Monster Hunter: Wild Pointer

It was like a giant wild boar king charging at full speed, smashing an attacking star-feather butterfly head-on and instantly breaking out of the swarm of insects that was left with only the last thin layer.

At this time, the star dragon had broken free from the restraints of the restraint bomb. Its limbs were tensed, and it was about to jump up, leap onto the giant tree and escape from the cave.

Muti roared and rushed forward. She had no interest in swinging the "thin and powerless" one-handed sword. She was wearing heavy armor and holding up the shield, and slammed into the lower back of Xinglong with the shield.

"Ow!"

Xinglong, whose limbs were about to leave the ground, was knocked to the ground by her. He struggled and wailed, unable to get up for a while.

Muti staggered a few steps, steadied his pace, and then strode to Xinglong's head, which could even be described as "small and delicate".

Recalling the position and angle of Olivia's hammer strike when she locked and slashed the dragon, she swung her shield and smashed it down.

"Boom!"

Xinglong's struggling movements suddenly froze.

"One moment really isn't enough! Hey!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

After several consecutive hammer strikes from the shield, Xinglong lost consciousness in pain and pleasure.

Eric, who was hiding in the distance and watching this scene, opened his mouth.

"Is this what you mean by a weapon with sleeping attributes?"

Chapter 291 Abduction? No, this is kidnapping!

Orlan originally thought that after the Star Dragon lost consciousness, the Star-Feather Butterflies would launch a crazy counterattack like an ant colony when its queen is attacked.

However, this is not the case.

As the Star Dragon fell into a baby-like "sleep", the Star Feather Butterfly, having lost its guidance, flew around in a panic like a headless fly.

Then they returned to the Star Dragon one after another, drilled into the gaps in the latter's shell, and stopped moving.

After checking, Eric found that the life activities of these star-feather butterflies were greatly reduced. It was not that they were on the verge of death, but it was more like they had fallen into a dormant state similar to hibernation.

Orlan took out a smaller Star Feather Butterfly from the gap in the Star Dragon's shell, grabbed it with both hands and shook it twice.

The latter's elytra were shaken open, and the wings folded underneath were spread out, but there was no reaction, it really looked like it was dead.

Seeing Muti Eric staring at him, Orlan laughed dryly, casually folded the wings of the Star Feather Butterfly, closed its elytra, and stuffed it back into the Star Dragon.

I hope it doesn't feel too awkward when it wakes up.

"Boss, isn't it time for us to send a signal?" Seabuckthorn reminded.

Logically speaking, they should have fired a signal flare the moment the Star Dragon appeared, but the Star Dragon was cautious in nature. In order not to alarm it, several people didn't even dare to breathe, let alone send a signal.

During the roundup, it almost escaped several times, and it was only now that we finally had the chance to catch it.

"Muti Eric, you guys take the ropes and tie it up simply, just tie up its limbs. That way it won't be easy to escape. I'll go give the signal."

"it is good!"

Muti took out a roll of strong rope from the big bag behind Eric. This rope could not tie up the entire Star Dragon, but it should be enough to tie up his legs.

In this way, even if the inhaled anesthetic is not effective enough, Xinglong will wake up in the middle of the night and will not be able to get up for a while.

Muti had plenty of time to give it another full anesthesia.

Climbing up the giant tree to the opening at the top of the cave, Orlan looked at the starry night sky, took out two flares, and fired them one after another.

The first one is a yellow flare used to mark the location, to express "Star Dragon appears, here."

The second one was a "mission accomplished" signal, summoning the airship moored near the camp to come and "load cargo."

"The dragon hunting mission is five stars, but I wonder how many stars it would be for capturing a Star Dragon that has never been captured before?"

After muttering to himself, Orlan looked back into the cave. The four legs of the star dragon were tied together by Muti. It looked like a mushroom pig waiting to be slaughtered, young, pitiful and helpless.

Orlan sighed, "Haha."

"They won't slice it directly, right?"

"Well done!" The professor praised generously.

Although he led several others to run around in the wild for an entire afternoon and even half the night, he was exhausted and it was all in vain.

But as long as he took one look at the beautiful star dragon with almost no wounds on its body, he felt that all the efforts were worth it.

He had always scoffed at the idea of ​​"luck," but he had to admit that some teams had a higher probability of triggering and resolving events than others.

It was indeed the right decision to agree to let these young people join the investigation team!

Not long after the professor and his companions rushed back to the nest, the investigation team's cargo airship also arrived above the rocky mountain where the nest was located.

The first thing these well-trained scholars and technicians did after arriving was to inject Xinglong with an appropriate dose of anesthetic using a large syringe.

The star dragon was knocked unconscious by Muti, and Orlan then used tranquilizer bullets to capture it, but it was impossible to determine how much of the drug mist the star dragon actually inhaled.

It would be a big problem if the monster woke up during transportation, and we couldn't let Muti and Olivia use physical anesthesia every time.

You have to know that this star dragon is still small and may not be able to withstand the heavy blows of the two female warriors.

After completing the injection of anesthetic and confirming that the star dragon would not be able to wake up for at least two days, the scholars and technicians began to prepare for transportation.

Whether it is a living thing or a dead thing, tying it up is the most important part of the lifting work.

The airship crew and technicians in charge of this part of the work, including the professor, fell into a brief silence when they saw the star dragon tied up like a pig by Muti.

But they couldn't criticize anything, after all, the hunters' purpose of binding was different from theirs.

What they pursue is stability, safety and no damage to the transportation target.

Hunters pursue speed and efficiency. As long as the monster cannot get up for a while, they can make it lie down again.

The professor looked at Muti with a complicated expression, "Remember, selective learning."

"what?"

Muti didn't quite grasp what he meant, but the professor said no more, directing the technicians to restrain Xinglong with wide, strong leather belts.

Then a particularly large piece of leather was used to hold the Star Dragon, and the rope hanging from the cargo airship was fixed to the leather.

In this way, during transportation, the Star Dragon can be as comfortable as lying in a hammock, instead of being hanged on the bow with a rope like a pirate punishing a traitor.

At this time, an airboat crew member in charge of lifting came over.

"Professor, the crown of that giant tree is blocking the entrance to the top of the cave. It's not convenient to hoist the target out. Can you cut down the tree?"

The professor looked up at the giant tree with a strange shape.

The formation of such a wonderful and unique ecological environment in this cave is largely due to the giant tree that has been growing for who knows how many years.

If it is cut down, it won't take long before the environment inside the cave will change drastically.

"No." The professor refused without hesitation, "If the Star Dragon can get in, we can certainly get it out. It just takes a little more effort and time.

If it is really not possible, you are allowed to prune some branches, but you must not damage the local ecology."

"Okay." The crew had no choice but to do as they were told.

The scholars of the investigation team were asked to calculate how to trim a gap in the giant tree to lift the star dragon out while causing the least damage to it.

The entire investigation team worked from midnight to early morning.

When a corner of the night covering the horizon was lifted, the cargo airship carrying the Star Dragon slowly rose into the air.

Next, the airship will return to the canyon camp, pick up the remaining personnel and equipment, and then return directly to Metabetat.

The news of the successful capture of the young star dragon has been transmitted back to the guild headquarters via the Peregrine Express.

Many relevant professional scholars will bring their equipment and rush to this city on the edge of the dense forest as quickly as possible to conduct a comprehensive study on this mysterious creature.

"So why not send the princess directly, I mean, send the star dragon directly back to East Dorma for research like we did with the Tailhammer Dragon?" Eric asked, lying on the side of the ship and looking down.

Unfortunately, the star dragon hanging under the airship was wrapped tightly in leather, and he could not see a thing.

"What do you smell like?" The professor finally had time to look at his student, who was literally very greasy.

Orlan smiled awkwardly and looked away.

Eric himself didn't seem to care much, shrugging nonchalantly, "Bait, of course, has to be a little fragrant."

The professor said "hmm", stopped dwelling on this irrelevant question, and turned to answer Eric's previous question.

"Unlike the Tailhammer Dragon, we have no intention of harming its life. After completing non-harmful research, we will consider releasing it back to its original habitat.

It is currently uncertain whether Star Dragons can adapt to the climate of East Doruma. To ensure the safety of Star Dragons, it is safest to conduct research in Metabetat, near the dense forest.

Olang had heard some legends about star dragons from the professor, and he could understand the guild's cautious attitude.

Muti leaned over with a curious look on his face. "So now that the source has been captured, will the changes in the dense forest return to normal?"

The professor's faint smile faded upon hearing this. "I never said that the Star Dragon must be the source of the changes in the dense forest. We have to wait until the results of the preliminary research come out before we can make any inferences.

Furthermore, according to the findings of the previous investigation teams, there may be more star dragons in this dense forest than just this one."

Chapter 292 This is called preparation

After picking up the people who stayed at the canyon camp and saying a brief farewell to the strange-faced people, the cargo airship carrying the investigation team quickly climbed to a high altitude above the clouds and returned straight to Metabetat.

After confirming that his dragon-slaying materials had also been brought on board, Muti yawned in relief, said hello to the professor, and went back into the cabin.

After not getting a proper sleep for two nights in a row, even she felt very sleepy. She couldn't help much with the things on the airship, so she just took the opportunity to catch up on her sleep!

Olang was also very sleepy, but he did not go back to the cabin with Muti.

He didn't know if it was because of the plane crash caused by the monster attack not long ago, or because of some other factors, but he always felt a little uneasy and couldn't calm down.

After hesitating for a moment, he found the professor and said, "Professor, didn't the Strange Face Tribe say before that the Star Dragon would be attracted to other large monsters? Is that true?"

Aolan paused mid-sentence and asked, "Should we make some preparations in advance?"

He didn't want to sound bad, and he also believed that the professor would understand what he meant.

The professor glanced at him and said, "We've already accomplished our goal and are on our way back. Isn't it a little too late to worry about preparations now?"

Aolan choked upon hearing this.

"I didn't mean to mock you." The professor adjusted his thick glasses and spoke in a softer tone, "At least you took the initiative to correct the mistakes instead of just going back to sleep.

Remember, preparation comes before everything else; last-minute preparations won't do much good."

"Yes." Ao Lang lowered his head to accept the instruction.

"As for your concern, do you know why we are wasting extra fuel and climbing to such a high altitude so quickly?

There are only two ways that Star Dragons can attract other monsters: one is some kind of energy fluctuation, and the other is some kind of pheromone or pheromone. Distance can effectively reduce the impact of these two factors.

Leaving before other monsters are affected is part of the response."

After hearing this, Orlan suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the investigation team's movement mode became tense and rapid immediately after they lifted the star dragon out of the cave nest. It turned out that there was this reason.

"At high altitudes, the probability of encountering monster attacks will be much smaller. At our current altitude, we have exceeded the flight limits of bird-dragon monsters such as Sleeping Bird and Giant Monster Bird.

The fire dragon, known as the "king of the sky", can reach such a height, but it rarely hunts at high altitudes.

Oh, and that Thousand Blade Dragon you encountered last time. Thousand Blade Dragons do have a habit of attacking aerial targets, but these monsters are extremely rare outside of the Sea of ​​Trees. You're lucky to have encountered one."

"." Orlan was silent.

So who was lucky enough to get this? Was it him? His luck shouldn't be this bad.

Is it Eric? Or is it Master Xianglan?

Ignoring Orlan's odd expression, the professor continued, "Of course, even if it's just for that tiny probability, we have a strategy to deal with it."

He pointed with his chin at the sides of the cabin and at the stern, where several things were tightly wrapped with waterproof cloth and ropes, and turned around to call a crew member.

"Go untie the hood, load the ammunition, and alert the lookout."

Orlan looked at it curiously. He originally thought it was a research facility like a large telescope, but now it seemed that it was not that simple. He roughly guessed what it was.

As the mask was removed, Ao Lang's eyes lit up slightly.

Sure enough, there was a heavy crossbow on each side of the ship. He had used this weapon in the sand fleet.

The soft steel crossbow, which can only be fully drawn by a mechanical winch, can fire heavy crossbows like short spears with astonishing force, and its power is enough to cause serious damage to flying dragons.

Then his eyes turned to the stern, where he was not very familiar with the things.