Monster Hunter Gathering

Before truly completing its transformation and growth, the Black Erosion Dragon has few ways to sense the outside world. The only way for it to sense the surrounding creatures is through touch and scale powder, which is attached to the surrounding environment.

The reason why the Black Eclipse Dragon raised its head now was because of a gust of wind that just passed through the night sky... and its scales could sense that a body that was particularly petite compared to itself was approaching it.

"The pitch-black dragon..."

Altair fell from the sky and stopped in front of the Black Eclipse Dragon. The Black Eclipse Dragon's snake-like head was also pointed in Altair's direction after sensing Altair's arrival.

But the Black Dragon had no intention of attacking Altair... It was just trembling faintly, as if enduring something, until Altair raised his hand and gently pressed his palm on the Black Dragon's lowered head.

Green rays of light began to rise from Altair's hands, then formed a magic circle, and finally sank into Altair's palm. The Black Dragon's body trembled, and gradually stopped as the magic circle sank into it.

Behind Jun Ji, the sudden sound of footsteps made her turn her head and see Blitzcrank dragging in a wild boar with a bullet hole on its forehead.

Blitzcrank threw the dead wild boar in his hand directly towards the military girl, and just when the wild boar was about to hit the military girl, accompanied by a wave like water, the wild boar stopped directly in front of Altair.

"Thank you, Blitz." After a brief thank you, Altair controlled the wild boar to land in front of the Black Dragon. Then he stopped his hand and gently patted the Black Dragon's head, signaling it to eat.

Blitzcrank, however, watched expressionlessly as the pitch-black monster opened its mouth and easily tore the flesh of the large wild boar apart.

"Is it compassion that's getting the better of you? You're feeding this mindless beast at a time like this." Blitzcrank said to Altair bluntly, "You were attacked by it when you first encountered it in the forest. It's best to kill this kind of monster as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, you never know when it will point its fangs at your throat again."

"Blitzcrank... it's not an insentient beast. The fact that it's restraining itself right now is proof of that." Altair watched the Black Dragon feeding. "Can you imagine how others would perceive you if you lost all your senses, tormented by endless pain?"

"That can't be any better than this." Altair said calmly, "Being nurtured by a higher evil, even the right to transform is being deprived..."

"Is this creature also a creation of some god?" Blitzcrank stared at the Black Dragon, which had already devoured half of the boar. "What an ominous figure... You just mentioned metamorphosis. Do you know the specific origins of this creature?"

"I found some of it through the Myriad Realms," Altair said. "It's like us, a product of malice, isn't it?"

"From the moment of birth, I have been unable to choose my own destiny. No matter where I go, I will be met with endless malice."

Altair looked at the Black Dragon and said, "Even if one possesses sufficient intelligence to think, yet is forced to act as a beast that spreads disaster, this pain and humiliation... is enough to plunge a living being into the abyss."

"The impending malevolence pursues it, seeking to interrupt its transformation," Altair said. "Its pain and sorrow are impossible to ignore."

"...In that case, I don't know what to say." Blitzcrank stared at the faint purple-red tinge in Altair's pupils. "But you should be able to eliminate the effects of its plague. The symptoms have already appeared in you."

"It's okay. With the existence of all things, these illnesses won't affect me." Altair said, "Besides, only in this way can the dark dragon recognize my existence."

"This kind of sympathy may only make you suffer more." Blitzcrank didn't approach, as he lacked the ability to resist the disease. "You're so fragile, yet you feel pity for the pain of such a monster."

"..."

Jun Ji did not respond to Blitzcrank, but just watched quietly as the Black Dragon swallowed the whole wild boar into its stomach, and then lay there quietly, even folding its wings.

"only……"

Jun Ji approached the Black Eclipse Dragon and gently touched its slightly cold scales with her fingertips.

"It's just that this endless malice that seems to come from every corner of the world is impossible to ignore...that's all."

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In the assembly base, Nie Chiwu continued to handle reports from various worlds as usual and sort out the impact of the Black Eclipse Dragon.

After knowing that Black Eclipse Dragon was with Jun Ji at the moment, Nie Chiwu was not so anxious anymore.

Although he is currently unable to attack the Black Eclipse Dragon due to the existence of Jun Ji, as long as the plot develops to the point where the Creators attack Jun Ji, the hunter can then capture the Black Eclipse Dragon next to Jun Ji, interrupt its transformation, and prevent a greater disaster.

By then, using the body tissues of the Black Dragon, they could make a cure for the Mad Dragon Virus, and then perfectly complete the mission... That's what Nie Chiwu thought.

After all, the hunters also need to deal with things like the Witch Night on Madoka's side and helping the humans in the world of Valkyrie Zessou improve their ability to resist.

"I wonder how Xiaoyuan's training is going." Nie Chiwu picked up a large porcelain jar, blew on the tea leaves inside, and then brought it to his lips: "After all, he is Yuan Shen, so his talent should be quite high..."

Chapter 307 Between Hunters and Monsters...

"Let me see how Madoka's training is going."

After drinking the tea, Nie Chiwu also took the teacup and prepared to go to the training ground to see how familiar the new hunters were with the weapons.

When Nie Chiwu thought that all the new hunters would be super powerful in the future, he felt very happy, as if the tea leaves in his hand had turned into honey water.

Then... when Nie Chiwu arrived at the training ground where the magical girls were, he saw...

"ah!"

Xiaoyuan pulled the bow with all her strength, then aimed at the target over there and shot it, but the arrow's aim was already off to the horizon.

Hibiki brandished his two swords and rushed towards the mechanical fake dragon controlled by Felyne, but he did not use the demon transformation at all and did not fight back. As a result, he was thrown to the side by the mechanical fake dragon's tail when it turned around, and fell headfirst into the haystack next to him.

After transforming, Unosaki swung the hammer without any method at all. She was even dragged down by the weight of the hammer and couldn't keep her balance, and even walked crookedly.

"Come on! Xiaoke! Come on!" Sakura, holding the magic bug wand, cheered for Xiaoke, who was holding the syringe, with a serious look on her face. She asked Xiaoke to suck a sip of the essence, and then hesitated and didn't dare to look at Xiaoke as he transferred the essence to herself with the syringe.

Finally, although Kiryu Mumika was holding the heavy crossbow and looked quite steady, she seemed to be shocked after seeing the destructive power of the heavy crossbow and lost the courage to shoot.

all in all……

The weapons training of the Magical Girls Group all failed miserably, causing Nie Chiwu, who witnessed it all, to tremble violently in his hands while holding the teacup.

That’s not right. This is not what Nie Chiwu imagined.

Shouldn't the plot be that the young genius instantly controls weapons and becomes a supreme hunter, and then makes rapid progress and finally becomes the Lord of the Assembly and maintains world peace?

These are all magical girls! The kind that transform and immediately start fighting!

"Mr. Grand Commander."

Xiao Yuan also noticed Nie Chiwu's arrival. She ran up to him, greeted him politely, and asked, "Captain, are you here to watch us train?"

"Uh... well, yes, I came to watch the training, but how should I put it, it's a little different from what I imagined..." Nie Chiwu gestured with his fingertips: "It's a little bit different..."

"Yes... Is there something wrong with the hunter's weapon?" Nie Chiwu asked Xiaoyuan cautiously.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Grand Commander." Xiaoyuan's face turned red. "I will continue to work hard!"

"You don't have to work so hard... After all, we are not the kind of organization that urges newcomers to become stronger immediately. We are a serious club with the nature of a society..." Nie Chiwu didn't know what to say when he saw Xiao Yuan being so well-behaved.

Nie Chiwu glanced at the girls still learning how to use Monster Hunter weapons (there was a girl transformed into a strong man in the middle of the brackets), sighed, and put down his teacup. "Let me teach you. Although a hunter like me is not a master, it is enough to teach you how to use the weapons."

"Listen carefully! These weapons are used by hunters to defeat powerful monsters that disrupt the ecosystem and violate the natural balance." Nie Chiwu also walked to the weapon rack in the training ground and grabbed the greatsword in the first row. "Although we don't have a guild here, as the leader of the gathering, I must make this clear."

Nie Chiwu's expression was serious: "You must never use it on ordinary people. This weapon is a weapon for hunting monsters, and hunters are hunters who hunt monsters!"

"A hunter's duty is to maintain the balance between nature and ecology. They are the 'balancers' standing at the intersection of civilization and wilderness." General Nie Chi raised his greatsword. "Hunter the monsters that destroy nature, protect the spark of civilization, and seek to understand and explore the secrets of nature and ecology."

"When an ecosystem is on the verge of collapse, the most important thing for hunters is to respect life... and sever the source of the disaster." Nie Chi held his greatsword across his body. "We sever lives so that more can continue. We must fight against nature, but we must never arbitrarily control it."

"As long as... you always adhere to this philosophy." Nie Chiwu paused, "Then the assembly will always have your back."

"Captain!" Xiang suddenly raised his hand and asked, "Is this Mad Dragon virus we're investigating the source of the disaster you mentioned? Will the gathering hunt it down?"

"...That's right."

Nie Chiwu nodded. "While hunters won't kill monsters unless absolutely necessary, Black Eclipse Dragons and Sky Dragons are different. They're born to spread the Mad Dragon Virus—their appearance is bound to cause catastrophe. If either is witnessed, they must be destroyed."

"No exceptions?" Huang Shu Mo Meixiang asked curiously.

"No exceptions," Nie Chiwu said firmly. "As long as they exist, they will spread the Mad Dragon Virus. Hunters have no way to coexist with them. There is no other way except to defeat them with all our might."

"What a pitiful creature," Kero commented, sitting on Sakura's bug stick with her legs crossed. "From birth to death, a life destined to be targeted and attacked."

"It's pitiful, but there's nothing we can do." Nie Chiwu put down his sword and spread his hands. "Unless they, as ancient dragons, can overcome their innate instincts, but this kind of thing is better left as a thought."

"Very good! Enough of the small talk!" Nie Chiwu grinned. "I'll personally teach you how to use your respective weapons! Once this is over, it'll be time for us to go and defeat the Black Eclipse Dragon!"

"Listen carefully, when it comes to archery, don't just squat in a corner and draw the arrow like Kazuma did. Bow and arrow require you to move flexibly across the field..."

Nie Chiwu began face-to-face teaching in this way.

In RE: Creator's world and the gathering base, everything is proceeding according to plan.

The Creator's side is continuing to advance its plan against Altair, while also being wary of the forces of Nie Chiwu that may still be lurking.

But what they found most difficult to understand was...

Why did these people never show up? It seemed like they had no intention of causing any trouble. They just left the news that the monster's corpse was carrying some kind of virus and never appeared again.

Just when Meteora and others were wondering, they suddenly received a notification.

A huge blue bear-like creature with a strange shell on its body inexplicably appeared at a construction site and even began to attack the workers in the excavator's cockpit.

Chapter 308: The Newcomers' First Battle and First Contact

At a construction site in the suburbs, the driver trapped in the construction vehicle was screaming in terror.

And just outside the cockpit where he was, a giant bear with an extremely large back and hard shells on its forelimbs was waving its claws to attack the engineering vehicle.

Originally, this bulldozer was much larger than the regular ones, and the driver never thought that he would be attacked by carbon-based creatures while driving this engineering vehicle.

But...but this giant bear in front of him was nearly four meters tall just when it was lying down, and when it stood up it was even taller than three people standing on top of each other...The driver in the car could even see that the forelimbs of this giant bear were thicker than the waist of himself, a middle-aged man with a big belly. The engineering vehicle he was driving was like a toy under its claws.

And for some unknown reason, this giant bear was now madly attacking the bulldozer that was just working. Through the cab... the worker could even see the black breath coming out of the giant bear's mouth and its eerie purple-red glowing pupils.

"Roar--------"

The Blue Bear Beast raised its claws and slammed them hard on the large bucket in front of the bulldozer. The huge bucket made of wear-resistant steel made with modern technology was easily deformed by the Blue Bear Beast's slap.

Just by looking at this scene, the worker who was a bulldozer driver could imagine himself being easily turned into meat paste under the claws of the blue bear beast.

Or he could be grabbed by the Blue Bear Beast and stuffed directly into its big mouth, and the upper and lower jaws would close together to easily split him in two.

At this moment, the worker thought of his wife and daughter, and his parents back home.

Just as his expression gradually became peaceful, a dull thud was heard from outside the construction vehicle, which had been deformed and could not have its doors opened.

The worker witnessed a shocking scene.

I saw a strong young man wearing a pink skirt and with huge pectoral muscles. He was holding a sledgehammer that looked like a handle for a steel coil. A red light like fighting spirit was bursting out from his whole body. Then he spun around and hit the blue bear beast on the head with the sledgehammer, knocking the crazy monster away.

At the same time, a dagger directly pierced through the door of the cab that could not be opened, and then the door of the cab was pried open with force.

A man in rough leather armor stood in the light and stretched out his hand to her: "Are you okay? Are you hurt? I'll pull you out."

The worker watched as the man took his hand and pulled him out of the cab as easily as if he were a chicken. He also handed him a small bottle of green liquid. "The Green Bear Beast's palm strike has great impact and may cause some internal injuries. For safety, you should drink this bottle of medicine."

The man, carrying a large sword like a door panel on his back, pointed the worker in a direction and said, "Your fellow workers should have gone that way. You should leave quickly too. Leave this place to them."

"They?" After Nie Chiwu's words were translated, the workers understood the gender he was referring to and showed a confused expression.

Wasn't that man the one who just shot that bear away? Even though he was wearing women's clothes...

But when the worker turned his head, he saw a scene that shocked him.

In addition to the muscular man, there are three other girls who are now fighting with the huge bear.

A yellow-clad girl was shouting and poking the Blue Bearmon's feet with two knives.

A pink-haired girl was squatting on the shelf next to her, shooting an arrow with a bow.

And then there was a girl...

Flying in the sky on a stick!

"Ah, Ah, Ah... this... ah?"

The worker was completely stunned, and then he heard the man next to him getting anxious: "Xiang! Don't just poke the other side's feet! Try to rub its back! Xiaoyuan! It's easy to get hurt accidentally if you keep pulling the bow in one place!"

"Captain, can't you transform..." Xiang shouted while dodging with two swords.

"No! Your transformation is not on the same level! Do you want to wrestle with the Blue Bear Beast directly after you transform?" Nie Chiwu rejected Xiang's transformation request.

"Really... there really is a magical girl!" The worker was completely dumbfounded, but he still ran away quickly for his own safety.

The reason why Nie Chiwu brought Xiaoyuan, Xiang, Sakura and Unosaki here to fight Qingxiongmon was to test the training results of these people.

Nie Chiwu figured it out.

These magical girls all came to the gathering at a relatively early time and have not had time to grow up yet.

Even if they will eventually become powerful and skilled in fighting in the future, they are still just... girls.

"As for investment, there will always be a Heavenly Master at the gathering." Nie Chiwu helplessly watched the girls' fight, and then compared the size of the mad dragon-transformed green bear beast in front of him.

"Oh, it's actually a big gold!" Nie Chiwu used his thumb to measure the size of the blue bear beast. "Well, just ten minutes. If they haven't finished it in ten minutes, I'll take over myself."

Nie Chiwu looked at the magical girls who he still trusted in every way, and an inexplicable sense of pleasure arose in his heart.

Watching the girls collaborating with each other is really a joy to watch... Should he wait until he gets back to watch more anime about two girl bands?