Chapter 17: From Summer to Winter

Seeing that this blue speed dragon was unusual, Gordon did not let the pork chop go to lure the enemy, but personally launched a challenge.

Faced with the sudden appearance of the enemy, the blue speed dragon stopped eating, and instead of immediately pounced, it locked its eyes on the hunter, fierce and cautious.

Gordon put his right hand on the hilt of the sword behind his back, and did not pull it out directly, the state of holding the sword will greatly affect the movement speed, and it is not suitable until the distance between the two sides is closer.

In the end, it was Gordon who made the first move, and he began to sprint, and the distance between the two quickly shortened.

The blue speed dragon hissed, and also took a step, its long beak and claws with blood looking particularly hideous.

Just as the target's head was about to enter the range of the blaster, Gordon decisively slashed out.

This almost invincible move against the Blue Speed Dragon actually failed this time, and the Blue Speed Dragon stopped in time, jumped backwards for a short distance, and easily dodged the powerful blow.

The heavy blaster slammed into the ground, and Gordon needed time to lift it back up, but the Blue Speeddragon seized the opportunity and flicked his powerful tail to Gordon's side.

Gordon frowned, temporarily stopped raising his greatsword, grasped the hilt of the sword with one hand, and turned to the other side of the blasting knife.

Rack up the sword to block!

"Bang!"

The blue speed dragon's long tail smashed into the sword surface of the blasting knife, and the not weak force made Gordon's hands slightly numb to maintain the block.

"Sure enough, you have a lot of combat experience."

Gordon pursed his lips and put away his contempt, he leaned down slightly, mobilized the strength of his waist and legs, and swung his knife to slash at the legs of the blue speed dragon.

Once again, the Blue Sathron leaped back in time and avoided it smoothly.

This time, however, Gordon's attack didn't end there.

After removing the excess inertia of the horizontal slash and swinging through the full arc, Gordon directly advanced again.

As soon as the Blue Speedosaurus, which thought that the hunter had entered the interval between attacks, was about to pounce on it, its huge hook claw was pinned into its jaw, piercing its brain, and its huge body fell to the ground limply.

Instant death.

Gordon put away the blaster and exhaled softly.

Sure enough, actual combat was the most effective way to improve his martial arts, and in just two days, he had polished his originally unskilled big sword moves to perfection.

A sword in the air? It doesn't matter, the next sword that takes advantage of the situation will only be stronger!

Looking at the extremely complete corpse of the Blue Speedosaurus in front of him, a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of Gordon's mouth.

Without his reminder, the pork chop consciously began to be on guard.

It took almost twice as long as usual, and Gordon carefully peeled off the large, complete blue speed dragon skin, and of course, those high-quality scales, claws, and teeth would not be spared.

The materials for the Blue Speeddragon set have been collected!

"Alright pork chop, let's go home!"

"Meow!"

......

After returning to Kocot Village and paying the task liquidation payment, Gordon immediately came to the workshop with a large pile of Blue Speeddragon materials.

Then I got the bad news that there was thunder and thunder.

He had collected enough materials, but not enough money......

The Blue Speeddragon set includes five parts: head, carcass, waist, wrists, and shins, and the manufacturing cost of each part of the armor is 1,150 gold, all of which add up to nearly 6,000 gold.

In addition, Gordon hopes that the owner of the workshop will use the extra materials to make a piece of armor for the pork chops, which will add an extra expense.

The 2,000 gold task reward I just got in my hand, and some of it has to be used to pay off the instructor's debt, which is completely insufficient.

In desperation, Gordon had no choice but to hand over the materials and all the money to the workshop owner, and ask the latter to help him start making armor first, after all, unlike weapons, the construction period of a full set of armor is much longer.

And he took the pork chop, received a new mission, and rushed to the hunting ground again.

For the next period of time.

Hunt for specialty mushrooms, hunt for meat, collect deer skins, crusade against the Great Boar, Blue Speed Dragon, Odd Face Clan's crusade quests, as long as the price is right, he will take anything.

At first, these one-star missions of "Miscellaneous Fish", which were neither oily nor challenging, made Gordon frustrated.

But the instructor told him that this was the daily life of monster hunters.

Ores to craft armor and weapons, materials to blend with various hunting items, and money to do everything.

None of this fell from the sky.

It can only be accumulated little by little.

Take, for example, the blasting knife in Gordon's hand.

It seems that it is easy to collect all the materials, but the huge amount of iron ore and earth crystals, after all, are they all knocked out by Gordon with an iron pickaxe in the past two years?

Without going through this accumulation stage, how can you create stronger armor and hunt more powerful monsters?

Let's do the task honestly!

Two weeks later, the Blue Speeddragon suit was built, and Gordon, who had paid the final payment, finally put on the new armor he had been thinking about day and night.

This is a set of full-body armor with a low-key shape, but it gives a very reliable feeling.

The brightly colored blue dragon leather has been tanned into an inconspicuous dark gray, which is obviously leather, but has a faintly metallic heavy texture.

The chest, joints and other vital parts are decorated with a large number of blue speed dragon scales and metal armor to provide maximum protection without affecting the wearer's movements.

According to the workshop owner, the defensive performance of this armor is at least two to three times higher than that of the most basic hunter suit.

Paired with a heavy and sharp blasting knife, Gordon now looks like he is no longer the "fledgling silly boy" style he used to have.

It's not just Gordon who changes clothes, but also pork chops.

The nut case, which only has the advantage of being lightweight, has been replaced with a new armor made from the same Blue Athlon material.

and the "Ore Cat Pickaxe" that is carefully forged by smelting several minerals.

All this makes the pork chops, which are also in "puberty", excited.

After paying the balance of himself and the pork chop armor, Gordon, who has become poor again, has no choice but to return to his original busy and slightly boring task life.

However, even he himself did not notice.

In these inconspicuous one-star missions, his body has been tempered, his martial arts and sword skills have been improved, and even the impetuous mentality unique to young people has gradually calmed down under the polishing of mushrooms and ores.

Midsummer and autumn passed quietly.

Throughout the autumn, everyone was preparing for the coming winter, and Gordon, the instructor and Gordon, the only hunter in the village, kept going back and forth between the village and the hunting grounds, hunting for the meat necessary for the villagers to survive the winter.

After the tenth full moon of this year, Gordon, who had been busy for nearly half a year, finally temporarily removed his armor and weapons.

Located in the northwest corner of the continent, winter came early, and under the cold wind from the northern Akula region, everything withered, and the activities of all living things stopped.

Humans are no exception.

During this season, hunters generally do not enter the hunting grounds.

One is that the hungry monsters in the snow forest are more aggressive and dangerous, and on the other hand, it is also to give the female beasts who are pregnant during the autumn breeding period a little respite.

Heavy snow fell, covering mountains, forests, roads, and villages.

In previous years, Gordon, who was reluctant to go to the instructor's house for the winter, was always alone.

And this year, he has a cat!