Chapter 107 Learn to run before you learn to walk
Leaving the oven-like lava cave, the two of them and the cat came to the surface.
The temperature here is obviously close to, even over 40 degrees, but Gordon and the others still feel "really cool".
Or illusion.
The iron-gray ground has wavy lines, which are traces of the flow of magma. There is no vegetation on the bare hillside, and the occasional small puddles store not fresh water, but strong acid.
“The environment is so harsh that I don’t know what these volcanic creatures rely on to survive. Do they drink sulfuric acid and eat magma?” Gordon lamented.
"Occasionally, animals will migrate by. In addition, there may be water sources and heat-resistant plants in places we don't know about." Ancier held up his hat-shaped helmet. "Volcanic organisms are also very efficient in utilizing organic matter." high.
Insect scavengers are at the bottom of the ecological chain and are also food for many small animals. Above that are first-level predators, but even the most powerful predators will die, turn into carrion and become food for insects. . "
“Hey, the young master knows a lot!” Gordon teased with a smile.
Anhil glanced at him and said, "Don't just exercise your muscles on weekdays, read more books. Knowledge is power."
"Hahaha, there is an old guy who said the same thing as me, 'knowledge is power'!" Gordon remembered what Miles said when he gave him a book on his birthday last year, "He was also a high-ranking heavy crossbow user. Coming."
“Once? A retired old hunter?”
“Haha, no, the old man is still active, but he is getting older and it is more difficult to operate a heavy crossbow, so he switched to a light crossbow.”
“I see, I really want to visit in person if I have the chance.”
The two chatted all the way, and finally came to a steep rock wall along the hillside.
Gordon took out the map and compared it, and said with satisfaction: "This is it! Get ready to start construction!"
Seeing Gordon pick up the pickaxe, Ancier and Pork Chop also consciously entered a state of alert.
The previous encounters with the red velociraptor and the red-armored beast proved that this seemingly desolate and silent place was also full of danger and life.
Gordon was tapping and digging on the rock wall, cheering from time to time because of the high-quality ore he collected, while Ancil on the side was alert and at the same time, he allocated part of his energy to observe the surroundings.
Suddenly, his eyes were attracted by a series of marks on the rock wall, and he couldn't help but take steps and walked over.
Putting another piece of pyrosaur stone into his luggage, Gordon, who was just about to take a breath, noticed something unusual about Ancil, and approached the trace.
It is a series of roughly diamond-shaped pits, regularly arranged on the rock wall that is almost vertical to the ground.
The small pit is very deep, about one to twenty centimeters, and its edges are sharp, just like the marks left by a sharp sword inserted deep into the rock wall and pulled out.
“Is this the footprint of a crustacean?” Gordon said to himself in surprise.
The crustacean species in his impression like to live in humid places, such as the seaside, riverside, or in dense forests. The shield crab is the most typical example.
How come crustaceans inhabit a hot and arid place like a volcano?
“You know?” Anhir looked slightly surprised when he heard Gordon talking to himself.
"what do you know?"
“Such a footprint.”
“Oh, I have hunted the Daimyo shield crab before, and its footprints are almost like this. There are two rows of fine and regular small pits. Who told them to have more legs?”
"Daming Shield Crab? No wonder, there is indeed some overlap." Ancier stroked the sharp edge of the pit and said: "This is the footprint of the sickle crab. To be precise, it is the general sickle crab."
"General Sickle? Your target?" Gordon couldn't help turning his head and looked at Ancil, "You thought about it and then collected materials to make equipment?"
“Well, that’s right.” Anhil’s tone was a little low.
“You guys want to sneak away.” Gordon said cheerfully: “General Sickle is a four-star monster, right? Are you sure?”
Gordon refers to "escape" as a means of hunting monsters higher than your own hunter level in advance and making equipment by participating in exploration missions or taking advantage of loopholes in certain missions where other large monsters may enter.
The benefits of doing this are obvious.
For example, Anhil is a three-star hunter at this time. If he obtains weapons made from four-star monster materials in advance, and then uses them to deal with three-star monsters, it will naturally be much easier.
However, the price of high returns is extremely high risks.
The hunter's guild assigns very strict and particular danger levels to monsters. A four-star general sickle crab is a whole level stronger than a three-star daimyo shield crab!
Gordon admitted that Ancil is very strong, but he probably has not yet reached the level of a four-star hunter.
What does a four-star hunter represent?
It means that they have the strength to hunt real flying dragon species such as male and female fire dragons, horned dragons, and boom dragons on their own!
In other words, the danger level of the Shogun Sickle is the same as that of the Fire Dragon who almost killed Gordon at that time.
“To be honest, I’m not sure.” After another brief silence, Anhil said.
Gordon was a little speechless, "You dare to run away even if you are not sure? Are you risking your life? Why are you so anxious? Can't you just steadily improve your strength?"
Ancil lowered the brim of his hat so that Gordon could not see his expression clearly.
"I have been promoted to three-star level for more than a year." Anhil explained with a hint of weakness, "In the past year or so, I have made no progress at all, from equipment to technology.
More than a year ago, Julius and I were promoted to three-star hunters at the same time at the age of less than 20 years old. We were nicknamed the ‘Twin Stars’ by everyone in East Doruma.
Now, Julius has successfully hunted the General Scythe Crab and been promoted to the fourth level hunter, but I am still hovering at three stars, with no direction of improvement at all. "
Hearing this, Gordon let out a long breath, "Ha--Julius is the dual swordsman you like, right? You guy, you have too much desire to win and lose."
Anhil shook his head and said in a serious tone: "No, I don't want to compare with anyone, nor do I want to prove anything. I just hope to break through the shackles on myself.
I want to push myself, and push myself with the generals that Julius once faced. "
"So, the material of the General Scythe Crab is not the point. You are not trying to sneak away for the equipment, but you want to fight it to squeeze out your potential in a desperate situation and force yourself to improve?" Gordon crossed his arms and asked with a smile. .
"That's right." Anhil glanced at Gordon with some dissatisfaction, "Isn't this ridiculous?"
Knowing that Ancil had misunderstood, Gordon waved his hands and said: "Of course not, hahaha, I'm just surprised that someone has similar thoughts to me."
“Similar thoughts?”
“During the assessment mission to be promoted to a one-star hunter, I encountered the Big Wild Boar King. After trying my best to kill it, I found that my strength had improved a lot.
Since then I have known that improving in desperate situations, although dangerous, is not an empty talk. "
Anhil raised his head when he heard this, his eyes full of surprise.
In the apprentice hunter period, not everyone can kill the big wild boar king with a two-star danger level.
"Humans, sometimes you have to push yourself. Before you learn to walk, why not run first?"
(End of this chapter)