Monster Hunt: Notes From a Hunter

  Chapter 19 Minagarde's Caravan

  Pyne is a businessman from the city of Minagarde.

  Different from the image of a potbellied, bejeweled jewel in most people's minds, Pine is not tall, with thick joints in his hands and feet, strong muscles, and dark skin. He looks more like a fisherman than a businessman.

  Actually, only the leaders of the big chamber of commerce who only need to move their lips, and a lot of gold coins will automatically fly into their pockets, will get the "sign of successful people" such as a fat belly.

A merchant like Pine, who leads a dozen trucks and runs commercial roads for his chamber of commerce, is naturally much richer than ordinary farmers and small traders, but he brings caravans to and from cities and towns throughout the year, trading everywhere. It is impossible for them to grow too much fat.

   On the contrary, the muscles on the legs have grown a lot.

   This kind of life of running a business that wears out two pairs of shoes every month is hard, but he still persists.

  In this world full of monsters and dragons, being a caravan trader is a very dangerous profession. It is not uncommon for caravans to be slaughtered by monsters when they are attacked in the wild.

   Some large caravans transporting valuable goods will hire monster hunters to accompany them for protection, but the commission for hiring a hunter to **** them is very high, and it is difficult for ordinary caravan merchants to pay.

  Payne was considered one of the lucky ones among the caravan merchants, because the route assigned to him by the chamber of commerce he belonged to belonged to the category with higher security.

   This trade route started from Minagarde City, with a full load of goods, passing through the coastal city of Melchita, and after exchanging some goods, it turned southeast and went to the city of Metabetat in the Arcos region for sale.

  The one-way journey is nearly 1,000 kilometers, and the round trip takes nearly three months, but the income is really good.

  Among the entire route, the most dangerous part is the part from Minagarde City to Melchita City. The business road almost passes by Xixiu Letsen Hill, which is frequently haunted by monsters.

  The closest point between the two is less than ten kilometers.

   It can be said that Pine and his caravan are also betting their lives to make money.

  He is not a miser, he does not have a morbid desire to collect wealth like many businessmen, but he also has his own goals.

  Pine is over forty years old and still unmarried. Very few parents are willing to marry their sweetheart to a guy who doesn't have a home all year and may make his wife a widow at any time.

  But he has an older brother who is a few years older than him. He has taken care of and loved him since he was a child, and the relationship between brothers is also very deep.

  However, an accident more than ten years ago caused the eldest brother and sister-in-law to both pass away, leaving only a young orphan girl who was only two or three years old without anyone to take care of her.

  Pine adopted this niece as a matter of course, and treated her as his own child, pouring all his affection and love into her.

   After all, she is Pine's only remaining relative in this world.

  The girl's name is Hayata, which means "pandan" in the northern dialect.

  Pyne lived a frugal life, and he was only willing to wear the most common cotton and linen travel clothes that cost three to four hundred z, but when he saw a beautiful little foreign dress with a price of two to three thousand in the window, he would buy it without hesitation.

Speaking of his goal in life, it is to save enough money before Hayata becomes an adult, to buy a small building with a small garden in front of the door in the most prosperous city in the center of the mainland, "East Doruma", and then give it to her. Find a good family to marry.

  He is also willing to let him close his eyes immediately after closing his eyes. Of course, it would be even better if he can hug his grandnephew before closing his eyes.

   Pine, who was thinking about something with his head down, was suddenly awakened by a cry.

   "Uncle~ How long will it take to arrive!"

  A lively little head sticks out from the top of the pile of large trucks pulled by the herbivorous dragon.

  The girl's pupils are light green like sprouts, and the long, smooth brown hair swayed down her cheeks, swaying with the bumps of the truck, just like the girl's lively character.

  Pine raised his head, looking at his niece with doting eyes, and a little helplessness in his tone: "I'm feeling bored, I told you earlier that running a caravan is boring, so you insist on coming.

   This is the fourth day of departure, and I haven't even arrived at one-fifth of the one-way trip. "

Hayata flattened her mouth, apparently very dissatisfied with the answer, jumped off the high pile of goods as soon as she turned over, pulled her hands on the binding ropes that bound the goods, slowed down, and jumped to the ground nimbly superior.

   The corners of Pine's eyes twitched violently.

  Compared to ordinary fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls, isn't this child Hayata too lively and agile?

  On weekdays, he has to go out to do business for at least nine months a year, while Hayatta stays at his home in Minergard City and is taken care of by a nanny.

  He once thought that Hayata would definitely grow into a gentle and virtuous lady, but now it seems that he lacks some discipline?

   Well, he is reluctant to be disciplined, so let’s be more lively.

  Thinking of this, Pine couldn't help but sigh heavily.

  I still dote on Hayata too much. As long as the latter acts like a baby, she can shed at most two tears, and she can't help but agree to any request.

  One month ago, on Hayata's fourteenth birthday, I promised to grant any wish of hers, but who knew that the child's wish was to go to a business with me?

   "Slow down, be careful not to fall!"

   "Got it~!"

   Reminding the niece who started to scurry between the convoys, Pyne sighed again.

  I must be crazy, how can I, how dare I bring Hariyata into this dangerous wilderness?

  The caravan partner next to him patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile that he was really worried too much. Although this place is very close to Xixiu Letsen Hill, nothing happened for more than ten years?

   "Haha, why are you not as courageous as little Hayata? Those monsters all have their own territory, and the area around Shangdao is not in their territory, so it will be fine."

   Another companion also laughed, unable to tell whether he was teasing or comforting.

  Pyne smiled reluctantly, still anxious in his heart.

  For the safety of his niece, he originally planned to hire a monster hunter at his own expense to **** the caravan through this relatively dangerous road.

   But the hunting ban has not yet passed, and the hunter's assembly hall in Minergard City is as quiet as a library. Even the kanban girls have gone home on vacation, and they can't even hire a hunter.

  The staff on duty suggested that he wait a while longer and hire hunter guards after the hunting ban is lifted.

  But the itinerary of the caravan was not something he could change as he wanted, so in the end he had to go on the road as scheduled.

  Right now, all he can do is to pray that this trade route that has been running for more than ten years without incident will continue to be safe.

   The anxiety in his heart drove Pine, he walked quickly to the lead car and said hello, and the old driver of the lead car quickly took out the map from his luggage.

  Payne carefully compared the surrounding terrain, calculated the speed and time of the caravan, and finally determined the location of the caravan.

   "According to this speed, the caravan will stay away from this hilly area before the sun sets, and then enter a safe section of the road. I hope everything goes well."

  The old coachman, who also looked a little worried, nodded, and kept licking the herbivorous dragons pulling the cart with the leather reins, urging them to move forward quickly.

  Unfortunately, the residual snow on the road made it difficult for heavy trucks to speed up, and the long caravan was as clumsy as an old mammoth.

   Moving forward slowly.

  (end of this chapter)