Chapter 23: Departure Again
The first hunt was a blow to most of the hunting teams, and Team 33 was only the most damaged of them.
After a day's rest, half of the remaining 24 members of the 33rd team chose to quit, but there were also people like Pluto who either honed their own thoughts or wanted to take risks to get much faster contribution points than doing other jobs, or who had other goals in mind.
In the end, as of the end of the application, the current 33 teams have a total of 58 members (Lan Lan belongs to the "giveaway" of Soou's team) is not much different from before.
Before dawn the next day, the people of the hunting party had already put on their equipment and prepared dry food and set off for the Starry Night Forest. Team 33 has a lot of new faces, many of them are young men in their early twenties, and there is even an underage guy - Pluto, who is only 12 years old, and it is easy to lose sight of his real age.
At this time, he was hunched over and carefully following behind Tho, because Lan Lan thought that the sound of his walking was noisy to his sleep, so under the threat of Miss Lan Lan, Pluto could only move forward with this funny appearance.
"Hey, Tho, why are you here again, you kid just quit the hunting group yesterday, why risk it again?" Ge Wen asked in a low voice.
"Hmph, you stinky red-nosed monster uncle didn't quit, how could Dad quit if he was so much better than you. ”
"What your daughter says is not at all worthy of her cuteness. Gwen's face was full of black lines.
"Lan Lan, don't say it, Uncle Gewen is concerned about me, don't talk back to him in the future, do you hear?"
Lan Lan didn't answer, she stuck out her tongue at Gwen, and covered herself completely with her wide hat, lying on So'o's head and not making a sound.
"Hehe, Lan Lan was a little sensitive when she heard about me, Uncle Gewen, don't mind. By the way, uncle, why didn't you quit yesterday, hunting is so dangerous, aren't you afraid that your family will worry?"
The word "family" seemed to evoke Ge Wen's bad memories, and he was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Family? I once had a mother-in-law who looked like a first-class cook and did housework, at that time I had nothing to do all day, and my biggest hobby was to go to the tavern in the town to accompany other people who also had nothing to do to drink and fart, and I didn't even notice that she was seriously ill when I was drunk and dreaming all day long. ”
"In the end, I found out that she couldn't hold on anymore and passed out on the ground. I was crazy and had to take her everywhere for medical advice, but it was too late...... She left, in my arms, very peacefully, and she never complained to me until she died. I'm a fucking scumbag!!"
Ge Wen's emotions were a little excited, "I still remember that she said before her death that she hoped to save money to buy a house in the town, but whenever the family had a little money, I took it and threw it into the tavern, and the whole family was completely poor, so after she went, I began to apprentice everywhere, hoping to learn some skills to hunt monsters, after all, this is the fastest way to get money." ”
"But because of my age, more importantly, I was drunk all day long and broke my body, so even now I am still a low-level warrior, and I can deal with some ordinary beasts or something, and the more powerful ones are not something I can touch. ”
"Originally, it would have been enough to save up for a few decades to buy a small house in the town, but the invasion of the dragon clan and the edict issued by the city lord gave me greater hope, and it was a house in the city that she could not have imagined when she was alive. So without hesitation, I joined the hunt, and as long as I could live forever, it wouldn't be long before I could have a house in the inner city that belonged to me and her. Gwen finished and lit a cigarette.
"Hehe, I accidentally said so much, after she went, I quit drinking and became addicted to cigarettes, and the stimulation of the smell of cigarettes did not make her look forget from my mind. Ge Wen took a hard puff, and the tobacco was burned out in the bright yellow tongue of fire.
"Uncle Gewen, I want to ask you something. Isn't everyone with a story so raunchy? I think you'll still be a pretty attractive person if you pick it up...... Probably. Solo patted Gwen on the shoulder and said with a serious face.
"Stinky boy, you finally messed up a little bit of the atmosphere, and what do you mean by 'probably'. Gwen slapped Soou's hand away with a black face.
-- Dividing line --
At an entrance to the Starry Night Forest, Myron stood in front of the team and said, "Next, each middle warrior and two lower warriors are in a group, we have 18 intermediate warriors here, so we are divided into 18 groups, and the remaining four lower warriors are a group. Wait, which three people I clicked on, then they were a group. Blake, Wads, Rhine you are in a team of three......"
After the grouping, Saw, Pluto, and Gwen were grouped together, presumably because Myron knew about the relationship between the three of them.
However, the leader of their group is not Soou, but the child-faced giant Pluto. The strength registered by Solo is a nine-star lower-rank warrior, and Pluto showed a strength that is not inferior to the average one- or two-star mid-rank warrior when he signed up yesterday, so this guy who is only 12 years old naturally became the team leader.
Ge Wen was secretly refreshed in his heart, he didn't expect that this little doll who was only 12 years old would be stronger than him, plus a more powerful Solo Ou, then his group should be the strongest group besides Captain Myron's group. However, he thought about it, he was in his forties, and his strength was not as good as that of two underage teenagers, and more importantly, he felt a hint of joy because of this, and a strong sense of shame hit the heart of this forty-year-old uncle again.
"Okay, the grouping is complete, the next activities in the Starry Night Forest are all based on the premise of life, life is gone, there is nothing, those who want to be anxious to prove themselves are stunned and learn from the older people around them, blindly brute force will only give away your lives in vain, I won't say much about the rest, let's go. With Myron's order, a total of 19 groups of 58 people from 33 teams entered the Starry Night Forest.
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"Boss, what are we going to do next?" Pluto asked a little excitedly, after all, the "boss" in his mouth was the existence of the dragon clan who had slaughtered the dragon clan with his own hands, so he seemed very looking forward to the next activities.
"Ahh Uncle Gwen, what do you say? Sawo threw the question to Gwen.
"Hmph, I finally remembered me, and at the critical moment, I have to rely on an experienced veteran to guide you two rookies. Gwen thought a little smugly.
"Ahem, since you have asked sincerely, then I will tell you regardless of my previous suspicions. Yes, what we need most now is to have a surveyor who can detect prey and danger in advance, and the person who can do this job must be an experienced veteran, and you didn't know where I was when I started my adventure, so ......" Gwen didn't explain, but the expression on his face almost didn't inscribe the words "who else but me".
"It seems to make sense, if it's to find prey, then I'll choose ...... Lanlan. Solo clapped his hands and decisively chose his little girl.
"Well, you did the right ...... Well!! who do you say you're going to choose? The little girl on your back? Soo, you've been kicked in the head by a dragon. ”
"I support the Boss's choice. ”
"Pluto, you said, you two were kicked by a dragon, and I will avenge you. Gwen was almost crying, and things were going in a completely different direction than he had expected.
"Hey, will Lan Lan tell you about the fact that she can talk to small animals?" Hearing this, Lan Lan raised her head and glanced at Ge Wen proudly.
"Huh?!Is what the little girl said true?" Gwen's eyes widened.
"Well, Lan Lan does have the ability to communicate with animals, so I said let Lan Lan be this surveyor. Sawo nodded.
"Oh~, that's the case, that'...... There's no way around that, so let this little girl try it first. Gwen's face was a little uncontrollable.
"Lan Lan, it's up to you. ”
"Hmm!"
Two hours later
Solo and the others sat around munching on their dry food, and behind them was their harvest - a few wild boars that were caught alive.
"These boars have a lot of strength. Ge Wen stroked his somewhat sour arm, and under Lan Lan's guidance, the three of them soon found a few lonely boars, and they were the kind that had not been dragonized. Now there are fewer and fewer beasts like this kind of weak and undragonized, and the best choice to meet this kind of beast is to capture it alive, this beast is easy to tame, unlike other dragonized or powerful monsters, which basically cannot be controlled by ordinary people.
"Well, today's task is completed, you can rest here, I'll take Lan Lan around. Solo patted his ass and stood up, and without waiting for Pluto and the two of them answered, he went into the woods.
"Hey, you kid just go. ”
-- Dividing line --
"Alright, come on, I'm ready. Solo looked at Miranda in front of him with a generous look of death, and the place where they were at this time was naturally in that black and white space.
"Yo~ I'm still being beaten and addicted, don't worry, you're too weak now, and there's really no motivation to ravage you, so I decided to train you every day before your strength didn't meet my requirements. Hehe, don't be happy too early~" Miranda nodded her lips, her charming eyes staring at someone who was happy to hear that she didn't need to be ravaged.
"Is there any special training that is more terrible than fighting you? Miss Miranda, use whatever means you have. ”
"Hehehe, you...... Are you sure?" Miranda looked at Solo with a smirk
"Huh?" Hearing this, Solo suddenly felt a chill run in his back.
PS: I want to be a storyteller.