Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

After a long period of careful searching, the hunters reunited.

"Have you found anything?" Kurt Aiz asked eagerly.

"There is none in the area I am in charge of." Anshir shook his head, "At least no obvious excavation traces were found."

"I found something."

Hayata led his companions to a corner of the ruins, pointing to the remaining wall and ground, "Does this trace look like part of the claw trace of some super-giant creature?"

Everyone came over and finally looked at Gordon.

He is the one who is best at analyzing monster traces here.

Gordon's face was wrinkled, "It's hard to say. Due to the collapse of the wall and the long-term burning of the flames, the edges of the traces are too blurry.

You said that some kind of giant monster scratched its claws on the city wall, shattered the city wall, and left scratch marks on the base of the wall and the ground, so it is possible.

But to be honest, I think it is more likely to be caused by other reasons.

If, if this mark is really a scratch, from the perspective of depth, width and angle, the length of the complete claw mark should be close to or even exceed ten meters.

The size of the monster will be close to that of Lao Shanlong.

A monster of this size must be trembling when it comes over. If you dig a hole, you have to dig a huge hole, and it has been found long ago. Flying... Uh, can such a big monster really fly? "

Hayata pinched her chin, "From this point of view, the possibility that this mark is a claw mark is really small."

"No, keep that possibility."

Kurt Aiz took out a pen and paper, and said while quickly recording: "The Great Elder has specifically emphasized that any possibility cannot be easily vetoed.

Is it a super giant monster that is close in size to Lao Shanlong?

Although it is difficult to explain how it can come and go without a trace, from the point of view of smashing the castle in a short period of time, this possibility is more reasonable. "

"That's right." Gordon scratched his chin, "It's not surprising that this magical nature has bred anything."

"I've also made important discoveries, meow!" Zhu Chop raised his paw.

Everyone's attention came to focus.

"One thing may have been overlooked, the gunpowder stored in the arsenal was not exploded or burned, it should have been taken away by the attackers."

"Why do you say that?" Kurt Aiz asked hurriedly.

"I checked the warehouse where the gunpowder was stored. Of course, the warehouse was destroyed, but the problem is that the warehouse was not destroyed by bombing, but more like it was destroyed from the outside.

The reason is the same as the city wall. If it is blown up from the inside by gunpowder, the broken bricks should be released radioactively. "

"So that's how it is." Kurt Aiz combined his notes, "When our guild knights did our initial investigation, we really overlooked this point.

However, there is one thing that is hard to explain. If the gunpowder was taken away without explosion, why would the ruins built of bricks and stones burn like fire?

ah! Those dark greases! "

Kurt Aiz and the hunters all reacted.

He said: "The amount of black oil left in the ruins may be far more than what we see now. That is the real cause of the burning of the ruins, so the smell of tar in the air has not dissipated for several days!"

"If there is a lot of black oil, then another doubt can be explained." Gordon opened his palm, showing the oil stains on his gloves that he hadn't wiped off for a long time.

"This suspected heavy oil substance is very viscous, and there are also many oil stains in the ruins of the warehouse. Those missing crossbow bolts and iron objects should be glued away by this oil.

To be honest, I feel more and more that the culprit is not Ge Mantis. If it is Ge Mantis, it should use silk thread to stick away iron objects, but we didn't find any trace of silk thread. "

"That kind of black oil should be the key to confirm the identity of the attacker. Let's take as many samples as possible and bring them back to the city for scholars to analyze and check. Maybe there will be relevant records in the data of the Gulong Observation Bureau?" An Xi Er suggested.

"OK."

In the next few days, Gordon and others went to the ruins of the arsenal twice more.

There was no breakthrough in the investigation, but some clues were found. For example, Anshir picked up two crossbow bolts glued together by black oil in a corner of a warehouse.

This may provide evidence for the claim that the attackers used black oil to stick the iron away.

The results of the analysis of scholars have also come out.

Black oil is not heavy oil, and the components of the two are very similar, but there are many substances that cannot be determined for a while in black oil, which makes black oil have many very special characteristics.

For example, the consistency and viscosity are similar to asphalt, and it is more dangerous and explosive than heavy oil. This may be because black oil contains a large amount of sulfur components.

Just when the investigation was deadlocked, another piece of bad news came.

Geovadreo, a trade city located in the southern part of the Inner Sea of ​​Geokruk and west of the Continental Bridge, was attacked. (later called Jicheng)

The situation is almost exactly the same as East Doruma.

Jicheng itself was unharmed, but the Gioris Village located tens of kilometers west of Jicheng was destroyed.

Different from small castles like "Arsenal", Gioris Village is a real fortress, built to defend Tiji City from monster attacks from the Metabe jungle (old jungle).

Described in the report submitted by Jicheng Guild.

The attack came very suddenly. The Georis Village did not receive an early warning, and the number of garrison personnel was small. The powerful defensive weapons such as the Dragon Shotgun were not warmed up and could not be activated.

The main city wall was destroyed, the gunpowder and metal parts in the warehouse were looted again, and the dragon gun originally installed on the fortress wall was also gone.

Coupled with the raging fire, the annihilation of the garrison, no surviving witnesses, and the black oil left on the scene, etc., it is easy to conclude that the mysterious monster that destroyed the Gioris village is the culprit of the attack on the arsenal. .

It's not a good look on anyone's face when they get this news

The original incident has not been investigated, and the new attack has already happened again. If there is one or two, then three, four, five or six may all be behind.

In the Great Old Hall, Gordon and the others watched with their own eyes that the Great Elder smashed the marble floor with his sword, and then issued an order with a black face, demanding that all guilds in various places be under full martial law.

At this point in the matter, the identity of the "investigation team" of Yinbian people seems a bit unnecessary.

Right now, the suspicion of Ge Mantis is basically ruled out, so the Silver Edge Squad is no longer special in this incident. It is better to let the guild knights take over their investigation and let them do other more important things.

Gordon and the others actually thought so too.

However, two days later, the content of the second investigation report that the Jicheng guild rushed to the guild headquarters firmly pushed the Silver Edge Team back to the position of the "Mysterious Monster Investigation Team".

This is what the report says -

After further cleaning and investigation of the ruins of the city wall of Gioris Walled, we collected some remnants of golden thread.

At the same time, under the ruins, tunnel holes large enough for monsters to pass through, as well as traces of dragging heavy metal equipment such as dragon guns, were found.

The remaining silk thread samples match the traits of the Ge Mantis silk thread sample extracted from the ruins of the ancient village. It is initially confirmed that the attacker of the Georis Village is an ancient dragon-level creature, the Ge Mantis. (an ancient dragon class, not an ancient dragon species)