Chapter 24
Time flies, and it is night.
Without the obstruction of dark clouds, the moon was hanging high in the sky, and even without turning on the lights, the scenery under the moon was clearly visible.
Under the cover of night, the sturdy adult men of the Kuli tribe each held a huge rock and did squats in front of the campfire with ferocious expressions, competing with each other and no one was willing to admit defeat.
The Kuli people who were watching the performance kept cheering, clapping and laughing.
More and more young people joined in, and the scene became very lively.
Not to mention their inherent desire to win, the young girls of the Kuli tribe are also one of the spectators. Their vision is even more discerning. If they think the level of the people on the stage is too low, they will even go on stage themselves to show what real strength is.
The tribes living in the jungle value strength and only care about strength.
On one side, delicious dishes were served on the long table. The Kuli people who were in charge of organizing the banquet had smiles on their faces. Both the elderly and children tried their best to contribute to the banquet.
Some of them took out the fine wine they had been brewing for a long time, some went into the water to catch a few live fish, and some scratched their heads and could not think of any ideas, so they ran to ask the chieftain if they could perform a chest-breaking stone trick on the spot.
Patriarch: “…”
The clan leader: "As long as you are happy."
The person who was going to perform the stone-breaking-with-chest act immediately started to prepare happily.
Yilu, who was standing by, couldn't help but hold his forehead: "They really are..."
The tribe leader smiled and shook his head: "After all, from now on, we no longer have to worry about the threat from the dragon. Although the matter is not completely over, they should be happy."
From now on, no member of the tribe will die of exhaustion while trying to lure a dragon out of their home.
Of course there is another reason, which is that the Kuli people value the use of force, so generally... their brains are not very good.
"Speaking of which, where is the Suexingyuan Hunter?"
The patriarch asked.
After all, a large part of this banquet was prepared for him.
Yilu looked around, a bit confused. "After the tribe's pharmacist treated his wounds, he said he wanted to walk around the village, and then he disappeared. I thought he would be back soon."
Just then, she saw Ariel passing by with a strange look on his face.
"Ariel!" She waved at Ariel: "Do you know where the Xingyuan Hunter is?"
Hearing this, Ariel's expression became even weirder.
"...I know." He glanced at Yilu and the tribe leader and said, "Do you have anything to do with him? Come with me."
Ilu and the chief looked at each other. Seeing the child's strange behavior, they became a little nervous and followed Ariel in a certain direction.
After reaching the destination, Yilu: "..."
Yilu's voice trembled a little: "...Am I dazzled?"
What is he doing?
In the fence used by the Kuli people to keep the long-eared beasts, a foreign hunter, who had just walked out of the clinic after recovering from a series of minor injuries after an arduous and protracted battle in the afternoon, was seen fishing for a huge carrot with his magical fishing rod, while he was being chased around in circles by the long-eared beast.
There were many long-eared beasts, but there was only one giant carrot, not to mention that guy had also learned the fishing rod kite technique. As they were unable to get what they wanted, all the long-eared beasts in the fence went crazy.
Ilu... It was the first time that Ilu saw the usually docile long-eared beasts stomping the ground so loudly that it made a deafening sound.
She looked to the side tremblingly and found that even the tribe leader who had remained calm when the dragon died was stunned.
Ariel, who was still very young, had already experienced a depth that was not in line with his age. He sighed and said solemnly:
"He had been playing here for almost an hour before you guys came."
Yilu: “…”
Her heart was trembling.
What about the calm, powerful, crazy and indestructible young hunter she idolized?
Anyway, it definitely won’t be the one in front of me!
There are so many people with the same name, she really shouldn't make a fuss. Ilu smiled at Ariel:
"Obviously, you got the wrong person."
Ariel: “?”
Are you okay?
At this moment, there was a loud noise from the fence, and the strong and thin figure jumped high into the air, then arched his body and fell down in the air under the full moon, with his black hair flying, forming a neat and perfect arc, which was so beautiful that it was breathtaking.
——As long as he ignored the long-eared beasts that were colliding with each other just below him in a fight to grab the carrot.
The long-eared beasts were knocked around and staggered, and the culprit floated down from the air and sat cross-legged on the top of one of the furry beasts. He propped up his chin with one hand and swung the fishing rod with the other, and said with a smile:
"Poor thing, he was knocked unconscious."
“……”Who should be blamed for this? !
"Um?"
As if he noticed the inner thoughts of the people watching nearby, the black-haired boy glanced over. His slightly upturned cat-like eyes were like a green gem, which looked even more mysterious and magnificent under the moonlight, making the boy look like a forest elf who could see through people's hearts.
However, the bandages and patches on his body clearly indicated that he was a troublesome patient who had just gotten into trouble in the afternoon and was running around at night.
"Good evening, Suexingyuan Hunter."
The clan leader gritted his teeth and greeted Su Xingyuan.
In just a blink of an eye, a breeze blew by, and the black-haired boy who was originally sitting on the long-eared beast's head came in front of him, and the fishing rod in his hand disappeared, as if nothing had happened just now.
He smiled with his eyes curved, revealing his sharp canine teeth, looking cheerful and innocent: "Are you guys coming to take a walk and exercise as well?"
Yilu was silent for a moment, and the scene just now flashed back in his mind uncontrollably.
Running wildly in the fenced area where the long-eared beasts are kept...how can this not be considered a walk?
They are narrow-minded.
Perhaps this is the special training method of the Suxingyuan hunters.
"The clan leader wants to ask when Brother Su Xingyuan will attend the banquet." Ariel answered quickly, then puffed up his cheeks and said:
"You're so badly injured, why are you still running around? You came out of the doctor's office four hours ago, wandered around the herb garden for forty minutes, then watched ants swimming for half an hour, then ran to Uncle Kunjia's yard and stepped on moles for an hour, and then rummaged through all the boxes you could—"
The child raised his head as he spoke.
He found that the black-haired boy was looking at him with a smile that saved all living beings.
Ariel: "..."
Ariel's eyelids twitched, and his alarm bells rang immediately. His face tensed up, and he said nervously, "You, you want to fight!"
Su Xingyuan instantly restrained his expression and said steadily: "I am a serious person. I never fight with children."
"...Really?" Ariel looked at him suspiciously: "You are the best at lying. I don't believe it."
Su Xingyuan blinked in surprise: "Huh, has he become smarter?"
He held down Ariel, who almost jumped up when he heard this, patted his head, turned to Yilu and said, "If the banquet is about to start, let's go over now."
Yilu sighed helplessly, but couldn't help laughing and said, "Okay, Xingyuan Hunter."
Despite being in reliable combat condition... he's surprisingly childish.
…
Su Xingyuan just walked through the banquet and left. Before leaving, Ariel noticed his movements and tugged at his earlobe uneasily.
Su Xingyuan curved his eyes at him and gave him a soothing smile.
The child's mood gradually stabilized.
Su Xingyuan then quietly came to the small pond behind the village. It was some distance away from the banquet and he could hear some sounds, but it was like there was a layer of gauze between them and all he could feel was tranquility.
He opened the game panel.
[Your battle rewards have been settled]
Congratulations on your amazing achievement! 】
[Congratulations on getting EXP*10000, Gold*1500]
[You have been upgraded!] 】
[You have been upgraded!] 】
[Your current level is: lv.24]
[You have received an additional reward: [Dragon tendon headband·Fake]*1]
[Name: Dragon tendon headband·Fake]
[Description: After equipping, it will increase one layer of defense and physical strength, and the damage tolerance is 100]
Su Xing originally thought that 10,000 experience points was ok. After all, he had killed a dragon by force, so giving him more experience points would not be excessive. Until he looked down and saw "Damage Tolerance 100".
——Doesn’t this mean that he has 100 more stamina points?
The game is so generous this time.
Su Xingyuan took off the [Simple Velvet Headband] and clicked to replace it with the [Dragon Tendon Headband].
[Congratulations on winning the title: Legendary Fisherman]
[When you wear this title, your chances of catching rare items will increase]
Not surprisingly, he earned a title related to fishing.
It seems that every time a player makes a major achievement, the game will award him a corresponding title based on the situation.
The title needs to be worn to work, and only one title can be worn at a time. He cannot use [Legendary Fisherman] for the time being. Currently, the combo of [Flesh and Blood Sage], [Starry Sky] and the title [Desperate Speculator] brings the greatest benefits.
As long as the enemy's attributes are not much higher than his, he can basically take them down with one set of moves. His main feature is the extreme burst.
But now, he obviously still needs to do one more thing, which is to reset.
Game values can be unbalanced, but not too unbalanced. In order to have enough strength to fight against the dragon, he had added all his free attribute points to strength, resulting in his current strength value being far ahead of other attributes.
[Do you want to spend gold coins to reset your points? 】
[Note: One free attribute point costs 2 gold coins]
宿星原點擊了“是”，并将力量屬性點洗下40點進行再分配。
再加上升級得到的屬性點，現在他總共有60點自由屬性點。
宿星原分別在【智力】、【敏捷】和【防禦】上投放了20點，畢竟滿天星技能的使用也需要消耗不少的智力值。
現在他的個人面板為：
【昵稱：宿星原】
【等級：lv.24】
【體力：43.7（+101）】
【智力：47】
【力量：72（+7）】
【敏捷：63（+2）】
【防禦：44（+2）】
【稱號：傳奇釣魚佬；活過三秒怎麽你了；絕境投機者】
【職業：無】
【技能：熱愛閱讀之人；偵查；滿天星；血肉智者】
【裝備：定風波；底部裝有小滑輪的鞋子；木制盔甲；龍筋發帶】
除此之外，在等級達到二十級的時候，他解鎖了一個新的板塊，【家園】。
與此同時，他也達到了開啓生活技能的條件——比如“釣魚”，就是他已經點亮了的生活技能之一。
他關閉屏幕，聽到身後傳來了腳步聲。
只是聽到這道腳步聲，他就能猜出此時來的是誰。
庫力族的族長不知何時也離開了宴席，緩步來到他身邊，坐了下來。
宿星原随手撿起一枚小石子扔向池塘，在水面上激起層層漣漪。
他笑着說道：“好巧，你也來曬月亮啊？”
族長剛想說出口的話就這麽噎了一下。
宿星原仿佛沒有注意到他的動作，仍自顧自地說道：
“能引動獸潮，還懂得借刀殺人，将蛟龍作為攻勢的一部分……族長大人，你說在背後操控着這一切的，到底會是個什麽東西呢？”
他輕飄飄地、将第二枚石子投入湖水之中。
周圍不知何時慢慢安靜了下來，只有微風吹過，樹葉輕輕地晃動着，發出沙沙的些微聲響。
族長疲憊地嘆了口氣，擡手，似乎想要揉一揉自己的太陽穴：“我也在想，想要針對我們族群的……”
黑發少年拿出魚竿開始釣起了魚。
“到底是什麽東西——！”
“锵！！”
火星四濺！
黑發少年仍然看着倒映着一輪圓月的湖面，握着釣竿的右手卻轉瞬間右擋，沒有分毫偏差地擋住了族長手中露出的袖劍！
【特性：堅韌】
他唇角噙着笑，微微偏頭，話語依舊平淡輕松，仿佛此刻發生的根本不是什麽刺殺行為，而是正常友善的交流談話。
“你在做什麽呢，族長？”
他的手穩得要命，甚至不容抗拒地，将袖劍往族長的方向緩緩送了幾分。
黑發少年遺憾地微微嘆了口氣：“在游戲裏和人飙戲的體驗可是很難得的，我真的有很努力地在配合你耶。”
“……你是什麽時候發現的？”
此時此刻，“族長”終于摘下了那副德高望重、慈祥寬和的面具，整張臉開始扭曲，聲線變得尖銳而又嘶啞，那根本不是人類能夠做出的表情、發出的聲音。
宿星原：“說實話，我本來只是猜測，直到……”
他擡起眼，碧色的虹膜中，清晰地映出“族長”頭頂那一條鮮紅的血條。
他兀地輕笑一聲，更改了話題，沒頭沒尾地說道：
“你知道在血條七寸以下的地方，是什麽嗎？”
話音未落，釣竿瞬間消失在他手中，以完全無法讓人反應過來的速度，無縫切換成了一把銳利的刀——
一把殺人的刀。
“呲。”
利器入肉的聲音刷地響起。
月光安靜地灑下來，地面上映出的人影之一，在這一瞬間，頭首分離。
溫熱的血液噴泉一樣飛濺而出，像斷了線的珠子揮灑在空氣中，一片鮮紅後，是黑發少年不含任何戾氣的幹淨笑容。
“——是頭顱哦。”
血條七寸以下，是敵人的頭顱。
面前的“族長”已經徹底沒了腦袋，他的大腦咕嚕咕嚕地滾到一邊，了無生氣，而他的脖子斷口處，卻被一只尖銳的利爪“唰”地撕裂開來。
緊接着，一個表皮光滑沾着血肉的人形怪物，就從這個缺口處，直接鑽出了這幅屬于庫力族人的皮囊。
怪物體型只有孩子大小，四肢修長，皮膚青紫，表面光滑得令人感到惡心，沾着不斷滑落的肉塊和鮮血，幾乎是眨眼間，那些新鮮的液體就在地上彙成了小溪。
【怪物名稱：竊皮者】
【HP：100/100】
宿星原的任務日志裏，也終于出現了新的字行。
【→迎擊最後一波獸潮】
【3/3】
它沒有朝宿星原發動進攻，而是速度極快地猛然後退，然後發出一聲幾乎要震碎耳膜的尖嘯！
轉瞬之間，密密麻麻的腳步聲，就從宴席的位置傳了過來！
怪物尖聲笑道：“你現在沒辦法布置陷阱，能對付我一個，能對付我們一群嗎？！”
聽到這句話，宿星原眨了下眼睛：“誰告訴你，我對付你們需要用陷阱了？”
“另外……”
黑發少年微微歪頭，不徐不緩地說道：“你真的覺得，一對多的人會是我嗎？”
穿過遮擋視線的樹木，那些腳步聲的主人終于出現在了他們的視線之中。
——那是一個個拿着自己武器，嚴陣以待的庫力族人，他們武器的朝向不是宿星原，而是渾身浴血、撕裂人皮的怪物。
站在最前面的阿瑞爾目光兇狠地盯着竊皮者，全身上下的肌肉緊繃，仿佛只要宿星原一句話，他就能夠瞬間以獵豹的速度撲上去，将他的長矛，狠狠刺入這名怪物的心髒！
“怎麽會這樣……”竊皮者看着這些庫力族人，不可置信地呢喃道：“我的孩子們呢？我的孩子們呢？！為什麽——”
“你們披上庫力族人的皮，在獲得強悍□□的同時，也無法拒絕從這幅皮囊口中進入的一切，不是嗎？”
宿星原站起身，一步一步地走向它：
“所以放倒它們，只需要一點劑量的迷藥就夠了。”
黑發少年走到它身前，攤開左手。
此時此刻，他的掌心裏，正安靜地躺着一瓶粉末狀的藥物。
【生活技能：制藥（lv.2）】
“你不會真以為，我在藥圃裏無所事事地晃了四十分鐘吧？”
玩家攤開手：“說實在的，藥圃有什麽好玩的？不如多點時間去逗巨型兔子呢。”
“你、你……！宿星原……宿星原！！”
竊皮者怒極，多久的籌劃、多久的滲透，在這個突然冒出來的異鄉人身上功虧一篑！
在注意到他的與衆不同時，它就已經成功把精神暗示加在他身上了，他明明沒有感覺到一絲一毫的不對勁！
親善、溫和、拉近關系……它按照族長記憶中的處事方式行動，也根本沒有出現任何差錯，到底是哪裏出了問題？！
就差一點，它和它的孩子們就能用這些庫力族人的皮囊生活了，就差一點——！！
“退後。”
黑發少年突然平靜地說道，哪怕被刻骨的仇恨值鎖定，那雙碧色的眼睛裏也沒有任何多餘的情緒。
阿瑞爾立刻反應過來是說自己，聽話地向後退去。
“——殺了你！！！”
果不其然，竊皮者最恨的人是宿星原，它最後用盡全力撲向的人，卻是阿瑞爾這個這裏唯一的孩子！
它繼承了一位精明的老人的全部記憶，它最是明白，想要最狠地報複一個人，到底該做些什麽。
阿瑞爾瞳孔驟縮，竊皮者很容易被殺死，但它的速度實在是太快太快，快到人無法反應，他下意識握緊了手中的長矛，卻無法跟上腦海中預設的速度，只能眼睜睜看着在他出矛以前，利爪就先刺向他的胸膛——
身體突然被微微向後一帶。
一只熟悉的手攬在了他的腰間，而另一只手，和他一起握住了長矛，包裹住他的手背，掌心幹燥而又溫暖，力度厚重。
阿瑞爾的眼睛倏地睜大。
然後驟然爆發出奪目的光亮來！
——他和身後氣息幹淨的人一同，揮動了那亮如銀槍的長矛！
——并将竊皮者的身軀，徹底串在了長矛之上。
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