Monster Hunter: Wild Pointer

Chapter 192 Sea Dragon Attacks

At the mouth of the canal, there is a constant flow of vehicles and ships, and the scene is busy everywhere.

But there is a corner that seems to be completely isolated from the surrounding environment, appearing leisurely and peaceful.

It was a wooden watchtower. On the top of the tower, more than ten meters above the ground, there was a small semi-open house. It was not large, only about three or four square meters.

Looking south from here, you can see the endless horizon.

The yellowish water of the inland sea flows into the sea here. The two streams of water with different colors are clearly separated at the estuary, but with the rolling waves, they gradually merge and blend, and finally completely become part of the blue water, blending into the vast sea that seems to cover the entire world.

On the observation deck, a young woman was kneeling on a cushion, holding a teacup in her hand. She stared at the wonderful scene of movement and stillness in front of her like a statue. After a long time, she raised the teacup and took a sip.

"Huff..." she exhaled hot air, put down her teacup, and muttered to herself, "I never get tired of watching it."

He slowly put the teacup aside, fiddled with the fire under the teapot, and stuffed a few pieces of dry wood into it to rekindle the fire that was about to be extinguished by the damp sea breeze.

The flames licked the teapot, and soon the sound of bubbles rolling could be heard.

While the water was boiling, the woman took out a simple wooden lunch box, opened the lid, and revealed several strings of glutinous rice balls neatly arranged inside.

Looking at these cute and exquisite bunny dumplings decorated with smiling faces made of sesame seeds and red beans, the woman showed a nostalgic smile on her face.

He picked up a string with a bamboo stick, bit off one with a "ah", closed his eyes, puffed up his cheeks and chewed slowly, savoring it carefully.

It is not very convenient to bite the rabbit dumpling, which is about the size of an egg, into your mouth, and your cheeks will bulge out, but this is the most standard way to eat rabbit dumplings.

If you want to be elegant and take half a bite at a time, it is definitely a wrong way. You will miss the layers of sweetness and the layered chewy texture of the rabbit dumpling.

Not advisable.

The woman swallowed hard the rabbit dumpling that had become a sticky mass in her mouth, picked up the teacup again and drank a sip of hot tea.

"The glutinous rice turns white into clouds, the tea smoke slowly cooks until the bamboo sticks are hollow, sweet and bitter embrace each other." After improvising a line, the woman sighed and put down her teacup. "As expected, my cooking skills are only so far, and still can't compare to the rabbit dumplings made by the teacher himself."

"Ding ding ding ding!!" On the distant sea, a ship was speeding towards us at a crooked speed. From the shrill sound of the fog bell, it was obvious that some emergency had occurred.

There is nothing else that can threaten such a large ship except the monsters in the sea.

The woman quickly put down the tea set and rabbit dumplings beside her, picked up the light crossbow placed beside her and hung it behind her. Then she leaned back, without grabbing the rope or stepping on the ladder, and jumped directly from the top of the watchtower which was more than ten meters above the ground.

Even a hunter would not be able to escape unscathed after jumping from such a height, but at the last second before she was about to land, the woman suddenly raised her hand and released a strange bluish-white flying insect.

A gleaming, tough silk thread connected her arm to the flying insect. The flying insect, which was only the size of a palm, displayed a powerful strength that was inconsistent with its size, and actually hung a fully armed hunter in mid-air.

After removing the inertia of falling, the woman broke the insect silk and landed steadily on the ground, while the strange flying insect also flew a circle in the air and returned to her wrist.

Under the astonished gaze of the passing dock workers, the woman jumped to the ground and ran quickly towards the direction where the ship was docked.

The lookout tower built to guard against sea monsters was naturally not too far from the shore. After dozens of seconds, she arrived at the dock.

The ship that encountered the emergency had approached the shore. The sailors on the ship had no time to use the gangway to lower the boat. They took advantage of the fact that the guy who attacked the ship was not paying attention to them and jumped into the water one after another.

The people on the dock finally noticed something was wrong. A sharp whistle sounded and the crowd began to evacuate.

The female hunter walked against the crowd to the shore, and her expression became particularly ugly when she saw the blue-green monster climbing on the mast of the big ship, pressing the ship to a serious tilt.

Lakiakulus (Sea Dragon)

Since they spend most of their time swimming in the ocean and don't have to worry about the strain of gravity on their bodies, sea dragons can grow to very large sizes.

A body length of 25 meters is already the growth limit for most large flying dragons, but for sea dragons, it is only the average body length of an adult individual.

It has a ferocious temperament, a huge body, and the ability to release powerful electric currents. All of these factors have led the guild to classify it as a five-star dangerous level.

If it were on the shore, the threat posed by the sea dragon would be relatively reduced. After all, the body and limbs of this monster have evolved to be unsuitable for land, and it moves relatively slowly on the ground.

But once it enters the sea, the sea dragon becomes the true overlord of the ocean. Except for a very small number of hunters who are proficient in naval warfare, few people can defeat a sea dragon alone in the sea, and she is of course no exception.

What gave her the most headache was the weapon behind her, a light crossbow made of strange dragon material - a tight syringe (…).

The reason why she chose this light crossbow with a strange shape and name is because it is specially designed for rapid-fire electric shock bullets.

Several monsters that often appear at the estuary, including water dragons, water beasts, tetrapods, and the occasional shark, have low resistance to electric shocks. The tight syringe that can rapidly fire electric bullets is very useful in dealing with them.

The sea dragon is a different case. The sea dragon, which can release powerful electric currents, is certainly not afraid of the threat of electric shock bombs. The power of the spare normal bullets is also limited. In short, she has no means to cause fatal damage to the sea dragon in front of her.

The only thing to be thankful for was that she didn't need to jump into the sea to fight the sea dragon at the moment. She just had to protect the dock and the people as much as possible.

As the most important shipping hub in the Old World, Giovadreau naturally has a plan for sea dragon attacks.

The local guild regularly clears out large monsters, including sea dragons, in the nearby waters to create a signal that "this is the territory of some more powerful creature."

Even if a reckless sea dragon like this breaks into this sea area, there will be dragon-striking boats specifically designed to deal with sea dragons, responsible for driving it away or killing it. As long as you can hold on until the dragon-striking boat arrives, you will win.

Therefore, she did not immediately fire at the sea dragon that was fighting with the ship, but just waved her arms continuously to help organize the evacuation.

However, at this moment, the sea dragon suddenly turned its head and turned its gaze towards this side.

Although it is known as the overlord of the ocean, the sea dragon's IQ is actually not very high. It mistook a passing merchant ship for some large sea beast invading its territory, and launched an attack.

But after biting and struggling for so long, the sea dragon finally realized that the ship it thought was an invader was actually a dead object. It did not bleed when it bit it, and there was no texture of flesh and blood. It was all wood.

Just as he was about to leave in anger, he was attracted by the noisy voices and sharp whistles on the dock.

It felt like it was a little hungry.

The moment she turned her gaze to the Shanghai dragon, the female hunter holding the light crossbow felt goosebumps all over her body - that was the look of a predator looking at its prey.

Without thinking, she took out a distress flare and fired it.

Then he pushed away the chaotic crowd, ran to a relatively open area, set up his crossbow, and fired continuously at the sea dragon.

The evacuation has not been completed yet. If the sea dragon is allowed to come ashore and rush into the crowd, the consequences will be unimaginable.

With no better choice, she planned to actively attack, draw the sea dragon's attention to herself, and then lead it to a deserted place.

Electric bombs landed one after another on the sea dragon's head and chest.

The electric arc that burst out from the crossbow bullet flashed on the pale blue shell and disappeared without any effect. The power of the crossbow bullet itself was not enough to penetrate the layers of scales and shells on the sea dragon's body.

This was a completely ineffective attack, but at least the firing rate was fast enough to attract the attention of the sea dragon.

Feeling offended, the sea dragon roared, loosened its limbs that were clinging to the deck of the ship, and jumped into the sea. Its huge body twisted like a sea snake and swam rapidly towards the shore where she was.

Seeing this, the female shooter immediately put away her weapon and rushed to an open and deserted area at full speed.

Chapter 193 It's time to attack!

"Look meow!"

Seabuckthorn, lying on Aolan's shoulder, pointed at the flare rising in the air not far away, "It's over there at the estuary pier, meow!"

Olang and Muti, who were originally walking leisurely and chatting and laughing, looked at each other, quickly put on their helmets, and ran as fast as they could.

Even though his own strength and explosive power were top-notch among his peers, the weight of the Rock Dragon Armor and the defense team's gun lances still made it difficult for Muti to start, and it was difficult to increase his speed for a while.

In comparison, although both were wearing full-coverage armor, Aolan's armor was much lighter, so he started much faster.

"I'll go there first!" After leaving this sentence, Orlan immediately turned into a ghost, and his charge speed soared further, rushing at full speed towards the direction where the distress signal came from.

Muti gritted her teeth and tried to catch up, but what tripped her up was not only the heavy armor and weapons, but also the pedestrians passing by on the road outside the city.

The agile Olang can easily pass through a less crowded crowd, but she is different. Even if she relies on her own strength and explosive power to increase her speed, the huge inertia makes it difficult for her to make a nimble turn.

If it hits a pedestrian head-on who is unable to dodge, it is possible that the person will be knocked flying or even killed.

Noticing this, Seabuckthorn stopped and said, "Fishball, you and Aolan go over there first, meow. Let's help Muti clear the way, meow!"

Yuwan glanced at it, then looked at Muti, and seeing Muti nodding at him, he got on all fours and accelerated to chase after Aolang's receding figure.

Without the bunch of messy machines, Seabuckthorn, who could only exert less than 30% of his strength, stayed beside Muti, ten meters ahead of her, jumping and meowing loudly.

"Get out of the way, meow! Get out of the way, meow! There's an emergency ahead, meow, let the hunter pass first, meow!"

Seabuckthorn's trick was very effective. With its reminder, pedestrians on the road noticed the hunter who was like a moving wall and moved to the sides of the road. Muti's running speed gradually increased.

The estuary pier was not far from Jicheng City. Running at full speed, Olang arrived at the estuary in less than ten minutes.

Slowing down his pace slightly, adjusting his breathing, and recovering the physical strength that was rapidly consumed in the ghost-like state, Yuwan took the opportunity to catch up.

"I hear the sound of battle, meow! It's right up ahead, meow!"

"it is good."

Aolan took a few deep breaths and started running again.

"Roar, ah, ah, ah--!" The roar of the monster was clearly audible, mixed with the shouts of the hunters and the roar of the crossbow firing. The battle was fierce.

Orlan ran across a loading and unloading area where goods were piled up and finally arrived at the edge of the battlefield.

On the breakwater near the shore, three hunters were working together to besiege a sea dragon.

The leader was a female light crossbow user wearing female fire dragon armor. As the strongest of the three hunters, she was not only the main attacker, but also had to shoulder the responsibility of a vanguard, restraining the angry sea dragon head-on.

Compared to her, the other two hunters were not strong enough to deal with monsters of the sea dragon's level.

One of the insect stick users looked like he had three stars in his equipment. He used his flexibility in manipulating the insect stick to jump around behind the sea dragon, trying to distract the sea dragon's attention.

The last bow hunter is a novice-level hunter, and his highest star rating will not exceed two stars. If a hunter of this level were a swordsman, he would not be qualified to join the battle at all. Fortunately, he is an archer, so he can hide in the distance and shoot a few arrows.

The situation was urgent before, and they had no choice but to join the battle even though they were not strong enough. Now there is no need for that. The cooperation between him and the light crossbowman may be more effective.

As long as we can hold on until the heavily armored vanguard Muti arrives, there may be a chance to suppress the sea dragon if it doesn't go into the water.

As Orlan quickly approached the battlefield, he whistled loudly to attract the attention of the three hunters.

"I'll hold them back, you two go help evacuate!" Before he finished shouting, he had already cut in front of Hailong, unsheathed the iron sword [Kagura], and with a flash of the blade, he slashed towards Hailong's head.

The sea dragon's reaction speed was extremely fast. The moment the sword blade fell, it retracted its extended neck and was about to dodge the attack.

And Orlan had actually already made a move when he stepped forward to slash. Halfway through the slash, he forced himself to take half a step forward, forcibly extending the slash range half a meter forward. He followed the sea dragon's retracted head and cut a bloody wound on its jaw.

"Ow!"

It couldn't be said that this sword caused serious damage, but the hunter's instantaneous speed made the sea dragon feel apprehensive.

It withdrew its attention from the light crossbow user and turned its head to bite the hunter in front of it.

The speed at which the sea dragon bit was astonishingly fast, and it might not be possible to dodge it with just a temporary reaction, but Orlan guessed that the sea dragon would launch an immediate counterattack and was well prepared.

At the moment when the sea dragon's huge mouth attacked, he turned around and stepped back, dodging the closing giant mouth.

At this moment, the sea dragon once again demonstrated its speed and reaction ability far exceeding that of ordinary monsters. It turned its head like lightning and bit the retreating hunter again.

If a katana user lacks experience and is used to performing the Insight Slash directly forward after seeing the sword, then this is equivalent to sending himself directly into the huge mouth of a sea dragon chasing and biting him, and he will inevitably be in a panic.

But now, Orlan's swordsmanship has entered another stage. He no longer performs combos in a routine manner, but judges the movements of monsters on the spot and responds flexibly.

Facing the huge mouth that attacked again, he twisted his waist and transformed the counterattack into a sideways displacement, once again dodging the sea dragon's attack.

This scene fell into the eyes of the female archer wearing female fire dragon armor.

She couldn't recognize the armor on Orlan, but through the back-and-forth battles between Orlan and Hailong, she had a rough idea of ​​the latter's strength.

Not inferior to myself, four stars at least.

This gave her peace of mind. With a strong enough vanguard to take charge of the frontal containment, she could finally let go and attack.

Quickly adjust your position to the side where you are less likely to attract the monster's attention and have a more flexible shooting angle, and launch attacks at a higher frequency.

Yuwan also joined the battle at this time. It jumped closer, climbed onto the sea dragon along its front legs, and then jumped towards the sea dragon's head and neck.

For some reason, this guy has a mysterious obsession with slitting monsters' throats.

Aolan was concentrating on confronting Hailong. In conventional combat, the main vanguard was under the greatest pressure. It could be said that he took most of the pressure on his own.

As a five-star dangerous monster, the oppressive feeling brought by the Sea Dragon is not much less than that of the Boom Dragon.

Orlan almost gave up the attack and tried his best to deal with the sea dragon, only launching limited counterattacks when he was sure of winning, so as to prevent the sea dragon's attention from being diverted back to the shooter who continued to fire.

The opponent in front of him was slippery, and there was a mosquito-like creature that kept scurrying around and biting him. This kind of battle made Hailong feel bored.

After several consecutive bites, the hunter in front was forced to retreat. The sea dragon twisted its soft and slender body and slid back a distance of one body length.

Immediately afterwards, arcs of electricity that were much brighter and more dazzling than those seen when hunting the strange dragon last year appeared on its body. In less than two seconds, they gathered at its mouth and turned into a large shining electric ball filled with a destructive aura.

The next second, as the sea dragon shook its head, electric balls scattered and flew out, covering a large fan-shaped area in front of it.

Seeing this, Orlan stepped back with all his strength and barely got out of the range covered by the electric balls. Before he could steady himself, he saw a sea dragon passing through the area covered by lightning and launching a surprise attack, slithering towards him.

"Tsk."

Aolan swung his sword diagonally, using the inertia of the reverse kasaya slash to dodge to the side.