Chapter 85 The help of observation balloons
“And the most important thing is, if possible this time, I am going to capture the big strange bird.”
“Catch, catch meow?!” Pig Chop seemed to be startled by Gordon’s words.
It’s not that there’s anything wrong with the hunting method itself.
Many hunters choose to capture large monsters when hunting. Although this is more labor-intensive, it is relatively safe and can also obtain more monster materials.
In comparison, the cost of trap tools and capture paralysis **** is negligible.
However, in the two years since it became a partner with Gordon, it has never seen Gordon use traps to capture monsters. It also thought that Gordon was particularly disdainful of capturing, or had some special shadow about capturing.
Noticing Pork Chop's surprised expression, Gordon was also a little helpless.
The reasons given by the former were all irrelevant. He had never captured monsters before, mainly because it was unnecessary.
He can easily hunt two-star monsters such as the Blue Speed Dragon King. When cooperating with others on three-star missions, there is no need to capture them, and no one wants to spend time setting traps.
And this time.
In order to defeat the powerful monster bird, he is willing to use all means.
Due to the serious injuries and critical condition at the time, Gordon and Pig Pork did not have time to mark the big strange bird with dyed jade when they evacuated. Therefore, they lost the whereabouts of the big strange bird.
But this is not a big problem. They have already confirmed the location of the big strange bird's nest before. Even if they hide near the nest and wait, they can always wait until the big strange bird returns to its nest.
Already prepared to hide and seek with the big strange bird, but a discovery made shortly after leaving the hunter's camp saved Gordon and the others a lot of time.
While climbing over the ridge of a hill, Gordon, who had good eyesight, discovered that an observation hot air balloon was hovering in the sky not too far away from them.
This kind of observation hot-air balloon is usually jointly funded and set up by Wang Li's Paleontology Scribes Team, the Hunters Guild, and the relatively mysterious academic institution "Gulong Observation Bureau".
In addition to the necessary pilots, the crew also includes scholars from the Scriveners Team and the Gulong Observation Bureau.
On weekdays, the main task of these observation hot air balloons is to observe mountains and fields from high altitudes, and the specific content is relatively complicated.
This includes but is not limited to observing whether there are dangerous large monsters or groups of monsters approaching human settlements, observing changes in the local mountain ecology, providing monster intelligence to the Hunter Guild, and being alert to the migration of "ancient dragons" that are as destructive as natural disasters, and providing early warning. etc.
Most of these responsibilities have nothing to do with Gordon, who is still only a two-star hunter at this time. However, many times hunters in hunting grounds can get great convenience from hot air balloons.
“Hi~! Hello!!~~~” Gordon waved his hands and shouted in a long voice to greet the hot air balloon that was several kilometers away in the sky.
Unfortunately, due to the distance, the other party did not notice his presence.
Gordon scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, but the full-covering metal helmet of the refined ore suit made him scratch his head.
"Um?"
Gordon suddenly had a plan. He took off his helmet and used a relatively flat metal plate on the helmet's visor as a mirror to reflect the sunlight and sweep it towards the hot air balloon.
In the natural environment, this sudden reflection is very conspicuous. Soon after, the crew of the observation hot-air balloon discovered Gordon's presence on the ridge.
Through the telescope, they saw Gordon waving his arms clearly, and they immediately understood the former's needs.
For a hot air balloon located at an altitude of nearly a thousand meters, it can be said that the scenery of dozens of square kilometers is unobstructed. The two scholars searched the array with telescopes and soon found the orange-red figure in a river valley.
On the ridge, Gordon squinted his eyes and carefully identified the flickering code signals on the hot air balloon.
“Big, strange, bird. West, north, twenty degrees two, kilometers, river valley. Aha!”
Gordon was very excited after getting the accurate coordinates of the big strange bird. He waved to the hot air balloon again and then showed his thumb.
Hot air balloons also sent blessings.
“Wish you good luck in martial arts”
Farewell to the hot air balloon, Gordon and Pork Chop left the ridge and rushed to the river valley as quickly as possible.
They must contact the big strange bird before it leaves and mark it with a dye ball. Otherwise, the big strange bird that is good at flying will cause them to lose their target again.
Fortunately, the big strange bird was leisurely strolling in the river valley looking for food, and seemed to have no intention of leaving in a short time.
Gordon and Pork Chop looked at each other and decided to strike first.
They threw a dye ball and a sonic bomb camera. When the strong-smelling dye in the dye ball exploded into a puddle on the big strange bird, arousing its vigilance, the sonic bomb was also thrown in front of it.
The sonic boom bomb, which was no bigger than a fist, exploded. There was no fire or smoke, only a high-frequency sonic boom that could not be caught by human ears spread instantly and swept around.
The big strange bird trembled as if it had been electrocuted. Then it started to shake its head and its steps became messy. It was obvious that it had entered a state of dizziness.
Gordon, who had already started charging when he threw the stained ball, happened to rush to the side of the big monster bird, stepped forward, lowered his waist, drew his sword, and instantly entered a charging posture.
A few seconds later, the charged slash, which had accumulated its power to the limit, exploded with a roar from Gordon.
The big strange bird was in a dizzy state and was unable to resist at all. The heavy sword head covered with sharp serrations of the giant scissor struck the base of its wings without any reservation.
That's right, Gordon's chosen attack position is the wings again.
The tactical thinking of destroying the wings of the big monster bird to make it unable to fly or make it difficult to fly is correct. Every melee hunter will make this choice. What's more, the wings are the weak point of the big monster bird's soft flesh!
The astonishingly powerful three-stage charged slash is completely incomparable to the upper body slash from the first confrontation in terms of destructive power.
The giant scissor-shaped sword blade retained the power of the slash to the greatest extent. The carapace, which was not too thick at the wing root joints, was instantly broken into pieces, followed by the hard skin, muscles, and bones.
Gordon could feel that the blade of the giant scissors cut directly into the joints of the big strange bird several inches deep, and even got stuck in the gap between the joints.
This is a very precise sword. If it were replaced by a superior swordsman with a sharper weapon and greater power, this sword might have directly removed one of the wings of the big strange bird.
Gordon didn't feel sorry. In any case, the big strange bird was hit hard.
Even though it was still in a dizzy state, it couldn't help but let out a scream.
Gordon's slightly ferocious smile was blocked by his visor. He shouted loudly, pulled out the giant scissors from the joint at the base of the wings of the big strange bird, used the force to slash horizontally, and after a slight adjustment, he put the sword on his shoulder. Go up and enter the charging posture again.
He planned to strike at the **** wound again with a charged blow.
“Watch me chop your wings off right away! Drink ah ah ah!”
ps. I’m not talking nonsense about observation balloons.
At least in mh2 and 2g (I haven't confirmed whether there are hot air balloons later), hot air balloons will sometimes appear in the sky on the hunting map. If the control character uses the waving action on the hot air balloon, the hot air balloon will use its flash to send you a code. , tells you the location of the monster.
Later, when I chatted with hunting friends, I found that many people didn’t know this.
(End of this chapter)