Do you believe me when I say I’m not a dragon?

Call it idealistic, but the operating principle is very materialistic, but calling it materialistic is a bit mysterious.

Feeling the same power in his body as before, Mercer slowly clenched his fists.

He vaguely understood the capabilities of this skill.

——To put it bluntly, Mercer can actively stimulate various parts of his body to secrete hormones to a certain extent, thereby stimulating the activation of designated parts of his body.

For example, if Mercer wants to digest food faster, he can increase the activation of his stomach by secreting hormones. Another example is if he wants to increase his strength, he can also make his muscles more active, like taking a stimulant. , but the side effects are smaller, just a simple subsequent increase in fatigue.

Similarly, if Mercer can relieve or even feel no pain by stimulating hormones, he can completely defeat enemies that are much stronger than himself - this is probably why this skill is called idealism.

Now, Mercer closed his eyes and felt it for a while, trying to speed up the division of cells in the injured part and heal the wound.

Soon, joy appeared in his eyes. For him now, this is the ability he needs most.

Although this would consume a lot of nutrients, it was not a big problem at all for Mercer, who had a full meal after having the pack of wolves and dogs.

After doing this, he lay down and waited calmly for the arrival of the enemy.

......

[Task name: Hunting the Black Dragon

Mission content: The strength of the black dragon cannot be underestimated. Several hunting groups have fallen to it so far, but even so, its threat cannot be ignored. The black dragon's ferocious and domineering character is likely to become a floating island in the flight section. obstacles, so be sure to defeat them.

Note: Currently, the floating island artillery has seriously injured the black dragon. Please note that its breath cannot be extinguished, and it also contains strong acid that can cause high-temperature explosions. Please handle it with caution.

Published by: Hunter Guild, Kiryu]

——On the second day after the Cangyun Hunting Group returned, the Hunters Guild issued such an announcement. Also below, the reward was marked several times higher than the previous mission.

Suddenly, a certain thread in the hearts of all the hunters present was broken. No matter where they were on the floating island, they flocked to the Hunter Guild, planning to take on this task.

They all understand that this is not a task they can undertake, but what if?What if I am the one who took the black dragon's final blow?

Desire occupied their chests and swallowed up their reason.But when most of them applied to take on the mission, they were notified of rejection.

Too many hunters are so weak that they cannot even hunt prey of normal size on the land. In this battle, they cannot even help.

Even hunters whose strength was not inferior to that of the Tianxuan Hunting Group, and even many powerful hunting groups who had been watching before, became excited at this moment.

They took the spaceship and headed towards the volcano not far away.

——At the same time, Kiryu also sat on a spaceship and landed in it, looking at the other spaceships with a gloomy expression.

Whether he could defeat the black dragon or not was no longer important. After the old man's reminder, he realized that he was a bit over the top.His main purpose is to obtain lava crystals, and the life and death of the black dragon has nothing to do with the mission.

But for this task, Kiryu had to spend a lot of money and pay a large amount of money to the Hunter Guild as a reward.

But there is no doubt that such a high-profile action can completely drive away the remaining creatures in the volcano, which is more conducive to the excavation of the mine. From this point of view, it is not all bad.

He stepped off the spaceship and looked at the hunters who were starting to take action in the distance. He ignored them and came to the residence of the forging man with his subordinates.

Only this time, no one came to greet them.

Looking at the empty cave, Kiryu gradually frowned.

"what is the problem?"

He looked around and found that there were objects such as the forging furnace that were very precious to the forgers in the cave, but there was no one inside the cave.

"Gone...left last night."

A man who was a hunter and also Kiryu's bodyguard checked the surroundings and came back to report.

"Has everyone left the volcano?"

Hearing this, Kiryu asked.

"I don't know if it's leaving the volcano, but I think it is."

Facing the guard's answer, Kiryu looked around again, and his eyes gradually stopped in front of a warehouse door.

He walked forward and opened the barn door.

——Suddenly, the dazzling crystals placed inside appeared before his eyes.

Not only that, he quickly walked forward and opened several containers, which contained high-quality ore; opening another one contained refined gold.

He didn't stop what he was doing, but the smile on his face became more and more obvious.

Finally, he opened the container again, and what lay inside were the mined lava crystals, neatly stacked, making Kiryu's eyes turn red.

He put down his hand, looked at the lava crystals in front of him, and suddenly laughed twice, and then a hearty smile overflowed.

"Haha...hahahaha——"

In the past, he had to worry about these resources and calculate the trade-offs, but now, these ores can be taken at will.

With these ores, the amount of money he loses will be nothing more than a trivial matter.

The smile slowly stopped, Kiryu turned his head to look at the subordinates behind him, and said: "Why are you still standing there? Bring all these to the ship!"

"Yes Yes!"

Seeing them in action, Kiryu smiled and wandered around the cave.

He understood that the storage of these blacksmiths was more than this, there must be more warehouses here.

Thinking of this, his steps became light and he looked around every corner with excited eyes.

Chapter 1: Kiryu Sachiyo

"Find it quickly!"

"It has lived here for ten years, there must be a place where it has a fixed habitat!"

——When Chiyo pulled out the sword from a triangular pig, he keenly heard the sound not far away.

She stared in that direction, and soon two hunters walked out quickly from the corner. They saw Chiyo holding a tachi, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"...Have you lived here for a long time?"

The two hunters observed Chiyo and noticed something strange about her.

At the same time, Chiyo was also observing them.

A heavy crossbowman and an archer. If I guessed correctly, the two of them should be a very active combination in recent years. Bows and arrows are entangled at close range, and heavy crossbows shoot at long distances. Their combination has been heard by thousands of generations. .

"It's been a month or two, what about you? What are you doing here again?"

She shook off the blood on her sword and asked while squatting down and peeling off pieces of meat from the prey.

"It's just a mission..."

As soon as he finished speaking, one of them suddenly stared straight at Chiyo's sword, and then asked: "This sword...could it be that you are the Chiyo who walks alone?"

Chiyo glanced at the tachi in his hand. Although the tachi had been strengthened, its general shape had not changed much.

"If there is no second person to use the tachi and Chiyo has no teammates, then you must be right about me." She replied calmly, "If I am not wrong, you are here to defeat the black dragon. "

"Yes, yes! Ah - I didn't expect to be able to meet the famous Chiyo-sama. I am really lucky. Did you also accept this task?"

"I don't have that, but..."

Looking at the equipment of the two men, Chiyo replied seriously: "I have fought against the black dragon. I can tell you clearly that you cannot conquer the black dragon."

However, after hearing Chiyo's words, they looked at each other and laughed.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Of course I know this, but there are exceptions to everything."

"Looking at the scars on your body, were they caused by the black dragon a month or two ago?"

Looking at the tie under Chiyo's armor, a man replied:

"The black dragon encountered the floating island the night before yesterday. It was seriously injured. Now is the best time to kill it."

"Now......"

"Yes, not only us, but also many hunters are here. I have never seen such a big scene in my life."

Hearing these words, Chiyo gradually frowned. She put her hand on her chest. She had not yet recovered to a perfect state. If she faced the black dragon again, her life would be in danger, but at this moment, the black dragon was seriously injured...

She was a little confused for a moment and didn't know what to do.

"Speaking of which, you have fought with it. Do you know where the black dragon's fixed position is?"

"......do not know."

Chiyo naturally knew, but when faced with the two men's inquiries, she hesitated for a moment and shook her head.

"That's it, forget it then, let's explore first."

"Um...right, wait a minute!"

Just when he was about to say goodbye to them, Chiyo suddenly thought of the group of forging people.

"Do you know how the people living around here are doing now?"

During this period of time, she was worried that her scent would be tracked by the black dragon, so she did not go to those forging people to avoid implicating them.

Although it was possible that the black dragon didn't care about this kind of thing, for the sake of safety, she always hid in the small tunnel to heal her wounds.

"Those forging people?"

They thought for a moment and finally shook their heads.

"We haven't passed through the cave of Trenren, so we don't know what they are like now."

"I see, I know."

After saying goodbye to them, Chiyo returned to his tent and sighed deeply.

She decided that she wanted to fight the black dragon again. Although she didn't know the extent of the damage it suffered, if she wanted to fight it, now was undoubtedly the best chance.

But before that, it's better to remind the group of blacksmiths that these hunters are coming fiercely and the vibrations caused may affect the structure of the volcano. It's best to let them leave quickly.

With this in mind, she packed her luggage and left.

......

——Looking at the container being moved out in front of him, Kiryu couldn't help but sit on the chair in the cave and opened a bottle of wine stored on the spaceship.

"Mr. Kiryu, it is estimated that the hunters will fight the black dragon in the near future. For the sake of safety, it is best for you to leave here as soon as possible."

Beside him, the guard warned him.

"Well, I'll do it as soon as possible."

With a slight nod, Kiryu drank the wine in the glass happily and looked at the hanging glass on the wall of the wine glass in confusion.

“This kind of hanging glass is very beautiful,” he praised. “In the past, I could only see this kind of wine when working with customers.”

He turned his head slightly, looked at the guard and said: "You know what? I didn't even know what alcohol was at first. The first time I came into contact with this kind of thing, when I was just working, I was insulted. I The boss scolded me and while expelling me, he also threw the half-drunk red wine on my face..."

He paused and smiled: "——Now, the status between him and me is reversed. In order to please me, he sends me very precious wine every year... But the same Yes, I gave away a lot of wine just to please others."

He poured himself another half cup and looked at the intoxicating color on it, his eyes somewhat losing focus.

After taking another sip, Kirigami exhaled and continued to speak.

But gradually, he no longer knew whether he was talking to the guard or something else.

The guards were also very knowledgeable, standing there with their eyes and noses in mind, and everything turned a deaf ear.

"...Before I was fired, I thought that one day I would climb on top of that leader and throw wine at his pig face, but gradually, I didn't do that... Why? Because I am afraid. I am afraid that one day a subordinate who is more talented and more efficient than me will come from behind and climb over me. So I dare not do this. I am afraid that one day the people I have humiliated will Take revenge on me...I'm afraid of this kind of fate, so I can only climb up with all my strength, and keep climbing, in order to get more and greater rights..."

"--What are you doing?!"

Just as Kiryu was gradually becoming intoxicated, a sharp voice suddenly sounded, causing his hand to shake, and the precious wine bottle shattered to the ground, making a harsh sound.

Kiryu stood up and looked at him angrily, and Chiyo frowned in response.

Suddenly, Chiyo thought of something, her pupils shrank, and her expression darkened.

Kiryu was silent for a moment when he saw her face, and then hesitantly said:

"...Sachiyo, you are...Sachiyo Kiryu, right?"

Chapter 111: Father and Daughter

"...Long time no see. It's been more than ten years since we were separated, Sachiyo..."