Monster Hunt: Notes From a Hunter

  Chapter 23 One star? Two stars?

  The hunter confronted the monster.

  They all know that their current state is not suitable for continuing to fight, but no one is willing to turn around first, and whoever shows timidity first may lose the initiative to fight.

   Gordon suddenly grinned and smiled.

  The reason why hunters can survive in front of monsters that are too much stronger than humans, and even win the battle, relies on their flexible brains and endless means.

  The skin is soft and the body is fragile, so arm yourself with metal and monster scales,

   Without sharp claws and teeth, use wisdom and technology to create a variety of powerful weapons.

  Physical strength and self-healing ability are not as good as monsters, so alchemy medicine is used to make up for it.

   Putting the big sword in front of him with one hand, Gordon reached out and took out the hunters' favorite recovery medicine G from the bag behind his waist.

   This is an advanced recovery medicine that is blended with honey on the basis of ordinary recovery medicines and further extracted. Its efficacy is nearly double that of the normal version.

  Of course, the cost price is much more expensive. Under normal circumstances, Gordon is reluctant to use it, but now is the best time to use it.

   After two sips, he poured down the emerald green potion in the glass medicine. Gordon threw away the bottle and smacked his lips. It tasted good.

  The effect is even better.

  A warm feeling instantly spread all over the body, and the wounds on the chest ribs and palms quickly stopped bleeding.

  It is impossible to recover immediately, and it will take some time for the medicine to take full effect, but in just a few seconds, he feels that he has recovered at least 70% to 80% of his combat power.

  Blue Velociraptor retreated slowly.

  The beast's intuition told it that the opponent was definitely not bluffing.

   Obviously it only took two or three breaths, how did that guy recover so much from his obviously weakened breath? !

  The bright yellow vertical pupils stared at the hunter, and the blue velociraptor continued to retreat—it knew that it had to retreat.

  The Blue Velociraptor, who retreated to the edge of the dense forest, let out a threatening roar. It stared deeply at Gordon. Seeing that the latter had no intention of pursuing him, he turned and fled into the jungle, and finally disappeared in the dark forest.

  Gordon shook his tired arms, squatted down halfway, took out the whetstone, and carefully polished every hook blade of the Explosive Knife covered in blood.

  Continuous slashing has blunted the hook blade of the Explosive Knife. If it is not sharpened in time, it will affect the power of the weapon.

  After polishing the weapon, Gordon drank another bottle of recovery medicine, and ate a piece of food to replenish his strength. After a short rest, he picked up the explosive knife again.

   Carefully distinguishing the footprints and bloodstains hidden among the weeds and fallen leaves, Gordon confidently looked in a certain direction.

  Blue Velociraptor King, can't escape.

  The Blue Velociraptor family is a predator good at hunting, but not good at hiding.

  In the mountain forest at the end of winter in Xiuletsen Hill, a pursuit battle that lasted for half a day finally came to an end in the afternoon when the sun was setting.

  Blue Velociraptor King ran away several times, counterattacked, and even called his fellows near the lair to launch an ambush, but they were all resolved by Gordon steadily.

  The blue velociraptor king, whose hind limbs were severely injured and his combat effectiveness was severely damaged, did not bring him any real trouble even in the end.

   The huge crown symbolizing the status of the king of the ethnic group was eventually cut off by the hunter and became a trophy that proved the completion of the hunt.

  After finally escorting the caravan to a safe section, the pork chop on the hurried return did not rush back to the camp to meet Gordon until after the sun went down.

  Looking at the materials of the blue velociraptor still covered in blood, the pork chop seemed a little disappointed.

   Lord Gordon doesn’t seem to need his own help, he can also successfully hunt these powerful monsters.

  However, Gordon only pointed to his broken breastplate and the horrible wound from his chest to his waist, which was still turned outward even though the bleeding had stopped, and said with a smile:

   "If you were here, I wouldn't be so seriously injured."

   "Yes, sorry meow!"

   "I didn't mean to blame you, I just stated the facts, don't hang your head there, come and help me sew and bandage the wound!"

   "Okay meow!"

   "Ah, it hurts, it hurts!"

   "It's going to be crooked! Don't move meow!"

   "You should take it easy!"

   "I'm just an Elle, I'm not good at sewing meow! Please be patient meow!"

   After successfully hunting the Blue Velociraptor King and successfully solving the emergency mission, Gordon's hunter rank was naturally promoted to two stars.

  Looking at the second star branded on the hide cover of his hunter notebook, the young hunter bared his teeth and grinned like a fool.

  Hunter level promotion represents more than just honor.

  More optional tasks, higher salary standards, all of these are real benefits.

  In comparison, those "minor injuries" on his body are nothing worth mentioning.

  Because of poor stitching skills in pork chops, a scar was left on the chest? Gordon wouldn't take this kind of trivial matter to heart. As a hunter, who wouldn't have a few scars on his body?

  In order to celebrate the promotion, Gordon specially brought the instructor and pork chops, and came to the only tavern and restaurant in the village to have a big meal.

  Charcoal-grilled mammoth steak, wart and tender potato salad, grass-fed dragon tail soup stewed with onions and tomatoes, and baked mushrooms in cream.

   It cost nearly 500z for a meal, but Gordon didn't feel distressed.

   Occasional luxury is also necessary!

  After the big meal, the lives of Gordon and Pork Chop returned to their daily routines.

  Winter is over, and the months-long hunting ban is over, causing the Hunter Guild to backlog a large number of unresolved commissions. Even a backcountry like Kokot Village has received a lot of orders.

  Although the vast majority are still one-star commissions.

  Gordon, who was finally qualified to accept two-star missions, directly pulled the pile of one-star commissions aside, didn't even bother to look at them, and happily picked up the only two-star mission list.

  The guild's division of task difficulty is very mature and standardized, even if it is only the lowest level of one-star and two-star, there is a clear difference.

  One-star missions are mainly to collect settlement items such as specialty shiitake mushrooms, and to hunt down multiple blue velociraptors, big wild boars and other small monsters.

  Starting from two stars, large monsters will be involved.

  Although it is only the Big Wild Boar King and the Blue Velociraptor King who are "unable to make it to the table" in the eyes of powerful hunters, they are also a hurdle that all novice hunters must face.

   If you cross the past, there will be further possibilities. If you fail to cross it, you will only be able to spend your whole life in mushrooms and raw meat.

  According to the statistics of the Hunters Guild, at least one-third of the registered hunters have been wandering in one-star missions throughout their lives.

  Maybe it is lack of courage to face large monsters, or lack of talent, or out of safety and family considerations, they have no intention of becoming stronger, let alone take the initiative to contact those dangerous large monsters, they only want to live a safe and stable life.

  Some people despise, sympathize with, and ridicule these "gatherers", but no one can deny their contribution to human society.

   Otherwise, who do you think completed the massive one-star missions that exceeded 60 to 70% of the guild's total missions?

  Of course, Gordon, whose mind is full of "making money, becoming stronger, and hunting more powerful monsters", will not think about these things. At this time, his eyes have been firmly attracted by the two-star task list.

   To be precise, he was attracted by the string of numbers on the reward column.

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  Collection task: Hot and delicious food (★★)

  Task Content: Collect a dragon egg

  Remuneration: 8800z

  Mission Location: Xiuletsen Hill

  Limited time: 15 days

Greedy Rich Man: Pour the golden yellow egg liquid into the hot oil, expand and solidify, then take it out of the pan immediately, pour the volcanic chili sauce from Alder, and eat it while it is hot, that fluffy, fresh and tender , the hot taste, once tasted, will never be forgotten in a lifetime!

   Hurry up and help me bring back a dragon egg! money? I have enough!

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  (end of this chapter)