Meco poked his head out of the corner of the deck. It's been a while since the airship landed, and after the initial preparations, only a handful of sand scorpions were left on the roof of the ship to patrol and sweep, and it looked extremely deserted. Seeing that there was no one around, Meralu finally let out a long sigh of relief. He fumbled in his backpack for a while, twisted out a wilted red blade of grass, and put it on the tip of his nose to sniff to his heart's content. Mu Tianzhi was snatched back from the cat's hand when Ai Lu was attacked at the supply station, and now that the fierce female Ai Lu is finally gone, she has been hungry for a few days, and finally has a chance to enjoy it.

"Hah! I've got you! Before Eru could open her mouth to put the blade of grass in her mouth, a girl's voice suddenly sounded behind her. The expression of enjoyment on Meco's face immediately turned into panic, his hands trembled, and the leaves of Mu Tian were crushed with a few "clicks", and the powder drifted out of the side of the ship with the breeze from the top of the boat. Little Eru opened her palm again, and only a pitiful dry hard leaf stalk remained in the palm of her hand.

"It's you......" Seeing the appearance of the person who came, the corners of Merco's mouth drooped, "Scared me, how did you get up?" ”

Xiao Qing'er squatted down and looked at Mei Ke who was caught proudly. She smiled and poked little Ailu's face: "How is it, didn't expect it?" I'll tell you, if I tried to sneak, the footsteps would be so weak that even Ai Lu wouldn't even notice it. ”

Merco took a step back to the side of the ship, held the straw stalk behind him, lowered his head deeply, and said to himself, "I'm just careless." ”

"Hey! What's that look on your face? I'm serious! The female fluteer pursed her mouth and boasted a little angrily, "Before I even entered the training camp, I followed a high-ranking hunter. It was a powerful and famous guy in Jinyu City back then, and I chased him from the union hall all the way to the door of my house, and he didn't find out. ”

"Hey, that's already harassment, isn't it?" Mela Lu said helplessly, but she made a big gesture respectfully, quietly raised her head, and her eyes flashed with crystals: "I'll just say, Miss Qing'er is the best!" "But please, don't tell anyone about this here!" Especially the hosts—"

Mei Ke thought for a moment, and then added: "And the head of the regiment and the Ailu beside her, that female cat always looks at me unpleasantly, if she knows, I don't want to stay on this airship." ”

"Huh? I didn't say I was going to tell anyone, did I? Zuo Qing tilted his head, "Besides, your shift has just passed, as long as you don't get too drunk, the seniors won't be too harsh, right?" ”

Hearing the little girl's answer, Meralu's trembling hair slowly fell back to her body. He reluctantly licked the last scraps of grass from his flesh and took a few heavy breaths. The bitter taste of Mu Tianlian drove away all the fatigue of the past few days, and a faint mist suddenly appeared in Ailu's eyes, and she said vaguely, "By the way, why did you come to the deck too?" Didn't the regiment commander say that you should be on standby in the cabin for the time being? ”

"There's nothing to do in the cabin, the watchtower is already full, and the seniors of the sand scorpion won't let me help in other places, so I can only come to the deck to see what's fun." The huntress unconsciously rubbed Meralu's head, and Mercolu's ears outside the helmet took shape under the girl's fingers.

The Hunting Regiment's airship rests in the ruins of a flat terrain, and the hull is covered by tall building brick walls, and the position is relatively hidden. The power furnace had not been completely extinguished, and the main propeller was still spinning at a very slow speed, which was convenient for the airship's temporary reaction. The exploration team agreed to return to the ship before dark, and now that the companions had been out for two or three hours, it would take about the same amount of time to get back if they didn't find anything.

For such a long time, the little girl had to do nothing on the airship, and the predecessors of the hunting group may have been accustomed to this, but the flute player who first entered the hunting ground was already overgrown with weeds in his heart.

The girl sat down on a crate nearby, her legs dangling in the air and kicking boredly: "I just can't figure it out." I finally came to the Little Hunting Group and met the seniors who were only one year older than me, but they already had so many legendary experiences. Sometimes I feel as if I don't belong here. ”

"Ah......" Xiao Zuoqing's feet were together, and he subconsciously covered his mouth, just what he thought in his heart, but he said it unintentionally. The girl looked at Melalu, who was learning to sit beside her, and quickly explained: "I don't have any dissatisfaction with the little hunting group, everyone here is very strong and cares about me." It's just that whenever there is a commission or danger, I can't always participate in the front-line battle. ”

"You probably don't know, the unicorn on the volcano didn't even attack me, and after returning to the border town, the regimental commander asked the rescue Ailu to check me up and down, as if I was dying." The huntress recalled the scene in the border town, and her face was full of embarrassment, and then she sighed in disappointment, "The meaning of the existence of the hunting flute is to support the entire team, if I have been hiding in the rear, what is the meaning of my existence?" Have you been a drag oil bottle for the little hunting group? Meco, tell me, did the seniors think I'm too weak, that's why I arranged it like this? ”

"Ah...... Huh? Suddenly hearing her name, little Elu's eyes became clearer. Before the effect of Mu Tianli's medicine had passed, Melalu's body was shaking drunkenly and hazy, he shook his head, tried to straighten his tongue and said: "I came to the small hunting group much later than you, how do they arrange it, and where is my evaluation?" ”

"But—" Seeing the girl's face sink, Mei Ke hurriedly added, "I envy you." ”

"Why?"

Melalu kicked the drunken out of her body, jumped down from the box, and stood facing the little fluteer: "Before signing the contract with the current master, I had been making short commissions near Golden Feather City. Those freelance hunters only think of hiring us when their team is short on manpower and they don't want to be paid equally. ”

"Our name is Ailu, but the work in the hunting ground is much stronger than that of hunters of the same level. If it's a gathering commission, most of the time it's just us who does the work, and the hunter just waits for someone to count and sign it. In case of danger, Eru will be ordered to go up as soon as possible, and if she protests, she will be cross-examined, "Eru and her family are all unbeatable guys, what if we block a few rounds of attacks for us." ”

"How so?" Xiao Zuoqing clenched the corners of her clothes, "Humans and Ailu's followers...... Shouldn't it be a companion on the hunting ground? ”

"They hold our honorarium, and they have the power to write the commission, and the contract was not equal from the beginning." The effects of Mu Tianli's medicine came and went quickly, Mei Ke shrugged her shoulders and said weakly, "What's more, there are always some hunters, they never treat us as companions, and that's the main reason why they always send Ai Lu to do dangerous work. ”

"Miss Qing'er, everyone in the Little Hunting Group is not doing this because they think you are weak, but because they are treating you as a real companion." Ailu said solemnly, "If any of the hunting groups really does what you want, they will hand over the most tiring and dangerous work to you. Believe me, you'll hate them as much as I once did. ”

The female flute's eyebrows slowly spread, and she nodded lightly, "Is that so?" But I still want to help. ”

"In such a hunting group, you will always have a chance to prove yourself, which is why I must come to the small hunting group." Xiao Mei Ke smiled, her eyes narrowed pleasantly, "It's so calm in the hunting ground now, even if you want to fight, you don't have a chance, why don't you do something else...... Do you know that I'm from the Meralou clan, and what we are best at? ”

"What?" Xiao Zuoqing tilted his head and said inexplicably, "I just know that the reputation of the Meralu clan ...... None of that seems to be good. ”

"That's because humans and the rest of the Elu are afraid of us—" The black Elu grinned, a palm of flesh flickering in front of the girl's eyes, and the silver claws flicked up. The orc's fleshy palm shook into an afterimage in front of Zuo Qing's eyes, and when he stopped again, there was already a small dark brown cloth bag in his hand. Little Ailu put the cloth bag in her hand and weighed it, and said mysteriously, "If we want, we can turn anything into a sacrifice under the cat god statue." ”

"That's my sachet?" Xiao Zuoqing blinked vigorously, and touched his waist with his backhand, and there was really one thing missing from his back waist. The hunter's prop pouches are all locked to the hunting suit, and the girl's eyes have been on Elu's body since she was just now, but she is unaware of the timing of his attack, "When did you ......"

"It's just the basic tactics of the Meraru clan, and what's even more interesting is that you don't even know what you've lost-" Merco triumphantly opened the medicine pouch, and his flesh fumbled in one of them, only to grab a golden flashbang.

The huntress felt for her throwing prop in her sac, but with a low cry, she pulled out several bottles of recovery and antidote. Xiao Qing'er opened her mouth wide to take back the cloth bag handed over by Mei Ke, and patted her hands vigorously: "Wow! It's amazing! ”

"I could do more!" Looking at the little girl's adoring eyes, Meralo was also a little fluttery, and the orc's tail shook incessantly, and he pulled it into his backpack and took out a thin booklet. The book is wrapped in a roll of beige soft animal skin, which seems to be something that the owner cherishes extraordinarily.

"That's my score! Give it back to me! Xiao Zuoqing exclaimed, stood up with a "poof", and stretched out his hand to step forward to snatch it away. Elu's figure was agile, and as soon as she stepped sideways, she dodged the girl's grasp. The little flutist was about to open his mouth to scold, but he felt a warmth in front of him, and the notebook had been stuffed back into his arms at some point.

"Next time, remember to hide in a more secret place—" Meko put her fingers together and playfully made a gesture of Paru's fear of thunder. The orc only felt that his body was light, but he was lifted upside down by Xiao Qing'er's back of the hunting suit. Meralu's eyes swirled, and when she came back to her senses, she had been held by the girl's arm in one hand, hanging in the air like an execution.

"Say! Did you just sneak a peek at the contents? The female flute asked shyly and angrily.

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"Is it really okay to let Mei Ke come and go as he pleases on the boat?" On the other side of the deck, Nie Xiaoyang leaned against the railing of the airship, snorted at Qing'er and Mela Lunu, who were fighting, and said to Feng Manyun beside him.

"That kid has a lot of problems, but his nature is not bad." The white-clothed hunter looked into the distance of the ruins, the Emerald Tower had never been so close as it was today, and the quaint tower covered with vines seemed to be within reach of the young man. After a few days of getting along, Xiao Mei Ke finally revealed her true age to her master. According to human standards, orcs are younger than Feng Manyun, and they are about the same age as Qing'er, but the growth speed and learning ability of the Ailu clan cannot be compared with humans, "If I have the opportunity to get along with everyone, I would also like to see him give up his previous inferiority as soon as possible." ”

"It's enough for that guy to have you alone to worry about." The tall hunter tilted his head back overboard, his eyes reflecting an upside-down ruin hunting ground, "It's you, I always feel that you haven't had any energy since the beginning of this commission. ”

"I ...... Have it? Feng Manyun retracted his gaze from afar and looked at the face of the double knife hand, as if he wanted to get an answer from his companion's face.

"Of course, when the airship landed, I thought you would fight the bear for a chance to go out and explore." Xiao Yang pouted and said, "I really can't get used to that guy's complacent appearance." ”

The white-clothed hunter said indifferently: "This is the order of the regiment commander, not to mention that it is just an ordinary exploration, there is nothing to fight for." ”

"It's not like a guy who's taken fifty consecutive beheadings in two years can say." The two knives slapped their palms heavily on their companion's shoulders.

"If I have the opportunity to get along with everyone, I would also like to see him give up his former bad qualities as soon as possible."

"It's enough for that guy to have you alone to worry about." The tall hunter tilted his head back overboard, his eyes reflecting an upside-down ruin hunting ground, "It's you, I always feel that you haven't had any energy since the beginning of this commission. ”

"I ...... Have it? Feng Manyun retracted his gaze from afar and looked at the face of the double knife hand, as if he wanted to get an answer from his companion's face.

"Of course, when the airship landed, I thought you would fight the bear for a chance to go out and explore." Xiao Yang pouted and said, "I really can't get used to that guy's complacent appearance." ”

The white-clothed hunter said indifferently: "This is the order of the regiment commander, not to mention that it is just an ordinary exploration, there is nothing to fight for." ”

"It's not like a guy who's taken fifty consecutive beheadings in two years can say." The two knives slapped their palms heavily on their companion's shoulders.