Chapter 43 Shut up!
Gordon did not continue to argue with Yamos, and he was not an unscrupulous person.
After learning about the existence of the King of Strange Faces, as long as you think a little, you can figure out that the "multiple caregivers" mentioned by Yamos when he proposed to participate in the mission were just an excuse.
With his strength as a high-ranking hunter, how can he take Hayata on an ordinary one-star or two-star mission without the care of others?
Apparently, he saw the danger hidden in this task and came here to "take care of" himself.
“No matter what, thank you for taking care of me.”
Gordon hesitated for a moment, but decided to make it clear and accepted the favor.
Yamos smiled and didn't deny anything. Fortunately, this little guy is not a tough-headed young man. It would be good if he could listen to advice.
“We will search westward and not go any further. If the Strange Faced Tribe refuses to show up, we will withdraw from this tribe’s territory first.
There is still plenty of time for the mission. The worst thing to do after that is to change the goal. There is no need to catch a group of people and fight to death. "
Gordon nodded when he heard this.
Although I still feel that there is no need to change my actions just for that small probability, for the sake of Yamos, I won’t go deep if I don’t go deep.
After deciding on the next route of travel, Gordon took the lead and walked in front to clear the way.
Yamos continued his teaching, combined with practical demonstrations, teaching Hayata how to identify the direction in the dense forest, how to find water sources, etc.
Long after the group left, calm returned to the dense forest, leaving only a few corpses of the Strange-Faced Clan on the ground, spreading the smell of blood wantonly and attracting countless mosquitoes and flies.
“Xixisuosuo.”
Amidst the sounds of branches and grass blades rubbing against each other, several short figures emerged from the low shrubs in the forest.
They are several odd-faced tribesmen.
“Kabacha!”
.
“Quack, quack, quack!”
The corpses of their fellow tribesmen made the strange-faced tribe extremely restless. Their rough and primitive language echoed in the dense forest, and they were noisy. But just as their quarrels became more intense, the appearance of a figure made them all quiet down.
It stepped out of the dark shadow of the trees, and the dim skylight filtered by the layers of leaves shone on it.
That is also a strange-faced tribe.
They are also skinny and rickety, with blue-grey skin and shriveled limbs that don’t look very strong. Except for being slightly taller, they seem to be no different from ordinary strange-faced tribesmen.
But it is the king of all the strange-faced tribes within a radius of hundreds of square kilometers—the king of the strange-faced tribe.
As the King of the Strange-Faced Clan approached, the strange-faced clansmen who had been arguing endlessly bowed their bodies and cautiously stepped aside to clear the way.
ifies.
The King of the Strange Face Tribe walked to the corpses, muttered something in a low voice, then raised the scepter carved from the bones of an unknown animal in his hand and howled sharply.
“Quack!”
Like sparks thrown into gunpowder, the strange-faced tribesmen surrounding them also raised their weapons, and their fanatical howls resounded through the mountains and forests.
“Quack, quack!”
There was no progress in the mission. Gordon was naturally a little disappointed and a little bored, but he also knew that hunting was like this.
Hunters often spend several times more time searching and tracking prey than fighting. It is for this reason that they are called "monster hunters" rather than "monster killers".
However, Hayata felt that her life was more fulfilling than ever before, or in other words, a little too full.
Yamos seemed to be trying to stuff everything into her head, one knowledge point after another, and she didn't know how much she could remember after waking up.
“Hayata, look at this fern. Its stem is very special. It only grows in the direction of the sun. Sometimes you can use it to determine the direction. Remember?”
“Blue fern, hum, remember, remember.”
Seeing that his disciple's eyes were almost filled with tears, Yamos had to stop and sighed silently.
It's not that he is impatient, but that his time is really limited. Although the president has granted him a holiday, as a high-ranking hunter, he cannot spare one or two whole years to teach his disciples.
He must let Hayata grow up as quickly as possible, at least to the extent that he can enter the novice hunting ground alone and hunt some herbivorous dragons and the like.
In that way, even if he is recruited to participate in high-level tasks, Hayata can slowly practice and accumulate experience without wasting too much time and wasting his talents.
Just when Yamos was wondering whether he should be cruel and let Hayata remember more things, Gordon, who was walking in front, ran over in a ghostly manner.
“Mr. Yamos, there is a mushroom pig in front of you, hehe.”
Seeing Gordon's face full of smiles, Yamos snorted slightly helplessly. Seeing that Hayata on the side still looked confused, he explained: "This kid is greedy and wants barbecue." Eat."
“Can we grill meat in a hunting ground?” Hayata asked in surprise.
She had always thought that hunting was a very dangerous and tense activity, requiring one to tense one's nerves throughout the process.
“Of course, I always carry a portable barbecue grill.”
Gordon patted the luggage on his waist, winked at Hayata and said: "As long as there are no monsters around, you can have barbecue. Sure enough, compared to carrying food, barbecue can make people more energetic. .”
Hayata looked at Yamos with some suspicion, and the latter nodded and said: "Although hunters will not be as relaxed as on vacation in the hunting ground, they will not be too nervous, otherwise it will be easy to lose energy after a long time. fatigue.
Barbecuing, gathering, and fishing are all things that hunters often do. Of course, the premise is to ensure that the environment is safe. "
"There's a mushroom pig eating in front of me. It's a real delicacy. It's not easy to eat in towns. Ah, by the way, Hayata hasn't seen any blood today. It seems that you can kill it. Guy."
Gordon said the words with a clear face that made Hayata's scalp tingle.
Even though she had already made up her mind to "kill" after she decided to become a hunter, she had never killed a fish since she was a child, so she couldn't help but hesitate on the spot.
"Well, it's indeed a good opportunity. There will always be blood." Yamos crossed his arms and expressed approval.
“The herbivorous dragon is too big to kill, and the spirit deer is too agile. Among the animals that can be used as meat without being dangerous in this area, the mushroom pig is the most suitable.
Hayata, go ahead and try it. Cut your throat, or find a way to knock them down and stab them through the waist and abdomen. They are not aggressive and not dangerous. "
Hayata looked at his teacher, then at his senior who was a few years older than him, and his eyes twitched.
Compared to ordinary people, hunters seem to have a much more casual view of "what to kill".
But I am about to become a member of this group, right?
Swallowing, trying to suppress the uneasiness and nausea in his heart, Hayata set up a small buckler, carried a hunter's knife, and walked cautiously step by step towards the bush where the mushroom pig was.
“As for that, it’s just a mushroom pig, not a big wild boar king,” Gordon muttered in a low voice, somewhat speechlessly.
“Shut up!”
Hayata turned around and said angrily.
(End of this chapter)