Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

The girl with a cold face walked down from the airship.

The hot, dry, and pungent sulfur-smelling air in the Latio volcanic area was completely different from the warm sea breeze in East Doruma, which made her frown.

She subconsciously took out a handkerchief and covered her mouth and nose, but then she remembered that she might have to stay in this ghost place for a long time.

She could only adapt to it.

She adjusted her flying beetle suit that looked more like a party dress than a protective gear, and the small hat with cute lace edges.

She found a passerby and asked for the direction of the meeting hall tavern, and hurried there.

As a hunter from outside the area, if you don’t complete the registration at the local meeting hall, you will have trouble whether you rent a house or receive a task to enter the hunting ground.

Entered the tavern.

Noisy laughter and shouting filled her ears, and the dry air mixed with alcohol, food, and all kinds of messy smells hit her face, almost knocking her over.

This is the main reason why she doesn't like to go to the tavern.

Due to the hot climate, the smell of the tavern here is much more "horrible" than the public tavern in Dongdoruma.

She held her breath, ignored the curious eyes of several hunters, and walked quickly towards the counter.

When she arrived at the counter, she found that someone was handling business, so she could only be patient and wait in line.

She subconsciously looked at the person in front of her.

The other party was at least 30 centimeters taller than her, wearing an orange-red big monster bird suit, and the weapon behind him should be a giant scissor sword (red claw sword) made of daimyo shield crab material.

A three-star level greatsword user?

Just thinking about it, she heard the poster girl say to the greatsword user: "Mr. Gordon, there is one last vacant room in the meeting hall, but it is a double room, and the rent is 5000z per month. Do you want to rent it?"

"The last room, but a double room?" The greatsword user named "Gordon" seemed to be a little hesitant.

Is it because the price of a double room is not bulging? The rent of 5000z is not expensive, right? The space is more spacious.

The female shooter was guessing in her heart. She wanted to step forward and say, "I've rented this room."

But everything has a certain order of precedence. At least she had to wait until the other party refused before she could express her opinion.

Reject it quickly, reject it quickly, reject it quickly

Gordon was a little scared by the gaze from behind. He felt that the latter was in a hurry to do business and was annoyed after waiting for too long, and he was a person who didn't like to cause trouble for others.

So he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I've rented it."

Female shooter: "."

"The rent is 5000z. Do you want to pay it now?"

"Yes." Gordon paid the rent for the double room with a painful feeling.

After getting the key, he stepped aside and said to the female shooter behind him, "Sorry for the long wait. Please come in."

Female shooter: "."

"Miss, do you need anything?" Seeing that the female shooter was silent, the poster girl bowed slightly and asked with a smile.

"Well, I'm a hunter from East Doruma. I want to complete the registration first, and then see if there are any suitable rooms to rent."

"Uh."

Gordon, who was about to leave, stopped.

The poster girl was also stunned, then apologized and bowed again: "Sorry, the last vacant room has been rented out.

If you have any needs, we can help you communicate with the village chief to see if we can find a suitable house for you to stay."

The female shooter's expression was a little heavy.

She didn't want to...or rather, she didn't want to stay at someone else's house, but it seemed that there was no other way. She couldn't sleep on the street.

Gordon, who stopped, coughed lightly, attracting the attention of the female hunter and the poster girl.

"Hey, Miss, I just rented a double room. It's a waste for me to live alone. If you don't mind, maybe you can move in."

"?"

"?!"

The poster girl opened her eyes wide and looked at Gordon again. The female shooter subconsciously took a half step back, revealing a look like looking at garbage.

Even the timid Pork Chop couldn't help but raise his paw and kick Gordon's knee, "What are you talking about, pig?"

Gordon waved his hands repeatedly after realizing that he had expressed himself incorrectly.

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant. I wanted to give this double room to this lady, and I'll go find a private residence to stay in.

To be honest, the rent of 5000z is still a bit expensive for me, and I should be able to save some money by staying in a private residence."

"Oh, so that's what you mean." The poster girl looked at Gordon with a little blame, "Mr. Gordon, you should make it clear at the beginning, it's not good to cause misunderstandings."

Then, she turned to the female shooter, "So what does this lady think?"

The female shooter still frowned slightly. Although the misunderstanding was resolved through the other party's explanation, she was also not used to accepting the kindness of strangers.

But on the other hand, she really needed that room.

Even without considering the reasons of habit and preference, as a shooter, she really has a lot of luggage this time.

After thinking for two seconds, she first briefly introduced herself, and then said: "Hello, I am Ansel Sterling, a three-star hunter from East Doruma.

Thank you for your kindness, but you have already rented this room, there is no reason to give it to me for nothing.

I will sublease it from you at the price of 7000z, do you think this is okay?"

Gordon scratched his head, "It's not necessary, it's not a big deal, I just came to the counter half a minute earlier than you."

Ansel shook his head slightly and said bluntly: "I don't like to owe favors."

The waitress on the side tilted her head and looked at it for a while, then suggested: "How about this? Miss Ancier treats Mr. Gordon to a meal as a thank you.

Both of them have just arrived in Naguli Village, and their hunter levels are also the same. They must both be here to dig for minerals and protective stones?

Taking advantage of this time to get to know each other, there may be opportunities for cooperation. "

Gordon and Ancire looked at each other.

The flying beetle suit, the weapon is a heavy crossbow that I don't recognize, but it doesn't look like a novice weapon. This heavy crossbow user is not weak.

The big strange bird suit and the giant scissor sword are equipment that will not be outdated even if it is used at four stars. Judging from the looks of it, he should not be older than himself. Is he also a so-called "genius" level person?

"I have no objection." Ancier nodded.

Gordon also grinned and rubbed the head of Pork Chop, "I'm free to do it, but I'd like to remind you that we both have a big appetite."

With that said, he threw the key to the rental house to the other party.

Ancier took the key with a calm expression.

Even if you are a peach-haired beast king, how much can you eat?

The two of them had no interest in making another appointment, so they just found an empty seat in the tavern and sat down.

Anxier took a look at the menu and found that there were no expensive dishes in this place, so he marked all the recommended special foods and ordered two portions of each.

"That's enough, that's enough. How can two people and one cat eat this?" Gordon shouted at the side to stop.

I just had two drinks with the blacksmith girl named Isana not long ago, and also ate some snacks. To be honest, I wasn't very hungry.

Anxier frowned, "You're only in your early 1000s, didn't you say you eat a lot?"

She originally planned to treat Gordon and the others to a meal of 2000z and return the favor.

"It's not an exaggeration." Gordon was helpless.

He could finally see that this Miss Sagittarius, who had a hunter-like aura that was rarely "exquisite", was really not short of money, and she really didn't like to owe favors.

The food at Hunter's Tavern may not be exquisite, but it's definitely plentiful and served quickly.

Not long after, a table full of delicacies unique to the volcanic region was served one after another.

A huge steak covered with chili sauce, a bright red soup stewed with tomatoes, peppers and pork belly, and a shiny meat jelly made from the skin of a skinny dragon with a variety of spices.

Of course, there is also the most local specialty, the spicy grilled lizard.

The little lizard with a crispy skin is sprinkled with a lethal amount of chili powder. To be honest, it doesn't look very good, but when paired with the ice ale brewed by the Tulong people, it is a masterpiece.

Gordon picked up a skewer of grilled lizard and put it into his mouth. Before he could chew it, he found that the host was sitting like a sculpture and didn't even move.

Out of politeness, he picked up another bunch, handed it to the other person, and said vaguely: "Eat it? This stuff doesn't look very good, but it's really delicious.

Be careful, there are some thin bones, but you can chew them up and swallow them, just like eating chicken ribs. "

The corners of Ancier's eyes twitched, and every eyelash was filled with rejection.

She doesn't like alcoholic drinks, spicy food, meat with many thin bones, and she's not interested in exotic ingredients.

This spicy grilled lizard almost stepped on all her spots.

She habitually wanted to decline politely.

But I suddenly remembered what my brother had said to me - if you reject others, the people who would have become friends will also stay away.

In the past few years from entering the training camp to graduating and becoming an official hunter, she had become somewhat famous in East Doruma, but she had no real friends or partners with whom she could talk.

Julius, partnered with Nadia, has been promoted to four stars. If he continues to be a lone ranger like this, he may never be able to catch up.

Maybe, it’s time for me to try to deal with others.

Start with this step!

She took a deep breath, tightened her face, and took the spicy grilled lizard from Gordon's hand.

Looking at the little lizard's burnt-yellow eyes and the tiny teeth in its mouth, Anciel closed her eyes in pain.

He put the roasted lizard head into his mouth, but found that he didn't have the courage to bite it off, so he took it out again.

Gordon was a little helpless, "If you don't want to eat, there's no need to force it."

"I'm fine." As if to encourage herself, Ancier adjusted her breathing.

Then he closed his eyes again, bit off the grilled lizard's head in one bite, and chewed it a few times quickly while covering his mouth.

The brittle and hard ones are the skull and teeth, the slimy ones are the brain, the somewhat tough ones are the tongue, and the juicy ones should be the eyeballs.

Ancier shuddered hard, forcibly interrupted the association in his mind, and swallowed the lizard head with all his strength.

"call--!"

She opened her eyes again and clenched her fists hard.

Great, I did it!

But before I could be happy for two seconds, the spicy smell that hit my forehead exploded.

Ancile, who was not used to eating spicy food, coughed violently. She seemed to have accidentally choked the chili powder into her trachea, and her coughing became more violent.

"Ahem! Ahem! Ahem!"

Seeing this delicate-looking young lady's face turn purple from coughing, Gordon Pork Chop was also a little panicked.

Pig Chop jumped out of his seat, came behind her, and patted her back.

Gordon also quickly picked up the ice bitter ale just delivered by the waiter and handed it to the other party, "Hurry up and take a cold drink to wash it down."

Ancier subconsciously took the wine glass and took a big sip.

But she didn't know how to drink at all, and the taste of bitter ale was much more pungent than ordinary ale, and she was still coughing violently.

The big mouthful of wine that was poured in just reached the throat and all of it sprayed out, mixed with food residue, spraying Gordon all over.

Gordon: “.”

It took a long time to finally recover. Ansel, who always pays attention to her image, lowered her head and covered her mouth and nose, and could vaguely hear a faint sob.

“Uh, are you okay? Are you crying?”

“I’m not crying!”

Ansel stared with red eyes and slammed the table angrily, “I just choked!”

“Wipe your nose, it’s going to flow down.” Gordon handed her a handkerchief.

Ansel, who no longer had any image to speak of, took the handkerchief viciously and blew her nose hard.

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Ps. A parallel world that has nothing to do with the main story. The “Ansel” in this world is similar to Ansel in terms of personality, but there are still some differences, and there will be subsequent plots.

I want to emphasize that even in this world line where Anshiel's gender is changed, there is no love between the two (but there can be some Shura field caused by misunderstanding?)

Hiss, the above comment seems to make sense, let me think about how to write it more interesting

In the easter egg chapter, there is a picture of the scene of the decisive battle, which was just drawn by an artist. There is a high-definition file in the group 0v0