The coldest two months of the year have passed.

The cold wind is still cold, but the sun is shining on the body, and there is already a warm feeling.

The snow, which is more than half a meter thick, slowly melts away, melts into the soil, and flows into the river, filling the dormant earth with the water necessary to rekindle life.

Carefully open the door of the hut and shovel away the snow that has turned into fine ice particles at the door.

Like all the villagers, Gordon, who had been at home for dozens of days, walked out of the door, basking in the long-lost sunshine and stretching his long lazy waist.

Compared with the boy who hunted the big boar king with difficulty half a year ago, Gordon is now visible to the naked eye and is "bigger".

Running between the hunting grounds in full gear, wielding dozens of kilograms of steel blades for hunting, is a kind of ultra-intense exercise.

In addition, as a hunter, it is naturally impossible for him to lack meat, and his musculoskeletal bones naturally grow as if he was blowing.

Now he is nearly 190 centimeters tall, with broad shoulders and broad chest and bulging muscles, standing there looking like a wall, if it weren't for his still slightly immature face, who would have guessed that this guy would have to be an adult in a few months?

Not to mention him, even the pork chops have become a lot stronger.

Of course, it's not enough to look like a devilish man like Gordon, but it's no longer the same as when he first came to Cocote Village.

casually threw a solid iron rod leaning against the door into the pig's chop, and then picked up his own huge stone pier from the ground, Gordon's eyes were slightly bent, and he was in a good mood:

"Pork chop, yesterday I swung an iron rod five hundred times, and today I saw the sun for the first time in a long time, how can I take a step closer? Is there a problem with the goal of 600 times? ”

“... Meow meow? ”

The pork chop that hurriedly caught the iron rod couldn't figure it out, what is the relationship between seeing the sun and improving physical fitness?

However, if you only add it a hundred times, it shouldn't be a problem, right?

"Okay meow! Today is 600 meows! ”

......

Just as the people in the nearby villages had finished their winter and walked out of their homes to start their production activities, Shuretsenqiu gradually began to regain its vitality.

Snakes and insects emerge from the ground, and wild boars leave their warm tree holes and begin to wander the woods, trying to find the delicious shiitake mushrooms that have been grown from the melting snow to quench the hunger that has lasted all winter.

Deep in the forest, in the lair of the blue speed dragon, the scales are still sticky with slippery egg whites, and the newly hatched blue speed dragon is "chirping", urging his parents to hunt for their stomachy meat.

A gray shadow swept through the sky above the forest hill.

It was a brownish-gray peregrine falcon.

This specially trained bird of prey found the small village of "Kokot" in this still snow-covered land.

After circling a few times, it landed in front of the window edge of the village chief's house.

The old village chief opened the window, and the peregrine falcon tilted his head to look at him, jumped a few times, and entered the house.

"It's a peregrine falcon, it's a peregrine falcon."

The village chief snorted and closed the window, and the peregrine falcon lifted one of its claws very humanly, revealing the small metal tube tied to it.

The metal tube is engraved with a small emblem, which is the mark of the Hunters' Guild.

The village chief's movements froze slightly.

Covered by long white eyebrows, the eyes that were always squinting opened slightly, revealing the clear pupils that did not look like those of the elderly.

"Urgent from the Hunters' Guild?"

The village chief's long eyebrows twitched twice, how could he still have the usual Alzheimer's confused appearance at this time?

"Chirp~"

The peregrine falcon chirped in dissatisfaction, and its claws tied to the metal pipe were raised again, as if urging the village chief to hurry up and receive the letter.

In order to deliver the letter, it travels day and night, and it can't even take care of eating, and now it just wants to quickly send the information and hunt a vole hare or something nearby, and have a good meal.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

The village chief expertly removed the metal tube from the peregrine falcon's leg, unscrewed the cap, and pulled out a small roll of parchment from it.

"Huh? I see, it's a bit of a hassle. After opening the scroll and skimming through it quickly, the village chief whispered to himself, "But it may be a good opportunity for him, well, leave it to him." ”

The peregrine falcon continued to tilt its head to look at him.

"Alright, hard work, little one."

The village chief tied the empty metal pipe back to the peregrine falcon's leg and fed it two more pieces of jerky, "Go back quickly, be careful on the way." ”

"Chirp~" The peregrine falcon seemed to understand the words of the village chief, let out a long cry happily, flapped its wings and took off into the sky, and disappeared into the slightly gray sky in the blink of an eye.

......

"Five hundred and fifty... Nine, five hundred... Sixty! Meow! ”

"Oooo It's just a little bit closer! ”

"Five hundred and six... Ten... One... Meow!!! ”

In the open space of the small courtyard at the entrance, Gordon and the pork chop sweated like rain, until a familiar loud voice came from outside the courtyard.

"Gordon! Pork chops! Hey, you're in good spirits! ”

Gordon put down the stone pier in his hand with a little difficulty, looked at the comer, and greeted with a smile: "Instructor morning! ”

"Early, okay, don't say those polite words, there is something urgent to find you, how are you and the pork chop in the current state? Can you start hunting right away? ”

The instructor waved his hand, and his tone suddenly became serious.

"Hunting? Right now? Gordon was stunned, "Isn't the first full moon of the year just past now?" It's still half a month before the ban on hunting is lifted, right? ”

"It's an urgent mission!" The instructor waved the parchment paper in his hand, "Two-star rating, hunting target Blue Speed Dragon King, are you sure?" If you're not sure, don't hold it up, just leave it to me......"

"Two-star emergency mission?!"

Gordon interrupted the instructor's words excitedly, confirming, "The target is the Blue Speed Dragon King?" Be sure! Of course you are sure! Thank you, instructor, you can leave it to me with confidence! ”

Of course he was excited.

In general, there are two ways to increase the Hunter level.

The first is to do the task step by step, until the accumulation is enough, apply to the Hunter Guild, and take the hunting task one star higher than yourself, if you successfully complete it, you can successfully upgrade to a star.

The second is to receive an urgent task, due to the urgency of the situation, the Hunter Guild will appropriately lower the threshold for receiving this kind of task, and after the successful completion, it will also be able to complete the star ascension.

According to the normal steps, if the previous task completion frequency is maintained, it will take about another half a year before he can take the initiative to apply for a two-star mission.

And now, this urgent task has directly saved him more than half a year's time! As long as you successfully complete it, you can be directly promoted to a two-star hunter!

In terms of strength, Gordon believes that he has already reached the level of being able to successfully hunt the Blue Speed Dragon King, that is, the level of a two-star hunter.

All he lacked was opportunity.

Unlike the large towns where resources are concentrated, the village of Kokot, which does not even have a meeting hall office, is too difficult to wait for a suitable urgent task.

There is an opportunity right now, how can I let it go?

The instructor suddenly laughed.

Of course, he knew what Gordon would choose, and he also knew that the latter's strength, the Blue Speed Dragon King, was not enough to pose a threat.

In terms of the danger of monsters, the Blue Speed Dragon King and the Great Boar King are almost the same, this guy is wearing a hunter's suit and holding a hunter's knife to hunt the Great Boar King.

Now that there is a Bursting Knife and a Blue Speed Dragon Set, what does the Blue Speed Dragon King have to worry about?

"I'll leave it to you."

Instructor Ernest handed Gordon the documents for the urgent mission.

"Time is pressing, let's go as soon as possible!"

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Hunting Mission (Urgent): The Bandit Leader Who Threatens the Trade Path (★★)

Content: Hunt the Blue Speed Dragon King

Remuneration: 4,000 gold

Location: Shuretsen Hill

Limited time: 5 days

The Observatory's hot air balloon reported that a group of Blue Speeddragons had migrated to the southwest of the Shuretsen Hill region, and that their territory overlapped with the trade routes between Minagard City and Merchita City, posing a serious threat to the caravans and travelers on the trade routes, and that the Blue Speed Dragon King of its leader must be hunted as soon as possible to cause the collapse of the group.

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