Chapter 26: The Mystery of the Black Dragon, the Restless Balon Forest
Then Qin Shou, Alu, Xiaosong and the leader of the [Green Clothing Food Mercenary Club], Mao Kai, sat together.
Alu took the [Balong Chicken] handed over by Maokai and started to chew hard!
"Well~ This [Balong Chicken] tastes good!"
"Haha... Just like you!" Maokai handed the two chicken legs to Qin Shou and Xiaosong respectively.
Qin Shou and Komatsu nodded and said, "Thank you..."
"By the way, Ah Lu, what are you doing in the Baron Islands this time? Have you accepted a certain task again?" Maokai asked suddenly.
"Well... a big and small task!" Alu said lightly, not revealing what the purpose of this mission was.
Maokai was not a fool either, so he could naturally hear that Ah Lu was unwilling to tell the specific situation. After thinking about it, he said, "So, has your mission been completed?"
“It’s done!”
Maokai's eyes were obviously happy, and then he said, "Since that's the case... I have taken on a task here. Are you interested in doing a vote with me?"
Alu glanced at the more than 20 armored vehicles parked there and said, "The mission of the regiment Maokai this time seems to be very important, otherwise you wouldn't have brought such a brother to take action in person!"
"Yes! It's a big task..." Maokai said and looked at Qin Shou and Xiaosong.
Alu threw a chicken bone aside and said indifferently: "Captain Maokai, just say whatever you have! Neither of these two are outsiders, nor are they ordinary people~ They will keep it a secret for you!"
Maokai nodded and said, "Actually, this news is no longer a secret!"
Maokai looked ahead seriously: "Alu and Brother Qin, do you know what is wrong with the [Balon Forest] and the entire Baron Island recently?"
"Exception?" Alu was a little confused.
Qin Shou was stunned and his heart tightened: "Can it be..."
"Actually, I'm going to hide it from you. We [Green Clothing Food Mercenary Association] received a certain news a few days ago. A large number of high-level beasts left the center of the [Balon Forest] and poured out towards the outer edge of the forest! This was never before. We all knew that the center of the [Balon Forest] was a dangerous place, but the edge was a place where many food hunters and [Balon Mercenary Association] gathered. Because we looked at high-level beasts from the center to the edge, and even the [Balon Grassland] and [Balon Marsh], many food hunters and [Balon Marsh] were killed!!" Maokai said with a serious face.
Qin Shou and Alu couldn't help but look at each other, and both saw incredible things in each other's eyes!!
"Oh! There is such a thing." Qin Shou said in surprise.
"So how did you [Food Mercenary Union] deal with this matter?" Alu asked.
Maokai's brow did not let go and continued to say seriously: "At the beginning, the A-level mission quest level was divided into sss, ss, s, a, b, c, d and other levels!) [Exploring the mystery of the wild beasts in the Baron Forest], a few days ago, countless food stores, food hunters and [Gourmet Mercenary Union], as long as some of the strength of guys are already rushing to [Balon Forest]! The A-level missions issued by [Gourmet Mercenary United Headquarters] have not appeared in several years! The generous bonus makes those [Gourmet Mercenary Group] who are desperate to die and the food hunters are crazy about it, and the desperate to die are gathered towards [Balon Forest] one by one!!"
Alu slapped his legs and suddenly realized, "No wonder, a few days ago, I saw people heading to the [Balon Islands] one after another! I couldn't figure it out at first, but now I realize it's because of this relationship!"
"Yes! I remembered it! A few days ago, Director Umeda also mentioned this matter! It said that the [Food Mercenary United Headquarters] issued an A-level mission. I didn't pay much attention at that time, but I didn't expect..." Komatsu said in surprise.
Qin Shou also thought of something and couldn't help staring at Alu and said, "Then... why didn't you go? Didn't you receive news from the Food Guild?"
"Well, because I am a separate food hunter and don't often interact with the unemployed. So I found out about any violent news very late. And I'm not interested in accepting these tasks alone~" Alu said with his hands spread out.
"Well...you also know that most food hunters come for money, and rarely do like Alu just to find out the ingredients..." Maokai took a sip of tea and paused.
"Haha..." Ah Lu couldn't help but smile.
Komatsu was very excited to hear it. Seeing Maokai listening, he couldn't help but urged: "Ah? Captain Maokai, you will finish it at once! What happened? What happened later?"
Maokai put down the teacup in his hand and continued: "After that mission was released, in a week, many food hunters and [Food Mercenary Group] went there, but as we all know, [Balon Forest] is an extremely dangerous place called [Death Forest], and many explorers died! Finally, [Food Mercenary United Headquarters] issued another order, advising everyone not to enter [Balon Forest] for the time being, but the A-level mission was not cancelled! Most [Food Mercenary Group] reluctantly agreed. However, in the face of the temptation of huge amounts of money, countless food hunters rushed into the Death Forest in a hurry... Then, countless [Food Mercenary Group] teamed into [Balon Forest]!"
"However, the mercenaries and hunters who entered the Baron Forest in time seemed to be missing, and no one came back! Gradually, no one dared to go to this mission, but a week ago, a food hunter covered in blood escaped from Baron Forest. He was the only survivor, and fortunately, he was rescued by the passing hunter in the Baron Grassland... He brought everyone a shocking news that there was a black dragon in the [Balon Forest], and there was a blood-covered giant dome around the black dragon! The dragon clan, with a pair of black scales, was initially estimated to have exceeded 2,000! But after just after production, his strength dropped sharply..."
When Komatsu heard this, he couldn't help but blurted out: "Oh my God! Could it be that black dragon!!"
"Kotsune!!" Qin Shou glared at Kotsune.
Chapter completed!