Full-Time Magister: The Strongest Summoned Beast is Actually Myself

Chapter 14, Becoming a Hunter

If possible, he also hopes to use his own strength to lead his father to the path of the extraordinary in the future. It is not realistic for him to learn magic at this age, but he can replicate his own path of life advancement.

However, the methods for advancing in life are all provided by the cultivation system, and each one contains unparalleled value. Once made public, the impact would probably be no less than that of the fusion method.

Therefore, the scope of dissemination must be carefully considered to avoid attracting attention and causing trouble.

Of course, Chen Hao didn't have any intention of benefiting mankind. Benefiting mankind would come at a price, and he wasn't that noble. He just wanted the people he cared about to live well.

……

While the others were still undergoing their training, Chen Hao, Mo Fan, and Monkey had already arrived at the Hunter Alliance Hall and successfully registered themselves as Hunter Mages.

The Hunter's Guild is an organization that brings together small groups of unaffiliated hunters. Every day, thousands of hunter mages search for suitable bounties in the Hunter's Guild Hall.

Humans in the magical world are plagued by demons. The military mages who protect the realm can only ensure that there are no large-scale demons, but they cannot guarantee that some special demons will escape.

In particular, some small demons are numerous, elusive, and impossible to eradicate completely.

For example, the giant-eyed fish rat.

This kind of monster is like a cancer cell in the shadows of the city, an evolved version of a sewer rat. It can not only dig holes, swim, and run fast, but also has an extremely strong reproductive capacity, hatching a litter of offspring in almost one or two weeks.

From infancy to adulthood, it only takes a few months, and their fighting power far exceeds that of ordinary wild beasts, posing an extremely great threat to the lives and property of ordinary people.

Anjiezhong in Bocheng suffered greatly from this. Once a giant-eyed ape-rat dug a tunnel, a continuous stream of giant-eyed ape-rat ...

Once a giant-eyed slug digs through an underground crevice, hundreds or even thousands of slugs will follow, spreading like a plague in the shadows of the city.

Bo City, this small city, is one of the victims.

Eradicating these stinking rats has become the most common introductory task for hunter mages. The reward is low, but the risk is low and the quantity is large.

The Hunter's Hall was bustling with people, feeling like a large trading hall or a job fair.

A huge LCD screen hangs on the wall of the Hunter's Hall, displaying the latest bounties, with the bounty price listed next to each one. The lowest bounty is 10, while the highest can reach a million.

“Three zeros… six zeros… hiss!” Zhang Xiaohou stared at the million-dollar bounty mission with his eyes shining, and couldn’t help but swallow.

Mo Fan grinned and said, "Killing demons can make me rich. This is perfect for me."

"Don't think too much about it. A bounty of a million might mean facing a general-level demon head-on," Chen Hao casually reminded him, his eyes never leaving the screen, clearly intrigued by the bounty figures.

Besides the task postings, many teams were also posting recruitment notices in the lobby.

"Warhammer Squad is seeking one ice mage, with preference given to those skilled in crowd control..."

"A wind mage! Our 'Whirlwind' team urgently needs a wind mage who excels at luring monsters, with a reasonable split of attacks and guaranteed safety..."

"The Gale Squad is recruiting one fire mage. Must have strong firepower, experience preferred..." Many mages like them, without background or ordinary origins, who failed to get into top magic academies after graduation, flocked to the Hunter Alliance and the army. They had mastered the basics of magic, but it was far from enough to fight demons. Only these two forces with the highest casualty rates were willing to accept these mediocre mages.

As for the Magic Association, the Inquisition, the Hunter Legion, and the major magical families—those are the true elite positions in the magical world, with extremely high entry standards. You need either exceptional talent or a powerful background to get in; it's not something you can just walk into.

The competition within the Hunter's Guild is equally fierce, and bounties are not something you can just accept at will. Only when the employer recognizes your strength, nods in approval, and signs a contract can you be considered to have accepted the bounty.

This was the first major challenge for the three of them, since they had no experience and were still students who hadn't graduated yet, so they were naturally looked down upon.

Ultimately, thanks to Chen Hao's superhuman performance (splitting the wall in two with a single sword strike), Old Man Liu, the largest farmer in Bocheng, decided to give them a chance.

……

On the edge of Bocheng Anjie, beside a vast farmland, the sun was setting, and a gentle breeze rippled through the rice paddies in waves.

Chen Hao and his two companions were inspecting the field ridges with Old Man Liu.

"Uncle Liu, are there really giant-eyed gorillas around here?" Zhang Xiaohou asked in a low voice, frowning.

“Definitely.” Old Liu patted the dust off his trousers and said with certainty, “I’ve been farming in this field for most of my life. I can tell at a glance what kind of insects, rats, or even demons are stealing my rice.”

He casually picked up a handful of shredded rice stalks and handed them to them. “Look at these bite marks. They’re rough and jagged, and they’ve gnawed through the entire ear of rice. This isn’t something an ordinary wild animal could do. Those giant-eyed gorillas are like jackals, with sharp teeth and long snouts. They can devour half a field in one night.”

He had originally planned to spend 100,000 yuan to hire the city's monster-hunting team, but Chen Hao and his two companions came to his door and accepted the task for 80,000 yuan, confidently stating that they would guarantee complete eradication. Only then did Old Man Liu grit his teeth and sign the contract.

"Do you know where their nests are?" Mo Fan asked.

"If I knew, would I have needed to hire you?" Old Liu said, getting angry at the mention of this. "If it were just ruining some crops, that would be one thing, but it's a demon after all. What if it bites or eats one of our employees? I can't afford to pay for that with my life!"

"So this matter must be resolved completely, otherwise I won't be able to continue running this farm."

Chen Hao nodded, took his composite iron bow from behind his back, and said in a serious tone, "Don't worry, old man, we'll be here guarding tonight."

Lacking professional methods for finding demons, Chen Hao and his companions had no choice but to resort to this rudimentary method. After all, demon hunting wasn't a game mission; demons wouldn't wait for you to come and kill them.

Unsurprisingly, the night passed, and the three were exhausted, without seeing a trace of the giant-eyed gorilla.

"This won't do; we need to find a way to take the initiative," Mo Fan said, yawning.

Since no one was there to guide them, the three soon encountered a new problem: how to find the demon?
In the end, the three of them went back to do their homework and consulted some experienced hunters, and finally got a useful solution.

They could simply sprinkle the persistent demon-finding powder directly into the farmland without having to watch over it personally. As long as the giant-eyed gorillas dared to show up, they could find them by following the trail of the powder the next day.

The method proved very effective, and in just five days, they located the giant-eyed gorilla's nest.

(End of this chapter)