Stay there and don't run around anymore!"

Archie nodded heavily and was about to leave when he noticed that he was still holding the strange hunter's sword in his arms, so he quickly put the sword on the ground.

"I put your sword here!" After shouting, he tightened his grip on his father behind him, plunged into the dense forest that was as familiar to him as the park at his doorstep, and ran towards the hunters' camp.

Aolan glanced at the location of the iron sword [Kagura], but did not change back to the weapon immediately.

The iron knife [Kagura] is sharper and more destructive, but the fire-attributed monster bird ears are also a powerful weapon against the shadow spider. Let's burn its skin first!

Orlan clashed his two swords, transformed into a demon, and rushed towards the shadow spider who had not yet recovered from the dizziness.

Chapter 176 Double Swords (x)

ps. For ease of understanding, let me briefly explain that shadow spiders have six legs, not eight. The "limbs" mentioned below refer to the four legs at the back used for movement. The pair of claws at the front are hardly used to support the body, but are used for attack, called "sharp claws". In addition to these, the shadow spider has a pair of poisonous claws next to its mouthparts, called "claws", which is also the origin of the name of the species.

As shown in the picture below, the two sides are the legs, the smaller pair with red tips in the front are the claws, and the ones next to the mouthparts are the horns.

In the more than one year since his promotion to three stars, Orlan has been using the katana for hunting. Coupled with the guidance of Amos in Dondorma, the katana has become the weapon with the most practical experience and the one he is most proficient in.

From the perspective of others, he was completely a hunter who could be called a "Tachi-ji", and even Muti, who lived with him day and night, felt so.

However, in fact, there are several weapons that he has never stopped practicing - dual swords, greatsword, one-handed sword, and hammer.

Among them, the hammer and the broadsword are relatively less practiced.

The reason for the sledgehammer was that he gradually discovered that this weapon was not very suitable for his own fighting style, and there would be few opportunities to actually use this weapon for hunting in the future.

However, Da Hammer's core technique of utilizing inertia is extremely versatile, and mastering it can bring about an essential improvement in one's own martial arts, so it has never been abandoned.

As for the Great Sword, his absolute strength is still insufficient. Now he may be able to become a qualified Great Sword User, but he cannot become a truly excellent Great Sword User.

Moreover, he has not yet found the direction that truly suits him in the field of broadsword. He can only consider it in more depth after his physical fitness and martial arts skills have improved in the future.

He practiced the one-handed sword relatively more. After all, when he first became a hunter, the one-handed sword had always been his main weapon and he had an extra preference for it.

Unfortunately, as a functional weapon, the one-handed sword's defensive role has been completely covered by the large shield in Muti's hand, and it is not sharp enough on the offensive end. Unless a breakthrough is made in some way, it will be difficult to return to the position of a commonly used weapon.

Dual swords are different. They are similar to katana. Although they focus more on agility and guerrilla warfare, they are also offensive weapons, which are more compatible with his combat style. Therefore, the time he spends on practicing dual swords is not much less than that of katana.

He even started to consider that when he found materials suitable for making attribute weapons, he would give priority to making twin swords, while the sharp materials suitable for making physical weapons would be used to make katana.

The reason why dual swords are given so much importance is not only because of the compatibility of combat styles, but also because of another more important reason.

Of course, it’s not because Teacher Huali uses two swords as weapons. This reason can only be considered a very small plus point.

The real core factor is that he discovered that the dual swords and the katana have a considerable degree of similarities in terms of concentrating sword energy to enhance physical abilities and weapon destructive power.

The Red Blade Slash, developed under the inspiration of the Demon King's Dance, can condense sword energy efficiently and help the katana sharpen its edge quickly.

Then, on the other hand, is it possible that the Demon King's Dance itself can sharpen the dual swords?

After many attempts and practice, he found that it seemed feasible.

For this purpose, he even wrote a letter to ask for advice from Teacher Huali, who lived in Revere City in the north of the continent. The reply he received surprised him.

In fact, he was not the first person to discover that Kijin Ranbu could "sharpen" the dual swords.

Long Liyuan has a dual sword style called "Courage". In some ways, that "courage state" is similar to the sharpening discovered by Orlan.

The dual-sword users of the New World Survey Team even developed an advanced technique that was almost identical to the sharpening of the katana. However, the pride of the dual-sword users prevented them from directly naming this technique "sharpening".

They gave this move a new name - Ghost Enhancement.

The technique that Oran discovered, which is similar to the sharpening of a katana, is actually the strengthening of a demon.

Although what he was holding in his hands at this moment were two strange things that looked like giant bird dolls, as long as he had a sword in his heart, these could be two katanas!

Aolan, whose body was wrapped in the bloody fighting spirit unique to his demonic transformation, instantly approached the shadow spider.

The shadow spider's vision has not yet returned to normal, but these few short seconds are enough for it to barely regain consciousness from its dizzy state.

Feeling the vibration and murderous intent of the approaching attack, the shadow spider's limbs moved rapidly, and its gourd-shaped body turned, and it nimbly climbed up from the ground.

Orlan did not choose to attack head-on. His primary goal at the moment was to use the pair of fire-attributed swords in his hands to break the poisonous bird skin protection on the shadow spider's body. Therefore, he locked the attack position on the side of the shadow spider, where he could relatively easily attack the back covered with the poisonous bird skin.

The two swords held in the backhand were swung rapidly. Almost in the blink of an eye, the ghost's six consecutive slashes, including the backhand slash and the double slash, were all carried out.

Under the burning flames, a large piece of the dried poisonous bird skin on the side of the shadow spider was burned.

The shadow spider screamed and swung its sickle-like claws, tearing at the hunter beside it. However, after completing the first round of attack, Orlan had no intention of being greedy with the sword.

The moment the Shadow Spider showed signs of counterattacking, it spun its swords and feet, retreating several meters like the wind.

The ghosts rushed forward and killed continuously!

Although this move is both a "charge" and a "continuous slash", who says it can't be used for displacement and dodge?

After dodging Shadow Spider's counterattack, Orlan used his super-fast movement speed after transforming into a demon to continue to circle behind Shadow Spider.

In most cases, monsters will choose to face their opponents head-on. If hunters go around behind them, it is easy to induce them to turn around and face the enemy. However, it takes time for large monsters to turn around. These short two or three seconds are the attack window that hunters pursue.

After a few quick sword strikes, Orlan continued running. He did not use his signature Demon Dance with two swords even once because he knew it was not the right time yet.

The shadow spider turned around and missed again, becoming completely furious. It waved its sharp claws continuously, trying to tear the hateful guy in front of it into pieces.

Orlan continued to avoid direct confrontations with the monsters; it was Muti who was good at that, not him.

Lowering his center of gravity and rotating his body, he once again dodged the shadow spider's claws with a series of ghost-like slashes, but this time he did not retreat, but rushed forward.

As the body spun, the two-handed swords continuously chopped off the legs on the sides of the shadow spider. The flames rising from the blades burned the shadow spider, causing it to scream in pain.

The legs were throbbing with pain from the burning flames, and the repeated turning further disrupted its body balance. The shadow spider staggered, revealing a flaw.

It's now!

Orlan seized the opportunity, stepped close, and swung his double-edged swords, turning into an afterimage. The flying flames and sparks almost completely covered his body, like a huge ball of blazing fire, continuously attacking the shadow spider's vulnerable flanks.

The ghosts are dancing wildly!

"Jiya--!" The shadow spider screamed angrily. It finally realized that it was very stupid to fight in close combat with a hunter who was much more agile than itself.

The six limbs bent and exerted force suddenly, leaping back a distance of more than twenty to nearly thirty meters.

Orlan's breathing was a little heavy.

He did not take any drugs to increase his endurance, such as walking drugs. The continuous activation of the demon transformation put a great burden on his body, especially his heart, and he could not maintain it for a long time.

For a dual-sword user in a non-demonized state, both mobility and offensive capabilities will be reduced by at least two levels.

How to switch between the more combat-capable demon-like state and the more energy-saving normal state, and balance energy consumption, is a problem that must be considered for dual-sword users.

In order to adjust his breath and restore his energy, Aolan calmed his qi and blood and lifted the demon transformation.

Shadow Spider keenly sensed the "decline" in the hunter's aura, and was clearly fatigued.

The shadow spider, which had originally kept its distance and was ready to wait and see, immediately changed its strategy and sprayed a stream of spider silk towards the hunter.

Orlan immediately dodged to the side, and the spider silk fell on the ground only about one meter away from him.

With the help of spider silk, the shadow spider pounced quickly. In its understanding, there was no way a tired opponent could escape its attack.

However, what it didn't notice was that the two swords in Orlan's hands were covered with a hazy white light, just like a sharpened sword.

Facing the rapidly approaching shadow spider, Orlan took a deep breath, and with an agility that was difficult to achieve when he was not in the demonic state, he spun around and rushed forward, his double blades slicing through the shadow spider's body like a whirlwind.

The two forces advancing in opposite directions passed each other.