Monster Hunt: Notes From a Hunter Chapter 952

Chapter 952 Dragon Nest on the Top of the Tree

Gordon commanded the acid pterosaur and landed on a winding branch at the crown of the ancient giant tree.

Although it is a branch, the diameter of this branch is more than ten meters. Walking on it is like a road. Let alone stopping the acid pterosaur, even a small airship can be stopped easily.

Stuffing a piece of dried meat into the mouth of the Sour Pterodactyl can be regarded as cultivating some affection. To make these beasts obedient, fists alone are not enough.

The Acid Pterosaur raised its neck, made a harsh "quacking" sound, and then flapped its wings and flew away.

Gordon smiled. Although the sound was strange and unpleasant, after getting along with it these days, he knew that it was a sign of the Sour Pterodactyl's happiness.

 Follow the extremely thick branch and walk all the way to the end.

As far as you can see, you can see the green of the forest and the deep blue of the ocean. To the southeast, where the two colors meet and where smoke is faintly rising is the location of the star stronghold.

That is the gray smoke emitted from the large boilers in the processing house that runs day and night.

The pork chop was placed on Gordon's shoulders, and each of them took a deep breath.

Standing on a super giant tree with a height of more than 1,000 meters and looking into the distance is a scene that was unimaginable in the Old World.

"This is really, really, really beautiful!" Gordon held it in for a long time, but he couldn't come up with any particularly beautiful words.

 Pork Chop shouted "Meow!", but didn't receive much response.

The existence of ancient giant trees gave them the illusion of standing on the top of a mountain, but in fact, the surrounding tens of thousands of square kilometers were flat green plains with flourishing plants.

 The acid pterosaur hovering above their heads was more excited than the two of them.

The wings danced rapidly into the higher air, and then swooped down, like a blue velociraptor rushing into a group of herbivorous dragons, driving a group of wild pterosaurs scurrying around.

 It can be regarded as a way to vent the frustration of being beaten repeatedly during this period.

Taking another deep breath of humid air with explosive oxygen content, Gordon looked at the pork chop and said, "Let's go, let's start working!"

 “Good meow!”

 One person and one cat began to explore along the branches.

At first, Gordon thought that the ancient giant tree was "one" tree. Later, he found out after communicating with scholars from the Institute of Botany.

 This "ancient giant tree" is a complex composite life form.

The age of the giant tree that is the main body cannot be calculated at all. Scholars who specialize in plants speculate that this giant tree may have existed even longer than the ancient tree forest itself.

 Those giant trees that are tens or hundreds of meters tall in the forest are basically its descendants.

This giant tree is still alive, but its crown is not lush and can even be said to be bare.

 Otherwise, with its height of over a thousand meters, the diameter of the crown of the tree is likely to exceed two thousand meters, which would literally block the sky and the sun. Under its shadow, other plants would not be able to grow at all.

This is not a baseless guess. Some ancient thick branches that have been petrified can still be found thousands of meters away from the ancient giant trees.

 They should be relics from the most prosperous period of ancient giant trees.

As for why it later lost its lush canopy, scholars have various speculations. The tree began to wither due to its age and the interference of natural forces.

There is even a more emotional and romantic way of saying it - the giant tree does not want to absorb too much nutrients, and actively cuts off its crown, leaving the sun, rain and dew to other plants.

 No one can tell which guess is the truth.

 The only thing that can be confirmed is that it is this phenomenon that creates the amazing biodiversity around giant trees.

The giant tree itself, which has lost its crown, still shows no sign of decay. Countless plants cling to it, giving its thick but bare branches a variety of different greens.

After just a few minutes of walking along the branches, Gordon had already seen at least twenty or thirty kinds of plants growing on this giant tree. He had not even seen most of them, let alone naming them. Saw it.

Just as he was sighing in his heart, what he saw out of the corner of his eye suddenly slowed down his pace.

Without his reminding, Pig Pork pricked up his ears and alerted his surroundings.

Gordon raised his head and saw what seemed to be a claw mark on another branch diagonally above him about ten meters away.

It should have been left by some kind of large flying dragon, but due to the diffuse clouds and mist around it, he couldn't see clearly. In order to confirm the details, he wanted to take a closer look. So I turned my attention to the vines that could be seen everywhere.

"No, meow!" Zhupa quickly stopped his unreliable idea, "This is too high from the ground, meow. If your hand slips or the branch breaks, it will turn into a cake, meow!"

Gordon felt a little regretful, but he had to admit that what Pork Chop said made sense.

The hunter who accidentally threw himself to death is so shameful

He had no choice but to squint his eyes and stare at the claw mark for a while, "Should it be the claw mark of the fire dragon?"

The area where the ancient giant tree is located is indeed inhabited by fire dragons. More than a month ago, Evelin and the others encountered a scene where a male fire dragon and a heterochromatic wind-drifting dragon were competing for territory.

Thinking about it this way, it is possible that there was a fire dragon's lair in the ancient giant tree?

If there is one, the location of the camp needs to be carefully considered. It would be inappropriate to build the camp at the entrance of the fire dragon's lair.

Gordon's nerves became more tense, and Pork Chop sniffed, catching the smell in the air.

"It has that fishy smell, meow. The lair of a fire dragon or some other large monster should be nearby, meow." Piglet lowered his voice.

Gordon actually had some guesses about the location of the monster's lair.

Think about how birds build nests in trees. It should be pretty much the same. If a large flying dragon like a fire dragon is placed on an ancient giant tree, wouldn't it look like a small bird on an ordinary big tree?

Sure enough, as they gradually approached the center of the tree canopy, the unique fishy smell of the carnivorous monster's lair became stronger and stronger, and Pork Chop could already clearly point out the direction through the sense of smell.

Gordon thought for a while, took out his invisibility clothes and put them on, lowered his body and slowed down his pace.

He is not afraid of encountering fire dragons, but his purpose is not to hunt fire dragons, so he should try to cause as little trouble as possible.

 One person and one cat carefully arrived at the top of the trunk, which is also the center of the branches.

The area here is terrifyingly large. The flat part in the middle is thousands of square meters, and there is even a large deep pool formed by rainwater at the edge.

 Looking around at a glance, one does not feel that one is at the top of a plant.

In the central area of ​​the platform, many branches, straw, and animal bones and other debris were laid out to form a huge nest.

 Obviously, this is the lair of a certain flying dragon.

More claw marks could also be seen on the surrounding "ground". Gordon squatted down and took a closer look, and quickly confirmed that these were the marks left by the Fire Dragon.

 Well, there are also female fire dragons.

But right now, the Fire Dragon couple are not at home. Gordon relaxed a little and took off his invisibility cloak.

 “There's a fire dragon egg, meow!” Zhupa excitedly pulled Gordon's trousers.

Only then did Gordon notice that in the center of the nest, half buried in the soft hay, was a round egg.

Gordon asked funnyly: "Are you greedy?"

 “It's been a long time since I've eaten, meow.”

 “Forget it, carrying the eggs down from the top of this giant tree will be exhausting.”

  “also meow”

Pork chop is a bit regretful. In fact, rather than eating it, he is more looking forward to preparing this precious ingredient with his own hands.

 “Meow?!” Pig Chop's ears suddenly perked up, “There's something moving, meow!”

Gordon was shocked when he heard this, thinking that the owner of the lair had returned. He quickly picked up the pork chop and found a hidden place to hide.

 There was silence for a moment.

Not long after, a sneaky figure climbed up to the dragon's nest on the top of the tree, following the thick vines that coiled around the trunk of the giant tree like a staircase.

That's a huge chocobo?

 (End of this chapter)

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