"Meow! To the top of the mountain! ”

"Shh!!h

Xiaohu, who had just jumped off the shoulders of the red star and overcame the last distance with his own efforts, climbed to the top of the snowy mountain, couldn't help but shout. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But he was immediately glared at by Hong Ling and made a silent gesture to stop him.

The Snow Mountain, or the Snow Mountain Area, of course, cannot be just a lonely mountain, but a snow-capped mountain range connected by countless undulating snow-capped mountains, just like the Himalayas, so the top of the mountain that Hongxing and his party are climbing now cannot be said to be the top of the Snow Mountain Region, but the top of one of the Snow Mountains in the Snow Mountain Area.

The height of this snow-capped mountain, scholars through the measurement of hot air balloons, estimated at an altitude of about 8000 meters, and this height of the snow-capped mountains, in the entire snow-capped mountain area, is still in the periphery, is that kind of inconspicuous height, Hongxing standing on the top of this snow-capped mountain to look around, casually you can see more than a dozen snow-capped mountains much higher than the height of their own standing, and even a few snow-capped mountains at least more than two or three times the height of the snow-capped mountain under their feet!

(PS: Two or three times the altitude does not mean 16,000 and 24,000 meters above sea level, note the altitude!) ）

(PS2: Of course, I don't deny that there are snow-capped mountains of the above two heights)

As for the name of this snow-capped mountain...... The world's first peak on Earth is Mount Everest, so how many people know what the name of the world's second peak is? On Earth, a mountain is named after someone conquered it, and in this monster hunter world, no hunter is so boring.

"It's spectacular!"

Hongling, who stopped Xiaohu from shouting, put her hand between her eyebrows, looking at the surrounding scenery, with an intoxicated expression - it was a pity that she did not climb Mount Tai, and did not have the feeling of seeing all the mountains.

"Meow! I...... Uncle Ben was able to follow Red Star to see all kinds of scenery and monsters, although ...... Still haven't become a hero, but it's not in vain. ”

Xiaohu, who has been grinning all the time, suddenly said something that made people have a bad premonition when they heard it.

"What do you say?" Hongxing glared at Xiaohu and said angrily, "What is this life in vain, you are my Hongxing?" Bit's buddy cat, you're going to be with me forever! ”

"Meow~~ Red Star, how many points do I have now?"

But today's Xiaohu is not as usual, he continued.

“…… 64 points. ”

Red Star was silent for a moment, and thought of a number to report to Xiaohu.

"No, it's 59 points, sure enough, Red Star, you don't really care about this matter at all."

Xiaohu's arithmetic has improved a lot, and he can remember his points unconsciously, which is beyond Red Star's expectations, but when Xiaohu said this, he didn't blame Red Star in the slightest, but was full of self-deprecation.

"I'm sorry, I did ignore you during this time...... It's not just you, it's also Hongling...... I'm sorry. ”

Red Star lowered his head and whispered.

As he said, because of the guidance of the Great Elder, Red Star put almost all his thoughts on this matter, and naturally ignored Xiaohu, as well as Hong Ling, who had just joined this small collective, although it sounded good, it was for the sake of Xiaohu and Hong Ling's safety, and he didn't want to take them to face too powerful monsters and too dangerous areas, but don't forget, once Red Star dared to take Xiaohu to face the steel dragon!

"Well, I don't care."

Hong Ling's fingers moved around the ends of her hair, and she said casually.

"Meow...... It's not Red Star's fault, it's my problem," Xiaohu said gloomily, "When I first came out of the village, I was still very naïve and thought that I would definitely be able to become a hero, but after meeting Red Star and adventuring together for so long, although Red Star comforted me with the matter of points, I slowly realized it...... Straddling the huge gap between me and the Hunter, not to mention that Red Star is now an Awakened Hunter, I can barely help you now. ”

“……”

Xiaohu's words made Hongxing speechless, not to mention Xiaohu, with Hongxing's strength after awakening, even Hongling, who was an alternate hunter, could hardly help at all when hunting, and even dragged his feet to distract Hongxing.

And what's even more terrifying is ...... The gap between Red Star, Xiaohu and Hongling not only did not get smaller, but increased with the passage of time!

Hongling has already turned her face, listening to Xiaohu's words, she empathizes, and naturally it is not comfortable, but she is different from Xiaohu is that Xiaohu has no road ahead at all, and she at least has a way for her to move forward, so she just secretly swore in her heart that she would exercise herself well after going back and keep up with the pace of Red Star as soon as possible.

"Meow, Red Star, you know? I'm seven years old. Xiaohu saw that Hongxing was silent, and continued, "It has been more than two years since I met Hongxing at the age of four and a half, and it has been more than two years since I met you. ”

"yes...... What's wrong with that? Why are you so sentimental today? Even if you can't help me much, you're still my best friend! Not to mention anything else, when I didn't awaken, when you explored the steel dragon ruins alone, in my heart, you were already a hero! ”

Red Star finally thought of some words, and he had a hunch that if he didn't do anything, he would lose Xiaohu, his best friend who had been with him for the longest time.

"Woo~~~" Xiaohu's big eyes shed tears, not tears of emotion, but full of sadness, "Red Star, do you know? According to the comparison of the age of our Ailu clan and your Terran race, I am seven years old, which is already equivalent to the age of the Terran in my forties. ”

"Forty years old?!"

Hongxing's face was full of shock, Hongxing, who had never raised cats and dogs in his previous life, of course did not know the lifespan of cats and dogs, and only thought that the seven-year-old Xiaohu was still quite young, and even often regarded him as a child.

"Yes, I'm in my forties, according to Red Star, you Terran hunters, at this age, you're already going to retire......" Xiaohu wiped his tears, but the more he wiped them, the more tears flowed, "I, I've been feeling my energy and physical strength recently, and I'm starting to slowly decline, and I'm also starting to get sleepy, I don't want to get up, I'm always lazy!" ”

Hongxing's face turned pale, and when Xiaohu said this, he also felt that Xiaohu had gotten up earlier than himself before, but during the time he was camping in the snow mountain, he had to wait for Hongling, who had some bed-related problems, to wake him up.

Xiaohu smiled sadly, the hair on his whole body drooped down, and said in despair: "Meow, Red Star, do you think I can still be a hero now...... Even if it's 100 points, I'm afraid I won't see the day when I achieve it. ”