Amos' gift, Gordon, also liked it, it was a portable telescope.

"Observe, think, and hunt not only by muscles, but also by brains, but don't forget." Amos smiled as he watched Gordon hang the small binoculars around his neck.

"I remember, thank you Amos senior, I like it very much!"

The pork chop sent a bone flute the size of a finger with the characteristic shape of Ailu, and when it was blown, it would emit a chirp like a chickadee.

Rubbing the little head of the pork chop vigorously, Gordon smiled happily, "Your hands are very skillful!" Pork chops! ”

Hayata's seemingly inconspicuous gift was a thin rope woven by herself, mixed with thin wire, beautiful and sturdy, just right for wearing and hanging exotic coins.

This gift made Osura's eyes red with envy, and in her eyes, this was simply the strongest transshipment accessory!

"It's beautiful! Sherahayata! ”

Gordon immediately replaced the beast tendon rope that was originally used to hang the exotic ancient coin, and then held the re-worn ancient coin in front of Hayata, looked at the latter expectantly, and said, "Help me get another buff, Hayata!" ”

“buff？” Hayatta's face was full of question marks.

"It's a buff similar to the hunting flute, plus the lucky one!"

"What, how?" Hayatta also understood that Gordon was engaged in superstitious activities.

"Sing a hymn? A prayer dance? Osura, who believed in these things the most, couldn't help but lean over and proposed, "Or blow fairy breath or something?" ”

The first two proposals were too embarrassing, only the last one was simpler, and Hayatta leaned into Gordon's hand with a blushing face, brushed the hair from her ears, and blew lightly on the ancient coin.

The palms of his hands were itchy, but Gordon didn't notice the charm, he just smirked and hung the ancient coin of "Lucky +1" back on his chest, and patted it with satisfaction.

Osura, who saw the tooth soreness, almost couldn't help but grab it.

After a meal of nonsense, the birthday party finally entered the final link, eating cake.

The huge cake, which looks delicious, is said to be the result of the joint efforts of two Kanban girls, Tiki and March.

- The soft cake blank, the silky cream, and the delicate and beautiful piping are all the credit of the "reliable predecessor" March, and the "lazy vase" Tiki is responsible for writing a dog-like "Happy birthday to Gordon" on the top of the cake! ”.

Candles, make wishes, cut cakes.

With a not-so-neat, but sincere and warm enough "Happy Birthday!" ”

Gordon was eighteen years old.

Shuretsen Hill, Southeastern Hunting Grounds, Hunter's Camp.

Gordon checked the prop and the sharpness of the "Giant Shear" one last time, and carefully fastened the straps of the "Refined Ore Set".

After confirming that he was ready, he beckoned to the pork chop, "I'm going to go to the pork chop, this time it's for real!" ”

"Meow!"

It's been almost a year since I came to Minagarde.

In this year, Gordon spent at least seventy or eighty percent of his time either in the hunting ground or on the way to and from the hunting ground, and finally accumulated enough two-star missions to complete.

He has also teamed up with Osura, Ted, and several other hunters he knows well many times, and has successfully hunted a lot of three-star monsters such as the Peach Fur Beastmaster, the Daimyo Shield Crab, the Sleeping Bird, the Water Beast, and the Beaver Beast.

In the eyes of those who know Gordon well, the difference between him and a true three-star hunter is only the missing half of the star on the cover of the hunter's notebook.

And this time, he finally applied for the promotion task of his dreams.

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Hunting Mission (Urgent): Orange Shadow (★★★)

Content: Hunt the Great Monster Bird

Remuneration: 8000z

Location: Shuretsen Hill

Monsters may appear: Blue Speeddragon, Great Boar, Odd Face

Limited time: 7 days

Observer of Wang Li's paleontology scrivener team: A restless monster bird left its original territory and came to the southeast foot of Shuretsen Hill, and under its hunting range, passing pedestrians, caravans, and even villages would be threatened.

Hunt it before it causes more damage.

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Due to the difficulty of the hunt, Gordon chose to accept this task as a promotion mission to a three-star hunter, which was actually a very unwise decision.

In terms of combat effectiveness alone, the Great Monster Bird belongs to the same level as large monsters such as the Daimyo Shield Crab, but the former's excellent flying ability makes this kind of bird and dragon monster with the reputation of "teacher" tricky rise several steps.

According to Miles, the easiest weapon to use against the Great Monster Bird is actually a light crossbow.

As long as you carry as many grenades as you can and aim them in the head, you can easily hit them hard, and if the big monster bird happens to be in a take-off state, you can even shoot it down, creating a huge flaw.

In comparison, a swordsman like Gordon suffers more.

The long, powerful legs make it difficult for the swordsmen's weapons to reach the soft chest and abdomen of the Great Monster Bird, and the constant swing of the wings not only creates the wind pressure that makes the hunters unsteady on their feet, but also easily repells the approaching hunters with a swing.

Once they fly, the swordsmen who have no long-range attack means can only stare dryly, and it can be said that they are passive everywhere.

There are too many reasons not to choose this task.

Gordon could have waited a few more days, chosen a three-star monster with hunting experience as a target, such as the Peach Fur Beastmaster, and then easily completed the promotion.

However, when he saw the words "Big Monster Bird" marked in the column of the hunting target, he still resolutely accepted this urgent task document.

The reason is simple.

Promotions to three-star hunter were never his goals, not even short-term goals.

What he wants is to be strong.

What if you can fly, what if your trickiness is among the best among three-star monsters, isn't it just "Little Wyvern"?

Compared to last year, when I first came to Minagard, I have become much stronger, if I see "Teacher Yang Kuku" and are afraid that the promotion mission will fail, then what are you talking about hunting the "king of the sky"?

"Our giant scissors are already hungry and thirsty!"

The sun is about to rise to mid-heaven, and the late spring noon sun is already a bit powerful.

On the side of the river, Gordon took two sips of the river water, washed his face casually, and suddenly felt a lot cooler, filled the water bladder and hung it back on his waist, he stood up and looked around carefully.

The rainfall of recent weeks has been exaggerated, the river is full of water, the mud is very soft, there are a lot of small river crabs, snails and earthworms are left behind in the river, and the growth of aquatic weeds and mosses is quite good.

This is very valuable information.

Fish, shrimp, crabs, river snails, earthworms, these are the favorite foods of the big monster bird, and it is a good choice to follow the favorite feeding place and water source of the big monster bird when the target activity area cannot be determined.

"Pork chops, let's look carefully!"

The hunter and the cat searched along the river beach for a long time, but unfortunately they found nothing, perhaps because of the heavy rain last night, there were no noteworthy footprints on the river beach.

A breeze blew.

The pork chop, which was lying on the ground and looking for it, suddenly stood up, sniffling, carefully recognizing the faint smell that wafted in the wind.

"What did you find?"

"It's the smell of rotting corpses!"

"Let's go, let's take a look!"

(End of chapter)