Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

"Take it, can you take it back?!" Gordon looked in disbelief.

"Don't forget, we walked to the camp here for two days after we got off the mine cart. You dug such a big bag on the first day, and it is conservatively estimated that you can dig three to three mines at the mine just now." Four days, can you carry it?"

After weighing the huge luggage weighing dozens of kilograms on his back, Gordon slumped his shoulders, "It seems that there are indeed too many, and it is not necessary to throw them away. It is a pity."

Anhill, who has always had a big wallet, does not have Gordon's mentality of "diligent and thrifty housekeeping" at best, or "petty" at worst.

"Most of them are earth crystals and iron ore, right? In the future, the equipment will get better and better, and the demand for the quality of materials will also be higher and higher. Just keep the original stones, spirit crane stones, and pyroxene stones.

These basic ores are not very useful, so don’t take them with you. If you are really reluctant, you can throw them in the storage box. Although the settlement price is relatively low, you can always exchange some money. "

"It can only be the."

Gordon's first serious digging trip was forced to end on the third day after arriving in the lava canyon.

There is no other reason, the cold drink has been exhausted

The temperature of the lava canyon exceeded their expectations, and the heavy physical labor of mining would also speed up the consumption of cold drinks. Originally, I had prepared cold drinks for at least a week, but in fact, I only lasted less than half of them. time.

Gordon originally wanted to try whether it was possible to adapt and overcome it with perseverance, but it turned out that this was a delusion.

He suffered from heat stroke less than half an hour after leaving the camp, and his skin even showed symptoms of low-temperature burns. If he stayed any longer, he would probably be roasted to death.

In desperation, the two and one cat embarked on the journey back to the village.

On the small mine truck heading to Naguli Village, Anshir, who was motion sick, vomited as usual, and Gordon checked the harvest happily.

There were eleven rough stones, and Gordon's snot bubbled out of joy just because of these rough stones.

Coupled with a large number of high-quality metal mines such as spirit crane stone and pyroxene, Gordon and the others have spent a lot of effort in moving these things from the lava canyon to the place where the mine cart can reach.

In a short time, there should be no need to worry about ore materials.

After returning to Naguli Village, Gordon couldn't even wait to put his luggage, so he went to the village chief with Anshir, who was blue-faced.

Everyone in the village knows that the best stone protector and polisher in Naguli Village is the village head of the Tulong tribe himself.

The village head happily accepted the job, but Gordon was a little disappointed. The matter of appraising the protective stone was not as simple as he thought, and the result could not be obtained in a single click. (?)

Only after careful cutting and grinding to remove impurities and rust stains can they reveal their original appearance. As for the identification, it will come after that.

Seeing that he couldn't get the result immediately, Gordon had no choice but to drag Anshir, who was still a little restless, to the assembly hall to pay the task, and at the same time, he was looking forward to the agreed next day.

The two of them had a big meal with a cat, soaked in a hot spring and had a full sleep—there was nothing to say all night.

At noon of the next day, Gordon and Anshir rushed to the workshop excitedly, looking forward to good luck.

Along the way, watching Gordon take out an ancient gold coin from his neckline while walking and muttering in his hand, Anshir couldn't help asking curiously: "Is this gold coin your amulet?"

"Uh, yes, it's a gift from a very lucky friend. I hope to have some of her good luck."

"Oh, 'she'?" An ambiguous smile appeared on the corner of Anshir's mouth.

Gordon glanced at him helplessly, and after getting along with him for a long time, he realized that this man was actually quite a coquettish guy - yesterday, I heard from Miss Marianne, the kanban lady, that a girl sent this guy from East Doruma. letter.

"Do you want to take a prayer and see? It's quite spiritual."

"Is it okay?" Anshir accepted the exotic ancient coins handed over by Gordon with some surprise. He actually didn't believe it, but there was no need to disobey his partner's kindness.

Putting the ancient coin in the palm of his hand, he clasped his hands together and bowed casually, and Anshir returned the ancient coin.

They have also arrived at the gate of the workshop at this time.

Seeing the two people coming, the village head of the Earth Dragon Tribe yawned, and lifted a wooden plate covered with flannelette to the table, where eleven shimmering guard stones were quietly arranged.

These protective stones are of different sizes and colors. The largest one is the size of an egg, and the small one is like a broad bean. Holes have been drilled on them, and they can be easily hung around the neck with a thin iron chain.

"Hahaha, you are here!" The village head of the Tulong tribe laughed as usual and opened the chat box, "The eleven protective stones have been appraised, good luck, boys, there are two very good ones, we are all greedy after seeing them Nah!"

Gordon and Anshir looked at each other in surprise, and couldn't help but look at the ancient coin on Gordon's chest together.

Really so smart?

The village head of the Earth Dragon Tribe stroked his beard, touched the protective stones with fingers thick enough for ordinary people, and introduced them one by one:

"The seven protective stones here are the most common soldier protective stones. They only add a little bit of attribute resistance, two for fire resistance, one for lightning resistance, one for ice resistance, two for sleep resistance, and one for paralysis. Patience, to be honest, these patience bonuses are too little to be of any use.”

Both of Gordon's eyes skipped over these, and looked at the remaining ones.

"These two are considered so-so. A 'sword holding technique' can slightly speed up the action of holding the sword. It is useful for swordsmen who like to use their swords to cut. The fighter-level protective stone can be used for transition.

A 'quick eat', uh, can make you take medicine and food a little faster, not very useful, but more interesting? "

Gordon: "?"

Eat faster? What is the principle of this protective stone power?

"The last two are the finale!"

The village head of the Earth Dragon Tribe pulled the previous "garbage guard stones" aside, pointed to the last two most shiny guard stones and introduced:

"This one is undoubtedly the best among this batch of protective stones. It belongs to the dragon's protective stone. Even high-level hunters will be very envious. I haven't seen such a good protective stone for a while!

It has two effects, 'Precision Shooting' and 'Weakness Special Effect'. The former can greatly improve the accuracy of ballista shooting, while the latter causes more damage (critical strike) when attacking monsters' weak points.

For shooters who are good at sniping, it can be said to be the best protective stone. If it is sold at auction, it can be sold for a very high price. Do you need my help to introduce it?"

"No need! This amulet belongs to me! No one can take it away!!!" Anshir's face turned red with excitement, he grabbed the king's amulet, shouted and laughed wildly, and punched desperately, how can there be no such thing as usual? Elegant and reserved appearance?

Gordon also glared at the village chief of the Earth Dragon Tribe with a face full of fanaticism.

The latter introduced the protective stones in order from poor to good, so the quality of the last protective stone will only be better? If that protective stone happens to be very suitable for me

"The last protective stone is very interesting. Although it is only a knight's protective stone, its effect is rare!"

Gordon: "."

Why is it several grades worse than the previous one? ? ?

The village head of the Earth Dragon Tribe picked up the protective stone, his eyes fascinated, and said: "Its effect is 'cold resistance', ordinary cold-resistant protective stones are not uncommon, and are at the same level as those soldiers' protective stones before.

However, the cold-resistant effect of this protection stone is very outstanding. As long as you wear it, you will not be damaged by freezing even if you are active in the snow-capped mountains in unlined clothes! "

Gordon: "."

It's useless! ! !

ps. About the protection stone level.

(mh3) After the identification, the level of stone protection is divided into - soldier stone protection, fighter stone protection stone, knight stone protection stone, fortress stone protection stone, queen stone protection stone, king stone protection stone, dragon stone protection stone, hero stone protection, The legendary protective stone, the protective stone of heaven.

The above ten levels seem to be secondary (and difficult to remember), but they are the orthodox level divisions that appear more than once in the Monster Hunter series.

In the official monster hunter novels, this scale is also used to divide hunter levels (soldier-level hunters, queen-level hunters, hero-level hunters and so on——!).

I thought about using this rating at first, but it was too difficult to remember, so I used the simplest few stars emmmmmmm

ps2. In this book, in most cases, equipment mixing and matching will not be considered. After all, well, that’s all in the game. In real life, at least you have to dress like a person, right?

Therefore, the attribute selection of the protective stone will also be biased towards versatility. After all, it is not like in the game, you only need to move your fingers to brush the protective stone.

In terms of stone protection skills and effect settings, the mh3 series and the mhw series are mixed together, and the digitalization should be done as much as possible