Chapter 249: A Rider Away From the Others

The hunter test is the only way to obtain a professional hunter license, and hundreds of thousands or even millions of candidates sign up every year.

But in the end, the candidates who can successfully reach the first level test location usually fail to save one out of ten.

Dongba is a senior candidate who has taken the hunter test since he was ten years old and has taken the hunter test thirty times so far.

And this year is his thirty-first hunter test.

When he first took the hunter test, Dongba, like other candidates, was aiming to obtain a hunter's license.

But after experiencing many failures, some things naturally changed.

Gradually, Dongba no longer wanted to get a hunter's license.

Now, what he likes to do most is to personally push those high-spirited young people into the hell called despair in the hunter test.

This was also the fundamental reason why he insisted on participating in thirty hunter tests.

Because he often harmed new candidates in the hunter test, Dongba has accumulated a certain degree of fame in the circle of senior candidates, with titles such as "Rookie Terminator" and "Rookie Killer".

"Those two new faces should be the last batch..."

Dongba mingled among the crowd and quietly looked at Moyu and Menqi who had just arrived.

The two of them looked about sixteen or seventeen years old.

The man was slender and looked calm, and he had a long black sheath knife on his waist.

Judging from the slightly sharp aura, there is no doubt that he is a good player.

Ignoring Moyu's somewhat envious face, Dongba made a general judgment on Moyu's level through preliminary observations.

As for the other woman...

In his opinion, she was a young girl who was dominated by novelty. She couldn't stop her curiosity when she first arrived in this place. She looked around and almost wrote the words "I am a newcomer" on her face.

Anyway, a young and energetic young man like this can best arouse his desire to do harm.

"Speaking of which, the difficulty of this year's clues is really low. So many people have found the testing location. A rough estimate, there must be at least a thousand people here."

Dongba narrowed his gaze slightly and looked around at the dark crowd gathered at the foot of the mountain.

In previous years, the number of candidates who passed the screening and successfully arrived at the first test location was basically around 500.

Taking last year's first test as an example, only more than 300 people qualified to participate, but this year the number has increased several times.

This made Dongba a little excited, but at the same time he regretted that there were not enough powerful laxative drinks prepared this year.

So much so that when he saw Moyu and Menqi, his empty satchel made him miss an opportunity to take action.

"Let's go talk to him first."

With a hint of malice in Dongba's eyes, he slowly walked through the slightly crowded crowd and headed towards where Moyu and Menqi were.

Mount Aragaz is located in the Rocky Mountains, with a height of more than 6,000 meters, and the overall mountain is steep and precipitous.

Winters here are long and cold, but snowfall is rare.

Therefore, there is not a lot of ice and snow in the Alagaz Mountains.

The examiner in charge of the first level test set up the location here, and the assessment content was immediately ready to be revealed.

"Climbing a mountain..."

Moyu did not pay too much attention to the candidates on the scene, but focused on the peak in front of him called Mount Alagas.

Referring to the hunter test in the 287th issue of the original work, the purpose of the first level of assessment should be to test the physical fitness of the candidates.

So, today's first test question is probably about climbing the mountain in front of you.

And given that there are too many candidates coming to the first test location, the examiner is very likely to add a time limit condition on top of the basic requirements for climbing the mountain.

In this way, not only can the test be completed efficiently, but many candidates can also be eliminated in one go.

Moyu raised his hand to rest on his chin and thought in his mind: "I hope this year's examiners will be more ruthless and try to end the test within 3 to 4 times."

For the hunter test every year, if the examiner assigned is more reliable, the entire test process is usually 5 to 6 rounds, which is too lengthy.

Moyu hoped that there would be a few more unreliable examiners in this year's hunter test, and then eliminate the vast majority of candidates in the first and second levels, which would save a lot of trouble.

"By the way, why didn't you see Dongba?"

While thinking about it, Moyu suddenly thought of the scenery that is indispensable in the hunter test——

Dongba is known as the newcomer killer.

According to normal development, this guy who likes to harm newcomers should not miss any opportunity to deal with newcomers.

As soon as Moyu thought about Dongba, he noticed a short and fat figure walking slowly through the crowd.

"oh?"

Moyu glanced at the figure calmly.

He is short and fat, with thick eyebrows and a square nose, giving him the image of a wretched uncle.

It is very likely that it is Dongba himself.

Moyu retracted his gaze without any trace, and then began to observe the other candidates around him one by one.

After just a few scans, except for Dongba, a frequent visitor to the hunter test, it was basically impossible to find any other "recognized" people.

"Master, there are so many people."

Menqi was also looking at the candidates around him.

Looking ahead from where we are, we can see that they are basically all people.

"I can't even count them. I really don't know how many people are here."

Menqi looked left and right, but he didn't feel nervous about taking part in the test for the first time at all.

Moyou smiled and said: "When the number plates are handed out, we will know how many candidates there are here."

"ah?"

Menqi didn't understand what Moyou meant at first.

It took about a few breaths.

The bean-faced man who was responsible for distributing the number cards just ran over here.

He had a shoulder bag hanging on his body, which contained a lot of number cards.

"Please take the number cards."

When he came closer, the bean-faced man first took out a number card with number 1788 from the bag and gave it to Menqi, and then took out a number card with number 1789 and gave it to Moyou.

"Nearly 1,800 people."

Moyou took the number card with a slight surprise in his heart.

Number 1789 means that he is the 1789th candidate to come to the first test site.

After the bean-faced man gave the number card, he turned around and walked towards the new candidates.

The gathering time for the first test was approaching, and there should not be many candidates who could arrive later.

The bean-faced man thought silently in his heart.

He walked a distance quickly and suddenly looked back at Moyou.

"I didn't expect him to take the test this year..."

Due to his duties, the bean-faced man didn't greet Moyu just now.

"The president would be very happy if he knew."

The bean-faced man knew that Moyu was very capable, and he also knew that Netero valued Moyu very much.

With Moyu's ability, passing the test is not a problem at all.

In other words...

This young man with unlimited potential is about to become a member of the Hunter Association.

Thinking of this, the bean-faced man, who had already assumed that Moyu could pass the test, was still very happy.

After all, people with outstanding abilities will be treated as guests of honor no matter where they are.

Not to mention the Hunter Association, an organization that gathers elite talents from all walks of life.

"It's almost time."

The bean-faced man issued a number plate of 1911, and then looked up at the top of the mountain, as if waiting for something.

On the other side.

Dongba walked through the crowd and came close to Moyu. When he was about to greet Moyu directly, a noise suddenly sounded behind him.

Hearing the sudden movement, Dongba subconsciously stopped thinking and turned back to look in the direction of the sound.

But he saw a parachute slowly falling from above.

Under the parachute was a thin, pale-skinned man with a pair of dark circles under his eyes.

"Examiner?!"

Seeing the man with dark circles parachuting in, many candidates present speculated about his background.

In the crowd, a small group of Nen users looked at the man with dark circles under his eyes.

They could clearly see the aura lingering around the man with dark circles under his eyes, and they could almost be sure that he was the examiner of the first test.

"Finally he's here."

Among the small group of Nen users present, there was a blond young man with a baby face.

The arrival of the man with dark circles under his eyes made the baby-faced young man put away the red devil-shaped mobile phone.

"It's my fault for not thinking carefully and coming so early."

A trace of resentment emerged in the glass-colored eyes of the baby-faced young man.

The consequence of coming here too early after solving the clues is to wait here foolishly for a long time.

If I had known this, I should have come on time.

"Anyway, we should take this test seriously. After all, the subsequent 'action' requires a lot of intelligence support. If we have a license, it will be much easier to collect intelligence."

The resentment in the eyes of the baby-faced young man faded, and he raised his hand to stroke his chin.

If Moyu was next to him, he should be able to barely recognize that this baby-faced young man was the knight of the Phantom Troupe through the red devil-shaped mobile phone just now.

About two hundred meters away from the knight, there were three men gathered together.

The "qi" on their bodies was in a state of natural loss.

Based on this phenomenon, it can be preliminarily judged that these three men are ordinary people.

But in fact, these three men are all Nen users.

The state of natural loss of qi on their bodies is their means of disguise.

"Damn, there is no such coincidence in the world!"

Among the three, the oldest bearded man lowered his voice and cursed.

"So what day is today?"

"January 7, 1995. By the way, January 7 every year is the start of the Hunter test."

A young man with a gloomy temperament and handsome features said coldly.

The flesh on the cheeks of the bearded man twitched several times, and he growled excitedly: "Who the hell decided to come here to 'dig' today?"

"You."

"Boss, you decided."

The gloomy man and another man with a big back hair and several centipede-like scars on his face answered the bearded man's question almost at the same time.

"..."

The bearded man stopped talking immediately.

The gloomy man asked: "What should we do now?"

"Wait."

The bearded man raised his hand and fiddled with his beard with a little force, looking a little irritable.

The gloomy man and the big back hair scarred man looked at each other and said nothing more.

It was not easy to find this place following the treasure map, but it happened to be the first level of the Hunter test.

When they first saw so many people coming to this remote place, their first reaction was that there was a "leaker" in the team, and they never thought that this group of people came to participate in the hunter test.

Then they took the number plates from the bean-faced man in a daze and became candidates in a daze.

Inside the venue.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, the parachute slowly fell to the ground, and soon a human-shaped outline bulged on the ground.

"Listen to me."

A weak voice came from under the parachute, but it was able to cover the noise at the scene and reach everyone's ears clearly.

The strange phenomenon made most of the candidates gradually quiet down.

"Release system."

Based on this phenomenon alone, Moyu initially judged that the man with dark circles under his eyes was a person with the ability to release telepathy.

It was a pity that he could not see the man with dark circles under his eyes from where he was, otherwise he could further confirm the judgment result through the telepathic fluctuations of the man with dark circles under his eyes.

"I am Harriman Akey, the examiner of the first level test."

The voice continued to reach everyone's ears.

The man with dark circles under his eyes, that is, Harriman, took off the parachute covering his body while speaking.

"Forget the boring opening remarks that waste life and time. I will make a long story short. From now on, you have to climb to the top of Mount Alagas in front of you within six hours. Success means passing the first level test."

After informing the content of the test questions, examiner Harriman yawned and said nothing more.

"..."

The venue fell into silence for a moment.

After a few breaths, screams came one after another.

"Reach the summit within six hours?!"

"Hey, this mountain is more than 6,000 meters high. It's impossible for humans to reach the summit within six hours!"

"Stupid, the test has already begun, and now is the time to race against time!"

"Haha, you don't understand the importance of 'preparing for a rainy day'. After I knew that the first test site was here, I specially prepared mountaineering tools and warm enough clothes."

In the crowd, a rampant voice sounded in front.

"Opportunities are only for those who are prepared, ha...ah!!!"

The man's laughter stopped abruptly, replaced by a shrill scream.

It was obvious that the candidates around him directly grabbed the man's mountaineering tools.

Harriman raised his hand to cover his yawning mouth, and casually swept towards the place where the scream came from.

It is an excellent performance to be able to prepare tools that may be used in the test in advance.

Unfortunately, in this cruel atmosphere full of competition, the first bird to stick out will be shot.

"It's a time limit for climbing, six hours... Well, there's plenty of time."

Moyu ignored the noise in the venue and looked up at the towering Mount Alagas, thinking that if he could reach the top quickly, he could squeeze out some time to do his daily sword swings.

"Let's go, climb up as fast as possible."

With his back to Menqi, Moyu walked quickly towards Mount Alagas.

"Yeah."

Menqi responded and followed closely behind Moyu.

Soon--

The many candidates gathered at the foot of the mountain saw Moyu and Menqi running on the steep rock as if they were walking on flat ground.

At just one glance, they were running away.

"Huh?!"

The candidates who knew nothing about strength were dumbfounded.

Harriman looked at Moyu and Menqi who seemed to be in a hurry.

Very solid...

Obviously they have a good foundation.

More importantly, they are young. I hope they can pass this year's test.

Harriman nodded secretly.

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My condition is very bad, so I will ensure the basic update first. This is a combined chapter, and I don’t have the energy to separate chapters.

Please bear with me if the quality is not well controlled.

When my physical and mental condition improves, I will try my best to increase the update volume, so that I can finish this book quickly.

After all, I don’t know when I might just lie down and die…