Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Chapter 1282 Tail Docking
While the Ice Curse Dragon's attention was attracted by Feng Ying, Hayata quickly moved around to the side and rear of the Ice Curse Dragon.

Noticing her movement, Aiden, who was sniping from a distance, also changed his position and moved to a position more forward to minimize the Frost Dragon's attention to the rear.

Hayata’s goal is very clear, which is to cut off the Ice Curse Dragon’s tail.

Inexperienced hunters often overlook the importance of the tail and think that tail docking is unimportant.

Only when facing monsters with special organs on their tails, such as female fire dragons, will they attack the tails specifically.

In fact, the tail plays a vital role in maintaining balance and adjusting the center of gravity, especially for monsters that are agile or have heavy heads.

The Ice Curse Dragon in front of us has a bit of both.

Its claws are not strong enough and its teeth are not sharp enough. In close combat, its ice-spear-like blade tail is its sharpest weapon.

At the same time, the Ice Curse Dragon is good at flying. Its slender tail, which is almost longer than its entire body, plays a vital role in adjusting its flying posture.

If it could be cut off, the threat posed by the Ice Curse Dragon, which was already seriously injured and restricted by the environment and unable to use its best ability of extreme cold breath, would be further reduced.

That could be the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

When he came to the long tail of the Ice Curse Dragon, Hayata's eyes flashed with blue light, he activated the courage state, and then threw a super strength pill into his mouth.

Xianglan also ran over and sprinkled ghost dust on her.

After completing a series of preparations for Hayatana Toiai, her momentum continued to increase as the accumulated sword energy continued to be injected into the blade in the sheath.

Kamui Iai's preparations were about to be completed, but the sharp sword energy that could not be concealed eventually attracted the attention of Bing Zhulong.

It turned its head and glanced behind it.

Upon seeing this, Feng Ying immediately took the risk and launched a strong attack, swinging the heavy axe with all her might towards the Ice Curse Dragon's bloody chest, trying to force it to fight back and cover Hayata to complete the attack.

However, the Ice Curse Dragon was not one of those ordinary beasts that only cared about the head and not the tail. It waved its wings and claws to block Feng Ying's attack while swinging its long tail.

The spear-like tail of the ice blade swept across and slashed towards Hayata who was gathering strength.

Facing this attack that came through the wind, Hayata remained calm. He slid backwards at the moment when the ice blade was about to hit him, allowing the ice blade, which was sharper and tougher than steel, to pass by his eyes.

But the Ice Curse Dragon's attack is not over yet.

The long tail was like a ferocious snake. After the sweep missed, it immediately rose up and stabbed the hunter from top to bottom again.

This time, Hayata did not dodge.

The Ice Curse Dragon's long tail was flexible and powerful. Dodging continuously would only make her miss the best opportunity to condense her sword energy to the limit.

"call--"

Hayata took a light breath and raised his eyes. The Flying Dragon Sword, which should not have been unsheathed at this moment, popped out and was held in front of him.

Aiden and Fengying, who were paying some attention to this place, couldn't help but feel it was a pity.

It's like the moment when the greatsword's charged slash is about to be completed, and the monster attacks. It's a pity to interrupt the charged slash and switch to defense or dodge, but it's also a helpless move to save your life.

However, what happened next surprised them.

After using the hard blade to accurately defend and cut off the deadly ice blade tail, the red sword energy wrapped around Hayata's blade did not dissipate.

Hayata turned his wrist and the sword was put back into the scabbard.

With her extremely sophisticated control over "Chi", the counterattack of the Qi Blade Slash did not interrupt Kamui Iai's preparation.

While the Ice Curse Dragon had not yet retracted its long tail, she slid again to adjust her position and angle.

His eyes were fixed on the position where the ice blade formed by the inmeltable ice met the long tail, which was also the thinnest part of the Ice Curse Dragon's long tail.

The Flying Dragon Sword [Black Jade] was unsheathed again.

The sword energy and the blazing flames intertwined with each other, and as the sword light flashed, three consecutive swords landed on the same gap in the shell almost at the same time.

Break the scales, cut the flesh, and chop the bones.

The nearly two-meter-long ice blade broke off and landed on the ground, with the tip almost halfway buried in the ground.

“Liga——!!!”

The coccyx is an extension of the spine and contains a complex network of nerves.

The pain of having its long tail cut off by a sword made the Ice Curse Dragon tremble violently. Its muscles twitched and its body uncontrollably leaned back and forth, and a piercing scream pierced the sky.

opportunity!

Feng Ying's eyes lit up, and she relied on the Kinsect to rush forward quickly. In the blink of an eye, she arrived near the Ice Curse Dragon's hind legs. She turned around and swung the giant axe horizontally, chopping fiercely at the Ice Curse Dragon's hind legs.

Hayata made the same judgment as her. His figure flashed, and he rushed forward while spinning and swinging his blade.

Sakura Air Blade Slash.

Kamui Iai exhausted her accumulated sword energy, and this sword failed to exert the power of Sakura Air Blade Slash, but she didn't care. Many times the timing of the attack is more important than the power.

The giant axe and the long sword landed on one of Ice Curse Dragon's ankles at the same time. Ice Curse Dragon leaned back and fell to the ground before he could regain his balance.

The hunters were greatly encouraged and launched an all-out attack.

Feng Ying quickly rushed back to the relatively vulnerable head and neck of the Ice Curse Dragon, as if she wanted to chop off the Ice Curse Dragon's head directly, and released various high-powered slashes one after another.

With her sword energy exhausted and her explosive power limited, Hayata did not compete with Fengying for the attack position. Instead, she came to the dragon's wings and continuously slashed at the wing membrane, hoping to weaken the Ice Curse Dragon's flying ability.

Aiden also ran to the Ice Dragon, less than ten meters away.

This is the most suitable distance for firing shotgun shells, but shotgun shells can easily injure teammates by mistake. Therefore, this time, he used another special ammunition that Ansil rarely uses, but is popular among many heavy crossbow users of the Survey Corps.

——Mechanical dragon bullet.

He pressed the extremely large and heavy mechanical dragon bullet drum into the crossbow chamber.

All you need to do next is point the gun at the enemy and pull the trigger.

"Chug tug tug tug"

As the muzzle flame continued to gush out, countless cone-shaped projectiles turned into a storm of steel, sweeping towards the belly of the Ice Curse Dragon.

Scales, bullet fragments, blood and sparks splattered everywhere.

The ammunition loaded into the machine dragon bullet is actually the most common normal bullet. The destructive power of a single shot may not be impressive, and the accuracy and effective range are very average.

But the price paid is an astonishing rate of fire.

A fully loaded drum magazine of a mechanical dragon bullet has a capacity of fifty bullets. As long as the trigger is pulled, all fifty crossbow bullets can be fired in just ten seconds.

It can almost be said that this has reversed the perception that the heavy crossbow has insufficient burst.

Ansel doesn't use this because the harsh conditions for using the mechanical dragon bomb do not suit his habits. When he needs to provide explosive firepower, there is a more suitable "supernova" to choose from.

But not every heavy crossbowman can carry a few extremely expensive supernovas with him.

The mechanical dragon bullets, which are large in quantity and powerful, are the daily choice of most heavy crossbow users in the survey team.

Giant axes, katana, rapid-fire crossbow bullets, and even the chains and cat swords of hunting companions.

When the Ice Curse Dragon struggled to stand up again, most of its scales had been shattered, and its head, chest, abdomen, and wings were covered with scars.

It was breathing heavily, and frosty white air was spreading.

Logically speaking, the Ice Curse Dragon, which was seriously injured, exhausted, and had exhausted all the water in its body, was no longer a threat to the upper-level hunters.

But at this moment, they all felt a sense of threat.

"Back off!" Feng Ying yelled.

The hunters immediately stopped attacking, put away their weapons, and flew away.

"Wow—!"

The Ice Curse Dragon spread its wings and let out long, angry cries.

The freezing air spread out, and countless sharp ice flakes and boulders flew around like flying knives.

The gorgeously shaped ice armor once again appeared on its surface.

(End of this chapter)