preface

In front of the boy, there was a huge beast, and he was sure that this was the first time he had seen such a huge monster in his life, even though he was only 15 years old this year. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He didn't choose to run away, because the situation didn't seem to make much sense right now.

It was right in front of him, about two steps away from his 15-year-old body. And apparently it's not a sleeping beast either.

He could feel it, it was staring at him!

Scared? There's a monster in front of you, and it's not your average monster.

He remembered an unwritten saying among hunters that the larger the monster, the more dangerous it became.

The monster in front of him was so big that even the Lord of the Volcano, Chiron, whom Uncle Other had captured not long ago, was less than half of it. I heard that Chiron is a very dangerous monster, and only those very high-level hunters in the hunting club are qualified to take on the task of hunting it, so what about this monster in front of you!?

He didn't dare to imagine.

But it didn't seem to mean to hurt him.

Is this disdain for me, or what kind of reason, alas, it doesn't really matter, it matters. ’

He was about to try to escape the area. Just get out of its sight, and I'll be safe." ’

"Son, you don't have to be so afraid of me."

Whose voice is this? He looked around a few times, but found no sign of anyone or even any creature, except for the giant beast in front of him, could it be it?

"That's right, I'm talking to you." The beast raised its head and looked into the crater in the distance.

Crater? He didn't notice it at first, because he didn't feel the temperature around him. This is a dream, otherwise how could you not feel the heat at all in a hot volcano.

"Ah, it hurts, it hurts." He pinched his face hard, but it turned out to be a very real pain.

"It's not a dream, it's not reality. This is your heart, and now I can only meet you in this form. The beast's voice rang out again.

'It's not a dream, it's not real, it's just my heart?' That's ridiculous, isn't it? A giant beast just broke into my heart and talked to me? If he were normal, he would not have chosen to believe it.

But now there seems to be no choice not to believe in this option.

The giant beast ignored his thoughts this time, and continued to narrate, "When your eyes can see the laws of the world, the Lord of the Flame Kingdom will meet you, and he will lead you to find where I am. ”

"Yes, Mother, I will do everything in my power to find you and save you from the filthy dragonmen." He was also shocked when he said this, because the words did not come out of his will at all, as if they could be said naturally, and the content of the words was full of elements that surprised him.

The dragon people seem to be some very high-level people.

"I will continue to support and wait for your arrival, my son." The behemoth faded into a blur, then turned into a cloud of flames.

Finally, the flame is extinguished.

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Section 1: The Lonely City

"Hey~" The silver-haired boy ended the life of the dog dragon with a beautiful slash, and then peeled off the tail that represented the handover to Pin, and their task was completed.

Hunting five dog dragons near the town was not a difficult task for Zoan - he could have done such a simple task on his own two years ago. But today he came with a drag oil bottle, and it really made him wipe a handful of sweat.

The girl with short brown hair next to Zuoan is his childhood sweetheart, although she is the same age as Zuo'an, and both graduated from the city's trainee hunter academy, but because she rarely comes out to hunt, she always seems very dull in the hunting grounds due to her lack of hunting experience. Zoan didn't say much about her, but I didn't seem to have any intention of changing it.

"That scared the hell out of me." Zoan knocked the girl on the head, but through the bone helmet of the skeleton, the girl didn't seem to feel it, "The dog dragon has come to you and only cares about blowing notes." ”

The girl stuck out her tongue, "I know Zoan will come to save me, so I'm not afraid even if it comes to me." ”

With this scoundrel's reply, Zoan could only sigh helplessly.

"Zoan and Nari, you're back from your mission so soon." As soon as they walked into the tavern of the Hunting Club, Miss Shoufu of the Hunting Club greeted them.

"Sister Reiko." Nari heard Miss Reiko call them, so she ran to the counter and chatted, "Don't you know Zuo'an's strength, the five-headed puppy dragon is just a little meaning to Zuo'an." "Reiko is a big sister who plays with them, although she also graduated from the trainee hunter academy in the city, but I seem to be more interested in the profession of payee, and after graduation, I was successfully assigned to the hunting club in the east of the city, temporarily managing low-level tasks and the registration of new hunters.

"Yes, yes, your Zoan is the strongest hunter, so let's do it." At times like this, Reiko always likes to tease Nari, and when she blushes, Reiko will habitually snort a few times.

As for Zoan, at this time, he chooses to remain silent.

Zoan handed over the letter of entrustment for this mission to the counter, and then handed over the monster material that represented the completion of the mission. "Sister Reiko, don't tease Nari yet, I'll go back to get food for my dad after settling the task for me."

"Alas~ Okay, Zoan is really a good boy. By the way, Uncle Craftsman has been in good health lately. "The craftsman uncle in Reiko's mouth is Zoan's father. In fact, the craftsman is not physically disabled and has no ability to live alone, but it is good wine, and every time he drinks it, he can't stop drinking until he gets drunk, and then he sleeps for a few days. For such a person who can't take care of himself, Zuoan can only learn to take care of himself since he was a child, and then when he grows up, he begins to take care of his father.

As for his mother, Zuoan also asked his father when he was a child, but every time he mentioned it, he would be taught a lesson by his father, and he was beaten by his father. Over time, Zoan didn't ask his dad again.

Maybe I had bad memories. That's all Zoan could think of, he was sure that his father would tell him if necessary.

It is a town located on an isolated island, and although it has a kingdom named Tiamat, the local residents still have a habit of calling themselves the Lonely City People. The Lonely City is also known as the City of Music, and more than half of the mainland's famous bards and performers have gone out from here. Most of the local hunters also prefer to use the hunting flute as a common weapon.

Although Zoan grew up here, he is not a local here.

Zoan and his father had come to the lonely city thirteen years earlier, not so much as to come, but to find the two men in a coma in the wild. And it was Nari's father who found them, a brilliant hunter at the time.

At that time, in addition to their clothes, all they had on them was a broken sword and a talisman tied around Zo'an's neck when he was a child. When Zuoan was a child, the broken knife was taken out by his father to hunt, and he lived on the remuneration of some low-level tasks that his father completed every day, and when Zuoan graduated from the academy two years ago and could complete low-level tasks by himself, the broken knife was handed over to him from his father, and his father also began to live a life of alcoholism from that time.

"Dad, I'm back." Zo'an, who came out of the hunting party, went straight back to his home in this lonely city, which was originally a house in the name of Nari's father, which was originally specially used to place some crafting materials that could not be used for the time being, but later learned that they were not locals and had no place to live, so he vacated this place and lent it to them to live.

No one responded to Zoan. This is also the result that Zoan had already guessed, it was only noon, and it was impossible for his father to wake up so early.

So, Zoan shrugged and walked into the house to prepare food for himself and his father.

As he was getting the food and preparing to stop, Zoan suddenly remembered that the number of times he had completed the lowest level 1 and 2 missions of his hunting club was already enough to increase his hunter level, and tomorrow was a day to increase his hunter level once a quarter.

Shouldn't I be taking the hunter level? Zoan thought that if he raised the hunter level, he would have extra change to add a few pieces of armor to himself, and that knife...

Zoan looked at the broken knife hanging on the wall. Take the test!

Then he started to prepare more food, because the task of raising the hunter's level may not be completed in one day, and he has to prepare more food for his father, and it is estimated that he will go to the tavern of the hunting club to fill a pot of famous seven-colored wine with the same music here. Zoan thought of this and smiled secretly.

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Section 2: The Beginning of the Mission

Whenever the sun rises, the ancient bells of the lonely city are rung by the night watchmen.

On the new day, Zoan also got out of bed to train before the ancient bell rang as usual. It was a training method that his father taught him, and if his father hadn't taught him this method, Zoan wouldn't have surpassed his peers in terms of physical fitness and consciousness by so much in the academy, and even some low-level hunters couldn't do better than Zoan.

It's because of this that Zoan doesn't think his dad is good for nothing like everyone else. But his father had told him not to tell anyone anything about this training method, maybe there was something unspeakable, and Zoan could only think so.

There are more hunters in the Chengdong Hunting Club than at other times today, because today is the exam day. Only with a higher hunter level qualification can you receive a higher level of tasks, and only a high-level mission will have the opportunity to hunt more powerful monsters to get better materials and more rewards, but at the same time, the accompanying risk is naturally higher.

Although it is a relatively low-risk task in the same level of the examination level, there are still many hunters who die in this 'exam' every year, some because of carelessness, some because of lack of ability, some because of abnormalities in the unstable hunting grounds, and some because of the killing of poachers.

Speaking of poachers, Zoan is reminded of some bad memories.

Zoan took off the swordsman's helmet and lay on the table a little decadently, though it just looked decadent. Of course, Zoan himself knew that if he did not have the confidence to complete the mission and return before the mission, then this kind of hunting would not be a kind of practice, but would only be reduced to hunting because he had to carry a weapon because of life.

"Miss, have a dark beer." A not-so-heavy male voice caught Zoan's attention. What caught his attention was the dark beer ordered by the owner of the male voice, you know, the seven-colored wine in the lonely city is a good wine that is famous throughout the continent. From different angles, the wine will reflect different colors, and the taste of the wine in the mouth will constantly change, depending on the person, and the mood will also have an impact on the taste of the wine, which is easy to fascinate people.

But the man ordered only a cheap dark beer that was sold everywhere.

Zoan came to the clubhouse after a little rest in the morning, and originally wanted to find a simple task that could come back before the exam task was released at noon, but it didn't go as he wanted, and the task board hung on it was either too advanced for him to take it; Either that, or a mission where the hunting location is far away and you can't come back until dark.

Zoan had no choice but to sit in the clubhouse and wait slowly for the task to be issued.

I happened to see the hunter in front of me who didn't order the famous seven-colored wine here, but just wanted ordinary dark beer. Zoan was going to talk to the hunter, if this person's character was okay, it would be best if he could form a team to help him complete the task of leveling up, after all, the task would be easier if two people teamed up.

This man was using a weapon like a great sword, but the sword behind him was completely black, and Zoan had never seen it. Zoan thought that perhaps only Uncle Osa could know what kind of material this weapon was made of, Uncle Osa was a first-class craftsman in the Lonely City.

Uncle Osa that Zoan is talking about is Nari's father, the hunter who saved Zoan and his father. Because of an accident while hunting a few years ago, although the wound on his left hand seems to heal on the surface, it hurts to the bone every time he stays in wet weather or in a damp area. This effect is fatal to a hunter, and Uncle Osa is even more lethal because of the fact that the weapon he uses is a hammer that is extremely heavy and cannot be defended, so Uncle Osa decisively chose to retire after the accident and now runs a blacksmith shop in the lonely city.

"Hey, can you make friends with me?" As soon as Zoan came to the Great Sword Hunter a few steps away, and before he could even say the opening sentence he had just thought of, the Great Sword Hunter left the counter and walked in the direction of the task board.

"Cancer lurking in the sand!" The Great Sword Hunter took this quest off the board, and the target of this crusade was the Daimyo Shield Crab that haunted the desert, and according to the textbooks in the academy, the minimum hunter level required to take the Daimyo Shield Crab was three. That is to say, the lowest hunter level of the Great Sword Hunter is also three, "Level three hunters, there are really few hunters from such a high-level field who come to the Lonely City to take on tasks." ”

"Oh, sir, you are only eligible for a hunter level 3 or higher, please show your hunter certificate." Miss Fu, who was in charge of the intermediate task, smiled and explained to the Great Sword Hunter.

"Hunters who want to take the level exam task, please come to me to sign up and receive the task." The other lady shouted in her hoarse voice, which was not loud, but could still be heard clearly by the hunters in the clubhouse.

Who told the hunter's five senses to be so good, but if the five senses are not good, how can he judge the monster's movements and how to act next in time?

Zoan shrugged his shoulders, maybe he really didn't have a fate with the outsider, so he walked to the young lady who was paid to take the task of promotion.