Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

When Ernest mentioned the village chief, Gordon suddenly realized that the old village chief, who usually likes to join in the fun, hadn't appeared yet.

Just when he was about to ask the instructor about it, the short figure, who was less than his waist height, walked out from behind the big tree that Ernest was leaning on, leaning on a cane.

"Hmm, big man I've never seen before, who are you?"

The old man of the village chief's way of greeting that was different from ordinary people made Gordon's smile collapse.

The old guy is pretending to be dementia again?

If he was not sure whether the village chief was really stupid or just pretending to be confused before, then after communicating with the village chief's old acquaintance, the professor, he was completely sure.

Pretend.

Gordon squatted down helplessly, so that the village chief could look at him at the same level, hugged his knees and said, "Village chief, I have met the professor, so we don't have to go through the process and pretend to be dumb?"

The village chief tilted his head, looking like "I don't know what you're talking about".

Then he passed Gordon and slid towards the large group of young girls gathered around Anshir.

The instructor coughed in embarrassment, "This, this can only be said to be a little hobby of the elderly."

Gordon stood up again, and said helplessly, "I still count on the village chief to help me write a letter to the guild, arranging a mission for us to hunt a male fire dragon."

"Are you already qualified to be promoted to a four-star?" The instructor looked at Gordon from top to bottom in surprise.

When he saw the strange bird suit before, he was already surprised enough when he guessed that Gordon had three stars, and now he was surprised again.

"A fluke, a fluke."

Gordon smiled and explained the advantages he had taken as a "two and a half star" hunter. In order to prevent the instructor from thinking that he was opportunistic and lacking in strength, he told the story of sneaking and successfully hunting the general sickle crab.

"How dare you sneak away?!" The instructor raised his eyes after hearing this.

Gordon quickly waved his hands and explained, "Anshir escaped, and I went to rescue him!"

Unfortunately, in the end, he still couldn't escape the instructor's scolding.

"Sneaking is absolutely forbidden. It's better to say before four stars. After four stars, many monsters are far more dangerous than you can imagine, especially high-ranking monsters. You must never try it before your strength is recognized by the guild. Do you hear me?"

"I heard it. I won't mess around." Gordon said half seriously and half perfunctorily.

"I hope you really listened to it." The instructor said with a straight face, "By the way, you just said that you came back this time to hunt the male Charmander?"

"Well, I have made quite a lot of preparations for hunting with Anshir, and I am at least 80% sure!" Gordon emphasized hastily.

Although the instructor is not his own father, and it is impossible to tie him up and prevent him from accepting the task, if possible, he still does not want to conflict with the instructor.

The instructor frowned and thought about it for a long time. He also knew Gordon's donkey-like personality, not to mention that the latter was no longer the kid who needed his care. "Tell me first, how did you prepare."

"Ahem." Gordon cleared his throat. He pointed to his monster bird suit first, "The monster bird suit fully strengthened by armor stones has excellent fire resistance."

Then he pointed to the big steel sword that was held in the arms of the workshop owner, "Explosive Knife Kai, after being sharpened with the skill 'smith', it can reach the blue slashing taste, which can easily break through the carapace of the fire dragon defense."

"Wait a minute, where did you get the 'craftsman' from?"

Gordon took out the amulet as if offering a treasure. After learning about the level and effect of the amulet, Ernest was shocked, "The amulet I used is not as good as yours."

"And Anshir, that kid has very good shooting skills, and his weapon, the crystal rifle, is very suitable for loading water-cooled and frozen bombs.

At that time, we will also prepare sufficient antidote, flash bombs, and traps, which will come in handy whether it is control or capture. "

"It does sound quite well prepared." The instructor folded his arms and tapped his chin, reluctantly agreeing with Gordon's statement, "Boy, tell me the truth, are you really sure?

In fact, you don’t need to be in such a hurry, even if most hunters meet the promotion requirements, they will settle in the original star for one to two years, and you are only less than twenty years old, so it’s totally fine.”

"Instructor, I'm sure." Gordon looked directly into Ernest's eyes and interrupted the latter's persuasion, "If we fight alone, I have 60 to 70% chance of successfully hunting, and more than 90% chance of returning safely. .

Cooperating with Anshir, I am 80% sure to hunt the Charmander, and 100% sure to retreat safely.

I really don’t need to be so anxious, but the male fire dragon is a hurdle for me. It is the first time I have lost to an opponent without fighting back. If I don’t beat it, I have no intention of continuing to become stronger and challenge stronger opponent. "

"Stronger opponent"

Gordon grinned and said, "I used to think that the flying dragon was the pinnacle of the world, but after I saw the power comparable to that of a god, I realized that that was my real goal."

At the mid-day of the moon, the bonfire gradually extinguished, and the villagers who had been lively for half the night returned to their homes.

Anshir, who originally wanted to rent a room in a hotel, was also dragged home by Gordon and Pig Chop. As long as the house left by Gordon's parents was simply cleaned up, it would be enough to accommodate three or four people. It would be a waste to rent an extra room.

Ernest was the only one who did not return home in the entire Keket Village. He came to the door of the village chief's house with a worried look on his face.

To his surprise, the village chief seemed to know he was coming, and was standing at the door, leaning on a cane, waiting for him.

"Ernest, do you know why I'm late? At the party."

Rarely, the village chief didn't pretend to be that foolish look of senile dementia. The moonlight was dim, and under the village chief's white eyebrows, the golden pupils shone with the light of years.

Facing the first question from the village chief, Ernest shook his head inexplicably.

"Because I took the time to send a letter to the guild. I sent it with the peregrine falcon, and asked them to arrange a four-star promotion task for me. As for the hunting target, the male fire dragon is very good."

"Did you really guess the purpose of Gordon's return?"

"Do you need to guess?" The village chief twitched his eyebrows, narrowed his eyes with a smile and said, "Don't you remember the sentence he yelled when he left two years ago?"

Ernest smiled wryly and pinched the corners of his eyes, "Of course I remember. He said, 'When I'm strong enough, I'll come back and kill the dragon'. I thought it was just a young man's high-spirited joke."

"That kid won't make such jokes." The village chief stroked the end of his cane, "You know, an old friend of mine sent me a letter two months ago.

Said that when the child encountered Lanlong"

"Encountered a cloud dragon?! Gordon encountered an ancient dragon??!" Ernest, who respected the village chief very much, interrupted the former rarely.

The village head glanced at him dissatisfied, and continued: "That's right, the airship he was on was involved in the storm of 'Tianjin Disaster', and the kid pointed at Lanlong's nose and said that he would challenge it one day." Hahaha."

"that kid"

"Are you trying to say that he doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth? No, that kid will stand in front of Gu Long one day, and maybe he will have to solve the 'dark disaster' in the depths of Shulet in the future."

"...Is your expectation of him too heavy?" Ernest said helplessly.

The village head was silent for a moment, and said leisurely: "Human beings, they always subconsciously ignore some things around them, just like that child who always believes that you are a five-star hunter."

"It's not the same thing."

"Hey, no matter how powerful a legendary character is, he has come from a rookie step by step, and 'Kokot's Hero' is no exception."

"You are"

"alright!"

The village chief raised his crutches and tapped on Ernest's calf, his tone became a little harsher, "Don't make myths about the past, no matter whether it's people, monsters, or civilization.

You human beings always like to believe in the so-called "Son of Destiny", but that's just a halo added to it by people later, you have to believe in these words.

hey, know what? That kid Gordon actually pulled out the 'Hero's Sword' once. "

"What?!" Ernest's eyes widened, almost jumping up.

"Really, that was when he was seven or eight years old. He urinated on that 'Sword in the Stone' and pulled it out, hahahaha!"

"." Ernest opened his mouth wide, unable to speak.

The village chief laughed louder and louder.

"How can there be any inheritance of the 'Hero's Sword'? As a 'hero', I don't even know about it. To put it bluntly, the sword has been used for too long, and it has rusted to death in the stone. Even a child can pull it out after urinating. come out.

If you don't believe me, try taking a piss? "