Chapter 130 Distress Signal
The journey across the Geokrok Sea was not as spectacular as Gordon imagined.
Huge waves, storms, tornadoes, and attacks from sea monsters. None of these were encountered.
After riding the merchant ship and drifting on the sea in boredom for more than a week, the merchant ship approached the north coast of the Geokrok Sea, and the swamp plains along the coast were visible in the distance.
Next, the ship will continue westward along the coastline until it reaches the port of Metabetat.
Gordon was puzzled by this sailing route that went around and around rather than in a straight line. When he saw a sailor sliding down the mast, he walked over and started chatting.
This was a short and stocky sailor, chewing tobacco in his mouth, and the slightly pungent smell reminded Gordon of the old Draconian craftsman from Minagald.
“Hey, despite the calm conditions here, there are a lot of monsters in the sea. We are sailing like this to avoid the monster’s territory.”
Hearing this, Gordon couldn't help but wonder, "How can such a big ship be afraid of monsters? How big are the monsters in the sea?"
The merchant ship they boarded was forty meters long. In Gordon's opinion, ordinary large monsters could not pose a practical threat to such a behemoth.
"Even though a merchant ship like ours is big, it is thin-skinned and not very fast. Naturally, it has to avoid monsters. If it encounters a sea dragon, it will be tormented in a few strokes.
Let me tell you, the most powerful ones are those hunting boats, equipped with crossbows and cannons. They are not afraid of monsters, and they hunt monsters everywhere to kill them! "
Gordon actually knew what the sailor said about the ship hunter.
Hunter gatherings in offshore human settlements often build hunting boats to organize hunters to go out to hunt monsters and maintain smooth sea routes.
As a seaport city, Minagard City naturally has hunting boats, and there are more than one. However, hunters who go out to hunt need to master special naval combat skills, so Gordon did not try it.
To be honest, he didn’t want to try it. Since he couldn’t swim, he went into the sea fully equipped, fearing that he would just sink to the bottom and feed the fish.
While Gordon was chatting with the sailors, a shout suddenly came from the observation deck at the top of the mast.
“There’s something going on in the north! Look to the sky in the north!”
“It’s not necessary to say sea dragon, the sea dragon is coming, right?” The sailor muttered, but he didn’t seem very worried. He was very experienced in sailing and knew that the chance of a sea dragon appearing nearby was almost zero.
Gordon also hurriedly took out the telescope from his bag and opened it to look.
“Signal flare?” He said to himself with some surprise: “Still red, distress signal?”
"Well, it's a hunter's distress signal." Anhil came to the side of the ship at some point and squinted his eyes. As a sniper, he had very good eyesight. "It's from the direction of the shore. There is a hunter in danger."
“We have to go take a look.” Gordon put away the telescope and frowned.
Anhil straightened the brim of his hat and responded simply: "Of course."
They all know that hunters generally will not send out a distress signal unless it is absolutely necessary. Even if they send out a distress signal, it is unknown whether it will be seen by others and whether there will be a hunter passing by nearby who can come to rescue.
To put it bluntly, it means resigning oneself to fate and taking a gamble out of desperation.
Therefore, it is a common rule among hunters to do your best to help others when they detect distress signals. If you save someone else this time, someone else may come to save you next time.
Without much thought, Gordon and Anhill immediately found the captain and made a request to dock.
"That's enough, thank you for your help." Gordon nodded immediately, and then looked at Ancier, "I'll call for the pork chop, Ancier, you check the ammunition, and we're ready to go."
Eli huddled up and hid in a small stone cave, or a crevice between rocks. The severe pain that kept coming from his chest and ribs made his facial features wrinkle up.
The blood foam rising from his throat can prove that the broken ribs have penetrated into the lungs. If he does not receive treatment, he may even choke to death on his own blood.
The heavy footsteps of the poisonous monster bird came closer and closer. He had to temporarily hold his breath and pray that he would not be discovered, even if doing so would further spasm his lungs and aggravate the injury.
After lingering for a while, the poisonous monster bird walked away.
Eli breathed a sigh of relief, but the injury to his lungs did not allow him to take a big breath. He could only spit out the blood foam in his mouth and gasp for air bit by bit.
Eli carefully moved his body to make some room for the broken leg, which would make it a little more comfortable.
He raised his head and smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid I have to explain it here this time."
As a dual swordsman in his thirties who still only has a three-star level, Eli has long recognized that he is not one of those "talented" people.
The dream of hunting flying dragons as a child and becoming a legend has become blurry.
Having lost the motivation to go further, he returned to his hometown, an unknown small village on the edge of a swamp, married the gentle girl who was his childhood sweetheart, and started a family together.
She also has a little daughter who has freckles on her nose just like her mother, but is still extremely cute.
If possible, he really didn't want to take on any more dangerous hunting missions.
From time to time, they would enter the edge of the wetland, hunt two herbivorous dragons and lopsided beasts, and collect some mountain products such as specialty mushrooms, which would be enough for their small family to live a leisurely life without worrying about food and clothing.
However, as the only hunter in the village, he had to fight when the monster came to his door.
That was a very large poisonous monster bird. Not long after it migrated nearby, it completely destroyed the ecology of the surrounding area.
More than one or two villagers were killed, and no one dared to go out now.
Eli has never hunted this kind of poisonous bird-dragon monster, but he has experience in hunting big strange birds, and the action patterns of the two are very different. He is confident that he can fight it.
After a hard fight and exhausting all the recovery medicine, antidote and other supplies, he finally forced the poisonous monster bird into a desperate situation.
When he saw the huge poisonous monster bird wailing and falling in front of him, to be honest, Eli was still very proud.
He had already thought about how to brag to his daughter about his heroic hunting experience when he returned.
However, who would have thought that when he came to the corpse of the poisonous monster bird and squatted down to peel it off, this cunning guy suddenly jumped up and knocked him away at once.
This **** monster actually pretends to be dead and makes a sneak attack? !
Unprepared, Eli was seriously injured. More than one rib was broken, and the leg bone of his left leg was also fractured. He could not even lift the sword, let alone continue hunting.
Unfortunately, fortunately, the injury of the poisonous bird was not light. After pretending to hit the hunter, it did not have the power to continue to pursue, which gave Eli's opportunity to escape.
During the evacuation process, Eli's injuries worsened and he was no longer able to return to the camp through the dangerous wetland where monsters roamed.
With no choice but to find a place to stay temporarily, he also sent a distress signal.
What happens next can only be left to luck.
(End of this chapter)