Chapter 78: Ready, Action! (4)
“Alright, please listen up everybody. The monsters we will be hunting this time are the Land Stalkers. These monsters resemble a large snake,” Yoo-Bi briefed.
The Porters that Han-Yeol hired this time were all veteran Porters, and they were very well aware of what the Land Stalkers were. However, it was a ritual among Porters to hold a briefing before a hunt so that they could exchange information and review their knowledge about the monster they were hunting. That was why nobody complained when the briefing started.
“As you may be very well aware, there are three types of Land Stalkers. One type shoots poison, another injects poison into its prey after biting them, and the last type has no poison but will constrict its prey to death. We are going to hunt all three types this time,” Yoo-Bi said.
“Huh? All three types?” one of the Porter muttered in surprise.
“Yes,” Yoo-Bi said.
“Haha!” the Porter laughed out loud.
The Porters were taken aback and baffled. The parties that came to the Snake Den to hunt mostly chose which type of Land Stalker they would hunt depending on the composition of their party. The fact that a solo Hunter was going to hunt all three types of Land Stalkers without even making any preparation could only be seen as laughable.
“Do you think that you are making any sense right now?” the Porter asked with a hint of hostility in his voice.
“What do you mean?” Yoo-Bi asked. She feigned ignorance even though she was fully aware of what the Porter meant.
“The Land Stalkers possess highly venomous poison except for the anaconda-type that does not possess poison, and the fact that the poisons differ according to their type makes them even more lethal. It is common knowledge not to carelessly challenge these monsters without preparing an ample supply of antidote.
“Of course, I am aware that the leather and poison that you can get from the Land Stalkers are highly valuable, but they are not worth you gambling your life away. I noticed that you did not prepare any antidote, but you are telling us that we are going to hunt the Land Stalkers. This is akin to telling us to commit suicide. We cannot understand what you are thinking,” the Porter explained.
Nod... Nod...?
The other Porters silently expressed their agreement with firm nods. The Porter who spoke up had said nothing wrong, and it could be argued that he was the logical one right now.
Yoo-Bi smiled and shrugged her shoulders before she replied, “Well, technically... You are not wrong.”
“Then...”
Yoo-Bi suddenly cut the Porter off and said, “That is, of course, within your own boundary of logic.”
“Huh? What do you mean by that?” the Porters asked in unison, feeling confused.
“Hmm... I did explain this yesterday. You are all aware that this hunt is going to be symbolic since this is to commemorate Han-Yeol Hunter-nim starting his own channel, right?” Yoo-Bi asked.
“Yes, you did mention that, and we have not forgotten about it,” the Porters replied.
The teaser video for Han-Yeol’s channel was still not ready. The edit had already been done by the production crew, but they had to check if there were any legal problems with the Egyptian Hunter being included in the video or not. In fact, Han-Yeol had consulted the matter with a famous law firm regarding the issue.
It was difficult for them to postpone the launch of the channel just because their teaser and promotional video were not ready. That was why they were planning to go ahead with the launch without releasing any teaser or promotional video at all.
Also, the Land Stalker hunt today was going to be a live broadcast.
“Han-Yeol Hunter-nim plans to showcase all of his abilities in today’s broadcast, and one of them is his ability to heal anything,” Yoo-Bi said.
“W-What?!”
“H-Heal?! He has healing abilities too?!”
“What the hell?!”
The Porters were in an uproar.
The public was not yet aware of Han-Yeol’s healing ability as the promotional video of him helping at the rescue scene was still unreleased. The Porters were struggling to recover from Yoo-Bi’s shocking revelation.
‘To think that he has the ability to heal everything...’
‘It all makes sense now. That means that the poisons are not a threat at all...’
‘The Land Stalker’s poison does not instantly kill the target too...’
‘Now it all makes sense...’
The Porters were all deep in thought.
The Land Stalkers, except for the anaconda-type, were dangerous because of their poison, but they were not threatening once their poison was neutralized. That was why the Snake Den was a very efficient and famous hunting ground if a party had a member with the ability to neutralize poison. It would be unwise to hunt here without such a member, because the prices of antidotes on the market were ridiculously high.
Thanks to that, this hunting ground was rated as [Average] when it came to its popularity, and not a lot of Hunters frequented it. However, the parties that possessed a member who could neutralize the monsters’ poison tended to stay for quite a long time in this place to hunt.
Here, most of the lucrative hunting spots were all under the control of the big guilds, and the regular Hunters were forced to hunt somewhere secluded. Of course, Han-Yeol was forced away from the lucrative hunting spots and was forced to hunt somewhere far away just like the other regular Hunters. n0VElusb.c0m
Vrooom!
One would never imagine that Han-Yeol’s party was a solo hunting party due to the sheer number of vehicles moving in a convoy. The seven-vehicle-long convoy consisted of five trucks driven by the Porters, a moderate-sized bus for the production crew, and a truck carrying all of the filming equipment. In addition, the whole convoy was being filmed from the sky by a drone.
They finally arrived at their hunting spot, which they had already surveyed prior, after thirty minutes since they passed the military checkpoint.
“We will be setting up our base camp over here,” Yoo-Bi said.
She had already gathered information that there were no Land Stalkers spawning in this place, and this was also a spot frequently used by other Hunters as well.
“This is the first time that so many people are present for your hunt, oppa,” Yoo-Bi commented.
“I know right,” Han-Yeol replied.
“I think I prefer this over last time,” Yoo-Bi said with a smile.
“Really?” Han-Yeol asked.
“Yes,” Yoo-Bi replied.
Han-Yeol nodded in agreement, and he felt that the money he had invested was not wasted after hearing Yoo-Bi’s words.
While the others finished setting up their base camp, Han-Yeol was getting ready for the broadcast.
“Hunter-nim, we have finished our preparations,” Soo-In said.
“Is that so?” Han-Yeol muttered in response. He looked around the production crew and saw that they were all equipped with their gear.
Most Hunters needed to be on the move unless they possessed one of the lucrative spots that were always monopolized by the big guilds. That was why the filming gear was all made out of special lightweight material so that the crew could easily carry it around with them.
Some might criticize them for opting to use expensive equipment that needed to be carried around when a smartphone or a small filming camera would have sufficed. However, these were important decisions that had been made to satisfy the viewers’ endless desires.
The viewers did not want pretty women or flashy effects to be shown in the videos; the one thing that they would never compromise on was the quality of the videos. That was the reason why Hunters tended to invest a lot in their equipment to deliver crystal clear high definition videos to their viewers, especially now when the competition among Hunter channels was becoming fiercer by the day. In fact, the channel rankings heavily depended on how well the video quality could be transmitted to their viewers.
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