Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Chapter 1342 Indiscriminate bombing
Maca’s choice was correct. Those tightly closed eyes were the most vulnerable part of the mysterious ancient dragon.

Even though the stones fired from the projectile were limited in power and failed to penetrate the mysterious ancient dragon's eyelids, they were enough to make it feel pain and make it react reflexively.

“Gah—!”

With a sharp hiss, the mysterious ancient dragon suddenly straightened its body and hit a rock wall not far away.

Its concussion attack can bring down mountains with ease, but its physical strength is only average for creatures of its size.

Among the ancient dragon species, it can only be ranked at the bottom, and is not much better than the "baby" like the Dark Lantern.

Without the protection of rock armor and clay layers, the damage caused by this impact was much more serious than before.

The mysterious ancient dragon staggered and fell backwards to the ground.

The hair-raising air column sweep was finally interrupted, and the hunters who were fleeing in a panic breathed a sigh of relief.

Gene, who escaped the disaster, uttered a lot of compliments with a lot of sand in his mouth, and Macate accepted the compliments with a smile.

Feng Ying was a little envious. If she said these things, she would definitely be scolded later.

Faced with the mysterious ancient dragon struggling on the ground, Gordon and others were about to launch a violent attack, but they heard a signal from Anshil.

They immediately put away their weapons, turned around and ran away.

The long-awaited heavy crossbowmen rushed into the battlefield. After sliding and standing still, they raised the muzzles high and loaded the arm-thick Lv3 diffusion bullets into the crossbow chamber with almost completely synchronized movements.

The action patterns of the two people are somewhat different.

Ansel and Gail rushed straight to the front of the mysterious ancient dragon. They did not raise the muzzle like other heavy crossbowmen, but held the heavy crossbow horizontally in a standard posture.

Their heavy crossbows were loaded with huge magazines of armor-piercing grenades.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The two men fired synchronously, and three consecutive cannon shots overlapped each other. In the blink of an eye, six Lv3 armor-piercing grenades all pierced into the mysterious ancient dragon's head.

For the other heavy crossbowmen, the roar of the heavy crossbow [Famine] firing was also the signal for them to pull the trigger.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The three Molten Mountain Dragon heavy crossbows roared at the same time, and the explosive charge was measured in "kilograms". The insane Lv3 diffusion bombs rushed into the air.

They disintegrated as they fell, spreading into countless fist-sized bullets that enveloped the body of the mysterious ancient dragon like a rainstorm.

The red lotus exploded, and the armor-piercing grenades on the head of the mysterious ancient dragon were also detonated.

"Boom, boom, boom."

The continuous sound of explosions echoed on this isolated island in the sea, which was the roar from human beings.

After one round of attack, the heavy crossbowmen reloaded their ammunition as quickly as possible, and then launched the second and third rounds.
The hounds and hunting cats came running over to restock their ammunition.

After a brief pause of a few seconds, continuous bombing began again.

Ansil, who was always calm in battle, showed a rare fanatical smile on his face.

This is the most efficient and destructive bombing process they have summarized through countless actual combat tests.

The Diffusion Heavy Crossbow Team has four Molten Dragon Heavy Crossbows, plus Ansil's Karma Heavy Crossbow [Famine], a total of five Diffusion Heavy Crossbows, which can fire fifteen Lv3 diffusion bombs in a very short time.

Such firepower delivery capability is enough to kill a large flying dragon in an instant.

But if the opponent is replaced by an ancient dragon, this bombing method will not be suitable.

It is wishful thinking to want to kill an ancient dragon with one round of attack, so you have to find a way to attack more rounds.

For shooters, the best way is naturally to use armor-piercing grenades to bombard the target's head, causing it to be dizzy and prolonging its stiffness or time to fall to the ground.

As for arranging several heavy crossbows to fire diffusion bombs and several heavy crossbows to fire armor-penetrating grenades to lock the enemies' heads, it is difficult to draw a conclusion on the ratio. After all, different monsters have different tolerance to explosions.

However, in the battle of blocking the Mist Corpse Dragon, repeatedly suppressing it and driving it back to the Miasma Valley, Ansel came to a general conclusion.

It is relatively appropriate for three people to use diffuse shells and two people to use armor-penetrating grenades.

There are naturally differences between the Mist Corpse Dragon and the mysterious ancient dragon in front of him, but since they are both ancient dragons, it should be more appropriate to follow this set of procedures.

Facts have proved that it is true.

After the first wave of bombardment, the mysterious ancient dragon showed signs of struggling to get up, but thanks to the dizziness caused by the armor-piercing grenade, it was shaken and lay back down again.

Then came the second wave, the third wave, and the fourth wave.
It was not until the end of the fourth wave of attack that the mysterious ancient dragon struggled to stand up again, waving its wings wildly and roaring, interrupting the archers' offensive and forcing them to retreat.

During this process, a total of thirty-six Lv3 diffusion bombs and twenty-four Lv3 armor-piercing grenades fell on the mysterious ancient dragon.

Its bright gold and powder skin was fried into a bloody mess, all charred black.

Zhuchop also took the opportunity to throw several slime bombs, and Oshura, the only light crossbowman present, fired more than a base number of ice bombs in a rapid-fire manner.

The wings used by the mysterious ancient dragon to release concussion attacks received extra "care" under Ansel's special instructions.

Of the eight vine-like tentacles, one was completely severed, another had most of its tentacles blown away, and the rest were all injured.

Looking at the miserable mysterious ancient dragon, Gordon smacked his lips with mixed feelings.

All of these swordsmen have fought desperately to the end, but the combined effect of their attacks is still not as great as the concentrated fire and bombing of the heavy crossbow team.

Is this the power that comes from repeated training and high degree of collectivization?

The explosive destructive power of a greatsword is definitely not weaker than that of a heavy crossbow. Is it possible for an entire team of greatsword users to really train a lock together?

Well, this is just wishful thinking.

Not to mention how to cultivate the tacit understanding of "our minds are one", unified movements in close combat and unified firing at a long distance are two completely different concepts.

Four great swordsmen crowded in front of the monster's head. If these four great swords were swung together, the entire team would lose at least a few arms and legs.
Putting aside those nonsensical thoughts, Gordon yelled, "Shooters, retreat immediately!
Everyone else, disperse! Pay attention, this guy might be going crazy! "

“Gua ...

Just as Gordon expected, the severely damaged mysterious ancient dragon screamed in anger.

It got on all fours, digging its claws into the ground to stabilize its limbs, and began to swing its wings, which were covered in wounds but still largely intact.

"That move again! Dodge!"

The crisscrossing air columns swept down again.

Except for the limb that was completely severed and could no longer release a shocking air column, the other limbs were not obviously affected.

The transparent air columns were like seven invisible giant swords, slashing in all directions and plowing countless twisted grooves on the ground.

The hunters once again fled in a panic. To them, the disorderly sweep of the seven air columns was really not much different from the previous eight.

"Find cover!" Ansel yelled.

There are many stone cliffs and stone pillars standing all around. They seem very fragile before the attack of the mysterious ancient dragon's air column, but at least they can block the attack slightly and provide a moment of shelter for the hunters.

After a flurry of rushing and scurrying, the mysterious ancient dragon's disorderly shooting finally came to an end.

In this attack, many people were injured by the aftermath and flying debris, but at least there were no casualties. Ansel breathed a sigh of relief.

"Too crowded! The heavy crossbow team retreats to the stone forest!" Ansir put away his weapons, waved his hands and shouted, "Wait for the next attack."

He was halfway through his words when he felt a sense of threat that made the hairs on his body stand on end.

Without time to judge the type and direction of the attack, he leaped out with all his strength, but was still a moment too late.

A column of air shot out without warning and blasted him away.

Ps.
　This sudden burst of fire was really abrupt. I thought it was over after the burst, and then I shot it.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)