Chapter 988 Eaten?

(I'll write one chapter today. I'm afraid I won't have time in the afternoon or evening. I was supposed to write tomorrow's chapter, but now I don't even have the draft for that day.)

Compared to the cautiousness of Gordon and others when they explored the valley, Hayata and Gale, who were searching for targets in the northern mountains of the plateau, seemed much more relaxed.

There are not many animals in this area. Compared with the low-lying areas where everything is thriving, this place is relatively barren.

The mountain road is rugged, and there is often no road ahead after walking a short distance. You can only climb up the cliffs that are tens of meters high to move forward.

But as hunters, they have long been accustomed to this. When climbing, they have companions to help guard behind them, which can reduce the probability of encountering accidents to the lowest.

After two days of traveling, not to mention encountering danger, even monsters that actively attack them rarely appear, and Gale begins to feel bored.

"I knew I should have gone to the valley earlier. What's the difference between this terrain and the mountains in the Gorad area of ​​the old continent?"

Hayata didn't respond. In fact, she had a similar feeling.

Just as Mr. Jian said, the coral reefs in the high places have lost the nourishment of water and nutrient-rich mist, and have long been completely dead, calcified into gray reefs.

If it weren't for the vague lines that belong to the organisms, they would really be completely mixed with ordinary rocks.

However, these loose and porous coral reefs also have their unique advantages. Compared with ordinary rocks, they can store more fine soil and water blown by the wind, becoming a hotbed for plants and fungi.

A large number of mosses, low shrubs and herbs grow in the gaps between coral reefs and rocks, which also adds a lot of life to this originally gray coral reef mountain range.

"There are also honey bugs here?"

Xianglan suddenly quickened her pace and ran to a white funnel-shaped flower, on which a round honey bug was lying, sucking nectar.

Although the abdomen of this honey bug has not accumulated enough nectar, the discovery of one means that there are more nearby.

Its honey bug attraction fragrance is finally not in vain.

Hayata made a gesture, and Gale and Sandstone gathered together.

At this time, they were on the mountainside, on a rock platform of thousands of square meters. There was no slope up or down, only vertical cliffs.

This is the special landform of this area, layer by layer, and there is no transition slope between each layer of rock platform. Many times, you can only go straight up and down.

But this also has its advantages, at least the view is wide.

In addition, the rock platform composed of calcified coral reefs has a very thin soil layer, which is difficult to support tall trees. As long as you pay attention to the sky, you don’t have to worry about being attacked by large monsters.

"This platform is good, let’s rest. Sandstone, please be responsible for vigilance." Hayata said.

"I understand."

Contrary to its owner, Sandstone has a mature and steady personality. Ansel admires it very much and often says that it’s a pity for it to follow someone.

Putting a piece of food in his mouth, Hayata unfolded the map, compared the surrounding terrain, and quickly confirmed their current location.

"We have entered the range of the Claw Dragon. If we continue to climb to the top, we will gradually approach the territory of the Sakura Fire Dragon.

Should we go to the top of the mountain first to get rid of the Sakura Fire Dragon? Or should we search from the mountainside to the foot of the mountain to find the Claw Dragon first?" Hayata asked Gale's opinion.

Gale looked indifferent. She sat cross-legged on the ground and waved her hands, "I'm fine with it. You decide."

Hayata thought for a few seconds and said, "Let's go to the top of the mountain to hunt the Sakura Fire Dragon first. The Sakura Fire Dragon can fly and has a higher ecological niche.

The Claw Dragon should not run to the top of the mountain and invade the territory of the Sakura Fire Dragon. But if we fight with the Claw Dragon, the probability of the Sakura Fire Dragon falling from the sky is not small."

"That makes sense. Just do as you say!"

Hayata sighed silently. If this guy was so easy to talk to in front of Anshil, there would be no so many quarrels.

"Xianglan, stop teasing that honey bug. Come and help." Hayata called out.

Xianglan ran over and took out a small medicine grinder.

Hayata and the others also took out the detoxification grass they had collected in the past two days, as well as a green mushroom that was very similar to the blue mushroom in the Old World, from their backpacks.

Due to the energy-rich environment of the New World, the medicinal effects of various herbs and mushrooms collected here are often better than those in the Old World.

Take the detoxification medicine as an example.

In the Old World, detoxification grass often needs to be mixed with blue mushrooms and extracted through a series of steps before a standard detoxification medicine can be blended.

The detoxification grass in the New World only needs to be squeezed to extract the juice, and it can be used directly as a detoxification medicine, and even chewing it directly has a similar effect.

If green mushrooms are added and simply blended, the detoxification effect can even be comparable to Chinese medicine.

Hayata, who had hunted the Sakura Fire Dragon, was impressed by the monster's extremely potent venom.

She was very worried that the number of Chinese medicines she and Gale carried with them was not enough, so she collected materials along the way and prepared to blend a few more before the battle began.

The blending process went smoothly, mainly because the herbs were fresh and of high quality, and there were no failures.

By the time these "New World version" Chinese medicines were blended, their physical strength had almost recovered.

After simply packing up the blending tools and preparing to continue climbing, the sandstone in charge of vigilance suddenly sounded the alarm.

It raised its big shield, bared its small tiger teeth, and stared at a certain direction vigilantly. Combined with the black cat armor that looked like a vicious dog, it really had a bit of a fierce taste.

Hayata Gail immediately took off the weapon behind him, and Xianglan also clenched the cat sword.

The scene was silent for a few seconds, but no monster appeared.

"Curlai meow!" Sandstone roared.

"Meow--!" It repeated the sentence in the language commonly used by the New World Orcs.

A long time passed, and just when Sandstone was considering whether to rush over and pull out the peeper.

Two small figures poked their heads out from behind the coral reef where they were hiding.

They were also two Deter, with gray fur and some milky white stripes.

They seemed very scared and only showed half of their faces. Once the hunters showed aggressiveness, they would definitely turn around and run.

Hayata made a gesture to Gail, and the two temporarily put away their weapons.

"Brother, go and ask them what they mean." Gail's mysterious name made Sandstone speechless, but he still did it obediently.

Sandstone, who looked like a dog, put away his protective shield, raised his paw to show that he was harmless, and walked towards the two Deter.

The two Deter were still very uneasy, with their tails stretched straight, and one of them had ears shaking constantly.

Fortunately, Sandstone, who was a member of the wild Deter tribe not long ago, knew how to deal with these timid fellows.

He took off his helmet, revealed his true appearance, lowered the vigilance of the two Deter, and exchanged some food with each other to show his friendliness.

Soon, they were communicating normally.

"What are they talking about?" Gail asked Xianglan in a low voice.

"How do I know meow?"

"Aren't you a cat too? Go and meow with them?"

"." Xianglan turned her head and didn't bother to pay attention to her.

Fortunately, at this time, Sandstone's communication with them also came to an end, and he walked back with the two Deter.

"They are a group of performing cats living in the coral plateau on the mainland." Sandstone first briefly introduced them.

After following Gael, who was quite talkative at times, for some time, its common language level has improved significantly, and its accent has become much more accurate.

"From what they said, the 'pink fire dragon' is dead, meow, and was killed by another very scary monster meow.

They were all very scared and ran around everywhere meow, and finally ran into us meow."

After hearing this, Hayata and the others frowned.

They didn't think that the two Detels would lie, and the orcs generally had no concept of deception.

But. The unknown monster that could kill the Sakura Fire Dragon, whose danger level was infinitely close to six stars, must be at least six stars, and most likely seven stars, or even eight stars.

I thought it would be a relatively easy task, but who would have thought that I would run into such a difficult existence?

"Do you want to fight?" Gael looked at Hayata.

Hayata hesitated for a few seconds and shook his head, saying, "No, hunting a high-risk monster whose true identity is unknown is too easy to cause accidents.

But I plan to investigate the body of the Sakura Fire Dragon at close range and try to collect some clues. It would be best if the identity of the attacker can be confirmed.

We must bring this information back to the research base. Compared with an unknown high-risk monster that can kill the Sakura Fire Dragon, hunting the Claw Dragon is no longer important."