He got the Huilong Stone he wanted, but Ancier kept vigilant for him and found nothing, which made Gordon feel a little embarrassed.
So Gordon took the initiative to propose that after finding the mineral veins, he could exchange them, and he would be the guard while Ancier would dig the mines.
Unexpectedly, Ancil said that he had no interest in mining. He even admitted that he had no favorable impression of metal weapons and armor.
Sturdy, easy to collect materials, and easy to build are indeed the advantages of metal equipment. However, on the other hand, metal equipment also represents shortcomings such as heavy weight, lack of additional attributes, and low upper limit.
It doesn’t fit his “aesthetic”.
"So you came to the volcano just for tourism?" Gordon couldn't help but complain.
"You can't say that. It's mainly to get familiar with the hunting environment."
Perhaps it was Gordon's "not taking advantage" attitude that won his favor, and Ancil no longer insisted on his lame rhetoric of "collecting ammunition materials".
But he still didn't say it clearly. He simply mentioned "I care about certain monsters more" and then changed the subject.
"Gordon, your main goal in coming to Naguli Village is to dig for stone protection, right? Have you ever thought about the specific effects of the stone protection you need?"
Gordon was startled when he heard this.
It seemed like he hadn't really thought about this issue in detail.
"Well, it's probably the kind that increases strength and destructive power?" As a great swordsman who pursues ultimate destructive power, Gordon gave an answer that he thought should be quite satisfactory.
"Haha." An Xil sighed, "I think you don't understand at all?"
Gordon: "?"
Seeing the greetings on Gordon's face, Ancier had no choice but to explain patiently: "In most cases, protective stones are not used to increase strength.
There are indeed protective stones that can increase a hunter's strength (attack power), but no matter how high-quality the protective stone is, it can only increase the strength by a few percent. It is effective, but it cannot play a decisive role.
Is there a big difference between killing a monster with ten swords and killing it with eleven swords? "
"It seems there really isn't much of a difference."
Seeing that Gordon was still a little confused, Ancier took out a protective stone shining with a light cyan light from his collar, "Take my protective stone as an example.
This protective stone has the power of 'Elf's Protection', and its effect is to help me offset part of the damage sometimes. Doesn't it sound uncontrollable? But it may save my life sometimes, and it belongs to the protective stone of ten thousand essential oils.
Hunters tend to be more 'functional' when choosing stone protection effects, such as improving resistance to vibration or noise.
A while ago, I heard that a lucky person got a very powerful 'poison resistance' protective stone. As long as he wears that protective stone, he will never have to worry about being poisoned. "
"So powerful? Is the fire dragon's poison not harmful?" Gordon stared.
"Well, all toxins are neutralized."
Gordon somewhat understood what Ancil meant. Compared with the effect of saving lives at this critical moment, a slight improvement in strength is indeed insignificant.
But having said that, he didn't even know what effects the protective stone had, so naturally he couldn't say which effects he expected.
Seeing Gordon's lack of knowledge about the effect of stone protection, Ancil continued: "I am not a swordsman myself, so I can't tell what kind of stone protection is suitable for you.
I can only say this. Among the few swordsmen I know, there is a great hammer user whose stone protection effect is 'fainting (KO technique)', which can improve the effect of stunning monsters. There is a great sword user whose stone protection effect is It is an 'ear plug' that can largely ignore the roar of monsters. There is also a dual swordsman who likes to use poison attribute swords. The effect of the stone protection is 'poison attribute enhancement'.
No one can tell how many types of protective stones there are in the world. All in all, try to choose a protective stone that suits your combat habits. "
Listening to Ancier's description, although Gordon knew that he was not very lucky, he still couldn't help but have a beautiful dream in his heart to dig out the best protective stone.
"Let's go! Let's dig out the protective stone now!" Gordon picked up the pickaxe and looked excited as if he could not wait to dig out the super powerful protective stone immediately.
"Are you sick!?" Ancil seemed to have forgotten "elegance" and complained mercilessly: "There is no relic vein in this hunting ground that can dig out protective stones, okay? If you want to dig metal ore, hurry up Go dig!”
"oh"
Gordon dejectedly came to another mining site and waved his pickaxe like he was venting his anger. The clanking sound echoed throughout the cave.
Ancier set up the Ore Crystal Nova again and maintained vigilance.
Another period of time passed, and Pig Cho, who was so idle that he felt sleepy, suddenly became excited and his ears perked up.
"There's a monster howling meow! It might be a velociraptor meow!" Pig Chop warned loudly.
"Is it finally here?"
Anhil narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his hand, and signaled Gordon, who was about to come over, to continue digging, while he turned the heavy crossbow in the direction of the tunnel where the howling came from.
Before leaving the camp, he showed Gordon his shooting skills with a few shots. Although he expressed admiration, he himself was a little dissatisfied.
As he expected, in the high temperature environment of the volcano, the ballistic trajectory of the crossbow seemed to be slightly different from usual.
But now that we are in a hunting ground, we can't just fire cannons and do experiments randomly. It just so happens that a monster is attracted by the sound of Gordon's mining, which is the best target.
Ten seconds later, what appeared in the scope were two scarlet agile figures - red velociraptors.
As a subspecies of the velociraptor group that lives in harsh environments such as volcanoes and swamps, the red velociraptor has gelatinous skin with excellent thermal insulation effects. Its bright color is reminiscent of some highly venomous amphibians.
Red Velociraptors do not have the sharp and long teeth of their close relatives, Blue Velociraptors, but they do possess another deadly weapon - venom.
The venom sprayed from the venom glands in the throat is even toxic enough to make flying dragons feel afraid.
On the other side, Ancier, who had entered sniper mode, showed no signs of nervousness at all.
venom? With that pitiful jet distance, is it even close?
He pulled the bolt machine calmly, and with a muffled "bang" sound, the crossbow shells shot out.
Almost at the same time that the heavy crossbow gun sprayed out flames, one of the red velociraptors fell to the ground, and the inertia of its high-speed running caused its body to roll several times on the ground.
It whined and tried to stand up, but that was obviously a luxury. One of its knees was hit by a crossbow bullet. Judging from the weird bend of the calf, the kneecap had been completely shattered.
Anhir frowned. The area he originally aimed at was actually his ankle.
Then there was another roar, and the other red velociraptor also fell to the ground, struggling and wailing.
Compared to the prey running at high speed, the two red velociraptors lying on the ground unable to get up were like targets in front of Ancil's eyes, and it was not easy to miss.
I added a few shots casually, and the world became peaceful.
"Sure enough, will the high temperature environment and the rising heat of magma have a certain impact on accurate sniping?" Ancier said to himself.
"You need to get used to the trajectory again."
ps. Well, everyone in the game likes to pursue extreme damage. If they really go hunting, most people will probably pay more attention to saving their lives, right?
(End of chapter)
