Seeing that this blue velociraptor was unusual, Gordon did not let Pig Chop go to lure the enemy, but launched the challenge himself.
Facing the sudden appearance of the enemy, the blue velociraptor stopped eating. It did not pounce immediately, but locked its eyes on the hunter, with a fierceness and caution.
Gordon put his right hand on the hilt of the sword behind his back and did not pull it out directly. The state of holding the sword will greatly affect the movement speed, which is not suitable until the distance between the two parties is close.
In the end, it was Gordon who made the first move. He started sprinting, and the distance between the two quickly shortened.
The Blue Velociraptor hissed and also took steps forward, its long beak and sharp claws stained with blood looked particularly ferocious.
Just when the target's head was about to enter the attack range of the explosive knife, Gordon decisively drew out the knife and slashed out.
This almost invincible move against the blue speed dragon actually failed this time. The blue speed dragon stopped in time and jumped back a short distance, easily dodging this powerful and heavy blow.
The heavy blasting knife hit the ground, and Gordon needed time to lift it up again. The Blue Velociraptor seized this opportunity and whipped its long tail toward Gordon's side.
Gordon frowned, temporarily stopped lifting the sword, held the hilt with one hand, and turned to the other side of the explosive knife.
Use your sword to block!
"Bang!"
The long tail of the blue speed dragon hit the sword surface of the explosive knife, and the strong force made Gordon's hands that were maintaining the block numb slightly.
"Sure enough, he has rich combat experience."
Gordon pursed his lips and put away his contemptuous attitude. He leaned down slightly, used the strength of his waist and legs, and swung his knife horizontally towards Lan Athlon's legs.
The Blue Velociraptor once again jumped back in time and successfully avoided it.
This time, however, Gordon's attack did not end there.
After removing the excess inertia of the horizontal slash and swinging in the air, Gordon directly moved up again after swinging through a complete arc.
Thinking that the hunter had entered the interval between attacks, the Blue Velociraptor was just about to pounce and bite, when the huge claws were accurately nailed into its lower jaw, penetrating its brain, and its huge body fell limply to the ground.
Instant death.
Gordon put away the blasting knife and breathed out softly.
Sure enough, actual combat is the most effective way to improve martial arts. In just two days, he polished his unskilled sword moves to proficiency.
Cut the air with a sword? It doesn't matter, the next sword that takes advantage of the situation will only be stronger!
Looking at the extremely complete Blue Velociraptor corpse in front of him, Gordon smiled with satisfaction.
Without his reminder, Pork Chop automatically started to alert his surroundings.
It took almost twice as long as usual to peel off the large and complete blue velociraptor skin with great care. Of course, those high-quality scales, claws, and teeth would not be spared.
The materials for the Blue Velociraptor suit have been collected!
"Okay pork chop, let's go home!"
"Meow!"
...
After returning to Kokot Village and settling the rewards for the mission, Gordon immediately came to the workshop with a large pile of blue velociraptor materials.
Then I got some devastating news.
He has collected enough materials, but not enough money...
The Blue Velociraptor suit includes five parts: head, trunk, waist, wrist, and shin. The manufacturing cost of armor for each part is 1,150 gold, which adds up to nearly 6,000 gold.
In addition, Gordon hoped that the boss of the workshop would use the extra materials to make a suit of armor for Pork Chop, which would add another expense.
Part of the 2,000 gold mission reward I just received has to be used to pay off the instructor's debt, which is completely insufficient.
In desperation, Gordon had to hand over the materials and all the money to the workshop owner, and asked the latter to help him start making the armor. After all, unlike weapons, the construction period of a complete set of armor was much longer.
And he took the pork chop, received a new mission, and rushed to the hunting ground again.
in the next period of time.
Looking for specialty mushrooms, hunting meat, collecting deer skins, hunting down giant wild boars, blue velociraptors, and the odd-faced tribe, he would accept anything as long as the price was right.
At first, Gordon felt frustrated by these one-star missions that were neither profitable nor challenging.
But the instructor told him that this was the daily life of monster hunters.
Ore and materials for making armor and weapons, countless materials for blending various hunting props, and money that must be used for everything.
None of this fell from the sky.
It can only be accumulated bit by bit.
Take the blasting knife in Gordon's hand.
It seemed like it was easy to collect all the materials, but after all, weren't those huge amounts of iron ore and earth crystals all hammered out by Gordon with picks over the past two years?
How to build stronger armor and hunt more powerful monsters without going through this accumulation stage?
Let’s just do the task honestly!
Two weeks later, the Blue Velociraptor suit was completed, and Gordon, who paid the final payment, finally put on this new set of armor that he had been thinking about day and night.
This is a set of full-body armor that has a low-key shape but gives people a very reliable feeling.
The bright-colored blue velociraptor leather has been tanned and turned into an inconspicuous dark gray. It is obviously leather, but it has a heavy metallic texture.
The chest, joints and other key parts are decorated with a large number of blue velociraptor scales and armor made of metal, which provides maximum protection without affecting the wearer's movements.
According to the workshop owner, the defensive performance of this set of armor is at least two to three times higher than that of the most basic hunter suit.
Paired with the heavy and sharp blasting knife, Gordon no longer looks like the "budding, silly boy" he used to be.
It's not just Gordon who changes costumes, but Pork Chops too.
The nut shell, which only had the advantage of being "lightweight", was replaced by a new armor made of the same blue velociraptor material.
And the "Ore Cat Pickaxe" is carefully forged by smelting several minerals.
All this makes Pork Chop, who is also in "adolescence", very excited.
After paying the final payment for himself and the Pork Chop armor, Gordon became pauper again and had no choice but to return to his original busy and slightly boring mission life.
However, even he didn't notice it.
In these inconspicuous one-star missions, his body has been trained, his martial arts and sword skills have been improved, and even the impetuous mentality unique to young people has gradually calmed down under the polishing of mushrooms and ores.
Midsummer and autumn pass quietly.
Throughout the autumn, everyone has been making reserves for the coming winter. As the only two hunters in the village, the instructor and Gordon have also been traveling back and forth between the village and the hunting ground to hunt for the meat necessary for the villagers to survive the winter.
After the tenth full moon of this year, Gordon, who had been busy for nearly half a year, finally took off his armor and weapons temporarily.
In the Xiuret region located in the northwest corner of the continent, winter came earlier. Blow by the cold wind from the Akula region in the north, everything withered and the activities of all living things came to a halt.
Humans are no exception.
During this season, hunters generally do not enter hunting grounds.
First, the hungry monsters in the snow forest are more aggressive and extremely dangerous. On the other hand, it is also to give the pregnant female beasts some breathing time during the autumn breeding period.
Heavy snow fell, covering mountains, forests, hills, roads and villages.
In previous years, Gordon, who was unwilling to spend the winter at his instructor's house for the sake of face, was always alone.
And this year, he has a cat!
