Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Chapter 1376: The Island of Monsters

"Let me step out of the field first."

Isana cautiously stepped back a long distance and said, "Are you two ready? Let's begin!"

"This time it was the Ace (Julius's title) who took the lead in launching the attack! He immediately activated his demon transformation. Are you serious?!"

"The Red Blade contestant is ready to sheath his sword, Iai Slash! Oh! The first clash is evenly matched!"

"Hey! Why are you using titles to explain their battles? I have a title too! Bai Feng! I finally got a cool title, why don't you use it!" Feng Ying yelled in dissatisfaction.

Unfortunately, no one paid any attention to her.

The fight between Hayata and Julius caught everyone's attention.

Neither of them dared to be careless. They had no shields. If they were hit by the opponent's attack, even if the weapon was just a wooden stick, it would be enough to decide the outcome in an instant.

"The ace player is faster and attacks more frequently. He tries to close the distance and gain an advantage in close combat with the flexibility of his two swords!"

"The Red Blade player is carefully controlling the distance. The long stick, I mean the sword, has a wider attack range. The defense is tight! The ace player is looking for a flaw!"

"Unexpectedly! The ace player used the Demonic Charge Slash without any warning! Is this the name of this move?

He broke through the blockade of the sword and approached the red blade player! This is the advantageous distance for the double swords, is the winner going to be decided?"

"Ooooh! The Red Blade player uses Mikiri to dodge and creates distance again. Both sides are still evenly matched!"

"Yeah! Red Blade Contestant's sword is emitting red energy! Air Blade? Is it Air Blade Slash!?"

"The ace player also used the Demon Dance, a head-on collision!"

"Snapped!"

One long and two short, three wooden sticks entangled with fighting spirit suddenly collided with each other.

The moment they came into contact, the wooden stick, unable to withstand the force, shattered, with wood chips and sawdust flying everywhere.

The two men who had lost their weapons each took a few steps back.

Isana, the referee, was stunned for a second, "Ah? This is a draw?"

"Well, let's stop here." Julius threw away the short stick that was left in his hand.

Hayata also restrained his breath and relaxed his posture.

Both of them were just starting to get serious. Ordinary wooden sticks could not support this level of fighting, and using something stronger, such as training swords, was too dangerous, so they had to give up.

"Aren't Master Julius and Miss Hayata too serious?" Aiden laughed dryly.

He and Feng Ying fought for several days but the stick never broke.

It's not that they don't have enough strength, but their fight was more of a playful one, unlike the two on the field, who not only used their fighting spirit, but also used the Demon Dance and Air Blade Slash.
Gordon felt itching to try it, but unfortunately, the broadsword was created purely to deal with large monsters and could not be compared with the double swords of the katana.

How can I trick Julius into fighting me?

Just as I was thinking this, Alva came running over with an excited look on his face.

"Found it! We found it, come here quickly!"

After hearing his words, the hunters didn't react at first, but after being urged by the former, they hurriedly followed him to the bow deck.

There was a dark shadow in front of me, but I didn't have time to take a closer look.

The fog bells rang.

That was the signal for the airship to descend.

Passing through the thick white sea of ​​clouds, an amazing scene unfolds before everyone.

It was an island of astonishing size, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a small continent.

Unlike most islands, the terrain of this island is extremely rugged.

There is a drop of hundreds of meters between its edge area and the sea level. The towering parts may be two thousand meters or even several thousand meters high, with the top reaching into the sky.

The black shadows that we saw when we passed through the clouds before should be the mountains that pierced through the clouds.

"Only two hundred kilometers away from the coast of the New World, there is such a big island." The leader of the third group murmured, forgetting to put down the pipe in his mouth (note).

Gordon shrugged. "It's not surprising. The permafrost in the northwest is even larger than this. Haven't we discovered it?"

"Yes." Feng Ying continued, "There is also an island of origin in the southwest. Now that we have the northwest, southwest and northeast, should we go to the southeast to have a look?

Maybe there will be some new discoveries?"

The leader of the third group: "."

The professor spoke for the leader of the third group, "For the entire continent, the few hundred people in the investigation team are too few.

The New World itself, and even the Old World, still has large areas of unknown territory that have not been explored by humans, so why would we go to such great lengths to investigate overseas islands?"

"That's right." Feng Ying nodded suddenly.

The professor raised his portable camera and took a distant shot, "Based on my experience, we have found the right place.

Islands deep in the sea, especially large islands with unique topography, often have strange creatures living on them."

"That's true." Gordon nodded, "To talk about the recent past, there is the Ice Curse Dragon in the Ice Field and the Earth Crying Dragon in the Origin Island.

Going further afield, there are many things in Fenglong area and Aya country that can make your scalp tingle. "

"There is also the big island that the Dragon Calendar Institute discovered two years before we came to the New World." An Xier added, "It seems that some incredible things were also found there."

"Shall we land directly on this island?"

Julius asked, "The ecological environment of this island looks very prosperous. There are probably a lot of large monsters with high threat levels."

"of course not."

The professor held up the telescope and looked around for a while. "There are many islands and reefs on the sea around our island. We can find a suitable island or reef as our base camp and moor the airship.

When you need to investigate the big island, it is safer to go there by pterosaur."

The hunters did not object.

It would certainly be more convenient to set up a camp directly on the island, but considering that the "Dragon King" is likely to be sleeping somewhere on this island.

It's always better to be cautious.

"Clang clang clang clang!!"

A rapid copper bell rang, and the lookout on the airbag shouted, "Seven o'clock! A large creature is approaching! Is it a male fire dragon? It's a blue fire dragon!"

Everyone immediately became nervous.

The Azure Star is a behemoth that is more than fifty meters long and has several high-level hunters on board. Even a Azure Fire Dragon that is more powerful than the "Sky King" is unlikely to destroy it.

But what if the airbag is blown up by the breath?
Even if it hadn't crashed, repairing the ship would have been an extremely troublesome project.

The archers ran quickly towards the location of the heavy crossbows and rapid-fire cannons. With these weapons, it was not difficult to drive away a fire dragon.

But at this moment, another huge shadow swooped down from the clouds and pounced towards the Blue Fire Dragon.

"Explosive Scale Dragon?!"

Amid the crew's screams, the two giant dragons fought each other. They wrestled and bit each other and fell downwards.

Just as they were about to approach the sea surface, a huge mouth rushed out from the bottom of the sea, trying to grab the two aerial beasts and drag them into the sea.

It was a sea dragon of terrifying size.

The Blue Fire Dragon and the Explosive Scale Dragon separated with strange cries, and climbed at full speed with their wings flapping.

The attacker from under the sea missed his bite and fell back into the water unwillingly, swimming slowly, waiting for a new opportunity.

The hot-tempered Explosive Scale Dragon roared and flew over its head, waving a piece of red-hot Explosive Scale, which blew up a series of water columns on the surging sea surface.

".Hahaha."

Feng Ying's dry laugh broke the silence among the crowd, "The monsters in this place are all quite energetic, huh?"

Ps.
　Note: In the game plot, after defeating the Earth-crying Dragon, when the leader of the Third Regiment was conducting a hot air balloon flight altitude limit experiment, they saw a "mountain-like shadow" in the distance in the open sea. They thought it was an illusion, but in fact it was the place where demons gathered.

　　For the needs of the plot, the way of discovery here is different.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)