Astral Apostle

   Chapter 28 Hunter Level, King of Beasts

   In most towns, there is at least one tavern specializing in the business of alien hunters. This is the main meeting place for hunters in the local area. In addition to the basic function of drinking, it also takes into account information exchange, reward posting, teammate recruitment and other purposes.

   When a hunter arrives in a new town and wants to quickly integrate into the local hunter circle, the Hunter Tavern is a must-go place. The tavern will record the list of local hunters who have been active for a long time. Write down the names here. When the lord and hunters come to check, they will know that there is a new number one person in the local area.

   Baiyuan City Hunter Tavern is located on the edge of the town, which is not very conspicuous and is a place that ordinary residents rarely pass by.

   When Zhou Jing and Balong came to the Hunter Tavern, it was quite deserted, with only four or five hunters drinking quietly.

   Noticed that the three of Zhou Jing came in, the hunters in the tavern all cast their gazes.

   "Hey, isn't this Balon, where's your axe?"

   "It's been a long time since you appeared, I thought you had become the feces of alien beasts."

   "Two new faces, new hunters?"

   Many people greeted Baron.

   The hunters in the tavern have basically been around Baiyuan City for a long time, and everyone knows more or less.

  Weiss was also in the tavern and greeted the two of them.

  Baron responded casually, brought Zhou Jing to the bar, knocked on the solid wooden table, and made a double-duh.

   The boss behind the bar was looking down at the ledger, and when he heard the sound, he raised his head and looked at the three of them.

   "Baron, how long has it been since I saw you? If you don't come again, I plan to cross out your name."

   "I'm recovering from injuries during this time, and by the way, cultivate a good seedling."

  Baron laughed, pointed at Zhou Jing, and said, "Take out the roster and let him write his name on it."

   "New hunter?"

  The boss looked at Zhou Jing, took out a black booklet from under the bar, opened one page, dozens of names were written in various handwriting, some of them were crossed out.

   Zhou Jing glanced down and found the names of Baron and Weiss.

Baron explained on the side: "This is the roster of local hunters. If they have been around Baiyuan City for a long time, they will write their names here. Hunters who have died in battle or have been missing for a long time will have their names crossed out. I didn't tell you before. Well, there are more than 30 hunters still active around Baiyuan City, which is from here."

   Zhou Jing: "The workshop should have the same record."

   "There are indeed, but they mainly count the number of hunts...that is, the number of times the prey was submitted to them, there is no specific here." Baron explained.

   Zhou Jing nodded, and found that behind each name, there were small black dots, some were one, some were two.

   "What is this little black dot?"

The voice of    fell, and before Baron could speak, someone interrupted:

   "This is the number of enhancements per hunter."

   Zhou Jing turned his head to look and found that the hunters in the tavern were all around him with wine glasses.

  These hunters heard a few people chatting, and they came over to look at Zhou Jing's new face curiously, and it was Wes who interjected.

  Baron added: "Yes, a few black dots represent a few times of strengthening, so that when the lord gathers people, or other hunters seek teammates, they will not misestimate the strength of the team."

   I feel that with the simple concept of this world, there should be few hidden appearances of true strength in this regard...

   Zhou Jing pondered secretly, and read the list from the beginning, and found that the hunters around Baiyuan City had been strengthened twice at the most, and there were only three people.

   It seems that the secondary enhancement is quite rare. I wonder if it is because of the remoteness of Baiyuan City?

   Zhou Jing thought about it and pretended to speak casually:

   "Speaking of which, is the number of enhancements enough to reflect the level of a hunter? How can you be considered a senior hunter?"

   He didn't forget that one of the [life goals] of this astral apostle was to "become a senior alien hunter".

   What needs to be clear is how this "senior" is certified.

  Weiss has a cheerful temperament and is a bit rude. Hearing this, he explained with a smile:

   "Haha, after the establishment of the empire, an evaluation system was formulated for alien beasts and hunters, which is convenient for viewing the level of the two. Although our free hunters are not as particular as imperial hunters, this set is really useful."

   Zhou Jing looked over: "What exactly is it?"

  Weiss took a sip of wine and said casually: "You should know the four danger levels of alien beasts, right? According to the threat to hunters, they are low risk, medium risk, high risk, and fatal."

   "I know that." Zhou Jing nodded, but Baron had explained this.

   Another [life goal] of the astral apostle is to hunt down a "high-risk alien beast".

  Weiss talked eloquently: "Like the danger of alien beasts, the Terra Empire divides hunters into four corresponding levels, official hunters, senior hunters, elite hunters and legendary hunters.

The standard of    is also very clear, which just corresponds to the danger level of alien beasts... The official hunter is an enhancement and has completed a successful hunt.

  Senior hunters are secondary enhancements and have killed medium-risk alien beasts.

  Elite hunters need to be strengthened three times, and they have killed high-risk alien beasts... As for legendary hunters, they need to be strengthened four times, and they have killed deadly alien beasts. "

   Zhou Jing moved in his heart.

  Hey, from this perspective, this apostle's [Life Goal] doesn't seem to be very difficult.

   The three goals are "become a senior alien hunter", "complete the second alien blood enhancement", and "hunt high-risk alien beasts". As long as the last two are completed, the first one will be solved logically, saving energy.

  ‘It’s quite comfortable. ' Zhou Jing came to the spirit.

   He couldn't help thinking that when he used to play games, he always liked to take on a lot of tasks with overlapping requirements, which would save time and energy, and get twice the result with half the effort. When one task was completed, the requirements of several other tasks could be fulfilled by the way.

   This time, the [Life Goal] of the Astral Apostle seems to have the same effect.

   The route became clear all of a sudden, and Zhou Jing just felt enlightened.

   At this time, Baron couldn't help interrupting Whis and said:

   "It's enough to know this kind of thing in your heart. A small number of reinforcements does not mean that you can't kill stronger alien beasts. Everyone is a hunter, fighting against alien beasts together. There is no difference."

   "Well, I know." Zhou Jing recovered and nodded.

   He remembered that at the level of Baron, he had also killed medium-risk alien beasts.

   This grading has no official agency certification. Most of the time, it is just an honor system, which is more respected by others. Unlike the main world, which pays money according to the grading of power users.

   Zhou Jing then said curiously:

   "In that case, is there a maximum of four enhancements for the alien blood?"

Weiss seemed to be in good spirits, and continued: "That's not it, no one knows how many times the upper limit is strengthened, but the more times the strengthening is, the lower the success rate. After a certain degree of strength, there is no need to take risks to accept a new one. It's a round of strengthening, but to study how to make good use of the existing ability to fight against alien beasts, which is the choice of most hunters."

   Zhou Jing nodded, quite understanding.

   Hunters can accept death in battle, but they cannot accept worthless sudden deaths. The stronger the hunter, the heavier this idea should be.

   Hearing the words, the other hunters also talked casually, a little sigh.

   "Oh, so I don't dare to do the second reinforcement. Instead of taking this risk, I might as well practice breathing more."

   "The two hunters I know died from the second enhancement. It's not even a little bit more dangerous than the first enhancement. The death is too tragic, and I'm a little scared when I think about it now."

   "By the way, what is the current level of the chief hunter conferred by the empire? It seems to have been strengthened five times?"

  Everyone has a lot of talk.

   Zhou Jing secretly wrote it down, and suddenly asked curiously: "The person who has been strengthened the most in history, how many times has he strengthened."

As soon as   's voice fell, everyone's face became solemn, and they all became serious.

  Weiss stopped smiling, took a deep breath, and said slowly with an undisguised reverence:

   "It was a distant tribal era, when a legendary hunter appeared. His name was Raven Tarn, the strongest hunter ever, and a 'hero' in human history!"

"Historical records show that Raven Tarn carried out eight alien blood enhancements, and hunted more than 2,000 alien beasts in his life. He united the scattered tribes and led them to live and multiply in the green fields full of dangers, guarding the For decades, the threat from alien beasts has been greatly reduced... It is precisely because of Raven Tarn that human beings have come out of the long darkness and have truly risen in this land. Now the tribes that established the Terra Empire can trace back , most of them have been sheltered by him!"

   "The current ruler of the Terra Empire is a tribal blood relative of the Tarn lineage... and Raven Tarn is their ancestor!"

  Weiss's tone was serious, no other hunters interrupted his story, and there was a pilgrimage-like atmosphere.

   Obviously, this "hero" Raven has a very high status in the hearts of hunters.

   Zhou Jing blinked.

   He probably understood how the Terra Empire established by the alliance of multiple tribes persuaded each other to choose a royal family that everyone recognized.

   Fight for ancestors!

   As for whether this "hero" Raven was beautified by the ruler, then he doesn't know and has reservations.

   After all, he is not a real resident of the alien world, so he can't feel it at once, but he won't directly question it either.

   But the record of eight different blood enhancements, if it is true, how far will it reach?

   "Eight different blood enhancements... How did he die?" Zhou Jing continued to ask.

   Hearing this, everyone sighed.

  Weiss said with regret: "Raven Tarn went to challenge the king of alien beasts, and he almost succeeded, but unfortunately he died in the end."

   "The king of alien beasts?"

   Zhou Jing heard this term for the first time and turned his head to look at Baron, which he hadn't mentioned before.

  Baron shook his head and said helplessly:

"I told you that alien beasts are divided into four levels of danger, and the king of alien beasts is a more dangerous monster. A special existence that is not included in this set of evaluations is the level of 'impossible to hunt', and there are no hunters. can kill them.

   So far, we have only found three kings of beasts in our history, and fortunately, two of them did not threaten the survival of the tribe. And the only one that threatens human beings is the one that Raven Tarn fought against. Raven used his life as the price to seriously injure the king of alien beasts, which made it retreat and let the tribe escape. A catastrophe of extinction.

   And Raven Tarn, is also the only hunter in history who almost killed the king of alien beasts. "

   Hearing this explanation, Zhou Jing couldn't help frowning.

  The king of alien beasts who can't be strengthened eight times, what kind of monster is this?

   Seemingly seeing Zhou Jing's doubts, Weiss said solemnly:

"The king of alien beasts that Raven Tarn fought against, known in history as the Blue Wings, is a dragon-species alien beast soaring in the sky. It is said that the wingspan exceeds 200 meters, and it can breathe frost and lightning. , the scale armor is harder than any known metal, even the fortress city established by the empire is probably vulnerable to it."

   "That is indeed a terrible monster."

   Zhou Jing was slightly surprised.

   With the level of development of the alien world, such monsters are indeed "unsolvable" existences.

  If you throw it to any colonial star in the main world, it can also cause a little trouble. At least before the army is dispatched, this monster can also cause some damage to ordinary cities... As long as there is no unfortunate encounter with a power user on vacation.

  Although Zhou Jing remembered to follow the customs of the countryside, but after all, he had the knowledge of the main world. He was used to seeing all kinds of superpowers who destroyed the sky and destroyed the earth. I was afraid that it was impossible to be afraid.

  —The Blood Warrior, a pure physical enhancement type, can fight such monsters and inflict heavy damage on them. The known enhancement limit seems to be quite good. According to the evaluation standard of the main world, it should be able to be rated as a third-level power user.

   "Where are these kings of alien beasts now?"

   "No one knows." Weiss shook his head: "Beyond the Terra Empire, there are too many unexplored lands."

  Understood, you need a great geographical discovery...

   Zhou Jing secretly slandered.

  The boss interrupted everyone at this time, and said helplessly: "Everyone, if you want to chat, you can chat while drinking. Now let this new hunter write his name into the roster first."

   "Haha, I had so much fun chatting that I almost forgot." Weiss was happy, giving the newcomer the feeling of popular science is a kind of happiness for him.

   Zhou Jing took the pen, wrote his name in the blank of the roster, and put a small black dot at the back to represent the number of times he strengthened himself.

   He had told Balon before that after he became a hunter of alien beasts, he would also be active near Baiyuan City, so Balon directly pulled him over, and he had no objection.

   The boss took back the roster, glanced at it, and nodded: "Jason Wood... You are welcome to be stationed in White Plains City."

  Baron knocked on the table, and laughed: "Don't forget the practice, every new hunter stays, you have to invite a round of fire from the North, hurry up."

   "How can I forget." The boss was angry.

   He put the roster back in the cabinet, then took out a few wooden wine glasses, lined them up on the bar, then opened the wine barrel behind him, scooped out the wine from it, and filled all the wine glasses.

  The liquor is cloudy, pale white, and seems to have some sediment.

   Zhou Jing picked up the wine glass and took a sip, the rough but wild taste burst open, as if a line of fire went down his throat, extremely strong.

   smacking his lips, astringent is a bit astringent, but a bit energetic.

On the other side, Baron couldn't wait to pick up the wine glass and gulped it down. The spilled wine spilled on his beard and dripped onto the leather armor on his chest. He breathed a sigh of relief and took the disgusted boss to refill. .

   The hunters present laughed and clinked their glasses one after another.

  Zhou Jing met them briefly and wrote down their names.

   Everyone got familiar with the newcomers, and then they spread out and returned to their seats, and Zhou Jing also sat at a table with Balong and Weiss.

After    took his seat, Baron stroked his beard and wiped off the wine stained on it, saying:

   "You have successfully strengthened the alien blood, but you haven't completed the hunt. You are not a serious alien hunter. I have two plans here, and I want to ask your opinion."

   "Which two?" Zhou Jing took a sip of wine and asked casually.

   "I'll go back and teach you the rest of the breathing technique. When you are familiar with the strengthened body, are you going to hunt alien beasts first, or deal with the den of the skeletons?"

   Hearing this, Zhou Jing's eyes moved.

   The image he has currently established for Balon is partly for revenge to stay in Frostwood Village, which is what Balon agrees with very much.

  Balong continued in a loud voice: "No matter which one you choose, I will act with you. Whether it is an earth skeleton man or hunting an alien beast, it is my duty."

   Zhou Jing nodded, knowing clearly that although his physical fitness surprised Baron, but hunting also depends on experience, Baron still felt that he needed to take care of himself as a novice.

   "I have to think about this..." Zhou Jing pondered.

  Weiss interrupted with a smile: "If you're going to hunt alien beasts, bring me one too. My spear is fast and accurate, and it's very useful."

   "That's true, Eggy, you don't let it go at all."

  Baron agrees.

   While the three were drinking and chatting, the door of the tavern was suddenly slammed open.

boom!

   All hunters stopped drinking and looked over.

   I saw a guard hurried in, full of panic:

   "There is a situation! The sentry found two high-risk alien beasts, which are heading towards Baiyuan City. The lord has issued a bounty and called all hunters to join the crusade!"

  Whoa!

   The next moment, all the hunters in the tavern stood up.

   (end of this chapter)