Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Behemoth's head is also wrapped with electricity.

Coupled with the fact that the Explosive Scale Dragon armor he was equipped with had poor lightning resistance, Maka was shocked.

But she finally gritted her teeth and held on, staring into Behemoth's eyes and pulling the trigger.

Mounted on the projector is the Dragon Slayer Stone that is often seen in the Dragon Crystal Land.

These crystal stones are saturated with the energy emitted by the ancient dragon creatures that live here, and they contain a considerable concentration of dragon-attribute energy.

Generally speaking, the purer the dragon species, the more powerful the dragon attribute energy will be stimulated.

Therefore, most ancient dragon species, as well as more primitive flying dragon species such as Boom Dragon and Fire Dragon, have poor tolerance to dragon-type energy.

Behemoth is a magical beast from another world, and it seems to have nothing to do with the concept of "dragon" (actually it does). Hunters take it for granted that dragon-type energy has no effect on it.

The reason why Maka hung the Dragon Slayer Stone on the projector was purely because it looked better than ordinary stones and had a higher hardness.

If you find it on the roadside, use it.

However, something unexpected happened, when the Dragon Slayer Stone was launched and touched Behemoth's body.

The black-red dragon energy was like a bomb barrel ignited by sparks, exploding instantly.

Maka, who was clinging to the side of Behemoth's face, was blown away by the blast, and fell to the ground in disgrace. He finally adjusted his posture with his excellent sense of balance and did not fall.

Behemoth suffered significantly greater damage.

Not only was the attack directed by lightning interrupted, one of its eyes was almost blinded by the Dragon Slayer Stones fired at close range.

A critical blow hit him suddenly, and Behemoth turned around and shook his head like a conditioned reflex, just in time to hit the rock wall not far away.

“Boom, boom—!!!”

The power of this collision was much more powerful than the attacks of the hunters.

The nearly 100-meter-high rock wall collapsed due to the impact, and the falling boulder almost buried most of its body.

Gordon and others were stunned for a moment.

No one expected that this mounted attack could have such an effect, including Maka herself.

"Good opportunity! Attack!" Gordon yelled, quickly threw a strange pill into his mouth, chewed it hard, and took the lead in charging.

Gordon rushed to Behemoth's head and confirmed that he would not be able to get up for a while. Gordon swung his sword horizontally, stirred up his fighting spirit, and activated the beast soul possession in conjunction with the boiling energy and blood in his body.

Red fighting energy escaped from his eyes.

[Crazy Pattern] was also completely activated under the stimulation of Behemoth's blood breath. The unprecedented desire was like a huge wave, constantly stimulating his brain and eroding his thinking.

It gave him the urge to throw away his weapon and pounce on him to bite him like crazy.

But the existence of nerves as tough as steel and "courage" enabled him to firmly hold on to his own reason and not be shaken.

Pick up the sword and aim at the side of the monster's neck, where blood vessels are concentrated.

The moment he entered the charging posture, he completely released the restriction on the "Nergigante Dragon's Haki" attached to the [Crazy Pattern].

The ferocious roar of the Nergigante filled his mind, and the crimson fighting spirit wrapped around his body was suddenly stained with a layer of blood-like scarlet, burning and exploding like a flame poured with gunpowder.

"Roar——!" With a roar that sounded like the roar of a wild beast, the golden sword fell down.

If the red sword energy condensed like glass on the blade of Hayata's sword represents her extremely precise control of fighting spirit and sword intention, it is the embodiment of "skill" and "intent".

Then the explosive bloody fighting energy all over Gordon's body symbolizes absolute "power".

Being unable to chop off a monster's head with a sword can only mean one thing, and that is that you are not strong enough.

As long as you have enough power, any miracle can happen!

The sword fell, and the splattered blood was like a hot spring, almost completely dyeing Gordon's sword and armor red.

[Crazy Pattern] greedily devoured the blood of the monster, and the slight injuries Gordon suffered from the previous electric shock were healed in the blink of an eye.

With increasingly furious shouts, he slashed down his sword frantically, continuously widening the bloody wound.

Hayata has gotten used to it and continues to gather her sword energy to prepare for her strongest sword move - Kamui Iai.

But while Maka was trying hard to wave the insect stick, she couldn't help but glance over at Gordon.

"Isn't that guy out of control?" She muttered in her heart.

At this moment, a ghost bomb hit her back with a "snap", and the liquid seeped through the gaps in the armor, increasing her strength.

Maka subconsciously looked back and found that Ancier, who was sniping from a distance, had reloaded with lethal ammunition and continued to deliver firepower towards the monster with astonishing efficiency.

Maka opened her mouth.

She couldn't tell whether this ghost bomb meant support, pity, encouragement, supervision, reminder, or something else.

Why don't you fight Gordon and the others? Why don't you fight me alone? !

Are you pitying me? !

**!

Of course, Maka didn't dare to directly question Ancil during the battle. She angrily swung a flying circular slash, and the hard touch was not much different from hitting a rock, which made her wrist numb.

The effect of such an attack was really limited. She couldn't help but raise her head and look at the spear at the back of Behemoth's neck.

Perhaps it would be more effective to continue trying to "knock nails"?

With the decision made, Maka paused her offensive, took off with the insect stick, and headed towards the key position.

Behemoth kept struggling.

The boulders pressing on it were like pebbles to it, and could not be an obstacle to prevent it from getting up.

Just as it was about to get up, Gordon slashed the side of its neck with another powerful strike.

Hayata's Kamui Iai had already finished gathering momentum, but she deliberately held it back until Behemoth was supporting the ground with its front paws and was about to turn over and get up, then she slid closer.

In a flash of sword light, three bloody arrows erupted from the joint of its forearm used to support the ground, and three narrow but extremely deep wounds almost cut open the joint.

Behemoth howled in pain and fell over again.

Maka took advantage of this opportunity and jumped to the spear behind Behemoth's neck.

The previous battle had caused the spear to become somewhat loose. She bared her teeth, swung the insect stick, and smashed the spear back again as if it were a nail.

Behemoth roared in unbearable pain, and his whole body burned with orange-red flames.

It didn't even stand up, it raised its claws and slapped the ground with all its strength. As the fire element exploded, the ground exploded layer by layer.

The swordsmen surrounding it had to temporarily retreat and distance themselves, and Hayata was no exception.

Her power can avoid minions, but she cannot avoid large-scale explosions and impacts.

Only Pork Chop and Ancier, who was sniping from a distance, continued to attack.

Pork Chop threw two slime mold explosive bombs in succession.

However, before the explosive bomb fell on Behemoth, the ancient slime mold used as the explosive had not reached the critical point and was burned to ashes by the high-temperature explosion flames, failing to explode with its due power.

Ancier's emergency supernova was also detonated in advance, and a golden-red fireball exploded in mid-air some distance away from Behemoth. It was innocuous.

Behemoth took this opportunity to stand up again.

The orange-red light of the fire element disappeared, and the most terrifying red-red flame rose.

Amid the thunderous roars, the red clouds that attracted meteorites once again enveloped the sky of the Dragon Crystal Land.