Chapter 244 I want to follow you, meow
Huge fleet of sandy ships sailing on the sandy sea at high speed.
Gordon and others riding on the Mineyama Maru finally understood the power of this ancient dragon-attacking boat.
It is obviously several times the volume of an ordinary sand ship, dozens of times its own weight, and has a large number of weapons, baggage, and passengers.
But when its sails were fully deployed, its speed was no slower than those light sand boats, and it was even faster.
Only at this speed can it be possible to keep up with the Fengshan Dragon that lives and swims in the sea of sand.
“Boom!”
A huge cannonball roared past dozens of meters away from the abandoned sand boat that was used as a target ship, and finally landed on the sand, exploding into large pieces of iron and sparks.
“Not bad, now you have almost mastered the use of this artillery!”
The captain of the ship was very satisfied with Gordon's progress. "Although the accuracy is not very good, Fengshanlong is huge, so accuracy is not critical when shooting at close range."
“It’s my turn!”
Gordon got out of the way, and Hayata staggered over with a huge cannonball in his arms.
Putting the cannonball into the automatically ejected breech, pushing it in hard and closing it, Hayata pushed the heavy barrel of the cannon and began to take aim.
The people around him consciously covered their ears, and Hayata pulled the match rope hard.
“Boom!”
It’s different from Gordon’s ridiculously accurate shot that was dozens of meters away and missed by dozens of meters.
The cannonball fired by Hayata sliced through the stern of the target ship, chewing off a large piece of the hull, and then exploded in the distance.
For artillery that is not known for its accuracy, this can be regarded as an accurate hit.
"Haha, awesome! Hayata, why don't you stop being a hunter and come to our Mineyama Maru to be a gunner?" the captain of the ship teased with a smile.
The real gunner on the side couldn't help but praise, "This accuracy is much better than mine!"
“It’s just good luck.” Hayata rubbed her hands in embarrassment.
This is not modesty.
Using artillery is a very complicated knowledge. If it can be mastered easily, it will not be said that it is difficult to train gunners.
“I want to try it too! Let me try it, meow!”
Pork Chops struggled to carry a large cannonball that was much heavier than his whole cat, put it into the breech block, closed the gun door, and pulled the match rope.
“Boom!”
The cannonball drew a high arc and flew far, far away.
Gordon laughed happily, "How could anyone be worse than me, hahahaha!"
Zhupa jumped on his feet and defended, "The artillery is too big, meow! It's not convenient for me to adjust the cannon body to point meow!"
The captain of the ship said cheerfully: "Zhupa is right. Firing the cannon alone is too difficult for Ellu. Porkchop might as well try the heavy-duty crossbow."
As for Gordon, he can just be responsible for carrying artillery shells for Hayata. "
ˆ Gordon: "."
All joking aside, the captain of the ship meticulously taught the two of them how to use the heavy bed crossbow.
Compared to artillery that is not easy to control, an ancient and mature weapon like the heavy bed crossbow is much easier to use.
Just use the winch to open the crossbow, then put the heavy crossbow arrow like a giant steel chisel on it, align the crosshairs with three dots and one line, and pull the trigger.
If it is in a stationary state, the heavy bed crossbow can basically hit where it hits, and it is very accurate. However, if it is placed on a high-speed sand boat or a dragon boat, it is necessary to calculate the lead time carefully.
Ship speed, target speed, and wind speed must all be taken into consideration, which requires a lot of experience.
Gordon believes that Ancier will do a good job if he is here. The latter, who is proficient in heavy crossbow sniping, is very familiar with all this.
However, what he didn't expect was that he himself did a good job in this regard.
Different from artillery whose shells are expensive and will be gone once they explode.
The heavy bed crossbow's crossbow arrows can be easily recovered after being shot into the soft sand, so the captain of the ship generously allowed them to practice as they pleased.
Much better than Hayata, whose target accuracy is about 50%, and the pork chops that are shot all over the sky.
Pork Chop, who was lifted from the shooting position by the captain of the ship, returned to the cabin angrily. His talent was not here, so he was still tinkering with explosives.
Get some super big bomb barrels and blow them up when the time comes Meow Meow!
The wind and sand blew all day long on the sand boat.
Hayata, whose face, the gaps in his equipment, his hair, and even his underwear were filled with sand, took a comfortable hot bath after returning to the hunter's cabin.
Before coming to Lockark, it was really hard to imagine that in the middle of the desert, one could have such luxury of water.
She was mentally prepared for not taking a shower for a month, which is extremely scary for a girl.
Thanks to the giant rock platform, to the central lake, and to the magical dragon tooth in the center of the lake that is said to make the lake never dry up.
Sessna said that it was a giant Fengshan dragon in ancient times. The teeth left behind when it hit the giant rock platform were nearly a hundred meters long.
How huge is that peak mountain dragon? unimaginable.
Hayata closed her eyes and thought. The warm water made her feel drowsy.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
“咿!”
Hayata was awakened and sat up suddenly.
Could it be that Senior Gordon has something to do with him?
Hayata shouted "Wait a minute, we're coming!" while hurriedly climbing out of the bathtub, drying herself and getting dressed. She didn't have time to care about her wet hair, so she put a towel on her head and walked to open the door.
Opening the door, Hayata looked up as a habit, but there was no one there.
"Huh?"
Have you waited too long and gone back first?
“Meow—, I’m very sorry, Miss Hayata, for disturbing meow.” A familiar meow came from below.
Hayata looked down in surprise and found two El cats, one big and one small.
“Are you, Dianthus?”
Hayata recognized the slightly larger silver Elu wearing the uniform of the Tourism Association.
When they first arrived in Lockrak, it was this little guide named Elu who led them around and learned about this desert city.
“Miss Hayata, do you still remember Dianthus?” Dianthus was a little surprised.
“Of course~.”
Hayata knelt down and looked at the two Ellu, "And this little guy, right?"
Handled by Dianthus, Pandan, who was timidly hiding behind her sister, stood in front with a trembling beard. It first bowed vigorously to Hayata.
“Hello, Mr. Hunter, my name is Xiangnan Meow!”
“The dialect is out, meow!” Shizhu reminded her in a low voice behind her sister.
"Hey! I'm sorry, my name is Xianglan!" The silver-colored little Ellu tried to stand up, and the tip of its trembling tail showed its inner unrest.
“It’s okay, it’s okay. I remember you were the one who followed the transport team back then?”
“It’s Omeow!”
Dianthus also bowed and thanked, "Xianglan is my sister Meow. She followed the transport team from Balubare to find me, but she met the monster Meow.
Thank you very much to Miss Hayata and your companions for the helping hand! "
“It’s just what I should do, just like you, Dianthus, guide tourists.”
Hayata rubbed the heads of the two Ellu, and the feel of the furry hands made her feel happy both physically and mentally.
Dianthus wanted to say something else, to lay the groundwork, but Pandan suddenly straightened up and meowed, as if Hayata had given her courage.
“Lord Hayata! Your appearance in fighting against the Diegalosaurus alone makes me yearn for it! I want to follow you and become a hunting cat!”
"Eh?"
(There is another chapter in the evening
(End of this chapter)