Astral Apostle Chapter 61: Empire Hunter and Undercurrent

"Jess and Rosen... come with me."

Cole did not suspect him, and led the two into the station, leading the way ahead.

Zhou Jing looked left and right to observe the situation in the station. The most numerous facilities on the road were the training grounds. There were hunters guiding batches of boys to exercise, and there were endless shouts.

These teenagers are wearing uniform simple leather armor uniforms, the youngest is eight or nine years old, and the oldest seems to be no more than fourteen years old.

Seeing that Zhou Jing noticed these children, Cole introduced:

"They are apprentices who haven't received the different blood enhancement. When they complete the basic course and their bodies grow to the peak state, they will use the different blood potion. Those who survive will become the preliminary imperial hunters. Under the leadership of the old hunter Go down and complete the first hunt in life."

"Where do you find these children? If the strengthening fails and they die suddenly, is it okay to die?" Zhou Jing asked.

"Some are children sent by imperial hunters, some are teenagers found in the countryside, and some young people apply to become hunters... Among them are blood relatives sent by various tribes." Cole said casually Said: "Being a hunter is inherently risky. A group of people will die every year. It depends on luck."

Speaking, he turned his head to look at Zhou Jing, and said:

"You used to be a free hunter. After you officially enlist in the army, you can also learn the courses of an imperial hunter."

Zhou Jing nodded, mainly for this reason. Joining the Empire Hunter is much more efficient than asking around for advice.

The two chatted and walked, and soon came to the file room of the resident, taking into account the role of enlistment registration.

"Can you write? If not, you can dictate to me and record it." Cole asked someone to take out a blank booklet and put it on the table.

Zhou Jing took it over and took a look. It was in a simple form format, and he had to fill in the information, which included information such as his own background, past hunting records, weapons he was good at, the number of different blood enhancements, and his tendency to strengthen.

He picked up a pen and filled it out by himself. During this period of time, he walked out of Baiyuan City and learned more about the customs and customs of the Terra Empire. At this time, it was very easy to compile, and he also filled in the information for Ross.

Hunter records naturally do not write about the experience of Baiyuan City. While opening the map in the past two months, Zhou Jing deliberately stopped in several towns and left hunter records of "Jess and Rosen" in hunter taverns everywhere. He also took part in several simple crusades against alien beasts, leaving real records... although they may not send people to investigate on the spot.

Cole took over the information of the two and looked it over carefully, then looked at Zhou Jing with some surprise: "Are you strengthened twice?"

"Isn't it similar?"

"That's not true... Most of the free hunters who enlist in the army are strengthened for the first time, and it is rare to see them take the initiative to join in the second enhancement. They are considered elites among the hunters of the empire." Cole paid a little attention to Zhou Jing.

Zhou Jing was curious: "How many people with different levels of enhancement are there in the Empire Hunter? Who is the strongest?"

Hearing that, Cole did not mean to hide it, after all, it is information that many imperial hunters know:

"At present, the highest number of enhancements among the imperial hunters is five, and there are two of them, one of which is the chief hunter enshrined by the empire and the current commander of the imperial hunter.

There are 12 or 13 hunters who have been strengthened four times, some of them are in the garrison, and others have been sent out. There are fifty or sixty people in the three reinforcements, who are the backbone, and generally lead a hunter team. The second enhancement is the elite among the hunters, and the main force in the crusade against alien beasts, while the initial enhancement is the most, there should be more than a thousand people. "

Zhou Jing blinked.

I always feel that the size of the Imperial Hunter...is smaller than he imagined.

However, when he thought about it carefully, the population of the world of alien beasts was not that large. The standing army of the Terra Empire seemed to be only tens of thousands of people, and the proportion of imperial hunters with extraordinary combat power was already very high.

Moreover, most of the members of the Imperial Hunters are dispatched to various places to maintain the safety of the towns. They suffer from high battle damage all the year round, and there are additional casualties due to the failure of strengthening. To say the least, dozens or hundreds of hunters die every year. The scale is not easy anymore.

Although the number of people is limited, the fighting power is terrifying.

A blood warrior can fight against an army of tens or hundreds of people, just like a super soldier. And one or two thousand super soldiers... On the battlefield of cold weapons, I am afraid that gods can block and kill gods and Buddhas, and they can also destroy the imperial standing army of tens of thousands of people.

'If such a huge group of extraordinary forces unites, it will not be a matter of minutes to overthrow the Terra Empire? ’ Zhou Jing was speechless secretly.

He suddenly discovered that the rule of the Terra Empire seemed to be stable, but it was actually sitting on the crater, ready to be burned through by the magma erupting from its bottom at any time.

It can only be said that fortunately, the ancient ideological traditions of the tribal era are still functioning. Most hunters have high moral standards and like to hack sentiments. They only care about hunting down strange beasts to protect the people, otherwise it would have turned into a chaotic world... Sure enough, Terra is still enough to pull, in fact, it is impossible to control the hunter group at all, mostly relying on self-consciousness.

After thinking about it in my mind, Zhou Jing didn't show it on his face, so he changed the subject and asked:

"By the way, how about the Imperial Hunter's Workshop? I've always heard that it is the highest level, but I haven't seen it yet."

Cole nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, the Imperial Hunter has the largest workshop in the country, and the craftsmen inside are all elites, including master-level pharmacists and blacksmiths, who study various new crafting techniques With the new formula of different blood medicine, the latest achievements are given priority to supply to us."

Zhou Jing smiled: "Great, I've always wanted to carry out the third blood enhancement, but I haven't come across a suitable potion. I hope I can gain something here."

"...Are you going to carry out three reinforcements?"

Cole's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he heard that the student was going to be a doctoral advisor.

Even among the imperial hunters with the best supply of resources, only a small number of them are willing to take the risk of sudden death and continue to strengthen with different blood.

Every time I gamble my life, I give my life to illusory luck.

Those who dare to continue to strengthen must either have a firm mind and be brave and diligent

...or a gambler.

Cole is a hunter who has been strengthened for the second time, and he dare not continue to strengthen. At this time, he can't help but feel a little admiration for Zhou Jing - for those who dare to continue on the road of different blood, no matter whether they succeed or fail in the end, hunters will look at them differently Treat each other.

The identity registration went smoothly, and after filling it out, it was handed over to other people for a simple review. Cole then took Zhou Jing to one of the training grounds for an actual combat test.

Seeing is believing. This is a necessary part of joining the Imperial Hunter. The hunter test is not full of bells and whistles, it is all actual combat.

The two stood at the training ground, separated by a certain distance.

"Your secondary enhancement, I am also secondary enhancement, let's play a game, let me see your level."

Cole smiled, and pulled out the special long knife on his back with his backhand. The blade was longer than ordinary ones, about 1.7 meters, with a curvature, which was very good for cutting giant creatures.

It looked like a weapon held in both hands, but he raised it steadily with one hand.

"Choose a weapon, don't you like to use knives too, what kind of knives?" Cole pouted to the weapon rack beside him.

Zhou Jing looked at Cole's proficient posture of holding the knife, his eyes lit up, and he was delighted to see Liexin.

Yo, Swordsman!

It can be regarded as meeting a good knife player, just to touch it.

He walked to the weapon rack, took a look, took out a long knife of the same style, and fiddled with it a few times, as if commanding him.

Because of the improvement of sword skills qualifications, the speed of practice has returned to its original efficiency. Within two months of opening the map, [Weapon Mastery-Sword Skills] successfully rose to Lv5, and the proficiency has greatly improved.

In addition, the increase in physical fitness and resistance qualifications has also slightly increased the practice speed of each hunter's breathing technique. After these two months, the distance from the upgrade is only a step away.

Seeing Zhou Jing's natural air of familiarity after picking up the knife, Cole's eyes became more serious.

Although he has received systematic training, he does not underestimate Ye Luzi's free hunters. It is a big taboo to underestimate the enemy, and veteran hunters rarely make such mistakes.

The shouting on the training ground weakened, and the hunters and apprentices who were exercising cast curious glances at the two people who had started to confront each other in the corner of the training ground.

"Who is that person, I don't think I've seen it before."

"It should be a new hunter, I don't know what level it is."

Everyone chatted quietly.

Cole observed Zhou Jing's posture, looking for any openings, and seeing that Zhou Jing showed no sign of attacking, he was not polite, and stepped on the ground to rush forward.

Boom!

The long blade pierced, and the cold light on the tip of the knife trembled like a stream of light sweeping across.

Zhou Jing blinked, and instead of retreating, he advanced, sliding forward, holding the handle of the knife with one hand, and resting on the back of the knife with the other, drawing a round crescent moon.

The stabbing long knife was blocked by the blade, drawing a stream of sparks, which caused a short and sharp metal friction sound.

With a flick of his wrist, Zhou Jing flicked Cole's weapon away easily, narrowing his eyes.

Slow, too slow.

Light, too light.

It is also a secondary enhancement, but Cole's speed and strength are too weak in his eyes, and there is no pressure.

Physical fitness reaches the second level, and the attributes do not seem to be much different, but the traits brought about make the physical fitness completely different. There is a clear gap with the first-level physical fitness, and the agility and flexibility are greatly strengthened.

Kole's movements seemed to slow down in Zhou Jing's eyes.

Jason's attributes were higher than those of a normal second-strength hunter, and with his special traits, he is now even more capable.

Seeing Cole's strength, Zhou Jing knew it well. He didn't use his explosive physical fitness to directly crush him. Instead, he controlled his strength and speed to Cole's level and simply fought with the opponent.

On the one hand, it is to save some face for the other party. On the other hand, I also want to fight for a long time with a master swordsman... After finally finding someone to slash and slash, let's talk about it after enjoying it.

The training ground was full of dust, and the two of them were coming and going, with swords flashing. The continuous cold light was avoided by the two of them, rubbing their bodies and piercing the air.

The light of the sword rolled into a ball, and the sound of howling piercing through the air intertwined with the sound of Qingming's clashing.

Slashing, cross-cutting, stabbing, parrying and other various sword skills unfolded in the hands of the two of them one after another, dazzling and extremely precise at the same time.

The superb sword skills of the two dazzled the apprentices in the arena, and they all stopped their exercises and gathered around to watch.

The hunters who guided the apprentice training didn't stop them...they really wanted to see it too.

It seemed that they were evenly matched and attacked for a while, but Cole was keenly aware that Zhou Jing was pulling back his strength, and his eyes changed slightly.

As an old hunter, he can feel whether the opponent has released water or not.

'This person seems to be deliberately controlling the strength, and he only uses saber skills to compete with me... But the saber skills alone are not inferior to me. He is fierce and tricky, proficient and precise. If you don't reach this level, it seems that you are still a seasoned old hunter...'

A thought flashed in Cole's mind, and he also became competitive, and suddenly jumped back and exited the battle circle.

"Stop the fight?" Seeing this, Zhou Jing was ready to stop.

Cole shook his head, pointed the knife at the tip of Zhou Jing's nose, and said in a deep voice, "I can see that you have reservations, come on, use your knife with all your strength, don't worry about anything."

After that, Cole didn't wait for an answer, and directly made a movement of accumulating power, and then smashed the ground with a bang, attacking brazenly.

The knife is in front of people, slash horizontally!

Whether it's strength, speed or saber tendons, this knife is performed at a high level, calm and fast, as if it can cut all obstacles in front of it with a single knife.

Opponents at the same level should avoid the sharp edge in front of this knife. Cole has strong confidence.

However, a black shadow that was too fast for him to react suddenly came into sight.

Then, a cold light flashed from bottom to top.

Clang! !

A force suddenly exploded along the long knife, bursting out with a trembling force.

Cole couldn't hold the weapon with five fingers, and the long knife came out of his hand, spinning and flying into the sky, and fell to the ground not far away.

In front of him, Zhou Jing maintained a raised posture, the blade was still trembling slightly, making a buzzing sound.

Cole, who was empty-handed, froze on the spot.

At the moment just now, Zhou Jing suddenly started, his muscles twisted all over his body, his advanced body burst out with explosive acceleration, driving the long knife to slash out, and the high speed turned into an extremely heavy force, directly flying Ke Your weapon.

This knife is fast and heavy!

Moreover, the timing he grasped was even more precise and ingenious, making Cole, who is good at using knives, unconsciously feel the beauty of knives.

Cole looked at the broken palm, then at the relaxed Zhou Jing, and fell silent.

Is this a one-knife second?

After being stunned for a few seconds, Cole couldn't help but speak:

"Are you really a secondary reinforcement?"

"Yes." Zhou Jing shrugged.

"...awesome."

Cole sighed all over his face, he couldn't afford to lose, and secretly admired him.

At the level of secondary strengthening, there is such strength...

Only by going through too many battles on the verge of life and death can you temper your secondary strengthened body to this level, right?

Hunters have always admired the strong, and Cole respects them in awe.

Seeing Zhou Jing slapping Cole in seconds, many hunters and apprentices who were watching showed surprise on their faces.

Kole is not an unknown person, he is also one of the few masters among the hunters of the empire, except for the few people who have strengthened more than three times, he is the best among the remaining hunters.

Being able to defeat Cole is equivalent to being a top-notch master among the second-strengthened empire hunters.

'It seems that a very powerful newcomer has come this time...'

Everyone looked at Zhou Jing and had a thought.

"With your strength, you can be incorporated into the elite team when you officially enlist in the army." Cole admired, and said: "Commander Creber will definitely value you."

Kleiber is today's Chief Hunter, the commander of the Imperial Hunters.

Zhou Jing smiled. He was also curious about the attributes of the most strengthened alien blood fighters in existence.

At this time, Cole turned his head to look at Rose, and said, "Your partner is also going to be tested... By the way, why hasn't he spoken?"

Zhou Jing's face remained unchanged:

"He is actually my apprentice. During a hunt, his throat was poisoned by the poison of the alien beast, and his head was also traumatized and confused. He only had some fighting instincts left, and he had lost the ability to hunt alone, but He can still cooperate with me, so I bring him with me."

"I see." Cole patted Rose on the shoulder respectfully, and agreed: "We cannot abandon any hunter who is injured in the crusade against alien beasts."

Ross looked down at the palm on his shoulder, and quietly touched the dagger in his arms.

"Cough!" Zhou Jing hurriedly put his elbow on his waist, stopped Ross from drawing his sword, and pouted: "Go, give him a job."

Rose heard the words, so he gave up drawing the knife to give Cole a slap, and walked to a millstone on the training ground without hesitation, and slammed his head into it.

Click!

The stone shakes out cracks.

Ross wiped the white ash on his forehead blankly.

"What the hell!" Cole was taken aback.

A serious hunter has a tough body, but whoever uses his head as a weapon casually, doesn't his head hurt?

Ruthless man!

"Won't your head be broken if you hit it like this?" Cole couldn't help but ask.

Zhou Jing coughed, and tried to explain with a sullen expression: "It is because his brain is not working well, so his brain is working well."

... This is quite philosophical.

Cole wiped his sweat, not knowing what to do.

Anyway, hitting his head against a boulder is fine, there must have been a level of enhancement, and he didn't dare to let Ross show it any longer, for fear that the body would be collected later, and a happy event would become a funeral, and he would have a feast on the spot.

The group left the training ground, and Cole brought Zhou Jing to an empty simple house.

"This is your temporary residence. After you complete the last test, which is to hunt under our supervision, and show your hunter level, you can officially become an imperial hunter... and like you The strength of the team does not need to be led by old hunters like the reserve hunters, just wait for Commander Kleiber to come back and let him arrange it. The commander is out hunting and will be back in two days.”

Cole turns back to explain.

Zhou Jing was looking at the room, and when he heard the words, he turned to look at him and asked, "What level of beasts should be hunted in general hunting tests?"

"It varies from person to person, and it also depends on what strange beasts have appeared recently..." Cole touched his chin and pondered: "But the Imperial Hunters only cleaned up the surrounding area a while ago, and it seems that there are no powerful aliens. Beast, based on your conditions, I might let you go to the Colosseum to find an opponent."

"Colosseum?" Zhou Jing frowned.

"Huh? Don't you know?"

Kele was taken aback for a moment, then realized that Zhou Jing was not from Wangdu, so he was not surprised, and explained:

"When conditions permit, the Imperial Hunters will capture alien beasts alive and bring them back to the animal trainers for breeding. Otherwise, where will there be a stable supply of materials for the workshop to study the formulas of various alien blood potions? And Dou The beast farm is a supporting place, allowing some inexperienced imperial hunters to practice actual combat... By the way, to make some money, we also need funds and extra money."

Speaking of which, Cole's expression was a little subtle.

Do you charge ordinary people to watch theater tickets...

Zhou Jing had a complex expression. In an environment where alien beasts threatened humans, it felt rather subtle that such a **** facility where hunters would fight and kill alien beasts for fun appeared, and it shouldn't exist.

He visited many towns, and only the capital has such facilities... and it seems that only here is the case of large-scale breeding of exotic animals.

"It is said that the empire is studying how to domesticate some farmed beasts, turn them into mounts, and equip them with the army and empire hunters. So far, some results have been achieved. Our commander is a beast knight." Cole said casually. road.

"Well, this is a feasible solution..."

Zhou Jing couldn't help but think of the situation where the earth bone people domesticated the tyrannosaurus.

It seems that among the existing auxiliary functions, there is a [pet function]?

Well, since the king has such a condition, next time you use the new apostle, maybe you can try this function.

Cole said some precautions, and then left.

After all, this world is somewhat primitive, and the various rules and regulations are not strict and perfect. I can move freely in the Empire Hunter Station... but I can't enter the capital for the time being.

Zhou Jing packed the bed, and through the window, he could just see the majestic outline of Tarn City, the royal capital in the distance.

He looked in the direction of the capital, his eyes flickered slightly.

'It shouldn't be a problem to infiltrate the hunters of the empire. I have already arrived at the foot of the king's capital, and I can find an opportunity to contact the power core of the Terra Empire... Let's wait and see the situation first, and then I will see how to use the information Lute kindly gave me. ’

…

At the same time, the palace of the royal capital, a room somewhere in the castle.

Roman stood in front of the window, silently overlooking the row upon row of cities, as if he had stepped on the capital of the king.

He is a fat middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance. He is dressed in a soft satin brocade dress and decorated with jewels. Unconsciously cautious in front of him.

On the table behind him were several confidential letters. Two confidantes stood in front of the table, bowed their heads and did not speak.

After a long time, Roman whispered:

"Root is dead, I don't know what he confided, I don't know who kidnapped him... This is the report you gave me after a month of investigation?"

The two confidantes trembled slightly, and hurriedly answered:

"My lord, there is really no clue. We checked all the blood warriors in Baiyuan City, and all the hunters who left Baiyuan City, including the soldiers of the Root tribe. I don't know who the murderer is."

"We also searched for the so-called Wood family according to your suggestion, but there is no blood relative of this tribe at all. It's not that we didn't work hard, and we couldn't find it at all!"

Since Root's death, there have been a lot of spies looking for the murderer's identity.

After a large number of villagers from Shuangmu Village moved to Baiyuan City, some spies even quietly dug up Jason's grave at midnight, only to find that there was nothing wrong with the corpse inside and had not been transferred

No matter how hard you search, you can't find the head of the "dead man".

Hearing this, Roman turned to look at the two of them.

The two people who were chattering and explaining were swept away by his half-smiling gaze, and suddenly a chill ran down their spines, and they immediately shut up.

Roman did not lose his temper, but smiled and comforted him:

"Okay, okay, I never doubt your ability to handle affairs. It seems that this murderer is really mysterious and it is difficult to find out."

His tone was friendly, but the two did not dare to talk to each other at all.

Roman rubbed his fingers, and said again: "If you can't find it, continue to search slowly, don't worry... This matter has been exposed for the time being, how about the investigation of that force?"

A confidant quickly replied: "My lord, we have found their lair, but it seems to be abandoned there, there is no one, I don't know where they went."

Hearing this, Roman showed an inexplicable expression, and said to himself: "The group of people lost contact with me inexplicably, and disappeared inexplicably, and they have all kinds of strange abilities...um...haha."

The two confidantes looked at each other, not daring to speak, not knowing what Roman was thinking.

After a while, Roman waved his hand and ordered:

"Continue to investigate the identity of the murderer and the whereabouts of the mysterious force, and send some people to secretly contact the lords of various tribes, telling them that their plans may change at any time, so pay more attention. By the way, pay attention to the movements of the royal family. Weird, there should be someone behind the scenes pointing out, perhaps already aware of something...

The palace is still discussing the candidate for the new lord of Baiyuan City~IndoMTL.com~Let the servants eavesdrop, I want to know what each minister thinks... The position of the lord of Baiyuan City must be given to me in Root New partners found in the clan. Root is dead, so save getting a new partner to get rid of him. "

After giving orders, Roman let the two confidantes back down.

The two of them hurriedly left as if they had received an amnesty.

Roman looked away, picked up a few secret letters from the table, and rubbed his fingers slightly.

The flame of the nearby candlestick seemed to be seized by an invisible force, turned into a fire snake, and landed on the secret letter in his hand.

Hoo!

It ignites and extinguishes in an instant.

A few secret letters turned into ashes in the blink of an eye.

Roman's fingers were unharmed. He put his hands into his sleeves again, and continued to look down at the city outside the window, wondering what he was thinking.

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