Danma: Danganronpa, but Monster Hunter!

It must kill this person today!

However, once the attack landed, Flame had already slid away from his original position. The howling Overlord Bear's paw grazed his body without causing him any trouble. Immediately afterwards, the Control Slash and Shield Thrust landed on the Overlord Azure Bear Beast's hind legs.

Flame knew very well the Blue Bear Beast's weakness.

Because of rubbing against the trees, over time, the Blue Bear Beast developed thick carapaces on its back and forelimbs. These carapaces were as hard as steel; a single strike against them would only send countless sparks flying before the blade bounced off.

Therefore, when hunting blue bears, you only need to aim at their chest, abdomen, and hind legs, which have soft fur.

Although this method will completely damage the blue bear hide, thus affecting the subsequent harvest...

But less money is no big deal, you can earn more; you only have one life.

I've cleaved the dwarf territory!

Flame mercilessly adopted a slalom tactic, keeping its body behind the Azure Bear Beast's right side. This avoided the Azure Bear Beast's frontal attacks while also giving itself ample room to react and dodge the Azure Bear Beast's unexpected moves, such as a sudden back jump, a bear cart, and a forward pounce that would follow the back jump.

As time went on, the movements of the dominant Azure Bear Beast became slower and slower.

The recurring wounds on its lower abdomen and hind legs drained a large amount of blood, and the wounds on its hind legs also affected its movement. Whether it was striking with its claws while standing upright, or pulling itself around and jumping on all fours, these actions all required the hind legs to perform.

Now, one of its hind legs is completely crippled, and the other is half crippled.

Without its hind legs, it was completely powerless to resist the hunter's knife, and even moving became a problem.

Is it going to be attacked in this state?

The overlord, the Azure Bear Beast, roared in resentment.

Chapter 40: Stacking Armor, Stacking Armor Hard!

The answer is yes.

Without much fanfare, after nearly an hour of fierce fighting, the overlord Azure Bear Beast, having lost a great deal of blood and already out of consciousness, was finished off by Flame's defecation.

The axe blade that fell from the Great Axe smashed the skull of the Overlord Blue Bear Beast with the force of an execution, and then made a crisp cracking sound that announced that the sharpness value was critically low.

Cheers echoed throughout the entire Feiye Fortress.

The overlord Azure Bear Beast has been successfully defeated.

Throughout the entire process, Blazing Flame was like a skilled fisherman, using a fishing line called distance to manipulate the Azure Bear Beast at will, and only after exhausting its strength did it leisurely deliver the final blow.

For some reason, Flame began to understand why he had been completely outmaneuvered by Ais's agile movements back then.

This scene is just like a replay of the previous sparring match.

In his first battle against a monster in the Monster Hunter world after receiving the blessing, he truly experienced his own growth and understood what the gift of blessing meant.

Increased wrist strength to swing weapons more easily, dynamic vision to accurately capture the movements of multiple monsters, and agile movements to avoid hitting enemy minions.

These benefits, which weren't particularly noticeable in the DanMachi world, combined with Blaze's knowledge and understanding of monsters, resulted in a synergistic effect in the current hunt that was greater than the sum of its parts.

It could even be described as a kind of dimensional reduction attack.

After all, if Flame were to fight before he became an adventurer, although he could win, it would be virtually impossible for him to achieve such a clean and unscathed victory as he has now.

The main benefit is enhanced dynamic vision, which improves reaction speed and processing power. It's like giving the Blaze's CPU an overclocking function, allowing it to handle more tasks simultaneously, anticipating the opponent's actions through subtle movements, and reacting and responding in advance.

This already demonstrates a level of anticipation.

Without this improvement, Flame can only play a defensive counter-attacking role when attacked by the enemy, prioritizing its own survival before launching an attack.

The efficiency of these two is naturally incomparable.

'However, that's not enough.'

Flame, having sheathed his weapon, stared silently at the corpse of the Overlord Azure Bear Beast.

He has indeed grown, but that alone is not enough, because the enemies he will face next will be even stronger than before.

It's true that the combination of the strengths of an adventurer and a hunter gave him the ability to easily defeat ordinary monsters.

But the problem is,

The enemy he will face next is significantly stronger than a regular monster.

It's a direct dimensional ascension...

That's right, it's about ascending to a higher dimension.

That's not just a difference between a mere overlord of the Azure Bear Beasts and an ordinary Azure Bear Beast.

Let alone those ancient dragons, even ordinary dragons that are considered superior are much stronger than their counterparts that Blaze has once hunted down!

The road ahead is still long... Let's set a small goal first.

In short, I'll hunt some high-rank Geodude and high-rank Barroth first, and change my equipment first...

Everything else is meaningless; only defense is the source of security!

Stack armor, stack armor like crazy!

Do you even know what the hell fortress style is?!

As for not wearing the burial clothes, wearing the thickest armor, and enduring the most severe beatings... I didn't hear anything about it, I didn't hear anything at all!

In short, with these thoughts in mind, Lieyan began extracting the materials.

[The Overlord's Bear Paw] has been obtained.

[Blue Bear Beast's Bristle] has been obtained.

[The Hard Shell of the Blue Bear Beast] has been obtained.

After carefully cutting up the valuable parts of the Overlord Blue Bear Beast, Puxian came to Lieyan's side.

"I thought you, Flame, would definitely be able to defeat this overlord Azure Bear Beast, but I didn't expect you to achieve such a crushing victory in this way. It seems you've gained a lot in that world. To be honest, I'm also starting to get curious about that world."

Puxian patted Lieyan's back forcefully, laughing loudly. Lieyan's earth dragon armor made a loud noise, as if it would deform under the village chief's mighty Vajra at any moment.

"If you're curious, why don't you come with me over there? Consider it a trip to relax."

Village chief, doesn't your hand hurt? I'm still wearing my armor!

Flame grinned, enduring the heavy blow from behind.

“Go over there…” Puxian paused for a moment, then shook his head: “Although I am indeed very curious, I’ll pass for now. The village needs me here. It’s going to get cold soon, and with the Hundred Dragons Night Parade, I need to coordinate and manage things in the village. I can’t find the time. However, if I have the opportunity, I will go.”

If there's an opportunity, does that mean I'll go?

In that case...

Flame blinked, and suddenly had a bold idea.

If Loki were to do the village chief a favor when he goes there... that would be incredible, truly incredible.

Although the village chief is old and his strength has declined somewhat, his foundation is still there. In addition, the grace itself has the effect of delaying aging. If this can be accomplished, then the village chief can be considered a fantasy version of Huang Zhong.

And to be honest, Lieyan was very curious about what kind of magic and skills Puxian could display.

In DanMachi, the "skills" and "magic" that appear in the stats are not only related to [experience points], but are also affected by the nature or wishes of the recipient of the blessing.

This influence even extends to the names of skills and magic themselves, almost like using a mirror to reflect one's inner essence.

In particular, some things from the dark history will also appear in skills and magic.

The most typical example is Bell's heroic wish, and that male cat-man who doesn't give his sister a friendly look, but is clearly a siscon in magic, and whose spells can kill people with his chanting...

Yes, I'm talking about you.

Allen! (Very loudly)

If I have the chance, I definitely will...

Lieyan chuckled inwardly, but remained outwardly calm. He casually reached out to help the people who came down to clean up the battlefield lift the giant blue bear beast onto a huge cart. Next, this overlord blue bear beast would be properly dealt with.

A portion of it will be distributed to Blaze as mission rewards, while the remainder will be used to maintain the guild's operations.

This "Hundred Dragons Night Parade" has come to an end, but the impact it has had will take some time to dissipate.

But none of that matters to the current raging flames.

Because he was going to get the answer to the question.

Loki's Familia

Humming a little tune, Loki slowly walked up the spiral staircase to his room, and then he saw a portal of light appear.

Loki: !!!

Flame, emerging from the portal, saw Loki's astonished expression and his eyes lit up.

What a coincidence! This saves us the trouble of looking for it!

"Loki! Update my stats!!"

Chapter 41, Loki: I'm not human, but you really are a dog!

"Whoaaaaah!! Flame, what are you doing showing up in the middle of the night like this?!"

Loki was terrified by the sudden appearance of flames; his slight intoxication vanished instantly, and he gritted his teeth.

"Haha, sorry, sorry. You know, the door only opens where I left before. Anyway, let's not talk about that. Loki, update my stats."

The apology from the flames was insincere, and the topic was changed.

"No more!"

Loki crossed his arms, gave a cold snort, and looked every bit the sulky child.

"Huh? Not updating?"

"No way! You think you can just change it like that? Don't we have any dignity? We're gods! And we said a few days ago that we were going to give you a good beating when you got back, so—prepare to die, Flame!"

Loki grinned sinisterly, and then, as if to exact revenge for the humiliation he had suffered a few days earlier and the fright he had just experienced, Loki lunged forward, baring his teeth and claws and howling.

If any unfortunate child were to see this expression, they would probably have nightmares for three days and three nights.

"Stop messing around, I'm being serious with you. And what happened a few days ago? Can I apologize? I'm sorry, Loki, I shouldn't have said that you're still not used to being separated from the expedition team and that you need to get drunk."

Flame casually blocked Loki's wild punches, somewhat helplessly.

His portal was set up very simply: you would return from the same place you left from.