Joo spat out the stalk of grass hanging from his mouth and slammed up from the ground, and the night had fallen, but Joo's eyes seemed to have a fire beating.

As a hunter in Bol City, when the army had just announced the recruitment of hunters, he happened to be near the central square, and quickly signed up and was successfully selected.

However, in the days leading up to the Beru's attack, his gains were rather embarrassing. Joo still can't forget the disdainful eyes of his peers around him.

Joo was not a newcomer, on the contrary, he learned the art of hunting from his father from an early age. In his opinion, as a man in Boer City, if he can't even hunt, then he is not worthy of the respect of other compatriots.

In fact, there are still loopholes in the notice issued by the army this time, and there are many such people who go out to hunt and play tricks, hide some prey privately, or pass the time lazily in the mountains. Joo had been holding his breath in his heart, and this time, he didn't even take the dry rations distributed by the army, in order to prove himself.

In the mountains at night, the danger level is greatly increased, but it is also a time for many creatures to go out.

As a professional hunter, Joo's eyes have long been accustomed to the dim light of the night, holding his breath and walking quietly, as long as there is something around him, Joo will react immediately.

The mountains west of Boer City are the stage for their hunters to perform, and on weekdays, the hunters of Boer City often hunt in it, hunting at night, Joo also has some experience, but it is the first time for him to act alone at night.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Joo's forward movement was like a frozen clockwork, and it stopped directly in place, and the cool evening breeze blew, and there seemed to be a trace of other sounds in the time when the leaves were rustling.

Joo's breathing seemed to stagnate, a skill that should be mastered as a good hunter, and even the slightest breathing could reveal his presence when some prey was already alert.

A cold sweat broke out on Joo's forehead, and his wrists seemed to be a little stiff. As a hunter, he has formed an instinctive habit in his body and consciousness in the fight with wild beasts all year round, and although he can't see anything now, Joo can be sure that there are enemies lurking in the shadows eyeing him.

Taking a deep breath, Joo's hand slowly touched the scabbard with the short knife at his waist, and now, he regretted the decision he had made so hastily.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, a shadow more than a meter long, accompanied by a dull roar, pounced towards Joo, and the sharp claws reflected a little cold light in Joo's eyes.

"Come on, either you die or I die!"

Joo gritted his teeth, at this time, his brain didn't think about the black monster in front of him at all, the air in his lungs seemed to be drained, and his heart began to twitch violently.

Joo's body and the monster staggered in the air, and the short knife slashed through the monster's lower abdomen, but to Joo's surprise, the touch through the hilt of the knife was as if it had slashed through a piece of frozen ice, and it barely caused any substantial damage to the monster.

The claws of the monster were like a rake plowing the ground, and several wounds were firmly cut on Joo's back, and Joo could feel the warm liquid spreading on his back instantly, soaking his clothes to the ground, and the night mountain wind seemed to penetrate into his body through the wounds in his clothes, and the severe pain made Joo's legs tremble a little.

As a skilled hunter, Joo knows very well that most animals, no matter how strong the defense of other parts of his body is, from the throat to the soft area of the lower abdomen, are absolute weakness, but the knife he just now seems to have failed to cut even the skin of this monster.

Fear is the most torturous thing than pain, and when the monster hits the ground, it disappears into the shadows again as if it had escaped into the ground. The invisible enemy is the most terrifying, and Joo knows very well that this is the most terrible opponent he has ever encountered, and the identities of the hunter and the prey have been reversed.

"Roar!"

Behind Joo, a low roar suddenly sounded, and a cool breeze full of murderous aura blew through Joo's body with a whistling sound of breaking through the air, and even the blood seemed to be frozen, Joo turned around suddenly, held the handle of the short knife with both hands, and stabbed at the black shadow that rushed in front of him! Just when the blade was about to hit the target, a huge flame rapidly expanded in Joo's pupils, and the huge wave of fire instantly swallowed Joo's body.

Almost at the same time -

"Brother Bona, look, which one is what?"

The hunters who set off together on this night were not the only ones Joo, but there were some hunters who set off and worked in teams, although in terms of loot distribution, the harvest was not as great as that of a solo operation, but it was undoubtedly much higher in terms of safety.

The golden-red firelight flashed through the mountains in the distance, illuminating the dark night, and the group of four hunters lurking in the woods spotted the anomaly in the distance in an instant.

"With such a strong fire, it can't be a man-made bonfire. The face of the captain of the hunter team instantly became solemn: "Everyone, do you remember the announcement made by the lord tonight? ”

"This level of flame is very likely to be the power of a magician, and it seems that there is indeed some secret in this western mountain range. Bona took a deep breath: "Everyone, tonight's hunting operation is canceled, let's hurry back to the city, find the lord, and report the situation here!"

......

At night, the soldiers of the city defense army were undoubtedly quite happy, at least they had a tent to sleep in.

Ron dragged his clothes three times by two, and got into the bed wearing only a pair of shorts.

"Meria, hurry up and go to bed, it's impossible for anyone to come to the draft so late, and tomorrow there will be busy. Ron patted the hard ground beneath him and shouted at the door of the tent.

Meria's eyes subconsciously looked at Ron's exposed sturdy body, and then at the pillow that was almost leaning together, and the muscles at the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch.

"You, you don't wear clothes when you sleep, aren't you afraid of being bitten by mosquitoes?" Meria's voice suddenly lowered a little: "You sleep with yours first, I'll sleep later." ”

"That's right. Ron sat up from the bed abruptly, "Meria, I want to know, you knights, how do you usually cultivate your fighting spirit?"