Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

"It hurts, it hurts."

It was late at night when Gordon sat up clutching his arms.

When he found that he should have died in the fierce battle with the big wild boar king, but now he was lying on the bed in the hunter camp, and his right arm was even fixed with a wooden plank, it was impossible not to be surprised.

Frowning and thinking about it for a while, the strange horn sound he heard before he passed out made him vaguely understand something.

"Meow! Are you awake meow? Are you all right, great meow!"

At this moment, a fluffy face with a pair of cute big eyes squeezed into his sight.

Gordon, who was so startled, blurted out, "Ai Ailu?"

"It's so rude meow! If it weren't for our timely rescue, you would have been trampled into a cake by that big fat pig meow!" Facing Gordon's surprise, the owner of that face seemed a little dissatisfied.

"Ah, I'm sorry, oh no, I should say thank you very much for your rescue!" After being surprised, Gordon immediately sat up straight and formally thanked the little guys around the bed.

What they said was the truth. The self who lost the ability to move in front of the big wild boar king was absolutely dead.

Ai Lu, also called Ai Lu Cat, belongs to the Beastman race just like the Qimian Clan.

Compared with the cruel and surly Qimian tribe, the docile and hardworking Elu have a very close relationship with human beings.

These little guys who stand up to a height of more than half a meter are accustomed to walking on two feet just like humans, and their hands are very flexible, and they can use various tools and even weapons.

They produce and live together with humans, and they can often be seen in human settlements, even in remote areas like Kokot Village.

However, judging from the cleanliness of their clothes and fur, the Ailu who saved their lives should not be those who live in human villages or towns.

It is a group living in the wild.

"This is almost meow!"

Seemingly very satisfied with Gordon's sincere thanks, a larger cat named Elu, who looked like the leader, clasped its paws and nodded in satisfaction.

Then he stretched out his little paw to Gordon.

"According to the agreement with the Hunter's Guild, Elu, who rescued the hunter in the hunting ground, has the right to charge hunters a reward equal to one-third of the task reward, meow!"

Looking at the little paw in front of him, Gordon recalled that the instructor seemed to have indeed mentioned this to him.

Ailu is petite and flexible, can climb trees and drill holes, so it is difficult for monsters to really hurt them. Considering Ailu's closeness to humans, the Hunter's Guild negotiated with Ailu.

When they meet a hunter who is in crisis in the wild, they can help them, and the price is part of the hunter's reward.

In this regard, all hunters naturally wish to raise their hands and feet in favor.

Although it is purely luck to have the chance to run into Ai Lu's rescue, but even if it is only a possibility, it is a great thing.

It was a matter of life, no one would be stingy with those money, and Gordon was no exception.

But

Looking at the carefully bandaged wound on his body, he felt embarrassed.

Since what he received was an assessment task, the reward was only a symbolic 300z, and a third of it would be 100z, and if he had a luxurious set meal in a restaurant, the charge would be about 100z.

In other words, with the money of a meal, I bought my life.

After showing his mission slip to the leader of Ai Lumao, the former's expression froze visibly to the naked eye, and the small triangular ears that were originally upright also drooped.

It sighed old-fashionedly: "It's really bad luck, but the rules are the rules. Mr. Hunter only needs to pay 100z."

Gordon handed out the coin in a huff, even if he was the one who took advantage, it still felt too much.

"The reward has been received meow, Mr. Hunter, please rest well meow." Leader Ailu put away the coins and was about to leave with the dejected clansmen.

"Ah, sorry, please wait!"

As if he suddenly remembered something, Gordon stopped the Elu cats who were about to leave, and then quickly came to the storage box and rummaged through it.

It stores all kinds of materials he collected along the way during the two days of hunting.

Ore, herbs, mushrooms, bones, worm materials...everything.

This is a habit that most hunters have. On the one hand, it is to accumulate the materials needed for equipment and props, and on the other hand, it can also earn some extra money.

After a while, Gordon took out a few seemingly ordinary fresh branches, and Elle's eyes lit up instantly when they looked at the things in his hands.

"Meow! Mutian Polygonum!"

"It's Mu Tian Liao Meow!"

This kind of plant is just one of the common medicinal materials for humans, but it is an extremely precious luxury in the eyes of Ai Lumao, probably like high-end fine wine in the eyes of alcoholics.

Handing Mutian Liao to the hands of Ai Lu, Gordon scratched the back of his head and said: "Although it cannot be regarded as a reward, it can only be regarded as a trivial thank you.

My name is Gordon, and even though I'm just an insignificant trainee hunter, as long as you need help, please come to Cocot Village to find me, and I will do my best. "

Leader Ai Lu excitedly patted Gordon's thigh with his little paw, and said loudly, "Mr. Hunter, you are a good man! My name is Steak Meow! If you have a chance in the future, welcome to visit us!"

Gordon also bent down, shook the paw of the steak, and said with a smile: "Then it's a deal."

The two sides bid farewell again, and Ai Lu bounced away holding the wood sky Polygonum, and the hunter camp became quiet again.

Going back to the bed in the tent and sitting down, Gordon exhaled slowly.

First, he took out the only three bottles of recovery medicine from his luggage, drank them in one breath, coughed a few times forcefully, coughed up the congestion in the trachea, and sat quietly for a while, the pain in his right arm and internal organs immediately felt a lot better .

This does not mean that the injury has healed.

Three bottles of the most basic healing medicines were not enough to heal all his injuries including the fractured right arm, not to mention that it would take some time for these medicines to take full effect.

Now he is faced with a choice again.

Due to the appearance of the big wild boar king, he failed to collect the tusk of the last big wild boar, and the crusade mission was not completed.

Different from ordinary big wild boars, the big wild boar king, as the leader of the group, has a certain degree of wisdom. Under his call, at least within the mission time limit, he is unlikely to encounter a single wild boar again.

Give up the mission.

Going back to the village to explain the situation, the appearance of the Big Wild Boar King in the crusade mission was an accident, no one would blame me, and the assessment mission can wait until next year, since I am still young anyway.

Exhaling hard, Gordon lay heavily on the bed in the tent, staring at the top of the tent in a daze.

Or, directly hunt the Big Wild Boar King and use its tusks as part of the quest item to over-fulfill the quest.

Gordon rolled over and sat up.

To be honest, even he himself was taken aback by the "overreach" of this idea.

He took the one-handed sword leaning against the foot of the bed.

On the round shield, a crack almost crossed the entire shield surface, and no one knew how many times it could survive the impact.

The bone hunter's knife was still sharp, but when it slashed on the body of the Big Wild Boar King, the feeling as if it was about to bounce off a rock was also disturbing.

Is it really possible for me to hunt the big wild boar king?