Chapter 18 Urgent Mission
The coldest two 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, blends 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 bit by bit the snow that turned into fine ice particles at the door.
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 long waist.
Compared with the boy who hunted the Big Wild Boar King half a year ago, Gordon is now "bigger" to the naked eye.
Wandering around hunting grounds in full gear, wielding steel blades 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 he was breathing.
Now 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 childish face, who would have guessed this guy How many more months will it take to reach adulthood?
Not to mention him, even 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 his shoulders hunched over.
He casually threw a solid iron rod leaning against the door into Pig Chop's hand, and then picked up his own huge stone pier from the ground. The corners of Gordon's eyes were slightly curved, and he was in a good mood:
< br>"Pork chop, yesterday I swung the iron rod five hundred 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 six hundred times?"
". Meow Meow Meow ?”
Pork Chop, who hurriedly caught the iron rod, couldn't figure it out. What was the connection between seeing the sun and improving physical fitness?
However, if you just add it a hundred times, there should be no problem, right?
“Okay meow! Today is the 600th meow!”
Just as people in the nearby villages were finishing their winter, and were going out of their homes to start production activities, Shuleit Senqiu also Gradually the rejuvenation begins.
Snakes and insects emerged from the ground. 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 the pain that lasted throughout the winter. hunger.
In the blue velociraptor nest deep in the jungle, the scales are still sticky with smooth egg white. The newly hatched baby blue velociraptors are chirping, urging their parents to hunt for them meat.
A gray swift shadow passed by high in the sky of 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. Peregrine tilted his 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 little metal tube tied to it.
There is a small emblem carved on the metal tube, which is the mark of the Hunter Guild.
The village chief's movements stagnated 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 look like his usual Alzheimer's confusion?
"Chirp~"
The peregrine falcon chirped dissatisfiedly, and raised its paw tied to the metal pipe 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 hunt a vole, hare or something nearby to 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." Opening the scroll and browsing through it quickly, the village chief whispered to himself: "But it may be a good opportunity for him. Well, leave it to him."
Peregrine 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, flapped its wings and took off into the sky. In the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the slightly gray sky.
"Five hundred and fifty. Nine, five hundred and sixty! Meow!"
"Oh, oh, pork chop, there are only the last forty strokes left, come on! It's almost!" ”
"Five hundred and sixty. One meow!!!"
In the open space in 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 are very energetic!"
Gordon put down the stone pier in his hand with some difficulty, looked at the incoming man, he smiled and greeted: "Good morning, instructor!"
"Good morning, early morning, okay, let's not say those polite words. I have something urgent to call you. How are you and Pork Chop doing now? Can you start hunting immediately?"
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The instructor waved his hand and his tone suddenly became serious.
"Hunting? Now?" Gordon was startled, "Didn't the first full moon of this year just pass? Isn't it still half a month before the hunting ban is lifted?"
"It's urgent. Mission!" The instructor waved the parchment in his hand, "Two-star rating, hunting target Blue Speed Dragon King, are you sure? Don’t hold on if you’re not sure, just leave it to me.”
“Two-star emergency mission?”
Gordon interrupted the instructor excitedly and confirmed: “The target is Lan Su. Dragon King? Of course you are sure! Thank you, instructor, just leave it to me.”
Of course he was excited.
Generally, 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 emergency missions. Due to the urgency of the situation, the Hunter Guild will appropriately lower the threshold for accepting such missions. After successfully completing it, you can also complete the star upgrade.
According to normal procedures and maintaining the same mission completion frequency as before, it will be about half a year before he can take the initiative to apply for a two-star mission.
And now, this urgent task has directly helped him save more than half a year! As long as it is successfully completed, you 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 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 is an opportunity right now, how can I let it go?
The instructor suddenly laughed.
Of course he knows what Gordon will choose, and he also knows the latter's strength. The mere Blue Speed Dragon King is not enough to pose a threat.
In terms of the danger of monsters, the Blue Speed Dragon King and the Big Wild Boar King are almost the same. This guy can hunt the Big Wild 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, set off as soon as possible!”
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Hunting mission (emergency mission): The bandit leader who threatens the business road (★★)
Mission content: Hunting the Blue Dragon King
Remuneration: 4000z
Mission location: Xiuret Senqiu
Limited time: 5 days
The hot air balloon from the Observation Bureau sent a report that there is a group of blue velociraptors. Migrating to the southwest of the Shuretson Hill area, its territory overlaps with the trade route from Minagard City to Melchita City. It will pose a serious threat to the caravans and travelers on the trade route. Its leader's blue must be hunted as soon as possible. King Velociraptor caused the collapse of his tribe.
——(End of this chapter)