Something must have gone wrong on this continent.

Merlin opened a gap in the inn's shutters and looked out through the grate of the grate, thinking to himself.

The village was no different from any other settlement the party had ever experienced—full of locally sourced houses and rudimentary guards, and the bell tower, which was less than twenty meters tall for signaling time and warning, was already the tallest and most conspicuous building in the village. The village is located in the western edge of the ancient forest, and the walls are covered with giant trees that are more than 100 years old, giving this small village a quaint smell from the inside out.

Outside the inn is one of the few commercial areas in the village, with shops and workshops lined up, the streets are already a little narrow due to poor planning, and there are many vendors crowded in the middle of the road, making the civilians who shuttle through it feel like stepping into a quagmire.

Maureen's eyes looked into the distance, and the black smoke from the workshop chimney rose into the sky, and as it was near noon, cooking smoke rose from all over the village. Artificial traces of this magnitude can be easily spotted even by patrolling airships, let alone escape the eyes of high-ranking flying species.

When the team landed, they had a rough idea of the garrison of the settlement, and the village exceeded its stated size by nearly a third in terms of population and land. In the event of an attack, the village will not have enough manpower to fend off the monsters. Outside the window, the pedestrians rubbed shoulders with each other, and the noise was endless, and the people in it seemed to be unaware that the town had survived to this day was a miracle in the eyes of hunters.

"I still can't figure out why the union allowed us to freely investigate the ancient dragon species, but didn't let us interfere with the commission of a dragon family." The short hunter's momentary pause was interrupted by the grumbling of his companions behind him.

The hunter who spoke was about twenty-six or seventeen years old, with small eyes and cheeks that were slightly pouted in disproportion to his age. For the hunter, his figure is slightly fatter, which makes him cover in a hideous gray-white hunting suit, not only does not have half of the sense of ferocity, but gives people a sense of security. The hunter lay on his back on his own wooden bed very unfiguratively, and boredly tossed with one of the material bombs in his hand: "If we can take the commission of that Yan Ge Dragon, we don't have to take a few days and nights of airship to rush all the way to the kingdom of Lyrak." ”

"Ah Shao, be careful of being found by the guests upstairs." The young Luo Pingyang reminded. He swept past his companion's eyes with one hand, and with a flick of his palm, he had already grasped the material bullet in his hand and carried it behind his back.

"Who knows...... "Merlin closed the shutters of the hut and said leisurely, "I'm afraid it's not that we've been rising too quickly in recent days, and those five-star hunters stationed in the city also feel threatened." ”

"We're talking about the Hunters' Guild." Xiao Luo competed with Ah Shao on the side of the bed for material bombs, pouting, "The decision-makers and hunter seniors of Lockrac can't all be small-bellied." ”

"What do you say?" The short hunter shrugged, "In addition to the ancient dragon species, how many monsters on this continent can stop us?" Unlike those five-star soft eggs that eat city allowances, as long as we take the commission of the dragon's family, we will definitely be able to complete it, and I think they also understand this truth. If you want me to see, those guys are obviously afraid of us, so they deliberately arranged it like this. ”

"Don't be so cynical." The white-armored hunter stepped forward, sat up from the bed, and nodded his thumb at the tall hunter on the other side of the room, "You see, the captain has no complaints, and we have to settle for it." ”

Mo Lin glanced at Qin Hu, who was sitting quietly with his hands crossed in the corner, and a little smile appeared in his eyes: "That's because our captain is no longer the same as before, haven't you noticed?" He hadn't been angry since the last Lakeland commission—"

One sentence drew boos from the room, and the companions teased, and I don't know who shouted strangely: "Some people want to restrain their temper, I'm afraid they are not learning to be a good father." ”

"Ahem!" Qin Hu coughed heavily a few times and glanced at the team members with squinted eyes, but the captain's cold eyes fell on the group of giggling companions, but there was no deterrent at all. It wasn't until the voices of the three of them gradually stopped that the tall hunter spoke: "The purpose of this squad has never been to advance and earn more honors. Our goal is to win the crown at the top of the continent, but it is better to say that the current arrangement of the union is exactly what we want, so what is there to complain about? ”

"Yes! That's right! Ah Shao nodded pretending to be heavy, and quietly raised his head halfway, "So, it's time to tell us, right?" Is it a boy or a girl? ”

It is a common rule in the hunter world that when a child is born, the father-to-be, who is a hunter, must be present no matter what. Before this commission began, Qin Hu had just kissed the little guy's feet. Although the Dragonmare Squad is actually free to move, it is always on the side of the service hunters, so Captain Qin specially took a seven-day vacation. The four members of the team have always advanced and retreated together, and this time he did not catch up with the first fleet entrusted by the volcano, and he failed to receive the commission expected by the team members as he wished, and half of the reason was due to his head.

Feeling the expectant eyes of the team members, Qin Hu touched his nose, revealing a look of shame that did not belong to the upper hunters: "Girl......"

As soon as he spat out a word, the captain's voice was drowned out by the inquiries of his companions. He had to raise his hands and make a few quiet gestures before finally suppressing the excitement of the players: "Mother and child are safe - otherwise I wouldn't be standing here." My mother is in good condition, and she is being cared for by Dr. Ailu, who is a full-time member of the union. As for the question of names...... I'll just leave her with a headache. All I can think of is words like bear, wolf, etc., but I can't just give them to girls - satisfied? ”

Qin Hu took a few deep breaths, and took back the joy and pride that loomed on his face. He took out a brown paper bag from his backpack and threw it into Ah Shao's arms: "I see that you have rested enough, so you might as well start confirming the entrusted information." Until this goal is achieved, we are far from being the strongest hunting team on the mainland. ”

"Wait——!" Ah Shao hugged the paper bag tightly in his arms, and his small eyes swept over the two hunters beside him in turn, "We haven't read the contents of the materials yet, have we?" Let's guess what kind of guy you're going to face this time. He held up a finger, "Whoever guesses closer will use his main hand weapon as a weapon for the child's hunting enlightenment, how about it?" ”

"Hey, this is the captain's daughter." Luo Pingyang spread his hands and said, "If you are such a good teacher, didn't you just accept a student some time ago?" ”

"What's the matter, our team has always been a success, and the captain will not shirk such a bet." The white-armored hunter looked at Qin Hu with fiery eyes and said, "What do you think?" ”

Captain Dragonmare no longer had a serious face, he rubbed the stubble that came out of his chin: "It's up to you, but if the three of them guess too far, we will not hire a local convoy this time, and instead you three will do it yourself, and transport the crossbow machine and ammunition from here to the outpost camp." ”

"Willing to gamble and lose!" The white-armored hunter came to his senses and simply stood up, "If you say the ancient dragon species, it's really the most classic kind, flying class, twenty meters or more, with two horns, and breath or something." ”

"Ah Shao, we're not talking about any flying dragon species." Merlin squinted his eyes and carefully calculated, "The flying species will not stay in the dense forest with poor vision for too long, there is no large-scale water source nearby, and the probability of aquatic species is probably not large. If I guess, it should be a pure terrestrial creature, and it is possible to grow into a beast dragon species or even a tooth beast species—what does Xiao Luo think? ”

"I don't know," Luo Pingyang shook his head, "There is no exact classification of the ancient dragon species, just the ones we met before have all kinds of them." This one may have a strange shape, or even have two heads. ”

"Two heads, you can figure it out. But that's a count—" Ah Shao snorted, but wished that his companion would participate in the gambling game in such an absurd manner. Without waiting for Luo Pingyang to change his words, he hurriedly opened the cowhide bag, stuffed the sorted documents to his companions one by one, and copied one of the ones in his hand and scanned them.

"Graveyards? There was still such a hunting area in the ancient forest? After just reading a few lines, Xiao Luo whispered, "A few hundred meters deep valley, is such a terrain really naturally formed?" ”

"Living in the pile of bones all year round, it's not an ordinary land species......," a look of disappointment appeared on Morin's face, "I don't know if I have the ability to fly or dive, why is this kind of information deliberately written on the data?" ”

"Cut, isn't it a flying monster...... Ah Shao's eyes darkened, and he continued to read backwards, "Covered in the bones of the cemetery, there are witnesses...... See two heads? The white-armored hunter's voice trembled, and the volume suddenly increased by a few degrees. He patted the document in his hand on the head of the bed hatefully, looked at Luo Pingyang unwillingly and said: "So, it seems that Captain Qin's beloved daughter, the first weapon she learned was a war hammer - no, this is not good, girls can't use that kind of bulky weapon." He instigated, "Ah Yang, in my opinion, it's time for you to change to a master-handed weapon." Let's discuss it, how about changing it to a sword? Very easy to use. ”

"Willing to gamble." Luo Pingyang grinned, he didn't expect a casual sentence to win such a lottery, "What about the warhammer?" There is no gender distinction between weapons. He turned to the captain and asked, "So, that means I can be a mentor to the little girl, right?" ”

"That's a bit of an inch." Qin Hu stretched out a hand and pointed at his companions, "It's not that I'm talking big, your best weapon, let me teach it is no worse than any of you." What's more, teaching her hunting skills hand-in-hand is probably the greatest joy of raising a child, and I can't give it to you. ”

Morin covered his face, leaving only two fingers to look at the captain in front of him. Qin Hu's face clearly had an expression of "having the ability to give birth by himself", which made the three companions who were single-mindedly strong and have been single so far have a sour feeling in their chests: "I never knew that the captain was such a guy who knew how to show off." ”

"I'm just telling the truth." As soon as Captain Qin's words fell, the door of the room was softly opened. Ai Lu, who was dressed in brown fur, poked into the house, and said to everyone with a flickering of her eyes, "Captain, Xiao Luo, the landing procedures for the airship have been completed. ”

"Little Anfei, you're back just in time." Qin Hu took the opportunity to end the previous topic.

"Graveyards? There was still such a hunting area in the ancient forest? After just reading a few lines, Xiao Luo whispered, "A few hundred meters deep valley, is such a terrain really naturally formed?" ”

"Living in the pile of bones all year round, it's not an ordinary land species......," a look of disappointment appeared on Morin's face, "I don't know if I have the ability to fly or dive, why is this kind of information deliberately written on the data?" ”

"Cut, isn't it a flying monster...... Ah Shao's eyes darkened, and he continued to read backwards, "Covered in the bones of the cemetery, there are witnesses...... See two heads? The white-armored hunter's voice trembled, and the volume suddenly increased by a few degrees. He patted the document in his hand on the head of the bed hatefully, looked at Luo Pingyang unwillingly and said: "So, it seems that Captain Qin's beloved daughter, the first weapon she learned was a war hammer - no, this is not good, girls can't use that kind of bulky weapon." He instigated, "Ah Yang, in my opinion, it's time for you to change to a master-handed weapon." Let's discuss it, how about changing it to a sword? Very easy to use. ”

"Willing to gamble." Luo Pingyang grinned, he didn't expect a casual sentence to win such a lottery, "What about the warhammer?" There is no gender distinction between weapons. He turned to the captain and asked, "So, that means I can be a mentor to the little girl, right?" ”

"That's a bit of an inch." Qin Hu stretched out a hand and pointed at his companions, "It's not that I'm talking big, your best weapon, let me teach it is no worse than any of you." What's more, teaching her hunting skills hand-in-hand is probably the greatest joy of raising a child, and I can't give it to you. ”

Morin covered his face, leaving only two fingers to look at the captain in front of him. Qin Hu's face clearly had an expression of "having the ability to give birth by himself", which made the three companions who were single-mindedly strong and have been single so far have a sour feeling in their chests: "I never knew that the captain was such a guy who knew how to show off." ”

"I'm just telling the truth." As soon as Captain Qin's words fell, the door of the room was softly opened. Ai Lu, who was dressed in brown fur, poked into the house, and said to everyone with a flickering of her eyes, "Captain, Xiao Luo, the landing procedures for the airship have been completed. ”

"Little Anfei, you're back just in time." Qin Hu took the opportunity to end the previous topic.