Chapter 1: The Road to the Hunter (I)
Eastern Continent, Kingdom of Nifol, Forest outside Lattice Town.
Mu Han felt that his lungs were about to explode, but he didn't dare to stop and rest for even a second, because the monster was still behind, and Mu Han could feel it.
"Damn, damn it, damn it! So many people are not enough for you to eat, why do you have to arrest me? Mu Han ran forward vigorously, but the speed was still uncontrollably and began to slow down, this forest he had followed his grandfather to collect medicine since he was a child, and for the first time he felt that this forest was so big. Mu Han began to regret following the hunter team into the depths of the forest, or maybe he shouldn't have forced them into the forest in the first place. "Stinky old man, where are you!" Mu Han is 17 years old, and for the first time in seventeen years, this is the first time he thinks about the grandfather who blows his beard and glares at him all day long.
Finally, Mu Han's body could no longer withstand such a high-intensity run, and he stumbled and fell forward heavily, if it wasn't for the fact that his spirit had been in a tense state, this fall might have fainted directly. Mu Han was so painful that he couldn't stand up for a while, so he could only struggle to climb towards the nearest big tree, and the whole person curled up behind the tree and gasped. Mu Han tried to level out his breathing, because the beasts nearby ran away the moment they sensed the monster behind them, and the legs and feet of the beasts were much faster, so at this moment the area was so quiet that Mu Han's panting became the biggest movement. This is an instinct of the beast, and when he feels the breath of a beast that is stronger than himself, he will never hesitate to run, not to mention that the monster following behind Mu Han is not a beast at all, but a [demon beast species]!
"You don't really have to die here, do you?" Mu Han thought to himself, although he knew that he should stay calm now, he still couldn't help but think nonsense.
"I'm still young, I haven't even touched a girl's hand."
"I still have a lot of places I want to go, I heard Grandma Zhang next door said that the royal capital is very prosperous, the roads are paved with silver, the houses are built with gold, even at night are brightly lit and the same as the day, in the summer, the young and beautiful girls in the royal capital will wear ultra-short skirts, short enough to see the buttocks...... I really want to go to the royal capital once. ”
"I heard that there are many people in this world who have some strange abilities, such as [Inspiration], and there are also people or monsters called [Alien Body]? Anyway, it's even more terrifying than the demon beast species, it is said that some of their strong people can move mountains and reclaim the sea with a single move, if they have such strength, they must roast and eat the beast behind them! ”
"It's all to blame on that stinky old man, who only taught me to collect and dispense medicine since I was a child, and he was obviously very good at physical skills, but he didn't teach me at all, even if he taught a little bit, he wouldn't be so embarrassed now, even if he couldn't beat that beast, it was still no problem to run."
“......”
The more he thought about it, the more Mu Han didn't want to die, he felt that there had been no movement behind him for some time, and he wondered if the demon beast species had given up on catching himself, so he tried to stand up with his back against the big tree. Mu Han looked around and found that it was already the outermost part of the forest, and he could escape from this forest after running for a while. "If I survive this time, I must find a girlfriend first, not to mention that there are many beautiful girls in the town; Then I went to the royal capital again, and it happened to be summer; When I come back from playing, let that stinky old man teach me physical skills, and it's best to awaken an inspiration or something. Mu Han secretly swore that he could be regarded as giving himself a desire to live.
Carefully poked his head out again and looked around, making sure that he didn't find the figure of the demon beast species, Mu Han took a deep breath and prepared to run. In fact, Mu Han was also gambling, betting that the demon beast species could run out of the forest before he found himself, because there were still no other beasts in the vicinity, and he didn't even see a bird, indicating that the demon beast species may still be around, but he has not found himself yet. However, Mu Han couldn't think about it so much, since that demon beast species could chase from the depths of the forest to the periphery of the forest, he could also find himself on the periphery of the forest for a while, and the longer he stayed here, the greater the chance of being caught.
"God forbid! God forbid! God forbid! Mu Han muttered while dragging his two sore legs and running towards the forest as fast as possible, he seemed to have seen the streets of the town outside the forest, just when Mu Han thought that he was saved, even the corners of his mouth had a joyful arc, a piercing wind suddenly exploded from behind Mu Han, and then a strong force smashed on Mu Han's back, smashing Mu Han's whole person more than ten meters away, and a mouthful of blood was also thrown in the air.
The sharp pain instantly spread all over Mu Han's body from behind, if it weren't for the fact that he had followed his grandfather to various difficult environments to collect medicine since he was a child, his physical fitness was much stronger than that of ordinary people, otherwise he would have to break at least a few bones this time, but even so, he didn't even have the strength to stand up now. "This beast ......" Mu Han finally understood that this demon beast species had been watching him from a nearby tree, and the reason why he didn't attack immediately was simply playing with himself!
The attack on Mu Han was a wolf-like demon beast, taller than an adult man, and its whole body was covered with brown-red hair, and its roots looked like sharp thorns glowing with cold light. The most eye-catching thing should be the two brown-red tentacles that grow on both sides of its body, and it is one of them that Mu Han smashed just now. After knocking Mu Han away, the demon beast species kept making some weird screams, as if they were laughing.
"I don't want to fucking die yet-" The blood blocked his throat and his voice was a little muddy, and the strong desire to survive made Mu Han endure the severe pain and crawl towards the forest little by little, he didn't know where the strength came from now, but he felt that he shouldn't die here, let alone die in the hands of this beast.
"Ahh
The blood in his throat was completely spurted out with a cry of pain. Mu Han couldn't even climb an inch away now, because one of the tentacles of the demon beast species had already pierced Mu Han's right shoulder and nailed him directly to the ground. The sharp pain again made Mu Han's whole person begin to twitch, the previous strong desire to win has been replaced by a deep sense of powerlessness, in the face of a demon beast species that had annihilated a hunter team not long ago, Mu Han completely saw that in the face of absolute power, the ethereal things of faith and will seemed so small......
After nailing Mu Han to the ground, another tentacle of the demon beast species slowly wrapped around Mu Han's neck. Mu Han could now also smell the sickening smell of blood on his tentacles, the blood of the members of the hunter squad before, and of course, his own blood now.
After the demon beast species wrapped its tentacles around Mu Han's neck, it did not directly strangle him to death, but slowly exerted its strength, more like torture. But Mu Han didn't care anymore, he now accepted his fate, but he felt that he had died too much, and he was actually tortured to death by a beast.
"Are you going to die......" The large amount of blood loss made Mu Han almost faint, and the strength on his neck had already made him breathless, and his vision was gradually blurred, but just when it was about to turn into darkness in front of him, a vague but familiar figure appeared at the end of his sight.
"Master...... Master ......" A hoarse voice squeezed out of his throat, and when he saw that figure, Mu Han seemed to be burning with the flame of survival again, and grinned hard. He knew that his grandfather was very strong, so strong that even if he might die in the next second, he still firmly believed that he was saved.
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Kingdom of Nifur, Lunhua City.
Lunhua City is a high-ranking city located in the southeast of the Kingdom of Nifur and the third largest city in the kingdom, but the development of this city is different from other cities in the kingdom, because its development can be said to be completely dependent on one profession - hunter, and Lunhua City is also the only city in the entire kingdom with four hunter guilds.
The hunter here does not refer to the people who only hunt some birds and beasts in the mountains and wilderness, the target of their hunting is mainly extremely dangerous beasts and even demon beasts, and it is a profession that obtains remuneration by completing the commission of the client, of course, the commission is not necessarily hunting, it may also be to escort the transport team or just help to get a thing, but no matter what kind of commission, they will basically have one thing in common, that is, it is full of certain dangers, so the hunter can be said to be a profession that gambles with life. Because of its danger, even if the hunter profession is very rich, few people are willing to engage in it, after all, no one can guarantee that a commission will not put their lives into it, and it is precisely this that makes Lunhua City, a city where hunters are the main profession, unique.
The Hunter's Guild is a place where hunters accept commissions and supply equipment, but because there are relatively few people engaged in the hunter profession, the number of hunter guilds will not be large, most cities will only have one at most, and even some smaller low-level towns will not have one, so a city with four hunter guilds like Lunhua City can be said to be unique in the entire continent.
There are three main types of hunters who accept commissions in the Hunter's Guild: Part-time Hunters, Freelance Hunters, and Guild Hunters. Part-time hunters are those who do not have a hunter as their main occupation, they may have a different status or just travel to earn a small amount of extra money by completing some simple commissions, these people need to pay a part of the deposit when accepting commissions in the guild, and the guild will charge 15% of the remuneration as a labor fee after completing the commission; Freelance hunters refer to those who have completed the hunter registration task in any guild and successfully registered as a hunter as their main profession, they only need to pay a small deposit when accepting the commission in any guild, and the labor fee paid to the guild after completing the commission will also be reduced to 10% of the remuneration; As for the guild hunters, they are completely hunters trained by the guild itself, belonging to a member of the guild, and the commissions they accept are assigned by the guild to which they belong, and the remuneration is also settled by the guild at the end of the month, of course, if they accept commissions in other guilds, they are treated as free hunters.
The Hunter Guild is the most powerful of the four Hunter Guilds in Lunhua City, and from the moment it opens every morning, it is crowded with all kinds of people all the time, including clients seeking help, hunters accepting commissions, and hunters passing through this place who need to rest or equip and replenish, and the daily flow of people here is almost catching up with the other three guilds combined. The president who can manage such a hunter guild can naturally be called the man of the year in this city, but at this moment, this man of the year is looking at the old man sitting in front of him with a look of embarrassment in the guild's office on the third floor of the guild.
"Uncle Mu, it stands to reason that I will rush to your face, don't say that Xiao Han is your own grandson, even if it is an irrelevant person, our guild will definitely accept it, and the treatment will definitely not be bad, but you ask to directly let Xiao Han become the guild hunter of our guild, this is a bit ......" President Luo Binbin said with some embarrassment, "It's not that it can't be done, the main thing is that you also know the danger of the hunter's job, and although Xiao Han's physical condition is good, after all, he doesn't have any actual combat experience, and he hasn't awakened his inspiration, and you haven't taught him a little bit of physical skills, It's really inappropriate to make him a guild hunter directly. ”
"What's wrong? If you have more actual combat experience, you will have it after a few actual battles; And inspiration, aren't you kid awakened; As for physical skills, just let Qi Yue's child teach him. The old man leisurely took a sip of the tea in front of him and said rather carelessly.
"That's okay, even if these are all right, but the hunter assessment you arranged for Xiao Han is to hunt a 'Xunhong' and not allow Xiaoxue and Qiyue to help him, this is a little difficult, didn't Xiao Han just be seriously injured by a Xunhong two days ago, isn't he still in a coma now."
"I know, so I asked you to wait for half a month after that kid's injury is almost healed, and then let Qi Yue and Xiaoxue go over to find him."
"No, I mean it's too dangerous to let Xiao Han hunt a demon beast species alone, not to mention that the injury can't heal in half a month, seriously, I'm a little unsure now whether you want him to pass the assessment or not."
"Hmph, my Mu Ze's grandson can't eat it, just forget it, what should be begged must be returned!" The old man suddenly sat up straight, sweeping away his previous leisurely and casual appearance, "Otherwise, why would I let Xiaoxue's girl follow, just to find that beast with the help of her [heart]." ”
Luo Binbin wanted to say something more, but the old man had already stood up and waved his hand at him. "Don't say anything superfluous, just do what I say, if that kid doesn't pass the assessment, you can only blame him for not being capable." As soon as the words fell, the old man left the office without looking back.
After the old man left, Luo Binbin had been sitting on the chair a little overwhelmed, but he was almost used to it, because every time the old man came to him, he would make him, the leader of the First Hunter Guild in Lunhua City, overwhelmed.
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Mu Han was already in his room when he woke up from his coma. The fragrance emitted from the incense burner made Mu Han sober up a lot, and he knew that it was the fragrance of the heart grass when he smelled it after learning to collect medicine with his grandfather for so long, but in addition to that, he seemed to smell a ...... Cumin flavor?
"Damn, boss, you're finally awake!" Before Mu Han could react, a greasy face had already been pasted. "Dead fatty, stay away from me, don't rub your mouth of oil on my face." Mu Han subconsciously pushed away the big face, and when he smelled the smell of cumin, Mu Han basically thought of Wang Qiu, the fat man. To be honest, every time I think of the name Wang Qiu, Mu Han will feel that the fat man's parents are really talented, because Wang Qiu is one meter six tall and weighs one hundred and six, which is simply a ball.
"Boss, you make me feel so cold, I've been guarding you here for two days." Pushed away by Mu Han, Wang Qiu said with a face full of grievances, and also took a bite of the roast leg of lamb in his hand with an equally aggrieved face.
Mu Han sat up straight, took a sip of the water that Wang Qiu had prepared in advance, looked at him with a puzzled face, and said, "You guarded me for two days?" Stinky old ...... What about Grandpa? "Grandpa brought you back from the forest, cleaned your wounds and left, let me stay here and take care of you." Wang Qiu replied, "But Grandpa said that he would leave for about three days, and he should be back tomorrow." ”
Mu Han shrugged his shoulders and said that he didn't care about this, because since Mu Han was a child, his grandfather often disappeared inexplicably for a few days, and then handed Mu Han over to the next-door neighbor to help take care of it. Looking at Wang Qiu, who also didn't care about this and only poured out his love and roasted lamb leg in his hand, Mu Han didn't understand why his grandfather asked him to take care of himself, if something really happened in the past two days, would he still expect this fat man to use roast lamb leg to save himself? Thinking about it, looking at the roast leg of mutton in Wang Qiu's hand, Mu Han was also a little hungry, licked his lips, and asked, "Is there still a roast leg of mutton, I'm hungry." ”
"Ha, I knew that you would be hungry when you woke up, boss, so I left one for you in the pot, wait, I'll go and heat it up for you." Wang Qiu raised his eyebrows a little proudly, and after speaking, he twisted his fat ass and walked out of the room. Looking at the big meat ball that was twisted out of the room, Mu Han was a little moved, because he really didn't expect Wang Qiu to leave a roast leg of lamb for himself......
Mu Ze came back early the next morning, cleaned up casually and began to change Mu Han's dressing. "What happened to that demon beast species?" Mu Han asked as he lay on the bed naked. Mu Ze changed Mu Han with the last pair of medicine before he spit out two words lightly, "Run." ”
"Ran away? That beast killed so many people, why did you let it run? Mu Ze's answer was obviously not what Mu Han wanted to hear, so he turned his head anxiously and asked, but accidentally pulled the wound, and Mu Han, who was in pain, grinned for a while.
"Hmph, those people don't want to kill that beast, how can they die." Mu Ze snorted coldly, "You are lucky to have met a demon beast species that likes to torture prey, if you encounter another demon beast species and swallow you directly, I won't even have time to save you." ”
Mu Han wanted to refute but knew that he was unreasonable, the target of that group of people was indeed the demon beast species, but that group of people obviously underestimated the strength of the demon beast species or overestimated their own strength.
In fact, the group of people first came to the pharmacy to find Mu Ze, hoping that Mu Ze could join their hunter team as their accompanying medical staff, but Mu Ze happened to be not in the town at the time, and Mu Han had been interested in the hunter profession since he was a child, so he recommended himself, and the group of people seemed to be in a hurry, so they reluctantly agreed. In fact, even if Mu Ze was in the town at that time, the group of people couldn't be invited, although Mu Ze often brought all kinds of people into the forest, but never brought people into the depths of the forest, even if Mu Han had never been brought before, although Mu Ze was familiar with the entire forest, and even knew the living habits of some demon beast species in the depths of the forest, but he had never made an exception for so many years, so many people in the town guessed that Mu Ze was an excellent hunter when he was young, but he almost died at the hands of the demon beast species, so he didn't dare to enter the depths of the forest again, but only Mu Han knew, Moze would sometimes go into the depths of the forest alone, as some of the herbs on the counter were not visible from the periphery of the forest.