Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Gordon and Ted hid in the corner until Miles led Ursula and Maxine away from the task counter and out of the assembly hall, and then came out calmly.

The kanban lady on duty today is the fish-monster Tiki.

Trying to maintain a business-like smile, she was just about to lie down and take a nap when seeing off Miles and his party, when suddenly she felt that the light around her became much darker.

She raised her head in a daze, only to find two huge shadows standing in front of the counter like a wall, completely blocking her view.

Tikki swallowed in fear at first, and then rolled her eyes after seeing the face of the person against the light, and returned to her usual lazy look.

"What~, so it's Gordon and Ted, huh? Ted, didn't you set off with Mr. Miles? I just watched him go out?"

Ted grinned, showing a mouthful of big teeth that were much larger than ordinary people, and said with a smile: "I won't hunt with Dad today, but go with our good brother Gordon!"

Ti Ji blinked, and glanced curiously between the two of them a few times.

"Since when did you two and brother Gordon become good brothers?" Ever since she knew that Gordon was younger than herself, she always liked to call Gordon "little brother", even though the age gap between the two was less than half a year old.

Immediately afterwards, she looked at Ted again, and joked with a smirk: "Oh right, I just heard someone say that a certain person lost to Brother Gordon by arm wrestling, right, 'Lord Ted with the strongest wrist in the world'? "

"No, and I can't say that, mainly because of that, well, I lost." Ted stared and murmured for a long time, and finally admitted his failure.

Gordon bent his arms and patted his biceps with a little satisfaction. Only in strength, he had absolute confidence.

"That's not the point, I just didn't have enough to eat today!" Ted tried to defend himself, and then quickly changed the subject.

"Little Tiji, quickly help us to see if there are any suitable collection tasks! Three stars are fine, but if you want the Metabe dense forest, let's go on vacation!"

"Collection mission? Jungle forest? Vacation?" Several question marks appeared above Ti Ji's head.

She really couldn't sort out the logical relationship. It wasn't until Gordon and Ted explained it a little bit that she suddenly realized: "So it's like this. Wait, I'll look for it~."

Gordon chuckled, turned around and hugged the somewhat intoxicated pork chop in front of Tiggy.

Looking at the big doll that looks like a fluffy pork chop, Tiji let out a "woooo~".

Like a thief, he stretched his neck and quickly looked around. After confirming that it was safe for the time being, he stretched out his hands and rubbed the small heads of the pork chop frantically.

"Don't let the president know, or I will be scolded again!"

Reluctantly letting go, Tiji lowered her head and quickly rummaged through the large to-do list.

Soon, she found three documents that met the requirements.

The mission locations are all in the dense forest of Metabe. The collection target of the first receipt is "Dragon Velvet", the second receipt is "Fire Dragon Egg", and the third receipt is "Superior Crab Roe".

"Brother Gordon, what do you think?" Ted squeezed his broad and square chin, and said, "I think Long Rong is fine, it's too rare and depends on luck, but don't even fail to complete the task at that time." .”

Gordon agreed with Ted's statement, but he himself flicked away the receipt of the dragon egg in disgust. He had some psychological shadows about this thing

Then the only choice left is the last document.

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Collection task: golden yellow! The best crab roe! (★★★)

Task content: Pay 5 copies of the best crab roe

Remuneration: 5000z

Mission Location: Metabe Forest

Monsters that may appear: Shield Crab, Blue Velociraptor, Daming Shield Crab

Limited time: 10 days

Chef of a high-end restaurant: Recently, I am developing new dishes. Ordinary crab roe can no longer satisfy my demand for extreme deliciousness. Only the top-quality crab roe of shield crab has enough fat and sweetness!

Please help me get five servings of the best crab roe, my culinary soul has already been ignited!

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"It feels good." Gordon licked the corner of his mouth, "I haven't eaten shield crab roe yet."

"Aha! That's the task, I haven't eaten that stuff before, it should be very fresh, little Tiggy, please help us with the formalities!" Ted rubbed his big hands, his face was full of Can't wait.

Tiji didn't deal with it immediately, but stretched out her finger and pointed at the column of "monsters may appear", and said in a slightly serious tone:

"According to the report from the hot air balloon, there are traces of daimyo shield crabs that have been active nearby. They may encounter them during the mission. Have you two noticed?"

The Daming Shield Crab is a three-star danger monster. If it weren't for the possibility of encountering it, the difficulty rating of this task should only be two stars.

"I see, I see!" Ted waved his hand indifferently, "My uncle is a four-star hunter, a famous shield crab or something, as long as it comes, we dare to cook it together!

By the way, is the crab roe of Daming shield crab edible? Is it tasty? How to eat? "

Tiggy \u0026 Gordon: "."

"There's nothing you can do about it, you have to be careful anyway!" Ti Ji reminded again with her hands on her hips, then took the task receipt and left the counter to find the president.

——Although this is only a three-star collection task, if Gordon wants to participate, he still needs to go through the special approval process of the president.

Not long after, Tiggy came back. Regarding Gordon's participation in this mission, the president didn't say much. The four-star gunner Ted's strength is enough to suppress the field.

With the permission of the president, the task procedures were quickly completed.

Gordon and Ted, who are both swordsmen (collectively referred to as close combat), have nothing special to prepare, and the two, who are full of crab roe dishes, can't wait long ago.

"Let's go! Let's go now!"

"Wait, what about the pork chops that are still drunk?" Gordon, who had almost walked out of the gate of the assembly hall, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Give it a vacation and let little Tiki take care of it?"

"Uh, isn't it a bit inappropriate to do that?"

"Bring it crab roe when you come back, and bring some more specialties as compensation?"

"Just do it!"

After leaving the city of Minagarde, Gordon and Ted rode along the coastline in a herbivorous dragon cart. A few days later, they arrived at their destination—a place in the coastal area located in the northwest corner of the Metabe dense forest. hunting grounds.

Different from the hunting grounds that we went to when we attacked the Qimian tribe, here is a vast blue sea, warm and humid sea breeze, and extremely bright sunshine.

If it weren't for the hungry monsters stalking everywhere, this would be a great vacation spot.

Facing the sea, the wind, and the beach, Ted, who had clearly let himself go, even wanted to wear a pair of beach shorts to complete the task, but was rebuked by Gordon, who kept his last bit of reason.

Relaxing is not so relaxing! Is it true that the hunting ground is a resort?

"But it's really hot like this." Ted, who was forced to be fully armed, seemed a little disappointed. He took off his stuffy helmet and groaned.

Gordon rolled his eyes and didn't answer.

Ted is equipped with a set of armor called the "Rock Dragon Suit". The solid and thick carapace covers every corner of his body, and the ostentatious shoulder armor makes him look even bigger when he is already tall and strong. lap.

Considering that as a gunner, he is positioned as the defender in the front row in the team, this iron-walled appearance really makes people feel full of security