"Old shopkeeper, nothing will happen to the hunting team, right?"

"What nonsense! Preparing trauma medicine is an important preparation for the hunting team before the expedition, but this year is a little earlier than before, so the preparation is a little late. ”

"Okay...... Then I accept it. Natsuki nodded.

Looking at the appearance of the shopkeeper, it should be fine, after all, the hunting team is related to the town's food reserves in winter, and if something goes wrong, it will starve to death this winter.

After Xia Mu left, the old shopkeeper closed the medicine hall and came to the backyard, where a man wrapped in gauze on his chest was lying in the sun in the courtyard.

"How did you get out? Hurry back to the house, you can't see the wind in this injury. ”

"Uncle, I'm fine, it's just that I was touched by a demon beast, you know, if my muscles and bones don't stretch a little, he will be uncomfortable and panicked."

"Touch? Do you call this a touch? It's almost stabbed, what are you pretending to be here, hurry up and go back to the house for me. ”

"Okay! Listen to you, who made me a patient. But uncle, you must be cured as soon as possible, and you can't miss the day when the hunting party departs. ”

"It's good that you can save your life like this, and you still want to hunt?"

Li Qiang was anxious all of a sudden, "You didn't say that at the beginning, and you don't know that this year's weather is cold fast, and the hundreds of acres of rice have also failed, if you can't make up enough food, you will have to starve to death this winter." ”

"I see! What are you yelling about! Just now, I asked my disciple to collect medicine for you. ”

"It's Brother Xia's son, I didn't expect to grow so big, is it reliable?"

The shopkeeper gave him a blank look, "Don't worry, it's much more reliable than you." But what's the matter with your injury? When did there ever be such a powerful monster around the village? ”

"I don't know, it seems to be from the swamp, you know, it's already freezing over there, and the pig demon may not be able to find food before wandering around our town."

"It's a scourge."

"Last time I stabbed him in one eye, he ran to the other side of the mountain, and he didn't dare to come back for a while."

"I don't know why, I've been a little restless lately, and the weirdos that Xiao Mu met in Birdyu haven't been investigated until now."

"With the blessing of our ancestors, our estuary will be able to survive all disasters safely."

"Ancestors bless."

……

Xia Mu ran half the town, and received the task of collecting bat skins from Aunt Li, a clothing store. Seeing that the cold of the morning had subsided, he picked up his long sword and prepared to set off.

It seems that seeing his brother go out hunting for the first time, Xia Xiaocao reluctantly hugged his brother's thigh.

Xia Mu was moved: "Okay, I'll be back in the evening, you take care of your father at home." ”

"Brother, don't forget to bring me cookies, it's the kind of delicious thing last time."

Xia Mu: "......" is such a greedy sister, whoever wants it will take it away

Bat Mountain is in the northwest of the town, and on the other side of the mountain is a swamp, there is only such a swamp, and the people of the town are too lazy to name it, so they call it the big swamp, because this swamp is really big, so that the people in the town don't know how big he is, although it sounds funny, but it is true.

After getting close to the bat mountain, the mosquitoes around gradually increased. These little creatures that thrive on the swamp will instinctively seek out fresh blood after the larval stage. They will form large armies, and the amount that obscures the sky and the sun will make his scalp tingle.

But there are their natural predators in the bat mountains - bats.

The reason why it is called Bat Mountain is named after this creature, although they are ugly, have a violent temperament, like to attack people and other animals, and have very little meat...... But they can catch mosquitoes, and they are very good at catching them. It is precisely by relying on the army of bats in Bat Mountain, which eats countless mosquitoes every year, that the creatures in Hekou Town and even east of Bat Mountain can survive the summer and autumn seasons safely.

As soon as Xia Mu walked up the mountain, he saw a group of bats hanging upside down on a poplar tree, like a piece of black leaves, which was spectacular.

These are stinging mosquito bats, and although they are petite, they are the sharpest killers against mosquitoes. And this bat was not the target of his mission, Natsuki gently walked around.

Natsuki saw all kinds of bats along the way, and the number of them was terrifying, but his target, the big-eyed ghost bat, was nowhere to be found. He had no choice but to keep climbing.

After a few laps in the mountains, Natsuki finally lost his patience.

[Turn on automatic pathfinding!] 】

After a ding, one of the copper leaves in his pocket was missing, and at the same time, a golden arrow appeared on the ground, and after following the arrow for a while, Xia Mu came to a crack in the mountain that was four or five meters wide.

A mountain breeze mixed with the smell of blood only rushed to the nose.

Then Natsuki saw a man-sized bat with two wings flying in through the gap, clutching a mosquito bat in its claws. That's right, the recipe for the big-eyed ghost bat includes other bats.

In a flash, Natsuki used the identification technique.

[Big-eyed ghost bat: low-level demon beast, comprehensive evaluation: F. 】

The level of identification is still low, so the information given is very limited, but the big-eyed ghost bat is a whole level lower than the horned lizard. This relieved Natsuki a lot, so he boldly walked into the crack in the mountain.

The ghost bats hang on the cliffs on both sides, and they are five or six meters above the ground, and the cliffs are steep and slippery, making it difficult for humans and beasts to tread.

"Good thing I have this." Natsuki took something out of his backpack, the tongue tendon of the horned lizard. Although the gathering technique only collected one thing from the carcass of an entire horned lizard. But now it seems to be worth it.

Xia Mu is soft and lying in his hand, but as long as the internal force is injected, the tongue tendons will be shot out like cannonballs, and the muscles on the tip of the tongue will suddenly tighten when they touch the ghost bat, and the tiny flesh lines will hold a piece of skin tightly. Natsuki pulled suddenly, and a ghost bat that was immersed in a sweet dream was dragged in front of Natsuki, and then stabbed through by a sharp sword.

The ghost bat didn't realize what was happening until it died.

[Kill the big-eyed ghost bat, reward chivalry value +4, reward a lollipop]

[Lollipop: replenish energy and restore a little physical strength. 】

Although lollipops are far inferior to biscuits in terms of effect, the moment the sugar melts in his mouth, Natsuki, who has not eaten sugar for fifteen years, can't help but cry.

"I'm so happy......"

For the first time, I felt that this system was so successful, and I shouldn't have complained at the time, 'It's an ancient chivalrous game, why there are always some props that destroy the style'.

After eating the lollipop, feeling the strength of his whole body surge, Natsuki looked at the big-eyed ghost bat hanging on the cliff. The eyes glow eagerly.

"You're all my lollipops!"

Of course, Natsuki didn't forget to get down to business, and used the gathering technique on the bat.

[Collected successfully!] You harvest a portion of bat blood. Bat skin acquisition failed! 】

"Bai Xiaosheng, if I continue to collect like this, won't I only be able to obtain bat blood?"

[The highest priority of the target obtained by the collection technique is the character's personal will, the task needs and the most essential parts of the target, the collection process will cause loss to other parts, and the lack of loss will fail to obtain.] 】

"That means if I keep meditating on the bat's claws in my mind, the claws will be collected first, and then the bat blood or bat skin?"

[Yes.] 】

After figuring out some of the functions of the collection technique, Natsuki became more handy.

The dying cry of the big-eyed ghost bat alarmed the surrounding bats, and they flew down from the cliff and soon spotted Natsuki, the intruder.

This ferocious monster beast usually feeds on other animals and even bats, so seeing that Natsuki was completely an appetizer delivered to the door at that time, I didn't think he would have many teeth.

The attack method of these bats is very simple, that is, the flying dragon riding face. In a way, it is quite effective, because these guys are very agile and don't hit rock walls or the same kind in tight mountain crevices.

Natsuki's swordsmanship is sparse, it is difficult to stab the dodge of the quickly filled bat, and he also has the feeling of hitting mosquitoes with cannonballs with the powerful Vajra palm, and after piercing a big-eyed ghost bat at the cost of three more blood marks on his face, he decisively escaped.

The main thing is that the cost is too high.