Colin Iliad glanced at Lovia and did not respond directly. He waited until he pulled out the two straight swords stuck in the ground before nodding and saying:

"good."

A group of five people walked around the outskirts of the city of Noth and tried to enter several times, but they were scared away by the "daily life" of the city-state which seemed normal but was actually silent, and they dared not explore rashly.

Seeing that the frequency of lightning in the sky was getting lower and lower, and darkness was gradually taking over the world, Colin stared at North City for a few seconds and said:

"Let's set up a small camp and continue during daylight hours."

The so-called daytime is a period when lightning frequency is high and the intervals of darkness are very short.

The other members of the exploration team had no objection and quickly built a simple camp using a pile of rocks at the edge of the riverbed.

At the very end of the camp, sheltered by huge rocks above and without having to worry about rain, a bonfire was burning. Various remains of strange creatures were piled up beside it, and were thrown in as firewood from time to time. Colin, Lovia and others sat around the fire, eating the dry food they brought with them and the corpses of monsters that had been proven not to cause much harm.

As the fat sizzled, Colin Iliad, the chief of the Six-Man Council, looked at Derrick Berg and said:

"Let's patrol the camp first and then exchange after they finish their meal."

In the past, Derrick would not have had any extra thoughts, but at this moment, the first thought that flashed through his mind was:

The Chief has something to say to me in private...

“Okay.” Derrick stuffed the remaining piece of meat into his mouth and picked up the “Thor’s Roar” that was placed beside him.

The piece of meat was clearly cooked, but it still looked a pale green.

After arriving at the edge of the dimly lit camp, Demon Hunter Colin spoke in a low voice without any change in tone:

"Nos City is more evil and dangerous than I expected. What do you think about the next action?"

I don't know much about this place, and I don't have much experience, so why would the chief ask for my opinion? Derrick was stunned for a moment, and instinctively wanted to raise his left hand to scratch the back of his head.

He immediately remembered the conversations he had had with the Chief in Silver City, and the analysis that Mr. Hanged Man had made about the hidden meanings in his words. Suddenly, he had an epiphany:

“The Chief is hinting at me!

"What he meant was that the city of Noth was more evil and dangerous than expected, and hunting the shapeshifters would be more difficult than imagined. Is it possible to change the target?

"He wants me to pray to Mr. Fool and get an oracle and some 'advice' from him?

"I see... Mr. World is really a wise man. He told me how to hunt evil monsters and obtain their blood in a relatively simple way. Well, it seems that it can be used in this situation!"

As his thoughts flashed, Derrick responded sincerely:

"Yes, Your Excellency the Chief, I have some suggestions."

Colin Iliad breathed a sigh of relief, swallowed the more straightforward words, and nodded slightly:

"speak."

"Since North City has changed, we will be taking a big risk if we enter. Perhaps we can consider luring the shapeshifters out." Derrick did not copy the method of Gehrman Sparrow from "The World", but made some modifications based on the current situation.

Demon Hunter Colin did not deny it directly, but asked cautiously:

"So how do we lure the shapeshifter out?"

Derrick said without hesitation:

"I have an item that has a very strong effect on shapeshifters. Just place it at the edge of Noth City or a little further away, and you can lure out the shapeshifters."

Colin, with his pale and messy hair, was not at all surprised by his words and nodded gently:

"What item?"

He had long known that Derrick Berg had secretly held a prayer ceremony during the night watch!

Moreover, if he hadn't helped cover it up, this would definitely not have been hidden from Lovia, Rig and Gunalun.

Derrick didn't know how to call it or describe it, so he directly took out an iron-black square box from the inside of his clothes. The box was completely different from the style of the Silver City and removed the "spiritual wall" on the surface.

Then, instead of lowering his head, he turned his head away and opened the box purely by the feel of his hands.

Inside the box is a palm-sized humanoid object. At first glance, one can notice that it is filled with transparent liquid, which occasionally emits bubbles and black light. A closer look reveals that it is made up of worm-like things entangled together, and the details are filled with indescribable patterns representing various abstract concepts.

This is the real soul of the spirit world plunderer that Klein had obtained before!

He believed that this extraordinary material had an incomparable attraction to the tricksters. This was not only due to the law of aggregation of extraordinary characteristics, but also because once the tricksters obtained it, they would become complete "tricksters", break free from the current restrictions, gain an essential improvement in the level of life, and truly become demigods!

Therefore, in order to make the action of hunting down evil monsters simpler, clearer, and less time-consuming, Klein risked losing the real soul of the spirit world plunderer and lent it to the little "Sun".

Colin Iliad looked carefully for a few seconds, then looked away and said:

“It should work.

"Close the lid and don't attach the 'Spiritual Wall'. Just leave it as it is and see if you can attract them to the camp."

"They?" Derrick asked subconsciously.

Colin's face, which had several old scars, showed a slight smile:

“Do you think there is only one shapeshifter in Noth City?

"If it weren't for the fact that the rank of this item is not high enough, I would be worried that it would attract even more terrifying monsters."

Derrick scratched the back of his head with a feeling of shame, and then, following the Chief's instructions, he closed the iron-black square box and stuffed it back into the secret pocket on the inside of his clothes.

During the following patrols, he remained on high alert, but never waited for the Shapeshifters to attack.

After a while, Lovia, Rig, and Gunalune took over their tasks, and Derrick sat back down by the warm fire.

At this moment, a "wa wa wa" sound was heard, and seven or eight crows with black feathers and red eyes flew over and circled in the air.

This brought about an indescribable feeling of terror. Colin Iliad drew his sword and looked over.

Suddenly, he had an idea and quickly turned his gaze towards where Derrick Berg was.

Across from the fire, two brown-haired boys, nearly 1.9 meters tall and with childish looks on their faces, were staring at each other in astonishment.

Colin narrowed his eyes and shouted immediately:

“Shine!”

One of the young men was stunned at first, then he suddenly realized and let pure and warm sunlight radiate from his body.

With a swish, a shadow flashed by, and the straight sword in Colin's hand cut the fake Derrick into pieces.

It was a shadow, a blurry and transparent shadow!

At the same time, a red-eyed crow suddenly fell from the sky, its body swelled up and turned into a dark shadow.

Above the shadow, there is a single transparent eye that shines a faint blue, and around the eye are eyes with the same characteristics but a few sizes smaller.

Shapeshifter!

A shapeshifter who can disguise himself as a crow!

As soon as the dark shadow landed, Derrick's head went numb and his body became petrified, unable to move. He could only watch as the other party pounced on him.

Bang!

The shapeshifter hit an invisible wall and was unable to go any further.

At the edge of the fire, Colin Iliad thrust the straight sword in his hand into the ground and pulled out the other sword on his back.

The surroundings suddenly became bright, just like the legendary dawn that had descended on this abandoned land. Endless morning light burst out, forming an illusory ocean that swallowed up the dark shadows and all the crows from bottom to top.

At the entrance of the camp, an illusory knight over five meters tall and wearing silver armor appeared behind the "shepherd" Lovia.

A ball of dark red flame burned in each of the knight's eyes, and he locked onto a position in an instant.

"He" took a sudden step forward and appeared several hundred meters away in a flash.

Sharp silver lights burst out, cutting everything around into neat small pieces, including the various monsters hiding there, including the shapeshifters who used some ability to escape the fatal blow of the "Monster Hunter" and moved here.

The monster was still not dead, and it moved its real body again. However, the pure and clear morning light came again, completely submerging a large area.

When the dawn faded, Colin Iliad appeared there wearing a brown coat and holding two straight swords. He calmly watched the light condense little by little on the cracked ground in front of him, and watched the black-red blood that had been mostly evaporated slowly overflow.

Success! Derrick was delighted and quickly used the "Spiritual Wall" to seal the iron-black square box again.

The "Demon Hunter" Colin then inserted his two swords into the ground, took out three metal bottles that had been filled with potions, and filled them with the blood on the ground.

While waiting for the material to take shape, he said to Luo Weiya and the others with a normal expression:

"The materials left behind by the shapeshifter are useful to me. I want to exchange them directly."

In Silver City, there are generally two ways to deal with the gains from this kind of exploration. One is to take it back and return it to the city-state, in exchange for corresponding contributions, which are distributed according to the degree of effort. The other is that if it is not particularly important and a member likes it, then it can be exchanged for equivalent items or contributions on the spot.

"I have no objection." Rigg and Gunalun said at the same time.

Luo Weiya didn't say anything, indicating her agreement.

After the illusory silver-armored knight returned, she turned her head and glanced indifferently at Derrick Berg who was standing by the fire.

…………

East Balam, in the temporary office of the Red Gloves team.

Soest looked around and said to all the team members:

"Her Excellency 'Eye of the Goddess' asked us to investigate the sale of extraordinary materials through 'Hunters' in the local area and surrounding cities, and whether any of the corresponding extraordinary people are missing or dead.

"She agreed with Daly's guess, and suspected the death of the Intis spy was caused by the evil spirit of the Hunter pathway.

“Of course, we can’t ignore other anomalies, after all, that’s just a possibility.

"Another point is that we only need to collect intelligence. We don't need to worry about other things or conduct in-depth investigations. This is the order of Her Excellency 'Eye of the Goddess'!

"Do you remember?"

"Remember!" Cindy and others responded.

Soster looked at Leonard and Daly, then retracted his gaze and said in a deep voice:

"action!"

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