Astral Apostle

In most towns, there is at least one tavern that specializes in the business of strange beast hunters. This is the main meeting place for hunters in the local area. In addition to the basic function of drinking, it also takes into account the exchange of information. , Reward release, teammate recruitment and other purposes.

A hunter arrives in a new town and wants to quickly integrate into the local hunter circle, the hunter tavern is a must-visit place. The tavern will record a list of local hunters who have been active for a long time. Write down their names here. When the lord and hunters come to inquire, they will know that there is a new number of people in the local area.

White Essence City Hunter’s Tavern is located on the edge of the town.

When Zhou Jing and Baron came to the Hunter’s Tavern, it was quite deserted, with only four or five hunters drinking quietly.

When the three of Zhou Jing came in, the hunters in the tavern all cast their eyes.

"Hey, isn't this Baron, where's your axe?"

"How long have you not appeared, I thought you had become strange beast's dung."

"There are two new faces, new hunters?"

Many people moved towards Baron and said hello.

The hunters in the tavern have been around White Essence City for a long time, and everyone knows them more or less.

Weiss was also in the tavern and greeted the two of them.

Baron responded casually, and brought Zhou Jing to the bar, knocked on the solid wooden table and made two aggressive noises.

Behind the bar, the Boss was looking down at the ledger and looked up at the sound, looking towards the three of them.

"Baron, how long hasn't seen you? If you don't come again, I'm going to cross out your name."

"I've been recovering from injuries during this period, by the way, cultivate a good seedling "

Baron laughed, pointed to Zhou Jing, and said, "Take out the roster and let him write the name on it."

"New hunter?"

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Boss looked at Zhou Jing, took out a black leather booklet from under the bar, and opened one of the pages. There were dozens of names written in various handwritings, some of which were crossed out.

Zhou Jing looked down and found the names of Baron and Weiss.

Baron explained on the side: "This is a roster of local hunters. If they have been active near White Essence City for a long time, their names will be written here. Hunters who have died in battle or have been missing for a long time will be crossed out. Didn’t I tell you before that there are more than 30 active hunters around White Essence City, which are counted from here."

Zhou Jing: "The workshop should have the same record. "

"There are indeed there, but the main statistics are the number of hunts...that is, the number of prey submitted to them, not here." Baron explained.

Zhou Jing nodded, I found that every name is marked with small black dots, some are one, some are two.

"What is this little black dot?"

The voice fell, Baron hadn’t spoken yet, and someone next to him interrupted:

"This belongs to every hunter Strengthen the number of times."

Zhou Jing turned her head and looked around, and found that the hunters in the tavern were all around her with wine glasses.

These hunters heard a few people chatting, and they came to look at the new face of Zhou Jing curiously, and it was Weiss who interjected.

Baron added: "Yes, there are a few black dots that means that you have strengthened a few times, so that when the lord summons the manpower, or when other hunters seek teammates, they will not mistake the team's strength."

I feel that with the simple concept of this world, there should be very little hidden real strength in this aspect...

Zhou Jing thought secretly, read the list from the beginning, and found White Essence The hunters around City have the highest written record of two enhancements, with only a handful of three.

It seems that the secondary enhancement is quite rare. I wonder if it is the reason for the remoteness of White Essence City?

Zhou Jing changed her mind and pretended to speak casually:

"Speaking of which, is the number of enhancements enough to reflect the level of a hunter? How can one be considered a senior hunter?"

He hasn't forgotten that one of Astral Apostle's [Life Goals] is to "become a senior strange beast hunter".

What needs to be clarified is how this "senior" is certified.

Weiss is cheerful and talkative, so hearing this explained with a smile:

"haha, after the establishment of the empire, an evaluation system was established for strange beasts and hunters, which is convenient Look at the level of the two intuitively. Although our free hunters are not as particular as the empire hunters, this set is really easy to use."

Zhou Jing looked at the past: "What is it like?"

Weiss took a sip of wine and said casually: "You should know the four danger levels of strange beast? According to the degree of threat to hunters, they are low-risk, medium-risk, high-risk, and lethal."

"I know this." Zhou Jing nodded, Baron explained this point.

Another [life goal] of Astral Apostle is to hunt down a "high-risk strange beast".

Weiss talked eloquently: "Like the danger of strange beasts, the Terra Empire divides hunters into four corresponding levels: official hunters, senior hunters, elite hunters, and legendary hunters.

The standard is also very clear, which corresponds to the danger classification of strange beast...The official hunter is an enhancement and has completed a successful hunt. If the enhancement is completed, the hunt has not been successful, but it is just a pure xenoblood warrior.

The senior hunter is a second enhancement, and kills the mid-dangerous strange beast.

The elite hunter needs three enhancements, and has the deeds of killing the high-risk strange beast... As for the Legendary hunter, that has four enhancements, And killed the deadly strange beast."

Zhou Jing's heart moved.

Hey, from this point of view, this apostle’s [Life Goal] does not seem to be difficult.

The three goals are "Become a senior strange beast hunter", "Complete the second different blood enhancement", and "Hunt and kill the high-risk strange beast". As long as the last two are completed, the first one is also Solved it logically, saving energy.

'This is quite comfortable. 'Zhou Jing came to the spirit.

He can’t help thinking that when he used to play games, he always liked to take on a lot of overlapping tasks, so that he could save time and energy, double the results for half the effort, and he could complete a task at the same time. Meet the requirements of several other tasks.

This time, Astral Apostle's [Life Goal] seems to have the same effect.

The route became clear at once, and Zhou Jing only felt that it was suddenly clear.

At this time, Baron couldn’t help interrupting Weiss’s words and said:

"This thing is just a matter of knowing. The less the number of enhancements does not mean that you can’t kill the stronger strange beast, everyone. All hunters, fighting against strange beasts together, there is no difference between superior and inferior."

"Well I know." Zhou Jing came back to his senses, nodded.

He remembers that with Baron's level, he also killed the dangerous strange beast.

This set of classification does not have any official agency certification. Most of the time, it is just an honor system and is more respected by others. Unlike the main world, it pays money according to the superpower user classification.

Immediately Zhou Jing said with some curiosity:

"So, is the different blood enhancement at most four times?"

Weiss seems to be very happy, Continued: "That's not the case. No one knows how many times the strengthening limit is, but the more strengthening times, the lower the success rate. After a certain level of strength, there is no need to risk accepting a new round of strengthening, but to delve into how Give full play to the existing ability to fight the strange beast, this is the choice of most hunters."

Zhou Jing nodded, quite understandable.

The hunter can accept death in battle, but he cannot accept the worthless death. The stronger the hunter, the heavier this idea should be.

hearing this, other hunters also casually talked about it, somewhat embarrassed.

"Oh, so I don’t dare to do the second enhancement. Rather than take the risk, I might as well practice breathing more."

"The two hunters I know are It’s not a bit more dangerous to die from the second enhancement than the first one. The death is too tragic. I’m still a little scared when I think about it."

"What is the current level of the chief hunter of the empire? It seems to have strengthened five times?"

Everyone talking at once.

Zhou Jing secretly noted, and suddenly said curiously: "The person who has been strengthened the most times in history, how many times has he strengthened."

As soon as the voice fell, everyone's expressions were solemn. All became serious.

Weiss is not frivolous anymore, took a deep breath, with an unabashed reverence, slowly said:

"That was a distant tribal age, when it appeared A legendary hunter, his name is Raven Tarn, the strongest hunter in history, is the'hero' of human history!"

"Historical records, Raven Tarn carried out Eight different blood enhancements, more than two thousand strange beasts were hunted in his life. He united the scattered tribes and led them to live and multiply in the green wilderness full of crises, guarding several decades of time from the threat of strange beasts. Greatly reduced...It is precisely because of Raven Tarn that human beings have emerged from the long darkness and truly rise in this land. Now the tribes that established the Terra Empire go back, and the overwhelming majority have been protected by him!"

"The current ruler of the Terra Empire is a blood relative of the lineage of Tarn... and Levin Tarn is their ancestor!"

Weiss has a serious tone, and other hunters are Without interrupting his narration, a pilgrimage-like atmosphere permeated.

Obviously this "hero" Raven has a very high status in the hearts of hunters.

Zhou Jing blinked.

He probably understands how the Terra Empire established by multiple tribal alliances convinced each other to choose a Royal Family that everyone recognized.

Fight the ancestors!

As for whether this "hero" Levin has been glorified by the ruler, he doesn't know, and he has reservations.

After all, he is not a real strange beast world resident, so there is no way to empathize with him at once, but he will not directly question it.

But if the record of eight different blood enhancements is true, what point will it reach?

"Eight different blood enhancement...How did he die?" Zhou Jing continued to ask.

hearing this, everyone sighed.

Weiss said with regret: "Raven Tarn went to challenge the king of strange beast, and he almost succeeded, but unfortunately he died in the battle."

"of strange beast Wang?"

This is the first time Zhou Jing heard this term, and turned to look towards Baron, which I didn't even mention.

Baron shook his head, helplessly said:

"I told you that strange beasts are divided into four levels of danger, and the king of strange beasts is a more dangerous monster and is not included here. A special set of evaluations, that is the level of'impossible hunting', no hunter can kill them.

So far, we have only found three strange beast kings in history. Fortunately, , Two of them did not threaten the survival of the tribe. And the only threat to humanity was the one that Raven Tarn faced. Raven used his life as the price to severely inflict the king of strange beasts. This allowed it to retreat, allowing the tribe to escape a catastrophe of extinction.

And Levin Tarn was also the only hunter in history who only clicked to kill the king of strange beasts."

Hearing this explanation, Zhou Jing couldn't help raising her brow.

The king of strange beasts that couldn't be done for eight times, what kind of monster is this?

It seems that Zhou Jing’s doubts can be seen. Weiss said solemnly:

"The king of strange beasts that Levin Tarn faced was called the Cangqingzhi in history. The wing is a strange beast of a dragon that soars in the sky. It is said to have a wingspan of more than two hundred meters and can breathe frost and lightning. Its scales are harder than any known metal. Even the Fortress City built by the empire is in front of it. I am afraid it is also impossible to withstand a single blow."

"It is indeed a terrifying monster."

Zhou Jing was slightly surprised.

With the development of the strange beast world, such a monster is indeed "unsolvable".

If you throw it to any colony star in the main world, it can also cause a little trouble. At least before the army is dispatched, this monster can also cause some damage to ordinary cities...As long as there is no bad luck and vacation superpower user.

Although Zhou Jing remembers going to the countryside as he does, after all, he has the knowledge of the main world and is used to seeing all kinds of superpower users destroying the Heavens and exterminating the Earth. I am afraid it is impossible to be afraid. At this time, the main thing I think of is another thing.

——xenoblood warrior, a purely physical enhancement type, can fight against such a monster, and can also severely damage it. The known enhancement limit level seems pretty good. According to the evaluation criteria of the main world, it should be able to be rated as a Level 3 superpower user.

"Where are these strange beast kings now?"

"No one knows." Weiss shook his head: "Outside the Terra Empire, there are too many unexplored lands ."

Understood, you need a great geographic discovery...

Zhou Jing secretly slander.

Boss interrupted everyone at this time, helplessly said: "Everyone, you want to chat, you can chat while drinking, let this new hunter write his name in the roster first."

"haha, I had a great chat, I almost forgot." Weiss happily, giving the newcomer the feeling of popular science is a joy for him.

Zhou Jing took the pen and wrote his name in the blank space of the roster, followed by a small black dot, representing the number of times he strengthened.

He told Baron before that after becoming a strange beast hunter, he would also be active near White Essence City, so Baron pulled him over directly, and he had no opinion.

Boss took back the roster, took a look, nodded: "Jason Wood...welcome you to be stationed in White Essence City."

Baron knocked on the table, said with a laugh: "Don't forget the custom, every new hunter stays, you have to invite a round of Northland Fire, hurry up."

"How can I forget." The Boss was angry.

He put the roster back into the cabinet, then took out a few wooden wine glasses and lined them up at the bar, then opened the wine barrel behind him, scooped out the wine, and filled all the wine glasses.

The wine is a bit turbid, pale white, and seems to have some sediment.

Zhou Jing pick up wine cup and took a sip, the rough but wild taste burst, as if a line of fire came down the throat, extremely strong.

Smacking his lips, the astringency is a bit astringent, but a little bit energetic.

On the other side, Baron couldn’t wait to pick up wine cup and, slurped and drank it dry. The overflowing wine spilled on his beard and dripped on the leather armor on his chest. He breathed comfortably and pulled it again. The Boss, who was full of disgust, renewed his cup.

The hunters present smiled and clinked glasses one after another.

Zhou Jing met them briefly and wrote down each person's name.

Everyone became familiar with the newcomer, and then they spread out and returned to their seats, and Zhou Jing also sat at a table with Baron and Weiss.

After seated, Baron touched his beard, wiped off the wine stained on it, and said:

"You have successfully strengthened the blood, but you have not finished the hunt. It is not a serious stranger. Hunter beast, I have two plans here. I want to ask your opinion."

"Which two?" Zhou Jing took a sip of wine and asked casually.

"I will go back and teach you the remaining breathing technique. When you are familiar with the strengthened body, do you plan to hunt the strange beast first, or to deal with the Bonemen lair?"

Hearing this, Zhou Jing's eyes moved.

Part of the image he has established for Baron is to stay in Frostwood Village for revenge, which makes Baron very agreeable.

Baron in a low, muffled voice continued: "No matter which one you choose, I will act with you. Whether it is Bonemen or hunting strange beasts, it is my business."

Zhou Jing nodded, I knew clearly that although Baron was surprised by his physical fitness, hunting still depends on experience. Baron still feels that he needs to take care of himself as a novice.

"I have to think about this..." Zhou Jing muttered.

Weiss smiled and interjected: "If you are going to hunt a strange beast, take me too. My lance is fast and accurate. It's very easy to use."

"Then Indeed, you don't let go of it at all."

Baron took it seriously.

Just as the three were drinking and chatting, the tavern door was suddenly knocked open.

Boom!

All the hunters' drinking stopped, and they all looked over.

I saw a guard rushing in in a hurry, with a panic face: "There is a situation! The sentry found two high-risk strange beasts, which are heading towards White Essence City. Fief lord issued a reward. Call all the hunters to fight together!"

crash-bang!

next moment, all the hunters in the tavern stood up.