The Hunter Faction Kept Expanding

"There's no food left."

"There's barely any water left."

"A living person."

"I'm all alone now."

In a dark and secluded building, a skinny little boy slowly counted the remaining supplies, his eyes filled with an undisguised gloom.

When he looked up at the corpses of his family members who had starved to death, the gloom in his eyes turned into despair.

He picked up the long knife, his only weapon, which his father had left him.

He staggered out of the house.

Before his parents died, they repeatedly told him not to leave the safe house, because the outside was full of parasitic monsters and going out would mean certain death.

But now that the supplies are gone, staying at home is a death sentence, so why doesn't he choose to leave home and take one last look at the city of Savis? If he could, he would like to kill a few monsters to avenge his family.

Unfortunately, his thin arms made it quite difficult for him to even lift a long knife.

So the real reason he left home was that he wanted to commit suicide.

Finally stepping out of the house, the morning sunlight felt incredibly refreshing. If it weren't for the lifeless, dilapidated streets that greeted my eyes, it would surely have made me feel even better.

The little boy walked down the street with a blank look in his eyes, deliberately dragging his long knife, making the blade collide with the bricks and tiles on the ground, creating a very eye-catching sound, like a dinner bell to attract monsters.

However, what puzzled him was why he hadn't seen the monster even after walking so far from home.

He remembered that in the past, he and his family would tremble every night under the roars of monsters on the street, not daring to make the slightest sound. The streets were clearly full of monsters, but why were they empty now?

It felt empty and desolate; even if he sang loudly here, no monsters would come to attack him.

The little boy was incredulous. He suddenly ran forward like a madman. Could it be that all the monsters had disappeared and they could go back to their old lives?

Suddenly, he stepped on something sticky and slipped, falling to the ground. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was a lump of flesh and blood that he couldn't identify.

"Alas!"

The moment he saw the flesh and blood, he instinctively screamed. Little did he know that after the scream rang out, a commotion came from the building next door. Two parasitic creatures, their limbs mutilated and making them even more terrifying, wobbled out. As soon as they saw a living person, they became agitated and pounced on him, screaming "Ugh ugh ah ah!"

So the monsters are still in this city, it's just a coincidence that there are fewer of them on the street where he lives!

The little boy panicked and tried to crawl backward, but he paused when he touched the long knife, then raised it fiercely at the parasitized person.

His skinny, stick-like arms were barely enough to lift the long sword, let alone launch an attack. It was likely that the monster would knock the weapon from his hand at any moment.

Even so, he still imitated his father's appearance in his memory, letting out a childish War Cry, and charged towards the two parasitized beings.

"Pfft—"

The long knife pierced through the parasite's tattered body, but the little boy was also knocked to the ground and bitten hard on the shoulder. The parasites swarmed wildly towards the young body.

Am I going to die?

The little boy closed his eyes, a hint of relief on his lips.

"Brother! There's another one here!"

Suddenly, a young girl's voice came from somewhere, and the little boy thought it was an angel guiding him to heaven.

However, as soon as he opened his eyes, a stench of blood was poured over him. The parasitized head Ghrū to the side, and the blood gushing from the severed neck smeared all over his face.

Suddenly, the parasites inside his body exerted their power, and before he lost consciousness, the little boy tried his best to see clearly the person Execute the monster.

It wasn't a young girl, but rather a young man dressed in an outfit he'd never seen before, holding a strange weapon dripping with blood.

Even as his consciousness was fading, the little boy still thought:

So handsome

"He has the potential to be a hunter."

The person who saved the little boy, Fan En, looked at him approvingly and turned to Yi Sha, saying, "Take him to the dungeon quickly, or it will be too late if he gets controlled by the parasites. I'll continue to clear out the remaining monsters."

"Leave it to me!" Yi Sha took the little boy and ran quickly toward the location of the underground portal.

Fan En watched her leave, stretched his limbs, and then swung his knife at the parasitic creatures that had crawled out after being attracted by the commotion.

He and the other hunters had been hunting for two days and one night.

The city of Savis can be divided into three districts: the Fishing Port District, the Garden District, and the Pearl District.

Their greatest achievement these days is that they have almost recovered the Fishing Port District!

Since the day they successfully hunted the Cleric Beast and left the dungeon, they have been carrying out a hunting operation against the parasitized in the nearest Fishing Port District.

The hunting operation went more smoothly than ever before.

I don't know if it's just their imagination, but it seems like the number of parasites in the Fishing Port District has decreased a lot.

Not only have their numbers decreased, but the remaining parasites seem to have weakened even further, and the mutated species are almost extinct. The hunters have practically wiped out the entire Fishing Port District. If this were Yugi, it would show that the area's completion rate is around 90%.

The hunters were initially happy about this situation, but as time went on, they began to worry about where the missing parasites had gone. Could they be deliberately hiding and preparing to do something terrible?

Moreover, new parasites can appear out of nowhere in the Fishing Port District at any time, and some of them don't even look like residents of the Fishing Port District based on their clothing.

Later, Fan En discovered something that cleared up everyone's doubts.

Because the parasites will be attracted to another underground city portal, the mutated ones or the stronger parasites will be the first to squeeze into the underground city, while the old, weak, sick and disabled will be left to wander outside.

Those who are parasitized and enter the underground city are basically unable to get out.

Upon hearing this news, the hunters were somewhat stunned, not expecting that the reduced difficulty in retaking the Fishing Port District was due to the underground city.

So the reason why the Fishing Port District could not be completely cleaned up has been found: the underground city has been attracting parasites from other areas.

"Isn't there a legend that dungeons might have been created by the creator god? So, could the appearance of this dungeon be a sign of divine mercy?" someone said with conviction.

Fan En felt this explanation was unbelievable; he preferred to believe that the underground city was sentient and chose to appear, rather than attributing all the credit to the gods.

However, quite a few people believed this explanation, and in this special period, it might even be able to rally people's support, so he didn't say much more.

Speaking of human nature, after the hunters began clearing and searching the Fishing Port District, they discovered that the number of survivors was quite considerable, and there were quite a few who were capable of surviving. Now, hundreds of survivors have joined them, which is exciting news!

They quickly changed tactics. Since the dungeon could clear out the dangerous mutants, they would deal with the remaining scattered monsters themselves!

They successfully found a way to utilize the underground city!

"Aww!"

The last parasite let out a dying scream. Fan En shook off the flesh and blood clinging to his Saw Cleaver, looked at the bullet holes in the body of the parasite lying dead on the ground, and muttered to himself with a headache:

"If my fighting spirit gets even slightly too high, I can't perform Gun Parry. I really wish I had Yi Sha's talent."

"Fan En, have you finished your work here?" A man dressed as a hunter ran over.

Fan En nodded, and the man relaxed, saying, "The search of the Fishing Port District is now complete. All the survivors have been rescued. Would you like to go back and take a look?"

"Let's disperse the people as planned. Although the parasites are more interested in the dungeon portal right now, who knows if the parasites will notice if the number of humans gathers too large. Oh, and arrange for everyone to enter the dungeon once as soon as possible."

If it weren't for this suddenly appearing underground city, Fan En and his group would probably be dead by now.

"Aren't you going back? The Doll Banquet tonight should be even more lavish." Just talking about the daily feast in the Hunter's Dream made the Hunter's mouth water.

That was almost what they looked forward to most after a hard day of hunting; it became their spiritual sustenance.

In a city on the verge of apocalypse, a Doll served them delicious food to soothe their souls after a long day of struggling to survive. They would probably never forget this incident and that Doll for the rest of their lives.

"Of course I want to, I'm drooling with desire," Fan En smiled and looked up into the distance. "But today I'm going to scout out the Pearl District with a few others. It's time to put the recapture of the second district on the agenda."

At this point, hope shone in both of their eyes; after a series of bad things, their lives were finally about to take a turn for the better.

I don't know the current situation in Rhône, I don't know the situation in other cities, and I don't know if there will be reinforcements.

What if the entire country has actually fallen?

In that case, Fan En and his men decided to become the reinforcements that never arrived!

After meeting up with several hunters, Fan En headed toward the Pearl District under the setting sun. When one is on the rise in life, even the sunset seems so vibrant, because people know that even if the sun sets, it will rise again the next day.

As they walked away, something thick flashed past in the shadows, unnoticed by anyone.

The sun had completely set, and night had fallen over the country of Rhône.

Even the smallest country has a capital. The country of Rhône is flat from top to bottom and long and narrow from side to side. Its capital is located on the left side, which is closest to other countries and also closer to the inland.

As for why it dared to establish its capital here, it was undoubtedly with the mentality of "Anyway, I don't have any resources worth attacking by other countries. If any country wants to attack us, we will immediately surrender and join that country to eat their rice."

Unfortunately, the Rhône royal family's intentions were already well known to the neighboring countries, and no one wanted to take over this remote and impoverished region.

The parasite's damage affected two-thirds of the country's area. The remaining third of the land, which is still intact, is where the capital is located. Heavy troops are stationed on the front lines to ensure that no parasite can escape.

However, they merely held their ground and did not launch any counterattack, not even when reinforcements from the Warrior Country arrived, which was truly strange.

Therefore, some of the reinforcements from the Warrior Country couldn't sit still any longer.

In the wilderness surrounding the capital, a few people sneaked out furtively.

"General You Fei, are you really going to venture into the disaster area alone?" a soldier from the Warrior Country asked worriedly.

"Anyway, my title of general is just a nominal one. The one who truly commands the battle is General Aide. Even if I, the henchman, leave, it won't affect anyone."

The speaker was a girl wearing Bamboo Hat. Unlike the soldiers who wore the uniform armor of the Warrior Country adorned with red dragon patterns, the girl wore almost no armor. Instead, she was dressed in loose, casual clothes, like a less heavy robe, exuding a carefree and easygoing temperament.

Her short, silver-white hair only reached her ears, and the simple earrings that dangled from her earlobes nicely neutralized the aging effect of the white hair, making her look rather stylish.

Coupled with her confidently upturned eyes and the long spear slung over her shoulder, she exudes an aura of a master.

"I was worried about your safety. How could you go to the disaster area alone?" the soldier said helplessly. "Although I think King Nared doesn't want us to go in, he should relent if we put pressure on him for a few more days. You don't need to take the risk. Besides, you even asked me to transform into your appearance as a disguise. This is really..."

He wanted to say that this was utterly chaotic.

"It's alright, I am the daughter of the Sword Saint."

The girl, nicknamed You Fei, confidently gave herself a thumbs-up.

"I am an army all by myself, so don't worry about me. Besides, what if being a few days late causes more survivors to die?"

Before the soldier could say anything more, she turned and ran, disappearing from sight in a few leaps, leaving only a string of hearty laughter behind.

That unique laugh really does sound like Jia Paer's.

"Well."

The soldier sighed and muttered to himself a remark he had long wanted to make:

"What sword saint's daughter wields a spear?"