Although they were walking on the same road, Shun ran alone more than ten meters outside the team, and there was an invisible wall between the woodland, separating the guardians of Padin Village and the dragonmares at both ends. It was just before noon, but the ancient forest hunting ground was still dark, the clouds in the sky were tinged with a strange blue, and the sunlight was filtered for the most part, making the atmosphere of the whole dense forest extremely oppressive.

After about ten more minutes, Morin made a few gestures, and the speed of the team's march slowed down. In the absence of the captain, the epee hunter took the position of commander temporarily. Mo Lin's forehead was sweating, and for him, who had not recovered from his serious injuries, ordinary travel required more physical strength than usual. He found a stump to lean on, unfastened his leg armor in two or two strokes, and replaced the gauze on the wound. The companions also took the initiative to disperse, while guarding the surroundings, while seizing the time to rest.

Bai Shao raised his head and plucked a forest leaf, put it in front of his eyes and observed it carefully. The leaves are unusually dark green, and the texture is a lifeless dark gray. The edges of the leaves are warped and seem to be withering rapidly. Ahead of the hunters' path, the forest seemed to be covered with dust overnight, and the deeper you went, the more the trees and the grass beneath them withered. Just by looking at it, the four of them could feel a strong sense of death.

"Has it already spread here...... "White-armored hunter muttered, "much faster than expected." ”

"The ability of the ancient dragon species cannot be overestimated." Merlin untied the bandages as slowly as he could, "We can have a night's rest, even if the hunter ancestors bless." ”

Shun is not the only hunter stationed in the village. The team that went out to explore has not been cut off since last night, and the news has come back worse and worse every time. First of all, the monsters in the dense forest moved in a small area, and then the fleeing beasts were also observed one after another, before dawn, part of the hunting ground near the dragon cemetery became a dead forest, with the habitat of the skeleton dragon as the center, and the range of escape was expanding outward every hour.

The unusual withering of trees was discovered in the vicinity of the cemetery after dawn, and it has only been a few hours of work, but it has spread more than ten kilometers like a plague. This means that the vegetation in hundreds of square kilometers has been damaged to varying degrees, and if this battle cannot be ended as soon as possible, there will be an additional desert island in the center of the ancient forest in the future, and even the entire forest area will become a part of the thundering sand sea.

Therefore, when a new wave of information came back, the Dragonmare people could no longer recuperate from their injuries in peace. Of course, there is no supply of dragon fruit in the small village, and the supply ships of the union are even more hopeless, if you want to save the comatose Qin regiment leader, you can only follow the method that the blue armor hunter said, and go to the dragon cemetery again. The only thing the four-star hunters didn't expect was that they had just made preparations for departure, and Shun had already stopped and stood outside the dragonmare's airship.

"So, this is the 'Ancient Dragon Battlefield' of the Skeleton Dragon, right?" Luo Pingyang twisted a handful of blades of grass on the ground. The roots of the thornweed had long since died, and the leaves had unsurprisingly become brittle and hard, shattering into powder at the slightest touch of the hunter's two fingers.

"Heh, just a few of you, it's not worth the corpse god to deal with seriously." Shun stood in the distance, but he also dutifully guarded his direction, and said without looking back, "It's just 'waking up'." A creature with this kind of power is a catastrophe for the humans who live next to it. ”

"It's just a pity that we don't know what that two-headed dragon's talent is." Bai Shao threw away the residual leaves in his hand and said hatefully. The last time they fought against the Dragonmares, the people were not fully prepared in terms of materials or mentality, which made the four-star hunters return defeated, and they didn't even find out the other party's ability. Before the captain fell asleep, he even suspected that the ancient dragon species had not even revealed its true body, and had been urging the bones and hunters in the cemetery to circulate from beginning to end, but there was no suitable opportunity to verify it at the moment.

"Isn't that already obvious?" Shun pointed to a dead and silent dense forest around him, "It's 'aging', and the corpse god feeds on the aging on the hunting ground. ”

"You guy, you actually hide information about the dragon?"

"What else do you know?" Luo Pingyang stopped his companion's radical words and deeds with his gaze, and asked with a straight face.

"At least it's a little more detailed than the intel you Scarlet gathered." Now that he is already operating in the same team, Shun certainly has no need to hide information. Not to mention the tall trees everywhere, even the most inconspicuous thorn grass, can occasionally survive a winter here, thinking that these are all thanks to the ancient dragon species, "This guy eats the 'aging' of all kinds of creatures, so the guy in the hunting ground of the ancient forest always has a longer life cycle than the outside world." ”

Morin's brows furrowed, as if he had grasped something, but his thoughts were fleeting. He flicked the knife in his hand and probed the wound. The use of violent means to remove the cologne toxin also caused considerable damage to the hunter's flesh and skin, but after a night of recuperation, the wound showed signs of closing. His wrist sank suddenly, and the tip of the knife slashed inward despite the pain, and a tiny scale fell out with dead skin and blood.

"Hiss......" The situation was urgent yesterday, and Morin's injuries were handled in a hurry, and he was unable to clean up the debris that had seeped into the affected area. Fortunately, this piece of skin has been scorched, so there is no secondary infection, otherwise the hunting team will have to lose one more member today. He wiped the blood around the affected area, changed the bandage in three or two, picked up the scales on the ground and looked at them in front of his eyes. The droplet-shaped scales are actually translucent, and a strange structure can be faintly seen in the center of the thin scale armor, refracting the sunlight into a brilliant rainbow color.

"Your wounds...... Is it okay? Seeing the abnormality on his companion's wound, Amphinez hurriedly stepped forward to inquire.

"It's nothing, let's keep going, we don't have much time left." The epee hunter wiped the blood from the scales from the blades of grass and stuffed it into the inside of his waist sac. He pointed to Bai Shao, who was also wrapped around one arm, "Everyone is a four-star hunter, and no one is more squeamish." ”

"At this point, you still look like a hunter." There was no emotion in the blue armor hunter's tone, "Even if an ordinary hunter is attacked by an ancient dragon once, as long as he can survive, he will immediately start to think about retirement." ”

"This sentence is regarded as a compliment." Maureen cut off the extra knots in his bandage, tightened his leg armor, and stood up to test his comfort.

"Of course, that's all there is to it," Shun straightened his face, "other than that, you are all far from the real hunters. There are so many commissions on the continent, but you have chosen the most dangerous one—both for yourself and for the civilians you have affected here. ”

"What else can I do? Constantly challenging the strong is the fastest way to become stronger. Bai Shao shrugged.

"Is it that fun to challenge stronger monsters?" The blue-armored hunter asked, "Yes, growing stronger is indeed part of the glory of being a hunter, but it is by no means the main thing. There's nothing to guard, no matter how strong you become, it's just a thinking hunting tool—"

Shun sighed. Only after passing the union's comprehensive review can hunters at the peak of the four-star be invited to be promoted to five-star. That means a more transcendent status in the hunter world, more abundant resources and a wider world, and how many four-star powerhouses have struggled all their lives just for that promotion. The current Dragonmare Squad is so frantically approaching the ancient dragon species, and it must be the same.

However, for Shun, being promoted to five stars means being recruited by Baiqi Town, and he must obey the arrangements of the branch, wander between major cities, and no longer be stationed in a certain place for a long time. Unable to accept the transfer after the promotion, the Blue Armor Hunter became the only quasi-five-star powerhouse who refused to be promoted for decades: "I have dedicated half of my life to my hometown, I guess you don't even have anything to protect, right?" ”

The Dragonmare were silent for a few seconds, then loaded their weapons and geared, ready to continue their journey. Luo Pingyang pursed his lips and said in a deep voice: "I have a younger sister, and she is also a hunter. ”

"She didn't act with you?" Shun said a little strangely, "Could it be...... She doesn't approve of your hunting either, does she? ”

"No, I don't even talk to her often about our commission—it's nice that the kid can take care of himself in the hunting grounds, and I don't want her to worry about anyone else." The hammer hand shook his head and mouthed at his companions Nunu, the corners of his mouth flashing a mocking smile, "What's more, I can't let these guys beat Qinglan's idea." ”

"She has a good talent, but she doesn't really like hunting. It's just because my brother signed up for the assessment, so I came to join in the fun. Luo Pingyang recalled, "All in all, after the last year of service, Qinglan will probably retire." She's always wanted to have her own workshop, and I've already helped her find one in Golden Feather City...... Another advantage of this kind of commission is that there is never a shortage of remuneration and extra allowances, and I, as an elder brother, can afford Qinglan's hobbies and attempts. ”

"If you want to protect something, you don't necessarily need to stay with it all the time, do you?"

"......Shh ”

The blood stain on the hand was stuffed into the inside of the waist sac. He pointed to Bai Shao, who was also wrapped around one arm, "Everyone is a four-star hunter, and no one is more squeamish." ”

"At this point, you still look like a hunter." There was no emotion in the blue armor hunter's tone, "Even if an ordinary hunter is attacked by an ancient dragon once, as long as he can survive, he will immediately start to think about retirement." ”

"This sentence is regarded as a compliment." Maureen cut off the extra knots in his bandage, tightened his leg armor, and stood up to test his comfort.

"Of course, that's all there is to it," Shun straightened his face, "other than that, you are all far from the real hunters. There are so many commissions on the continent, but you have chosen the most dangerous one—both for yourself and for the civilians you have affected here. ”

"What else can I do? Constantly challenging the strong is the fastest way to become stronger. Bai Shao shrugged.

"Is it that fun to challenge stronger monsters?" The blue-armored hunter asked, "Yes, growing stronger is indeed part of the glory of being a hunter, but it is by no means the main thing. There's nothing to guard, no matter how strong you become, it's just a thinking hunting tool—"

Shun sighed. Only after passing the union's comprehensive review can hunters at the peak of the four-star be invited to be promoted to five-star. That means a more transcendent status in the hunter world, more abundant resources and a wider world, and how many four-star powerhouses have struggled all their lives just for that promotion. The current Dragonmare Squad is so frantically approaching the ancient dragon species, and it must be the same.

However, for Shun, being promoted to five stars means being recruited by Baiqi Town, and he must obey the arrangements of the branch, wander between major cities, and no longer be stationed in a certain place for a long time. Unable to accept the transfer after the promotion, the Blue Armor Hunter became the only quasi-five-star powerhouse who refused to be promoted for decades: "I have dedicated half of my life to my hometown, I guess you don't even have anything to protect, right?" ”

The Dragonmare were silent for a few seconds, then loaded their weapons and geared, ready to continue their journey. Luo Pingyang pursed his lips and said in a deep voice: "I have a younger sister, and she is also a hunter. ”

"She didn't act with you?" Shun said a little strangely, "Could it be...... She doesn't approve of your hunting either, does she? ”

"No, I don't even talk to her often about our commission—it's nice that the kid can take care of himself in the hunting grounds, and I don't want her to worry about anyone else." The hammer hand shook his head and mouthed at his companions Nunu, the corners of his mouth flashing a mocking smile, "What's more, I can't let these guys beat Qinglan's idea." ”

"She has a good talent, but she doesn't really like hunting. It's just because my brother signed up for the assessment, so I came to join in the fun. Luo Pingyang recalled, "All in all, after the last year of service, Qinglan will probably retire." She's always wanted to have her own workshop, and I've already helped her find one in Golden Feather City...... Another advantage of this kind of commission is that there is never a shortage of remuneration and extra allowances, and I, as an elder brother, can afford Qinglan's hobbies and attempts. ”

"If you want to protect something, you don't necessarily need to stay with it all the time, do you?"

"......Shh ”