Grrr...

Hmm?

P-prepare to die, eggbear!

Whoa!

Waaaaah! OOF!

Ooh, man that hurt...

Gyaah!

I-I'm warning you!
I don't taste very good.
You'll get the runs!

Woof!!

Oh my gosh, s-s-somebody
h-h-help me--! Aaaah!!

Is this kid for real?

It's all right now.

Huh? The monster turned into a girl?

Oh, brother. This should
be interesting.

I'm Karol Capel! I'm a member of the
Hunting Blades guild. We travel the globe
in search of the toughest monsters!

I'm Yuri. This is Estelle, and
you've met Repede already.

Anyway, nice to meet you.

What? Yuri, wait!

My apologies.

Huh? ...Hey, wait up!
Where you guys going?!

You guys are here to enter the
woods, right? Well then, I'll...

Actually, we've just finished
coming through the woods, and
we're on our way to Halure.

No way! You guys made it
through the cursed woods?

Did you guys run
into any eggbears?

Do you know what he's talking about, Yuri?

Nope. I don't think we've seen any.

Man... Wonder if I
should head back
to town, then...

They definitely won't like it if I
keep them waiting... All right!

I'm not sure you two would make it on your
own, but never fear! The star member of the
Hunting Blades will be your escort!

See that? I've even
got my own blastia!

What? You guys both have
one, too? O-oh yeah?
Well how'dya like this?!

It has information about monsters.
Hm? After a certain point, all the
pages are blank.

Th-that's 'cause I'm gonna fill it up
with piles of monsters after this.

Hey, wait! Who said you
could just write in there?!

It might hurt your “star member” status
if it got out that you broke your sword.

Oh, that? I had to give myself
some kinda handicap, or else it
wouldn't have been a fair fight.

Hey, that's actually not too bad.

Yo! Do you guys even know where
you're going? Halure's to the north
once you get out of the woods.

Come on, guys! Wait for me!