Monster Hunter:Hunter's Notes

The two coldest months of the year have passed.

The cold wind is still biting, but the sun shines on my body, already giving me a warm feeling.

The snow with a thickness of more than half a meter slowly melts, merges into the soil, and flows into the river, filling the dormant earth with the moisture necessary to rekindle life.

Carefully open the door of the wooden house and shovel away the snow that turned into fine ice particles at the door bit by bit.

Like all the villagers, Gordon, who had been bored at home for dozens of days, walked out of his room, bathed in the long-lost sunshine, and stretched his waist.

Compared with the boy who hunted the Big Wild Boar King half a year ago, Gordon is now "bigger" to the naked eye.

Running around the hunting grounds fully armed, wielding a steel blade weighing tens of kilograms while hunting, is a very intense exercise.

In addition, as a hunter, he naturally cannot lack meat, and his muscles and bones naturally grow as if breathing.

Today, he is nearly 190 centimeters tall, with broad shoulders and broad chest, and bulging muscles. Standing there, he looks like a wall. If it weren't for his still slightly immature face, who would have guessed how many months this guy will have to live.

Just an adult?

Not to mention him, even the pork chop has become a lot stronger.

Of course, he still doesn't look like a muscular man like Gordon, but he no longer looks like he did when he first came to Kokot Village with his head bowed and shoulders hunched.

He casually threw a solid iron bar leaning against the door into Pig Chop's hand, and then picked up his own huge stone pier from the ground. Gordon's eyes slightly curved, and he was in a good mood:

"Pork Chop, yesterday I swung the iron rod 500 times, and today I saw the sun for the first time in a long time. Why should I get closer? Is there anything wrong with the goal of 600 times?"

"...Meow meow meow?"

Pork Chop, who hurriedly caught the iron rod, couldn't figure it out. What's the connection between seeing the sun and improving physical fitness?

However, if you just increase it a hundred times, there should be no problem, right?

"Okay meow! That's six hundred times meow today!"

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Just as people in nearby villages have finished enduring the winter and are stepping out of their homes to start production activities, Xiuretson Hill is gradually beginning to regain its vitality.

Snakes and insects emerged from the ground, and wild boars left the warm tree holes and began to wander in the forest, trying to find some delicious mushrooms produced by the melted snow water to relieve their hunger that lasted throughout the winter.

In the blue velociraptor nest deep in the jungle, the scales are still covered with smooth egg white, and the newly hatched baby blue velociraptors are chirping, urging their parents to hunt for them meat.

A gray swift shadow passed high in the sky above Senqiu.

It was a brown-gray peregrine falcon.

This specially trained raptor accurately found the small village named "Kokot" on this land still covered with snow.

After whistling and circling for several times, it landed in front of the window of the village chief's house.

The old village chief opened the window. The peregrine falcon tilted its head and looked at him, then jumped a few times and entered the house.

"It's a peregrine falcon, it's a peregrine falcon."

The village chief groaned and closed the window, and the peregrine falcon also raised a paw very humanely, revealing the small metal tube tied to it.

There is a small emblem engraved on the metal tube, which is the mark of the Hunter Guild.

The village chief's movements faltered slightly.

Covered by long white eyebrows, his always squinted eyes were slightly opened, revealing clear pupils that did not look like those of an elderly person.

"Urgent message from the Hunter Guild?"

The village chief's long eyebrows twitched twice. At this time, how could he still have the usual Alzheimer's-like confusion?

"Chirp~"

The peregrine falcon chirped dissatisfiedly and raised its paws tied with metal pipes again, as if urging the village chief to hurry up and receive the letter.

Having traveled day and night to deliver the message, it didn't even bother to eat. Now it just wanted to deliver the message quickly and then hunt a vole, hare or something nearby and have a good meal.

"Sorry sorry."

The village chief skillfully removed the metal tube from the peregrine falcon's leg, unscrewed the cap, and pulled out a small roll of parchment.

"Huh? I see, it is indeed a bit troublesome." He opened the scroll and browsed through it quickly, and the village chief whispered to himself: "But it may be a good opportunity for him, well, let's leave it to him

Bar."

The peregrine falcon continued to tilt its head and look at him.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, little guy."

The village chief tied the empty metal tube back to the peregrine falcon's leg and fed it two pieces of dried meat. "Go back quickly, and be careful on the road."

"Chirp~" The peregrine falcon seemed to understand the village chief's words, it chirped happily, fluttered its wings and took off into the sky, then disappeared in the slightly gray sky in the blink of an eye.

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"Five hundred and fifty...nine, five hundred...sixty! Meow!"

"Oh, oh, oh, pork chop, there are only forty strokes left, come on! It's almost there!"

"Five hundred and six...ten...one...meow!!!"

In the open space of the small courtyard at the entrance, Gordon and Pig Pork were sweating profusely until a familiar loud voice came from outside the courtyard.

"Gordon! Pork chop! Hey, you're very energetic!"

Gordon put down the stone pier in his hand with some difficulty, looked at the visitor, and greeted with a smile: "Good morning, instructor!"

"Good morning, good morning, okay, without saying those polite words, I have something urgent to ask you. How are you and Pork Chop doing now? Can you start hunting immediately?"

The instructor waved his hand and his tone suddenly became serious.

"Hunting? Now?" Gordon was stunned, "Didn't the first full moon of this year just pass? There is still less than half a month before the hunting ban is lifted, right?"

"This is an urgent mission!" The instructor waved the parchment in his hand, "Two-star rating, hunting target Blue Speed ​​Dragon King, are you sure? If you are not sure, don't hold on, just leave it to me..."

"Two-star emergency mission?!"

Gordon excitedly interrupted the instructor's words and confirmed: "The target is the Blue Speed ​​Dragon King? You are sure of it! Of course you are sure of it! Thank you, instructor, just leave it to me with confidence!"

Of course he was excited.

Generally speaking, there are two ways to improve the hunter level.

The first is to complete the tasks step by step until you have accumulated enough, apply to the Hunter Guild to accept a hunting task that is one star higher than yourself. If you complete it successfully, you will be able to successfully upgrade your star.

The second is to accept urgent tasks. Due to the urgency of the situation, the Hunter Guild will appropriately lower the threshold for accepting such tasks. After successfully completing it, you can also complete the star upgrade.

According to normal procedures, if he maintains the previous mission completion frequency, it will be about half a year before he can actively apply for a two-star mission.

And now, this urgent task has directly saved him more than half a year! As long as it is successfully completed, he can be directly promoted to a two-star hunter!

In terms of strength, Gordon believes that he has already reached the level where he can successfully hunt the Blue Speed ​​Dragon King, which is also the two-star hunter level.

All he lacks is opportunity.

Unlike those large towns where resources are concentrated, Kokot Village does not even have an assembly hall office. It is really difficult to wait for a suitable emergency mission.

There happens to be an opportunity right now, how can you let it go?

The instructor suddenly laughed.

Of course he knew what Gordon would choose, and he also knew that the latter's strength, the mere Blue Speed ​​Dragon King, was not enough to pose a threat.

In terms of the danger of monsters, there is almost no difference between the Blue Speed ​​Dragon King and the Big Boar King. This guy can hunt the Big Boar King wearing a hunter suit and holding a hunter's knife.

Now that we have the Explosive Knife and the Blue Velociraptor suit, what does the Blue Velociraptor King have to worry about?

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Instructor Ernest handed the emergency mission document to Gordon.

"Time is tight, leave as soon as possible!"

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Hunting mission (urgent mission): The bandit leader who threatens the trade routes (★★)

Mission content: Hunting the Blue Velociraptor King

Remuneration: 4,000 gold

Mission location: Xiuretsen Hill

Limited time: 5 days

The Observation Bureau's hot air balloon sent a report that a group of blue velociraptors had migrated to the southwest of the Shuretson Hill area. Its territory overlapped with the trade route between Minagard City and Melchita City, and would pose a threat to those on the trade road.

The caravans and travelers pose a serious threat, and their leader, the Lansu Dragon King, must be hunted as soon as possible to cause the collapse of his tribe.

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