Danma: Danganronpa, but Monster Hunter!

Furthermore, the Crimson Armor Beast can spit out saliva with a strong paralyzing effect and also fart...

Cough cough cough, in short,

The Armored Rat is basically a weaker version of the Red Armor Beast, and the Armored Rat has a danger rating of LV·2. In this light, it is not unreasonable to rate the Red Armor Beast as having a danger rating of LV·3.

If the Crimson Armor Beast is like this, then we can imagine what the others are like.

Monsters like the Water Beast and the Sand Dragon are basically equivalent to Level 4, no problem.

It would even be perfectly acceptable to consider it a special type of monster at level 4.

After all, they are much more difficult to deal with than the level 4 monsters inside the dungeon.

The LV4 level earth-born creatures that roam deep within the layers of the earth do not possess the robust physique and regenerative abilities of monsters. It's hard to say whether they can even find one that rivals the Barroth in terms of shell hardness.

If we had to compare them, we'd have to bring out the LV4 Destroyer that the Dark Familia summoned when they were wreaking havoc on the floors of the Giant Waterfall to slightly outclass them.

Um... why does this comparison method always feel like it's actually bullying people... especially since it's the Sand Dragon and the Water Beast bullying Little Z...

Never mind, it must be my imagination.

(Thinking about it carefully, if Little Zan were to fight a Sand Dragon or a Water Beast, it seems that Little Zan really wouldn't have much of a chance of winning. Compared to Little Zan's size, both the Water Beast and the Sand Dragon are too big. It's hard to say how effective Little Zan's Destruction Claw, which can destroy most adventurers' equipment, would be against the Sand Dragon's defense. Little Zan might have to keep scraping until the end of its lifespan to break through its armor...)

As for Tobi-Kadachi, Nargacuga, Rathalos, and Anjanath, their predatory nature in the Monster Hunter world's food chain speaks for itself; giving them a LV.4 danger rating would be an understatement.

I recommend starting at LV5 directly.

From this perspective, the strength of the monsters he has been facing recently has indeed increased, and by more than just a little bit; the increase has even jumped from LV3 to LV5, a leap of two levels.

The reason he was able to deal with these monsters so smoothly and naturally was twofold. On the one hand, as a level 4 advanced adventurer with extensive experience, Angie's abilities were indeed quite sharp. On the other hand, it was because of Flame's own familiarity with the monsters.

This familiarity stems not only from the fact that Blaze had defeated opponents of the caliber of Rathalos, Nargacuga, and even Zinogre long ago, but also from his knowledge of monster data and combat stances in the game before his transmigration.

After all... before transmigrating, Lieyan was a katana-wielding swordsman.

The Greatsword Hero's shrimp head is indeed a real shrimp head, but to play the Greatsword well, you need to memorize the patterns. You have to be able to tell when a monster is about to bite forward when it turns its head, and when it sticks out its rear end when it's about to whip its tail.

Do you even realize how valuable the coolest weapon is?!

Although in the real world, Flame chose the Charge Blade as her weapon, the experience she gained from training with the Long Sword did not disappear.

Tai Sword Man, Tai Sword Soul! ! !

Holy crap, Tamashii is on fire!!

Blazing Flame clenched his fist silently, then exhaled a breath of stale air.

The increase in ability points exceeded expectations, which is a good thing.

If he can gain such a large amount of ability points while almost entirely in a duo team and only occasionally in a four-person team, then when he hunts alone in the future, he may gain even more experience points than he has now.

Although it might not be as efficient as teaming up with Angie this time.

But there's nothing that can be done about it. If he were to be greedy for efficiency and continue to team up with high-level players like Angie or Ais, then Blaze could forget about achieving greatness.

As Loki just said, even after fighting and defeating Rathalos and his gang of monsters, he didn't achieve any great feats that could be used for leveling up.

To level up, you really have to take on adventures.

Adventurers are meant to take risks!

Chapter 114: A Higher-Level Monster!

As the sun slowly rises, the morning breeze encircles the adventurer's courtyard, bringing fresh air from afar. Under the veil of dim sky, the decadent night has ended, and Orario, which has just entered a brief period of tranquility, is once again greeted by the vitality from the outside world.

Huge four-wheeled carriages, pulled by docile camel-drawn beasts, entered Orario through the gates located at the four corners of the fortress city.

The vendor set up his stall, and the adventurer, who had either gotten up very early or stayed up all night, grabbed an apple from the stall and chewed it. Then he flicked a coin into the stall owner's hand, whose expression changed slightly and who seemed about to curse.

The stall owner immediately beamed with joy, his expression changing as quickly as if he had gone to Sichuan for further studies.

Through the exchange located in the southwest of the city, a wide variety of goods are still circulating and sold on the streets today.

The carriages coming and going were busy unloading goods, bringing rare foods, jewelry, and all kinds of weapons and armor to the streets and displaying them in the shops, leaving the awakened city dwellers and travelers dazzled and amazed.

Under the watchful eye of massive chalk walls, the labyrinth city continues to present a bustling scene.

The same applies to the Loki Familia at the northern edge of the city.

Even on the morning of the second day, the topic of Fiora and Noble Cat's level-up continued unabated. Many members ate breakfast while praising them loudly, showing no signs of stopping, and it even seemed to be getting more and more intense as time went on.

In fact, a significant number of the group members, spurred by the two's level-up, are now eager to embark on adventures, hoping to ride this wave of momentum to climb the ranks themselves.

For example...

"Blazing Flame, I want to level up too! Help me think of a way!!!"

The Amazonian girl slammed her hands on the table with a loud thud, her petite body pressing down on the flames with overwhelming force, her clear brown eyes reflecting the flames' somewhat helpless face.

"......"

Beside her, the Amazonian girl's older sister, Tione, rolled her eyes at her sister's expression, but also pricked up her ears with anticipation, wanting to hear what Flame had to say.

The details of Ais and Angie's upgrades were already revealed to them yesterday through questioning.

Actually, they originally wanted to replicate Ais's upgrade.

To be honest, Ais's solo fight against Udeos, the floor master of the 37th floor, was too outrageous for them to replicate.

Because...they alone cannot defeat Udeus.

It's not just that one person could fight alone; even if the two sisters joined forces, it might be difficult for them to defeat Udeus.

Not all adventurers are like Ais Wallenstein. Defeating a level 6 floor master while at level 5 is something that not everyone can do; it's definitely thanks to some kind of protagonist's aura.

(Although she's supposed to be a background character... she's still your heroine!)

So, they set their sights on Angie again.

Although the truth about Angie's situation seemed to have doubled the depression surrounding Ais, and she still hasn't been able to shake off the effects of it, they couldn't care less about that for the time being.

"Calm down. You know what's going on with me. Even if you suddenly say this, there's nothing I can do."

Flame smiled helplessly.

“Yes, Flame Boy is right.” Grace, who had been drinking early in the morning, filled his glass with fine wine, took a swig, then let out a long sigh. His still clear gaze fell on the Amazon sisters who had Flame cornered in their seats, and he said leisurely:

Some things can't be rushed.

Tiona & Tione: ".........."

"At present, I have finished all the tasks at hand, and the area around the village has been cleared. Now it is a lull period. It will take a considerable amount of time for the next batch of monsters to fill the ecological gap left by the monsters we killed."

Lieyan scratched his head.

Although the Quetzalcoatl is currently entrenched around Flamefire Village, monsters are not data that can be refreshed at will. In a given area, there will only be one predator king like Nargacuga or Rathalos. And it will take a long time to fill the gap created by the defeat of a king.

Even if the Wind Dragon wanted to incite a hundred dragons to march at night, thereby continuously driving monsters from uncharted territories toward Flamefire Village, the migration of monsters still takes time.

The difficulty of gathering such a large number of commissions again is self-evident.

"What do we do then?" Tiona was a little dumbfounded. "If you can't do it, Flame, does that mean Tione and I are going to just dive into the dungeon like that stinky wolf?"

Bert went straight to the dungeon?

Flame blinked, then glanced at where the werewolf usually sat, and found that the werewolf was indeed not there. Generally speaking, although Bert wasn't exactly a social butterfly, he was still quite law-abiding, and he had followed the rules set by Loki quite well.

Just like Loki said, there's a rule that as long as you're in the clan, you have to eat with everyone unless there's a special reason.

Generally, as long as a werewolf is in his kin, he will appear on time at his designated spot to eat. But he's not here now, which clearly means that after tossing and turning all night, he simply went to the dungeon to hunt in the wild early this morning...

"It's not that we necessarily have to go to the dungeon." Blazing Flame withdrew his gaze and pondered for a moment.

If he remembered correctly, Tiona, Tione, and the werewolf Bert all leveled up around the same time, and they all successfully reached LV·6 shortly after Ais leveled up.

However, Lieyan is not entirely clear about the specifics of what happened. But from this perspective, there is no doubt that Tiona, Tione, and Bert have all reached their maximum potential and are just one great achievement away from leveling up.

However, the Amazon sisters and the werewolf are both top-tier adventurers at level 5, and it's highly unlikely that battles of Angie's caliber would allow them to accumulate enough great achievements.

That means we need higher-level monsters...

However, I haven't reached the higher level monsters, which are equivalent to the seven-star level, and quests at that level won't be available to me yet.

It seems we'll have to rely on other resources.

Chapter 115: How are the lower-level individuals of high-level monsters obtained?

"You said it's not necessarily about going to the dungeon. Does that mean you already have some ideas, Flame?"

Seeing that Flame was deep in thought, Tione and her sister next to her exchanged a glance and couldn't help but ask a question. Tiona, who was standing next to them, looked at them expectantly.

To be honest, neither of them really wanted to go to the dungeon.

It's mainly useless.

Don't forget, the two of them just returned from exploring the dungeon with Finn, Ais, and others.

The four-day operation, which reached as far as the deepest level—the thirty-seventh floor of the dungeon—only resulted in a meager increase of 3 and 2 points in ability points for the two of them, respectively. This was only thanks to their battle against the giant monster that appeared in Rivera Town; otherwise, given the intensity of their operation, it would have been uncertain whether their ability points would have even increased.

To state a somewhat harsh truth, whether it's Bert, Amazon, or Ais before them, as high-level adventurers, they actually find it very difficult to grow stronger in regular dungeon raids.

Not only great achievements, but also ability values.

Even in the deeper levels, the danger rating of most monsters is only LV·4. Only a few rare and special species have a LV·5 rating. Faced with such enemies, adventurers who are already LV·5 will naturally find it difficult to gain experience from monsters. They can only gain a little bit of improvement by accumulating the number of kills.

On the other hand, the Blazing Flame side had a significant boost in ability values ​​from the Rock Dragon mission, and Angie leveled up suddenly after a few days of missions.

This gave the two sisters a glimmer of hope, and Lieyan's answer only fueled that hope even more.

"I have a rough idea, but we still need to consider the details," Lieyan smacked his lips and replied.

"Oh? What method?"

Even Grace became interested. The old man put down his wine glass and waited with curiosity for Flame to give him an answer.

"Simply put, that's how it is..."

Flame began to express his thoughts.

To put it simply, his idea was very simple, it boiled down to two words—

Staged accident.

First, accept a hunting quest from the Hunter's Guild, then carry out the hunting quest. If you're lucky, a powerful police officer who meets the requirements for training the Amazon sisters will come to you.