In the early morning of Minagard, the vendors have not yet left their stalls, and most of the citizens have not yet gotten up. There are not many pedestrians on the always bustling stone streets at this time.
It was rare for Hayata not to wear a skirt, but a set of cotton clothes that were easy to move around.
At this time, she was trotting behind her uncle Payne. Although she pursed her lips and pretended to be serious, she could not hide the excitement and anticipation in her eyes.
Pine, who was walking in front, pursed his lips and had a serious look exactly like Hayata, but there was no smile in his eyes, but instead, he was full of anxiety.
They were on their way to a certain hunter's residence.
While walking, Pine's footsteps suddenly stopped, and he turned his head, his tone full of uneasiness and helplessness: "I said Hayata, do you really not think about it anymore?
Monster hunter is the most dangerous job, and you are a girl. If something happens to you, tell me how to face my brother and sister-in-law in heaven?
By the way, didn't you say you wanted to be a musician or a painter before? That would be great, elegant and..."
"No! Uncle Pine, I want to be a hunter!" Hayata's response was crisp and clear.
"Why......"
Pine had a headache. This conversation had been repeated countless times for more than a month.
After being attacked by a monster but lucky enough to escape with the help of a hunter, the caravan canceled its trip and returned directly to Minagard City.
The goods were lost, several members died, and many others were injured. The caravan suffered heavy losses.
The most troublesome thing is that many of the caravan members who witnessed their companions being torn apart by monsters and themselves being injured or even disabled have resigned from their jobs in the caravan and left the chamber of commerce.
After all, no one can guarantee that the next journey will be safe.
Even those who stayed were often troubled by nightmares, and they would still be frightened when they recalled what happened that day, including Pine himself.
But Hayata is the only exception.
The experience that day not only did not leave fear in her heart, but gave her a more dangerous idea: she wanted to be a hunter, a monster hunter whose job was to hunt monsters.
At first, Pine thought that Hayata was just a whim. A little girl of fourteen or fifteen years old who was in the rebellious period, who hasn't had the time to be willful?
But a month later, Pine discovered that he was wrong.
Although Hayata is usually naughty and restless, she is actually a very obedient and well-behaved child.
In the past ten years, she has almost never been willful or had a bad temper, which made both Pine, who often traveled far away, and the nanny who was responsible for taking care of her daily life feel very relieved.
However, this time, she acted extremely stubborn.
For more than a month, her earnest persuasion and the inducements of delicious food and beautiful dresses failed to change her determination at all.
For this reason, Pine even became angry with her for the first time and locked her up.
Facing the really angry Pine, Hayata did not talk back. Even if he was declared grounded, he just walked into his room silently and sat in silence.
A few days and nights later, looking at Hayata, who used to be as bright as a small sun, her cheeks were sunken, her eye circles were as heavy as a layer of soot, and even her smooth and smooth chestnut hair had lost its luster, as if she had lost her soul. appearance.
The middle-aged businessman whose daughter controlled his nature surrendered...
"Okay, okay, let's be your hunter! I don't know if your little arms and legs can hold weapons and wear armor!" Pine said at that time as if he was giving up on himself.
So Hayata got what she wanted.
The little girl who got her wish regained her former vitality, chattering around Pine, asking when she could be sent to the hunter training camp for training.
In larger human settlements, hunter guilds have specialized training institutions for newcomers, and big cities like Minagard are no exception.
But Pine doesn't want his precious niece to receive that kind of Spartan training!
Apart from anything else, he had also heard about the training content of the local hunter training camp. The basics were barbell, dumbbell, and cross-country training with weights.
After several years of training like this, the boys will naturally have strong muscles, and the girls, uh...
There are relatively few women who volunteer to be hunters. After all, most girls love beauty, and an overly strong body is simply a nightmare for them.
Pine can never accept that his beautiful and lovely niece has become like a gorilla.
In fact, Pine and most people have misunderstandings about female hunters. Female hunters who are inherently weak in strength and size rarely choose heavy weapons.
Long-range support weapons are very popular among female hunters. Even if some female hunters are naturally warlike and prefer close combat, most of them choose agile types such as single-handed swords and double swords.
Of course, there are extreme examples of people who like heavy weapons such as sledgehammers. That is really the female Tarzan...
Compared to the collective training in the training camp, Pine, who specifically inquired about the relevant information, prefers another hunter training model - that is, the "old to lead the new" that is common in many industries.
In short, senior hunters guide newcomers one-on-one and help them complete their training in the same way as apprentices.
In small human settlements at the village and town levels, most young hunters complete their training in this way. After all, it is difficult for an ordinary village to gather so many young people who volunteer to be hunters to set up a "training camp" "Come.
As for who to find to teach Hayata, Paine also has a plan in mind.
As a native of Minagard, Pine has many friends, some of whom he has known since childhood.
And Yamos is one of them.
In Pine's impression, Yamos should be a very powerful hunter.
Pine was not very clear about the hierarchies of hunters, but he vaguely remembered that he had heard the poster girl at the Hunter Assembly Hall praise a certain client, "Lord Amos is a top-ranking hunter!"
Judging from the saleslady's proud expression and the client's reaction of "Ah, then I'm completely relieved!", the upper-level hunter must be very powerful, right?
Hayata is a man of great strength, an old friend who has known him for many years, and he knows his character well. Only when Hayata is taught and trained by such a person can he rest assured.
In addition, another important reason why Pine hopes Hayata will learn from Yamos is the latter's "body shape".
Among the hunters he had come into contact with, most of them were muscular men with big shoulders and round waists. Compared with them, Yamos seemed very "slender".
Hmm, maybe I should change the word and say "powerful" is more appropriate.
If the strong muscles of powerful hunters are reminiscent of hard granite, then the muscles on Yamos are like steel cables twisted on the bones, extremely refined.
When they were drinking together, Pine specifically asked this question, and Yamos's explanation was that this was the result of different training methods and weapon selection.
As an agile hunter who is good at using tachi, overly developed muscles will reduce the speed and flexibility of his movements.
As for the strength and weakness of heavy weapons that focus on strength and light weapons that focus on agility, there is no comparison. It can only be said that each has its own advantages in different situations.
