Hotel on the mountain

The Raya River is the name given to the large river that flows into the sea in this area. It is located to the west of the Alpine Fort and winds its way to the depths of the continent. A tributary of the Raya River is connected to the Pearl Lake southwest of the Alpine Fort, and the blacksmith shop is built on a concave bank near the entrance to the lake.

Different from the medium-sized lake to the east of Gaoshan Fort and the large lake to the south, Pearl Lake is a small lake, and because of its depth, it looks like a black pearl on the earth when viewed from a high place, so it is named Pearl Lake.

At this moment, ugly and fat fish heads are constantly poking out of the lake. The light sacs on their heads are shining brightly, and their eyes are staring directly at the "" that emerged from the house at the entrance to the lake. "A raging fire", his body swam forward along with the movement of the fish in front.

When the fish got closer to the house, they began to spray water cannons in an effort to extinguish the flames. However, the water cannons they fired all hit the wall and only made some dents in the wall. .

Therefore, Qiu Guang did not pay attention to the lantern fish in the water, but concentrated on dealing with the big guys climbing ashore.

The so-called big guys are some huge lantern fish - they still have light sacs on their heads, webbed feet on their bottoms, and a big mouth full of fangs that pounces on Qiu Guang for food from time to time. Facing gregarious monsters with a single attack method, Qiu Guang's method of dealing with them is also very simple——

His weapon is a shield axe, and the shield axe is an unpopular weapon that can change its form. Its first form is to hold a half-tall medium-sized shield in one hand and a medium-sized machete in the other, which is used to roam around and deal with some agile and powerful weapons. A monster with high defense; its second form is to connect the shield and machete together through an exquisite mechanical structure, turning it into a giant ax that needs to be held with both hands. It is mainly used to deal with monsters with high defense and that can be bullied.

So Qiu Guang now holds a giant ax in both hands. Based on his combat experience as an eight-star hunter, he accurately calculates the attack distance. Whenever a large lantern fish just lands on the shore, he uses the advantage of heavy weapons to attack at high distances and splits it into two. Half.

Taken together, the Shield Ax is a very practical weapon, and the reason why it is unpopular is just because it is too expensive.

Building a shield ax requires highly skilled craftsmen, demanding forging materials, and expensive forging commissions. Hunters from ordinary backgrounds without connections, strength, and money simply cannot use a shield axe.

As a result, the hunters who came to support Qiu Guang felt envious when they stood on a nearby hill.

"Shield ax and black robe! He is definitely Boyero's Qiu Guang!"

"The Qiu Guang who defeated the Yanlong couple?! I heard he was only in his twenties! So young!"

"Yes, he is already an eight-star hunter. I heard that he is a descendant of a noble family. How can we compare with him~"

"Young man, if you were half as strong as him, you should be supporting half of the scene down there instead of being jealous here."

Jetro also arrived here on horseback at this time. He reined in the horse on the hill, and a hint of panic flashed across his somewhat mature face - the number of the school of lantern fish was larger than he imagined, and the Pearl Lake The inside was almost packed into fish head soup, and the heads of large lantern fish gradually appeared on the tributary of the Raya River. Their goal seemed to be to destroy the blacksmith shop, but due to the limited space on the shore, they always It was some big lantern fish that climbed onto the land, and the small fish fired guns behind them.

If the walking lantern fish were just a simple refueling tactic, then Qiu Guang would have been able to persist for most of the day. However, Jetro found that with the increase in the number of people on the hillside, the direction of vision of the walking lantern fish group had also changed, and there was a lot of change. A large part of them began to shift their attack sights here. If people are asked to evacuate again, Qiu Guang will definitely be exhausted. At this time, we can only see whether the first batch of hundreds of hunters arriving in the New World can do anything.

So Jetro encouraged: "Everyone! The opportunity to hunt monsters and defend your home is right in front of you! I, Jetro Raya, promise you, seven-headed lantern fish, fifteen hundred gold dollars! I hope you can kill me until I lose everything." ”

The crowd rushed to the lake at the foot of the hill noisily. Whether it was for the honor of the hunter or the gold dollars that exceeded the market price, they all seemed very motivated, and casualties also appeared at the same time.

The size of the lantern fish is not small. They can stand up to one and a half meters tall. Coupled with the large mouth and rows of fangs, most hunters hit by the lantern fish are left with stumps. Fortunately, this kind of rookie hunter comes to the New World. There are not many, and most hunters still massacre the walking lantern fish unilaterally.

When Yetro returned his gaze to Qiu Guang next to the blacksmith shop, he found that the school of lantern fish was not that simple - only two giant black lantern fish that were three stories high suddenly jumped out of the tributary of the Raya River. , they slowly approached Qiu Guang, who had switched his shield and ax form to his first form, one to the left and one to the right, staring at him with their high heads, drooling from their big mouths that could swallow the entire blacksmith shop. Qiu Guang, wearing a black robe, looked lonely and helpless.

"Hey hey hey! Look over there! Is that a walking lantern fish too?!"

The hunters who were fighting with the small fish started a commotion, and most of their attention was diverted to Qiu Guangle's side.

"Looking at this size, he is definitely a four-star monster!"

"You can't say so, unless they have other special attack methods besides biting."

"Did you see that mouth?! The blacksmith's shop is only that big! Just the biting is at the level of a four-star monster!"

"Qiu Guang is an eight-star hunter. What are you worrying about? You might as well take care of the monster in front of you. Don't forget that someone's leg was torn off just now."

"Eight-star hunters can only challenge eight-stars alone! Don't you know that once large monsters start to attack in groups, all lone hunters have to avoid the edge?"

When the giant fish entered the scene, other fish of other sizes squeezed towards the other hunters. They were too busy to take care of themselves and stopped talking. On Qiu Guang's side, the giant black fish gnawed at the soil again and again, unable to bite Qiu Guang who was swimming under them. However, Qiu Guang walked behind one giant fish and sealed the other one's mouth. Attack, so he can play a 1-on-1 situation in a 2-on-1 situation.

But Qiu Guang seems to have overlooked one thing, that is, the target of the lantern fish has never been him - he saw another giant lantern fish that Qiu Guang ignored began to run towards the blacksmith shop, its mouth opened wide, as if it wanted to grab him. Smithy Devouring - Their unique mouth structure can widen and lengthen in an instant, enough to swallow objects twice their size.

Jetro looked at this scene and vaguely guessed the ecological habits of a line of lantern fish, but his thoughts were quickly interrupted by Qiu Guang's behavior at the next moment.

After Qiu Guang cut off the legs of the giant lantern fish in front of him with a knife, he used his strength to combine the knife and shield and turned it into a giant axe, but the transformation of this second form was not over yet - I don't know How precise is the structure of the shield ax? I saw that the place where the ax head was supposed to be was spinning violently, with psychic energy raging on it, like a blade and saw flashing with lightning. Qiu Guangzheng was holding this heavy weapon with one hand and dragging it behind him, with his body leaning back in preparation for exerting force.

Then his body suddenly erupted with a brilliant burst of spiritual energy, as if it was integrated with the weapon. It was at this moment that he began to roar loudly, vowing to release all his strength in an instant - the third form of the shield axe, "Psychic Liberation"!

Psionic liberation is a crude method of pouring one's own psychic energy into a weapon. It will produce different attack effects based on the weapon's endurance and forging type. For example, if this shield ax is made of a large amount of thunder attribute monster materials , then the damage it converts will be biased towards electrical damage. But without exception, psychic liberation is extremely powerful and can easily reduce the service life of weapons.

With a loud "boom" sound, Qiu Guang swung his shield ax in a circle and smashed it on the ground in front of him! I saw huge and domineering spiritual energy pouring into the earth, and countless silver snakes sprang out from the earth like thunder and lightning tearing through the clouds. Their fan-shaped attack ranges were raging forward at high speeds. The one running in front The giant black lantern fish only had time to glance back, before it was instantly destroyed by the lightning into several charred pieces.

As for the other lantern fish that he had chopped to the ground before, because its head was just within the attack range of "Psychic Liberation", only its huge body was still twitching unconsciously.

Blacksmith Simba was also on the mound at this time. Looking at this scene, he couldn't help but praise: "Ha! Qiu Guang is really not an easy boy. It's really worthwhile to let him stay in the blacksmith shop for a year!"

"Guard for one year?" Rayasis, who was guarding Jetro, asked.

"Yeah, this kid is eager to forge eight-star equipment, so he promised to guard the blacksmith shop for a year. Otherwise, how could I dare to come out into the wild." Simba touched his bald head and added, "He used a lot. As for the price, the flames needed to forge the eight-star equipment must use the hair of Yanfei Dragon, and the hair of Yanfei Dragon can only be ignited with the fire powder of Yanwang Dragon. He threw it all into the furnace at once. Otherwise, the flames in the blacksmith shop would not have spread so high..."

Simba looked at the fireworks that burned through the ceiling of the blacksmith shop and felt helpless: "Qiu Guang, this guy will definitely kill all these lantern fish with all his strength, because he used all the forging materials, including horned dragons and black horns. The dragon's big horn was also thrown in, and I didn't even have time to stop him."

When Yetro heard the conversation between Simba and Sis, he glanced at the panting Qiu Guang below in surprise, because he knew that the monsters Simba mentioned just now - the Yanlong couple were both eight-star monsters, and the horns were Dragons are divided into adults and minors, corresponding to 5 stars and 7 stars respectively. Blackhorn is a pregnant horned dragon with a bad temper, which is also 7 stars.

Materials for monsters with high star ratings like these have always been priceless. Jetro flexed his little fingers and made some calculations. Maybe what Qiu Guang was guarding today was not as simple as a blacksmith shop. What he is guarding may be the wealth of a city...

The soothing chatting atmosphere among everyone at this time was entirely because Qiu Guang killed two giant black lantern fish that were the leaders of the fish school at once, and their morale was greatly increased.

But Jetro looked at the Pearl Lake below, at the tributary, and at the rushing Raya River in the distance. He had a question in his mind - "Didn't the first Duke of Raya not have high-star hunters at that time?" Are you guarding the mountain fortress?"