"So... Fellows of the fifth phase of the investigation team, the time is almost up, just say goodbye, as long as you get on this ship, you can't turn back. ”

"If you have lost your consciousness, I advise you to turn back here."

"Now, then, set sail for the New World!"

Facing the scorching sun, the people gathered together stepped on firm steps and disappeared outside the gate of the Hunter Guild, and the majestic male voice was still stirring in the hall of the guild:

“…… May the blue star that guides the way shine for you! ”

···

Under the silent night sky, dozens of three-masted ships floated side by side on the boundless sea, rising and falling with the waves, riding the wind and waves in the direction of the moonlight.

Where the waves meet the hull plates, there seems to be a kraken whispering, and the sea breeze blows the sails, pushing the ship towards the distant star, and a slender figure stands quietly under the starlight.

It was the figure of a tall man, leaning on the railing on the deck, looking up at the white moon beyond the sky, his eyes flowing with inexplicable waves.

The man was dressed in brown hunter-style leather armor, and the bulging muscles of the close-fitting armor were not obvious, but the streamlined lines were full of explosive power; At his waist was a short dagger that shimmered with cold light, a sharp dagger sharpened from the boar king's teeth that could cut through the scale armor of large monsters.

He just stood straight like this, but it was like a mountain peak, and nothing could knock him down.

"Senior······

Hearing the crisp voice of the girl not far behind him, he sighed softly.

"Is there anything wrong, Alyssa?"

The man turned, and the moonlight struck behind him, and the shadow covered his face, foggy. He lifted his face slightly, revealing half of his side face illuminated by the refraction of the high beam, and a hideous scar destroyed his delicate temperament.

The deep gaze and the moonlight shone on the girl's soft face.

The girl named Alyssa had a pair of starry eyes floating and quietly stared at the man, without blinking her eyes.

In the face of this spiritual and ignorant gaze, the man was defeated without surprise, just as when they first met, he was defeated under this gaze, and became the girl's mentor on this ocean-going ship without any suspense.

Hunting skills, knowledge of monsters, collection of field materials······ During the voyage for more than half a month, almost all the skills on the man's body have been hollowed out!

"It's not even a trainee hunter······ Those who can enter the recommendation group really can't be generalized with others. ”

They are hunters, a group of hunters who follow in the footsteps of the "ancient dragon" on an ocean voyage.

The hunter profession represents the concept of being the guardian of the civilization of the humanoid race, who rose among the humans or dragonmen in the dark ages, protected their fellow citizens, and used their knowledge to hunt down large monsters that were raging and allowed human civilization to continue.

Hunters are also pioneers, who continue to explore the wilderness, providing a steady stream of help for the expansion of the human kingdom and the hunters' guild.

This voyage to the New World was a pioneering operation.

The man looked away, not daring to look directly at the girl's pure face as holy light: "Alyssa, your knowledge is enough, the rest is the process of improving yourself through actual combat, you don't have to come to me again······"

Before she finished speaking, the girl in front of her changed color, her big blue eyes stared at the man's eyes, her cheeks bulged cutely, and her short pale blonde hair became fluffy under the blessing of her aura, and the whole person was like a life-size doll, which made people can't help but want to poke it.

"Uh-huh~" The man put his hands behind his back, coughed unnaturally dryly, and his tone was a little stiff, "What, you know I won't lie to you, right······"

The man touched his nose with some confidence.

"Humph! Seniors deceive! Sardin has told me all that Fichte is very capable of 'Wind Absolute 'Wind', and I must learn from your predecessors' ······" Alyssa said aloud, and a name popped out of her mouth.

"What?! Saltin, that guy! Fichte turned his head in anger and looked at the barrel beside him in the corner of the deck, where there should have been a black-covered "old salted fish" cat, but now, of course, there was nothing.

"Where did this guy go······ I'm going to get him back and give me an explanation! You don't move here yet, I'll go back to ......" Fichte didn't wait for the girl to react, pulled out her long legs and ran into the cabin, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Alyssa stood in place in a daze, her big eyes blinking and blinking, and the unfinished words were blocked in her mouth, stunned and a little cute.

She rubbed her eyes and quickly reacted that the senior ran away without waiting for her to finish!!

"Damn!" Alyssa stomped her feet, a little frustrated, but quickly encouraged herself again, "I will definitely learn from my predecessors and become a powerful monster hunter!" ”

"Father, Mother, Elder······ You'll be so proud of me! ”

Then, the girl regained her vigor and turned and ran towards the cabin where her predecessor had disappeared.

The hall of the cabin is usually filled with many members of the 5th Regiment. In the darkest hours before dawn, most hunters wake up under the influence of their biological clocks and gather in the hall for their daily interactions.

Exchanges such as these are often used to count the hunters' harvest at sea, and also serve as a way to exchange experiences, deepen team friendships and bond with partners.

Of course, budding newcomers like Alyssa are rarely attended.

Because trainee hunters like her don't have the ability to hunt monsters yet, and the knowledge exchanged by hunters is too profound for them to understand, even if they listen to it, they can't understand it, so it's better to read more books and learn the basics.

At most, these trainee hunters can only follow the official hunters, helping Elu with their hands and logistics.

Elu Cat is a unique orc species in this world that looks similar to cats, loves peace and human civilization, loves hunting, but because of its own overall strength limitations, it is more likely to become a partner and assistant of human or dragon hunters, assisting in hunting or other matters.

Sardin is an Elu cat.

And it is a young hunting cat who is quite famous in the hunter world, and of course it is indispensable to the credit of his partner Fichte, or rather, the first reaction of people to Saldin is, "Oh, the retinue that followed Fichte 'Windless'!" ”

Saldin is proud of this, after all, not every young Elu cat can be as lucky as him, meet a strong partner and an elite team, and not every Elu cat can have the same amazing growth talent as him, can hunt powerful monsters and obtain rich rewards and fame.

The vast majority of teenage Ailu cats are registered with the Hunters' Guild and assigned their own partners, who train and hunt together, and of course most of them are therapeutic and "cat carts", that is, emergency rescue of partners. Usually it takes them a decade or even more before they can really grow up and become qualified hunters and make a name for themselves in the kingdom.

Of course, most of them can't wait, they will lose their partner, and then spend the rest of their lives as an obscure general staff member in the Hunters' Guild, managing the turned in material for the guild and the hunters, unless a newcomer is willing to re-choose him as a partner.

Or even encounter monsters far superior to themselves in the hunt, and then die in obscurity, becoming a line in a record book, or "missing person".

Saldin's cat's paw pulled a wooden wine glass, almost half the size of his body, filled with bubbling yellow beer.

Around Saldin was a circle of its "fans and sisters", boasting over and over again about it and Fichte's "legend".

"I think everyone was very impressed by the extremely dangerous female fire dragon that appeared in the forest north of East Doruma just two years ago, right? At that time, our team received the news and immediately ······"

Just when Sardin's head was bubbling with wine, and his tongue was about to start the next long story, a big hand carried the back of its neck and lifted it easily, its weight of sixty or seventy pounds and a leather armor, in that big hand it was like a small matsutake cake, and it could be easily picked up without any effort.

"Which guy dared to catch Uncle Ben!" Sardin's fangs and claws punched and kicked, but not a single inch fell into the big hand.

And the Ailu cats, who were originally surrounded by a circle of various colors, parted a road at some point, and saluted neatly, with the light of "bling" and "bling" flashing in the cat's eyes, just like the little girl chasing the stars saw the male god idol that she had been pursuing, and she was so excited that she couldn't speak.

With his palm in his hand, he slipped Saldin in a large circle and stopped in front of a scarred face.

“······ Uh, Fei, Lord Fichte, why are you here~" Sardin's cat face was stunned for a moment, and then let out a flattering laugh.

Fichte couldn't help but snort and glared at him angrily, "I'll settle accounts with you later!" ”

He turned to look at the group of cats around him with sparkling eyes, and smiled brightly: "I'm sorry, I have something to do with Saltin, let him talk to you next time!" ”

Then, in the farewell of the cats, he disappeared into the corner of the cabin hall in a little embarrassment.

······

"Fichte senpai! Saldin!······ Eh, what about people? ”

In the crew quarters area, Elisa pushed open the door of Fichte's room in a hurry, thinking that she could see the combination of the two of them at a glance, but she didn't expect that the two "dead houses" were not hiding in their rooms.

"That's right! Sardin loves storytelling the most, so he must be telling stories to his followers in the hall right now! ”

Retinue is a common name used by hunters for assistant hunters such as Elu Cats.

Doing what comes to mind is Alyssa's consistent style.

Since it is possible for them to attend a party in the hall, then go to the hall to find them yourself!

With small steps, Alyssa walked out of Fichte's room and towards the hall.

And in the direction of the other cabin passage, at the very moment when Alyssa had just disappeared around the corner, two hairy heads, one large and one small, poked out of the corner.

Fichte brushed the fluffy black hair on the top of his head, and said distressedly: "What should I do, let Alyssa go on like this, I really won't have a drop left······"

Saldin hung in Fichte's hand, and the old god said, "What are you afraid of, really, isn't it just that you will learn your housekeeping skills, and teach her well." ”

"You know what!" Fichte glared at him, and flicked his hand in the air with the hair on the back of his neck, "Anyway, if you hadn't told her about my weakness of eating soft and not hard······"

Fichte angrily rubbed the cat ball in his hand.

"Meow - Fichte abuses cats~!"

There was a strange cat meow in pain and sourness in the room of one man and one cat.