I draw skills in Monster Hunter World

Chapter 59 Shield Crab Man

Li Ming said that choosing water animals as hunting targets was the result of discussions between the team.

Shui Yun no longer insisted and handed over the contract immediately.

【Use sponge materials to open up the future of the desert】★★★
Location: Waterless Forest
Contract Target: Water Beast

Client: The Great Inventor of the Desert

Brief description of the mission: Water animal skin has a strong ability to store water.If used properly, it might be possible to cultivate plants in the desert.As expected of me, what a genius!For the future of the desert, please go hunting water beasts.

Honoraria: 5040+1100z (subsidy)
Time limit: 28 days.

After a day of preparation, the team took a truck towed by two bobos and headed towards Shuiwu Forest.

After leaving the area of ​​the Waste God Community, we traveled on the business road for a while.

As early as Chuying, Bubu Midoduo started collecting at a very high frequency.

It was not difficult for them to follow the truck, but Li Ming still slowed down his driving speed to slow down his physical exertion.

"Is it possible that all the ammunition materials in Feiye Fortress have been sold out? This place can already be regarded as a top-level stronghold, and the supply is very guaranteed."

Li Ming was curious when he saw that the materials collected by one man and two cats in the bushes on the roadside were mainly mixed with ammunition.

When Bubu ran to the carriage to put the materials, he understood the situation.

"The ammunition reserves are about to be unsustainable. In order to target the water beasts, Chu Ying also purchased a large amount of gunpowder for blending fire bombs, and the funds are also a bit tight."

"It seems that the high frequency of hunting trips puts a lot of economic pressure on heavy crossbow hunters."

Li Ming felt that it was not unreasonable for Chuying to postpone hunting.

After cleaning the shield axe, polishing the sword and shield blade, maintaining the deformation mechanism, checking and replacing the damaged energy bottles, you can continue hunting.

The heavy crossbow won't work. The supplies are just a box of level 1 normal bullets. Every bullet fired after that is money.

Even if you don't buy finished ammunition and buy the necessary materials to mix it yourself, it's still unsustainable.

"No wonder other hunters in the hall often mention the team's ammunition subsidy."

"So...are you going to pay Chuying an ammunition subsidy to help tide over the difficulties?"

Bubu said excitedly.

"Of course. The more projectiles she shoots in each hunt, the more secure our safety will be. But this cannot solve the problem from the root cause. With Chu Ying's character, she probably won't like to be subsidized and assisted all the time."

"Then what should we do?"

Bubu's cat ears drooped.

"Form a cat expedition team dedicated to traveling far away to collect."

"That's a great idea, meow! But without a fixed residence or a long-distance travel vehicle, you can't recruit a cat expedition team, right?"

Bubu expressed his concerns.

"You will definitely not be able to recruit expedition teams that have already formed and are somewhat famous, and the maintenance costs cannot be afforded, but you can find those that have not yet formed. As long as you work hard to communicate with them, and constantly look forward to the future of the ruthless team, what kind of big cat Cat tribe, submarine, blimp, uniform armor uniform. Are you okay Bubu?"

Seeing Bubu's eyes becoming more and more confused, Li Ming waved his hand in front of him.

"What color is the unified armor uniform? Meow! I seemed to have been confused by something just now!"

Bubu shook his head violently, and after regaining consciousness, he sighed: "I feel like I'm very familiar with Elu's psychology, nya. Just a few words, and I really want to join in."

"That's it. As for how to implement it, I will plan more when I have time."

Li Ming made up his mind.

Collect along the way during the day and stop to rest and mix ammunition at night.

Chuying was a little tired, but thinking that the water beast armor was waving to her, she soon became full of energy.

Five days later, there was no trace of the flat commercial road. The road became increasingly muddy, and the dangerous terrain that made it difficult for trucks to pass gradually increased.

Seven days later, the team arrived at the confluence of many rivers.

The air here is humid and there are shoals everywhere. Only a small amount of soil is exposed, so the truck can only move forward hard in the shoals.

Fortunately, before dark, the team arrived at the small stronghold in the Shuiwu Forest area according to the map.

We took out the necessary supplies from the truck, placed the two tired Bobos, and contacted the local Ailu tribe to act as a rescue team.

After leaving the higher-lying stronghold, the team set off again.

After marching for a day and a night, we officially entered the Shuiwen Forest area.

After setting up camp on a rock covered by vines, the team rested for half a day, and then searched for traces of water animals while hunting.

The sound of rushing water echoed in the scattered mountains and forests.

Fish are constantly jumping out of the water, and reptiles crawling on the wet rock walls are making various sounds.

The noisy environment and the lack of distinctive sounds of water beasts made it impossible for Li Ming to track them with hearing.

Then he first let the Fumu Rabbit fly to inspect the surrounding area.

Walking out of the canyon, the view instantly broadens.

Several dark-green skinned dragons were walking slowly in the water.

The meat of the dewlap is not said to be very delicious, but the dewlap oil in the skin can usually be sold at a good price as long as it is brought back to a stronghold with a chamber of commerce.

The team, which already had a tacit understanding, did not need to communicate. They quickly locked onto the two largest lopsided dragons and started taking action.

There were layers of folds and hanging skin. Li Ming slashed his sword twice before making a crack.

The flowing grease sticks to the sword body, forming a brushed sticky web.

Li Ming, who just wanted to fight quickly, dipped the charged sword into the water to wash away the grease, then jumped up into the air and struck at the key point of his neck where the skin was thin.

A thick mournful roar sounded, and the draped dragon group stepped on the water with their paws and fled in all directions. The two they locked on were soon hunted.

Li Ming started the loving salvation ceremony, and the other members picked off the raw meat and harvested useful materials.

[Sagging skin], [Oil production], [Head bumping].

The two exploding white fog balls were identical.

It seems that "Generation of dewlap oil" is somewhat useful, but the dewlap oil must be extracted from the subcutaneous tissue.

The more sagging and wrinkled skin there is, the oil production capacity will probably also increase, so there may be a linkage effect with [skin sagging and sagging].

It's just this external form that's a bit different.
Li Ming suddenly shuddered when he thought of liposuction surgery.

I feel that the most useful effect is probably to achieve rapid weight loss.

Unfortunately, obesity is not common among hunters.

However, based on the principle that if you don't take it, you don't get it, and if the two principles are useful in the future, he still chose [Skin Oil Generation] and [Head Butt].

Since it was still early, the team continued to explore deeper.

Finally, before the sun set, we found three aquatic beasts living in the shallows.

The aquatic beast group all inhabits the same body of water, and the leader of this group, the aquatic beast, is probably wandering nearby.

The aquatic beasts, all dressed in banana yellow and resembling lizards, haven't noticed where the team members are yet.

After lurking for a while and seeing that the leader of the water beasts was not nearby, Li Ming decided to try to hunt two of them first.

In this way, once the leader water beast realizes that a member of the group is being hunted, he will definitely become very irritable, and tracking and locking will become much easier.

You can also taste the taste of aquatic animal meat.

Pu Tu~ Pu Tu~
Seeing a series of small bubbles surging on the surface of the water, an aquatic beast immediately lowered its head and watched curiously.

The red and gray striped carapace appears faintly in the water.

If there is another back shell, the aquatic beast will definitely believe that this is a small shield crab.

While watching curiously, the aquatic beast's head drooped forward again.

puff~
The energy-charged sword was slashed out of the water, slitting the throat.

The aquatic beast immediately realized that this "little shield crab" might be a peerless strongman of the shield crab family and was definitely not something he could match, so he turned around and started running away.

Li Ming jumped out of the water and used [catapult kick] to step on the opponent's cone-shaped tail to use the force, and jumped into the air to combine the sword and shield.

Pooh!

The ax blade struck his skull from behind.At the same time, another aquatic beast was also injured by one person and two cats, blocking the retreat.

For a moment, two aquatic beasts died and one escaped.

"You take one of them away first, and we'll meet up as soon as I finish the salvation."

The team has been exploring for a long time, but they haven't had time to eat. The current condition is not suitable for fighting, and there is a risk of being besieged by the tribe.

"Okay, be careful meow."

Midoduo, who was already used to it, reminded him, and worked together with Bubu to lift the body of the aquatic beast and put it on Chuying's shoulder.

One person and two cats began to evacuate.

Li Ming grabbed the aquatic beast's waist and lifted it up, then quickly eliminated the repeated fog balls and inspected it.

[Generation of primary water-retaining sponges], [Diving], [Underwater Hunting], [Happiness in the Water].

The water-retaining sponge body of the subspecies Purple Water Beast seems to be able to store venom, but considering my size, even if it can be realized in the future, the venom production should be very limited.

If you really want to generate venom, you might as well use the fog ball of the Poison Dog Dragon as the core to create an injector injection. After all, there are already two successful cases.

[Diving] and [Underwater Perception] are both very good skills.

Without water beast equipment, there may be no linkage effect, but it is enough to cope with most scenarios.

【Happiness in the Water】.You will be happier in the water.

Yes, there will be an aquatic beast mist ball bursting out next, which can make up for it.

After carrying the corpse and reuniting, the team rushed back to the camp.

After eating and drinking enough, they delineated the scope of today's exploration, and the two began to take turns to watch the night.

In the morning, the sun shines brightly.

The team set off again and returned to the shoal they explored yesterday.

As a result, the aquatic beast group did not see it, but found the bodies of two small shield crabs on the shore.

"The back shell and limbs were separated, so cruel."

After inspecting the scene, Li Ming said somewhat unexpectedly.

"Well, it's indeed unusual. Although it was dismembered, there are no signs of eating or chewing. It seems to be a simple act of revenge and anger."

Chuying speculated.

"It's strange, meow. When we were at the Shuiweilin stronghold, the person in charge said that the leader of the local shield crab group went to look for new ones because his back shell cracked. He didn't hear that the two groups were fighting for territory."

Bubu couldn't understand.

"Could it be Meow who just had a grudge recently?"

Midoduo speculated.

"Recently, maybe the aquatic beast group mistakenly believed that the two members yesterday were killed by shield crabs. Since they are attacking shield crabs, I think this is an opportunity."

"Are you saying that within a period of time, the distribution of the aquatic beast population will be extremely scattered?"

Chuying asked tentatively.

"Yes, for the small shield crab, it can be killed by two aquatic beasts attacking from the front and back. There is no need for the leader aquatic beast to deal with them one by one. If they disperse and escape over there, and continue to follow up and kill here, the members of the group will The distribution will spread outward.”

"Okay, let's confirm now."

The team immediately started exploring.

The results are almost consistent with the speculation. The aquatic animals in the habitat waters are not migrating, but are chasing and killing the small shield crabs.

At noon, Li Ming, who was exploring the top of the rock, saw another small shield crab being surrounded and attacked, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"It's so miserable."

“Ecology has always been so cruel.”

Chuying said helplessly.

"Yes, but seeing the weak monster group that has always been at a disadvantage, I still hope that someone can come forward to balance it."

"Isn't that part of a hunter's job?"

Chuying asked curiously.

"Yes, but if the shield crab tribe continues to strengthen itself and finally achieves a counterattack and reversal, it will definitely feel better."

"You mean more feeling?"

"Say a Shield Crab Man falls from the sky."

Goo~ Goo~
Li Ming was halfway through his nonsense when the chirping Fumu Rabbit flew down onto his shoulder.

All members of the team immediately headed towards the direction of Fukugi Usagi's return and started to wait and see.

A nearly 20-meter-long yellow lizard marched toward the team's location with its head and body swaying.

"Midodo, how many aquatic animals are there nearby?"

Li Ming asked in a low voice.

"There are only two cats, no new discoveries!"

Midoduo, holding a telescope, informed.

"The timing is perfect, is everyone ready?"

Li Ming asked.

"Okay meow!"

"Yes. Don't touch waters that are too deep."

Chuying never forgot to give a reminder.

"Attack!"

Two people and two cats jumped from the top of the rock where they were hiding.

The ability to sense water beasts is not very strong, but for the hunter team running straight in the shallows, they were immediately aware of it.

Ow!Ow!
Pressing his forefoot into the water, after two threats, he saw that the other party was approaching faster, so he focused his eyes on Li Ming, who was rushing forward.

The water beast crawled quickly, and the water waves spread to both sides.

Li Ming slightly adjusted his direction and faced him head-on.

Stop suddenly, draw your sword and raise your shield.

The originally bulging armor of the shield crab quickly collapsed at this moment.

With such a huge size difference, the water beast didn't make any adjustments and collided head-on.

The five thorns on the top of the head are like a crown, standing up from the spongy mane.

when!There was a buzzing sound hitting the shield.

The water beast fell backwards, and Li Ming, who only slid back a short distance, raised the shield and continued to move forward.

After its front paws fell into the shallows and stood firm, the water beast froze on the spot, as if what had just happened had greatly shocked it.

The charged sword slashed horizontally, sparks exploded, and several snake-like scales on his left forearm collapsed.

The water beast felt pain and suddenly came to his senses.

The body turned around, and the tail with the hard carapace on the surface was swept and swung.

Li Ming stared at the direction where his tail was swinging and raised his shield again.

when!There was another buzz.

The blocked tail was dissipated and stuck to the shield, unable to move any further.

The water beast used its remaining strength to twist its body and whip its tail.

But even so, Li Ming's figure only slid backward slightly.

Calmly tilting his head, Li Ming issued a challenge: "Try harder!"

(End of this chapter)