Keep Flirting and Don't Get Killed

So far, Jiang Ran found it really difficult to associate Master Nissen with the concept of God, considering her intelligence. Even if she was just the "right eye of God", she shouldn't be so stupid.

Now, Jiang Ran thought so even more.

Ignoring the stupid loli's question, he quickly slipped out of Ella Village under the cover of night.

Ella Forest was located next to Ella Village, and it was the place where Jiang Ran landed when he entered the Prison Star World earlier in the day.

The main reason why he sneaked into the forest at night was to observe with his own eyes how the village chief Woodall hunted. At the barbecue party this evening, Jiang Ran learned a lot of information from the village chief. 

First of all, regarding the geographical location and political divisions, Ella Village belonged to Gristy Town, and above Gristy Town was Greenwood City. Greenwood City belonged to Lord Green Lizard, therefore, Ella Village was also under Lord Green Lizard's authority.

Lord Green Lizard was loyal to King Damodardas III, who led five other lords to jointly govern the country called Wildforest, also referred to as the Kingdom of Wester. The Kingdom of Wester was relatively peaceful among many countries of the Alliance of Light, because the war front between the Alliance of Light and the Hell Abyss Empire was far away from the Kingdom of Wester, and demons and monsters generally did not appear here.

The second thing he learned was about 'Profession'. In Ella Village, everyone had some skills to make a living, for example, the village chief Woodall was good at hunting, and Violet was good at managing orchards and sewing. 

Jiang Ran asked about 'Production Profession' and 'Manufacturing Profession' in a roundabout way. Woodall told Jiang Ran that 'Profession' was a gift from the 'good god' to believers. If one believed in the 'good god' and persevered in practicing the same profession, their specific abilities would ripen at some point. Then, they would be able to see the 'divine light', which was a recognition from the 'good god', and was also proof of their proficiency in that profession.

However, in order to choose a specific profession, one had to undergo an assessment first. In Lord Green Lizard's territory, 'Production Profession' and 'Manufacturing Profession' could only be appraised in Greenwood City. Generally, no one would go to Greenwood City unless there was a special situation. Even on horseback, it took half a month to get there one way.

The villagers of Ella Village never went to evaluate what production or manufacturing profession should they choose, but this did not affect their performance. As long as the 'divine light' appeared, it was the best attestation. Woodall said that he was recognized by the 'good god' as a hunter more than twenty years ago. Now, when he hunted, he could see the 'divine light' from time to time.

In the conversation with the village chief, Banning skillfully applied speech guidance and mind reading to obtain information. Because he appeared genuinely ignorant, the village chief did not suspect him. In Woodall's words, there were some points of interest worthy of Jiang Ran's consideration, but because Woodall mentioned that he would hunt in Ella Forest tonight to provide some meat for the village, Jiang Ran made observing Woodall his priority.

According to Woodall, both the 'Production Profession' and the 'Manufacturing Profession' could be obtained by accumulating experience continuously, and there was no need to go to a professional guild to get qualifications like going to church to be baptized.

This was good news for Jiang Ran. For now, the information about the 'Combat Profession' was still unclear, so it was very important for Jiang Ran to master a production or manufacturing profession with certain combat attributes as soon as possible. The 'Production Profession: hunter' cultivated by the village chief met Jiang Ran's needs.

As for why he didn't ask the village chief to teach him directly, it was because Jiang Ran saw the village chief's little thoughts from his psychological activities. Woodall had some insight. He thought that although Banning was a good guy, he didn't seem to be someone who would stay in a small place like Ella Village for a long time. 

In order to trick Banning into settling in Ella Village, he planned to teach him as slowly as possible any knowledge related to the 'profession', and not let him learn the real skills all at once... Regarding this matter, Woodall thought to secretly explain it to the other villagers as well.

Since the village chief had such a plan, Jiang Ran could only keep quiet on the surface, and then secretly find an opportunity to spy on the 'secrets' of the village chief's hunting skills.

After entering the Ella Forest, Jiang Ran lowered his posture. He had to be very careful, otherwise he would be easily discovered by an experienced hunter like Woodall. In the process of sneaking and looking for Woodall's traces, Jiang Ran's Super Dimensional Eye unexpectedly played a huge role.

Originally, with Jiang Ran's field exploration skills, it was difficult for him to find footprints in the forest at night, but now with the Super Dimensional Eye, he could not only see the footprints on the ground, but also the related information. On a human footprint, Jiang Ran saw the floating descriptions of "Woodall's footprint".

Relying on the identification ability, Jiang Ran gradually caught up with Woodall's tracks. As a hunter, although Woodall was eliminating footprints, he only eliminated them every now and then to prevent being tracked by beasts, which gave Jiang Ran the opportunity to follow him. About half an hour later, Jiang Ran found Woodall squatting in the distance. He had just set a trap and soon continued to move towards the next location.

Jiang Ran did not dare to follow too closely, relying entirely on the identification information of the Super Dimensional Eye for long-distance tracking. After a while, sharp animal calls were heard nearby, as if a predator was chasing prey. Jiang Ran found that Woodall had climbed up the tree at some point, so he hurriedly hid in the bushes to avoid being discovered.

Under the moonlight, Woodall raised his hunting bow, pulled the bowstring to the full, held his breath, and aimed, concentrating as if there were only him and the prey in the world. At this moment, Jiang Ran saw a silver-white flash on Woodall's fingers as he pulled the bow.

That should be the so-called divine light.

Then, Woodall released the arrow, which flew fast and steady. The trajectory of the arrow was almost unaffected by gravity and crosswinds. Then there was a dull sound and the wailing of an animal, which was the sound of the arrow hitting the prey.

It was obvious that the 'divine light' increased the power of arrows, which was exactly what Jiang Ran wanted to learn.

Afterward, Jiang Ran continued to follow Woodall for two hours without being discovered and learned a lot of hunting knowledge along the way, but the matter of 'profession' was still full of gaps.

Woodall finally harvested a fox, a rabbit, and three large guinea pigs, and returned with a full load. Jiang Ran followed him back to the village from a distance, but as he walked, his footsteps suddenly stopped.

He had found a new footprint, and the identification name was written as "Fox's Footprint".

Jiang Ran had seen all the names of the fifty people in Ella Village, but he had no impression of the name "Fox".

So he leaned over and touched the footprint, which felt very new. For safety reasons, he started tracking the footprint. However, the owner of the footprints moved very fast. Jiang Ran chased him in the forest for almost an hour but failed to catch up. In the end, he just barely saw a figure leaving from the other side of the Ella Forest.

Fortunately, this was enough.

The Super Dimensional Eye had identified the information of this figure:

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Fox, male, 37 years old, deputy leader of the Scarlet Cloud Bandits

Production Profession: None

Manufacturing Profession: Pharmacist - Lv1

Combat Profession: Scout - Lv6