The fireworks had burned out, and the fog left behind by the gunpowder in the sky had slowly melted into the quiet of the night. Except for the sound of the propellers of the airship landing near the landing pad every once in a while, the whole world stood still at this moment.

"Didn't the cat follow?" They trotted all the way to the camp gate, and the speed of the two finally slowed down. The little head walked beside Feng Chen, and in the cool night breeze, the temperature on the girl's body was clearly transmitted, so that the boy didn't know where to put his hands.

"She took a whole dozen Mu Tianli bombs from my backpack, and now she probably has fallen in a corner with them in her arms." The head of the regiment smiled softly, and faced his hot face in the direction of the wind, and the temperature dropped little by little.

"That's right......" Although the girl forcibly pulled her away from her companion at the feast, the little hunter had nothing to say. The boy had no choice but to look up at the sky, pretending that there was a rare flying dragon species passing overhead.

The awkward atmosphere lasted for a long time, and the two teenagers walked in silence through the small half of the camp before the female head finally stopped and stood in front of the teenager.

"Have you really decided?" Qin Shui asked with some difficulty.

"What?" Feng Chen's brows frowned slightly.

"The next step in your life, your companions and friends...... All. The girl stubbornly stared into each other's eyes.

"It's not my choice, and I don't have a choice." Speaking of the "future" that he didn't even dare to talk about in front of his companions, Feng Chen's face rarely showed a depression beyond his age, "It's my fault, and I have to bear it." ”

"Nonsense...... "The little head grabbed his companion's arm, shook his head lightly, and said, "Fengshan Dragon is going to die by himself, and you are trying so hard to save it on the dragon ship, and the people on the boat are all watching." If you tell the union all this truth, they won't embarrass you too much. ”

"Not everything makes it to the commission." The one-star hunter said.

"You must be afraid of exposing the 'dragon cavity', right?" The girl explained to herself, "Master Anfei will definitely be able to figure it out." If contributing some information about you can free you from the crime, then you should do it. After the challenge is over, there are so many powerful allies who speak for us, and as long as the truth is on our side, you will definitely ......"

"Fengshan Dragon is dead!" Feng Dust interrupted unquestioningly.

"It's not a rumor this time," the boy broke away from the huntress's hands, "Mo Lan is dead after all. No matter what the reason was, no matter how much effort Instructor Anfei put in with us, it was I who personally stabbed the crossbow into its dragon jade with these hands. Dust's hands clenched into fists in front of his chest, "That's the whole truth." ”

"Even with Instructor Anfei and so many friends I made during the battle, I might be able to get out of the union," Feng Chen said gloomily, "but that's not what I want." The current chaos in the hunting ground, the hunters who will die because of it in the future, and the lives of so many ordinary people...... I can't escape these reproaches as if nothing had happened. ”

"It's not your fault." The female leader said softly, "If that mad dragon has the will to kill itself, it can always find another way. ”

"You're not the first person to say that to me." The One-Star Hunter let out a long sigh, and after a long pause, he recalled, "When I first returned to Golden Feather City from the Great Swamp, I happened to encounter Manyun being besieged by two villain hunters. I called out to a dozen crows and pecked the two guys into a honeycomb. Looking at their backs as they fled, I thought, 'This talent might make me better than any other hunter.'" ”

"The dragon cavity really didn't disappoint me. After coming to the Sand Sea, I relied on it to block the attacks of most of the Submarine Dragons, and found my way back to Locklac, looking for water and driving away the enemy......" The boy shook his head, "Sometimes I even think that it is a gift from the Hunter God, as long as I have it, I can do things that five-star hunters and even Anfei instructors can't do." ”

"You're doing really well." The little head smiled with relief,

"But I was wrong," Dusty said, "it's not a gift, it's a curse." I didn't follow the advice of the instructors, and I didn't listen to your ...... I shouldn't even be on that hunting ground. ”

"I'll tell you a secret." Feng Chen found a stone barrier next to the road, leaned on it and sat down, "On the transport ship, when Instructor Anfei said that he wanted to go back to the hunting ground, I didn't want to help, but simply wanted to see Fengshan Dragon again. I want to communicate with it, just like Kasumi in the Swamp and Kasumi...... I miss that feeling. ”

"It turned out to be my irreparable mistake," Feng Chen looked at the girl who was also sitting down, "You don't understand, this is my mistake." ”

"But the companions of the Little Hunting Group, do you have to give up everything here?" Qin Shuiyu's eyes turned red.

"If you must," said the One-Star Hunter, "this is your hunting group, and you can always find a stronger companion." ”

"But that's different!" The girl lost her voice and said, "Why do you think I started this hunting group?" ”

"Huh?" Feng Chen was stunned by his companion's sudden question, "Big Bear said that you have to accumulate qualifications for a two-star hunter, isn't that so?" ”

As soon as he said a word, Qin Shuiyu hurriedly covered his mouth, and the girl's feet kicked the ground a few times without arguing, and her eyes quietly moved away from Xiao Orion's face.

"At the Challenge Festival, you once asked me to send you a private commission, do you remember what the content was?" It took a long time for Miss Qin to squeeze out a sentence as thin as a mosquito and fly from her throat.

When the hunters were trapped in the center of the fog field, they were forced by the ancient dragon to separate the two ends. At that time, Feng Chen had to stay by Xialong's side, and in order not to worry Miss Qin, the young man took the initiative to take his own safety as the content of the commission, and signed a private contract with the girl with a minimum score. I thought it was an innocuous little thing in the game, but I didn't expect the girl to remember it until now.

"Huh?" Speaking of this stubble, Feng Chen seemed to be panicked, and he responded stubbornly, "Uh...... Well, remember. ”

"Do you know the point of a commission like that?" Qin Shuiyu's teeth bit his lower lip lightly, and he continued to ask in a weaker voice.

"Uh...... Yes, ah no, no, I don't know. The One-Star Hunter nodded, shook his head vigorously, and then explained defeatedly, "It wasn't clear at the time, but later...... That guy Xialong brought me a lot of scholarly classics from Golden Feather City, one of which is called "Changes in the Customs of the Kingdom in a Hundred Years". ”

Maintaining each other's safety in the form of indentured money was originally an ancient marriage custom between hunters. In the early antiquity of the kingdom's decline, a marriage contract was far less secure than a power of attorney from the Hunters' Guild. Even now, when the kingdom is at its peak, there is no more romantic way to show love than to entrust one's life to a beloved companion in the witness of the hunter's ancestors. The act of appeasing his companions on the dust hunting ground turned into a proof of his heart by mistake: "It took me a long time to figure it out, and your expression at that time was ...... Why is it so strange. ”

"This hunting group is for you." Xu is imminent parting gave the little head endless courage, she gathered all her shyness, and said in one breath, "I don't want you to return to Golden Feather City, and all you see is the scene of your companions falling apart. In fact, I had intended to return the position of head to you after your promotion commission was over. ”

"No...... Don't do it. Feng Chen waved his hand again and again.

"How?" The girl's expression darkened, but she asked meaninglessly, "Aren't you ready to accept it?" ”

Feng Chen straightened his body and moved slightly closer to Qin Shuiyu on his side, the girl's face looked soft and cute in the night: "I don't want this position, because you, as the head of the regiment, will be far better than me." I don't know how to command a battle, and I don't know where to lead the hunting group; If it were me on the battlefield, I would not hesitate to make a decision, and when it comes to the lives of my comrades, I have no idea what to do. ”

"But......" The little head of the regiment had a sour nose, and the tears that had been tense for half the night still flowed down.

"I won't withdraw that private commission in the swamp." Feng Chen said firmly. He reached out and wiped the sparkle from the corner of the girl's eye,

"Ah...... Huh? Qin Shuiyu seemed to hear something in a trance, and she wiped the flower marks on her face with her backhand, "What did you say?" ”

"When I first returned to the Little Hunting Group, to be honest, I didn't know what to do." Feng Chen scratched his head in embarrassment. After returning to his teammates, the boy only wanted to keep up with his companions and show his strength in the hunting ground. There was no course on how to deal with feelings in the training camp, so Feng Chen had to ignore the throbbing, intentionally or unintentionally.

"I'll leave the Little Hunting Group, maybe for a long time, but I'll definitely be back." Feng Chen assured word by word, "Until then, I will not withdraw that commission, not now, and not in the future." ”

"Stupid, the scoreboard has long been sealed by the union, and there is no way to withdraw it if you want to." The girl clenched her backhand into a fist and shyly slapped the boy's shoulder.

"Also," the one-star hunter's hand pressed slightly on his chest, and the badge symbolizing the hunter's status was delicately removed, "I may not need it for a while, so keep it for me before I return." Little Orion took the other man's hand and placed the cold bronze medallion in her palm.

"Hmm." The little head had mixed feelings in his heart, but he still pursed his mouth and nodded firmly.

"Yo, did we disturb anything?" Ellu's voice came from outside the camp.

"Instructor!"

"Master Anfei, Master Luo!" Captain Qin's face turned red, and he hid the badge he had just received behind him, "You're back." ”

"It looks like the work has been done." Legend has it that Ai Lu put down the heavy package in her hand, her eyes flickering back and forth between the two strange-looking teenagers, and finally stopped on Feng Chen's face, "How is it, are you ready?" ”

"Anytime." Feng Chen answered, but his eyes looked at the girl beside him.

"Then from now on, you will be the youngest defector hunter in the history of the Hunter Guild." Old Ailu took the lead and walked towards the camp, "Come with me, the two of us and the nameless senior have something to explain to you." ”

(End of Volume IV.) To be continued)