Danma: Danganronpa, but Monster Hunter!

Before the expedition began, all members of Loki's Familia who were going on the expedition, regardless of gender, would gather together for Loki to update their attribute values. Yes, that's right. Just before dinner, Loki had finished updating the members' ability values. Now the entire god was numb and didn't need Flame anymore.

Divine blood flowed from his fingertips, dripping onto the back of the raging flames. Loki unlocked, updated his attributes, picked up a parchment from the side, and directly translated the entire attribute panel into Common Language, imprinting it onto the parchment. The whole process was numb and repetitive, like an assembly line job.

However, when Loki's gaze fell on the lower half of the parchment, her eyes suddenly widened.

"A new skill?! Flame, you've revealed a new skill!! Waaaaaah! Ah, little eagle girl!!!"

New skills?

Flame's heart stirred, and he took the parchment from Loki's hand, his gaze falling upon it.

He has completed his studies in the common script and can now read it directly.

Blazing Flame: LV·1

[Ability value]

Strength: I5 → I40

Durability: I2→I53

Dexterity: I3 → I33

Agility: I1 → I14

Magic: I1 → I8

[Development Capability]:

【magic】:

The Door to Transmission

oThe only magic.

A very short chant, the chanted text: "Open the gate to another world!"

【Skill】:

Feather Fall

o Steel knees.

o will not be injured by falling.

Giant Beast Hunter

This is triggered when fighting against enemies of enormous size.

When fighting giant beasts, attack and defense are slightly enhanced.

Ox Slayer

o威压 (o威压 - a combination of pressure and awe).

When fighting against bull-type enemies, all abilities receive a super high bonus.

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First, let's talk about stats. While the Minotaur provides some experience points, it's clear that it's not much. Even after grinding like crazy for almost ten days, not counting magic points, Flame only gained 126.

However, this was within Lieyan's expectations, and although this growth rate seemed slow, it could already be considered that of a young prodigy.

Aside from those who use cheat codes, few adventurers would dare say their progress is consistently faster than this.

High-intensity monster killing is actually quite effective.

However, Blaze wasn't sure how long this state would last, because an adventurer's stats improve more and more slowly as they progress, and sometimes there are situations where killing monsters all day only results in a gain of one or two stat points.

Forget it, let's deal with this after the Minotaur stops providing experience. If all else fails, we can wait until he upgrades his equipment, then ask Finn and the others to help him get to the arena on the 37th floor.

He refused to believe that a Level 1 adventurer wouldn't gain experience from fighting a Level 2 Minotaur, let alone a Level 4 monster in the deeper levels.

Having finished discussing the stats, Flame's gaze moved downwards, past the undeveloped abilities and her only magic, to the skill area.

The first two skills in the skill area need no further explanation: Featherfall and Beast Hunter. However, this should be the first time everyone sees the official descriptions in the main text instead of Loki's verbal account, so I'll just include them here for now. The rest of the story will not be repeated here; please refer to the character cards for more information.

The third area contains the new skill that Blaze has acquired this time.

Bull Killer

The same amazing skill against minotaurs as in Bear Grylls' "Basic Instinct"... did it only appear because I've been continuously killing Minotaurs these past few days...?

"Bull Killer, huh? Tsk tsk, just how many Minotaurs have you killed? Are you trying to evolve your muscles to that state?"

Loki clicked his tongue, unable to suppress his admiration.

She also knew about the Flame incident. These past few days, as soon as he entered the dungeon, he went straight for the minotaurs, causing rumors in the divine circles that Loki's Familia had gone mad, as if a pure-hearted war god with innate divine strength had appeared, wearing heavy armor and hunting minotaurs like crazy.

Blazing Flame pondered for a moment, then extended one finger.

"One hundred?" Loki's eyebrows twitched.

"Keep killing."

Chapter 32: You really can't just make a promise like that!

"Keep killing."

The fiery voice, holding up a single finger, remained calm.

"Once you see one, just rush straight at it and kill it, even if it means taking some damage from other monsters."

"You're... kind of scary, so is that why your durability stat increased?" Loki's lips twitched. "How many Minotaurs did you kill in the last few days to unlock this skill...?"

"Do you even remember how many loaves of bread you've eaten?" Flame retorted.

Loki: ...

While I feel there's some truth to what you're saying, aren't the two things you're comparing a bit too different?

"Remember to follow the rules in the dungeon. You can't steal monsters that others are fighting."

Finally, his doubts turned into a helpless sigh. Loki patted Flame on the shoulder and said, "..."

"Don't worry." Blazing Flame nodded.

He was very sensible about this; hunters actually have a tradition of not allowing the theft of other hunters' mission objectives.

In fact, when hunting the Minotaur, he always avoided people, so it was impossible for him to steal someone else's target.

But I never expected Loki to say something like "following the rules."

Thinking of what Raul said, that Loki had led his Familia to launch a war game against more than half of Orario's Familia, Flame couldn't help but shake his head slightly. It seemed that Loki had changed a lot.

But the next moment, Loki changed the subject.

“It’s not that we’re afraid you’ll make enemies for the Loki Familia. The main problem is that your level isn’t high enough right now. In the dungeon environment, if someone targets you and deliberately causes trouble, it’s hard for you to find the culprit directly. If we can’t find the culprit, we won’t be able to retaliate when you come back. Now that we’re a large and powerful organization, we want some peace and quiet. The Dark Familia is gone in Orario, and there are new rules. We can’t just fight them one by one like before…”

Blazing Flames: ...

Okay, Loki is still the same Loki, he hasn't changed at all, neither in terms of his temper nor his lust.

"Alright, alright, the stats have been updated, now get out of here and let's have a big drink and then sleep until noon tomorrow! Don't sluts stay in my room, you're not like a sweet, soft girl who can be kissed, touched and hugged."

Loki gave the flames a disdainful shove and dismissed him.

Blazing Flame walked to the door, then seemed to think of something.

"Loki, you... you didn't want to see the expedition off, so you drank and slept until after the expedition had set off, did you...?"

"Huh?? What nonsense are you talking about? We just wanted to have a drink! It has absolutely nothing to do with the expedition's departure, not even a little bit!!"

Like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, Loki's reaction immediately became intense.

"Your clan has been established for so long, haven't you gotten used to it yet?"

"I already said no! You're so annoying!"

"Tsundere characters are already outdated, Loki, and you're a flat-chested character, so you're even more outdated."

"Kill you!"

Loki lunged forward, baring his teeth and claws, while Flame nimbly slipped out of the room and politely placed a wooden door barrier in front of Loki's face.

"Boom-"

With a muffled thud and a scream, Loki, who had made intimate contact with the door on his face, fell to the ground, rubbing his nose.

"Loki, I'll head straight back to Flamefire Village later. Grace has been recalled, and I need to go there to help keep things in order. Otherwise, the wilderness there will put too much pressure on the branch. I won't be back until the expedition returns."

The sound of flames came from outside the door.

"Fine, I'll go then! Why did you tell me?" Loki rubbed his sore nose, two tiny, anime-like pearls bouncing back and forth in his eyes.

"Okay, I'll be going now."

As Lieyan chanted the incantation, a portal of light opened instantly. Lieyan stepped into the portal, which then vanished without a trace.

Immediately afterwards, the wooden door opened, and Loki poked his head out, gritting his teeth.

"That bastard, Flame! When you get back, I'm going to give you a good beating!!!"

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"Comfortable air."

In the Monster Hunter world, in the forest at the entrance of Fire Village, Blaze took a deep breath, and a look of blissful relaxation immediately appeared on his face.

To be fair, the natural environment of Monster Hunter World is far superior to Orario's, and the oxygen content in the air is also much higher. Comparatively, Blaze prefers to stay in Monster Hunter World.

When he was in the dungeon, he always felt a little weak in breathing. This feeling was particularly noticeable on the thirteenth to fifteenth floors, which were full of cave environments, but he didn't have much of a reaction on other dungeon floors with forests or vegetation.

Just as the flames were feeling sentimental,

A fat squirrel eagerly swooped down from the treetop onto Flame's head, its large, fluffy tail drooping down and obscuring Flame's vision.

Lieyan, both amused and annoyed, grabbed the squirrel off his head. This guy was really getting more and more audacious.

Since it stopped going hunting every week or two and started showing up at the door every day, this fat squirrel has learned to lie in wait, all for a bite to eat.

Furthermore, he strongly suspected that this creature possessed some special ability, allowing it to absorb certain components from the Endurance Seeds he fed it.

He had personally witnessed a caracal cat about to attack this fat squirrel, but it managed to knock out one of its teeth with a single bite.

Caracal: Damn it, the meat is awful!