MTL - Monster Hunt: Notes From a Hunter-Chapter 659 something at the bottom of a lava lake

  Chapter 659 Things at the bottom of the lava lake

  After the companions retreated, Gordon began to adjust his breathing, suppressing his breath a little bit.

  He can't make himself as non-existent as a stone like Hilda who is equipped with the [Sunspot] armor, but at least he can't be as "conspicuous" as the human-shaped sky comet dragon.

   After getting ready, Gordon took out the portable telescope and observed in the direction of the lava lake. After confirming that there was no abnormality in the line of sight, he walked out from behind the remnant wall of the ruins where he was hiding.

  He walked towards the lava lake, but he didn't dare to get too close. Instead, he kept a distance of at least 20 meters from the golden lake composed of viscous lava.

   In this way, in the event of an accident, he at least has the most basic reaction time.

  Gordon searched along the edge of the lake in this way, and Hayata Pork Chop and the others did not leave too far, and they followed far away at a position about one or two hundred meters away, where the ground temperature was barely acceptable.

  The time was like this, and nearly two hours later, Gordon had circled the lava lake for a full circle, but still found nothing.

  If it weren't for the fact that the creatures completely disappeared in the lava canyon area, and the phenomenon of magma activation in the lava lake in front of him was extremely obvious, he wouldn't want to stay in this ghost place for so long.

  The temperature by the lava lake is too high.

  Even with the protection effect of 【He Yao】Dragon Qi active effect, and taking cold drinks repeatedly to cool down, after these two hours, there are still countless blisters on his feet.

   have to retreat.

   Gordon, who returned to his previous position, no longer hesitated, and retreated away from the lava lake to join his companions.

   "Senior Gordon, did you find anything?"

   After taking the recovery medicine handed by Hariyata, he drank it to relieve the burn. Gordon shook his head, "It can only be seen that the magma is very active and churning continuously, but there are not many other abnormalities found."

  Speaking of this, Gordon paused, "It can't be said that I didn't find it at all. I noticed that there were signs of a collapse on the shore of a lake. Due to the slight melting of the ground, there was no 'hard evidence' such as footprints.

   But I'm guessing that something big might have dived into the lava lake from there. "

  Pig Chop stroked his almost curled beard repeatedly, "I don't know if it's good luck or bad luck."

   "It's better to retreat first and report the current situation to the guild. The number of cold drinks is running out, which is barely enough for the return trip." Hayata suggested.

   "That's the only way." Gordon nodded, "Get ready to leave, don't let your guard down."

   "Wow!" Gaefeng suddenly called out.

   It is not a low warning growl, but a bark similar to speaking out loud.

  It arched the pork chop's luggage with its nose, chattering.

  Gordon and Hayata couldn't understand Gale's meaning, but the pig chop who played with it all day long guessed roughly.

   "You told me to blow up a bomb to see meow?"

   "Wow!"

  Gordon squeezed his chin, "Although it sounds a bit silly, it seems to be a solution."

   "... Isn't it too risky?" Hayata obviously didn't agree with this plan, "If there is really some kind of terrible creature dormant under the magma, if we wake it up rashly, it will anger it.

  By then, we may not be the only ones facing the wrath. "

   "Actually, you can try and find a way to startle it without irritating it." Gordon looked around and had some plans in his mind.

   "How does Gordon want to do meow?" Pig Chop asked curiously.

   "Throwing bombs directly is definitely not acceptable. When you realize that you have been attacked, any monster will be angry, and the guy who may exist under the magma is of course no exception.

   But what if it finds that movement and stillness are 'naturally occurring'? "

   "Naturally Occurring Meow?"

   "Like a rockfall into a lava lake, right?"

   "Boom—"

  Amidst a series of low and dull sounds, a huge boulder measuring several meters in size and weighing tens of tons collapsed from the top of a rocky cliff by the lava lake.

   This is the result of Gordon and the others working for half a day under the leadership of the pork chop.

  Find a suitable cliff, find the weak point of the rock, drill holes, dismantle the bomb to distribute explosives, place explosives, and pull the fuse.

  If it weren't for the pork chops, even if Gordon and the others had bombs in their hands, they wouldn't know how to blow up the rocks. There was a high probability that they would only be able to detonate the bombs to hear the sound.

  The pork chop used up all the explosives and fuses it carried, and they retreated far enough while the fuse was burning.

   Two people, a cat and a dog, lay down and hid behind a ruined wall, watching the movement of the lava lake with binoculars.

   Unlike water, magma has a high specific gravity and viscosity.

The boulder fell on the surface of the lava lake, and it didn't sink immediately like falling into the water, but slowly sank in, and a large amount of rock vapor with an astonishing temperature burst out, and the sound it made was completely different from what Gordon and the others had imagined .

   But no matter what, the movement was big enough, and I don't know if it can really surprise some big guys.

  The hunters waited quietly, while the pig chop hugged Gaefeng's mouth, lest this guy make an untimely "bark" and cause disaster.

   Three seconds, five seconds, ten seconds

  The boulder was gradually melted and became part of the magma.

  Twenty seconds, thirty seconds.

   Still no follow-up movement, as if nothing happened.

  Hayata looked sideways at Gordon, and Gordon stared at the surface of the lava lake through the telescope, without moving, let alone responding.

  Hayata also calmed down and observed quietly.

   Another tens of seconds passed, and the lava lake, which was already restless, suddenly surged violently.

  The surface of the lake began to rise, and the huge spine covered with thorns and sharp carapaces, like an island composed of obsidian, floated near the place where the boulder fell.

  Thousands of degrees of magma, like ordinary water, slipped from the shiny black carapace, unable to contaminate it, let alone hurt it in the slightest.

   Immediately after, what appeared in the hunters' sights were two huge fangs that soared into the sky, and that ferocious head that was quite similar to the Thunder Dragon, but it was too big.

   The icy blue vertical pupils that don't match its pitch-black carapace coldly glance around.

  Gordon hastily pressed the heads of Hayata and Pig Chop, ignoring the scorching temperature of the ground, lying down completely on his lower body, carefully avoiding the cold gaze.

  He had already seen the part of the monster's body exposed on the surface of the magma. From the width of the giant jaw and the shape of those fangs, it can be determined that this guy was seriously injured and the culprit who drove away the armored dragon.

   No wings, a beast dragon?

   No, the body structure is completely different, much thicker than the Tyrannosaurus rex, and it doesn't look like a flying dragon. The body shape is completely different from any monster I have ever seen.

  The brain frenziedly warned him, and his intuition told him that this guy's strength was not inferior to those ancient dragon species that moved like a natural disaster, maybe it was also one of them?

   "Concealed."

  Gordon squeezed out the word in a very low voice between his teeth.

  Hayata pork chop held his breath, and even Gale, who was usually complained by Anshir as "courage grows outside the stomach", hugged his head and tightened his neck.

   "Hiss—"

   That was the whistling sound of airflow as a large amount of air was sucked away.

  Pig Chop looked nervously at Gordon, the monster was clearly preparing for some kind of attack.

  Gordon still lay motionless on the ground, pressing the necks of the pork chop and Hayata with both hands to prevent them from getting up suddenly and being exposed.

  They were far enough away, and they were hiding behind the ruins, so they couldn’t be seen. The strong sulfur smell in the volcanic area prevented the possibility of smell leakage. They didn’t make a sound, and they wouldn’t be discovered because of this.

  Gordon firmly believed that the monster hadn't found them. If he didn't hold his breath at this time, he would become the target of the monster instead.

   "Boom!!"

   What a loud bang that was.

   Is it a growl or a breath? Is the voice high-pitched or low-pitched? No one can tell.

  Countless blade-like turbulent currents, together with the terrifying sound waves, swept everything around and scraped on the armor of the hunters, making a "sizzling, sizzling" noise like knives.

   And this is just the aftermath.

   When everything returned to calm, there was the sound of magma surges from the direction of the lava lake. The giant beast seemed to have returned to the bottom of the lava lake, but the hunters still dared not move.

   Just like this, I insisted on lying down for a few more minutes, and only cautiously got up when the heat was too much to bear.

  The black behemoth has disappeared.

  By the lava lake, the cliff where the boulder was blown off completely disappeared, replaced by a huge gully nearly 100 meters long.

  Golden-red magma poured into it, forming a straight magma river.

  (end of this chapter)