Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Chapter 1569 The same trick won’t work a second time!

Chapter 1569 The same trick won’t hit you a second time!

The conical shell, which was as big as a wild boar king, whistled through the wind and crossed a distance of hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye, hitting the side of the black dragon.

“Rumble, rumble—!”

The golden flames that rose into the sky enveloped the black dragon's body. The spreading blast wind overturned the ships at the dock, and piles of goods that could not be transferred in time were blown away, eventually forming a huge mushroom cloud.

On Long Shi’s ship, everyone who had been knocked prone by the recoil from the firing jumped up one after another, cheering loudly.

At this distance, whether the shell can accurately hit the target depends 30% on technique and 70% on luck.

Obviously, they were lucky this time.

The shell hit the target directly. Even without considering the subsequent violent explosion, the power of the pointed cone-shaped warhead hitting the black dragon would not be inferior to that of the dragon-slaying spear.

Even an ancient dragon would be seriously injured by this direct hit.

"All ships! Concentrate fire!" The general's roar suppressed the cheers of the crowd.

As a person who had participated in the defense of Dondoruma, he knew very well how strong Gu Long's body was.

Even though the technology of today's dragon-killing cannon has advanced a lot compared to ten years ago and its power has greatly increased, the steel dragon and the black dragon are not creatures of the same level.

He was not so optimistic as to think that the Black Dragon would lose its combat capability after this shot.

What they should do now is to take advantage of the situation and cause as much damage as possible before the Black Dragon launches a counterattack.

Fortunately, the operators of each large airship are elites from various countries.

After cheering, they immediately returned to their respective posts, and more than thirty artillery pieces of various types took turns firing.

Even if most of the shells fell into the air, the few that hit were enough to cause huge damage to any living creature.

"Keep attacking! Don't stop!" the general yelled.

Second round, third round, fourth round.

The once prosperous port of Minagard has been reduced to ruins amidst explosions and loud noises.

The thick smoke obscured the view, but the people in the air could vaguely see the dark shadow still standing deep in the smoke.

"Roar--!"

Just as the fifth round of bombardment was about to begin, a huge amount of dragon flame gushed out.

The nearest airship was nearly hit by the dragon flames, and after an emergency turn, its side was also burned by the aftermath.

Dragon flames swept across, and the airships scattered, destroying the fleet's formation. The attack was temporarily paused, and the smoke covering the port dissipated under the heat wave.

The Black Dragon looked inevitably embarrassed at this moment.

The direct hit from the Dragon Slayer Cannon did cause it serious injuries, leaving a huge hole from its side ribs to its abdomen.

Through this wound, you can even see the exposed ribs and internal organs.

But this is the only injury on the Black Dragon that can be called "serious".

Almost all of the remaining shells were blocked by its dragon wings folded in front of its body.

This pair of dragon wings was so hard that it was unbelievable. After being bombarded by dozens of shells, only a few burn marks and cracks appeared.

As for the most critical wing bone part, there was no damage at all.

The general's face was as dark as a piece of coal.

In his tactical plan, this round of preemptive concentrated fire was not intended to kill the Black Dragon, or even to cause serious damage to it.

But its wings must be destroyed to weaken or even eliminate the black dragon's ability to fly.

In this way, the airship fleet will be able to take the absolute initiative in the battle, and there will be no need to worry about the black dragon leaving here and continuing to attack other cities.

But now it seems that this can only be regarded as wishful thinking.

The attack of the artillery shells could not even effectively penetrate the black dragon's wing membrane. Perhaps only the power of the dragon-killing cannon could truly hurt it.

"All ships disperse! Continue suppressing firepower, and fire the Dragon Slayer Cannon immediately after it is loaded!" After a brief thought, the general issued a new order.

On the Longshi ship, with the efforts of the three members of the cross team and the strong sailors, the second dragon-killing bomb was finally loaded.

In order to ensure the accuracy of the attack, the Longshi ship began to risk accelerating forward to close the distance with the target.

The gunners on the huge gun mount quickly turned the gears, adjusted the direction of the muzzle, and after putting the crosshairs back on the dark dragon, the gunner in charge of firing slammed the trigger hard.

"boom!"

Under the huge recoil force, the entire Dragon Ship retreated several meters.

The muzzle flames scorched the bow deck, and the huge and powerful shells turned into a stream of light, bombarding the Black Dragon on the dock, which had folded its wings to defend against the bombardment.

"Hit!" The cross team's light crossbow made Lan excitedly punch.

As a shooter, he made a judgment the moment the shell left the gun, and the landing point of the shell was very accurate.

The one or two seconds that the shell flies is not enough for the Black Dragon to take off and dodge, so it will definitely hit the target!

However, the black dragon's reaction speed was beyond their expectations.

Faced with the oncoming shells, the black dragon opened its huge mouth and spewed out a ball of scorching dragon flames.

The dragon-killing bomb, which was loaded with high-density dragon-killing carbon and equipped with a fuse before launch, was very sensitive and was detonated prematurely at the moment of collision with the dragon flame.

"Boom--!"

A huge fireball with a diameter of nearly fifty meters exploded in mid-air. The scorching flames and shock waves pushed the black dragon back a long distance.

The people on Long Shi’s ship who were about to cheer were choked. No one could have imagined that the Black Dragon could resolve the attack in this way.

The investigation team leader hurriedly raised his telescope and observed the target. As he expected, the aftermath of the explosion alone was obviously unable to cause effective damage to the black dragon.

He could even see a hint of human mockery on the black dragon's ferocious face.

It was as if to say that it would not be hit by the same attack a second time.

"Hurry up and reload!" The captain of the investigation team put down the telescope and gave orders loudly.

But the black dragon obviously didn't intend to give them another chance to try. It ignored the bombardment from other airships, spread its wide dragon wings, and flapped them fiercely.

The huge body soared into the air like a nimble bird and accelerated towards the Longshi ship.

The captain of the investigation team immediately took over the steering wheel from the helmsman and turned the rudder fully, but no matter how fast the airship was, it was still an inanimate object controlled by humans.

In terms of flexibility, it can't compare with the flying dragon.

Upon seeing this, the general immediately issued a defensive order to cover each other and to shrink the formation with the Dragon Ship as the core.

The Dragon-Knowing Ship, or more precisely the Dragon-Slaying Cannon on the Dragon-Knowing Ship, is the core of the entire fleet, and the Black Dragon must not be allowed to shoot it down at any cost.

If necessary, even if we have to use other airships to ram it, we must stop it!

But just as the ships were returning to defend urgently and gathering closer and closer.

The black dragon suddenly flapped its wings and accelerated its climb at a nearly vertical angle. It broke out of the encirclement of the airship fleet, dived into the clouds, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

There was a brief chaos in the fleet surrounding the Dragon Identification Ship. After a round of adjustments, they re-formed their formation, collectively climbed in altitude, and accelerated in the direction the Black Dragon left.

below.

Gene, in a dishevel, crawled back to the ruined dock of Minagard Port, and reached out his hand to pull the old guys ashore.

"Damn it, you're such a coward, running away just like that?" Gene took off his broken helmet and cursed, "You've really brought shame to the ancient dragon race!"

Ernest and the others had worry in their eyes.

Stubborn monsters are not scary. No matter how strong they are, they can always be solved by outnumbering them.

This powerful and cunning monster is the most troublesome.

With the speed of the fleet, can we catch up with it?

The various vehicles in the MH world are also a major feature, including the sand ship of Lockrak, the Isana of the Brigade, the Dragon Knowledge Ship of the Dragon Calendar Institute, the research base of the investigation team, and the huge battleship of Elgard.

The beauty of machinery is also the romance of men (sigh)

(End of this chapter)