Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

"How come you have been able to apply for the assessment task for promotion to four-star? Haven't you just been promoted to three-star hunter for a few months?" An Xier almost jumped up from his seat.

Gordon showed his two rows of teeth proudly: "Because I have been chasing other people's three-star missions during the year in Minagarde City, so the number of three-star missions I have accumulated in my hunter notebook has reached the level of promotion." standard."

"Can it still be like this?" Anshir stared at her eyes, without the slightest trace of her previous graceful and calm appearance.

In fact, Gordon himself only noticed it when Marianne, the kanban lady, reminded him. Not to mention, perhaps this was his greatest achievement during his time as a "two-and-a-half-star hunter".

- saved almost a whole year of time!

Anshir took out his hunter notebook cursingly, flipped through it for a while, and said with some surprise: "Hey, actually I do too."

"Are you up to the mark too?"

Anshir put away the hunter's notes, "Not yet, but it's coming soon. Including the mission of capturing the lava dragon this time, there is still a three-star hunting mission, so I can actively apply for promotion."

Gordon nodded.

It's not surprising that he used his "privilege" to participate in three-star missions during Minagarde's period. Anshir didn't touch fish after becoming a three-star hunter.

In the past year or so, this guy traveled around in search of a breakthrough, and he definitely solved a lot of three-star monsters.

"So, should we complete another three-star hunting mission in the volcanic zone before leaving, or should we drop by and find a three-star mission after leaving the volcano?" Gordon asked.

Anyway, he decided to help Anshir get the qualification to apply for the promotion of a four-star hunter first.

It would be best if the two of them could apply for the promotion task together, because they were both three-star hunters, and hunting in a team was not a violation.

If Gordon was promoted to four stars first, he would not be able to participate in Anshir's promotion mission—in order to prevent hunters from cheating, it was expressly forbidden for high-star hunters to help low-star hunters pass the promotion mission.

Anshir naturally understood what Gordon meant. After pondering for a few seconds, he said: "Let's find a task to do on the way to Kokot Village. The volcano is a little tired, so let's relax on the road."

"Okay, then it's decided!"

Gordon is a man of great mobility, and it so happens that so is Anshir.

In the daytime of the second day after deciding to leave, the two immediately sold off most of the materials that would not be used in the future, packed the remaining luggage, and entrusted the caravan to send it to Kokot Village.

In the past few months based on Naguli Village, they spent most of their time mining in the volcanic area.

Therefore, there are not many people who have friendships, and there are only three of them. In this, the result of Marianne, the kanban lady, is counted.

As for the other two, they are naturally Lili, the water beast girl, and the father and daughter of the village head of the Earth Dragon Tribe.

There was no other way to say goodbye to these two wine barrels. In short, the ale was full. That night, Gordon and Anshir, who were drunk, were still dragged back by pork chops.

As a result of saying goodbye like this, the trip of the two of them was forced to be postponed for an extra day.

Gordon, who was a pretty good drinker, was fine, but he woke up with a hangover and a headache the next day.

The worst thing was Anshir, who usually only drank a little red wine just for the sake of flirting. He vomited all night and even vomited up his bile. At this moment, he was laying flat on the bed with the back of his hand on his forehead, moaning.

Gordon took a chair and sat down beside Anshir's bedside table, as if he was accompanying a patient in the ward.

Standing in his 190s, Gordon, who is as strong and generous as a wall, naturally cannot learn the gentle techniques of the nurses. Regardless of someone's weak protest, he squeezed his mouth open and poured half a pot of cold water into it. , he said:

"By the way, we haven't decided on the way to travel yet. Walk with the caravan? By boat? Or by airship?"

"Do we have to discuss this now?" Anshir said weakly.

Gordon shrugged, looking like a "just a hangover, what's the big deal?"

"Hey" Anshir sighed.

Sitting up from the bed, he kicked away the dozing pork chop lying on his lap. Looking at Gordon in front of the bed, he had an inexplicable sense of "father is seriously ill, unfilial son asks about inheritance before bed".

Gordon: "What kind of eyes are you looking at?"

Anshir waved his hand, "I propose to take an airship. There is a route from Naguli Village to East Doruma. After arriving in East Doruma, we can transfer to Minagard or Melchita by airship. This distance Cocot Village is not far away."

Hearing this, Gordon and Pig Chop looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.

Anshir: "?"

Gordon said: "It's too dangerous to take an airship. We haven't gotten out of the psychological shadow yet. Let's change the means of transportation."

"God, why didn't you come out of the psychological shadow." An Xier said angrily: "Do you think Gu Long is a big wild boar? If you say you meet it, you will meet it? How comfortable it is to ride an airship, fast and secure."

Gordon and Pork Chop looked at each other again.

"Two to one, the proposal is invalid, no airship."

"Don't take meow."

Anhill: "."

Where's my crystal rifle?

After complaining a few words to each other, seeing that Gordon and the others had a firm attitude, Anshir compromised, and he said slowly: "If you don't take the airship, don't take it, then the only option left is to take a boat.

It is impossible to take the land route with the caravan, because the caravan will also take a boat, and the Naguli Village and Kokot Village are separated by the Geokruk Sea (inland sea), so the land route needs to go around the sea.

To go west, you must first cross the land bridge, and then cross the entire Metabe dense forest. Going north is even more outrageous. You must first pass through the unknown tree sea, then climb over the Sky Mountain, and finally pass through the Kulbutios Wetland , in order to finally reach Kokot Village. "

The corners of Gordon's mouth twitched when he heard this.

Walking down this road, it is too exciting to go over mountains and ridges.

"If you take a boat, where will you go?" Gordon asked.

Anshir opened the bedside table, pulled out a map of the mainland, and said, "The main route must be to East Doruma, in order to send the ore from the volcanic area there.

Another route was to Metabetat, a small town. "

Gordon nodded and said: "I know Metabeta, although I have never been there, but it is not too far from Kokot Village, so let's choose this route.

Take a boat across the inner sea, and go ashore in Metabetat City, it is best to complete a three-star hunting mission there so that you can qualify for promotion.

Then, we walked to Kokot Village. I am familiar with the hilly terrain in the nearby area, steady! "

On the third day after getting the hero stone, Gordon and his party, fully armed and ready for travel, bid farewell to the village chief and his daughter, and embarked on a journey again.

Gordon, who lacked common sense of geography, originally thought that he could go directly to sea by boat after leaving Naguli Village, but the reality gave him a big ear.

The port near Naguli Village is open to the sea. If you want to take a boat across the inland sea, you have to cross the volcano from the western foot and go to another port hundreds of kilometers away.

This is another excruciating journey.

After a few days.

Leaving the area shrouded in volcanic ash, Gordon and his party came to the southeastern port of Geokruk Sea, and finally saw the blue sky after months of absence.

Ps. This chapter was a bit difficult to write, and I checked a lot of map information, but it seems unnecessary in retrospect