The SSS-Class Hunter’s Garden Log - Chapter 72

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Chapter 72

Hana hurriedly ran away. However, even in the midst of this, he didn’t forget to gather the strawberries.

As he ripped off the strawberries along with their vines and stuffed them into his padding pockets, the remaining vines also began to thrash about.

“Aaaahhh!”

Snow pouring down like a waterfall, crazy strawberry vines, and even muscle rabbits.

It was an absolutely maddening combination.

Watching the rabbit running toward him as fast as a track athlete, Hana moved his legs with all his might.

“Ahhh! I knew this would happen! I knew they wouldn’t be cute!”

What is that thing?

It’s disgusting, so disgusting!

“Get away!”

Everyone has probably heard this at least once.

There’s that children’s song, isn’t there?

Mountain rabbit, rabbit, where are you going? Hopping and jumping, where are you going?

That…

The historical accuracy is wrong.

What hopping and jumping! It’s thudding and pounding!

“Aaaahhh!”

Hana ran in terror from the rabbit that was thudding and pounding toward him.

But that too soon reached its limit.

It was because the rabbits kept increasing in number, appearing from who knows where.

Eventually, Hana found himself surrounded by rabbits that had popped out from both sides and in front.

“This is really driving me crazy!”

After stomping his foot once, Hana first safely tucked Popcon inside his padding.

“You need to stay still, okay Popcon?”

Then, with the mindset that things would work out somehow, he summoned his weapon.

【SYSTEM】

【Weapon is being summoned.】

Zzzzz-.

Blue dots gathered together and soon an empty magazine and toy pistol appeared on Hana’s palm.

He wondered if this would work, but it seemed like an upgrade from the Dakkchong somehow.

“But how do you operate this thing?”

As Hana tried to attach the magazine.

“Kyuu?”

The first rabbit saw Hana’s weapon and perked up its ears.

Then it bent its knees and bounced up into the air.

There was no time to figure out how to operate it.

As Hana’s energy instinctively burst out and flowed into the magazine, blue bullets appeared in the empty space.

Then Hana’s hand quickly secured the magazine to the bottom of the gun and pulled the slider back.

And as soon as the slider returned to its position, the arm holding the gun extended straight at an angle.

At almost the same moment, his index finger pulled the trigger.

Bang!

As the crisp gunshot echoed across the snowy plains, the first rabbit crashed to the ground and rolled around.

“Kyuuuuuu!”

It was a hit.

The condensed blue bullet had pierced straight through the rabbit’s thigh.

Hana stared at the pistol in bewilderment.

“…This is insane?”

The power was enough to make his disappointment about it being a toy seem foolish.

The sensation from when it fired still seemed to linger at his fingertips.

The thrill that flowed through his entire body the moment he pulled the trigger.

It even gave him a sense of liberation, as if he had found a sensation he had forgotten.

The memory of himself operating the rifle he had seen as a reward naturally came to mind.

“Right. I think I’ve done this before.”

Although the appearance was different, handling guns was as familiar as breathing.

Meanwhile.

As the first rabbit lowered its body as if to charge again, Hana extended his arm once more.

Even faster than before.

Once again, a blue bullet cut through the air and struck straight into the center of the rabbit’s forehead.

Thunk!

“Kyu—uk!”

The rabbit’s head snapped backward.

Its massive body lost its balance and collapsed.

【SYSTEM】

【You have defeated ‘Snow Rabbit (Level 2)’.】

【You receive 50pt experience as a reward.】

Hana’s eyes widened as he reloaded the gun.

“Huh? Killing rabbits gives experience? And 50pt at that?”

Hana’s gaze slowly moved to the side as he held the gun.

The remaining rabbit monsters were circling around warily.

One, two. Three.

Including the one he just dealt with, there were four in total.

“So if I kill all of these, I get 200pt, right?”

Hana’s eyes sparkled with pure greed.

He had been wondering when he’d collect 8,000pt.

If he just killed ten of these muscle rabbits, that would be 500pt?

Hana’s cheeks twitched.

The rabbits that had seemed so disgusting just moments ago suddenly started looking cute.

These little experience point bundles.

Any doubt about easily defeating monsters of a higher grade than himself had already been pushed to the back of his mind.

Hana’s attention was entirely focused on experience points.

Hana stepped forward with light steps.

“Rabbit. Where are your other friends? Could you perhaps tell me?”

Hana asked in the sweetest tone in the world.

Taking advantage of the rabbits hesitating and backing away at Hana’s appearance, he fired a bullet at the closest rabbit.

“Kyuup!”

Using the monster that collapsed with a single scream as a stepping stone, Hana jumped up.

But as he tried to pull the trigger again, the third rabbit’s charging speed was faster.

At close range where aiming was difficult.

Hana skillfully lifted the gun and struck the rabbit’s head with the grip.

In response to Hana, the blue light from the firearm rippled even more vividly.

When he finished dealing with the third rabbit that was staggering while holding its head.

The last remaining rabbit turned around and started to flee.

“Hey! Rabbit, where are you going! Are you trying to take me to where your friends are? Then we should go together!”

“Kyu. Kyuu. Kyuuuuk!”

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Before he knew it, Hana was wandering around the snowy plains, even humming a tune.

“Muscle rabbit, rabbit, where are you~ Thudding and pounding, please give me some experience~.”

The relationship had completely reversed.

Now the rabbits were the ones running away, and Hana was the one chasing them.

“How many did I catch?”

Hana counted on his fingers.

Hmm. Ten. It seemed like he had caught about that many.

Then he had already accumulated 500pt…

At this rate, obtaining the next memory fragment wouldn’t be far off.

“Isn’t this more suited to my aptitude than farming? At this level, shouldn’t I switch from production class to combat class?”

At Hana’s casual muttering, a system window shot up like lightning.

【SYSTEM】

【What are you saying! You’re production class! A farmer! Do you know how dangerous combat class Hunters are? Safe farming is the best! ٩(๑`^´๑)۶】

A lecture poured out in response to his thoughtless comment.

“I, I was just saying. Calm down, calm down.”

Though he wondered why it was getting so upset, Hana first tried to soothe Jjak-jjak-i.

【SYSTEM】

【Safety first warning! Don’t forget! ୧(๑•̀ᗝ•́)૭】

“I said I got it.”

Hana shrank back at Jjak-jjak-i’s intensity.

‘At times like this, it really seems like it has a consciousness or something.’

Hana’s lips curved into an arc as he moved while sneakily watching Jjak-jjak-i’s mood.

It was because he had discovered rabbits gathered closely together. Moreover, there was a Strawberry Patch in the middle of them.

And.

【SYSTEM】

【You have discovered one of the Boss Monsters ‘Twin Snow Rabbits of the Snowy Plains (Stage 3)’.】

A Boss Monster as a bonus too. And this one also has no rank?

“Does that mean this one will also give experience points if I catch it?”

Hana’s eyes blazed with desire.

The Boss Monster that had been gnawing on strawberries in the middle of the rabbit herd suddenly turned its head.

It was definitely on a different level from the Muscle Rabbits he had been facing so far.

An even larger build, front teeth sharp like fangs, and gleaming bright red eyes.

It was even dripping red strawberry juice from the corners of its mouth.

It was a visual straight out of a horror movie scene.

Whether it had caught the scent of the strawberries in Hana’s pocket, the Boss Monster’s nose twitched.

And it bent its knees in the same pattern he had seen before.

It was the action right before leaping.

Sensing the Boss Monster about to spring up like a coil, Hana quickly pulled the trigger, but.

Click, an empty sound rang out.

The magazine was empty.

In that moment, the Boss Monster leaped toward Hana.

“Why now of all times…!”

Just as the panicked Hana was about to replace it with a new magazine, white light burst out from inside his padding.

“Squeak!”

“Popcon!”

It was Popcon.

Popcon’s small body that had jumped out from Hana’s embrace instantly swelled up.

And transformed into the form of a lion with a dazzling white mane flowing.

Popcon, now with its enlarged body, directly headbutted the Boss Monster.

Thanks to this, Hana, who had gained time, clicked! and pushed in a new magazine.

And without hesitation, he immediately fired his gun at the Boss Monster flying through the air.

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