The alternation of morning and dusk in the sea of sand is like a curtain that separates the two worlds, and the young and simple hunters have never lived only in the glamorous surface world, where the glory of the hunter can shine. The undercurrents before dawn www.biquge.info the most fragile and hideous side of the hunter world, the teenagers have never realized it, and they are far from ready to accept it.

The massive street gate of Locklac was facing east, and although the boulder had a few gentle downhills for pedestrians to enter and exit, it was the only one that was normally open. The trade route diverges into several different directions only a few kilometers from the gate, and both caravans coming to the east and hunters returning from the sand sea have to pass through this tall street gate when entering the city.

The door hole is made of local materials, made of sand and mortar, the highest point is about 70 or 80 meters, and the length is more than 30 meters, which can almost be regarded as a tunnel. It is said that in the early days of the city's founding, the hunter ancestors mixed materials from dozens of high-level monsters into building materials, and even a complete carapace of a spar dragon. Twice a year, the morning light shines through the middle of the street gate, and the precious stone in the monster's carapace is stimulated by the light, and the inner walls of the tunnel glow like starlight only at that time, which is a spectacle of the sand city.

"People just want to know about the 'Harvest Festival', why did you bring us here?" Lu Xiu scratched his ears and asked the little scholar in confusion.

"Idiot ......" the girl snorted angrily from the morning, until she crossed several streets and came to the façade of the desert city, and the dragonman still didn't know where she had offended her, "Won't you see for yourself?" ”

"This is the Harvest Festival?" The boy was still confused. In the morning, there were indeed a lot of pedestrians in front of the main gate, both hunters and caravans. As June approached, the morning light had already illuminated the door wall obliquely on one side, and even the crowd who had been waiting for the morning seemed refreshed, "as if it were...... It's not like it's a holiday, what are these people waiting for? ”

"Wait for the boat." Lu Yingying didn't look at Lu Xiu, turned her back, and only spit out two short notes. After explaining this, she was silent as the tall hunter continued to ask.

"Okay, Sister Yingying-" Seeing the scrivener's bulging cheeks, Qin Shuiyu couldn't bear to stand aside and stand by, "No matter how you sulk, that guy won't understand." Companions are waiting for your professional commentary, so how about leaving him alone and satisfying our curiosity? ”

Yesterday, the hunters had encountered the mysterious hunter in blue, and although they ignored his provocation, the teenagers were still interested in the "harvest festival" mentioned by the other party before leaving. The companion asked Lu Xiu to ask Lu Yingying, who had the most profound knowledge in the camp, and the little scholar agreed, saying that he would take the dragon man to appreciate the style of the harvest festival early in the morning.

Xu is answer between the two is not on the same channel, and the girl's expected solo date with Lu Xiu has become a group play of the small hunting group this morning. However, the initiator of this embarrassing scene was unconscious, and the joy of playing with his hunters along the way was seen by Lu Yingying, which added three points of anger.

The little scribe coughed, and glared at Lu Xiu fiercely. The girl did not wear a scholar's robe today, but deliberately changed into a white pleated skirt with a sand city style, the skirt was higher than the knee, showing off her delicate jade legs that were never exposed. The girl's ponytail was carefully combed, and her braids were rippling from side to side between her head, she was still looking forward to something, but Lu Xiu, who was the object of anticipation, only swallowed the pastries bought with two copper coins in three or two bites, and talked vaguely with Feng Chen about the lively scenery on the street.

"Okay, it's more practical for Lu Xiu to understand the mind of a monster than to understand the mind of a girl." The little head slowed down and said softly, "It's not right for us to follow up on our own, and if you want to blame, blame us." ”

"And the water ballad sister...... It has nothing to do with anyone else. Lu Yingying smiled reluctantly, and her mouth pouted again, "Completely stupid." ”

"Otherwise, as a punishment, the next time I take the commission, I will assign him some difficult tasks." Qin Shuiyu snickered and said deliberately, "Anyway, that guy can deal with twenty salons alone, so those who can work hard." If we let him do more, the difficulty of the commission we can take can be increased by another level. ”

"Don't!" Listening to the determined tone of the close friend in front of her, Lu Yingying hurriedly waved her hand. The girl's voice was a little louder, so that the companions around her could hear it really, and Xiao Yang, who was not far away, was already covering his mouth and suffocating his face red. She forced herself to whisper, pinched the hem of her skirt and added, "Lu Xiu, he has just recovered from his injury, and he can't accept too heavy a task, Sister Shuiyu...... Be merciful. ”

"I'm joking-" Seeing Lu Yingying's squirming appearance, Head Qin laughed out loud, "But you have to be wronged, when you get along with someone, you have to be more patient." ”

"It's better to take care of yourself first......" The little scribe rolled his eyes and returned to his usual face, but the second half of the sentence was said by biting Qin Shuiyu's ear, and no one heard it.

The little head felt the wind blowing in the girl's ears, and his face turned red. She coughed pretending to be calm, and said loudly, "Miss Lu, let's get down to business." The Harvest Festival is a hunting event that only Locklac has, and now that the Little Hunter Group is in the window period of commission, everyone needs your information to decide whether to stay and get a piece of the pie, or go directly back to Golden Feather City - why not start with the content of the festival first. ”

"Okay," Seeing that Miss Qin stopped laughing, Lu Yingying also muttered and organized her words, "First of all, you should at least know that the Harvest Festival is not a festival. The little scribe raised his hand and pointed towards the center of the city, the towering stone pillars standing in the middle of the lake as if they had not changed for thousands of years, "but a disaster...... The disaster brought by the ancient dragon species, every time the harvest festival is celebrated, it means that Lockrak has escaped from the brink of destruction again. ”

"Is it that serious?" Lu Xiu screamed, but was stuffed with a piece of pastry by the dust around him, and he couldn't speak.

The distance between Locklac and the ancient dragon species was even smaller than the teenagers had imagined. The Fengshan Dragon, which is alive in the depths of the Thundering Sand Sea, is the oldest ancient dragon to observe since the establishment of the Hunters' Guild in the New World. It is said to be the largest whale in the sand sea, and although it is not a formidable individual among the ancient dragons, its ability to control dust and storms in the right environment is more dangerous than some of the more aggressive ones.

The Fengshan Dragon is more than 100 meters long, and its weight is immeasurable. The scrivener team said that it was able to barely move its body only by relying on the flow of sand and gravel caused by the sandstorm. Every time such a behemoth migrates, it brings a great disaster to the surrounding area, and Locklac happens to be near its migration route.

The time and route of the monster's migration are uncertain, and can only be predicted by the long-term observation of the Ancient Dragon Observatory, so the harvest festival has become unspecified in terms of date and frequency, and such a festival has appeared five times a year at its peak, and the harvest festival that is close in front of it is the first of the year.

"I don't see what's so good to sacrifice here." Nie Xiaoyang muttered. Everyone sat down outside a tea shop, surrounded by anxiously waiting merchants, and the addition of several teenagers did not attract the slightest attention, "If the information from the Gulong Observation Bureau is accurate, it should be necessary for the people in the city to flee for their lives in advance." ”

"Is it your first time in Shacheng?" Hearing the discussion of his teammates, a lone hunter who had been sitting on the side for a long time suddenly spoke, "The whole city is counting on Fengshan Dragon to live, how can you let it go?" The big fish is called a 'symbol of calamity and abundance' - the Hunters' Guild is based in Locklac, and it is certainly not simply to show the courage and glory of the hunters. ”

"You haven't seen the scene of the Fengshan dragon on the way to migrate," the man who spoke spoke in a thick country accent, and the old hunter's face was very large, and half of his face was covered by a beard, and he looked like a native hunter who had lived in Locklac for a long time: "Rare ores, precious monster materials, they can be seen everywhere like ordinary sand on the route traveled by the ancient dragons." For hunters, it's no different from Heaven. ”

The wealth contained in the disaster is the target of hunters and merchants. The sand path traveled by the giant beast would be ploughed like a huge rake, and the precious ore buried deep in the earth would be rolled up in large quantities; Some of the monsters were swallowed by whales, and the rest were caught up in the sandstorm and died, leaving the materials directly on the road for the hunters to take and want. Every time the ancient dragon species migrated, the hunters paid a heavy price while also gaining access to a huge amount of precious resources.

"Sixty percent," the bearded hunter gestured, "In a normal year, each harvest sacrifice will remove all kinds of losses, and the income will even exceed half of the daily hunting income of Shacheng. If a hunter is lucky enough to survive the harvest sacrifice twice in a year, the harvest he gets is enough to sustain him for a whole year's vacation. If you have the protection of the Hunter Ancestor and get the scales or carapace dropped by the Peak Dragon, if it were me, I would have retired straight away. Wouldn't it be better to find a city where the sun is less dazzling and live the rest of your life comfortably than to be a hunter? The more the lone hunter talked, the more excited he became, and he gradually immersed himself in his own fantasies.

"Wealth and danger - that's what it means, right?" Jia Xiao nodded thoughtfully, took the waiter's tea and took a sip. In the style of a businessman, three times the profit is enough to risk the death of an unarmed fellow, let alone a hunter who lives by taking risks.

"Tracking the movements of the Fengshan Dragon, making sure that its passing does not cause the destruction of Locklac, and more importantly, collecting the gifts it leaves behind, is the main purpose of the Harvest Festival." Lu Yingying concluded, "How is it, is it helpful to everyone? ”

"Sounds pretty good." Xiao Yang said excitedly, "If you can make a lot of money at the harvest festival, you will be able to change to a new set of hunting clothes." ”

"Let's do it!" Xiong Fuji also burned, "After all, it's not about fighting the ancient dragon race. ”

"I'd like to see it too." The teammates expressed their attitudes one by one, and Feng Chen also raised the corners of his mouth and said. What he cared about was not the expected high returns, nor the thrilling battle, but now that an opportunity to contact the ancient dragon species was in front of him, where could the little hunter endure it. In the communication using the dragon cavity, only the ancient dragon species could stand on his equal footing, and the young man at this moment couldn't wait to relive that feeling. But there was Qin Shuiyu among his companions, so he had to carefully hide this thought.

"How...... How many of you kids want a piece of the pie too? The lone hunter said jokingly, although there was no hostility in his bearded tone, but it was full of contempt, "The danger of the harvest festival is beyond your imagination, if you don't want to die, you might as well obediently accept some easy gathering commissions." ”

"Don't underestimate us!" Qin Shuiyu straightened his chest, "We have also seen the big names of the ancient dragon race a long time ago. ”

The bearded man shook his head, just thinking that the girl was joking.

"Everyone, don't be impatient...... The harvest festival may not be as worthwhile as we think. Jia Xiao smacked his lips and frowned, "Listening to Miss Lu's description, I'm afraid that Fengshan Dragon's pursuit will be a large-scale commission of more than a thousand people, and if you count supplies and backups, it may reach the scale of several thousand people." ”

"So what?" Qin Shui asked inexplicably.

"Of course, the core part of the commission is only the right of the high-level hunter to take it, according to common sense, the more high-level hunters are, the more they can get in touch with the center of the battlefield." The young man looked around at his companions, "We all only have one star, even if we participate in the harvest festival, we can only accept some external commissions, and the harvest may not be as high as it claims." ”

"Is that so...... Xiao Yang's raised eyebrows drooped suddenly, "If you follow the seniors to pick up the leaks, it's hard to think about it." ”

"Not really," Senior Beard said with a smile, "The materials on the hunting ground are ownerless, as long as you have the ability to go deep into the battlefield, it is not impossible to obtain high-level materials—but you have to think clearly, the closer to the center of the battlefield, the more powerful it becomes." To be able to approach there, but also to have the ability to live to bring the harvest out. What are the consequences of self-indulgence, I think your instructors have already told you clearly in the training camp. ”

"Master-" At this moment, a burst of cheers suddenly erupted in the crowd in front of the city gate, and the cat boarded the back of the regiment commander and looked out of the city, in Ailu's eyes, several small gray sails were slowly enlarging from the distance, "It's the boat that Miss Lu said." ”

Feeling the buzz of the crowd, Qin Shuiyu temporarily gave up thinking about the harvest festival and instead looked in the direction pointed by his companion.

"Hey! Those ships...... Is it stranded? Luciu leaned his head in front of his companions.

"Stupid, that's the sand boat used to pursue the Fengshan Dragon!" Lu Yingying twisted the flesh on the back of the little dragon man, "Before the festival begins, it will always be on standby at the head of the city. They were driven here, which means that the Fengshan Dragon is far away from Locklac...... It's already very close. ”