A foreigner's journey

The wheels of the cart rolled on the stone ground after the rain, making a lot of noise.

Heather leaned in the car with her hands behind her head, chatting with Irshan who was hugging her knees.

The Eluma driving the car would swing the reins from time to time, and occasionally he would secretly take out a small piece of dried fish from the cloth pocket beside him and throw it into his mouth.

The truck pulled by Marutori swayed along the mountain road, traveling through the mountains after the rain and the sky was clear.

I don’t know how long it took, but the speed of the car slowed down, and Heather and Elshan poked their heads out of the car.

What comes into view is a village built on the mountain. First of all, there is the heavy wooden torii-style gate with strong ancient style, and then along the stone stairs that continue to rise, you can see various buildings in the village. Red fabrics and decorations can be seen everywhere here, and the reddish maple leaves are a unique sight.

"Meow! Yuyun Village has arrived, meow!"

Elu watched the two people jump from the car to the ground, and waved her little paws at them: "Bye~~"

"Goodbye, handsome and cute Elu!"

Ershan energetically waved her arms towards the Marutori truck that was gradually moving away, then put her hands on her hips and turned to look at Heather: "Okay! We have finally arrived at Yuyun Village. Next, I have to go see the village chief. Heather, you Do you want to come together?"

Heather nodded: "Let's go together. I want to find a job here temporarily, otherwise I will really have no money to eat."

The two of them climbed up the stairs and were stopped by a young man when they passed through the gate.

"Where did you two come from?" The young man stood in the middle of the steps with his arms folded, with a scrutinizing look: "As long as I, the Ghost Guard, are here, no suspicious person will be allowed to enter Jieyun Village!"

Ah, I almost forgot about him...the young man in the second grade of middle school who volunteered to guard the gate. Heather half drooped her eyelids and motioned for Ershan to explain.

Not bothering to listen to Ershan struggling to explain her identity as a hunter sent by the guild to the second-year middle school boy, Heather stood on the steps and looked at the passers-by around her.

It can be seen that this is a village with inconvenient transportation. The main means of communication is the mountain road in front of the door. In addition to local residents dressed similarly to the gatekeeper youth, you can occasionally see hunters wearing various suits passing by. However, through [Circle], you can sense that the life energy of these people is much stronger than that of humans in the first two worlds. , but far inferior to Ershan.

Should I say he deserves to be the protagonist?

Irshan tried her best to explain, but she couldn't make the young man understand what "the guild dispatched a hunter" meant. According to him - there are hunters in our village, why do we need Dongdoruma to send people? You must be fakes!

There was no other way, so Ershan could only pull Heather over to explain together. But after learning that Heather was a three-person, the young man became even more confident in his judgment.

Just as the three were entangled, a gentle female voice came from the top of the steps: "Rostow, let them come in. It is my suggestion to ask for help from the East Doruma Hunter Guild."

Several people looked up and saw a beautiful black-haired woman wearing a lavender kimono standing gracefully at the top of the steps with a gentle smile on her face. What is worth noting is her ears, which are pointed and long at the top. It is obvious that she is a dragon-human woman.

"But the village chief, these two guys are really suspicious, especially the guy with glasses, he actually..."

"I said, can you let them in?" The dragon tribe woman's smile remained unchanged, but the three of them shivered, as if there was a chill in her words.

Not to mention the dejected young man in the second grade of middle school stepped aside to get out of the way. Elshan and Heather came to the dragon tribe woman at the top of the steps and said hello: "Hello, village chief, I am Hunter Mondondoruma. The hunter specially sent by the guild headquarters is named Ershan, and he is the traveler Heather I met on the road."

"I am the village chief of this Jieyun Village. I am very happy to meet you two." The dragon tribe woman covered her mouth and smiled softly. She bowed slightly and saluted the two of them. Heather and Ilshan also hurriedly returned the salute.

After a brief conversation, the village chief also learned about the situation when the two came.

"What you encountered is probably the source of the current crisis in Yuyun Village."

The three of them came to the small square in the center of the village. The village chief sat on a bench covered with red cloth, with a sad look on his face: "[Carnivorous], [Can release strong electric current], [Accompanied by magical light balls], this This is the information that eyewitnesses can describe. Because more and more eyewitnesses who entered the stream saw this dangerous monster, the four-person hunting team that went to attack it also did not return for many days. As a last resort, I had to ask Dondoruma asks for help.”

According to the village chief, there were originally no powerful monsters near Jieyun Village. Coupled with the comfortable climate, the hunting level of the hunters in the village was generally not particularly high. This time, a powerful monster that had never been seen suddenly appeared, causing Yuyun Village to fall into panic.

The most powerful hunting team in the village seemed to have been completely wiped out. The villagers who relied on cutting down and selling [Yunmu] in the stream area did not dare to enter the relevant areas anymore and could only wait for outside help.

"I see... I understand!" Ershan tapped her left hand on the palm of her right hand, with a look of sudden enlightenment: "I will definitely hunt that dangerous thunder monster as soon as possible, please don't worry."

The village chief put his hand on his chest and regained his gentle smile: "Great, you are such a reliable hunter. Your residence has been prepared for you. It is in the big house opposite. This is your own residence. , the relevant daily necessities have been prepared. If there are any daily necessities that need to be supplemented, please tell me, and everyone in Jieyun Village will do their best to meet your requirements."

After saying that, the village chief stood up and saluted Ershan solemnly. Ershan hurriedly bent down and bowed in return.

Then the village chief looked at Heather again: "Mr. Heather, you said you are a traveler passing through this place?"

"I originally wanted to check the quality of [Yunmu] on the spot, but I didn't expect to get lost."

Heather shrugged her shoulders: "To be honest, I am penniless now, so I want to find a job in Jieyun Village to at least pay for my travel expenses."

"Village Chief, Heather is extremely skilled! When I encountered that lightning monster before, Heather led me to escape from its feet." Ilshan added in time.

The village chief's eyes lit up slightly: "Are you also a hunter?"

"Well, not really, at least I haven't registered with the Hunter Guild." Heather scratched her head: "And more than a hunter, I want to join the [Royal Paleontology Scribes Team]. That's my ambition."

Ershan and the village chief were immediately in awe.

The [Royal Paleontology Scriveners Team] is a public organization that observes, investigates, and studies monster ecology. It is called [The Scriveners Team] for short and is known as the [Kingdom’s Mind].

Whether it is a docile and lovely herbivorous monster or a mysterious ancient dragon species, as long as it is a monster, it is the subject of their research. At present, the reason why organizations such as the Hunter Guild have obtained so much monster information is the result of the Scrivener Team, and its contribution is indelible.

Jieyun Village suffered the disadvantage of not having members of the Scrivener Team stationed locally, which resulted in the extremely slow progress in collecting information on thunder and lightning monsters.

"It turns out that he is a candidate sergeant." The village chief showed an apologetic look: "There are indeed some jobs suitable for a strong person with rich knowledge and strong action ability like you, but something happened suddenly. Jieyun Village recently took over another Several tourist groups came to experience the hot spring culture, but there are really no hotel beds available, so I’m really sorry.”

"Well, I can't blame you. I showed up too suddenly." Heather waved her hands repeatedly. That being said, do you really want to sleep on a bench?

At this time, the protagonist needs to attack decisively!

"It doesn't matter, I'll figure it out!"

Elshan's energetic voice sounded, and she put her hands on her hips and said with great dignity: "Wouldn't it be nice to let Heather live in my big house?"

"Huh?" Not to mention Heather, even the village chief looked surprised: "Mr. Heather, he is a male, this..."

"We faced that terrifying lightning monster together, and we are teammates worthy of being entrusted with your back!"

Elshan patted Heather on the back, who almost fell to the ground: "And I heard that among the 'recommendation groups' going to the New World, hunters will form a two-person team with the editor or book sergeant. Most of them are A combination of one man and one woman. In this case, I can just team up with Heather, right AIBO?" (Note 1)

Who is your AIBO... Heather rubbed her back, is it an illusion? I always feel like this girl is getting stronger again.

"The room can indeed accommodate more than two people... Since Lady Ershan and Lady Heather don't mind, I will inform the store to send more living supplies for one person."

The village chief bowed slightly: "It's getting late, so I'd like to ask you two to take a break. Dinner will be delivered to your room. I'll take you two to visit Jieyun Village tomorrow morning. Well, I'll take my leave now."

Looking at the village chief's figure gradually going away, Ershan poked Heather's arm: "So Heather likes this type of guy?"

"Which eye did you see that I like the village chief?" Heather sighed and extended her right hand to Ershan: "Anyway, thank you for helping me solve the big problem of accommodation."

"It's easy to talk~" Elshan held Heather's hand and shook it vigorously: "If I need your help in collecting monster information, I hope you can help me."

"Don't worry, there are very few people who can rival me when it comes to 'collecting' monster information."

Heather's smile was full of confidence.

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Note 1: [Recommendation Group] comes from "Monster Hunter World" (MHW). As the name implies, there is no need to go through selection. They are elite investigators designated by the guild to directly join the New World Development Team. The recommended group operates as a team of two, with one hunter and one editor, in order to record first-hand monster information while hunting. [AIBO] is the nickname of fellow editors for the MHW protagonist controlled by the player. Players also like to call this female editor companion by AIBO.

PS: I strongly recommend Station B UP Eschenbach. The collection of monster hunting information is really comprehensive. I also referred to a lot of information from his videos.