Chapter 310 The novice hunter in Bokai Village
Gordon, who was fully armed and wore a thick cold-proof cloak over his armor, pushed open the door with all his strength.
The thick snow outside the door is the main reason why it is difficult to open the door.
The first heavy snow since winter really started in the Frasia region lasted for two days and two nights, and it just started to clear up.
The calf-deep snow near the village is the result of the weakening of hot springs. A little further away, the snow thickness exceeds half a meter, and in mountain depressions where wind and snow are concentrated, it may be close to one meter.
“Yo! Boy, the weather is nice, right?”
On the roof of a house, an old man wearing a thick snow mountain suit put down his shovel for shoveling snow, held his waist and said hello to Gordon.
Gordon Pork Chops waved in response.
At this time, they discovered that the entire Bokai Village had completely "awakened".
The more difficult the conditions are, the more diligent residents are.
Before it gets dark, every household goes out of their homes to clear the snow on their roofs, in front of their doors, and on the village roads.
The roof of a wooden structure covered with straw to keep warm is not considered strong. If it is not cleaned in time, the thick snow may even crush the house.
If the village roads are not cleared, everyone’s activities will be restricted.
Therefore, it has become a habit for adults and children to work together to clear the snow immediately after a heavy snowfall.
Gordon met Hayata near the entrance of the village.
She was helping the village chief's mother-in-law make a bonfire. Her mother-in-law was too old and refused to stay in the house, so it would always be more comfortable to warm up to the fire.
"It's Gordon. I'm going to trouble you again today." The village chief's mother-in-law leaned forward slightly and took out a task receipt.
Gordon took the document and looked at it.
It is the most common gathering task of hunting raw meat, with one-star difficulty, nothing special.
Logically speaking, such a task can be completed by any novice hunter.
But there are currently no hunters stationed in Bokai Village. The mountains are blocked by heavy snow, and hunters from other places will not choose to come here during this season. The village chief can only ask them to do so.
“It’s okay, you can eat and live here for free, so you should put in some effort.”
Gordon smiled and put away the mission document, "The sun just came out today, so there should be mammoths out and about. We will bring back a lot of meat."
“Humum~.”
“Is your mother-in-law very happy today?”
After lighting the fire, Hayata sat next to the village chief's mother-in-law and asked with a smile: "Is something good about to happen?"
“Huhu, can you see it?”
The village chief’s mother-in-law used her cane to stir the fire.
She said with a smile: "I received news from the guild a few days ago that a young hunter will be assigned to stay here in Bokai Village. He seems to be only seventeen years old.
Although he is a newbie, he is said to be a very energetic little guy. "
“Has the guild finally sent someone over?” Hayata said with some surprise.
There used to be a resident hunter in Bokai Village, but later he got older and suffered from injuries, so he had no choice but to retire.
During the year she was in Bokai Village, she also played a role similar to that of a resident hunter.
In the past few months after she left, she could barely make ends meet by relying on the help of traveling hunters and sending mission documents to big cities.
But it is not a long-term solution after all.
It is a great blessing for Bokai Village to have a resident hunter now.
Only Gordon grinned slightly.
They all come from that age. "Very energetic" may not be a good word for a seventeen-year-old boy or girl...
Hearing this, Gordon no longer thought about what he had or didn't have.
He adjusted the sword on his back, "Bring enough hot drinks, let's set off now!"
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The snow on the mountain is deep, and even if you install snow-specific shoe covers on the greaves, it is still very inconvenient to walk.
One foot is deep and the other is shallow.
After several hours of searching and selecting, Gordon and Hayata finally selected an old mammoth with leg injuries as their target.
The meat of such old mammoths will be rougher and harder, but the residents of the snow-capped mountains will not care about this. Simmering it slowly is still a delicious dish.
With a simple sword strike, the target was eliminated neatly, and the old mammoth died without much pain.
The real hard work begins now.
The speed of peeling raw meat must be fast. The weather is cold, and the corpse will be frozen hard in a short time, making it very troublesome to handle.
While the corpse was still steaming, the hunter and Ellu worked together, quickly cutting off large pieces of meat, and threw them on the sled used for transportation, forming a pile into a hill.
An adult mammoth weighs several tons. Even if the skin, bones, and internal organs are removed, the pure meat alone must weigh at least two or three tons. It is impossible for them to take it all away no matter what.
Specially select tender parts such as leg meat, tenderloin, fat, etc., and stack the sled so high that it is almost impossible to pull it. There is still more than half of it left.
They are not greedy either, leaving these to the nearby carnivores. Hunting in winter is difficult and not a single bone will be wasted.
Finally, Hayata cut off the mammoth's huge tongue completely and placed it on the top of the pile of meat.
She smiled and said: "This is the most delicious part, don't forget it."
"Yes, you are the best at eating!" Gordon joked, and he and Hayata pulled up the sled rope and started to drive back.
Pork Chop ran forward for a while and took charge of guarding, while Pandan stayed with Hayata, pretending to help pull the rope and sneaking in the fish.
Although the collection task is a bit tiring, the process is also very dull, and it does not have the thrill of hunting large monsters.
But this feeling of returning home with a full load is also practical and pleasant.
“Hayata, are you getting fat? Do you like the stew of Bokai Village so much?”
“No! Pandan is just fat!”
“I’m not fat either!”
The two of them were talking and laughing, and Pig Chop, who was on alert, suddenly ran back.
“I seem to hear the sound of fighting, meow.”
The expressions of Gordon and Gordon suddenly became serious, "Pork Chop, Pandan, and the rest are guarding the sled. Hayata and I will go over and take a look."
“I want to go meow too!”
“Don’t cause trouble, meow!” Pig Chop hit Pandan’s head again.
Having no time to pay attention to the two little guys hugging each other, Gordon and Hayata quickly headed in the direction pointed by Pork Chop.
After advancing several hundred meters and bypassing a section of cliff, Gordon and the others finally discovered the source of the fighting.
It was a young man wearing a snow mountain suit, wielding a bone sword and fighting fiercely with several snow lions.
The young man's movements were wild and bold, and he seemed to be quite courageous. He was obviously the one with a numerical disadvantage, but he kept attacking.
The snow lions seemed to be frightened by his momentum and kept retreating. One of them had been killed, and the other two didn't seem to pose much of a threat.
The relieved Gordon and Hayata looked at each other.
It seems that this passionate young man who is screaming and attacking constantly is the novice hunter sent by the guild as mentioned by the village chief.
“It’s really, really energetic.” Gordon couldn’t help laughing.
Hayata, who is also a tachi wielder, also raised the corner of his lips, "The bone sword [Wolf Fang] requires the use of tachi made from King Velociraptor. A seventeen-year-old two-star hunter, his strength should be quite good."
Ps. Familiar equipment
(End of this chapter)