Danma: Danganronpa, but Monster Hunter!

Just as Linne was feeling somewhat lost, a warm hand reached out from the side.

Angie grasped Linne's hand, her obsidian eyes gazing at her with a gentle yet powerful intensity.

"Don't worry, Lina, I'll be watching over you."

"……Um!"

Powerful and strong, so powerful!!

Seeing this, Flame and Grace exchanged a glance, and smiles appeared on their faces simultaneously.

"So let's embark on a journey together."

"Another World Journey, ON!!"

Chapter 89: Make a Choice!

"What is it now, Uranus?"

A voice rang out from the darkness.

This is a stone hall that resembles a temple; no, to be precise, this is a temple.

The vast dark space beneath the guild headquarters, known as the Pantheon, is the domain of Uranus, the first god to descend to earth, and the place where he offered prayers to the dungeon. It would be perfectly acceptable to call this place a temple.

In the only bright spot in this dark space, illuminated by the ever-burning torch, was a massive stone throne upon which sat an enormous, ancient deity, like a statue.

Uranus turned his face slightly, which was hidden beneath his hood, toward the direction from which the sound came.

Emerging from the darkness was a slender human figure completely shrouded in black, revealing not a single inch of skin.

It was none other than the man in black who had appeared in the unknown area of ​​the dungeon with the talking lizardman!

The words just spoken also came from this person.

"Investigate the Hephaestus Familia, the Gubnew Familia, and the Loki Familia, Fels." The old god's sculpted expression remained unchanged as he calmly replied.

"The Hephaestus Familia, the Gubernian Familia, and the Loki Familia? One of the two top blacksmithing families and one of the twin pillars of the city's Families... Uranus, what are you trying to do?"

The man in black, called Fels, was full of questions.

Why is it that all of a sudden, this old god in front of me wants to investigate these few clans that hold a pivotal position in the city?

"Something seems to have happened between them, but I can't see it clearly, so I can only ask you for help."

After a moment of silence, the old god gave an answer that greatly surprised Fels.

In Fels's memory, the old god before him had always been incredibly wise, driving the entire labyrinthine city forward with intelligence surpassing human understanding. He was always brilliant and correct, as if nothing in the world could escape the sight of those aged divine eyes.

But now these gods say they can't see clearly?

Is there something wrong with my ears, or is there something wrong with your eyes or head, Uranus?

Oh, I forgot, I don't have ears.

Fels mentally scoffed, but he didn't object to the old god's task. Over the years of cooperating with the old god, he had long been used to following orders. In the end, the old god's ideas usually proved to be correct, so there was no need for him to think too much.

"When should we begin the investigation? By the way, regarding those rabbit-shaped heretics, there are a total of seventeen of them, and they have all been taken into custody by the secret agency. However, the cause of this abnormal situation is still unknown. Should we put the investigation here on hold for now?"

"The sooner we start investigating, the better. Well done. As for the reason for the increase in heretics, we already have the answer, so there is no need to investigate further. The reason for that situation is that on the expedition, the sword maidens of the Loki Familia killed a large number of rabbit-like monsters."

Following Fels's instructions, the old god quietly closed his eyes, then opened his eyelids and answered each question one by one.

“Sword Maiden Ais Wallenstein… I didn’t expect it to be her… Her ability alone is enough to cause a large number of heretics to appear. Isn’t that a bit terrifying? Just how many rabbit monsters did she kill… And why is it Loki’s Familia again…”

"That's the scope of your investigation."

"You have to hunt down those hunters, investigate the three great clans, and deal with the heretics. Uranus, you really know how to order people around... even though I can no longer be considered human."

Fels sighed and said self-deprecatingly.

“There’s no other way. The guild has to maintain impartiality at all times, so you’re the only pawn (private army) I can use. I have no choice but to entrust it to you, Fels. But I have a feeling that this might not be a bad thing. Perhaps… no, it’s too early to say anything now. Let’s investigate, Fels.”

"I understand, Uranus. I will obey your will."

"Conduct only the minimum investigation required, without alerting any of the three major clans. Report any clues found immediately."

"it is good."

As Uranus gave his instructions, Fels nodded, then turned and walked into the darkness.

After a long while, the old god, sitting upright on the stone chair, slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

"Let me find out what happened between you two."

The torch crackled and exploded with sparks. The hooded old god raised his eyes and looked into the darkness above. His divine eyes, which seemed to see through everything, reflected the firelight and were dazzling.

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the other side.

Unaware that their clan had been targeted by Uranus, Flame led Grace and the other two to the meeting place. After briefly informing Elder Suifengren, the three of them successfully obtained temporary hunter certificates.

This temporary certificate will expire soon, but Lieyan has already had the three of them register as hunters with Shuiyun. Once the temporary certificate expires, the official hunter certificates should also be issued.

The performance record on the temporary certificate will also be inherited by the official certificate, with a direct and seamless transition.

After resolving the proof issue, Lieyan didn't stand on ceremony and directly took out all the files that Shuiyun had left for him. There was a whole stack of them, with more than ten scrolls in total.

"Are these scrolls all from the missions of the past two days?" Angie lay on the table, curiously examining the scrolls that Flame had placed on it, her tail swaying from side to side.

"Not only that, a considerable number of the tasks have already been handed over to Raul and his team by the guild. These are tasks that the guild felt they might not be able to handle, so they left them to me." Flame shook his head in denial, while opening scrolls one after another to examine the task contents.

It's already been filtered?

Upon hearing this, Grace's hand, which was stroking his beard, trembled, and he almost plucked a wisp of it. This was the first time he had a direct impression of the Hundred Dragons Night Parade.

Guild quest scrolls have a unique format. Generally, different colors and shades of scrolls are used as markers depending on the target's location and urgency. Each scroll also has a corresponding rating.

The scrolls that Lieyan brought over were all kinds of different types, and all of them were rated five stars or higher.

Blazing Flames quickly scanned the contents of the scroll.

Since all three members of my team are beginners except for myself, I should first eliminate the missions in the distant Frozen Isles.

With a swish, the four scrolls were rolled up and placed aside.

Then, remove the lava cave missions with their harsh environments.

With a whoosh, four more scrolls were rolled up.

Next, we'll eliminate those with a higher risk level.

Swish! Seven-star and six-star missions were all thrown into action.

There were only four open scrolls left on the table. One was a quest from the Waterless Forest, which required hunting a water beast. Another was a quest from the Sand Plains, which required hunting a Barroth. The remaining two were quests from the abandoned shrines: one required hunting a Poison Bird, and the other required hunting a Rathian.

Then...

Lieyan pushed the four scrolls in front of him to the opposite side.

"The choice of mission is now in your hands. Begin your selection!"

Chapter 90: The Light of Righteousness

Angie and Lina exchanged a glance, and then both showed a slightly embarrassed expression.

They were indeed quite happy that the Flames had given them the choice, but the problem was that they seemed, perhaps, probably didn't recognize the writing system of this world...

This is a bit awkward...

Without prior arrangement, the two girls turned their gaze to the dwarf who had once been active in the Monster Hunter world.

Please, someone help me!

"……Let me do it."

After a moment of silence, meeting the pleading gazes of his two juniors, the dwarf warrior readily accepted the heavy responsibility.

When he was stationed here before, he had a basic understanding of the local language. In addition, the guild took care of a lot of things, and the tasks given to hunters only involved a small part of the combat-related content, which was very concise. Therefore, he believed that he should have no problem accepting a commission.

In fact, this is exactly the case.

As Grace deciphered the text on the scroll, he squinted and slowly read out the names of the mission targets: "Water Beast, Barroth, Pukei-Pukei and Rathian... I've seen Barroth before, Flame Boy, is there anything I should be careful about with the other three monsters?"

"Some things to be careful about... Just like a pride of lions, water beasts are social creatures. In addition to the water beasts that need to be hunted, there are also female aquatic beasts. However, compared to water beasts, aquatic beasts are smaller and weaker, basically about the same size as crocodiles. Also, the water beast hunting missions are in the Water Forest, which has a lot of swamps and is not suitable for fighting."

"Flame said thoughtfully."

"I see... What about the others?"

"The Poison Bird can accumulate venom in its body and will use its mouth and tail to spew out poisonous mist and venom. Its tongue is like a whip that can extend and retract freely."

Overall, however, compared to the other monsters, the Poison Bird is the weakest. As long as you take precautions against its poison, you should be fine. If I had to choose this mission, I would probably choose it.

Flame reached out and tapped the scroll on the table, smiling slightly.

Upon hearing the word "weakest," Linne's eyes lit up.

To be honest, hearing the names of this dragon and that dragon really made her, a healer who was only at the LV·2 level, a little flustered.

Although she had never seen the monsters of this world with her own eyes, she couldn't help but feel a little worried, considering that the monsters in the dungeon were all extremely powerful if they even had the name of a dragon.

After all, even the only young dragon appearing on the upper levels is a rare LV2 monster, and even has the title of upper-level floor lord. The dragons from this other world shouldn't be any worse than that...

(To be honest, the prestige of baby dragons has become incredibly low since the release of volume 19 of the DanMachi novel, and they've been used as homework by students in the school district...)

Angela's tail swayed as well, seemingly showing some interest.

As another core commander in Loki's Familia besides Raul, she had witnessed the power of the Sand Dragon firsthand and considered things more than Rine beside her. In general, considering herself a complete novice in this world, she also tended to choose the weakest option to adapt to the other world a little.

"However, low risk also means low returns, not only in terms of material gains, but also in terms of the adventurers' gains," Flame said, shrugging.

Leaving aside the issue of the price of materials from bird wyverns, since both Fire Village and Orario are currently only at the stage of bartering when it comes to monster materials, the value of specific materials is difficult to calculate in numerical terms that adventurers can understand.

However, Flame has its own unique insights into the experience points that adventurers can gain.

Based on his own hunting experience, it can be basically concluded that bird wyverns are among the monsters with the lowest experience gain.

He believed that this was not only true for him, but also for other adventurers like Raul who were on missions.

Of course, the variety of bird wyverns around Flamefire Village is limited. Some representative bird wyverns do not appear here, such as the Black Wolf Bird and the Sheep Kuku. Moreover, there are ferocious bird wyverns like the Thunderbird on the distant border. Therefore, this data cannot fully reflect the problem and can only be used as a reference.

"If we're talking about which one can help adventurers grow the most, then it has to be this one: the Queen of the Land, the Rathian."