Chapter 103: Stone protection and ballistics
After starting the desired Huilong Stone, An Hill was always alerting for him, which made Gordon feel a little embarrassed.
So Gordon took the initiative to propose that after finding the mineral vein, he could exchange it, and he would be the guard while Anhir would dig the mine.
Unexpectedly, Anhir said that he had no interest in mining. He even admitted that he had no favorable impression of metal-based weapons and armor.
Sturdy, easy to collect materials, and easy to craft are indeed the advantages of metal equipment. However, on the other hand, metal equipment also represents shortcomings such as heavy weight, lack of additional attributes, and low upper limit.
Doesn’t fit his “aesthetic”.
“So you came to the volcano just for tourism?” Gordon couldn’t help but complain.
“You can’t say that, it’s mainly to get familiar with the hunting environment.”
Perhaps it was Gordon's "not taking advantage" attitude that won his favor, and Ancil no longer insisted on his lame rhetoric of "collecting ammunition materials".
But he still didn't say it clearly. He simply mentioned "I'm more concerned about certain monsters" and then changed the subject.
"Gordon, your main goal in coming to Naguli Village is to dig for stone protection, right? Have you ever thought about the specific effects of the stone protection you need?"
Gordon was startled when he heard this.
He seemed to have not really thought about this issue in detail.
“Well, it’s probably the kind that increases strength and destructive power?” As a great swordsman who pursues ultimate destructive power, Gordon gave an answer that he thought should be quite satisfactory.
“Haah.” Anhil sighed, “I think you don’t understand at all?”
Gordon: “?”
Looking at Gordon's face full of greetings, Ancier had no choice but to explain patiently: "In most cases, protective stones are not used to increase strength.
There are indeed protective stones that can increase a hunter's strength (attack power). However, no matter how high-quality the protective stone is, it can only increase the strength by a few percent. It is effective, but it cannot play a decisive role.
Is there a big difference between killing a monster with ten swords and killing it with eleven swords? "
“It seems there really isn’t much of a difference.”
Seeing that Gordon was still a little confused, Ancier took out a protective stone that shone with a light cyan light from his collar, "Take my protective stone as an example.
This protective stone has the power of "Elf's Protection". Its effect is to help me offset part of the damage sometimes. Doesn't it sound uncontrollable? But it may save my life sometimes, and it belongs to the protective stone of ten thousand essential oils.
Hunters tend to be more ‘functional’ when choosing the effect of stone protection, such as improving resistance to vibration or noise.
A while ago, I heard that a lucky person got a super-effective 'poison resistance' protective stone. As long as he wears that protective stone, he will never have to worry about being poisoned. "
"So powerful? Is the fire dragon's poison not harmful?" Gordon said, glaring.
“Well, all toxins are neutralized.”
Gordon somewhat understood what Ancil meant. Compared with the effect of saving lives at this critical moment, the slight improvement in strength is really insignificant.
But having said that, he didn’t even know what effects the protective stone had, so naturally he couldn’t say which effects he expected.
Seeing Gordon's lack of knowledge about the effect of stone protection, Ancil continued: "I am not a swordsman myself, so I can't tell what kind of stone protection is suitable for you.
I can only say this. Among the few swordsmen I know, there is a great hammer user whose stone protection effect is 'fainting (KO technique)', which can improve the effect of stunning monsters. There is a great sword user whose stone protection effect is It is an 'ear plug' that can largely ignore the roar of monsters. There is also a dual swordsman who likes to use poison attribute swords. The effect of the stone protection is 'poison attribute enhancement'.
Listening to Ancier's description, although Gordon knew that he was not very lucky, he still couldn't help but have a beautiful dream in his heart to dig out the best protective stone.
“Let’s go! Let’s dig out the protective stone now!” Gordon picked up the pickaxe and looked excited as if he could not wait to dig out the super powerful protective stone immediately.
"Are you sick!?" Ancil seemed to have forgotten "elegance" and complained mercilessly: "There is no relic vein in this hunting ground that can dig out protective stones, okay? If you want to dig metal ore, hurry up Go dig!”
"oh"
Gordon dejectedly came to another mining site and waved the pickaxe in a vented manner. The clanking sound echoed in the cave.
Ancier once again set up the Ore Crystal Nova and maintained vigilance.
Another period of time passed, and Zhupa, who was so idle that he felt sleepy, suddenly became excited and his ears perked up.
"There's a monster howling meow! It might be a velociraptor meow!" Pig Chop warned loudly.
“Is it finally here?”
Anhil narrowed his eyes slightly. He raised his hand to signal Gordon, who was about to come over, to continue digging, and he turned the heavy crossbow in the direction of the tunnel where the howling came from.
Before leaving the camp, he showed Gordon his shooting skills with a few shots. Although he expressed admiration for them, he himself was a little dissatisfied.
As he expected, in the high temperature environment of the volcano, the trajectory of the crossbow projectile seemed to be slightly different from usual.
But now that we are in a hunting ground, we cannot randomly fire cannons and conduct experiments. It just so happens that a monster is attracted by the sound of Gordon's mining, which is the best target.
Ten seconds later, what appeared in the scope were two scarlet agile figures - red velociraptors.
As a subspecies of the velociraptor group that lives in harsh environments such as volcanoes and swamps, the red velociraptor has gelatinous skin with excellent thermal insulation effect. Its bright color is reminiscent of some highly venomous amphibians.
Red Velociraptor does not have the sharp and long teeth of its close relative Blue Velociraptor, but they do possess another deadly weapon - venom.
The venom sprayed from the venom glands in the throat is toxic enough to even make flying dragons feel afraid.
On the other side, Anhil, who had entered sniper mode, showed no signs of nervousness at all.
Venom? With that pitiful jet distance, is it even close?
ˆ Pull the bolt machine leisurely, and with a muffled "bang" sound, the crossbow shells shoot out.
Almost at the same time that the heavy crossbow gun sprayed out flames, one of the red velociraptors fell to the ground, and the inertia of its high-speed running caused its body to roll several times on the ground.
It whined and tried to stand up, but that was obviously a luxury. One of its knees was pierced by a crossbow bullet. Judging from the weird bend of the calf, the kneecap had been completely shattered.
Anhil frowned. The part he originally aimed at was actually his ankle.
Following another roar, the other red velociraptor also fell to the ground, struggling and wailing.
Compared to the prey running at high speed, the two red velociraptors lying on the ground unable to get up were like targets in front of Ancil's eyes, and it was difficult to miss them.
After a few casual rounds, the world became peaceful.
“Sure enough, will the high temperature environment and the rising heat of the magma have a certain impact on accurate sniping?” Anhil said to himself.
“Need to readjust to lower ballistics.”
p.s. Well, everyone in the game likes to pursue extreme damage. If they really go hunting, most people will probably pay more attention to saving their lives, right?
(End of this chapter)