Volume 1 Chapter 5 (1/2)
”Master can you feel that?”
Called by Becky, the old man calmly opened his eyes
Obviously, he felt it A strangely uniforround to the chair
A natural cala
”The news have just arrived The Royal Armory's objective here is to test a prototype weapon They confined us so that ouldn't get in their way And for the experi' by startling it with hundreds of Large Barrel Bombs”
”Ooh? That's quite elaborate”
”What should we do?”
”So, hoerful is this prototype weapon?”
”Froher than the Dragonator However, there are major flaws”
”Hmm?”
”Each of the cannons are e aed froood for 3 shots”
”That's to be expected The reason wyverns can use their fire attacks repeatedly is that they can rapidly recover their inflamed throats Then, what about the effect of this weapon on 'that thing'?”
”Unknown but I think the best they can do is just startle it”
Hearing that, the old hed in his throat Becky narrowed her eyes and rubbed the elder's thin shoulder
”However, there's one more issue”
”Hmm?”
”It's about the sing froht in, the sh to attract swarms of fire wyverns”
”Because they'll rief”
”What do we do?”
”Let's just leave theood to let the?”
Becky smiled wryly
”Can you not hear that?”
The elder leaned forward and focused his ears, then broke into a laugh
Froquite a party
The knights that keep watch on the guildthe ruckus
”Let thee them for the food and drinks later”
”Of course”
Becky answered immediately without any hesitation
”I absolutely won't let them eat for free”
”Those people really are idiots Thinking they can contain us just by putting us in here”
Eled on the floor
During her time here, she has lost count of the amount of beer she drank
After chugging down another, she banged theon the floor
”What do you mean?”
Haring Zeeg's question, the girl stopped laughing and gave the boy a ridiculed look
”What? You don't know?”
”Knohat?”
”Honestly Even if you're a rookie, I can't believe you don't know this!”
”Ouch!”
Given a slap on his shoulder, Zeeg's upper body was knocked down flat on the floor
The strike was so strong that his shoulder could have been dislocated
Her brute strength shouldn't be surprising, since the girl can wield thea sweat
However, her build doesn't give Zeeg that iuard down
”You listening? This vet will get you up to speed”
El's nose
”In addition to the streets, every part of this city- be it the uest houses- is connected together by underground tunnels dug inside the mountain That means we can escape whenever ant”
”Then why is everyone still here, drinking like there's no tomorrow?”
”Well, on't gain anything froht? It's another story if they're here to kill us, but so far they only put us in here The cannons they brought in aren't intended to be used on us either”
”How do you know all that?”
Zeeg got up and rubbed his shoulder
To express her hopelessness for the boy, Elmeria shook her head
”How, you ask? First of all, the weapons are pointed to the outside right? If they're going use it on us, there would be one pointed at the gathering hall fro They require the use of Aptonoths toinefficient like pointing the weapons outwards just to turn the the cannons at us from the start ork really well as inti to use those weapons here to do soet in their way- How's that for an explanation!?”
The girl swung her ared
The force frorabbed her before she hit the ground
From the looks of it, she has been drunk this whole time
”Ah, drunk already? That's a rare sight”
Feeling so instantly turned around
”Fradio!”
Naked upper body and executioner's mask- there is only one person who could fit the description
Thedown next to Zeeg, causing a rubbery sound from the friction between his armor and the floor
”Where have you been, Fradio?”
”I was in the roo on them in order to know their objective Now that I have all of the necessary information, I've come here to make an announcement”
”Really?”
El blink in confusion
It was like she sobered up instantly Even though her cheeks are still slightly red, she has a determined look in her eyes
Fradio nodded, then stood up and walked up to the quest board
He took out the roll of paper that was slipped on his waist, opened it up, and flattened it on the board
”These are the scheht in”
The man's statement caused all the commotion to die down instantly
Every hunter, Zeeg included, turned their heads to the quest board
Fradio placed his Gypceros hide-covered hand on the paper
”Apparently, this weapon is called the 'Dragon Destroyer' In simple terms, they copied the mechanisms of the Rathalos's fireball attack and used scientific enhancee aed froh-purity Machalite One cannon requires at least 200 Machalite Ores to create”
Someone whistled out in astonishment
”These cannons are coonators in terms of both structure and power Like noruns as base Simply put, it's a man-made fire wyvern”
”What are they trying to do with this thing here?”
A hunter asked the question, and Fradio let out a h
”You see, they're atteon Destroyers to slay the Lao-Shan Lung”
The gathering hall was filled with silence for a hter
”Hey hey hey, are they for real!? They really think they can do that!?”
”For so, they sure cause a lot of trouble!”
”Man, it's been a long ti this funny!”
All of the hunters laughed merrily
Lao-Shan Lung Zeeg has also heard of that name
The naon”- and the classification is completely different from the Rathalos
Ancient creatures that have lived since the antiquity, their sheer size is what makes them a threat
No one knows the exact round, they wouldn't even see its back, as if it were a mountain's summit
If they tried to look at the reat that they would barely see it
The Elder Dragon never stops, roa the lands as if it's on an eternal journey
Due to its sheer h to be in its path would effectively be wiped off the map
Rather than a living creature, the Lao-Shan Lung is considered by many to be a natural disaster, similar to earthquakes and sandstorms
A force of nature that humans can never hope to overcome
Of course, hu up a fight
New ht up in order to deal with it
The Dragonators were also invented for that purpose
But even if the spear can kill a Rathalos with a single well-placed attack, the Lao-Shan Lung's unile scratch
Currently, the e quantity of explosives or flash and sonic boe its route
(”Wait If they're bringing the weapons meant to kill it here, then-”)
Zeeg shuddered at the possibility of what could happen
Raising his head up, his eyes met with Fradio's
The look in the 's fears
Fradio slaet the attention of every person present
”Everyone, do you think this is the ti?”
He quickly cast his eyes over the hall
”Why do you think they brought the Dragon Destroyers here? In that quantity?”
”Wait, don't tell me-!”
Athe chair behind him
”You're telling us that the Lao-Shan Lung is co here!?”
”No way According to the route prediction, isn't it supposed to go in a completely different direction?”
”Rright”
The hed in relief, but Fradio crushed that sense of security by shaking his head
”Regrettably, the dragon has changed its path- No, it would be e its path I've confir 's back, no doubt I don't knohat ineer Division of the Royal Ared the monster's route”
”Gah!! What have they done!!?”
The man scratched his mustache
”Fradio”
Elmeria stood up, put her hand on her hip, and tilted her head slightly
”Where did you get all this information from?”
”Ah, about that It's si Lady Wimberly has come to this city”
The mention of that name stirred up a coanization's protests
”It's a good thing that she ca But right now she's been confined in a guest house”
”That's what she gets for playing with fire”
Zeeg looked up at Elant snort
”Then, what do we do? Do ait for that freaking huge dragon to come here? Or do we run away?”
”Let's see”
Elmeria narrowed her eyes and stared at the quest board
”It would be nice if someone were to make a request”
”It's here!”
Fro the sky hurriedly came down to report his news to Brandar
”Its route is as we predicted! It will be in the effective range in approximately 20 minutes”
”Give me that”
Brandar snatched the binoculars fro A
Uniform tremors can felt for quite a while now, the rhyth the mountain's movement
”Whoa!”
Suddenly, the giant dragon's face appeared fro
Brandar could feel the strength in his legs being drained way
Even though it's still so far away, the knight was so frightened that cold sweat appeared on his palms
”SStart the heating process!”
Brandar issued the order with his shi+vering voice
”Starting the heating process!”
Powderstone fuel rods were inserted into every Dragon Destroyer at once
Each cannon e sounds as their Machalite barrels gradually turn red from the heat
At the same time, a mysterious smell drifted all over the area
Brandar closed his heluard absorb the stinking smell away
Another 10 minutes is needed for the cannons to be ready
Moreover, each shot requires the precious fuel rod to be replaced, severely li the number of shots they can make
(”But we have prepared this e should be plenty! With this, the age of those savage hunters will come to an end!”)
Brandar clenched his fist, waiting patiently
5 minutes
10 minutes
A co the soldiers
Tearing through the fog, the Lao-Shan Lung's body could be clearly seen with a naked eye!
And then-
Suddenly, a roar echoed throughout the city Not covering his ear in tinitude
(”WhaWhat was that!?”)
It was a sound that he has heard once before
Not too long ago, in fact
No doubt about it- the roar was from a Rathalos
”They've come, as expected”
Fradio nonchalantly spoke up while looking at the sky fro room's
Standing next to hi her ears in time
Looking at the girl, Elant snort and shook her body as if to show off her Rathalos equipment
After thehall, the hunters e
First of all, they took back their equipment and secured the area
Since hts and soldiers were outside, they didn't notice any change on the interior at all
After putting on their arathering hall using the sae
Zeeg's group stayed behind for a discussion with Narumi
”What do you mean 'as expected'?”
Looking away from Narumi, Elmeria asked up
”You see, it's because the Dragon Destroyers are e quantity of Fire Wyvern Marrows The snals other fire wyverns in the area of its presence Usually, it is used by Rathalos to attract females in the area But of course, other Rathalos will take it as an invasion of their territory They'll set out to drive the invader away- and that's what is happening right now”
Fradio pointed up to the sky
Nu
Their numbers increase by the second, until tens of them filled the sky
”Hehehe A swar It has become quite an event”
”You sure it's the ti to do with you?”
Elmeria turned back to Narumi
”Well, ill you do? Will you put up the quest? Or will you not?”
”There's no other option”
Naruh
”I have a request for the Hunter's Guild- to destroy the Dragon Destroyers However, it will be under an additional condition that the Lao-Shan Lung must not be killed”
Thatfro past the
It flew straight at one of the Rathalos, thea direct hit
Even with its high fire resistance, the wyvern's scales were blasted to pieces, engulfing its body in flaround
”Awesome”
Zeeg unknowingly muttered to himself
The destructive poas so great that it could have a chance at defeating the Lao-Shan Lung that was the thought that popped up in the boy's mind
But at the sas about it
He couldn't get the conflicting thoughts out of his head- that this
That it less
”Zeeg!”
Turning back to Elirl lead Narue
”Hurry! We need to bring this girl to the Guild Master! No uild!”
”GGot it!”
Zeeg followed Narumi into a tunnel hidden within the room's fireplace He was followed immediately by Fradio, and then Gannon
Each of the his trusty Buster Blade on his back
”Hey, do you even knohere the Guild Master is?”
Zeeg asked his question, and Ele
”He's always been in the gathering hall's back room, of course? You never noticed?”
Zeeg was about to say he didn't notice, but gulped down his words
Even though he was nowhere to be seen, two knights could be seen guarding the door in the back of the kitchen
Thatconfined inside
Bending down to crawl through a narrow path, Zeeg and the group picked up their pace
”It's here! Aim carefully!!”
Brandar issued his co his ears to block the Rathalos' roars
Even though there is a swarm of fire wyverns in the sky, only one cannon was used to intercept them