Monster Hunter: Wild Pointer

Therefore, the hunter he shook was not a random stranger hunter active in the vicinity.

Instead, there was a five-star double-sword user and a six-star greatsword user who were waiting in another camp several kilometers away for news.

With the strength of the two of them, it wouldn't be a big deal even if it was a dinosaur blocking the entrance to the camp, not to mention a dinosaur.

"This child has caused you trouble." The female double-sword user wearing Swift Dragon armor pressed Orlan's neck and bowed to Karim.

"No, no, no, no," Karim said, waving his hands vigorously. "You've really helped me a lot. Otherwise, I'd be stuck on this rocky beach, and I really don't know what to do."

"Hey! Huali! Would you like to peel some of the materials of this dragon? It's quite valuable!" In the distance, a tall female greatswordsman wearing dragon armor shouted over here.

The dual-sword user named Huali gave Karim an apologetic look, quickened his pace, and walked towards the body of the Submarine Dragon.

"Both of them are so strong! They killed the monster in just a few strokes. By the way, is the one with black hair your mother? She looks so young!" Karim was amazed.

Aolan's expression was expressionless. "One is my teacher, and the other one is her partner. She taught me how to use a greatsword, so she can be considered a teacher as well."

"What do you mean by 'I'm a teacher too'? Why are you so reluctant?" The greatsword master, who was taller than most adult men, came over and punched Orlan on the head.

"Boy, we solved the unexpected surprise Submerged Dragon for you. How did you complete the assessment mission?

You haven't even finished subduing all five Yellow Speed ​​Dragons yet, and you've already sent out a distress signal. If you don't complete it, you'll be considered a failure."

Orlan resisted the urge to rub his head and took out the yellow dragon head crowns stained with dried blood from his bag. "I'm done, Teacher Haifa."

"That's more like it!" The female greatsword master named Haifa held Orlan's head and rubbed it vigorously. "You've officially been promoted to one star. I'll throw you a celebration party when I get home!"

Orlan did not show the excitement he should have shown at this moment. Instead, he stared into Haifa's eyes and said seriously, "Teacher Haifa, I am already a real hunter. I can be independent and support myself.

Please take the teacher away, she has stayed in this city for too long."

"Oh, this." Haifa scratched his hair. "I can't say anything about this. Let's go back first and have a good talk with Huali."

The group took a sand boat back to the largest city in the desert - the sand city of Lokrak.

Noticing that something was amiss between the three, Karim tactfully said goodbye to them as soon as he returned to the city.

Before leaving, he pulled Ao Lang aside and whispered, "Although I don't know what happened between you, I can feel that they are all doing this for your own good. Don't be so stubborn."

After saying that, he patted Orlan's back vigorously, put on his huge backpack, and strode away.

"Tsk." Orlan turned his head away in annoyance.

He knew in his heart that Karim was right, but that was what annoyed him.

"Let's go." Huali came to his side and said softly, "Let's go to the meeting place to settle the mission first. This is the most important thing."

Orlan nodded silently and followed her.

Looking at the two people whose personalities were almost cast in the same mold, Haifa shrugged and followed.

The three of them walked all the way to the meeting place tavern.

This is not only the place where the guild issues tasks and connects with hunters, but also a place where hunters gather and drink.

Unlike meeting houses and taverns in other places, it never rains in Rocklark, so the entire meeting house building is semi-open, and you may get a mouthful of sand while eating and drinking.

Most people from other places find it difficult to get used to it, but locals call it a specialty.

Now that we have come to the dusty city, how can we not eat a few mouthfuls of sand?

Seeing the three people pushing the door open, the hunters in the tavern greeted them warmly.

"Brother Aolan, did you succeed?"

"Haha, do you even need to ask? Isn't that a matter of course?"

"Come! Here's a toast!"

"Okay, okay, stop pushing the road and get out of my way!" The tall and strong Haifa walked in front, pushed away the hunters who came over with laughter, and "escorted" Orlan to the task counter.

In this bold city where one can drink up the dust with just one mouthful, the poster girls are more forthright than the delicate girls in other cities.

The poster girl, who had dark skin but bright red hair, smiled and stretched out her hand towards Orlan, as if to say, "Give it to me!"

Olang, who had originally had his eyelids drooping and was in a somewhat depressed mood, finally perked up a little under the enthusiastic gaze of the people around him.

He took out the Huangsulong Dragon Crown from his bag as proof of the crusade and handed it to the other party.

The poster girl carefully checked the freshness of the crown and confirmed that it was freshly hunted. She took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Subjugation confirmed, mission successful!

Congratulations! Brother Aolan, a one-star hunter under seventeen years old, is rare even now, even with the guild restructuring and lowered assessment thresholds!

A short old man from the Dragon Tribe with a funny mustache jumped from behind the counter to the surface. "Little guy, quickly take out your Hunter's Notes! The president will personally brand you with the first star!"

Under everyone's gaze, Orlan took out his hunter's notes somewhat embarrassedly.

A staff member immediately brought a hot iron to President Moustache and burned a star-shaped mark on the new animal leather cover of the notebook.

Amid the cheers of the crowd, the young man officially completed his promotion.

The mustache-faced president casually tossed aside the symbolic branding iron, put his hands on his hips and laughed, "That old guy from Dondoruma came to brag to me before, saying that they had a genius who was promoted at the age of sixteen. Don't we have one here in Rocklake?

Ahahaha! I'm paying out of pocket today! 50% off everything food and drinks!"

"It's rare for an old man to be so generous, so I can't lose. Let's drink as much as we can! I'll treat you!" Haifa laughed loudly.

"Oh oh oh!" The banquet began with warm cheers.

The celebration will continue until late at night.

As the protagonist of the banquet, Orlan was naturally toasted, but all the toasts were rejected by Huali on the grounds that "the child is still young and cannot drink. If he wants to drink, he can ask Haifa."

As a result, Haifa, who had a high alcohol tolerance, was drunk and lay on the ground, shouting, "Mom, stop hitting me."

At the end of the drinking, the only ones still standing in the meeting hall were Ao Lang, who was not allowed to drink, and Huali, who had always behaved very restrainedly.

The master and the disciple stepped over a group of drunkards as if they were stepping over a pile of corpses and walked out the door.

As the cold desert night wind blew, the slightly tipsy Huali woke up. She turned her head as if sensing something and met Aolan's direct gaze.

"Teacher, I am now able to be independent. There is no need to tie you up here any longer."

"Again?" Huali held her forehead.

Faced with the teacher's helpless tone as if he was coaxing a willful child, Ao Lang's emotions began to become agitated, and he blurted out all the words that he usually didn't dare to say.

"Ten years ago, when you were in your twenties, you were already a five-star hunter! Everyone said you could make it all the way up and catch up to the best of the best!

But you wasted ten years in Rocklake to take care of me, the most crucial ten years! Haifa, who was not as good as you, was promoted to a higher position two years ago, but you are still stuck at five stars! Don’t you think so? "

"Okay." Huali interrupted him calmly, "I told you before, I never felt like I was tied down by anyone. This is the life I chose.

Besides, I don't think you're fully prepared. Didn't you send out a distress signal last night?"

This sentence seemed to have touched the young man's sore spot. He, who rarely showed intense emotions, felt like he had eaten dynamite and was instantly set off.

"I don't want you to care about me!" He roared and left this sentence, then disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Huali was left standing there in a daze.

"Where did this stupid mother come from?" A whining voice came from behind. "But seriously, I also think you should let go of his hand and let him go on his own."

"Mr. President?!" Huali turned around in surprise.

"You too, try to embark on your own journey again. I've been blocking your way to higher positions for too long. It's time to take the next step."

Winking at her, the old dragon man rode away leisurely on his beloved mushroom pig.

Chapter 5: Plan to Run Away from Home

As soon as he ran around the corner of the street, Orlan felt a little regretful.

In fact, if you calm down a little, you will understand that your anger comes not from the teacher but from yourself.

You say you can be independent and don't need to rely on anyone anymore, but when the critical moment comes, you still have the audacity to "call for parents", don't you?

But his rebellious self-esteem did not allow him to turn back and apologize immediately, nor did he want to go home.

But even if he didn't go home, it seemed that there was nowhere else he could go. Thinking of this, Aolan wanted to slap himself.

How can you be independent if you can't even think of where to go or what to do when you're alone?!

Driven by an inexplicable desire to win, Orlan decided to run away from home for a while.

To some extent, it can be considered as a test of myself. As for the location, it is in the city of Rocklak. I don’t go out of the city, otherwise it will not be as serious as running away from home.

My daily necessities and clothes are still at home, and I should say hello to the teacher so that she won’t worry.

No, if you can prepare so carefully, it is not considered running away from home, it is just a simple trip.

The first thing to do now is to plan. No matter what you do, having a complete plan can greatly increase the success rate.

Olang checked his belongings on the spot.

I had just returned from hunting in the hunting grounds and was still wearing armor. I hadn't finished eating the food in my prop bag, which would last me two or three days if I saved it.

But living on dry food cannot be called independence.

He weighed his purse and found that he had some money. After all, he had just settled the mission reward and sold some unused materials to the guild.

Now that you have money, the difficulty in all aspects is greatly reduced. The first thing you should ensure is housing.

The most reliable way is naturally to rent a single room for a short period of time in the tavern of the meeting place. As a novice hunter, you can rent a very affordable room at a very low price.

But there is one biggest disadvantage of living in a meeting house tavern: someone will definitely tell the teacher that you are living there, and then the teacher will take you home.

exclude.

"Haa——" Orlan breathed heavily.

It's really too late now, and it's not easy to find a place to stay anywhere. I might as well just find a place to stay for the night. It's a bit cold though.

The temperature difference between day and night in the desert is very large. Even though the situation in the city is relatively better, it will still feel chilly when the night wind blows.

"Oh, right." Orlan looked in a certain direction.

An extremely giant fang, more than a hundred meters high, stands in the area north of the city of Lockrak.

That is the symbol of this city.

Before humans came here and built this sand city, Rocklak was a giant rock platform covering an area of ​​more than ten square kilometers in the center of the sand sea.

That giant fang that looks like a pillar reaching the sky has been standing on this rock platform since ancient times before the birth of mankind.

The fang runs through the rock platform, and the clear spring gushing out from under the rock platform forms a lake around the fang, which never dries up even in the driest season.

The original Lokrak was a settlement built around this lake by desert nomads who wandered here.

What majestic creature was the original owner of that long-petrified tusk? How did it end up on the ledge? And what connection does it have with the lake that never dries up?

It's all a mystery.

Olang had no intention of solving those mysteries. He just remembered that there were many benches and other facilities built on the shores of the lake for tourists who came to visit.

Moreover, the large lake can accumulate the heat left by the sun during the day, and the temperature near the lake at night is slightly higher than other places.

If you're considering sleeping on the streets tonight, this is the perfect place.

Ao Lang is a person with strong execution ability. Once he has a direction, he will take action immediately.

Although he was not born in this city, he has lived here for nearly ten years. He also had experience as a guide for tourists and knew even the most hidden alleys.

After many twists and turns, we soon arrived at the big lake.

There is a giant pillar standing in the middle of the lake, the clear lake water is constantly rippling with the night wind, and there is a wide and flat lakeside trail.

Familiar scenes always make people feel relaxed.

He found a bench and lay down on it, tightening his clothes. The fatigue accumulated from hunting and the sleepiness from two days of not sleeping came over him. In just a few seconds, he fell into a deep sleep.

Two furry paws rested on his face, pulling his eyelids open.

Awake, Olang sat up suddenly, and the little guy squatting on him was thrown down, letting out a scream.

"Meow--!"

He looked up with his mind not yet fully awake. The sky was already turning white, but the sun had not yet risen completely. Was it already early morning?

"Hey!"

A dissatisfied shout was heard, and Olang realized that there was a figure standing in front of the bench, staring at him with his arms folded.

"This is no place to sleep, young drunkard!"

"Meow!"