Chapter 431: The Unexpected Winner (4000)
"It's much more pleasing to the eye. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" Qin Shuiyu finally straightened the collar of the whole dust, took two steps back, and nodded with satisfaction.
"It's a little strange to look at it." Feng Chen felt uncomfortably with his newly changed clothes. At the moment, the ready-to-wear store where they are located is open to civilians, and the style of the clothes certainly does not take into account the hunter's operation. Although this set on Feng Chen's body is short, the cuffs and trousers are much wider than ordinary hunting clothes, and the left and right plackets are decoratively connected with flaxen-colored thick ropes, which can vaguely reveal the young man's already large chest muscles and abdominal muscles, which makes Feng Chen a little unacceptable for a while.
"It's better than the ill-fitting clothes in your closet," the girl said, looking at her masterpiece, "and even if the hunting suit is booked, it will take a while to make it." Until then, you've got to get dressed -- come, try on these shoes. β
"Thank you......" Feng Chen took the shoes, lowered his voice, and said to Qin Shui gratefully.
"What do you say...... Thank you? The girl looked away slightly, and a shy smile appeared on her face, "It's five silver coins for lunch, but it's all your own money." If the rest is not enough to make a complete hunting outfit, you can just blame me. β
"No, I mean...... All of these. The boy said earnestly, "Two of Xigu's teammates are gone, if it weren't for you, if you returned to Golden Feather City, all I could see was that my companions were scattered and left." You must have done a lot of work to create a hunting group and keep my companions together. β
"We must have deducted a lot of our commissions, and the remuneration is about the same!" Xiong Fuji pressed his elbow against Feng Chen's shoulder and complained, and after the young man calmed down from the joy of seeing his companion, he began to worry about the responsibility of the stone again. Now that Feng Chen has returned, it is the time when all affairs need to be spent, and he is embarrassed to borrow money from his companion's small coffers, and the compensation of the stone is gone.
"No," the girl didn't seem to hear Xiong Fuji's complaints, "It just so happens that I also need qualifications to be promoted to a two-star hunter, and there is no better way to accumulate experience than to be the leader of a hunting group." β
"I remember you didn't say that." Nie Xiaoyang teased, but his eyes gestured strangely to Feng Chen.
"Speaking of which, I seem to have forgotten to put that batch of paralyzing potions in my shopping list," the girl glared at the tall boy fiercely, and said nonchalantly, "I want to write it back...... Let's just leave it at that. β
"Don't, Miss Qin, I'm joking." The young man put on a hippie smile on his face, "My commission resume for the second half of the month is all about that batch of paralyzing drugs, you can't say that if you don't give it, you won't give it." β
The little hunter was stunned by the strange atmosphere between his partners, he touched his head, and the newly cut fresh short hair was a little prickly: "Anyway, you can participate in the commission as a hunting group, everyone is now a free hunter, is this in line with the regulations of the hunter union?" β
According to the requirements of the union, the newly completed trainees must go through a full year of internship and training, and also serve in the hunter union for two years before they can truly be given the status of free hunters. If the rules are followed, it will be two and a half years at the earliest for the teenagers to be truly free. But none of the companions in front of him seemed to meet the requirements of the Hunter Guild, and they were more like Qin Shui, who had a mysterious identity, skipping all the processes and directly becoming free.
"Of course it does, look at this!" Xiong Fuji raised his arm armor high, this guy is always dressed in a hunting outfit, whether it is a regular or a hunt.
Since the reunion, Feng Dust has not taken a good look at the changes in his companions' outfits. At this moment, I calmed down, only to find that the arm armor of the big bear was worn on the body, which was incompatible with the entire hunting suit. The armor of the sturdy boy is the same as before, and he is proud of his weight and defense, and the equipment on his body is iron-gray heavy armor made of materials that I can't tell what kind of monster. In particular, the thickness of the cuirass can even rival the average tower shield. Even if it was dotted with small depressions, probably caused by damage and repair during the battle, it could not stop the heavy and solid aura. If it were on the hunting ground, with Xiong Fuji's current equipment, he might have been able to take over the charge of some low-level land dragons head-on without falling behind.
The boy's hunting outfit was made of monster skins, but only the gauntlet was obviously forged from metal. Unlike other parts that left a little room for the collision and looked a little bloated, the entire gauntlet was made very thin, and it fit perfectly on the boy's thick forearm. The armours are bright silver, and through the lights in the store, you can faintly see the grille-like pattern carved out of them. Although there is only one ornament bead inlaid on the outside of the arm, there are slots for three beads, and the craftsman who made it is obviously confident that it can carry three ornaments with different effects.
"This thing...... Is it the work of the Dragonman? This thought just flashed in Feng Chen's mind, and it made the pores of the young man's whole body tremble, "I thought...... We lost the challenge. β
"It's more than that." Nie Xiaoyang also smiled proudly, "I also got one, but I don't like to show off as much as that guy." β
"If someone in the participating team finishes in the top 10 of the competition, the strength of the entire team will be recognized by the Hunter Guild as 'having the conditions to complete the apprenticeship training', and they can be promoted to a quasi-one-star hunter at any time," Mao Mao explained. β
"I was ninth when I counted the score, and that guy was slightly one place above me." Mentioning the ranking, Nie Xiaoyang pursed his lips, "Miao Ling should have occupied the position of the big bear, but it was really cheap for him......"
At the mention of Shentu Miaoling, the faces of the companions drooped one by one, and Feng Chen hurriedly changed the topic, "What about the service?" According to the rules, it's time to serve in the Hunters' Guild after that, right? β
"Dust boy, serve ...... It doesn't have to be under the jurisdiction of the Hunters' Guild. Jia Xiao squeezed his eyes at his companion, "Do you remember the agreement between the City Lord's Mansion and us?" β
"In short, the mysterious city lord pointed to us by name and took a few of us into the mansion to work." Nie Xiaoyang lowered his voice and said, "But the City Lord's Mansion has neither a platform for issuing commissions, nor a place where people are needed, so they won't mind what we've done in the past two yearsβso, now we have taken advantage of the rules of the Hunters' Guild, and we're no different from freelance hunters." β
Listening to the twists and turns of his companions in the past six months, Feng Chen sighed secretly, he finally changed the shoes handed by the girl, stood up and took two steps. Barefoot in the swamp for too long, the feeling of being wrapped in cloth on the soles of my feet was both familiar and a little uncomfortable.
"Alright, let's go after paying the money, we still have important things to do before the union hall is closed." Qin Shuiyu took the lead in standing at the door of the store and greeted the boys.
"Now? What to do in the union? β
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"Do you have a hunter's badge or a recent commission to prove your identity?" Kanban Niang smiled sweetly.
"Uh...... None at all. Little Orion scratched his head, after so many things in the Challenge Festival, his Hunter Badge had been discarded for nowhere. For six months, the boy has been surviving in the deep forest, and has never accepted any form of commission. Being asked like this, Feng Chen looked a little embarrassed.
"I have a power of attorney for the training camp here, so it should still count." Jia Xiao seemed to be prepared, he leaned to the front desk and handed a somewhat crumpled roll of paper to Kanban Niang.
In the world of hunters, deaths and unprovoked disappearances are commonplace, and the union hall has its own way of coping with this. After a while, the Kanban Niang gathered a whole pile of paperwork in her busy work, divided it into three copies and put them in front of the teenagers to sign in turn. It wasn't until the sign was soft that the girl smiled professionally and pushed a brand new badge with the Hunters' Guild insignia to the boy.
"Welcome back, Dust Hunters."
"Uh...... Wait a minute. Qin Shuiyu, who was standing on the side, pressed the hunter badge with his hand and said, "Today's Feng Chen should have the right to be upgraded to a quasi-one-star hunter, we want to change it to a temporary badge of a quasi-one-star hunter now." β
"There is indeed a record of him here...... But are you sure you want now? Kanban Niang exclaimed, "It's not the hot season for hunters to upgrade recently, and there is no commission suitable for dust-sealing friends in the Golden Feather City branch for the time being...... Moreover, he has just returned, and he is not going to be able to enter the state of promotion commission right away. β
"What's going on?" The little hunter was caught between his companions, looking left and right, but he didn't know what they were talking about.
"There is a time limit for the status of a quasi-one-star hunter." Kanban Niang explained.
Trainees who receive the Temporary Badge will have the right to take up the promotion mission for three weeks. These commissions have been carefully screened by the Hunter Guild, which can not only assess the qualities of the trainees, but also not be too dangerous to put the teenagers who have just entered the hunter world into danger.
"After all, it's a temporary qualification granted by the challenge festival, and after three weeks, the temporary badge will be withdrawn regardless of whether the commission is completed or not. If you want to be qualified again, you have to wait until the end of the apprenticeship training. Kanban Niang kindly reminded, "It is recommended that the dust hunter consider carefully, at least take a break for a period of time, and adjust to a state suitable for receiving upgrade commissions." β
"It depends on how long it will take you to return to the hunting ground," Nie Xiaoyang patted the young man on the back heavily, "Also, how much do you want to become a one-star hunter right away?" β
"Hell! I can hunt now, today! Before he could hear the advice of his companions, Feng Chen's face turned red with excitement, "You are already one-star hunters, don't want to leave me behind!" β
"But what's the matter with the lack of a suitable commission in Golden Feather City? The last time I came to the union hall, I saw at least seven or eight idle short-term commissions. Jia Xiao asked.
"Those nearby missions were all picked up by a team yesterday." Kanban Niang smiled apologetically, "There are still chapters of promotion missions now, and the nearest one is at least a two-day airship journey." She reminded, "Even if the difficulty of the promotion mission is strictly controlled by the guild, it can still be dangerous for trainee hunters. Not to mention whether you can have enough energy to start commissioning immediately after a long journey, an unfamiliar hunting environment will have an unpredictable impact on the mission......"
"That's it!" Feng Chen didn't seem to heed the girl's warning at all, and said happily, "I want to be a one-star hunter, I want it now!" β
"Absolutely." The Kanban Niang shrugged her shoulders and put away the bronze badge, but replaced it with a wooden one, "The commissions of the other chapters are on the Kanban board diagonally opposite, I wish you a smooth commission." β
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"So, then you can really become a hunter." Standing in front of the tall billboard, the boy just stared at the badge in his hand in a daze, smirking from time to time, which caused the hunters to look sideways. Being able to get the promotion qualification so quickly is already the best news that the teenager has received today in addition to reuniting with his companions.
"Alright, the saliva is almost on the ground!" Nie Xiaoyang teased, "If you really want to be excited, let's wait for the completion of the promotion commission." β
"Hmph, wasn't it the same the day you got your promotion?" Xiong Fuji glanced at his companion, "I can't wait to swallow that piece of wood as fat." β
"When you become a one-star hunter, you will be eligible to join my hunting group." Qin Shuiyu was also full of excitement, but he was shocked to find that he was a little out of shape, coughed lightly, and looked through the power of attorney on the board, "Seal the dust...... How about this? Digging ore seems to be very difficult. β
"Volcano?" The boy followed the girl's fingers, but couldn't help but take a step back, "Maybe it's not as simple as it seems." β
"What about this? Investigative Mission...... It's just a long way off. Without waiting for the reaction of the dust, the girl was already shaking her horns and denied, "Without the landing station of the airship, it is not certain whether it can be arrived within three weeks." β
The girl's eyes had just dropped on the third commission, when there was a sudden commotion in the hall. The companions followed the sound and looked back, and a familiar figure appeared at the hall door.
"It's Tang Qiu...... Is he here to hand in the task? Nie Xiaoyang muttered.
"I just remember that his family background is good, and he drank dozens of gold coins of potion at the Seal Ceremony." Feng Chen smacked his lips and said, the young man who came in the distance was completely different from June ago, he was obviously a complete set of golden gorgeous armor, and his preciousness was the top even in the entire hall, "I didn't expect that after six months, he actually bought a complete set of dragon hunting clothes, which will cost a lot of money." β
"He didn't buy it." Seeing Tang Qiu walking by, Nie Xiaoyang and Xiong Buji's faces sank deeply. Big Bear's cage hand hammered the leg armor hard, and let out a "bang" sound, "What do you think...... Trainee hunter group, who is the champion of the hunting festival? β
"Is that him? How so? Feng Chen's eyes narrowed, almost unable to control his volume, "I remember that he didn't even complete the initial commission. β
"Now in the entire Golden Feather City, probably only you don't know this news yet." Qin Shui said.
"Maybe some of them ...... I'm just very lucky. Jia Xiao glanced meaningfully at Tang Qiu, who was far away.