One man and one dog, wandering in the world of Monster Hunter

Chapter 211: Dark Soul Library (crossed out) Dragon Calendar Academy Library

The airship sailed all the way, shuttling through the sea of clouds, and soon arrived above Longliyuan.

"Is that the Longliyuan? It's so spectacular."

Standing on the deck of the airship, Link could take in the entire scene on the top of the mountain with his excellent eyesight.

The main body of Longliyuan is very similar to the Hunter's Guild in Berna Village, both of which are built on the mountain.

The huge stone wall is integrated with the rock wall. The traces of time have carved deep grooves on the stone. The entrance is a huge iron door with complex runes and patterns carved on it, revealing an ancient atmosphere.

When the airship docked at the entrance of Longliyuan, Link couldn't wait to run down from the deck holding Chuchu.

Seeing this, Phyllis followed slowly behind Link and walked into the ancient building with him.

The big iron gate of Longliyuan was open. As soon as you entered, an old smell hit you in the face. It was an extremely strong smell of ink, slightly pungent.

"Wow."

Link looked up, and the scene in front of him surprised him so much that he could hardly close his mouth.

There is no hall inside Longliyuan, or rather, its main body is actually a spacious hall.

The interior is lined with countless towering bookshelves, each level filled with various ancient books and scrolls.

Between the bookshelves, there are hand-pushed wooden ladders with pulleys to make it easier for scholars here to find books.

At this time, many scholars were sitting or standing on the wooden ladder, flipping through the books in their hands, immersed in the ocean of knowledge, forgetting everything else.

"Come on, I'll take you to register. If you want to join the Dragon Calendar Academy, you have to take the test."

Phyllis walked behind Link, reached out and gently patted Link's shoulder, then took the lead and walked forward.

Link put Chuchu down from his arms and followed her to the center of the hall. There was a huge circular platform. Several well-dressed young scholars were sitting on the inside of the platform, browsing books quietly.

"Andor, I brought a hunter here. He wants to join the Dragon Calendar Academy. Find him a test mission."

Phyllis walked up to a young scholar, tapped the table lightly, and spoke in a low voice.

The silent atmosphere here reminded Link of the days in the university library in his previous life. It was always so quiet that people couldn't bear to break the silence. Even when speaking, they would instinctively lower their voices.

The young scholar called Andor slowly raised his head and was a little surprised to see Phyllis.

"It's Phyllis. Long time no see. You're back from your trip."

Andor is a young human male, with black hair that has not been groomed for a long time and is a little messy but not dirty. His eyes have the bookish air unique to a scholar and reveal a bit of immaturity.

Like a college student who has not been beaten by society.

"Yeah, stop talking nonsense, hurry up and register the person next to me."

Phyllis nodded and turned to give Link a look. Link immediately understood and took out the hunter card from his pocket and placed it on the table.

This card is just like an ID card and can be used anywhere.

"Um, Flame Village, three-star hunter, Link."

Andor picked up the card and took a look at it, then looked up at Link's face, which was even younger than his own, with a look of surprise.

"Huh? Samsung, so fast?"

Phyllis also caught a glimpse of the three stars on the card and her eyes widened in surprise.

She remembered that when she first met Link, he was still doing the two-star promotion task. It has only been a short time and he has already reached three stars.

If she hadn't been promoted to four-star some time ago, she would have been caught up by Link by now.

"A three-star hunter entry commission. Wait, let me look for it."

Andor picked up a thick book at hand. The registration procedures of the Dragon Calendar Institute and the Hunter's Guild were almost the same, or it could be said that they imitated the operating model of the Hunter's Guild.

Neither of them knew who copied whom.

"Yes, I found it. This is the mission to hunt ghost frogs."

Andor followed the labels in the book and quickly found a commission and placed it in front of Link.

【Capture the Ghost Frog】

[Mission star rating: ★★★]

[Task Nature: Capture]

[Mission location: Underground volcano]

[Mission Objective: Capture a ghost frog]

[Limited time: 11 days]

【Remuneration:】

[Client: A researcher who likes to record monster ecology]

[Task description: I want to record the ecology of the ghost frog. Please ask the hunters in the hospital to help me catch a live one. In addition, in order to better record various data, please make sure the integrity of the monster's body. ]

"The mission is a bit difficult."

Link took the order, scanned it carefully, and rubbed his chin with his fingers.

The Ghost Frog and the Kappa Frog, thanks to their huge sizes, can be said to be rampant in the three-star monster list.

If the colorful bird is compared to a three-star beginner, then the ghost frog is a three-star peak monster. It is almost impossible for a hunter who has just reached the three-star level to hunt it.

Not to mention maintaining the integrity of the ghost frog's body.

Hunters don't care about so many things during normal hunting. Cutting off horns, tails, heads, and wings are all common operations. After a battle, it is almost impossible for the monster's body to remain intact.

And they even asked for capture, which was simply asking too much.

In addition, the mission location is in an underground volcano, which is also an extremely dangerous place, more dangerous than the desert.

Armored Dragon, Flame Dragon, Lava Dragon, Scarlet Spider, Dragon Slayer, Dragon Crusher...

Monsters that can move in an underground volcano filled with lava are rarely rated less than five stars.

Sending a three-star hunter to hunt there is no different from sending someone to die.

"Hey, Andorra, is this mission too difficult?"

Phyllis snatched the order from Link's hand, glanced at it, and soon frowned.

She joined the Dragon Academy when she was a two-star, and the monster she hunted was just a water beast. Although the sea dragon monster was a bit bigger and much more difficult to deal with than the velociraptor and dog dragon family, she still succeeded in the hunt.

She didn't expect that the difficulty between three stars and two stars, which was only one star difference, would differ so much.

"Well, it does seem a bit difficult. There are also tickets to the ancient forest and the isolated island. How about changing one?"

Andor thought of the oven-like environment of the underground volcano, and seemed to realize that this mission was too dangerous for a three-star hunter, so he took out two commissions from the book.

Link took the two new commissions. These two commissions were also for hunting ghost frogs, but the locations were different and the requirements were lower. You just had to complete the hunting. There were no special requirements. The only difference was that the hunting commission money was lower, only 8000.

"Ancient forest and lonely island?"

These two places are far away from Longliyuan and are both located on the sea. Apart from anything else, just getting there is a hassle.

"Okay, let's go to the Ancient Forest. It will take about two days to get there by airship. Andorra, there should be an airship going to the Ancient Forest recently, right?"

Phyllis compared the three orders in her hand and finally helped Link choose one of them.

"Yes, there will be an airship departing from Berna Village to Ancient Forest the day after tomorrow."

Andor picked up a blue-covered book beside him, flipped through it, and looked up.

This book is a record of the flight routes of airships in the Dragon Calendar Institute. It allows staff to know when an airship is going to where, so as to better arrange itineraries for out-of-town hunters.

"Okay, let's go to the Ancient Forest."

Hearing that there was no need to go to the underground volcano, Link breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Phyllis gratefully.

If it weren't for this local person, he wouldn't have known that he could change the commission, and he might have really run to the underground volcano foolishly.

Hunting in that kind of environment wearing an alloy suit is pure torture. You might end up being stewed and roasted in an iron can.

"Okay, let's go first."

After receiving the commission, Phyllis, Link and Chuchu did not stay here for long.

There is nothing much to see in Longli Academy except books. Link has not officially joined Longli Academy yet and cannot learn the hunting skills here. There is no point in staying here any longer.

So the two of them went down the mountain first.

Going down the mountain is much easier than going up. There is a cableway specifically for people to go down the mountain. Two people and a cat grabbed the rope on the cableway and jumped down the cliff. In just a few minutes, they slid along the cableway from the towering Longliyuan to the foot of the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain below Longliyuan is a hidden valley. The other side of the cableway is very safe here and there is no need to worry about being destroyed by monsters.

The valley was not far from the village of Berna, and it took only half an hour for the two of them to return to the village.

"Thank you so much for today, Phyllis, or I would have been in a lot of trouble."

Link stood at Phyllis's door with the cat in his hand, smiling and thanking her.

"It's okay, it's just a small thing. If you really want to thank me, just treat me to a good meal."

Upon hearing this, Phyllis also smiled and waved her hand. She didn't do anything, she just mentioned it.

"Yeah, then let's meet at the guild at dinner time later. Invite Leila, and the three of us hunters will have a good meal."

It was just a meal, so Link could still afford it, so he immediately made an appointment and invited him.

"Okay, see you tonight."

Phyllis said goodbye to Link, opened the door and walked in.

Still no request was made for Link to come in and sit for a while.

Link didn't care and took Chuchu back to the guild.