Chapter 54
Only the top hunting teams dare to take on this kind of mission, and they may not be able to get the full bonus.
"It's just that there seems to be no top team left in the city recently..." The old man sitting next to Osa muttered to himself.
When Osa heard this, he felt something was wrong. He looked around and saw that Jon Snow's eyes were shining. He slowly raised his hand, as if he was about to sign up.
At this moment, a voice came from outside the tavern.
"Lao Luo! Haha, is this mission reserved for me?"
Then, a strong figure pushed the door open and walked in.
He was alone, without any armor, shirtless, showing strong muscles, wearing loose pants, carrying a long sword of extremely exaggerated length, and his body was full of scars from previous battles.
Behind him, a team of guild staff were busy around an unconscious giant turtle.
Then, a shout came from outside the door: "Hunter King! Bumigak! Successfully captured the dragon-jawed giant turtle alive! The total length is 56.7 meters! The body is intact! The mission is perfectly completed!"
The whole hall fell silent.
Then suddenly, everyone cheered and stood up and shouted "Hunter King! Hunter King!"
Osa and others were confused about the situation, but they followed the local customs and waved their hands and shouted with the people next to them.
While shouting, Osa found an opportunity and whispered to the hunter brother next to him: "Hey, brother, we are new here and don't know anyone. This Hunter King... Can you introduce him?"
"Ah? Don't know the Hunter King? Haha, you asked the right person," the brother next to him immediately put on a proud look, "I remember that I went on a mission with him back then. At that time, I saw that he was not ordinary..."
Then, the brother seemed to have opened a chatterbox, and he talked endlessly about his legendary experience when he and the "Hunter King" went on an ordinary mission together.
Ao Sa didn't want to spoil his fun, so he let him talk slowly. If he talked more, useful information would come out by himself.
In short, a hunting competition is held here every year. Participants are in teams, but a team cannot exceed twelve people.
The reason why this hunting king is called the hunting king is because he has won the championship of the last ten hunting competitions, and the most amazing thing is that he has always hunted alone.
He has won the championship for ten consecutive years by himself, so the people of the whole city are willing to call him the hunting king, and they will also shout his name in unison so excitedly now.
Oo Sa glanced at Jon Snow, and sure enough, the latter didn't seem so happy. After all, when no one took the job just now, he almost stood up excitedly.
And Luo Ye also didn't seem very happy. He frowned and asked: "Bumigak, are you sure you want to take this task?"
"I'm sure," Bumigak answered without hesitation.
"I have to remind you that according to the rules, a hunting team can only accept one mission at the same time," Luo Ye asked again, "Are you sure?"
"Of course, why not," Bumigak said with a smile, "You also saw that my last mission has been completed."
"Well... Well, don't regret it," Luo Ye sighed, waved his hand lightly, and handed the flyer in his hand to Bumigak.
"Of course I don't..." Bumigak said, but his smile froze on his face.
Because he noticed that after Luo Ye threw out this mission list, he actually held the last mission list in his hand.
Seeing him like this, Luo Ye smiled helplessly and shrugged, saying, "I reminded you."
"Ha, so that's what you mean," Bumigak rubbed his forehead, "I really miscalculated."
"There's no way, rules are rules, you took that task, just concentrate on doing it," Luo Ye took a deep breath and read out the contents of the last task list, "Hunting task! Hunting the black-horned sky-winged dragon! The body must be basically intact! The reward is 1,500 gold Kaga, and the reward for catching it alive... 5,000 gold Kaga!"
After the voice fell, the crowd's reaction this time was much colder than before.
50 million Kaga, what a tempting sum of money...
Unfortunately, no one can eat it.
Before the hunting king came back, there were still people who could take it. Now the hunting king has accepted the commission. Looking around, there is no top hunting group left.
Such a good task can only be hung on the board in the end. For the hunting guild of Mill City, it is not a shame, but it is indeed a bit embarrassing.
Luo Ye seemed to have anticipated this scene and had no hope. He sighed and just went through the motions, raising his voice and asking loudly: "A commission with a maximum reward of 5,000 gold Kaga! Does anyone dare to accept it?!"
No response.
The hunters looked at each other and could only shrug helplessly.
The hunting king put his hands on his waist and looked at the task list in his hand, smiling bitterly and shaking his head, secretly sighing that he was still impulsive. Looking at the reward of 50 million, the 30 million in his hand suddenly didn't seem so attractive.
"Hey, let me ask you one last time. Is there really no one who dares to accept this task?" Luo Ye asked again.
In fact, he didn't expect anyone to answer at all. He just asked casually, went through the procedure, and was ready to leave.
Just then, a voice came from the corner of the hall.
"Yes! I accepted this task!"
Everyone was startled, and at the same time, they looked around and saw a short man less than 1.2 meters tall standing on the table, holding the big cat's face with one hand, waving his other hand with a bright smile on his face.
91. I can't hug you if you pick up the knife, and I can't protect you if you put down the knife
Liu Ji woke up.
During this period of time, he had been working hard for days, and his mind was filled with spells and common language words. Even when he was sleeping, Ya Yin was teaching him. Although he slept deeply, he still felt dizzy and confused when he woke up.
"Maybe I should turn into a potato and sleep..."
Liu Ji thought to himself.
I'm afraid that if I turn into a potato, I don't know how many days I will sleep.
Looking at the sunlight outside the window, it should still be early morning, and I'm hungry, so I can get up and have breakfast.
Who knew that Liu Ji was stunned by the scene in front of him as soon as he got up.
I saw a group of muscular potatoes lying on the bed, surrounding his bed like the seven dwarfs surrounding Snow White, looking at him pitifully.
Seeing Liu Ji get up, they opened their mouths at the same time.
Liu Ji's expression slowly turned into OAO.
Then, the next moment, the group of potatoes shouted in unison: "Grandpa! Hungry! Food!"
"I knew it..." Liu Ji slapped his forehead.
He suddenly felt very fortunate that Snow chose such a free hotel, otherwise, given his penniless situation, these kids would have put him in debt just for eating.
Liu Ji coaxed the potatoes while getting out of bed, looking at the beds around him, feeling a little strange.
It is said that Osa should live in the same room with him, but the bed next to him looked like no one had slept in it at all.
Even if Osa had good habits, went to bed early and got up early and made his bed, there shouldn't be a cat hair on the bed, right?
"Strange, did this guy go out to have fun alone at night?" Liu Ji thought to himself.
Liu Ji went downstairs with the jumping potatoes. Just when he was thinking about asking if there were any tools he could use to make breakfast, he saw Kalidora standing downstairs with a piece of paper in her hand.
Liu Ji hadn't talked to Kalidora alone yet. He hesitated for a moment, looked at the group of potatoes at his feet who were looking at him expectantly, scratched his head, and decided to go up and talk to them.
Anyway, he remembered that this sister should know spells.
"Hey," Liu Ji walked around in front of her and said hello.
"Hmm? Ah, Liu Ji, you're awake?" Kalidora smiled at Liu Ji, "What's wrong?"
"I'm a little embarrassed to say this, I wanted to ask if there was anything to eat," Liu Ji scratched his head, "These kids are hungry again, or you can tell me where the kitchen is, I can go make some..."
"No, that's not necessary," Kalidora said, turning around and shouting at the store, "Little One, Little Two, Little Three, go, cook, make more, these kids need to eat."
After a while, three sleepy strong men came out of the small room next door, yawning and walking towards the kitchen.
"Well, that's enough, you just sit here and wait," Kalidora smiled at Liu Ji, looked at the paper in her hand again, put it aside, and sighed.
Liu Ji found a chair to sit on, and while directing the potatoes to photosynthesize outside to fill their stomachs, he asked curiously, "By the way, where are the others? Osa didn't seem to come back last night..."
"Ah, this," Kalidora rubbed her forehead, "Yin and Guoguo should still be asleep, Wente went out to the market, and as for Osa, he went to the hunting guild with Captain Xieluo, Uncle Snow, and Jilunini yesterday. He said he took a task and ran out to make money first, so he left us a note."
"This, didn't everyone plan to go together?" Liu Ji was stunned.
"Well, it's true that generally there won't be so many people together," Kalidora said helplessly, "Like I have to watch the store here, Wente will probably choose one person to go out for the collection task, but when we first divided the groups, we actually planned to let Captain Xieluo take you and Yain, and Guoguo to go with them. Now it's the other way around. You take them out alone. In fact, the grouping is quite unreasonable."
"Oh, because of this," Liu Ji scratched his head.
He remembered that the cat girl named Guoguo seemed to use a bow and arrow. If he was asked to protect two back row by himself, it might be a bit difficult for him in the past.
But it is not certain for him now.
After learning some water magic, he has a new understanding of how to use this body, and he wants to find something to try.
I just don't know what the difference is between hunting and simple fighting. I feel that if I just blow up the monster's head like before, will it affect the overall value?
The two were chatting when the figure of Mo Wente suddenly appeared at the door of the store.
For some reason, his face looked a little solemn.
"Wente?" Callidora was stunned, "What's wrong with you?"
"Carly, I found a serious problem," Mo Wente said in a deep voice.
"Ah, you said," Callidora swallowed.
"I feel that there may be a reason why Mr. Snow was so anxious to accept the task and run away," Mo Wente said, "He may not want to lend me money."
"Ah?" Callidora was stunned and blinked, "You, have you taken a fancy to anything?"
"Yeah, I've got my eyes on a knife, a very good one," Mowent sighed, "Although it's not as good as the Dark Cutting Knife, it's really a great knife for me now..."
"So, how much is that knife?" Kalidora asked.
"The boss said, it costs 2,000 gold Kaga," Mowent said, "and one gold Kaga is equivalent to 10,000 Kaga..."
"In other words, 20 million Kaga?" Kalidora blinked, obviously still not feeling the reality of this strange currency.
"Well, that's right," Mowent said, "and then, you know, a bowl of noodles nearby only costs ten Kaga, which means that I have to earn enough money to sell two million bowls of noodles to afford that knife..."
Calidora opened her mouth slightly, and simply converted how much two million bowls of noodles were worth, and she was a little dazed.
She had never seen so much money before.
"So, forgive me, Carly, although I really want to stay with you for two more days," said Mowente, turning around, "but as a man, I have to make money, so that I can better protect you..." After that, he took an unusually tragic step and gradually disappeared into the shadow of the building. At this time, a lazy and helpless voice sounded from behind the two of them. "Hasn't this idiot thought that he might have been simply slaughtered?" Yayin walked down with a frown. "Haha, this is really possible," Caridora said with a wry smile. "Forget it, it's okay that he misunderstood. This guy should save more money. Anyway, Carly, remember to help him bargain," Yayin walked down the stairs and looked at Liu Ji and asked, "Yo, good morning, did you sleep well last night?"
"Yeah, pretty good," Liu Ji grinned, "You too?"
"I'm okay, Guoguo always gets into my quilt," Yayin said, yawning, "Well, but it doesn't matter, you should also get ready, we will go shopping in the street later, although you don't rely on magic for fighting now, but I think it's time to equip you with a staff."
92. The water is too deep for hunting, and the mud can't hold it
The staff is a good thing.
Although in theory, all magic can be used without a staff as a medium, the difficulty is completely different from when there is a staff.
Just like when you go to the supermarket to buy things, if you don't push a cart and take a basket, you can take the goods, but you can only hold them with both hands. It's not only difficult to walk, but you can't hold too many things.
The staff is like a shopping cart. First, it can save effort and allow you to input magic more smoothly. Secondly, it can help you fix a part of the magic composition that has been arranged, so that you will not let the magic that is half-casting dissipate completely because of a little distraction.
Some advanced techniques, including multiple chants, paused chants, and early chants, all require the help of the staff.
As for the extremely powerful but basically unused technique of instant chanting, it is mainly because it must be combined with some extremely special top-level staff to be possible.
That kind of staff is specially made for instant chanting, and the composition is completely different from that of ordinary staffs.
The staff in the hands of the mass is top-level enough, but it cannot be used for instant chanting. The composition principle is different and it cannot be used that way.
In short, since Liu Ji has started to learn magic, the most basic practice staff is still needed.
Let’s not talk about pushing a cart when shopping in the supermarket, at least we should take a basket, right?
However, despite this, Yayin's magic attainments and vision are there. If you let Liu Ji choose, he might just take a small magic wand worth two hundred yuan. But for Yayin, I'm sorry, at a glance, nothing below a million Kaga can catch her eye.
But the problem is that they don't have that much money.
Yayin did have some savings, and she thought that the money should be enough, but the currency was not available, so she could only sell it as precious metals, which only amounted to hundreds of thousands of Kaga.
The two of them took Guoguo to the market for a day, and not only did they not buy anything, but they also added a lot to their wish list.
Especially Guoguo, who had burned all the arrows in her quiver in a fight before. You know, her arrows were modified arrows that had been processed in a complex way, and they were meant to be reused. She was very distressed to burn all of them in one go.