After more than ten kilometers of separation from his companions, the dust gradually approached a low wind zone, and the surface here was no longer as if it had just left Loclark, with endless yellow sand as far as the eye could see, but was interspersed with patches of cemented rock ground that had not been completely eroded by the wind. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The background in the distance is no longer flat, but into undulating forest-like outcrops.

There was a little more vegetation along the way, but only a few strange willows or shrubs, and occasionally some exotic tall flesh appeared, which was enough to attract Feng Chen, who had never seen this kind of scenery, to praise it in his heart. If you follow the growth trajectory of the plant, you can find a good water source within a few tens of kilometers, so on the next journey, the quasi-one-star hunter encounters more beasts and even monsters.

Fortunately, the anger in the desert did not stimulate too much blood of the dog dragon clan, and the tall herbivorous dragons carrying the sealed dust were the existence that groups of low-level bird dragons did not dare to reach, and even they did not dare to provoke those who walked alone. The quasi-one-star hunter happened to encounter a few yellow chocobo dragons that were smaller than the dog dragon, and when they were still hundreds of meters away, Feng Chen felt the sluggishness of the mount under him, and he reluctantly turned the direction of the pack beast and circled for a few hundred meters before he survived this crisis without danger.

In the last two hours before nightfall, the temperature in the sea of sand plummeted at a rate that the hunter's body could feel. Feng Chen honestly tightened his half-open breastplate, and leaned on the herbivore's body to grab some body temperature. It was a long time before the last rays of daylight had cleared before he found the makeshift camp mentioned by the Two-Star Hunter on the leeward side of a low bare rock.

"Senior Feng's intelligence is not very reliable," the young man pouted. From a distance, the banner of the Hunters' Union is already a little dilapidated against the wind and sand, the work of maintaining the temporary camp is time-consuming, the pay is low, and the occasional monster encounter on the road will even outweigh the losses, probably even the most frustrated local hunters are not willing to do this kind of commission, "Ah Tuo, let's go, you finally have a place to rest." ”

The herbivorous dragon beneath him raised its long, craggy neck humanely, rustling on the bare ground, and in a moment approached the base of the huge bare rock. "Good work!" The boy rolled over and landed on the ground, reaching out and bringing some ball-like chews to the monster's mouth, licked clean by his rough tongue. The hunters don't carry enough feed for the herbivorous dragons to feast on, but at least they don't have idle mouths, so they don't get angry for no reason, and they obey the hunter's orders a lot. Dusty promised not to use the dragon cavity outside of hunting, and he was trying to do so.

"What...... Ghost? After all this, the boy finally had time to look at the camp in front of him, and realized that the situation at the place where he had landed was obviously worse than he had thought. The huge iron box containing the props was half-buried in the sand, and there were only a few pieces of firewood left for the campfire. The most important semi-open-air camp tent has been crushed under a stone weighing several tons, probably a masterpiece of the collapse of a huge bare rock dozens of meters high behind it. The hapless camp seems to have been hit by a sizable sand storm after its last maintenance, but for now, even more unfortunate is the dust that will depend on him for a few days.

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"Wouldn't it be more convenient for everyone to get together if they were just expelled?" Feng Chen asked, "What do you want me to do on the other side?" ”

"The expulsion commission is not as simple as you think, but if you drive the monsters to a territory, as soon as the hunters leave, they will immediately return to their original territory." Qin Shui Yu explained, "If you want them to settle down, you need other means. ”

The head of the regiment is of course referring to the ubiquitous law of rank, which is almost the only tool that humans can use to influence the actions of monsters.

In a hunter world where all monsters are based on survival instincts, the constraints imposed by the law of rank on the 'territory' are particularly simple and efficient. Any monster or community will go to great lengths to claim the owner's territory, and will automatically gain its territory after defeating the original owner.

Without the participation of hunters, after countless generations of reproduction and warfare, the area occupied by most monsters is relatively constant, and only after the death of a strong person or a natural disaster can the entire hunting ground have a large scale of chaos.

"In short, we're going to accelerate the process of this territorial change." Jia Xiao crutched his chin and said, "It's okay to make those dangerous salons 'think' that they have gained a new territory." ”

"So, we're going to take the Sharon on a long journey to fight the current masters of this territory, and then let them win the battle, that's what it means." Lu Xiu looked left and right at his companion's expression.

Even if the hunters are not strong enough to defeat all the species in the sand sea, it is easy to act as a weight that changes the balance in a well-balanced battle, and with this strategy, with enough time, the hunters can arrange almost all the monsters' territory in the entire hunting ground the way they want. Although there are still many specific difficulties in the actual operation, this is already the most gentle and effective means.

"That's generally true." Feng Bai's face became strange, "But this time the situation is a bit special, we can't let this battle happen." ”

"Why?"

"The most suitable area for the salons to migrate is precisely the one that the Hunters' Guild values very much." The two-star hunter drew a circle around the destination of the sealed dust.

"Although the original owner of this territory is not of a low rank...... But it's actually a very weak monster. Feng Bai said with some embarrassment, "Its existence is of great significance to the environment of Locklac. On several occasions, other lords even went to provoke, and the guild had to send some hunters to help it push back the enemy and save the guy's life. ”

"I thought my commission was to hunt some kind of beast," Feng Chen shrugged, "but did it turn out to be a nanny?" ”

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"Don't mention monsters, I feel like I'm going to go crazy if I stay here for a few more days." Feng Chen finally set up a simple shelter and lay down on his back with his hands behind his head. The brackets were timber pulled out of the boulders, and the flag of the Hunters' Guild became part of the tent cloth. There was a lot of boring time in the swamp, and Feng Dust even tried to build a wooden hut empty-handed, but the hut didn't last three or five days in the reckless big gold hands and ended up falling apart, and then Feng Dust got tired of it.

The herbivorous dragon was chained to an exposed stake under the boulder, and had begun to rest, and the monster that had been running all day was obviously much more tired than the boy, and at last only Feng Chen was still awake in the whole world.

"It feels like I'm back in the swamp again, but without Naziqi with me." The little hunter took off his armor and put it behind his pillow. With one hand, he grabbed the dry food beside him and nibbled on the spicy hot drink. His other hand reached into his chest and touched the warm gray stone chip on his neck. The crack on the close side of the dragon scale can still be clearly felt, the outside of the crack is rough stone, but the inside has become a smooth and strange material, if it wasn't for the ancient dragon species to tell him personally, it is the scale of the real dragon, maybe the dust is still only a useless stone chip with a more regular length.

"Shut up!" He closed his eyes and gave a habitual softer cry to the open area. Even if they were wary of the nocturnal monsters in the vicinity and did not light the bonfire, the heat of the two warm-blooded animals still attracted a lot of mosquitoes in the surrounding area. Feeling the sound of rustling around him gradually subsided, and the corners of Feng Chen's mouth also raised, he was suddenly stunned, and sighed secretly, but closed his eyes again, "You guys...... Alas, you can scream if you want, just don't bite me. ”

In countless lonely nights, Feng Chen relied on the ability of the "dragon cavity" to pass the time by talking to the wise Naziqi and Dajin, who was clumsy in words. Returning to the human world, it was suddenly forbidden to use it, and it was as if an important part of the one-star hunter's world had been lost. I don't feel much when I get along with my companions, but when I return to such a quiet environment, the desire to use the dragon's cavity is as urgent as the thirst for water and food.

Feng Chen turned over uncomfortably, swallowed the dry food in his hand in two mouthfuls, and finally looked at the herbivorous dragon in front of him, and finally gritted his teeth and closed his eyes.

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About the middle of the night, Feng Chen woke up from his daze—he was awakened by freezing.

"The climate of the desert is really weird." The boy shuddered, and quickly rummaged through the dark to find the medicine bag hanging beside him. The mixed smell of chili peppers and bitter insects quickly poured into his throat, and a different kind of warmth filled his stomach, which slightly resisted the bitter cold of the night wilderness.

The alarm set before going to bed was not touched for most of the night, and the stability of this hunting ground was even better than the one-star hunter imagined, which also gave Feng Dust time to safely assemble the hunting equipment. The target monster is operating at night, which means that the dust has a full half of the night to search for its traces in this small hunting ground. And even if there is nothing to be gained tonight, it will be at least two or three days before his companions drive Sharon here, and he still has plenty of time no matter how you look at it.

The huge white rocks in the desert reflected the moonlight, making the night of the whole world much brighter than in the swamp. After climbing up and down several times in several huge bare rocks within a radius of several kilometers, it didn't take much time to find traces of large monsters.

The boy raised the fire fold and observed the paw prints on the ground, which were still clear. The claws are about half a meter long, the hind paws are slightly broad, the front and rear limbs are not very differentiated, the monster's nails are so sharp that they leave deep marks on the sand, and the four claws and toes are distinct, which is a typical feature of the ivory beast species.

"The traces are still fresh, at least after nightfall." He said to himself, "At least one thing is lucky. Sealing the dust and collecting the fire, he traced the past all the way in the direction of the traces.

The one-star hunter does not walk fast, not because he is not very concerned about the hunter's tracks in front of him, but because he is worried that he has accidentally touched the trap of the "flying man". In the instructions for the hunting suit test commission, the teenager must wear this "flying man" to complete the entire hunting process, but even if the mechanism can speed up the speed of sealing the dust several times, the sound of the explosive bomb being triggered will not only startle the target of the commission in front of him, but may also attract other curious guys. Feng Chen just silently kept these feelings in his heart, and waited for the time to return to Locklac before telling Master Tresor in person.

"Anthill!" After walking along the trail of the monster for dozens of minutes, Feng Chen shook his head secretly while being vigilant about the movements around him. Adult monsters, regardless of their rank, are all good at hunting down and hiding their tracks, and even in their own territory, they will mostly hide their tracks as much as possible to ensure that they are not discovered by stronger species. But the current ivory beast species did not hide any meaning, but walked fast and slow, and occasionally rolled around several times in a group, as if they were spreading joy in the territory without any worries.

The Lord's trail was like a clear line on a map, leading the Dust Seal to a gentle realm almost without interruption. The high bare rock north slope, with more vegetation than the sunlit sea of sand, and low mounds lined up among the bushes, is probably where all kinds of beetles and sand ants gather.

Dusty hid behind a mound and curled up, trying not to let himself be shadowed in the moonlight.

"Bang!" After waiting for nearly a quarter of an hour, there was a loud crumbling sound not far away, followed by the panicked buzz of all kinds of mosquitoes fleeing in all directions. The boy looked up from behind the mound, and a tall beast figure screamed in delight, stretching out its thick tongue and rolling it up in the air.

"Sure enough...... It didn't take much effort to get it. Feng Chen laughed with relief, "Red Armor Beast, I got you!" ”

After a few tactical moves, the would-be one-star hunter ducked behind one of the mounds closest to the monster. The joints of the trapeze heavy armor are all soft materials, and if you pay a little attention, you won't make too much noise when you move. What's more, this ivory beast species that is enjoying predation doesn't seem to have the vigilance to care about the movements around it. The boy took off his helmet, which might reflect light, and showed half of his head to take a closer look at the monster in front of him.

No matter how you look at it, the monster is more than a meter taller than the average green bear, the head is more slender, and the hips appear larger, and the whole body is a little disproportionate. But the carapace of the red armor beast was hard, and on the red shell, hideous white scales protruded from all directions, and the claws were so sharp that they were not words. In addition to these conventional combat elements, Feng Chen had no doubt that the thick and long tongue that this toothed beast species used to hunt mosquitoes was probably similar to Naziqi's tongue, and it also had good combat capabilities.

"Hey, where does this guy look like...... It doesn't look like it's very weak. The boy scratched his head.