Danma: Danganronpa, but Monster Hunter!

With half her face buried in the warm water, Lefia's beautiful face was flushed bright red, and her eyes seemed to be swirling with excitement.

Lady Ais, Lady Riveria,

The one I admire, the elven royalty.

I actually ended up soaking in the same pool as these two... I could die happy!!!

Hehe, hehe, hehehehehe.

"Help! Rafia has fainted while grinning foolishly!"

"It's probably just because it soaked for too long."

"Yes, Lefia doesn't have any durability growth, and her level is the lowest."

"Let's not talk about that now, can you help me move Lefia to her room?"

"Hey, put me down first!!"

Hehe, hehe, hehehehe~~

The noisy sounds flowed through the night.

"It's still as noisy as ever."

Compared to the chaos and turmoil on the women's side, the men's side seemed remarkably peaceful and serene.

Veteran Grace, his body covered in muscles and crisscrossed with scars, held a huge red wooden cup in his thick, carrot-like fingers. After pouring the warm maple sake from the cup into his mouth, he let out a long breath.

"Soaking in a hot spring while drinking alcohol is quite a unique experience."

“Yes.” Finn picked up the slender-necked sake bottle that was gently swaying in the hot spring tub, and added some sake to his own cup. “When was the last time I was this relaxed?”

"Hahaha, why think about such unpleasant things now? You've worked so hard for so long, can't you enjoy yourself a bit? Now that the clan is bigger, there are more things to do. I really miss the days when it was just the two of you and me."

"It's too early to retire now, Grace. My goal hasn't been achieved yet, so you'd better work diligently for the clan."

"What an arrogance! Who wants to work for a short guy like you with such a boastful attitude!"

The brave warrior, mimicking his companion on the other side, squinted one eye at the dwarf who was puffing out his beard and glaring. Then they all burst into laughter, raised their wine cups to clink with each other's, and poured the wine into their mouths.

"I'm so touched, so incredibly touched. I never imagined I'd be able to be with you all..."

"You little brat, if you say anything you shouldn't, I'll tear your throat apart!"

"Alas!!"

Raul's eyes were filled with tears, but the werewolf Bert, who was standing beside him, seemed to have sensed something and warned him directly, which made Raul let out a scream.

"Alright, Bert, stop bullying Raul. By the way, you seem pretty excited today."

Finn's intelligent gaze swept over Bert, and a slight smile played on his lips.

“Nonsense, of course I’m excited to face an opponent I’ve never seen before.” The werewolf revealed a somewhat sinister smile. “I wonder how many kicks it can withstand.”

"Alright, alright, we'll find out in time. By the way, Flame, I wanted to ask if we can repair my Charge Blade here? My Charge Blade was damaged in the previous battle."

Grace raised his hand, interrupting the werewolf's arrogant speech.

"It can't be repaired here. Although Yukumo Village is skilled in forging just like Yanhuo Village, Yukumo Village uses local wood as a base material to mix with ores and materials for forging. The process is a bit different. If your shield and axe are damaged, it's more appropriate to take them back to Yanhuo Village for repair."

"Alright then, it's a pity. If the Charge Blade were still in good condition, I could have participated in tomorrow's battle too."

Grace clicked her tongue in slight regret.

He was the ambassador for communication between Fire Village and the Loki Familia. He was the first to use a Wirebug and the first to wield a dragon-hunting weapon made in Fire Village. All that was missing was a complete overhaul of his hunter gear made in Fire Village.

What a pity, what a pity.

Chapter 53: Mission Begins!

"Yosh, let's go hunting!!"

In the early morning, after a good night's sleep, the Loki Familia members, feeling refreshed, gathered together. Amidst Loki's excited voice, which sounded like that of a schoolchild going on a picnic, Tiony rolled her eyes, looked at Finn who was smiling helplessly to the side, and said...

"Captain, are we really going to bring Loki along to watch the battle...?"

Despite the disdain in her words, Tione was inwardly worried about the matter. While the gods of the lower realm were said to be transcendent beings, in essence, their transcendence lay in human intelligence; they were essentially no different from humans, who were powerless to even kill a chicken.

Moreover, gods are extremely important to their families. If a god were to return to the heavens, the blessings that were once inscribed on their family would immediately become ineffective, and the family would be rendered powerless and at the mercy of others.

It seems rather inappropriate to have Loki, in this state, watching the battle.

"Loki said that if we didn't take her with us, he'd bite his tongue and kill himself on the spot." Finn sighed deeply.

Did he not understand the importance of the gods and still stubbornly lead Loki into danger? Of course not, it was this god who caused trouble!

"Hey Finn, don't worry about those little details. With you guys around, I feel really, really safe~ Besides, I really want to see for myself how Flame fights his monsters."

Loki bent down and patted Finn on the shoulder with a smile.

We're not at ease.

Everyone around, including Finn, rolled their eyes.

But there was nothing they could do; after all, Loki was their chief god.

When the main deity makes a request, the members of the clan must do their best to fulfill it; this is the duty of every member of the clan.

Fortunately, although this requirement is somewhat difficult, this time is different from the past, with a large number of spectators, so it is not too difficult to spare some attention to protect Loki.

This allowed Loki to exploit the loophole and succeed.

"Let me make this clear first: if any unexpected situation arises, we won't care about your feelings; we'll just take you and get you back to safety."

"No problem, no problem," Loki readily agreed, knowing full well that her life was of utmost importance.

However, she doesn't mind taking a little risk in order to uncover the truth of certain things.

Loki straightened up and narrowed his eyes as he looked at Flame, who was talking to the landlady, Cloudweaver.

Last night, she updated the stats for Blaze.

However, compared to the previous update, Flame, who killed the Kamaitachi Dragon King, Umbrella Bird, Kappa Frog, Strange Dragon, and Mudfish Dragon in a short period of time, did not have such a significant attribute growth. Overall, these five monsters combined only increased Flame's attribute value by 900 points, pushing both Dexterity and Agility to D-rank.

The monster from before clearly increased my stats by nearly 500 points.

While it's true that adventurers' attributes become increasingly difficult to improve as they progress, Loki was still quite concerned about such a significant decrease. She needed to determine the reason: was it because the monsters Flame was hunting were of a lower caliber than before, leading to a reduction in experience gain, or was it because his agility and dexterity attributes were approaching the limits of his potential...

Meanwhile, Lieyan received the mission supplies from the proprietress, Zhiyun.

"These...all of them are..."

Looking at the enormous package, almost the size of a person, that Lieyan had finally obtained, Ais slowly opened her mouth, her face filled with astonishment.

"Yes, that's confirmed, they're all supplies... and..."

Flame nodded as he tallied the types and quantities of supplies, then his expression changed slightly, and he suddenly wanted to swallow back what he had just said.

Holy crap, this is... this is a supply?

You call this a supply?

"Is there a problem, Flame?" Seeing the change in Flame's expression, Riveria raised an eyebrow slightly and asked.

"It's nothing, just a little surprised." Lieyan took a breath, then glanced at the Weaving Clouds proprietress who handed him the supplies with some surprise, and then received a smile that seemed to have been expected.

To be honest, the things Zhiyun provided were a mixed bag, ranging from recovery potions to two types of traps. Aside from the large and small explosive barrels, which simply couldn't fit in my inventory, everything else that could be found in the supplies was included.

It doesn't sound like a big deal, does it?

But what if most of these items don't have a resupply indicator—in other words, they won't be recycled after the mission is completed? How would you handle that?

This is not some kind of supply!

This is clearly a gift from a rich woman!!

Compared to her childhood friend, Miss Flame, who meticulously distributes supplies, the guild in Jieyun Village is like a wealthy woman who has suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

I have this feeling that just by carrying out missions in Jieyun Village, we can quickly escape poverty and achieve a moderately prosperous life... Is this the economic strength of a tourist village? It's terrifying.

Blazing Flame couldn't help but think.

As expected, women only slow down my speed of drawing my sword, but rich women will give me a good sword.jpg

Is this what it feels like to be kept by a rich woman? I love it!

Don't worry, rich lady, I will definitely capture Yanlong and bring him back.

Flame, feeling refreshed, resealed the massive package and strapped it directly to Onion's saddle. The supplies were a bit too much, so he let the hound carry it alone, while the four-person combat team followed behind. For the Tooth Hound, this load was nothing; after all, it usually carried hundreds of kilograms or even tons of fully equipped hunters at breakneck speed, and could even drift to accelerate…

The only slight regret was not being able to drink the beverage. He had been quite looking forward to seeing what the Yukumo Hot Drink, which was even worse than the Flame Dumplings and was known as the worst Palico meal in the entire Monster Hunter series, would taste like. Unfortunately, it seemed that, once again because of the Rock Dragon, the materials for making hot drinks in Yukumo Village had run out and had not been replenished...

Fortunately, the effect of improving physical strength and endurance comes from the hot spring, unlike in Flame Village where it's related to dango.

Overall, I guess it's a break-even point, or even a profit?

After all, there were three instances where the Flame Dumpling didn't trigger any of its skills... Compared to the several strings of Bunny Dumplings that didn't trigger any skills, a hot spring experience is definitely a higher level.

With preparations complete, Lieyan stood at the entrance of Maple Leaf Pavilion and whistled. Fumu Owl, which was hovering above Jieyun Village, immediately responded with a clear cry and then flapped its wings to fly towards a mountain peak on one side.

"Let's go, it's time to set off."

Flame grabbed Ellu, who was fawning over Angie, and tossed her onto Onion's back before striding out of Maple Leaf Pavilion.

The quest to capture the Rock Dragon that's disrupting business in Yukumo Village has begun!

Chapter 54: The Resonance of the Spirit Peak

The mission location is roughly an hour's drive from the village entrance, not far from Jieyun Village, and in some ways, it could even be said that the mission location is right at the entrance of Jieyun Village.

But thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. If it hadn't been blocking the entrance, Jieyun Village wouldn't have been affected at all.

The flames didn't come via this road.

There was no other way; although the proper route carved out of the gaps between the surrounding peaks was spacious, it would take much longer to reach the destination.

For ordinary hunters, it's one thing, but if Flame were to spend half a month traveling back and forth between Yukumo Village and Flame Village just to hunt a high-ranking rock dragon, Flame would think it's better to save his energy.

Even if there are hot springs, it won't work.

"In short, that's all I have to say. The rest is just a matter of adapting to the situation and ensuring safety."

On the rocky beach, where most of the area was covered by various uneven stones, with only a small portion of the soil exposed, Lieyan pulled down his mask and became fully armed.