Chapter 30 - Hunter Association

Tang Ling didn't know how but he managed to transport the corpse to the city without a hitch and slowly but surely, entered the Hunter Association.

The famed Hunter Association was where hunters gathers and exchanged between others. It would also be where they would sell it to interested buyers. Ben George Association acted as the unnecessary middlemen to sell. It was even made illegal to sell and buy without someone with a permit in between and it was with this power that they managed to get bad deals with every hunters in the city but they could only grit their teeth and sell it to them.

The Association is very big but there were few hunters present so when Tang Ling entered, he felt that it was pretty empty and cold. But in fact, it wasn't true. It is pretty late and most hunters would have finished their hunts and returned with loot. The only problem was that although most hunters came back, the number of hunters was never high in the beginning and the building so grand and large that the thirty-ish hunters present here seemed little.

All with a few exceptions wore multiple flashy high quality equipment.

A man was standing on the wall, it was obvious that he was doing it because he wanted to look cool. He wore a a flashy dark which seemed to be made of feather, his entire outift looked like a black raven.

"Heh ? A newbie ? It doesn't matter, he would eventually quit... WHAT ?"

The man couldn't believe it, the teen he just labelled as a a newbie who will eventually quit had a huge bear corpse on his back. The corpse was at least a meter longer than the greatest beast he ever hunted and that was after he set up a few expensive traps to kill it ! Did this guy managed to kill it when it was injured ? Is he one of those rich bastards, buying high-quality traps and servants to hunt ? Or did he slay it with real skills ?

Tang Ling looked at every hunter in the room and he could see that they were pretty strong overall. Some had slightly inferior equipment but strong physical body, others had great equipment and other high-grade traps. But no one was weak, even "newbies". If he came here before he got the [System] and did not entered the [Game World], he would feel like an ant before them, probably 10 of old Tang Ling wouldn't beat the weakest of them all.

Now, he was strong, with stats of 1.2, he was three time stronger than normal people and he had various skills that he could use, he was now qualified to meet toes-to-toes against a hunter.

The man in a flashy raven outfit ,for example, was a little weaker than him. Tang Ling estimated that he had the stat of 1.0 or less strength. But surely he had experience and a number of trump cards...

[Cannot be identified.

Description : Unknown. But it is estimated to have a number of trump cards that could deal serious damage even to ferocious beasts...]

[Black Ravenous Armor (Rare)

Effect : Can nullify some damage inflicted.

Set effect (Boots and hood): Imitation of Swiftness of the Black Raven.

Description : Made of a special alloy, this armor is covered in black feathers of common black birds appearing in Suo City. It was given by a Synthesizer when the latter saved him from a perilous situation. The armor was made when a master saw a giant black raven passing through him. The impact was so strong that the master became obsessed with it for the remainder of his life. This is one of his failed products (not that he managed to even capture its essence !)]

[Black Ravenous Boots (Common)

Defense : 5

Effect : Increase movement speed and reduce sound of walking.

Description : An item from the Black Ravenous (Imitation) Set. Made of Herg Ore.]

[Black Ravenous Hood (Rare)

Defense : 10

Description : An item from the Black Ravenous (Imitation) Set. Made of Jidfuo Bird fur, it is extremely resistant to slash attacks but would do nothing against smashs...]

[Imitation of Swiftness of the Black Raven (Mortal) : Activating it will induce an almost-teleportation to the direction that one d.e.s.i.r.e... Its speed reaching 500km/h with a range of 10 meters. This ability was reduced and changed the fuel required to activate it (Flux to vitality) to suit the owner's needs...]

[Face Blur : when putting it on, it would blur the wearer's facial expression. ]

[Intimidation : Due to the hood's mysterious shape, it will intimidate anyone who see it.]

The heck ? Tang Ling's eyes nearly popped off. What's with this crazy equipment ? Although he had heard about Synthesizer, it couldn't be that OP ! At least, if everyone had an equipment like this, did this means that his cheat was useless ?

[Old Soldier C.h.e.s.t Guard (Common)]

[Wolf Slaying Crossbow (Common)]

[Heto Breaker Musket (Common-Fine)]

[City Legion Crossbow (Rare)]

Well, just like him.

Tang Ling approached the attendant and asked. "How much is it ?"

The attendant looked at the corpse, struggling a little bit and responded : "445 credits."

Hearing the price, Tang Ling frowned. Isn't it too low as a price or...

"Little girl, aren't ya dishonest ! This corpse is a bear, it can be considered as pretty good among other species. Looking at how tall and strong its muscles are, it's at least a 3 stars beast. Surely, even if you tried to point out every flaws to bring down the price, it would be at least be 500 credits." A man in grey soldier armour ridiculed and then laughed.

"Young'un, I am Hebert but people call me Old Bert. I am letting you know that you're being cheated. By the way, you know what you hunted ?"

Hebert looked at him with gaze like 'I mean, it's really impressive that you hunted this beast. Surely, you took a lot of time, knowing every details of this beast and struck at its weakest. You should have also done your research so it's expected for you to know the name of the beast you hunted.'

Pressured by the gaze that could contain a million words, Tang Ling answered the name that the System gave him : "It's an Uruvia Bear."

"AN URUVIA BEAR ?!" The old man couldn't but exclaim in shock. "A four stars, half-five stars ?"

The crowd whispered, shocked by this revelation. Richard Knife Series 9 could be considered as one of the best knives in the marketplace. Its sharpness could be classed in the top 10 and is very versatile in many situations making it an all-purpose knife which cost a hundred credits for an used one. If its sharpness could not pierce the fur, it would mean that lower caliber guns and homemade ones would only leave a slight scratch on it.

Even a Fluxer, renown from their mysterious powers, would not dare taking a shot from a bullet in close range.

This is a half-five star beast ! In the entire hall, only veteran hunters would dare to take this task of slaying it and an a.d.u.l.t Uruvia Bear albeit the one of the weakest of the category is still a half-five stars !

Everyone looked at Tang Ling with amazement and then looked at the attendant. 445 credits for the corpse of an Uruvia Bear is really too low. A scam, more precisely.