Chapter 108 The General’s Sickle
“Learn to run before you learn to walk? That’s an interesting statement.”
I have to say that this statement, which sounds neither logical nor unreasonable, is still It's a bit to his liking.
"The edge of this footprint is very sharp, which proves that it is very fresh. The general sickle crab should not have gone far yet." Anhil rubbed the footprints left by the general sickle crab with his fingertips and said to himself .
Gordon's face stiffened when he heard this, "Young Master, are you too anxious?"
Neither of them had been injured in the previous battle. In addition to Ancier's ballista ammunition, other supplies such as recovery medicine and cold drinks were also sufficient.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is in full condition.
But you have to hunt a monster with a danger level of about four stars? Are you a little too arrogant?
“I didn’t say I was going to hunt it.”
Ancil’s tone was a little tangled, as if he was explaining to Gordon, but also Convinced myself, "I'm not arrogant enough to think of hunting a monster with similar strength to a flying dragon with this remaining ammunition, but"
"I understand, no need to explain." Hearing that Ancier was not ready to fight with General Sickle, Gordon immediately relaxed. He waved his hand to interrupt Ancier's words and said:
" The goal you are trying to surpass is right in front of you. Even if it is not a decisive battle, you still want to touch it, right?"
"You"
"How can I? Do you know? Why do you think I took the hunter's knife to challenge the Big Boar King? If the monster I was targeting was right in front of me, I would not give up the opportunity to "say hello" to it.
< br>Information, advice, no matter how much you listen to it, it will be false. Only when you really face it will you have a completely different experience. ”
Anhil opened his mouth, and eventually it turned into a slightly subtle chuckle, "Oh, it seems that we are all the kind of 'restless guys' that the instructors call us.
Anyway, I'm going to the meeting. What do you say to that general? Let’s go pay a visit to that ‘general’, or should we go back to the camp first?”
Gordon put away his pickaxe and flexed his fingers again. knot, making a crackling sound.
“What do you mean?”
“You have to think about it, that is a four-star monster.”
"What nonsense are you talking about? It sounds like you are a four-star hunter. Let's go!"
Tracking monsters through footprints and other traces is the most basic skill for hunters.
However, the process of searching for the whereabouts of General Sickle was extremely tortuous.
The pork chop, which Gordon had high hopes for, was numb first. The body odor of crustaceans was not obvious, and the pungent sulfur smell of the volcanic zone powerfully covered up any possible odor.
The plan to rely on scent tracking failed immediately.
Another thing that brings a lot of trouble to tracking work is the volcanic rocks that can be seen everywhere in volcanic areas.
The texture of volcanic rocks depends entirely on the composition of the magma before it solidifies.
After solidification, some of the volcanic rocks are loose and loose, and even a strong wind can blow a handful of debris from them, while some are so hard that even the sharp claws of the general sickle crab are hard to bear. Leave a distinct mark on it.
Gordon and Ancil often followed the tracks for a few steps before the tracks disappeared. They had to split up from time to time, expand the search area, and use the clumsiest way to drag the net to find the tracks.
This search lasted for several hours. When they finally followed a series of footprints into a long and narrow passage leading underground, the footprints disappeared again.
"Ah, I'm so annoyed! It would be great if there was an observation hot air balloon nearby. Let's see where it goes!" Gordon said irritably, waving his palms to fan the wind.
Anhil's mood was also not good.
Other supplies were okay, but the cold drinks he and Gordon carried were about to be exhausted. If General Sickle couldn't be found in a short time, they would have to retreat to the camp.
——The volcano is extremely hot, and without the help of cold drinks, they simply cannot stay active for a long time in the lava-filled volcanic zone.
Two people and one cat walked cautiously along the corridor.
This passage had no branches, and after a few minutes of traversing, they entered a dark underground cave.
“Huh, it’s surprisingly cool here.”
As a swordsman, Gordon, who was leading the way, entered the cave first. There were no lava waterfalls or lava lakes in this cave, but it was quite cool. For shade.
“Although the Shogun Scythe Crab lives in hot volcanoes, it is also a crustacean monster after all, and may prefer this dark environment.
Let’s be careful, it may In this cave." Anhil looked cautious, and the ore crystal nova was carried from his back to his right shoulder, so that he could deploy it at any time and enter combat mode.
"Yes." Gordon responded. His eyes quickly swept around, taking in every corner of this small cave.
He even didn't forget to look up to confirm the situation at the top of the cave. However, he saw nothing except clusters of huge stalactites.
Safety - Gordon made a tactical gesture.
Anhil, who was alert to the rear, slowly moved closer to him, while not forgetting to check the situation in the cave again.
"Where do you think it can go?" Gordon asked tiredly.
"In addition to the tunnel we just entered, this cave has two entrances and exits. The one in the southeast corner is too small. It is impossible for General Sickle to get through. It should go to the entrance of the cave due west." Ancier analyzed road.
"Is it possible to dig holes? Shield crabs can dig holes, and the closely related sickle crabs should also be able to dig holes." Gordon continued.
Anhil squatted down, stroked the ground, shook his head and said: "Impossible, the ground in the cave is rocky, not sandy or earthy, how can it be possible to get it in without leaving any traces?
Huh? Wait a minute." Anhil frowned, and he pulled out the peeling knife from his waist and stabbed it hard on the ground.
With a scratching sound of "chi", the tip of the steel knife penetrated half an inch into the ground, leaving a conspicuous mark on the dark gray rocky ground.
If a knife can penetrate the ground, how could Shogun Scythe leave no traces?
Unless
Shogun Kamakura never touched the ground after entering the cave through the tunnel!
Ancil and Gordon suddenly raised their heads.
At the top of the cave, deep in the dark shadows of huge stalactites, two cold lights flashed.
"Be careful!"
Gordon yelled, rushed in front of Ancier, pulled out the giant scissors as fast as possible, inserted the tip of the sword into the ground, and used his shoulders and arms to hold the sword against it, in an anti-impact posture , defensive posture!
"Shua!"
It was a sharp sound that cut through the air with a sharp blade.
A powerful gray and blue shadow fell from the sky. Gordon felt that a terrifying force that was completely irresistible hit the giant scissor, sending him and his sword flying out, hitting the cave wall. superior.
He could even hear the sound of the bones all over his body being overwhelmed, and the wail of the giant scissor blade.
The General Scythe Crab appears!
“Gordon!”
Anhil exclaimed, but his hand movements did not stop.
He deployed the heavy crossbow as quickly as possible, loaded the untimely but relatively more powerful penetrating bullet, and immediately began to fire in support.
"Pork Chop! I'll cover you while you check Gordon's injury!" Ancil yelled.
“Meow!” Pig Chop screamed in response, got down on all fours and ran towards Gordon.
"Cough cough cough"
Gordon, who slipped from the rock wall and fell to the ground, shook his head, coughed twice, stood up somewhat staggeringly, and said loudly: "I'm fine! ”
Although he failed to completely block the top-down attack of the general Kamaki, the broad sword body of the giant scissor blocked the fatal slash of the former's famous sickle-shaped front claws for him.
Coupled with the protection of the armor, although he was hit, the injury was not too serious.
However, the two deep cuts on the giant scissor sword that almost cut it in the middle are shocking. (End of this chapter)