Ian watched the Messiah fall asleep and helped her lay out the futon before leaving the room lightly. The moment the door was closed, the scarlet pupils faded away from the residual tenderness, and were completely replaced by coldness. He looked up and saw dozens of figures standing under the rain curtain, like silent statues.

In just three days, it was a new team of hunters that Bowen handed over to Ian. It's just that they're nowhere near as good as everyone else they've ever been, and Ian's gaze swept over their faces, taking in their unease, panic, and feigned composure. In the end, it was a group of newcomers, when the news of the two teams of the Burial God Desert and Spirit Peak came back to the imperial capital, they no longer had the ambition they had when they were in the Hunter Academy, and all that remained in their hearts was deep uneasiness and panic.

Ian hesitated, he really didn't want to bring such a team into a war with the dragons, which would undoubtedly push them into the fire pit.

Bowen greeted him and whispered to Ian that they were ready.

"Can these people be used?" Ian asked in a low voice.

"There are only these people, most of them are recent graduates of the academy. "If you want to put together a team of the size of the Burial God Desert, I'm afraid it's not realistic, unless you get back all the mid-level hunters who are still on a mission elsewhere right now." ”

"Now is not the time. Ian shook his head, "Gather them back, it's time for the final showdown." ”

"Then there's no way, that's just a few people. "Every hunter grows up through constant hunting, including you and me. The team that went to Lingfeng was about the same size as this team, and almost all of them were junior hunters who had just graduated from the academy. ”

"That's why Dennis died. Ian said coldly, "Because they can't help." ”

Bowen was silent. He felt anger from Ian's words, especially when the latter learned about the configuration of the Spirit Peak team, and that anger poured out from the bottom of his heart. But soon, his anger turned to frustration and self-blame.

"If only I could bring back the desert team intact. Ian said softly, "After all, it was my carelessness that killed him." ”

Bowen patted Ian on the shoulder: "Don't think so, in this situation, once a person falls into a negative mood, it is difficult to break free." ”

Ian nodded and said nothing more. At this time, Bowen took out a test tube from his pocket and handed it to Ian, who took it with a puzzled expression, the test tube contained the source of dragon slaying that he was all too familiar with. But shouldn't these equipment have been equipped a long time ago, why should he be given another one?

"That's when Dennis left it to you. "He killed Na Ember with one and gave the other into the hands of a hunter, and told the fellow that if he died, he would give you the source of the dragon." ”

Ian clenched the reagent in his hand little by little.

Dennis also said that it was his own hunt. Actually, that's what he wanted all along, because in this way, you are not the only one in the history of the hall who has successfully hunted the dragon king, and his name has been added. "I didn't have much contact with Dennis, but I knew he had always wanted to surpass Al Granger, and now he has done it." ”

Ian took a deep breath and looked at Bowen, "You don't have to comfort me anymore. ”

Bowen smiled slightly, and didn't say anything more. Ian carefully placed the Source of the Dragon Slayer in his breast pocket, and then walked out into the rain, Bowen following him. He walked over to the novice hunters, his gaze swept over their faces once more. Perhaps it was the first time they had seen the Lord of Thorns, and most of them were still a little excited.

"You should know what your burden is on you. Ian organized his words and spoke, "You should already know the news of the Spirit Peak Team and the Burial God Desert Team, according to statistics, at least eighty percent of the hunters in both teams have died. ”

Ian noticed that the excitement in the eyes of the novice hunters in front of him had faded a lot when he said this, and had turned into fear. Such a large proportion of the fall rate was enough to kill the yearning for hunting in their hearts. Ian knew this, but he had to tell them the truth that hunting wasn't as easy as it used to be, and that more than just blood could solve everything.

In fact, Ian doesn't think hunting is such a bloody thing. Whether it was Tellmis's king-killing team, or the team that went to the Burial God Desert, or the Liuyun team more than ten years ago, the final price was almost all wiped out.

"What we are facing is no longer hunting, but war. Ian said slowly, "Our companions fell one after another, but it was not for nothing, and the mighty dragon kings also fell one after another, which is the greatest achievement of the hall in the last thousand years. Now that the five dragon kings have all fallen, our remaining enemies are actually only one, but they are also the most powerful. ”

"To be honest, until now, I still don't have the confidence to defeat that [Emperor], because I have seen it with my own eyes. I can also tell you very clearly that in the final war, we will die a lot, and it is very likely that none of you here will live to win the war. But there is no way, this is the mission of the hunters. Ian paused, then continued, "Perhaps at this time, I should say that those who are truly brave stay and those who are afraid of death leave this team." But I don't want to say it, I can't say it, I can't see you, the elite of humanity, trembling in the ranks of women and children before the final war, if anyone really wants to do that-"

Ian's pupils froze a little: "Please remember, once we are defeated, then everyone will die." ”

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