Ben felt nervous.
From the start of the game until now, he had never been taken back to base camp by the cat cart, the only close call being against the Tobi-Kadachi before.
That was because the Tobi-Kadachi attacked so fast, and he had been a little greedy, trying to get in extra hits.
He didn't choose to run away and heal, and almost got carted back, but luckily his Palico gave him a honey fruit, saving his life.
But now Ben had a feeling that he might get carted when facing the Anjanath in front of him!
Because this huge Anjanath was completely different from the monsters before.
Its attack power reminded Ben of the game "Dark Souls."
Although it didn't feel like Dark Souls where two hits leave you weak and three hits kill you, this attack was much more dangerous than the previous bosses.
"Maybe it's just this one attack that's so strong?"
Ben moved back, then swung his long sword and charged forward again.
But as soon as he got close, Ben saw the Anjanath roar.
Then the hunter he was controlling covered his ears without thinking.
Next, the Anjanath charged and knocked him away, taking away a quarter of his health bar at once.
"This Anjanath is so strong!"
As he fought and dodged attacks, Ben felt something he called pressure for the first time.
He had always used long sword spirit blade attacks to build up his weapon's power.
But now, he didn't have time to build up against the Anjanath.
He did try it once, but was kicked away by the Anjanath.
As he fought, Ben realized a problem: he had run out of healing potions.
At this time, the Anjanath happened to go to the big platform from the trailer.
"No Rathalos here!"
Looking at the big platform and remembering the scene of the Anjanath fighting the Rathalos in the trailer, Ben hoped to see them fight each other so he could take advantage of the situation.
But now, it was clear that the Rathalos was not at home.
The Anjanath, having just arrived at the Rathalos' nest, also saw Ben chasing after it.
This instantly angered the Anjanath.
It didn't want to fight him before, and even stepped back and ran away, but he still dared to chase it!?
In that instant, the Anjanath roared and suddenly jumped into the air, using its hind legs for power, and pounced on Ben.
A messy fight.
Four words appeared on Ben's screen.
[Fainted]
As the four words appeared, the screen went black.
When the picture reappeared, two Palicos were pushing him back to camp in a cart and then dropped him on the ground.
Ben, being taken back to camp for free, remembered being beaten up by the Anjanath and was still a little confused.
The Anjanath's attack power was a bit too much!
Even though his armor was a little outdated, and he had only upgraded his weapon, it shouldn't be like this!
He even ate a meal to increase his health at the start, but the attack was still too high!
It didn't make sense!
"But it's okay, being carted back to camp only reduces the reward, and the monster's health should be the same as before. This is like giving several chances. I'll be more careful this time and definitely win!" Ben returned to his tent, refilled ten healing potions, but he didn't have any honey left, so he couldn't make big healing potions.
He took a deep breath and continued his journey to fight the Anjanath.
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In fact, it wasn't just Ben who felt the difficulty had increased.
Many players basically felt the same way.
Some sensitive players felt it when they encountered the Tobi-Kadachi.
And when they encountered the Anjanath, that feeling was confirmed.
After all, the "newbie killer" wasn't just a name.
Of course, to be honest, the Anjanath is actually very easy to deal with. Its tail and head can be broken.
And its attacks are just a few moves: a scary roar, shaking its head to bite, digging with its hind legs, a standing long jump, a charging dragon rush, and fire breath.
The wind-up for its moves is very obvious, making them easy to dodge.
The fire breath does a lot of damage, but the wind-up is very long, so it's easy to avoid if you pay attention.
You can also lure the Anjanath to the Rathalos' territory at the top and happily finish off the weakened monster.
The Anjanath is also weak against many elements, especially water, so you can make a water weapon using the materials you've already gotten.
The main reason most players get carted here is that the previous monsters were too easy to defeat.
When they get to the Anjanath, many players can't handle this guy whose attack power suddenly increased.
But at this time, the players only feel that something is a little off.
Because you can play the game in teams, facing the Anjanath alone is a little difficult.
But in a team, it's easier to deal with the Anjanath, which has many weaknesses and is clumsy.
Most importantly, the monsters players encounter after defeating the Anjanath even feel easier than the Anjanath.
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"Ben, is this what you meant by the difficulty increasing a lot? Is that all? We beat it in one try." In the voice chat, Zack, Hannah, Ben, and Joy killed the Odogaron in the Rotten Vale, and Zack said with a laugh.
"Stop bragging! Try fighting this Odogaron alone," Ben said, rolling his eyes.
"Why would I fight it alone when I can team up? Greatsword users are popular in teams!" Zack chuckled.
"It's probably the game's system. First, it's easy, then a difficult monster in the middle, then easy monsters until the final boss," Ben said, silently changing the topic.
He was carted three times by this Odogaron.
Mainly because it looked so small, even smaller than the Great Jagras at the beginning.
But it was like a combination of the Tobi-Kadachi, Anjanath, and Pukei-Pukei.
If it grabs you and attacks, you'll start bleeding.
At the same time, the monster is all over the place, running around like the Tobi-Kadachi, and is very quick.
And although its attack power isn't as high as the Anjanath, it attacks often, and if it catches you, it's a heavy combo.
With the help of the game's AI, Ben felt that this monster was very cunning.
It often moved to its favorite place to fight, surrounded by many obstacles and poison.
This made the hunt very difficult.
So after being carted three times, Ben decided to call for help.
"That's right, the Zorah Magdaros fight and the Legiana and Radobaan are pretty weak," Zack agreed, nodding.
Zorah Magdaros was the mountain-like monster at the start of the story, covered in hard rocks.
And you don't fight it head-on, you just fly onto its back and destroy the cooling organs. Nergigante shows up to join in the fun, but it's just a cameo.
The Legiana's ice breath is a little annoying, and it moves quickly, but after upgrading your equipment, its attacks aren't very strong.
"By the way, should we keep doing the missions together?" Joy asked.
"How about we split up for now and only team up when we encounter monsters we can't beat? I feel like the ones after this should be pretty easy," Ben guessed based on his experience. It was hard before the Anjanath, then there were some easy bosses, and he felt the difficulty clearly increase at the Odogaron, so based on past experience, the monsters after the Odogaron should be easier.
"Okay, I'm going to farm the Anjanath again. I only need one more material to upgrade."
"Then we'll leave the team now!"
Everyone quickly made a decision.
Ben also returned to the hunter's Astera base.
First, he ran to the workshop in the hunter's base to see which materials he still needed to upgrade his equipment.
After preparing everything, Ben talked to the investigator.
"Huh! It's not just one mission this time? There are two!" Ben was surprised to find that there were two missions this time.
According to the story, the hunter asks the ancient dragon people about the Zorah Magdaros' movements, and the ancient dragon people say that only after defeating the Rathalos and Diablos will they be able to learn the secret.
So, these two missions, hunting the Rathalos and Diablos, were added to the mission list so the story could continue.
[Rathalos, the King of the Sky][Diablos, the Tyrant of the Sands]
The Rathalos should be the one that the Anjanath ran into on the Ancient Forest in the earlier trailer, and got a lesson.
Too bad he didn't run into the Rathalos when hunting the Anjanath, so he didn't know how strong it was.
But Ben was more curious about the other one, the Diablos.
After all, he already saw the Rathalos in the trailer, but he had never seen the Diablos!
He'd leave the Rathalos for later.
Also, it felt like the Rathalos would be harder to fight since it flies in the sky.
On the other hand, the Diablos felt more reliable.
After all, Diablos are vegetarians, so they should be gentle, like Aptonoth.
(End of this chapter)
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