Terra calendar, April 1091
Sargon Kingdom, North-Central, Ibat Region.
Weather: Clear.
On the vast desert and Gobi beach, a jeep was stalled, with wisps of smoke rising from its engine hood.
The scorching sun shone on the gravel, pouring its heat over the great desert, illuminating it into a barren land where nothing but drought-resistant plants could grow.
Although for most of Terra, the temperature could not yet be considered winter, for the tropical Sargon desert region, it was only a few degrees cooler than usual.
The figure of a Rock Lizard emerged from its cave, two feet on the ground and two suspended in the air, avoiding the heat from the scorching gravel. Its round eyes looked towards the stalled Orirock vehicle not far away.
However, unlike the small, nimble, and agile lizards on Earth, Rock Lizards, like the giant Rock Spiders, Armored Crabs, Sandworms, and Orirock Worms of the Terra wilderness, are exceptionally large, twice the size of a normal human.
And on its earthy yellow, camouflaged exterior, grew some crystalline, jet-black Orirock spikes.
As some species that have successfully coexisted with Orirock, these reptiles have mastered the means of using Orirock as a weapon to attack enemies, without being weakened by infection themselves.
As fierce carnivores, Rock Lizards lurk in the desert year-round. Their intelligence has taught them to avoid large convoys and attack lone travelers.
So, it lowered its body, its four limbs alternately stepping on the ground, rapidly approaching its prey, which was "hiding" under the car, and opened its gaping maw, intending to bite off the opponent's throat in one go.
Pfft—
But the next second, a long spear with sharp serrations directly pierced the giant Rock Lizard's large mouth.
The swift and precise strike instantly tore its throat, penetrating the Rock Lizard's heart.
Soon, the person who threw the serrated spear crawled out from under the jeep.
Goki held a wrench and a screwdriver in his hands, and a flashlight in his mouth. Clearly, he had just had a fierce battle with the jeep's pipelines.
Thanks to Zumama, who would become the Operator Boa, while Goki was teaching her the knowledge of a Workshop Hunter, he also learned many methods of repairing modern machinery from her, this "primitive person."
Goki didn't expect Boa, this master mechanic, to greatly promote the Workshop Hunters; it's not like it could become an organization even larger than the Yharnam Hunters, right?
At least, for these vehicles, which were completely different from those on Earth and driven by Orirock, Goki was no longer completely clueless. Instead, he had learned how to repair Orirock electronics.
"Ha, we get to eat meat again today—Skadi, are you still asleep? The sun's already high!"
Approaching the Rock Lizard's body, which was still twitching due to its tenacious vitality, Goki bent down, gripped the handle of the serrated spear, and twisted it sharply, ending the beast's life.
blood echoes +648
In his mind, the five-digit number continued to climb. Goki nodded, picked up the blood collection bottle, and began to collect the Rock Lizard's vitality-rich blood.
More than a month had passed since Goki slew the remnants of the God of Burning Wind, banished His Divine Power back to the Burning Wind Scorched Earth in the south, and left Sargon.
Although killing a fragment of a god only gave 8000 blood echoes, Goki did not complain about the small amount.
Similar to the rules for hunting monsters in Yharnam, boss-type enemies do not give many blood echoes; the main harvest is their dropped Materials.
Killing specific bosses advances the plot, and then prices in the shop will increase. Similarly, the blood echoes dropped after killing monsters will also increase.
Even in Terra, Goki's harvests followed this rule. The First Speaker was the first boss, and the fragment of the God of Burning Wind was the second.
Where the third one was, Goki did not know.
Moreover, he had already recovered a part of his power—
[Serrated Spear +3
Workshop Trick Weapon, generally used by those who love to hunt.
This saw can transform into a spear, causing monsters to bleed profusely.
Its bloodthirsty serrations symbolize the hunt; the higher the monster's degree of mutation, the more powerful its effect.]
[Gemstones Socketed—Tempered Blood Gemstone, Fool's Blood Gemstone—Physical damage increased.]
This weapon was exchanged from the Bath Messengers in the dream after he retrieved his Saw Cleaver Hunter Badge.
After obtaining the enhancement tools that originally belonged to him from his storage box, Goki finally no longer needed to fight with only a basic weapon.
Relying on the Blood Stone Shards and Blood Gemstones harvested from the Rainforest temple, Goki borrowed the workshop of the Boa Tribe to give his weapons and equipment a comprehensive upgrade and enhancement.
Of course, after weapons reached level three, they would require more Advanced "Twin Blood Stone Shards" for enhancement, so currently all weapons were only enhanced to level three.
Blood Stone Shards and Blood Gemstones: the former makes the Hunter's weapon attributes as a whole more powerful, while the latter imbues the Hunter's weapon with various effects.
With their help, Goki's combat power reached a new level.
Coupled with Goki's full box of items and stored Coldblood Dew from before, the current Goki was no longer the same as he once was.
At least, when encountering the First Speaker, Goki would not have to rely on that special Seaborn Blood and opportunistic tricks like parrying to eliminate the opponent; instead, he could engage in a direct one-on-one fight.
Of course, Blood Stone Shards and Blood Gemstones are not found everywhere.
During the week he stayed in Sargon, Goki, led by Gavial, visited other undamaged temples in the Rainforest.
However, there, Goki only found far fewer Blood Stone Shards than in the main temple, and a few sporadic low-level Blood Gemstones, with no other gains.
As an Old Hunter, Goki naturally knew that the conditions for the generation of Blood Gemstones and Blood Stone Shards were not just any blood; they required stimulation from the power of a Great One to gradually form from blood.
To be precise, Blood Gemstones and Blood Stone Shards themselves are crystallized power of a Great One.
Clearly, the power radiated by a small fragment of the God of Burning Wind could not create any powerful gemstones or shards in a stable material world.
To find higher quality enhancement Materials, Goki could only delve into places where the power of the gods had a deeper influence.
This was also one of Goki's purposes for this trip.
In the Akahula Rainforest, there were passionate and bold beautiful girls, and many Aegir, Fidia, and Liberi big sisters who wanted to bear children for the strongest Chieftain, hungry for him.
They were passionate, disliked wearing too many clothes, and were always lusting after Goki's body, attempting to ambush him at night multiple times, but were always chased away by Gavial wielding her spiked club.
But in the end, Goki still decided to leave Orirock and enter civilized society to pursue his goals.
However... he was still not in such a hurry with this process.
Gods and power were important, but even more important... was to let a certain Little Orca who had come ashore enjoy this journey with Goki.
"Skadi, are you awake? I have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear?"
Having peeled off the sirloin and wiped his arms clean, Goki came to the jeep and looked inside the car.
Inside the jeep, a beautiful white-haired girl was sprawled out on the back seat, sleeping peacefully with a calm expression.
Because her Abyssal Hunter uniform had just been washed, she was currently only wearing a piece of clothing borrowed from Boa.
Skadi was only wearing a pair of black shorts that reached her knees on her lower body. Her fair and athletic thighs were well-proportioned, and her bare little feet were propped on the window frame.
As for her upper body, Goki's cape, which she used as a blanket, had slipped to the ground. Boa's white camisole was stretched particularly taut by the Little Orca's ample bosom.
One strap slipped from Skadi's smooth, fragrant shoulder, the Little Orca's head had dented the car door's metal, and a glistening trail of saliva flowed from the corner of her mouth.
She was no longer the Abyssal Hunter who had just arrived on land, bewildered, helpless, and incredibly lonely.
Gladiia and Specter were still alive, and Skadi herself had found a place where she could sleep peacefully without needing to be vigilant—by Goki's side.
Naturally, her sleeping posture began to become free and uninhibited.
"Ha, good thing the uniform is dry now. I should find a place to buy Titi some dedicated clothes. After all, we're going to a civilized city next, and I need to change into proper attire myself—Ah, I just remembered I have a set in my storage box."
His gaze fell into Skadi's deep Mariana, looking at the camisole whose material was already flimsy and had come undone from the Little Orca's tossing and turning, revealing a large expanse of tender flesh. Goki decided to buy Skadi new clothes again.
Zumama and Skadi were similar in build, but the former was taller, and the latter had a larger bust, so it was still a tight fit.
When they parted ways, Gavial had also wanted to offer Skadi a few old clothes.
But after Skadi successfully popped a button off Gavial's jacket in front of Goki, which then hit Goki on the forehead, the Crocodile sister snatched all her clothes back with a red face.
Thus, looking at the defenseless delicate body before him, Goki extended his clean large hand and, without hesitation, pinched it, using his index finger and thumb to lightly twist some of the soft flesh... "Don't pinch my face... Goki, you're annoying."
Pouting her pretty lips, Skadi's voice, completely unlike her usual cold tone, even somewhat akin to a spoiled whine, emerged from her mouth. She opened her ruby-like bright eyes, looking at Goki with a hint of resentment.
And Goki, meanwhile, showed a brilliant smile.
"Good morning, Little Orca, though it's almost noon now."
So, Skadi's lips also curved slightly, revealing an almost imperceptible smile, yet one that was remarkably more obvious than in the past.
"Then... good afternoon, Goki—is it time to eat?"
The Hunters' joyful journey continued.
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