Chapter 892: Humanity’s Dilemma

“That’s great”

Gale was holding a gnawed lamb rib bone in her mouth. After finishing her lunch, she was still muttering, "I also want a serious and smooth title like Hayata."

"As for 'Ms. Nirma,' just think about it as much as you want." Anhil sneered.

"***I will die with you!"

Gordon Hayata and the others spent some effort to pull the two apart and push them back to their seats.

Fortunately, it was not uncommon for drunken people to get into fights in public taverns, and their location was relatively remote, so they did not attract too much attention.

At the table, the master holding a cup of hot tea looked at this scene with a smile and did not stop it.

Young people, it’s better to be more energetic.

"Master, why did the great elder summon us this afternoon?" Gordon put an arm on Ancier's shoulder, suppressing him, and asked the master, "Isn't it another urgent task?"

The master put down his tea cup and said, "No, with the great elder's impatience, if it is an urgent task, he will only summon you immediately instead of setting a time to summon you."

"Too."

"Relax, it should be a good thing, cough." The master took a sip of hot tea to relieve his cough, and looked at Gale, "Gale should also have received the summons notice, right?"

"yes."

"That's right. The reward for the defense of Styracosaurus should be a commendation meeting."

Gordon nodded, as he thought.

"By the way, Gordon, did the Great Elder tell you anything before?" Master Jiang narrowed his eyes and asked, "The Great Elder called me over yesterday and praised you and Julius.

Ke Ke said that I have two good disciples and led two good teams and so on, then he laughed and let me go. "

Gordon probably guessed what the Great Elder was referring to. He crossed his arms and said, "Didn't the Great Elder intend to promote a few of us after the defense of Metabetate? We used the reason that the interval between the last promotion and the last promotion was too short. Declined.

The great elder said at that time that he would promote us after we hunt the ancient dragon species next time.

I thought it would be a long time later, and then the Styracosaurus happened to attack."

"It's true, cough." Master Jiang's expression was a little helpless, "Julius and Bi are in the same situation. After defeating the rusty steel dragon, the great elder also wanted to promote them.

From this point of view, summoning you this time is likely to be a large-scale collective promotion. "

Anhil was a little confused, "Master Campbell, why is the Great Elder so eager to promote us high-ranking hunters?

Are we seven-star or eight-star? Is there any essential difference?

It's just a name. It doesn't mean that by being promoted to eight stars, we will become stronger.

If there is a real crisis, will seven-star hunters or eight-star hunters be drafted equally? "

"Anhil, you are right, cough cough cough."

The master took a breath and continued: "Actually, many of the tasks you have performed in recent years have exceeded the difficulty standard of seven-star tasks. The great elder promoted you to eight-stars not out of consideration of 'ease of use'"

"What's that for?" Anhir asked.

The master was silent for a moment and did not answer immediately. Instead, he got up and took everyone to a quiet room on the second floor of the tavern. After closing the door, he said:

"With your hunter level, you will soon be exposed to this information. Please keep it confidential."

The hunters nodded one after another, and even Feng Ying and Gale became serious.

"In recent years, Gulong incidents have occurred frequently. The causes of each incident seem to be unrelated, but in terms of overall data.

Let's put it this way, do you know how much the incidence rate of cologne-related incidents in the past two years has increased compared to ten years ago? "

"How many?"

The master raised three fingers.

"Thirty percent?" Anhir asked.

"Three times."

"."

The master craftsman rubbed the umbrella handle in his palm and continued: "So, over the years, the guild has made a lot of layout and preparations in places that you can't see.

This includes but is not limited to urging local guilds to build new fortresses, expand training camps, recruit more hunter students, encourage hunters to bring disciples, and so on.

It’s been a long time since you guys learned about the one-star and two-star missions, right?

Cough cough cough. In the past two years, due to the graduation and influx of a large number of novice hunters, today's low-star missions are not to mention backlogged, and may even be in short supply. "

Gordon scratched his chin. He really hadn't paid attention to this for a long time.

But he still remembered that when he first became a one-star hunter, the various collection tasks and the tasks of defeating small monsters were too many to handle.

The master continued: "After the bottom level has sufficient strength, or even excess, the guild begins to relax promotion restrictions step by step.

For example, it was originally necessary to complete thirty one-star missions before being eligible to take the initiative to receive the assessment mission for promotion to two-star, but now, it has been reduced to twenty-five times, and in some local guilds it has been reduced to twenty times. "

Hayata's eyes widened, "In this case, wouldn't the casualty rate of the promotion mission increase a lot?"

"Yes, cough cough cough." The master's expression was slightly gloomy, "Although when promotion restrictions are being relaxed, guilds in various places have repeatedly emphasized that novice hunters are warned to act within their capabilities.

However, the casualty rate of assessment missions still increased significantly. "

Ancier looked serious, but he agreed with the guild's approach, "The guild will not force low-star hunters to be promoted. If you feel inadequate, no one will care about you if you do a hundred one-star tasks and then get promoted.

The guild hopes to improve the quantity and quality of the entire hunter group from the bottom up.

Young hunters with drive and talent will come to the fore at a faster rate.

With this momentum, in five years, or at most ten years, a large number of young generation of top hunters will emerge, and the number of four-star and five-star elite hunters will also increase greatly.

Only in this way can we maintain our advantage in the next 'species competition'.

Otherwise, the ancient dragons will appear frequently and attack cities, but the number of hunters will not increase. Hunters will die in large numbers, cities will fall one by one, and the population base will decrease, forming a vicious cycle. It is not impossible for human civilization to be destroyed. ”

“Is this so exaggerated?” Feng Ying stuttered a little, “And the great elder, isn’t the great elder super strong? Monsters like the giant halberd dragon can be chopped down with one knife. There will be no problem with him, right?”

The master shook his head, “Unless it involves taboos, the great elder will not take action. Ahem. His sword this time has violated the agreement with the hero and the craftsman to ‘not intervene’.

That stubborn old man is really blaming himself. "

"But why?" Feng Ying wanted to ask more.

Gordon interrupted her, "Children cannot grow up if parents have to do everything. Although parents live long, they are old and will die one day.

If children are protected too well and have no ability to protect themselves, they will not be able to survive in a dangerous future."

Feng Ying, who understood the meaning, shut up.

"So, what does this have to do with the promotion of upper hunters?" Gale asked confusedly.

"As the best of the younger generation, we are the role models and goals of young hunters. Only when we stand high enough and perform brilliantly enough can we be called role models.

Besides, why don't we move up and stay where we are as goalkeepers?" Ansel, who has understood everything, said casually.

"It feels weird. "Hayata sighed softly.

As a "role model" who was almost picked out and hung on the wall, she was quite averse to this kind of promotion with other purposes.

Knowing what Hayata was struggling with, the master patted her on the shoulder, "Don't think too much, you have grown up now, and you can bear this honor and responsibility, ahem."

Speaking of this, the master glanced at Feng Ying and smiled and said, "Maybe your juniors will catch up soon?"

Hayata was stunned. She thought of Feng Ying who was promoted just after she became an adult, Lieyan of Yanhuo Village, Aiden of Bitou, and Jean of Bokai Village.

There are also "newcomers" all over the world who are working hard to climb up.

She was also relieved, "Yes, if you don't speed up, you may be caught up in a few years. ”

Ps.

Don’t think about the “darkness of the guild”. The Hunter Guild in this book is still very decent. This part of the description is just to make the “fast promotion” reasonable.

In fact, the later the book is written, the more obvious this problem becomes. Are the protagonists promoted quickly? Of course, it is fast, so fast that it is a bit unreasonable, but

Give me an example and you will understand this distress. Luffy defeated Kaido a month after he defeated Doflamingo with difficulty.

It seems that only half a year has passed since the Sky Comet Dragon, but the chapters are almost 300. If you don’t fast forward the timeline, the curve of time and experience growth will be very upturned.

But if you pull the timeline, the protagonists are not immortal after all. Frequent pulling of the timeline will make them middle-aged in a moment.

The strength is actually up to the standard. Several banned monsters have been cut. If Gordon is still forced to stay at the Seven Stars, everyone probably feels uncomfortable.

It is only reasonable to deal with it in this way.