Astral Apostle
chapter-65

“This time, two Claw Rending Bears came at once. It’s going to be very dangerous. It’s best to separate them and restrain one before we attack the other and kill it. Otherwise, we won’t be able to stop them.”

The rest of the hunters nodded.

Although the lord said that they should try their best to stall for time, the ideal outcome was naturally to kill the mutant beasts and remove the threat. They could retreat in safety if there was nothing more they could do.

Weber sheathed his dagger and looked around at the crowd.

“We have to split into two teams. One team will be in charge of restraining and the other team will be in charge of attacking. The restraining team will be under a lot of pressure. They have to ensure that the Claw Rending Bear they restrain will not affect the battlefield of the main team… Therefore, I have to know your respective enhancement directions before I can deploy you in a team.”

The hunters present basically knew each other well, but they still told him their directions of enhancement.

Soon, it was Zhou Jing’s turn. Everyone looked over when they saw a new face.

Some of the hunters who were not in the tavern were seeing Zhou Jing for the first time. They had been curious since just now.

Barong directly introduced, “His name is Jason·Wood. He’s someone that I managed to discover. He just received an enhancement yesterday, and the potion he took was the Lightning Strike Leopard.”

“A newcomer who just finished enhancement yesterday?”

Weber frowned for a bit before he relaxed. He said to Zhou Jing in a deep voice, “Then join the main attack team. During the battle, pay attention to your surroundings. You don’t have to worry about anything else. You just need to wander around alone and not affect the other hunters’ teamwork. Just find an opportunity to cause damage.”

After saying that, he ignored Zhou Jing and continued to talk to everyone about tactics.

Because Zhou Jing was a newcomer who had just been enhanced, Weber was worried that he would be unstable, so he did not dare to give him too many responsibilities. He wanted Zhou Jing’s position to be marginalized to prevent any mistakes from affecting more people.

This was human nature. Zhou Jing had no objections. He also planned to follow the arrangements and participate in the hunt in this manner.

In addition, he had yet to tell anyone about Ross’s successful enhancement. As such, he did not let Ross participate.

Although his follower had some attributes, his combat skills were useless. If he participated in the hunt now, he would most likely become a snack for the mutated beasts.

He would rather have Ross stay close to the battlefield and wait for an opportunity.

“Speaking of which, I can take a look at the standard of someone in his Second Enhancement…”

Zhou Jing’s eyes flickered. Because he had just conversed with Weber, he could spend 10 Astral Points to check the other party’s attributes.

With some simple commands, Weber’s attributes popped up on the interface.

[Attributes: Physical Fitness 32, Resistance 29, Perception 15, Spirit 7, Energy 0]

“The attributes of the second enhancement are still higher compared to mine…”

Zhou Jing nodded to himself, having a clearer understanding of his own level.

His current attributes happened to be in between one and two enhancements. He had surpassed the former, but he had not reached the latter. However, there wasn’t much of a difference between him and a Second Enhancer.

If they were to actually fight, he would not be crushed by the sheer difference in attributes. It mainly depended on the operation.

Soon, the hunters divided into teams. The main team consisted of eight people and four people. Weber took over the most stressful task of restraining one of the beasts, while Zhou Jing, Barong, and Weiss were in the main team.

On the other side, Lord Lutt had also finished gathering his troops. He nodded at everyone before solemnly speaking out.

“White Plains Town will depend on everyone!”

Weber nodded and waved to the hunters as he commanded.

“Let’s go!”

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Before long, the 12 hunters left, and the army of the town was also mobilized under the lead of the officer.

At this moment, only Lord Lutt and some guards were left at the city gate. They did not go to the battlefield.

Lutt watched the two troops leave before walking back to town.

When they passed by the city gate, a figure walked down the stairs of the city wall. It was the man with the buzz-cut who had been watching from the city wall.

Seeing this, Lutt waved his hand and told the Mutant Blood Warrior guards beside him to walk away, so they would not eavesdrop on their conversation.

The man with the buzz cut came forward and spoke in a stiff and strange Northern dialect. He said calmly, “You’re really unlucky. Two Claw Rending Bears, I reckon you’ll lose half of your hunters.”

Lutt looked around and saw that the guards were far away before he frowned at the man.

“The hunters might not be able to solve the problem this time. You need to do it.”

The man with the buzz cut shook his head, his expression indifferent. “That’s not in my job description.”

Lord Lutt rolled his eyes and said in a low voice, “But it’s not in your best interests for the town’s protection to be damaged, would it?”

“That has nothing to do with me. I only listen to the orders of my superiors. My mission is to make transactions with you and keep you safe. Other than that, as long as your town isn’t really attacked, nothing else has anything to do with me.”

The man with the buzz cut remained expressionless.

“How many things do you take from me every year? Now that I’m in trouble, you still won’t help? With your abilities, it would be easy to deal with two Claw Rending Bears, right?!” Lord Lutt’s remained dissatisfied.

The buzz-cut man’s tone was calm as he slowly spoke.

“Don’t push your luck. We’ll talk about it when your town is really attacked. Our cooperation isn’t doesn’t include solving such a small problem… As I said, I’ll only follow orders.”

With that, the buzz-cut man turned around and left.

Lutt watched him go, his expression unreadable.