“Haaaa…Haaaa…!!”

In the dense forest, a young girl was running very fast. She was covered in blood and gasping for breath.

I never thought that there would be such a terrifying monster. I must... must spread this news!

The girl bit her finger as she ran, then quickly wrote a note and handed it to the bee beside her.

"Please, try to find hunters with strong aura!"

After giving the order, the swarm of bees quickly left, and the girl continued to fly forward.

I must return to the country immediately. As long as I leave here, then...

However, at this moment, suddenly, a huge black shadow blocked her way, and then the girl saw the black muzzle of a gun appear in front of her.

This is……

"Bang!!"

Before the girl could react, a gunshot rang out, and then her eyes went dark.

“…”

fine?

When the girl opened her eyes again, she found a hand blocking in front of her, catching the spinning bullet. Opposite her, a humanoid monster was lying on the ground, covered in blood.

"Really? They actually attacked cute girls. This is not worth recommending... What kind of monster is this thing?"

Fang Zheng threw away the bullet in his hand, then looked at the humanoid insect in front of him curiously, then turned his head to look at the girl.

"Hey, young lady, are you okay?... Well, you don't look like you're okay."

"ah……!!"

When the girl saw Fang Zheng, she was stunned for a moment, then quickly raised her hand and pointed at him.

“It’s you!!”

"Do we know each other?"

Fang Zheng never thought that he would actually meet a girl who knew him in the deep mountains and forests. How come he had no impression of this girl who was so cute?

"Ah, hello, my name is Pence."

Looking at Fang Zheng, the girl hurriedly bowed to him.

"I took the Hunter test with you, that..."

“Oh…I see.”

Hearing this, Fang Zheng finally understood. After all, he had beaten up that annoying examiner in front of all the examinees during the Hunter test and almost killed him. This must have left a deep impression on those examinees. After all, a man as cool as Fang Zheng was like a firefly in the dark night, so bright and outstanding.

It’s just that Fang Zheng doesn’t know much about these candidates, so he doesn’t care much about them.

"From the looks of it, you've passed the Hunter test? Congratulations."

"Thank you...wait, now is not the time to talk about this, we must leave here immediately...otherwise...!"

“Hehehehe!!!”

However, before Peng Si could finish her words, she heard several strange laughs all around. Then, several strange-looking monsters that looked like a mixture of humans and insects appeared from all directions and surrounded the three people.

“Found…delicious…food!”

"Alas--!"

Sensing the other person's gaze, Peng Si's face turned pale. She could feel that the other person was looking at her nakedly, treating her like food without any disguise.

"Hehehe, three pieces of food. The Queen will definitely be happy if we bring them back! Catch him...!!!"

A flash of cold light.

The next moment, the monsters around were cut in half along with the trees. Fang Zheng held the pitch-black sword in his hand and stared coldly at the monster that was chopped in half.

"How dare you act so presumptuously in front of me, just because you are such a nobody?"

As expected...he is still very awesome.

Seeing the monsters around being destroyed by Fang Zheng in an instant, Peng Si was also secretly shocked. She knew Fang Zheng was very powerful, after all, she had seen with her own eyes how Fang Zheng pinned the examiner, a genuine hunter, to the ground. But now it seemed that the opponent's strength was even greater than she had imagined...

"All right, Miss Burns."

Fang Zheng glanced at the corpses around him, then turned to look at Peng Si.

"I'm free anyway, why not..."

“Crash!!!”

However, before Fang Zheng could finish his words, the ground behind him suddenly rose up, and then another monster emerged from the ground, screaming and swinging its fist at Fang Zheng's head!

“I succeeded!!”

“Swish!!”

But at the same time, Katima next to him swung her sword and split it in half.

"…Why don't you tell me what happened to you?"

Fang Zheng didn't even glance at the unfortunate idiot and continued talking.

"Oh, okay..."

Looking at the two people who acted as if nothing had happened, Peng Si swallowed and nodded.

"But this place won't work, let's go somewhere else."

Soon, the three of them moved to the hillside of a nearby mountain. At this time, Peng Si calmed down and began to explain to Fang Zheng and Katima.

"We are here to conduct a biological survey at NGL..."

"NGL?"

"It's here... They call it a nature reserve. No man-made objects are allowed here. The people here believe in harmony with nature, so only naturally occurring things are allowed inside NGL. Any man-made objects are prohibited from being brought in upon entry... uh..."

Looking at the greatsword in Fang Zheng's hand and Katima's pitch-black armor, Peng Si was speechless. Logically speaking, shouldn't this kind of weapon be banned upon entry?

"Oh, we were just wandering around and ended up here."

Noticing Peng Si's gaze, Fang Zheng shrugged and said casually that he would certainly not tell the other party that he and Katima were teleported here after being kicked out of the game on Greed Island.

And Peng Si didn't care and continued talking.

"Then, we discovered a very scary creature here. They feed on humans and are quite powerful. None of the five hunters who joined us in the investigation responded. They may have been wiped out. When we were planning to retreat, we were targeted by those monsters and everyone was killed. Only I managed to escape. If you hadn't saved me, I'm afraid I would have..."

Thinking back to the scenes of those monsters eating people, Peng Si couldn't help but tremble all over.

"Most of the people in NGL have been captured and eaten by those monsters. This country has no ability to fight against such monsters. We must report this matter immediately. If we continue to delay, the situation will become more serious!"

"Yeah, I see."

After listening to Peng Si's report, Fang Zheng nodded.

"I see. Let's go to each other's lair then."

"Why?"

"Didn't you say that if we continue to delay, the situation will become more serious?"

Fang Zheng looked at Peng Si and spoke.

"Isn't it usually played out like this in movies? Even if it's extremely urgent, those idiots up there will still argue over some boring things. As a result, by the time they finally settle the matter and gather together, the boss has already started to explode on the other side... I can't rely on those idiot leaders of the Hunter Association at all. I'd better act faster."

“…Huh? This…”

"Haven't you already sent the swarm to inform the other hunters? Isn't that enough? Or can you tell me the place and I can go check it out myself? Can Katima take you back to the border first?"

“This…this…”

Faced with Fang Zheng's invitation, Peng Si couldn't help but fall into anxious thinking. After a long while, she seemed to have made up her mind and raised her head and looked at Fang Zheng.

"Okay, I understand. I'll take you with me. I also want to... avenge my partner!"

"Very good, it is decided."

Hearing Peng Si's answer, Fang Zheng smiled and snapped his fingers.

"Then let's go and tear down their old house."

The nests of these monsters are actually not difficult to find, the reason is very simple, that is... they did not choose to dig holes underground, but built a huge ant nest deep in the forest.

"Wow, that looks pretty similar... I don't think so."

Looking at the huge earth pillar that was hundreds of meters high and looked like some kind of postmodern artwork, Fang Zheng whistled.

"Bugs are just bugs after all, and what they built is still ugly..."

"So... Kasugano-san, what is our plan?"

"plan?"

Hearing Peng Si's question, Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows.

"The plan is simple. We are going to catch these man-eating monsters in one fell swoop."

"But...how to do it?"

"First, we need to gather them together. Well, I'm familiar with this. Then... I remember you can control bees?"

"Yes."

"Then the investigation is left to you. Do you have any way of determining where there are living people in these places? I don't think these monsters will eat up everyone in the country at once. They must be kept captive somewhere."

Having said that, Fang Zheng snapped his fingers again.

"So the plan is very simple. I will attract their attention, and Peng Si will be in charge of searching. If we find the place where those people are kept, Katima and you will go and capture them and take them away. Then I will kill all these bastards. See, it's a simple and easy-to-understand strategy."

“…”

Is this also called strategy?

However, before Peng Si could complain, Fang Zheng leaped down and disappeared into the forest in no time.

"...Ms. Katima, is this really okay?"

Looking at Fang Zheng's receding back, Peng Si looked helplessly at Katima beside her and asked, but the latter just nodded.

"Please trust Lord Kasugano, Miss Pence, he...will be fine."

"boom--!!!!"

As if to verify Katima's words, the next moment, a huge explosion and roar resounded throughout the jungle.