Monster Hunter: Wild Pointer

The giant bees died in large numbers, and the queen bee had undoubtedly been aware of their arrival.

In addition to the cessation of the attacks, it is very likely that the queen realized that the siege method of the swarm of bees was ineffective, so she summoned back the remaining giant bees in some way and kept them by her side for protection.

According to the professor's analysis, the queen bee's nest should be near the waste outlet.

Under normal circumstances, the slag and scrap metal discarded from above would fall down the chute and out of the waste outlet, but since there has been little or no slag discharged into the sand sea in the past few months, it means that the waste outlet is blocked.

As for who blocked it, there seems to be no need to guess.

Moving forward cautiously, after walking about a hundred meters, Muti, who was leading the way in front, suddenly stopped.

Orlan tiptoed to her side and noticed that the ground, which had been steeply descending along the slide, suddenly became flat in front.

There were also waves of heat coming towards us, and the temperature ahead was obviously higher than the area where we had just entered the cave.

Olang squatted down and used a portable lantern to illuminate a small area of ​​the so-called "ground", only to find that the ground in front of him had already been covered with slag and large pieces of scrap metal, and even the original slope had been leveled.

The slag and scrap metal all over the ground looked black, but were still hot to the touch. It was obvious that the top layer was just poured down that morning.

It seems that the high temperature in the cave that makes people unable to stay there without drinking cold drinks comes from here.

Muti opened his mouth and kept saying, "The ground is flattened. How thick must it be? How are the elders supposed to clean it up?"

".Is this something you should worry about?"

"That's right." Muti decisively put the question behind her. She raised the light and shone it around. "We're almost at the end, and I don't see anything that looks like a beehive."

Orlan first raised his head and looked towards the top of the cave.

Due to the lighting problem, I couldn't see clearly, but at least I didn't find any place big enough to accommodate an insect six or seven meters long. There were some motionless giant bees resting there.

The same is true of the rock wall in the distance.

"He's hiding." Orlan muttered to himself as he took out a sonic boom bomb from his prop bag. "Where could he be hiding? It's so hard to guess."

He pulled out the fuse of the sonic boom bomb and threw it onto the "flat ground" in front of him, which was covered with slag.

"Buzz——" a high-frequency noise exploded.

The next second, the ground shook, and a huge black shadow covered with dark yellow shells crawled out from the slag pile that was who knows how many meters deep.

The giant bees hiding nearby also left their rocky habitats and gathered around.

Chapter 100 The Queen Who Gets Up

Having prepared themselves mentally in advance, the two hunters were not startled by the giant insects crawling out of the slag.

It looks not much different from an ordinary giant bee, except that its body is thicker, especially the abdominal segments, which appear a bit bloated.

However, its size was smaller than they expected. Orlan made a simple estimate and found that the length of this "queen" should be just over 500 centimeters, between 500 and 550 centimeters.

I don't know if it's because there's not enough food in the desert or because there's not enough time for growth, but it's a little different from the professor's description of those individuals that are often 600 to 700 centimeters tall.

It seemed to have gotten used to drilling in the warm slag. The moment it emerged from the ground, it was obviously a little uncomfortable, and its fat body twisted a few times.

"Attack before it flies up!" Orlan shouted.

Muti nodded, and the two of them rushed towards the queen bee who was twisting and crawling not far away.

However, the giant bees guarding the surroundings would obviously not let them succeed so easily. The giant bees that were originally circling around them swooped down almost at the same time.

Under the siege of giant bees, the two had to stop.

If these giant bees are not cleared out in advance, the next battle will be full of dangers. When you are fighting with the queen bee, you will be stung by a giant bee suddenly and fall to the ground paralyzed. Who can bear it?

"Cover me!" Orlanti shouted.

Muti swung his shield to slap away a giant bee that was approaching, then turned around and swung his arm, swinging his gunpowder with one hand in a sweep of more than 180 degrees.

At the same time, she pulled the trigger and fired continuously. Amidst the continuous sound of gunfire, some of the giant bees crowded around the two were cleared away.

There was some cold sweat on Aolan's forehead, and this sweep almost swept him in.

Fortunately, the days of running-in allowed him to understand Muti's habits. Unlike other musketeers who used a steady and cautious fighting style and focused on attacking the front, Muti used the musket to emphasize large-scale and aggressive moves.

Don't think you're safe just standing behind her. If you see her yelling "Heh!", it's best to move away from her immediately.

Taking advantage of the opportunity created by Muti, Orlan quickly took out several poisonous smoke balls from the prop bag and smashed them on the ground.

As the poisonous smoke spread, many giant bees surrounding them lost their ability to move and fell to the ground.

However, the giant bees outside the encirclement seemed to have received some kind of signal and immediately scattered in all directions, so they were not affected by the poisonous smoke.

Ordinary giant bees are not that smart. Orlan's eyes swept over the queen bee that was about ten meters away and slowly spread its wings, preparing to take off.

Is this guy in command?

The number of poisonous smoke balls is limited, and it is difficult for them to have any effect on the giant bees flying around, but these giant bees cannot be ignored.

After quick thinking, Orlan made a decision.

"I'll hold the queen back, and you go get rid of those giant bees!" he shouted to Muti.

Under normal circumstances, it should be the more flexible swordsman who clears the battlefield, and the musketeer with strong shield and thick armor who keeps an eye on the large monsters.

But their opponent is a giant bee.

The attack range of the katana is considered to be top-notch among melee weapons, but it is still a melee weapon after all. As long as the giant bee's flying height exceeds four meters, even the most powerful katana user will find it difficult to do anything.

The gunpowder is different. In a sense, it can also be considered a "long-range weapon", even though Muti's gunpowder is a diffusion type and its range is not as long as that of a radial type.

But at least within a range of about ten meters from the muzzle, the diffuse jet can cause effective damage to fragile monsters like giant bees.

Combined with Muti's own height, arm length and the length of her gun, she can bring down a giant bee even if it is thirteen or fourteen meters above the ground.

As for flying higher, just fly. Giant bees don't have any long-range attack methods anyway, so they pose no threat if you fly high.

"Okay!" Muti responded loudly, swung his rifle, and quickly changed the bullet.

Orlan held the sword at an angle and rushed at full speed towards the Queen Bee who was about to take off.

"grumble--"

Sensing the approaching threat, the Queen Bee let out a sharp hiss.

Several giant bees circling around swooped down immediately upon receiving the order to stop Orlan's charge.

"Get down!" Behind him, Muti, who had finished reloading, shouted.

Orlan fell to the ground without thinking. Almost at the same time, Muti opened fire. Amidst the continuous gunfire, at least three or four giant bees that dived towards Orlan were blown to pieces in mid-air.

Orlan could even hear the whizzing sound of shrapnel from the diffuser bullets flying over his head.

At this moment, Orlan made up his mind that when he changed his armor in the future, he would never choose the light armor that specialized in agility, like the Velociraptor suit that his teacher often wore.

Otherwise, Muti might just collapse one day.

In short, no matter what, Muti's round of fire cover was very successful.

Several giant bees that intercepted him were eliminated, and insect blood and body fragments rained down on him, but he could not care about these at this time.

Supporting himself with his hands, Orlan quickly stood up and continued to rush towards the Queen Bee not far away.

At this time, the queen bee finally spread out its huge wings, which were nearly twenty meters long.

The two pairs of wings flapped and accelerated, eventually turning into a few blurry afterimages. The airflow they stirred up made Orlan, who was close by, a little unsteady on his feet.

Driven by the two pairs of wings, the queen bee's huge and bloated body slowly left the ground.

Olang finally understood why the professor asked them to wear emergency earplugs.

The deafening roar made him feel as if his ears were stuck to a high-speed steam engine. If it weren't for the ear plugs, his hearing might have been damaged.

He gritted his teeth and endured the loud noise and wind pressure, approaching the queen bee.

Perhaps because it has been laying eggs in the warm slag all the time, and even the food is brought to its mouth by other giant bees, and it has not flown for too long, the queen bee takes off very slowly.

When Orlan got into attack position, part of the end of the queen bee's bloated abdominal segment had not yet completely left the ground.

Orlan immediately took a big step forward, raised his sword, and used the move that Muti wanted to use the most.

The muscles tensed, strength accumulated, and after a brief build-up of less than two seconds, the sword slashed down.

At this time, the queen bee's body had just left the ground and had not yet had time to fly high. The rear part of its bloated abdomen was still within the attack range of the sword blade.

The not-so-thick chitinous carapace of the abdomen was easily broken by [Kagura]. With a flash of sword light, a wound more than one meter long was cut open, and thick, dirty green body fluids gushed out.

"grumble--!"

The queen bee screamed in pain, vibrated her wings with all her might, accelerated into the air, and at the same time curled up her abdomen, stabbing the hunter below with the stinger at the end of her abdomen, which was more than one meter long.

Being stung by such a bee sting is no joke. Not to mention the paralyzing toxin measured in liters, if it hits you head-on, this "needle" alone can pierce you through.

Orlan had no choice but to give up the opportunity to attack with his sword continuously, and rolled sideways to dodge the incoming bee stings.

The Queen Bee also took this opportunity to gain altitude and escape from the attack range of the sword.

Orlan stood up, holding the sword at an angle, and looked up at the Queen Bee rising into the air. The Queen Bee also lowered her head and looked at the hunter.

Naturally, there is no so-called "look" or "emotion" in the compound eyes, which are completely different from those of vertebrates, but Orlan stubbornly believes that this guy is mocking him.

Mocking myself for not being able to fly, mocking myself for not being able to do anything about it.

He put away his weapon expressionlessly, raised his left arm, and fired the flash grenade that had been mounted on the projector at the Queen Bee in the air.

There was a flash of bright light.

The Queen Bee, who was facing a strong flash for the first time in her life, hissed and fell straight to the ground.

Chapter 101 The Queen Who Is Not Good at Fighting

Watching the queen bee fall in front of him with a "boom", Orlan was a little stunned.

He remembered that the professor had said that flashbangs were effective against giant bees, but who would use flashbangs to deal with ordinary giant bees?

I've never seen giant bees fall in pieces after being hit by a flashbang, so I certainly couldn't predict that the queen bee would fall so cleanly.

But this daze only lasted for a short moment, and after coming to his senses, Orlan immediately rushed forward.

Such a perfect attacking opportunity, how could he let it go as he values ​​offense so much?

The queen bee was still dizzy from the heavy fall. She lay on her back with her abdomen completely exposed. The rushing Orlang naturally locked onto her abdomen.

The previous sword strike made Orlan confirm that the meat here was of very good quality, with a thin shell and a soft interior. When he swung the sword and chopped it, the juice splashed everywhere, giving him a sickening sense of pleasure.

Even Muti, who was in charge of clearing out the giant bees, came over.

In fact, among all heavy weapons, the explosive power of the katana is not that strong, especially when they have not yet completed the Qi training, the sword moves they can perform are very limited.

But the gunpowder is different. As long as there is ammunition and the barrel is not overheated, it can cause amazing damage at any time.

Seeing that Orlan had occupied the attack position of the lower body of the Queen Bee, in order to avoid mutual interference, Muti decisively came to the head of the Queen Bee.

She bent her legs to steady her center of gravity, and slammed the large shield in her hand into the ground like a cannon's spade. At the same time, she held the musket horizontally, entering a standard impact-resistant posture.

The blazing light gathered in the muzzle of the gun, and after a brief delay, the flames gushed out with a strong impact.

"Dragon Bomb Cannon!"

“Rumble, rumble—!”

This shot directly blew off a large piece of the queen bee's head shell.

The hot tank popped out with a sizzling sound, helping to dissipate heat from the gun body.

The powerful recoil pushed Muti back two or three meters, but she immediately stabilized her center of gravity, rushed back to the Queen Bee, twisted her waist and exerted force, stabbing the rifle into the Queen Bee's chest with all her strength.

Then she pulled the trigger again.

Longhang Cannon!

The so-called Longhang Cannon, like this gunpowder, uses technology brought back from the New World Survey Team. It does not fire conventional shells, but steel spikes as thick as an arm.

Driven by the power of machinery and gunpowder, the stake drilled deep into the queen bee's body along the wound pierced by the blade, causing more serious secondary damage.

After completing a round of explosive attacks, Muti was just about to steady himself and create distance when he heard a shout from Oran.

"Reload! Continue the attack!"

"it is good!"

Muti stopped retreating, quickly reloaded his ammunition, and continued to slash and bombard.

At this time, Aolan also completed the accumulation of sword energy and began to swing the sword at full speed, performing a series of air blade slashes.