Astral Apostle Chapter 28: Hunter level, king of beasts

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

When a hunter arrives in a new town and wants to quickly integrate into the local hunter circle, the hunter tavern is a must. The tavern will record the list of long-term active hunters in the local area, write down the names here, and when the lord and hunters come to check, they will know that there is a new number one in the local area.

The Hunter's Tavern in Baiyuan City is located on the edge of the town. It is not very conspicuous, and it is a place that ordinary residents rarely pass by.

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

Noticing that Zhou Jing and the other three came in, all the hunters in the tavern all cast their gazes.

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

"How long has it been since you showed up, I thought you had turned into the excrement of a strange beast."

"There are two new faces, new hunters?"

Many people greeted Baron.

The hunters in the tavern have been active around Baiyuan 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, brought Zhou Jing to the bar, knocked on the solid wooden table, and made two aggressive sounds.

The boss behind the bar was lowering his head to check the account book, but when he heard the sound, he raised his head and looked at the three of them.

"Baron, how long has it been since you met? If you don't come again, I'm going to cross out your name."

"I'm recuperating during this time, and I'm cultivating a good seedling by the way."

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

"A new hunter?"

The boss looked at Zhou Jing, took out a black booklet from under the bar counter, and opened one of the pages. There were dozens of names written on it 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 the roster of local hunters. They have been active near Baiyuan City for a long time, and their names will be written here. The names of hunters who died in battle or disappeared for a long time will be crossed out. It was not the same as before. Did you say that there are still more than 30 active hunters around Baiyuan City, and the statistics are from here."

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

"There are indeed over there, but it mainly counts the number of hunts... that is, the number of prey submitted to them, which is not as specific as here." Baron explained.

Zhou Jing nodded, and found that each name was marked with small black dots, some with one, some with two.

"What is this little black dot?"

After the voice fell, before Baron could speak, someone interrupted:

"This is the number of reinforcements for each hunter."

Zhou Jing turned his head to look, and found that the hunters in the tavern were all around him holding wine glasses.

When these hunters heard a few people chatting, they all came over to look at this new face of Zhou Jing curiously, and it was Weiss who interrupted.

Baron added: "Yes, a few black dots represent how many times it has been strengthened, so that when the lord summons his men, or when other hunters seek teammates, they will not miscalculate the strength of the team."

I feel that with the simple concept of this world, it should be rare to hide the appearance of true strength in this aspect...

Zhou Jing pondered secretly, looked at the list from the beginning, and found that among the hunters around Baiyuan City, the highest written record was only twice strengthened, and there were only a few of them.

It seems that the secondary enhancement is quite rare. I wonder if it is because of the remoteness of Baiyuan City?

Zhou Jing changed his mind and pretended to speak casually:

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

He has not forgotten that one of the [life goals] of this astral apostle is to "become a senior beast hunter".

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

Weiss has a cheerful personality and is a bit talkative, so he smiled and explained:

"Haha, after the establishment of the empire, separate evaluation systems were established for alien beasts and hunters, so that they can be viewed intuitively. Although we free hunters are not as particular as imperial hunters, this set is really easy to use .”

Zhou Jing looked over: "What is it like?"

Weiss took a sip of his wine and said casually: "You should know the four danger levels of alien beasts, right? Arranged according to the threat to hunters, they are low-risk, medium-risk, high-risk, and fatal."

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

Another [life goal] of the apostle of the star realm is to hunt and kill a "high-risk alien beast".

Weiss talked eloquently: "The same as the danger of alien 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 just corresponds to the danger level of alien beasts... An official hunter is a strengthened one, and has completed a successful hunt. If the enhancement has been completed, he has not successfully hunted, but he is just a simple alien blood warrior.

The senior hunter is a secondary enhancement, and has killed medium-dangerous beasts.

Elite hunters need to be strengthened three times, and have killed high-risk beasts... As for legendary hunters, they need to be strengthened four times, and have killed deadly beasts. "

Zhou Jing's heart skipped a beat.

Eh, from this point of view, the apostle's [life goal] does not seem to be very difficult.

The three goals are "become a senior alien hunter", "complete the second enhancement of alien blood", and "hunt high-risk alien beasts". As long as the latter two are completed, the first one will be solved naturally. Save your energy.

'It's quite comfortable. ’ Zhou Jing regained his spirits.

He couldn't help thinking that when he used to play games, he always liked to take on a lot of tasks with overlapping requirements, which could save time and energy, get twice the result with half the effort, and fulfill the requirements of several other tasks while completing one task.

The [life goal] of the apostle of the star realm seems to have the same purpose.

The route became clear all of a sudden, and Zhou Jing only felt enlightened.

At this moment, Baron couldn't help but interrupt Weiss, saying:

"It's enough to know this kind of thing in your heart. A small number of enhancements does not mean that you can't kill a stronger beast. We are all hunters and fight against the beast together. There is no distinction between superior and inferior."

"Yes, I know." Zhou Jing recovered and nodded.

He remembered that with Baron's level, he had also killed mid-danger beasts.

There is no official certification for this set of ratings. Most of the time it is just an honor system, which is more respected by others, unlike the main world where money is paid according to the rating of superpowers.

Then Zhou Jing said curiously:

"So, is there a maximum of four different blood enhancements?"

Weiss seemed to be very excited about the conversation, and continued: "That's not true, no one knows how many times the upper limit of strengthening is, but the more times of strengthening, the lower the success rate. With a certain level of strength, there is no need to take risks Accepting a new round of strengthening, but delving into how to make good use of existing abilities to fight against alien beasts, this is the choice of most hunters."

Zhou Jing nodded, quite understanding.

Hunters can accept death in battle, but they cannot accept worthless sudden death. The stronger the hunter, the more serious this idea should be.

Hearing this, other hunters also started talking casually, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Oh, so I don't dare to carry out secondary strengthening. Instead of taking this risk, I might as well practice more breathing techniques."

"The two hunters I know died from the second enhancement, which is not a little more dangerous than the first enhancement. The death condition is too miserable. I'm still a little scared when I think about it now."

"What is the level of the chief hunter currently enshrined by the empire? It seems to have been strengthened five times?"

Everyone was talking about it.

Zhou Jing secretly wrote it down, and suddenly asked curiously: "The person who has strengthened the most times in history, how many times has he strengthened."

As soon as the words fell, everyone's faces became serious, and they all became serious.

Weiss stopped smiling, took a deep breath, and said slowly with an undisguised reverence:

"It was the distant tribal era, when a legendary hunter appeared. His name was Raven Tarn, the strongest hunter in history, and a 'hero' in human history!"

"Historical records show that Raven Tarn has strengthened the alien blood eight times, and hunted more than two thousand alien beasts in his life. He united the scattered tribes and led them to live in the green wilderness full of dangers. After decades of protection, the threat from alien beasts has been greatly reduced... It is because of Raven Tarn that human beings have stepped out of the long darkness and truly risen in this land. Today, the people who established the Terra Empire The tribe goes back, and most of them have been protected by him!"

"The current rulers of the Terra Empire are the blood relatives of the Tarn clan... and Raven Tarn is their ancestor!"

Weiss had a serious tone, and none of the other hunters interrupted his narration, and there was a pilgrimage-like atmosphere.

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

Zhou Jing blinked.

He probably understood how the Terra Empire established by the alliance of multiple tribes persuaded each other to elect a royal family that everyone recognized.

Fight the ancestors!

As for whether this "hero" Lei Wen has been beautified by the ruler, then he does not know and has reservations.

After all, he is not a real resident of the world of alien beasts, so he can't empathize with him all at once, but he won't directly question it either.

However, if the record of eight different blood enhancements is true, how far will it reach?

"Eight different blood enhancements...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 beasts and almost succeeded, but unfortunately he died in the end."

"The King of Alien Beasts?"

This was the first time Zhou Jing heard this term, and turned to look at Baron, but he had never mentioned it before.

Baron shook his head and said helplessly:

"I told you that alien beasts are divided into four levels of danger, and the king of alien beasts is a more dangerous monster. Special existences that are not included in this set of evaluations are 'impossible to hunt' levels. No hunter can kill them.

So far, only three kings of alien beasts have been discovered in our history. Fortunately, two of them did not threaten the survival of the tribe. And the only one that threatened human beings was the one that Raven Tarn was fighting. Raven sacrificed his own life and severely injured the king of beasts, so that it retreated and the tribe escaped. A catastrophe of extinction.

And Raven Tarn was also the only hunter in history who almost killed the king of beasts. "

Hearing this explanation, Zhou Jing couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

The King of Alien Beasts, who couldn't do it eight times, what kind of monster is this?

As if seeing Zhou Jing's doubts, Weiss said in a deep voice:

"The king of alien beasts that Raven Tarn faced was called the Azure Wings in history. It is a dragon-species alien beast that soars into the sky. Frost and lightning, scale armor is harder than any known metal, even the fortress city built by the empire may be vulnerable to it."

"That is indeed a terrifying monster."

Zhou Jing was slightly startled.

With the development level of the world of alien beasts, such a monster is indeed "unsolvable".

If it is thrown at any colonial planet in the main world, it can cause a little trouble. At least before the army is dispatched, this kind of monster can also cause some damage to ordinary cities...as long as there is no unlucky encounter with a power user on vacation.

Although Zhou Jing remembers to follow the Romans, he still has the knowledge of the main world. He is used to seeing all kinds of destructive superpowers. It is impossible to be afraid. At this time, the main thing he thinks of is another thing.

——The blood warrior, a simple physical enhancement type, can fight such monsters and injure them severely. The known enhancement limit level seems to be quite good. According to the evaluation standard of the main world, it should be able to be classified as a third-level power user.

"Then where are the kings of alien beasts now?"

"No one knows." Weiss shook his head: "There are too many unexplored lands outside the Terra Empire."

Understood, you need a great geographical discovery...

Zhou Jing secretly slandered.

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

"Haha, we had such a good chat, I almost forgot about it." Weiss was cheerful, and it was a kind of happiness for him to give newcomers the feeling of popularizing science.

Zhou Jing took the pen, wrote down his name in the blank space of the roster, and put a small black dot behind it, representing the number of times he had strengthened.

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

The boss took back the roster, glanced at it, and nodded: "Jason Wood...you are welcome to station in Baiyuan City."

Baron knocked on the table, laughed and said: "Don't forget the convention, every time a new hunter stays, you have to invite a round of Northern Fire, hurry up."

"How could I forget." The boss was annoyed.

He put the roster back in the cabinet, then took out several wooden wine glasses and lined them up on the bar, then opened the wine barrel behind him, scooped out the wine, and filled all the wine glasses.

The wine is a little cloudy, pale white, and seems to have some sediment.

Zhou Jing picked up the wine glass and took a sip, the rough but wild taste exploded, as if a line of fire went down his throat, extremely strong.

Smacking his lips, the astringency is a bit astringent, but it is a bit exciting.

On the other side, Baron couldn't wait to pick up the wine glass, gulped it down, spilled the wine on his beard, and dripped on the leather armor on his chest. Boss refills.

The hunters present all smiled and clinked glasses one after another.

Zhou Jing briefly got to know them and wrote down their names.

After getting acquainted with the newcomer, everyone dispersed and returned to their seats, and Zhou Jing also sat at the same table with Baron and Weiss.

After taking his seat ~IndoMTL.com~ Baron stroked his beard, wiped off the wine stained on it, and said:

"You have successfully strengthened the alien blood, but you have not completed the hunt, and you are not a serious alien hunter. I have two plans here, and I want to ask your opinion."

"Which two?" Zhou Jing asked casually after taking a sip of his wine.

"I'll go back and teach you the remaining breathing technique. When you get familiar with the strengthened body, do you plan to hunt strange beasts first, or deal with the bone man's lair?"

Hearing this, Zhou Jing's eyes moved.

Part of the image he has set up for Baron is to stay in Shuangmu Village for revenge, and it is this that Baron agrees with very much.

Baron continued in a low voice: "No matter which one you choose, I will act with you. Whether it is the bone man or the hunting of strange beasts, it is my duty."

Zhou Jing nodded, knowing in his heart that although his physical fitness surprised Baron, hunting still depends on experience, and Baron still felt the need to take care of himself, a novice.

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

Weiss interjected with a smile on the side: "If you are going to hunt strange beasts, take me too. My spear is fast and accurate, and it is very useful."

"That's true, Eggy, you won't let it go."

Baron agreed deeply.

While the three of them were drinking and chatting, the door of the tavern was suddenly knocked open.

Bang!

All the hunters stopped drinking and looked over together.

I saw a guard rushing in with a panicked face:

"There is a situation! The sentry found two high-risk alien beasts and they are heading towards Baiyuan City. The lord has issued a reward and called all hunters to fight together!"

Crash!

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