Chapter 85 The help of the observation balloon
“And the most important thing is, if possible this time, I am going to capture the big strange bird.”
“Catch, capture meow?!” Pig Pa seemed to be taken aback by Gordon's words.
It’s not that there is anything wrong with the hunting method itself.
Many hunters choose to capture large monsters when hunting. Although this is more time-consuming, it is relatively safe and can also obtain more monster materials.
In comparison, the cost of trap tools and capture paralysis balls is negligible.
However, in the two years since it became a partner with Gordon, it has never seen Gordon use traps to capture monsters. It also thought that Gordon was particularly disdainful of capturing, or had some special shadow about capturing. With.
Noting Pork Chop’s surprised expression, Gordon was also a little helpless.
The reasons the former thought were all irrelevant. He had never captured monsters before, mainly because it was unnecessary.
He can easily hunt two-star monsters such as the Blue Speed Dragon King. When cooperating with others on three-star missions, there is no need to capture them, and no one wants to waste time setting up traps.
And this time.
In order to defeat the powerful monster bird, he is willing to use all means.
Due to the serious injuries and critical condition at the time, Gordon and Pig Pork did not have time to mark the big strange bird with dyed jade when they evacuated. Therefore, they lost the whereabouts of the big strange bird.
But this is not a big problem. They have already confirmed the location of the big strange bird's nest before. Even if they hide near the nest and wait, they can always wait until the big strange bird returns to its nest.
Already prepared to hide and seek with the big strange bird, but something discovered shortly after leaving the hunter camp saved Gordon and the others a lot of time.
While climbing over the ridge of a hill, Gordon, who had good eyesight, spotted an observation hot air balloon hovering in the sky not too far away from them.
This kind of observation hot air balloon is usually jointly funded and set up by the Wang Li Paleontology Scribes Team, the Hunters Guild, and the relatively mysterious academic institution "Gulong Observation Bureau".
In addition to the necessary drivers, the crew also includes scholars from the Scriveners Team and the Gulong Observation Bureau.
On weekdays, the main task of these observation hot air balloons is to observe mountains and fields from high altitudes, and the specific content is more complicated.
Including but not limited to observing whether there are dangerous large monsters or monster groups approaching human settlements, observing local mountain ecological changes, providing monster intelligence to the Hunter Guild, and being wary of "ancient dragons" that are as destructive as natural disasters. Migration status, early warning, etc.
Most of these responsibilities have nothing to do with Gordon, who is still only a two-star hunter at this time. However, many hunters in hunting grounds can get great convenience from hot air balloons.
"Hi~! Hello!!!~~~" Gordon waved his hands and shouted in a long voice to greet the hot air balloon that was several kilometers away in the sky.
Unfortunately, due to the distance, the other party did not notice his existence.
Gordon scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, but the full-covering metal helmet of the refined ore suit made him scratch his head.
“Huh?”
Gordon suddenly had a plan. He took off his helmet and used a relatively flat metal plate on the helmet's visor as a mirror to reflect the sunlight and sweep it towards the hot air balloon.
In the natural environment, this abrupt reflection is very conspicuous. Soon after, the crew on the observation hot air balloon discovered Gordon's presence on the ridge.
Through the telescope, they saw Gordon waving his arms clearly, and they immediately understood the former's needs.
For a hot air balloon located at an altitude of nearly a thousand meters, it can be said that the scenery of dozens of square kilometers is unobstructed. The two scholars searched the formation with telescopes and soon found it in a river valley. That orange-red figure.
After briefly calculating the direction and distance, they pulled the reflector on the hot air balloon and sent a reply signal to Gordon.
On the ridge, Gordon squinted his eyes and carefully discerned the flickering code signals on the hot air balloon.
"Big, strange, bird. West, north, twenty degrees two, kilometers, river valley. Aha!"
Gordon was very excited after getting the accurate coordinates of the big strange bird. He waved at the hot air balloon again and then gave a thumbs up.
The hot air balloon also sent blessings.
"Wish Wu a prosperous future"
Saying goodbye to the hot air balloon, Gordon and Pork Chop left the ridge and rushed to the river valley as quickly as possible.
They must contact the big strange bird before it leaves and mark it with a dyed ball. Otherwise, the big strange bird that is good at flying will cause them to lose their target again.
Fortunately, the big strange bird was leisurely strolling in the river valley looking for food, and seemed to have no intention of leaving in a short time.
Gordon and Pork Chop looked at each other and decided to strike preemptively.
A dye ball and a sonic bomb were thrown out by them one after another. When the strong-smelling dye in the dye ball exploded into a puddle on the big strange bird, arousing its vigilance, the sonic bomb was also thrown. Throw it in front of it.
The sonic boom bomb, which was less than the size of a fist, exploded. There was no fire or smoke, only a burst of high-frequency sonic boom that could not be caught by human ears spread instantly and swept around.
The big strange bird trembled as if it had been electrocuted, and then started to shake its head, its steps became messy, and it was obvious that it had entered a state of dizziness.
Gordon, who had already started charging when he threw the stained ball, happened to rush to the side of the big monster bird, stepped forward, lowered his waist, drew his sword, and instantly entered a charging posture.
A few seconds later, the charged slash, which had accumulated its power to the limit, exploded with Gordon's roar.
The dazed big strange bird was unable to resist at all. The heavy sword head covered with sharp serrations of the giant scissors slashed at the base of its wings without any reservation.
That's right, Gordon's chosen attack position is the wings again.
The tactical thinking of destroying the wings of the big monster bird to make it unable to fly or difficult to fly is correct. Every melee hunter will make this choice. What's more, the wings are the weak point of the big monster bird's soft flesh. !
The three-stage charged slash with astonishing power is completely different from the upper body slash in the first confrontation in terms of destructive power.
The giant scissors' sickle-shaped blade retained the power of the slash to the greatest extent. The carapace, which was not too thick at the wing root joints, was instantly broken into pieces, followed by the hard skin, muscles, and bones. .
Gordon could feel that the blade of the giant scissors cut directly into the joints of the big strange bird several inches deep, and even got stuck in the gap between the joints.
This is a very precise sword. If it were replaced by a high-level sword wielder with sharper weapons and greater power, this sword might have directly removed one of the wings of the big strange bird.
Gordon did not feel sorry, no matter what, the big strange bird was hit hard.
Even though it was still in a dizzy state, it couldn't help but let out a scream.
The visor blocked Gordon's slightly ferocious smile. He shouted loudly, pulled out the giant scissors from the joint at the base of the wings of the big strange bird, used the force to slash horizontally, and after a slight adjustment, he again Put the sword on your shoulder and enter the charging posture again.
He planned to strike at the bloody wound again with a charged blow.
"Watch me chop your wings off! Drink!"
ps. I'm not talking nonsense about the observation balloon.
At least in mh2 and 2g (I didn’t confirm whether there were hot air balloons later), hot air balloons would sometimes appear in the sky on the hunting map. If the control character uses the waving action on the hot air balloon, the hot air balloon will appear. Use the flash to send you a code and tell you the location of the monster.
Later, when I chatted with fellow hunters, I found that many people didn’t know this.
(End of this chapter)