After introducing each other and exchanging briefly, Gordon felt that this little girl named Worm was quite interesting.

From a certain point of view, the personality is a bit similar to Feng Ying?

If that guy were here, he would have made new friends soon.

The messenger who had led them into the village seemed not interested in chatting or anything, and when he saw Gordon and his companion bump into each other, he silently prepared to leave.

Gordon stopped him, took out a flashbang and threw it to the other party, briefly explained the usage, and said with a smile: "I don't know if you have anything similar, it should be a small gift, thank you for bringing us in." ”

The Hayattas also bowed lightly or bowed their heads in gratitude.

The Bug Envoy took the flashbang, was silent for two seconds, nodded and left.

"Lichen he called, not very talkative, very good people, oh actually." Madder smiled and said to the hunters, "Bugs are not always very popular, but they are very powerful." ”

"I can see it." Gordon retracted his gaze, "Can you take us for a walk?" I didn't expect so many people to live in the depths of Jukai, and there are many settlements of this size? ”

"Gollum. Lead the way, the worms! The chrysalis girl raised her hand.

Madder pinned the two large leaves on his helmet that could be used as a visor, "Not much, this place is called 'woodland', one of the largest settlements in the sea of trees, most of which are very small.

The Academy of Alchemy is here, and the young people in the sea of trees come here to study. ”

Academy of Alchemy.

Gordon choked, there are educational institutions that can be called "colleges", and it seems that the social structure of the aborigines of Jukai is far more complex than they think.

But in retrospect, they had seen a total of four or five aborigines so far, all of them young people, and each of them was a "fighter".

Just from the armor and weapons, it can be seen that the combat systems of these people are very different, insect envoys, archers, and people who use similar insect sticks have turned into chrysalis.

Ah, there's a big leather wing fixed under its armpit.

Without a dedicated lineage, it would be impossible for young people to figure it out on their own.

"How many combat classes do you have on your side?" Gordon couldn't help but ask.

"Career? There are too many of them to count. Madder shook her head, "Some are inherited by only one person, some are suitable for use in the dense forest zone in the south, and not suitable for use in the north."

And it doesn't have to be fighting, it's breeding, gathering, patrolling, and so many."

"I suddenly feel that our hunter's system is really quite simple." Gale couldn't help but comment.

Anhill glanced at her, "They don't have the word 'hunter' as a full-time fighter, it's all about surviving in the treacherous woods."

If you compare our society with theirs, craftsmen, messengers, scholars, farmers, and so on should be counted. ”

"You have to fuck me, right?!"

"I just don't want them to have any unnecessary misunderstandings about us outsiders, such as intellectual."

"You two, be quiet." Annoyed by the two of them, Hilda finally spoke, and the group finally quieted down.

Led by Madder and Frog, they visit the Academy of Alchemy.

Rather than the schools they had in mind, they were more of a centralized research institute, and Gordon finally understood why these young people, who were clearly combatants, came to learn the so-called "alchemy".

To put it bluntly, the alchemy of the Shukai people is a biological cultivation technique, and in their own way, they cultivate plants, fungi, and even insects and reptiles that can be used by them.

For example, the special insect chrysalis that symbiotes with her on the body of the glamander does not exist in nature, of course, and is the product of alchemy.

There are also living bows and arrows used by the archers before, quivers, and the special rat women on the lichens of the insect envoys, all of which are the result of alchemy intervention and cultivation.

For example, the leaf armor, honeycomb armor, slime wrist armor, etc., on Madder's body, are also "planted" by herself.

The only exception is the long stick in her hand, a weapon called the "Okarina Flute Hammer", which is actually a bone instrument.

It is carved from the bones of some monsters and the vocal cord membrane, etc., and is made for her by her elders.

Gordon was curious about whether there was a connection between the hammer and the wormstick, and asked Hilda and Madder's division commander before confirming.

It's really relevant.

The Okalina Hammer is common in the sea of trees, where it is used by madder to control venomous bees in honeycomb armor, falconers to command birds of prey, and others to control insects.

The outsiders learned the alchemy technique of cultivating insects in a targeted manner, as well as the art of directing and controlling insects, and on this basis, they improved the Okarina Hammer.

The instrumental function has been almost completely eliminated, leaving only the most basic articulation vents, making it more weapon-oriented than instrumental.

At the same time, the functions of "colored lanterns" and "pheromones" have been added to reduce the difficulty of insect handling and improve the accuracy of insect hunting instructions.

This is how the bug stick was born.

It is said that this weapon is also used by people in Jukai, and it can be regarded as a small commonality between the outside world and the residents of Jukai.

Gordon was curious about the biological alchemy of the natives of the Sea of Trees, and the monks of madder, mayfly, and even the Academy of Alchemy were equally amazed by the crafting technology of the hunters' equipment.

For the Kikai Aborigines, metal is a rare resource.

Due to the scarcity of ore and easy corrosion, they rarely see the shadow of metal on their equipment, and they are even less ignorant of industrial technologies such as ore smelting, alloy manufacturing, and high-temperature forging.

Upon learning this, Gail used his own knife to obtain several plant and insect materials that were very valuable to the outside world.

Gordon and the others did the same, they also used knives, and some hunting props or something, and exchanged a lot of messy things.

In addition to this, the people of the Alchemy Academy showed great interest in the weapons of the hunters.

Shocked by the ease with which hunters' swords can cut through trees and the ability of their ballista bows to pierce rocks, they request a trade.

Naturally, the hunters refused, and they deeply regretted it.

The inhabitants of Jukai rarely take the initiative to hunt large monsters, and when a battle has to break out, they often use traps, poisonous insects, poisons and other methods to round up and kill.

It is unimaginable for hunters to take advantage of their own strength and weapons to face large monsters head-on and slash and kill them.

In this alchemy academy full of wonderful things, Gordon and the others spent a small half a day of amazement.

It was getting dark, and the time was getting late.

As the "landlords", they enthusiastically brought the hunters home and invited them to a special dinner with a high protein content.

Anhill, who had already learned this at lunchtime, was very clever enough to make an excuse and sneak out to nibble on the food.

The rest of the people looked at the fresh food that was still wriggling on the table, and their faces turned green.

In the face of the munching, crunching, and mouthful of madder, even Gordon, who is willing to try and never picky eater, can't stand it.

Hayatta took a small piece of Endurance Thunderworm from Gordon's plate, straightened her neck and swallowed it, then sneered and claimed that she had eaten a small amount and was full.

Gale is even more nonsense, saying that he never eats dinner in order to keep in shape.

Only Hilda's face remained as usual, and she tasted everything, a determination that the young hunters admired deeply.

After the meal, Hayatta, who was on an empty stomach, exchanged glances with Gail.

It's better to wait for the madder to fall asleep, and then secretly get up and nibble on the food

Ps.

The Alchemy Academy, the Okarina Hammer, the Falconer, the Worm Messenger, and all of these equipment are from part of the MH2 information book, which itself does not elaborate, and the connection to the insect stick is also my subjective speculation, and is not an official establishment.

However, the main creative team itself has also mentioned many times that many of the later settings are actually developed from the early scrapping cases, and this speculation should be reasonable.

(End of chapter)