Revenge!

HOKAY-AY!

Today started out great journal! Today started out with a big dose of revenge!

It's the Qurupeco! Yeah apparently that's what it's actually called. 

Oh and you might notice I look a little different, that's because I also got...

New armor yay! All this came from that big monster Barroth. Don't worry, I made sure to clean off all the mud.

Anyway! So unlike last time, I was hunting the Qurupeco alone. While this big birdy might not seem that threatening, it has a lot of extremely annoying qualities that make it a much bigger threat than you might think.

For starters, it's the first Monster I've had to deal with that can fly and hover - and my hammer is more suited to working WITH gravity instead of against it.

The front-edges of its wings have a type of flintstone on them too; and it strikes these together to generate sparks of fire that generate a serious flame!

Finally, Its vocal chords are so evolved that it can perfectly mimic any other Monster's cry - meaning it can call for help with the cry of any species' sound, bringing in anything from Jaggis to Great Jaggis to Royal Ludroth to FREAKING DRAGONS like what happened the first time I fought this guy.

Anyway, after cracking off both his wing-tips, his horned-crown, and pieces of his knees, he finally gave up the fight.

Completing alone what I could barely do with a full hunting party felt absolutely great. I fully felt a sense of achievement and progression. I tell ya journal - not many other jobs give you this feeling.

Of course, not many others put you face-to-face with gargantuan spiky-angler-fish of death either...

This...lovely guy is was Gobul. His life was spent hiding under the seafloor waiting for fish to come investigate his lure, then he'd pop out and SWALLOW A WHOLE LAKE.

I don't really need to say more about how he attacked - just looking at him should tell you enough. Those ridges on the back of his body? They hide spikes that he can extend. -and his light can be charged to stun all the fish (and hunters) in the area. Just a really nasty, nasty guy.

...but - with such a big body, he sure did have a lot of surface area for my hammer to swing-down on. Compared to some of the other Monsters I have had to face recently...this guy was actually pretty easy.

With Gobul's demise, I had gotten enough Monster Kills to warrant a Guild Rank upgrade! Seems they were getting pretty impressed with ol' Rivet Sky: Monster Hunter, and they want me to check out some new lands!

Up next: The Tundra!