Chapter 9

Seeing that the situation had become extremely critical, Wenlong immediately reacted, taking a large step forward and rushing over!

Fortunately, although the large wild boar had knocked Catherine to the ground, its two tusks had just grazed past her waist without injuring her vital areas. So although Catherine was lying on the ground, she had only sustained some minor abrasions overall.

However, the large wild boar clearly was not about to give up. Seeing that Catherine had fallen, it now directly stomped toward her with both hooves.

A large wild boar weighs about 800 pounds, and such weight combined with the force of its hooves pressing down would be enough to cause significant injury to an ordinary person!

The situation was now extremely urgent. If Catherine were an experienced hunter, she could have easily rolled away to avoid the wild boar's attack. Unfortunately, Catherine was not.

In a panic, Catherine could only cover her head with her hands, like an ostrich burying its head in the sand, hoping to avoid the attack.

From the current situation, the wild boar had already lifted its hooves and was about to stomp on Catherine's head, while Wenlong was still more than ten meters away from the wild boar. Even if Wenlong were to crawl on all fours at the fastest speed, it would be impossible to reach in time to stop what was about to happen.

"There's a reason for everything; it was me who killed your companion. If you have any grievances, direct them at me, meow!"

Wenlong couldn't help but shout, trying to draw the wild boar's attention. Unexpectedly, the wild boar seemed to understand what Wenlong was saying. After a brief pause, it abandoned its attack on Catherine and charged toward Wenlong instead.

"Well, that's good, meow..."

Seeing this, Wenlong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

A single wild boar was nothing to Wenlong. Even though it was charging fiercely, for Wenlong, who was well-versed in the wild boar's attack patterns, it was easy to seize the opportunity and roll to the side, easily evading the wild boar's attack.

Seeing that its charge had failed, the wild boar naturally slowed down, preparing to readjust its direction and attack Wenlong again.

"The best time to deal with a wild boar is when it is readjusting its direction and preparing to charge again..."

Wenlong, who was already proficient in hunting techniques, did not choose to jump onto the wild boar's back this time. Instead, he lowered his body, circled around to the side of the wild boar as it was readjusting its direction, and then clawed at its side with his sharp claws.

Wenlong attacked the wild boar's hind legs. Because it was in the process of readjusting its direction, the sudden attack from below caused the wild boar to lose its balance and fall to the side, landing on the ground.

At this moment, Wenlong leaped up again, and his claws pierced through the wild boar's belly, the thinnest part of its skin. He then pulled downward, slicing open the wild boar's belly as if he were gutting it.

"Swish..."

Not only did blood gush out from the wild boar's belly, but various internal organs also spilled out, creating a rather gruesome scene.

"Phew..." Seeing the last wild boar fall, Wenlong finally felt a great sense of relief.

"Taking a novice on a hunt is such a hassle... But then again, how could I have misjudged? She's clearly a beginner, yet she's wearing top-tier equipment. That shouldn't be possible, meow..."

In the past, when playing games, Wenlong had always judged a hunter's skill based on their equipment to make group hunts easier. This had made him extremely familiar with the data and attributes of various equipment in the game.

Wenlong was so confident in his ability to judge a hunter's skill by their equipment that he could proudly say he had never been wrong. After all, in the game, equipment could not be traded, meaning that a high-level hunter's equipment could not end up on a low-level hunter. For a low-level hunter to obtain better equipment, they had to hunt and gather materials step by step, eventually crafting their own high-level equipment.

In this world, there was a similar rule: high-level hunters' equipment was exclusive to them, and others could not use it effectively. Therefore, the main materials for a hunter's equipment had to be obtained through their own hunting, or the equipment would not function.

Naturally, Wenlong had brought his ability to judge a hunter's skill by their equipment to this world and firmly believed in its accuracy.

However, things did not go as planned. Wenlong's first judgment in this world was wrong. He had initially thought Catherine was a highly skilled hunter, but she turned out to be a complete novice.

"No wonder the Hunter's Guild's Sasha only allowed this woman, Catherine, to take on the lowest-level hunting tasks... It seems I really made a mistake..."

After killing the four wild boars, Wenlong turned his attention back to Catherine and noticed that the young woman had finally calmed down a bit. Although she was covered in dirt from being knocked to the ground by the wild boar, she was now able to stand on her own.

"Thank you, Mr. Cat... It was so scary just now... I don't know what would have happened if you weren't here..."

"Ah, no need to thank me... Wait, no, meow, I have something to ask you!" Wenlong jumped in front of Catherine and said angrily.

"Meow... Mr. Cat, you look so scary today... You're not cute at all..." Seeing Wenlong's angry face, Catherine looked like a child who had made a mistake, on the verge of tears.

"Don't change the subject, woman. Answer my question. Where did you get that Kirin set you're wearing?" Wenlong asked while sharpening his claws.

"Th-this... this set of equipment?" Catherine asked cautiously, seemingly afraid of making Wenlong angry again.

"Yes, the set of equipment you're wearing, and the Kirin Greatsword with seven fangs that fell to the ground. I want to know their origins, meow!"

With his familiarity with various weapons and equipment, Wenlong was confident he had not made a mistake. The set of equipment Catherine was wearing and the Kirin Greatsword with seven fangs were definitely genuine, not mere imitations.

So Wenlong was not questioning the authenticity of the equipment but was interested in its source and why it was on Catherine.

"The set of equipment and the greatsword were given to me by my brother... He said the materials were obtained from the monsters he hunted. As for the Kirin... " Catherine answered softly.

"This woman's brother? That makes sense..." Wenlong remembered that Catherine had mentioned having a brother before. It seemed that the one who could hunt Kirin was not the young woman in front of him but her brother. This also explained why the Kirin set on Catherine was completely ineffective.

"Where is your brother now?" Wenlong asked again.

"My brother... " At this point, tears welled up in Catherine's eyes, "My brother said he was going to a faraway place to hunt. He promised to return this spring, but he still hasn't come back, even though he's usually very punctual... So I wanted to find him..."

"So you ran away from home by yourself? And you want to become a hunter? Meow?" Wenlong added.

"Um..."

Catherine nodded timidly.

"No wonder I didn't realize this woman was a novice at first..." Wenlong thought to himself, "Apart from the top-tier Kirin set she's wearing, there's another important reason: although her hunting skills are non-existent, her preparation for hunting is very thorough. She has all the necessary equipment and items, which doesn't seem like a novice at all..."

"Thinking about it now, this woman must have watched her brother go hunting every day since she was young, so she is very familiar with the preparations needed before going out..."

Thinking about this, Wenlong could only smile bitterly.

"Alright, let's assume everything you said is true. You have a very skilled brother, and the equipment you're wearing was made by him," Wenlong continued, "But I want to know why your brother would make you such top-tier equipment that is completely useless?"

As Wenlong had learned from the memories of his current body, equipment made from materials not obtained from one's own hunts could not function properly, being no better than ordinary clothes, and sometimes even worse than equipment made from common materials bought from stores.

Because of this, Wenlong could not understand why someone would waste such precious Kirin materials to make a completely useless set of equipment. He even thought it was a waste of resources.

Wenlong hoped Catherine could answer his question, but when the answer came, it left him speechless.

"Because my brother said I look good in this set of equipment..."

"Because it looks good? Meow, that's the reason?" A large sweat drop rolled down Wenlong's forehead, and he felt a sense of unease.

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