"Well... there is a fundamental difference between a three-star mission and a four-star mission. The level of danger is far beyond imagination. If the standard is not met, the contract will never be provided to the hunter team."
Shireen explained in a low voice.
"Then...Eudora, come on."
Li Fan took a step sideways, and Eudora stepped forward and placed the four-star hunting badge on the counter.
Shirin looked embarrassed and explained: "Not only do four-star and above missions require a contract fee, but the level of danger is much higher than three-star missions. Miss Eudora really don't think about it anymore?"
Since he has been active enough recently, the composition of Li Fan's hunting team is basically known to the people in the village.
The arrangement of two people and one cat made Shirin worried.
"Thanks for reminding me, there's no need to think about it. If you only accept three-star missions, you won't be able to help the five-star hunter assessment."
Eudora responded.
"Oh well."
After Shirin finished speaking, she took out a heavy book with four stars on the cover from under the counter.
The book cover is surrounded by two crossed chains, with two small locks hanging at the intersection.
Shireen opened one of the locks with the key on the pendant around her neck, and then called Jenna next to her to open the second lock with the key she wore.
Is it so formal...
Li Fan was a little surprised by the importance the union attached to the four-star mission.
"Please read it, and I must solemnly remind you that for all the following contracts, the union only recommends that all four members of the team be hunters with four stars or above to participate."
Shireen turned the book to Eudora and gave another solemn reminder.
This reminder to Li Fan was not surprising.
After the pas de deux under the moon, many three-star hunters in Kara Village were promoted to four-stars.
However, the union has not taken on four-star missions on a large scale.
The daily tasks revealed are still based on the two stars and three stars posted on the notice board.
The main reason is the sharp increase in the danger of hunting.
Of course, this situation is not limited to four-star hunters. Five-star hunters also receive daily tasks, which are also concentrated in the three-star stage.
Generally, only when villages in nearby areas are in danger and a joint hunting mission is issued urgently can enough hunters be attracted to participate in four-star and five-star missions.
Therefore, it is abnormal for the union for a hunter to rush to take on four-star tasks as soon as he is promoted to four-star level.
Black wolf bird, ghost baby, night bird, sickle crab, barbarian jaw dragon, red armored beast, rock dragon, ice tooth dragon....
Eudora flipped through the contract pages very quickly, as if she had already identified the monster she wanted to hunt.
Wow! Eudora's hand suddenly stopped, pointed to the contract page and said: "This is it!"
Shirin poked her head and said unexpectedly: "This contract is...the Queen of the Earth!"
"That's right, we want to hunt the female fire dragon. This is the contract fee of 3000z."
Eudora said and took out her money bag.
"Wait a minute, Miss Eudora, do you really want to stop thinking about it?"
Shilin said and quickly gave Li Fan a look.
She signaled him to come and persuade Eudora, but Shilin didn't know that it was Li Fan's idea for the team to hunt the female fire dragon.
"Yes, you have to be careful. The four-star mission is no joke."
Li Fan said and began to help count the coins.
Seeing this, Shirin's face was filled with black lines.
"I am sure."
At Eudora's insistence, Shireen could only take out the contract bound in the book.
"This is a general contract reviewed by the headquarters. It will be released simultaneously in multiple branches or strongholds in a certain area. After receiving it, you need to go to the branch designated by the task to report, update the latest information, and confirm the current contract status.
Start hunting."
Shirin introduced.
"That means this contract can also be seen in other branches?"
Li Fan asked tentatively.
"Yes, but don't worry. As long as it is not an emergency mission, it is rare for a hunting team to crash. Even if it does happen, the local branch will come forward to mediate. The usual way to deal with it is to merge the two teams for hunting, or the union
Pay for reimbursement of round-trip travel expenses to reduce the losses caused by voluntarily withdrawing from the team."
Shirin gave a detailed introduction.
From this point of view, the difficulty of the four-star mission is indeed not that high.
Otherwise, it would be better to just release it in a single branch like Samsung Mission.
The purpose of expanding the hunter team's recruitment area is to ensure that four-star missions will not become backlogged contracts like many three-star missions.
After all, if Samsung tasks are not processed for a long time, not only will the client be unhappy, but it will not necessarily put too much pressure on the local ecology.
The four-star monster has the ability to destroy the ecological balance. Even if it does not endanger villages and towns, it cannot be left alone.
"Supplies can be collected at the local union base by virtue of the contract. Please keep these four meal coupons."
After stamping the contract and handing it over, Shirin took out four strips of yellow meal coupons.
Eudora took it and left the union hall with Li Fan.
Sitting on a stone bench on the street, Eudora spread out the contract titled Queen of the Earth and studied it with Li Fan.
"The client is the union headquarters, and the hunting location is Senqiu. The reason is to maintain the local ecological balance. The reward is 54,000z. The contract verification point is the Kokot Village Hunters Guild branch. The target...any female fire dragon in the Senqiu area?"
Eudora looked at the introduction, but she didn't expect that this was a contract that did not limit individuals.
"It should be that the local female fire dragons are overrun."
Li Fan gave a guess.
"That's probably the case. There are no specific requirements for hunting time limits. It may just depend on the actual local conditions."
Eudora agreed.
"There are still five days until the delivery of the shield crab equipment. With an extra day to adapt to the equipment, we can probably set off in six days..."
Li Fan started planning for the hunt.
"When will the cat rice be eaten? I heard that Kokot Village is the birthplace of hunters, and the cat rice there must be very authentic. But if you don't make a reservation, it's hard to predict what ingredients you will eat... How about we bring the ingredients with us when we set off?
!”
Eudora looked at the meal ticket in her hand with eager eyes.
"Uh...what is the cat rice you are talking about?"
Li Fan didn't know why.
Eudora and Dilu both cast surprised glances.
"Have you never eaten cat rice?"
Eudora looked in disbelief.
"Of course I have..."
Of course Li Fan knows about the cat rice in the monster hunting game.
But now I have eaten the entire menu of the meals at Maomao Roast Meat Shop.
Apart from being delicious and filling your stomach, it does not bring any ability gains.
Therefore, the word "cat rice" seems both familiar and unfamiliar to Li Fan.
"It seems that you haven't eaten for a long time, so you forgot about it. This kind of meal coupon is issued by the union to the hunter team after receiving a four-star or above mission. Each coupon can allow a hunter and Ellu Cat to eat one meal.
A super dish made from rare ingredients, which is cat rice.”
Eudora introduced.
"That means you can't eat cat rice without a meal ticket."
Li Fan suddenly realized.
It turns out that cat rice does not exist, but the threshold is very high and its consumption is restricted by the labor union.
So that the scarce precious ingredients can be used for hunters who need them more.
In terms of the triggering principle, it should be to allow high-level monster meat to enter the body in the form of food and participate in metabolism, thereby achieving an effect similar to the activation ability of personal armor.
As for the disadvantage, it should be the lasting effect.
In addition, based on Eudora's description of cat rice, whether there are corresponding ingredients reserves at the place of consumption is also a factor that restricts the effect of cat rice.
For example, to activate a fire stance, you need a corresponding recipe.
If there are no local ingredients, then the cat in charge of cooking is a god and cannot cook the corresponding food.
"I remember the last time I ate cat rice, I was participating in the pas de deux under the moon. The taste...oh no, the ability to activate it is still fresh in my memory."
Eudora recalled.
"What ability was activated?"
"It seems that the thunder resistance has been improved, right?"
Eudora answered uncertainly.
"All right."
Li Fan seems to know why Eudora never forgets Maofan.
"So what I saw in the union hall on the ship was not a price list for ordinary dishes. No wonder the prices were so exaggerated."
Recalling his previous experiences, Li Fan suddenly understood why those dishes were so expensive.
"Well...you shouldn't be exempting yourself from the cat meal just to cut down on expenses."
Eudora asked worriedly.
"How is it possible? An extra ability stimulation is very important for hunters. My suggestion is to wait until Kokot Village to eat it. Otherwise, if there is an accident on the way, the cat's rice will be wasted."
Li Fan explained.
"We are a team of two and have four meal tickets..."
Eudora thought of an idea.
"No, meow, you must keep good intervals when eating cat rice. If rejection of the two kinds of cat rice occurs in the body, it will be very dangerous."
Di Lu jumped on the stone bench and reminded her solemnly.
"Di Lu has been working part-time at Maomao Roast Shop for a long time. I think it makes sense."
Li Fan agreed.
Armor can be worn in combination to make abilities superimpose each other, or neutralize negative effects. It stands to reason that food ingredients can also be used.
But if the problem really changes to ingredients, this process takes place inside the body.
No matter how strong a hunter's physique is, he can't withstand this kind of rejection coming from within his body.
After having a preliminary understanding of the Earth Queen's mission, the team officially made preparations for the hunt.
Li Fan drew various attack movements of the female fire dragon and posted them on the bookshelf of the wooden house.
Dilu collected information on the female fire dragon's hunting habits, living habits and other information to prepare for the research.
When Eudora was checking the progress of weapon production in the blacksmith shop, she learned that the Shield Crab Greatsword was heavier than the current Skeleton Greatsword, so she started assault training on her arm strength.
As for the method, it’s a tug-of-war competition with bears.
Late at night, under the dim light of the butter lamp, Li Fan took a deep breath at the table and continued to study the contents of the book.
Through the analysis of various information and intelligence, hunting the female fire dragon was more difficult than he expected.
Li Fan originally thought that he could prevent team members from being poisoned by cutting off the tail and removing the poisonous spines so that it could no longer inject venom into the target.
However, according to various literature records, it is confirmed that the venom of the female fire dragon is secreted from the dorsal spines.
After the tail is docked, not only can it still spray venom, but the range is even wider. All that is lost is the ability to puncture and inject.
Of course you can destroy the dorsal spines, but be prepared to be smacked with venom.
As for the consequences of poisoning, it is not limited to blood loss in the game.
Fatigue, labor pains, confusion...
Various associated symptoms are present, and as the amount of poisoning increases or the body's metabolism speeds up, the poisoning effect will continue to increase.
"Do you want to be so hardcore...?"
Li Fan rubbed his face with both hands and said in a depressed tone.
Di Lu held a stack of books on the table and gave encouragement: "You can do it, Li Fan, come on, meow!"
"Well... By the way, Di Lu, take the deodorizing balls that you didn't use this time to the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow to see if you can replace them with some antidote grass, antidote, or flash balls."
"Okay, meow! Uh... I have a question, meow."
Dilu said tentatively.
"Say it."
After staring at these ecological books all afternoon, Li Fan felt like he had a headache and wanted to change his thinking.
"Why do you want to capture the female fire dragon, meow?"
Dilu asked puzzledly.
The day after the team returned, Li Fan went directly to the guild to accept the mission. Apparently, he had already identified the monster to be captured.
Eudora wanted to hone her own strength and accumulate experience for promotion to a five-star hunter. As long as it was a four-star monster, she would naturally accept all comers.
Di Lu was a little confused about Li Fan's criteria for selecting monsters.
"At the level of a four-star mission, I need a monster with excellent flying ability to help the team open up the situation. The Fire Dragon family can meet my requirements, and the one with the lowest difficulty of capturing is the female Fire Dragon."
Li Fan explained.
"Where's Kuku, nya?"
Di Lu felt that Kuku's flying ability seemed to be okay.
"Kuku is not bad among three-stars. At least many hunter teams will have a headache when encountering big strange birds, but the same is true for flight, altitude, speed and attitude, carrying capacity, endurance, aerial ecological niche, and attacks on the ground. Fire Dragon
The family has an absolute advantage."
"It's so complicated, meow..."
Di Lu said unexpectedly.
"In addition, I also want to test the attitude of the fire dragon family towards monsters of the same kind by capturing the female fire dragon. If there is a chance... maybe I can bring back a male fire dragon."
Li Fan touched his chin and began to think.
"Is this really okay, nya?"
Dilu asked in surprise.
"It's difficult, but even if it doesn't work, if you encounter other fire dragons while flying at high altitude, you won't have to attack the same kind. This will increase the ecological niche in the air in disguise."
"I understand, meow. Fire dragons have a wide range of branches and are hunters with a very high ecological niche. Even if other four-star monsters have similar flying abilities, they can easily get involved in battles with fire dragons. If what we capture is a fire dragon,
This kind of trouble won’t exist!”
Di Lu understood Li Fan's intention.
Amid various preparations, five days passed in a hurry, and soon came the day of delivery of weapons and armor.
In the early morning, Li Fan rode Taimei and dragged a small truck to the door of the blacksmith shop.
The store clerk Elumao, who had thick dark circles under her eyes, greeted Li Fan with a haggard look on her face when she saw him arriving.
Not long after, the male boss with the same thick dark circles under his eyes walked out of the store with erratic steps.
"Please wait."
After the male boss finished speaking, he pushed out a cart from the backyard of the blacksmith shop.
The items loaded on the car were covered by a piece of dark red cloth, and only the general outline could be seen.
