Astral Apostle Chapter 28: Hunter level, king of beasts

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

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

The Hunter Tavern of White Plains City is located on the edge of the town.

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

Aware that the three of Zhou Jing came in, the hunters in the tavern all cast their gazes.

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

"It's been a long time since you appeared, I thought you've become the feces of alien beasts."

"Two new faces, new hunters?"

Many people greeted Baron.

The hunters in the tavern are basically active near Baiyuan City for a long time, and everyone knows 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 a dug.

Ben, the boss behind the bar, was looking down at the ledger. Hearing the sound, he raised his head and looked at the three of them.

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

"I'm recovering from injuries during this time, and by the way, I will cultivate a good seedling."

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

"New hunter?"

The boss looked at Zhou Jing, took out a black booklet from under the bar, opened one page, dozens of names were written in various handwriting, some of them were crossed out.

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

Baron explained on the side: "This is the roster of local hunters. If they have been active near White Plains City for a long time, their names will be written here, and the names of hunters who have died in battle or have been missing for a long time will be crossed out. Did you mention that there are more than 30 hunters still active around Baiyuan City, and that's where the statistics come from."

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

"There are indeed, but they mainly count the number of hunts...that is, the number of times the prey was submitted to them. There is no specific here." Baron explained.

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

"What is this little black dot?"

The voice fell, and before Balon spoke, someone interrupted:

"This is the number of enhancements per hunter."

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

These hunters heard a few people chatting, and they came over to look at Zhou Jing's new face curiously, and it was Wes who interjected.

Baron added: "Yes, a few black dots represent a few times of strengthening, so that when the lord gathers people, or other hunters seek teammates, they will not misestimate the strength of the team."

I feel that with the simple concept of this world, it should rarely hide the appearance of true strength in this regard...

Zhou Jing pondered secretly, and read the list from the beginning, and found that the hunters around Baiyuan City had only been strengthened twice at the most, and there were only three people.

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

Zhou Jing thought about it and pretended to speak casually:

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

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

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

Weiss has a cheerful temperament and is a little talkative. Hearing this, he explained with a smile:

"Haha, after the establishment of the empire, an evaluation system was developed for the alien beasts and hunters, which is convenient for viewing the level of the two. Although our free hunters are not as particular as the imperial hunters, this set is really useful. ."

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

Weiss took a sip of wine and said casually: "You should know the four danger levels of alien beasts, right? 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.

Another [life goal] of the astral apostle is to hunt down a "high-risk alien beast".

Weiss talked eloquently: "Like 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... 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 alien blood warrior.

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

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

Zhou Jing's heart moved.

Hey, from this point of view, this apostle's [life goal] doesn't seem to be very difficult.

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

'It's pretty comfortable. ' Zhou Jing came to the spirit.

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

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

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

At this time, Baron couldn't help interrupting Whis and said:

"It's enough to know this kind of thing in your heart. A small number of reinforcements does not mean that you can't kill stronger alien beasts. Everyone is a hunter, fighting against alien beasts together. There is no difference."

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

He remembers killing medium-risk alien beasts at Baron's level.

This classification has no official agency certification. Most of the time, it is just an honor system, which is more respected by others. It is not like the main world who pays money according to the classification of power users.

Then Zhou Jing said curiously:

"In that case, is there a maximum of four enhancements for the alien blood?"

Weiss seemed to be in a good mood, and continued: "That's not true. No one knows how many times the upper limit is strengthened. It's just that the more times you strengthen, the lower the success rate. After you have a certain level of strength, there is no need to take risks. Accepting a new round of strengthening, but studying 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 heavier this idea should be.

Hearing this, the other hunters also talked about it casually, a little embarrassed.

"Oh, so I don't dare to do the second reinforcement. Instead of taking this risk, I might as well practice breathing more."

"The two hunters I know died from the second enhancement. It's not even a little bit more dangerous than the first enhancement. The death is too tragic. I'm a little scared now thinking about it."

"By the way, what is the current level of the chief hunter conferred by the empire? It seems to have been strengthened five times?"

Everyone has a lot of talk.

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

As soon as the voice fell, everyone's face became solemn, and they all became serious.

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

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

"Historical records show that Raven Tarn carried out eight alien blood enhancements, and hunted more than 2,000 alien beasts in his life. He unified the scattered tribes and led them to settle in the green fields full of dangers. Breeding and guarding for decades, the threat from alien beasts has been greatly reduced... It is precisely because of Raven Tarn that human beings have stepped out of the long darkness and have truly risen in this land. Now the establishment of the Terra Empire The tribe goes back, and most of them have been protected by him!"

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

Wes's tone was serious, and the other hunters did not interrupt his story, and there was a pilgrimage-like atmosphere.

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 several tribal alliances, persuaded each other to choose a royal family that everyone recognized.

Fight for the ancestors!

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

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

But 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 regretfully: "Raven Tarn went to challenge the king of alien beasts and almost succeeded, but unfortunately he died in the end."

"The King of Beasts?"

This was the first time Zhou Jing heard this term, and turned to look at Baron, which he hadn't mentioned 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. The special existence that is not included in this set of evaluations is the level of 'impossible to hunt'. No hunter can kill them.

So far, we have only found three kings of beasts in our history, and fortunately, two of them did not threaten the survival of the tribe. And the only one that threatens human beings is the one that Raven Tarn fought against. Raven used his life as the price to seriously injure the king of alien beasts, which made it retreat and let the tribe escape. A catastrophe of extinction.

And Raven Tarn is the only hunter in history to nearly kill the King of Beasts. "

Hearing this explanation, Zhou Jing couldn't help but raise his brows.

The king of alien beasts who can't be done with eight enhancements, what kind of monster is this?

Seemingly seeing Zhou Jing's doubts, Weiss said solemnly:

"The king of alien beasts that Raven Tarn fought against, known in history as the Blue Wing, is a dragon-species alien beast soaring in the sky. It is said that the wingspan exceeds 200 meters, and it can breathe cold. Frost and lightning, scale armor is harder than any known metal, and even the fortress city established by the empire is probably vulnerable to it."

"That is indeed a terrible monster."

Zhou Jing was slightly surprised.

With the level of development of the alien world, such monsters are indeed "unsolved".

If thrown to any colonial 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 unfortunate encounter with a power user on vacation.

Although Zhou Jing remembers going to the countryside and doing as the custom, but he has the knowledge of the main world after all. He is used to seeing all kinds of superpowers that destroy the world. He is afraid that it is impossible to be afraid. At this time, he mainly thinks of another thing.

——The alien blood warrior, a pure physical enhancement type, can fight against such monsters and inflict heavy damage on them. 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 rated as a third-level power user.

"Where are these kings of alien beasts now?"

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

Understood, you need a great geographic 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 into the roster first."

"Haha, I had such a good time chatting that I almost forgot." Weiss laughed, giving the newcomer the feeling of science, which is a kind of happiness for him.

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

He had told Balon before that after he became an alien hunter, he would also be active near White Plains City, so Balon 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 be stationed in White Plains City."

Baron knocked on the table and laughed: "Don't forget the practice, every new hunter stays, you have to invite a round of fire from the North, hurry up."

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

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

The wine is 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 burst open, as if a line of fire went down his throat, extremely strong.

I smacking my lips, astringent is a bit astringent, but a little bit energetic.

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

The hunters present were beaming with joy and clinking glasses.

Zhou Jing met them briefly and wrote down their names.

Everyone got familiar with the newcomers, and then they spread out and returned to their seats. Zhou Jing also sat at a table with Balong and Weiss~IndoMTL.com~ After taking their seats, Balong He 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. You are not a serious alien hunter. I have two plans here, and I would like to ask your opinion."

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

"I'll go back and teach you the remaining breathing technique. When you are familiar with the strengthened body, are you going to hunt alien beasts first, or deal with the den of the skeletons?"

Hearing this, Zhou Jing's eyes moved.

The image he currently presents to Balon is partly a revenge for staying in Frostwood Village, which Balon very much agrees with.

Baron continued, "No matter what you choose, I will act with you. Whether it is an earth bone man or hunting an alien beast, it is my duty."

Zhou Jing nodded, knowing clearly in his heart that although his physical fitness surprised Baron, but hunting also depends on experience. Baron still felt that he needed to take care of himself as a novice.

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

Weiss interjected with a smile: "If you're hunting alien beasts, bring me one too. My spear is fast and accurate, and it's very useful."

"That's true, Eggy, you don't let it go at all."

Baron agrees.

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

Bang!

All the hunters stopped drinking and looked over.

I saw a guard hurried in, full of panic:

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

Wow!

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