But the hunters seemed long accustomed to it. Though this path was exceedingly dangerous, they had no choice but to take risks for a living...
At the mountaintop grew a valuable medicinal herb. As long as they picked a single stalk, it would be enough to support them for a month. The Empire's taxes were now frighteningly high, and hunting alone could no longer sustain them. With no other choice... they had to risk finding other ways to make money.
Gathering and selling this valuable herb was one of them.
Yet the rugged mountain paths were not the most dangerous thing here. The greatest danger was the Dangerous Species on the mountain. Occasionally, there were even powerful Sub-dragon Dangerous Species. If they encountered them, all they could do was pray that the creatures would not notice them. Still, as long as they were careful, they generally would not run into such terrifying Dangerous Species.
"Up ahead... there's a medicinal herb over there!"
As they neared the summit, one of the hunters spotted a medicinal herb ahead of them, and a smile immediately spread across his face.
Even at the mountaintop, this herb was difficult to find. To discover one here was truly lucky! The excited hunter ran straight toward it.
But he did not notice that, high in the sky... a nearly ten-meter-long two-headed Sub-dragon had been drawn by his voice and fixed its gaze on him. The reason this medicinal herb grew on the surrounding mountaintops was precisely because many Sub-dragons lived there.
"Watch out, above you!"
"There's a flying Dangerous Species! Everyone, hide!"
Several companions behind the hunter suddenly sensed that something was wrong and could not help looking up... only to spot that two-headed flying dragon.
At that moment, the hunter rushing toward the herb also felt