Chapter 1: Silvermoon City
Newcomers and new books, they are working hard for a little unattainable dream, but they have to work hard, and they will be written better and better, and everyone is welcome to advise, thank you. "So, when you're facing a wild spiked porcupine, the best thing to do is not to stand in front of it, so that you can easily avoid its thrust and fangs, you see?" On the podium, a very burly man spoke in a rough voice to the students in the audience, and it was hard to imagine that he was a teacher and not a bodybuilding instructor based on his size. At this time, the whistle sounded, and the teacher ended his explanation: "Okay, that's all for the precautions, and then everyone will gather at the training ground." ”
In this continent full of magic, humans, elves, and orcs stand together at the pinnacle of higher creatures, among them, humans occupy the most land, however, even if the territory area occupied by the three major races is combined, it is not comparable to one-tenth of the area of this continent, and the rest of the land that occupies this vast continent is tens of billions, or even more fierce beasts. Most of them are aggressive, some even have desperate terrifying powers, and if they want to carve out more territory, they can't avoid head-to-head confrontation with these fierce beasts, on the other hand, many of the fierce beasts have sharp claws, scales, and fur are valuable good things, so the hunter profession came into being.
In this beast-infested continent, hunters are a highly respected profession, as well as a profession of risk and opportunity, where hunters exercise their bodies to gain strength to compete with them, and hone their skills to hunt down opponents who are stronger than themselves. The most powerful beasts can destroy the world, and the most powerful humans are not far behind.
The royal capital of the Silver Moon Empire, Silver Moon City, our story begins here, the name of the empire comes from the empire's earliest protector war beast - the Silver Moon Wolf, a powerful beast that has been successfully tamed. This empire, located in the northeastern frontier of mankind, can be regarded as the best in the northeastern frontier in terms of national strength, and the hunter academy here has also taught many famous hunter powerhouses.
"It's all here, let's start this year's final exam, which is about not using weapons, holding on to three minutes under the attack of a spiked porcupine, and I will score everyone according to their evasive actions. It was the "bodybuilding coach" who spoke just now, "First, Zhou Ming!"
Among the students, a teenager stepped forward and put on a set of high-grade alloy armor prepared by the school, after all, it is an exam, and the school will still protect the safety of students as much as possible, such a set of armor is worth a lot of money, and the protective ability is naturally nothing to say, and there are two instructors holding anesthetic crossbow arrows on the side of the training ground, everything is ready, and the assessment will officially begin.
The boy stood on the training ground, still remembering the words of the teacher just now. "The key is to avoid the front...... the boy muttered to himself. At this time, the spiked porcupine that was released from the cage in the distance also launched a sprint towards him, the boy dodged the blow with a side slide, followed by a forward flip, the purpose was to open the distance to increase reaction time for himself, turned around, and found that the spiked porcupine had just stopped the momentum of the forward rush, and was turning, so two or three times, the boy gradually mastered the rhythm, as soon as the three minutes arrived, the whistle sounded, and an instructor stepped forward to restrain the spiked porcupine, and his hands clamped a pair of fangs of the spiked porcupine like iron tongs, no matter how the spiked porcupine exerted his strength, he did not move at all, and Zhou Ming took advantage of this time to withdraw from the training ground。
Changing his armor, Zhou Ming breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that this assessment should be nine out of ten, and Zhou Ming is ready to go home to rest.
"Zhou Ming, do you know Long Xiaocheng, who graduated this year? He just came to you and said that he was waiting for you at the school gate. One student said to him.
"Oh, thanks, see you later. Zhou Ming agreed, and walked towards the school gate.
Far away from the school gate, Zhou Ming found Long Xiaocheng at a glance, not that Zhou Ming's eyes are good, but Long Xiaocheng's figure is really easy to recognize, more than one meter nine, even many instructors are ashamed of their strong physique, this is Zhou Ming's playmate since he was a child, although he is not a brother, but he is like a brother to Zhou Ming, so Zhou Ming has always called him a big brother.
"Big brother!" Zhou Ming beckoned, and came to Long Xiaocheng in three steps and two steps, "You have something to do with me?"
"It's nothing, just to see how your assessment results are, and besides, you're almost old enough to apply to become a full-fledged hunter apprentice, let me ask when you will apply to the Hunter Guild?"
As the capital of the second largest country in the Northeast Territory, the streets of Silver Moon City can be regarded as full of traffic, the hunter school is close to the main city gate, many hunters and caravans come in and out from here, bringing back all kinds of new things, Zhou Ming vaguely remembers that when he was very young, at this city gate, a huge wolf-shaped beast was locked in a special large cage and pulled into the city with eight horses, at that time, his father's big hand patted his head and smiled proudly. That was one of his rare impressions of his father......
"Hunter Guild, in half a month, after my birthday, I will be officially qualified to become a hunter apprentice. Zhou Ming replied, with irrepressible excitement in his words, "Big brother, can you tell me about the situation when you went hunting?"
"You still have to study in school in the first year of becoming a hunter, which is why you are still called a hunter apprentice at this time" Long Xiaocheng patiently taught Zhou Mingdao, in his eyes, Zhou Ming is also his best brother, "The hunter apprentice will conduct some field training under the leadership of the instructor, and sometimes may be assigned some simple tasks, and at the end of this year, there will be a graduation assessment, and only after passing can he become an official lower hunter." ”
"Then, big brother, have you passed your graduation assessment?"
"Of course!" Long Xiaocheng shook his strong arm in front of Zhou Ming's eyes, very proud, "I'm also going to the Hunters' Guild to apply to become a lower hunter, let's go together when the time comes." ”
After a brief chat, the two separated and went home.
Closing the door, Zhou Ming glanced at the window, and found that there was no carrier pigeon he was looking forward to, and his heart was still a little lost, at that time he and his mother were the only way to contact, half a year ago, his mother was picked up by a group of masked people, it is said that there is an important matter, those people are very respectful to their mother, and their mother seems to know them, Zhou Ming is not too worried, but until now, his mother has not returned, and can only send letters back and forth through carrier pigeons, whenever Zhou Ming asks where she went, her mother always keeps silent, so now, Zhou Ming has been living alone for half a year。 Fortunately, Zhou Ming was very optimistic, his mother left him a lot of money before leaving, and Long Xiaocheng's parents also took care of him, and in the letter, he learned that his mother was living a good life now, so he was not sad.
I made lunch and rested for a while, thinking that in the morning he and Long Xiaocheng made an appointment to go to the training ground of the hunter school to train together, Zhou Ming took his two iron knives and went out to find Long Xiaocheng, he didn't buy weapons, this set of double knives was still rented from the school, although it was a little shabby, but it was completely enough for practice. Speaking of which, every hunter will have a weapon that he is good at, Zhou Ming is a double knife, sacrificing a heavy shield in exchange for incomparable flexibility, while Long Xiaocheng uses a long hammer and a heavy shield, perhaps, only his physique has the strength to wield these two heavy weapons at the same time.
Because several students made mistakes in the middle of the process, the three wild spiked porcupines prepared by the school were shot down by the anesthetic arrows in the hands of the instructor, and they slept for a long time, Zhou Ming and their final assessment was delayed until the afternoon, thinking of a group of people waiting for the three spiked porcupines to wake up, Zhou Ming was very glad that he was the first student to take the exam, and did not disturb the classmates who were still taking the exam, he and Long Xiaocheng started the practice of the two of them in the training ground on the other side, or out of the knife, out of the hammer, or dodge, Block, before you know it, the sunset in the west has begun to glow with the glow of the sunset. In the next half month, Zhou Ming will face such a simple and boring life...... However, when I think that my life as a hunter is about to begin, what is the boredom of these ten days?