Astral Apostle

In a town in the north, the hunter’s tavern.

With a squeak, two tall and burly men opened the door and stepped into the lively tavern.

The noisy tavern immediately fell silent. The people present turned their heads to look at the two subconsciously, and saw that the two visitors were dressed as strange beast hunters. Only then did they regain the excitement and looked at it with curiosity. Two strange hunters.

One wears lance and has long flowing hair. One carrying giant axe on his back, with...sorry no hair.

It is Baron and Weiss.

The two came to the bar. The tavern boss was chatting with a familiar hunter. Seeing the two approaching, he nodded and said:

"The two hunters are from outside Okay, what to drink? Still find some work?"

"Two cups of the Northland Fire... Besides, are there any strange beast clues or hunter recruitment recently."

Weiss sat down in his car and knocked on the bar.

Boss hearing this in the tavern, took out a booklet from the desk drawer and handed it to the two of them, which contained the latest hunter information.

Weiss took it, flipping through it, and Baron silently watched.

At this time, a hunter who was drinking next to him turned his head and looked towards the two of them, and said casually:

"The two are free hunters?"

Baron recently Being autistic and not speaking.

Weiss responded, nodded and said: "I think so."

The man looked at the two carefully, and suddenly smiled: "White Essence City is here, right?"

Weiss and Baron turned to stare at him at the same time.

When the hunter saw this, laughed: "Don't be surprised, we all know what happened in White Essence City. Most of the hunters ran away. You are not the first to visit our town."

hearing this, Baron and Weiss are in a complicated mood, they just feel that good things do not go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles away.

Although the efficiency of information transmission is extremely low, the sensational incident of the strange beast hunter assassinating the lord has been spread after more than half a year of fermentation. The hunters who ran away from White Essence City will go everywhere. By pointing fingers, being watched lively.

If they are not the parties, they can also be happily as the talks, but now they don’t want to mention it at all.

My good friend Jason was buried in this storm. The biggest suspect, Rut, has been fine so far, and the empire has not dealt with it. This sad past makes the two feel resentful every time they think about it.

At this time, both of them were silent and did not respond.

But the hunter didn’t notice it, and each minding their own business said with great interest:

"Speaking of which, that guy named Jason really did something sensational. Why didn’t a hunter kill the lord like him before? Even the lord of our town was suspicious for a while. Originally, we hunters could enter the city at will. During that time, we had to accept interrogation."

" If you don't do bad things, you won't be frightened." Baron's tone was neither salty nor light.

The two left White Essence City these days, and they also discovered the impact of the Jason incident. Many hunters feel the same hatred, but some people feel that this is corrupting the image of the hunter group.

I don't know if it is good or bad.

At this time, a hunter next to him interrupted and sighed: "However, the guy named Jason is really amazing. I heard that he only experienced the first enhancement, but he killed six or seven xenoblood warriors alone. What an incredible record. If he lives, he might become a great character."

Baron: "..."

Stop talking, the more you talk, the more heartbreaking!

Aware that Baron’s face was wrong, Weiss hurriedly pressed his shoulders, whispering and persuading: "Calm down..."

He still remembered that Baron picked up his axe and was about to run. When he went to the Lord's Mansion, he was still held by a hunter. Weiss was afraid that Baron would be stimulated, and ran back on an impulse to kill him.

Seeing this, the tavern boss suddenly said: "By the way, something seems to have happened on White Essence City recently. I heard that someone has robbed the lord of White Essence City from the tightly guarded castle. Later, The guard found the lord in the woods, and he has been killed."

The voice fell, and Baron and Weiss were stunned.

Rut was killed by someone?

God has opened his eyes!

The two looked at each other, and both saw surprises in each other's eyes.

"Who did this?" Baron couldn't wait to ask.

"I don't know, the murderer didn't leave a name, nor was he caught. No one knows his identity, but I heard that there were three times of strengthening." The tavern boss shrugged.

Baron and Weiss looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Will it be the former White Essence City hunter companion?" Weiss whispered.

"It's unlikely. They didn't have three enhancements in them, and no one planned to kill Rut."

Baron shook his head, secretly excited.

This mysterious murderer didn’t know whether it was out of righteous indignation or other personal grievances that he acted on Rut... But no matter what, this mysterious person did what he wanted to do. He even thought Thank each other.

Suddenly hearing the news of Rut's belching, Baron only felt that the bad breath that had been accumulated in his chest was vented, and he felt comfortable from head to toe.

At this moment, Weiss's eyes moved: "You said, is this murderer someone Jason knew before?"

"This...it's hard to say."

Baron was taken aback, and suddenly remembered Jason's rather mysterious origin and last name.

During the time we got along, Jason kept secrets about it, never talked much about it, and made it quite mysterious.

Baron only learned the family motto of the "Wood family" from Griff-he died well, no regrets!

There is this kind of family motto...should the whole family be hunks?

And Jason seems to have mentioned that everyone in their family is Innate Divine Strength.

So it makes sense for this "Wood family" to produce a three-time enhanced powerhouse, right?

So, is it a certain family member of Jason who heard rumors from all over the place, so he was angry and seeking revenge?

Yes, it must be the revenge of the Wood family!

Baron took a breath, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the case was solved.

But he didn't plan to say it... If he guessed right, wouldn't it be troublesome for Jason's family?

Still keep this secret and let outsiders keep in the dark about the identity of the mysterious person!

Baron secretly made up his mind.

When his mental activity was intense, Weiss suddenly remembered something, hesitantly said:

"By the way, Rut is dead, White Essence City will change to a lord, then we have to Go back?"

Baron was taken aback and hesitated, but his face quickly became firm.

"Since I am a free hunter again, there is no need to go back...just travel around, just like those old days in the past."

He is not the one who likes to go back. People at, once felt settled down, but Jason's death made him find the throbbing still hidden deep in his heart.

Rather than staying in a remote village, Baron now just wants to return to the wandering life a few years ago and see the changes in the world over the past few years.

He feels like he has changed back to the bohemian prodigal...Although he doesn't seem to match up at all.

Baron grabbed the wine glass and threw it directly onto the ground in the eyes of everyone's astonishment, as if he was in a memorial ceremony, muttering to himself:

"Did you see Jason? You have revenge!"

...

"I saw and saw..."

On a broad road, Zhou Jing looked helpless and pressed Ross pointed his arm straight forward.

It’s such a big town in front that you can see if you are not blind, and what road is it pointing to...

At the end of the dirt road, there is a "male city", tall and tall The city wall and the continuous buildings are incomparable with the White Essence City in terms of the floor area or the style of the houses.

Terra Empire, Tarn City!

Two months have passed since I left the White Essence City area. It only takes about ten days to reach the capital with Zhou Jing’s feet, but he stretches the journey to two months, as long as there are other towns along the way , He will make a detour to visit, and buy a map entry panel locally by the way.

For him, it only took two crossing cycles, two days of the main world.

Today, the known area of ​​the strange beast world of the panel has expanded dozens of times. A wide and twisted curve extends from White Essence City in the North to Tarn City, with dotted towns in the middle. Some are ordinary towns like White Essence City, and some are larger Fortress City.

But the towns I saw along the way, I couldn’t mention on equal terms with the Tarn City in front of me.

The capital of this world civilized regime is itself the greatest fortress of mankind!

The chief Fortress City named after the Royal Family!

"Finally here, let's go idiot, and follow me into the city."

Zhou Jing said hello and walked along the road to the city gate, Ross followed suit.

Soon a long dragon appeared in front of you. Farmers, merchants, residents and all kinds of people were waiting here to be checked into the city, and they were discharged to Erlidi.

Zhou Jing came to the city gate, where it was extremely crowded. At first glance, there were 20 or 30 guards performing the entrance inspection alone. There are archers on the inner wall crenellations who are patrolling in and out with a falcon-like gaze. For pedestrians, the defensive specifications are several grades higher than that of White Essence City.

His behavior of not lining up to observe, was quickly noticed by the guards, and two guards immediately surrounded him.

"If you want to line up behind the city, don’t hang around near the city gate!"

When Zhou Jing saw this, she asked, "I’m a strange beast hunter, can I go directly into the city? "

"strange beast hunter?" The guard looked at Zhou Jing carefully and waved his hand: "That doesn't work either. Recently, there is an order that anyone has to go through interrogation before entering the city, especially if they have experienced it. The person who strengthens with different blood."

Zhou Jing face doesn't change, it's fruity.

Since the news of his death of Rut spread, many towns have been raging. Under the lord’s order, the hunter’s privilege of not being interrogated has been temporarily cancelled. Instead, he will be strictly inspected.

However, there is nothing wrong with the king's doing this. After all, it is the capital city. It is too unstable to allow people with extraordinary powers to enter at will.

Zhou Jing was about to go to the back to line up, but heard a guard's reminder:

"Foreign hunters must go to the imperial hunter's station to register and check before they can enter the city."

Zhou Jing hearing this, after asking a little bit, I figured out the situation.

Imperial hunters are an important force to maintain safety near the capital, but they are not permanently stationed in the capital, but an attached city is established not far from the capital, where training, living, and cultivating newcomers are all , Similar to a barracks, is the headquarters of the imperial hunters.

The only people who stayed in the royal capital for a long time to protect the capital are only a small number of imperial hunters who are absolutely trusted, as well as guardians of the royal city, court guards, and guards of various tribes.

One of Zhou Jing's goals in coming to the capital is to become an imperial hunter and obtain the highest quality extraordinary resources. The procedures and tests for enlisting the Imperial Hunter must go to the resident to complete, and the resident hunter will check whether he can join.

He asked about the location, and immediately set off. After a short walk, a camp appeared in his sight.

Looks like a heavily guarded town, to-and-fro are all hunters wearing different strange beast equipment, the first time the ratio is higher than the ordinary person.

'I feel at home inexplicably...'

Zhou Jing shook his head, brought Ross closer, and was quickly stopped by the soldiers standing guard at the door.

"This is the imperial hunter's residence, please don't approach it randomly."

"I am a free hunter, this is my companion. I want to join the army. I don't know if the imperial hunter is still recruiting. ?"

Zhou Jing straight to the point reported.

The gatekeeper hearing this, let Zhou Jing wait for a while, and then immediately ordered his colleagues to report.

About 3 minutes later, a hunter who seems not low in status came out and took a look at Zhou Jing:

"Do you want to be an imperial hunter?"

"With this idea, I don't intend to continue wandering outside."

Zhou Jing nodded, it's pretty serious.

Baron told him before about the difference between Imperial Hunters and Free Hunters. Free Hunters are more inclined to mercenaries or volunteers, while Imperial Hunters are similar to the regular army and have a system. They receive systematic training and learn. The thing is a comprehensive training program summarized by the Terra Empire integrating the techniques of multiple tribes to train hunters.

Various hunting techniques, strange beast intelligence, field survival, weapon memory, Hunter's Breath Technique...all included.

So although free hunters are traditional, they are now unorthodox. Imperial hunters are the orthodox Academy sect...Of course, there are a lot of actual combat in this Academy sect. It is not just a matter of fact, it is really more comprehensive.

Many imperial hunters chose to settle in from the apprenticeship period, and after several years of boring training, they used different blood to strengthen them.

But there are also a considerable number of imperial hunters transferred from free hunters. The Terra Empire has always been keen to incorporate "wild" hunters.

So when I heard Zhou Jing's request at this time, the hunter who came to negotiate was not surprised, opened the mouth and said:

"Okay, then you come with me , You can call me Cole, I am one of the resident stewards...what is your name?"

Zhou Jing frowned.

"My name is...Jake."

Cole nodded, then looked at the expressionless Ross behind Zhou Jing.

"What about your companion?"

Zhou Jing face doesn't change:

"Rosen."