Monster Hunter: Wild Pointer

She removed the metal tube tied to the falcon's leg, took out the letter inside, unfolded it and took a look. Her expression suddenly became serious, "The situation has changed. We must further increase our efforts to eliminate the strange bird flock.

Everyone, please work hard. Don't remove your armor yet. Eat quickly and make some simple repairs. We'll go hunting again today."

The hunters looked at each other, stopped chatting and joking, and began to replenish their ammunition and medicines, sharpen their weapons, and prepare for the third hunt of the day.

Minagard City, Hunter's Gathering Hall.

Muxiang was eating the set meal on the table in front of her in small bites.

She missed Muti a little.

When you are with Muti and his friends, you can order many kinds of dishes, eat a little of each, taste a variety of dishes, and then Muti will take care of everything.

But when she was alone, ordering a fighter meal was already the limit of her stomach, and she didn't like to waste food. After more than a week, she was a little tired of it.

"Excuse me, are you Miss Muxiang from Yanhuo Village?" A gentle female voice came from my ears.

Muxiang put down her cutlery and looked back, and was surprised to find that the person next to her was a woman in her forties with a gentle temperament.

She had seen this person at the mission counter two days ago. After hearing the introduction from the signboard lady, she knew that this was the guild master of the Minagard Guild, so she quickly stood up.

"My name is Muxiang. May I ask what instructions President Tiji has for you?"

"Don't be so formal, but there is indeed an urgent matter." Ms. Tiggy shook a note in her hand, "There is an urgent letter for you, and it is stamped with the seal of Lord Fabius.

I hope you can bring your Fanghound and Fukumu Rabbit and rush to Metabay Bay as soon as possible to support the operation. Our Minagard Gathering will provide you with high-speed transportation and all necessary assistance."

Muxiang was a little stunned and didn't quite understand what was going on, but since the guild master came in person to deliver the message, it was obviously something important.

"I ordered a set of dog armor from a nearby workshop. Today is the day to pick it up. Could I pick it up first before setting off?"

"Of course. You won't get seasick, will you?" President Tiggy nodded slightly and suddenly asked this question.

"Not really."

"That's good." President Tiji nodded with a smile, "Minagard is a port city, and now is the season of monsoon and accelerated ocean currents.

The fastest way to get to Metabe Bay from here is not by airboat. We have an experimental power sailboat that rides on the wind and current, and it is faster than an airboat.

It might be a little bumpy.”

A large airship slowly landed at a research base in the mountains outside Metabetat.

"Although my advice is to be more radical, isn't this a bit too radical?"

Looking at the fully armed Fabius, the professor said helplessly, "Are you planning to go into battle yourself?"

Fabius, dressed in heavy bronze armor, looked calm. "Coordinating support from the upper-level hunters is not an easy task. Considering the time it takes to send letters and travel back and forth, it will take four to five days for the support to arrive, no matter how fast it is.

No need to wait, we'll go ahead and if we can't solve the problem, we'll hand it over to the higher-level hunters who arrive later."

He tried to divert his attention from the craftsmen who were busy dismantling the fortifications and weapons outside the fortress and assembling them onto the large airship that had just landed.

The professor adjusted his glasses. "Need I remind you? You're no longer the 'Ace Lancer' you were twenty years ago, able to block even the breath of an ancient dragon."

"It's not so bad." Fabius chuckled softly and glanced back at the brass-colored spear behind him. "Although this 'Lost Tower of Babel' seems to have become heavier, it's not impossible to carry."

Muti, who was following behind the old man, nodded vigorously.

Out of curiosity, she had tried to lift the spear, only to discover that the simple-looking Lost Tower of Babel was actually heavier than her own Dragon Slaying Lance, and much heavier.

Even though she was young and strong, it was a bit strenuous for her to do it, but Fabius seemed to be lifting a heavy object with ease.

The old man said that his physical fitness had declined, but his strength was still superior to his own, and he had top-notch defensive skills that even Instructor Altman admitted he was inferior to.

Without a doubt, he is still one of the best spear users in the world.

After watching the two rapid-fire cannons being hoisted onto the airship deck, Fabius gave an order to Rosso beside him:

"Notify the guild knights and defense knights in the camp to prepare for battle. The ordinary guards will remain in the camp. They are not suitable for fighting large monsters."

"Yes." Rosso lowered his head and left quickly.

The professor looked at Fabius in surprise, "You plan to let the defense team join the battle?!"

Unlike Guild Knights, who hold official positions and are directly dispatched by the Guild, they are no different from ordinary hunters and can be used directly as hunters.

The nature of the defense team is more like that of the army. They all use defense team suits and defense team long guns, and even their combat mode is to form battle formations and advance collectively.

This highly collective combat style was almost completely incompatible with the hunters. He didn't understand why Fabius allowed the defense team to join the combat sequence.

"Well, those guys will do the trick." Fabius didn't argue with the professor.

As the veteran leader of the defense team, no one knows better than him how to command these heavily armored knights in order to maximize the combat effectiveness of the defense team.

Eric trotted over to the professor and whispered, "Princess Xinglong's preparations are also complete.

They asked me to ask you whether we should inject anesthetics and then hoist it after it is completely anesthetized, just like when we captured the Star Dragon, or..."

Eric glanced at Muti before continuing, "Or should we let Muti take it directly onto the deck?"

The professor and Fabius both looked at Muti.

That star dragon cub may be the most important key to this operation. It may be able to lure the star dragons out from their hiding place deep in the jungle.

Although returning the stray cub to the Star Dragon herd first and then killing the leader of the Star Dragon herd was a bit tricky.

We can only pray that the other star dragons won’t react too violently and will be willing to return to their original habitat after losing their leader.

"Are you sure you can keep the cub from moving around on the deck?" the professor asked Muti again.

Although the large airship that landed at the camp was larger and stronger than the previous cargo airship, it could not withstand the wildness of a large monster.

"I'm sure." Muti seemed a little hesitant, but not because of whether he could control Xinglong.

"If, I mean if, after we hunt down the star dragon leader that brought chaos, the other star dragons rise up in rebellion.

Can we... not hurt that little guy?"

The professor was silent for a long moment before speaking again, "If you can completely suppress it and make it stop resisting, then... yes."

"Alas..." The professor sighed, as if he felt that what he said was a bit too much, "There are still many unknowns about the specific situation of the Star Dragon Group.

For example, does the so-called 'Star Dragon Leader' really exist?

For example, could the gentle star dragons be threatened and coerced by the "violent individuals"?

All questions can only be answered after real contact."

Chapter 317: A Solution That Is Not a Solution

The sharp bow split the waves, and the hull lifted by the waves fell heavily on the sea, causing large splashes of water.

Before the ship stabilized, under the dual power of sails and propellers driven by steam turbines, the powerful ship suddenly leaped forward again and met the new round of wave crests.

Muxiang, with a pale face, held on to the side of the boat tightly with both hands. Only in this way could she avoid being thrown out by the boat that was swaying up and down like a seesaw.

At this moment, a dangerous idea emerged in her mind - perhaps it would be better to let go and let herself be thrown into the sea?

Even swimming in the sea is better than being tortured on this "slightly bumpy" experimental power sailboat.

"I see the coastline! We'll be there in a few minutes!" The captain in charge of the helm wiped the sea water off his face, laughed, took out a flare and fired it into the air.

Muxiang raised her head with difficulty and looked in the direction of the bow of the ship.

The moment she saw the dark green coastline, she wanted to laugh out loud, but the waves that immediately crashed onto the deck suppressed her laughter.

"vomit--"

Muxiang supported herself on the ground with her hands and lay on the beach, retching.

The reason why he couldn't vomit anything was that he had already vomited out everything he could on the boat.

Even the hound Xiang, who had an incredibly good physique, was lying on the ground with his tongue hanging out, looking half dead.

Only Fukuki Rabbit Mochi remained full of energy, flying in circles above the heads of the man and the dog.

After all, it can fly, so there is no need to stay on the boat, and naturally there will be no trouble with seasickness.

"Are you okay?" Seeing the flare, Olang, who ran to the beach to pick someone up, had a subtle expression on his face.

Muxiang arrived a day earlier than planned, which was of course a good thing, but he really didn't expect that the other party did not come by airboat, but by boat instead.

"Now that you've made the connection, let's go!" The dark-skinned captain waved to Orlan. "Seasickness isn't a serious illness. You'll get better after a rest. Don't worry too much."

"Thank you for your trouble." Orlan bowed slightly to the captain to express his gratitude.

Muxiang also wanted to stand up and thank him, but then she started to vomit again.

"No need to be so polite. Oh, and drinking some recovery potion will help relieve nausea." The captain touched his nose. "Of course, the premise is that you don't vomit."

After saying that, the captain waved his hand, pushed the landing boat into the sea, rowed the boat back to the motor sailboat docked in the bay, and shouted to the sailors to sail away.

Aolan took out a bottle of recovery medicine and handed it to Muxiang, "Try drinking some?"

"Let me vomit first, slowly."

"Let us do it!" Huayue, who came with Aolan to pick up people, grabbed the bottle of recovery medicine and drank it into her mouth.

For a moment, Muxiang's nausea stopped a little. She looked at the strange guy who looked like the poster girl in surprise, wondering if there was something wrong with his brain.

However, the next second, a light green mist containing a mysterious wave gushed out from Huayue's body. The mist brushed against her face, and not only did the wood fragrance come out, but even Xiang, who was lying on the ground with his tongue sticking out, felt much better in an instant. (Note)

"This is?"

"Wide-area protection." Oran explained simply, "Come, let's meet. This is Muxiang, the excellent archer from the Fire Village, and her hunting partners Xiang and Mochi.

This is Kagetsu, a support-type bug stick user specializing in wide-area attacks and bug cannons."

Muxiang then realized that the other party "snatched" the recovery medicine handed to her by Aolan in order to relieve their symptoms.

Her turbulent internal organs finally calmed down, and she quickly stood up and thanked him.

"Thank you very much."

"Alright, let's put aside these pleasantries and go back to camp." Aolan tilted his head towards Muxiang, "Elu and the others found a small group of giant strange birds, only four of them. Sister Ao and the others took turns to deal with them, and they should be back soon.

She has been waiting for you for a long time."

"A small group? Only four?" Muxiang was stunned.

Is the giant bird a small monster that should be fought in groups?

“Well, I wasn’t used to it when I first arrived a few days ago, but these past few days we’ve been hunting more than ten giant monster birds almost every day.

It feels like hunting small monsters like velociraptors, but you'll get used to it after a couple of days.

By the way, did you find a craftsman in Minagard who can make armor for Xiang?"

"I found it." Muxiang rubbed Xiang's head. "I made a set of armor using the remaining materials of a male fire dragon. It loves it so much that it doesn't want to wear it."

"That's good. You will be the core of the upcoming battle."

"Huh?" Muxiang was surprised.

The letter sent to her through the Minagard Gathering House did not provide any detailed instructions, only asking her to bring the Fang Hound and Fukubi Rabbit to a certain location.

How did he suddenly become the core of the battle?

During the conversation, the three of them arrived at the camp, and Orlan introduced Ms. Sheila to Muxiang. The latter also roughly understood the situation here and understood why Olivia was so anxious to call her over.

"Can we use dye balls to mark the star-feather butterflies like we did when we captured the star dragon cubs before, and find the traces of the star dragons?

Since there are so many Star Dragons gathering here, there should be even more Star Feather Butterflies in the nearby mountains and forests."

Listening to Muxiang's question, Aolan, who was leaning against a large box by the campfire, said helplessly, "I don't know if the star dragons have become alert, or if the star dragon we captured before was too young and stupid.

Unlike the situation at that time when star-feather butterflies were flying all over the forest and the strange-faced people could catch a few of them, we did not find any trace of star-feather butterflies in the mountains and forests here.

It's obvious that the group of star dragons restricted the Star Feather Butterfly's movements to reduce the risk of exposing their own position."

"Then how do we search?" Muxiang was confused.

Ordinary large monsters are fine, Fukuki Rabbit can always find them by flying a few more times in the air.

But the extremely intelligent star dragon is not that easy to find. Even the silly cubs know to find a closed cave to hide, not to mention the more mature individuals.

"Ms. Sheela has a plan." Orlan looked at the scholar.

"It's just a helpless solution." Ms. Xila sighed and looked at Muxiang.

"Ms. Muxiang, can you command Fukubi Rabbit to conduct a larger-scale, wide-area reconnaissance in the nearby mountains and forests?"

"How wide is the range?"

"An area about 20 to 30 kilometers in diameter."