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Perhaps only Eric himself knows how much it took for a teenager who grew up in the isolated village of Tashi to walk to the famous alchemical city of Alder. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoPeople always give strange glances to this two-meter-tall sturdy boy, and it's hard not to care about Erik, after all, people look at him like a bear.

But he could only endure it, because a long time ago, he had promised his sister that he would never hit anyone again. Yes, he really wanted to slap those people in the face right now.

Hurry during the day and sleep at night. When you encounter a pedestrian, ask for directions, correct your direction, and continue on the road. The people of Tashi Village speak two languages, one is local and the other is the language in which they communicate with outsiders. The latter is not very good at what he says, so every time he asks for directions, it always takes a while for pedestrians to figure out what exactly he is asking.

In this way, he stumbled to the city of alchemy.

When he came here, he realized that the short man was wrong about him. Although the Alchemy City was large and prosperous, it was not a gathering place for top hunters, at least not at the time, or he did it in the wrong way. He went to the Alder branch in the lobby, but the receptionist at the front desk refused to provide him with information on missions and other hunters because he did not have a hunter's license.

He returned to Alder in vain, and in his frustration, he made his way to the Tellmis Mountains, where he was stopped by the Hall Hunters stationed at the front of the Tellmis Mountains.

"Hey, man, can't go any further inside. The leader said to Eric, "It's a no-go zone inside. ”

"What is a restricted area?"

"It's a place that ordinary humans can't enter, and it's dangerous. The person in charge patiently explained.

"But I'm not an ordinary person, I'm a hunter, the strongest hunter. Eric muffled.

"The strongest hunter?" the person in charge frowned, "I did know that a hunter team would enter the mountain in a few days, and you are a member of that hunter team?"

"Hunter Squad, will there be a lot of hunters?"

"Of course, those are all intermediate or advanced hunters in the hall. The person in charge said with a flutter of eyebrows, any junior hunter would be full of desire for intermediate and senior hunters, "Those are the strongest guys in the hall. ”

"The strongest, well, I'll stay here and go into the mountains with them. "I'll prove to everyone that I'm the best hunter." ”

"Hey, what do you mean?"

......

"Your name is Eric, isn't it?" Eric had never seen a girl like this, with short hair and brown eyes that seemed to be able to speak, "I've seen your sister." ”

"You know my sister?"

"Well, my name is Nicole, and that guy's name is Ian. Nicole pointed to an ordinary-looking teenager who looked like he hadn't woken up and was yawning. Eric thought to himself, "The Strongest Hunter"?

"That guy's name is Dennis. Nicole gestured to another teenager.

Eric had long noticed the calm teenager, his eyes as sharp as knives. He thought it was a hunter, but when Dennis heard Nicole introduce himself, he immediately couldn't hold back, his eyes staring at Nicole, and his cheeks flushed slightly.

What a strange bunch of people.

Eric thought to himself, a woman, a lazy man, and a shy ghost. This is the Hunter Squad? What can a bunch of guys like this do when they get together? Eric didn't know, he just thought about it in his heart, and didn't say it, because the people here are not the same as the people in Tashi Village.

He still admires the leader Def, he thinks that he is a hunter, because he has the same arrogance as himself.

......

Ever since he heard that there was such a powerful species as dragons in the world, Eric had been fantasizing about what dragons looked like. The keel soaked in the molten was really shocking to him, it turned out that there really were such huge creatures in this world.

When he actually met the dragon king Naga, he realized that the little man had not lied to him. It turned out that the dragon king was really more powerful than a hundred big black bears combined, and he saw with his own eyes that the hunter leader he approved fell from the cliff and was killed by the dragon king, and the black spear was erected, like a silent tombstone. It was then that he connected hunting and death for the first time in his heart, and he realized that hunting is not only hunting, but also that hunters also have to face death.

But he was not afraid, this child who grew up drinking wolf milk had no fear of the Dragon King. When the dragon king spewed out the dragon flame that seemed to destroy the world, he carried Erin's shield and marched forward bravely in the shout.

......

He was badly wounded and fell to the ground, covered in blood. Everyone else thought he was dead, but he wasn't dead, and with the last shred of life, he looked at the young man who was the most useless in his eyes, and shot down the dragon king with an arrow.

He watched Ian grapple with the Dragon King, watching him brush shoulders with death again and again. Eric suddenly thinks that Ian needs his help. This thought was like a mushroom after the rain, and it grew rapidly in his heart, and at that moment, he seemed to have infinite strength, and with his hands that had been completely transformed, he raised Erin's shield again and rushed towards the dragon king.

This time he couldn't get back up, and the last thing he saw before he left this world was when Ian shot down the dragon lord again. The explosion of the source of the dragon slayer emitted a gorgeous purple light, enveloping the invincible dragon king in an instant, and the dragon king fell down with purple flames, and he slowly closed his eyes.

At the last moment of leaving, he remembered his sister who was waiting for his return under the orange maple leaves in the autumn of that year.

"Sister, I'm home. Eric said softly.

......

The damaged Erin Shield was returned to Tashi Village in late autumn. The hunters, wrapped in black cloth on their shoulders, stepped on the maple leaves, returned Erin's shield, and explained everything to everyone. In addition to Erin's shield, there was also a coffin, except that there was nothing in the coffin, just a medal of the High Hunter of the Hall.

Nicole watched Erika cry silently as she held the coffin, her mouth muttering something incessantly. Nicole tries to comfort Erica, but when she walks in, she finds that she can't speak.

"You're doing well, you're really back in the fall. "I feel it, you're back, you're really back." ”

Nicole leaned weakly against the tree and looked up at the late autumn blue sky. In fact, it was beautiful, cloudless, and Nicole unconsciously thought of the sea, and then unconsciously thought of Ian.

"Will you come back?"

......

What exactly is a hunter?

Perhaps, it is really those who never back down.