Chapter 76
The laser that almost burned people's vision suddenly pierced through the black-haired boy's chest.
Blood spurted out, and the secretary in the corner of the swimming pool widened her eyes slightly. A red shadow appeared in her sight, and her hand suddenly clenched the black umbrella.
She felt a ringing in her ears.
The world seemed to have come to a standstill, leaving only the headache-inducing buzzing sound and the slow movement of the black-haired boy falling in her eyes.
【But it is meaningful to me. 】
The scene from not long ago flashed back in her mind. The secretary opened her lips, closed her eyes, and when she looked up again, she regained her cold and rational look.
All this happened in just a moment.
The next moment, the woman with a high ponytail rushed out instantly, her speed reaching the limit she could reach, and in the blink of an eye she rushed in front of the monster. While its attention was all on the boy in front of it, she followed the traces left by the black-haired boy before and stabbed the black umbrella into its heart!
“Squeak——”
The familiar feeling of piercing flesh was like poking open a bag of plasma.
To be honest, the feeling is disgusting.
She could feel the warmth of the blood splattering on her, and for a moment she couldn't tell whether it was from the monster or from the black-haired hunter who had fallen to the side.
The monster, who had been severely injured again, turned his gaze towards her. His sturdy arms gave up on grabbing the black-haired boy's body and instead grabbed her head heavily, as if he wanted to crush her head directly.
The secretary did not dodge.
She even raised her eyes and stared into the monster's eyes, revealing a very cold smile that showed no fear of death at all. If you look closely, you can seem to see the madness hidden in it.
With a turn of his wrist, Black Umbrella suddenly issued two rapid alarms.
The secretary grabbed the black-haired boy who was about to fall to the ground and retreated with him at a high speed. But before they retreated to a safe distance, the black umbrella left in the monster's body suddenly exploded violently!
"boom!!"
Red clouds rose into the sky.
The explosion enveloped the entire monster. The orange-red light illuminated almost the entire swimming pool. A huge airflow suddenly blew over, lifting the secretary's long ponytail and the hem of her clothes, and pushed her to slide several meters away.
However, because she had taken the black-haired boy to the ground early, she did not suffer any substantial damage.
This series of actions happened in just a short moment.
At this moment, having lost her weapon, the secretary's attack ability dropped significantly. She stared at the explosion, without acting rashly, just observing the monster's condition.
The fire cloud gradually dissipated, revealing a monster inside that was almost blown in half, its entire body appearing hollow, but still tenacious and recovering.
"Damn it."
The woman cursed out the first swear word of the month with a blank expression.
She raised her eyes, and her black pupils, which had a gray-blue tint due to her mixed blood, were now as cold as the glaciers in the Far North that never melted all year round, bringing a bone-chilling chill.
The secretary knew that the most important thing for an adult was emotional stability, especially since she was the personal secretary of Xu Banmeng, the owner of Tongtian Tower.
She was used to staying calm no matter what she did, and she hadn't had any strong emotions for a long time, so much so that until now, she couldn't even tell whether it was fear or anger that was lingering in her chest.
If twenty minutes ago, the impression of S-level hunter Su Xingyuan in her mind was just a valuable genius, she would only habitually estimate his value, and if the genius died, she would only feel sorry for his death.
But now...
In her eyes, he is a "person", a "person" who cannot be measured by value, who can be trusted and fought alongside by her.
The secretary took off the ring on her index finger.
Anyone who sees this ring will only think that it is a space prop, but this ring is precisely a stabilizing device for the secretary's ability - just like the safety on a gun, once it is turned on, then when the trigger is pressed, a bullet will rush out of the muzzle.
"Ding-dong."
The ring fell to the ground.
Starting from her fingertips, lines like cracked skin slowly climbed up her body, spread to her cheeks, and finally merged into her pupils.
[Ability: Mirror Gun]
[Level: A]
[Status: Normal]
Such a panel flickered for a moment.
[Level: S]
[Status: Unblocked]
[Description: [Mirror Gun - Normal] Designate an enemy as the main body's mirror image. When the main body is damaged, the mirror object will be given the same amount of damage as before.]
[Mirror Gun - Unlock] The subject is the person who activates the ability, and all living life forms in the area are designated as mirror objects. The subject continues to collapse. This process lasts for five minutes. When the process ends, regardless of whether the damage caused by the death of the subject causes the death of the mirror object, the mirror object will die instantly.]
——Conceptual hidden S-level ability effect.
It is also her last trump card.
The ponytail spread out and fluttered upwards in a messy manner along with the air flow. The woman raised her right hand, made a gun shape, and then slowly pressed it against her temple.
She grinned, and there was no fear in her bloodshot eyes that she was about to die here. She just followed the guidance of her ability and chanted the decisive liberation spell that would lead to the collapse of everything:
"Mirror image..."
gun.
Someone held her hand, which was sticky with blood but had human body temperature.
"…I was only away from the battlefield for three seconds, Miss Secretary."
"Is the efficiency of Tongtian Tower so high?"
Her right hand, which was shaped like a gun, was spread out and a cold bead was placed in it. The moment the blue bead entered her hand, the red lines on her body stopped spreading and even began to show signs of fading.
"It does have some effect in removing negative buffs..." the young man's voice sounded faintly.
Then he poked his head out from behind him.
The secretary saw him rubbing his blood-spattered cheek and said with a smile: "Although the last combo was a bit long...it's still a combo, isn't it?"
Just a few seconds later, when the pair of green eyes appeared again, they seemed to bring endless vitality, as if as long as these eyes were still looking here, this battle would not be lost.
The secretary lowered her eyes, picked up her ring, and put it back on her middle finger.
She said coldly, "Three seconds? You watched the show for at least two seconds, Mr. Su Xingyuan."
The black-haired hunter didn't care about the condemnation. He simply chose to ignore all the bad reviews and stood up as usual, standing at the forefront, holding the silver long sword in his hand. He said to the monster that subconsciously took a step back in a relaxed tone:
"Ma'am, you almost ruined my efforts. This is very rude."
Although the little episode just now made him more deeply understand the meaning of the mission goal of "zero friendly casualties" while "killing monsters" - after all, if the goal is only to kill monsters, you can directly sacrifice the secretary - but the player still cannot tolerate the fact that he has already completed one tenth of the mission and is almost back to the time before liberation.
The clear voice of the black-haired boy seemed to still linger in his ears, but when he looked up again, the figure had clearly rushed forward, stuck on the edge of the time when the combo judgment was invalid, and instantly injected the abundant magic power gained from physical strength into the wound created by the secretary earlier!
"This is... the final blow."
【Baby's breath】
Suddenly, in addition to the powerful magic power that was rampaging through the monster's body, the previous twenty-seven sword strikes hit its body without missing a single one!
Just like the name of this knife, the knife light is like a broken moon falling from the sky. It seems very clear, but when you are in it, you can feel it——
It lacked the sophistication and accuracy of Ding Fengbo, but was like a long knife that smashed at the monster's body like an axe. When it was wielded by someone, the ferocity that was visible to the naked eye was so terrifying.
In just a moment, all that was left on the ground was a pool of flesh whose original appearance could not be seen.
[HP: 0]
The monster's already low health was emptied in an instant.
[You have defeated the [Special Monster]! 】
…
[You have been upgraded!] 】
[You have been upgraded!] 】
[Your current level is lv.34]
Game pop-up windows kept appearing in the lower left corner of his sight, but because his vision was blocked, he couldn't see clearly.
Mainly because there was too much blood in his eyes.
Just like when the protagonist is seriously injured in a game, a large area of red blood will appear on the edge of the screen, covering the screen. Su Xingyuan is in this state at this moment.
The player's health seems to be in a very precarious situation at this moment. The physical strength value of [0.1] means that even if the secretary punches him casually, he will lie on the ground and die on the spot.
Blood oozed from the black-haired boy's mouth and nose, and his eyes seemed to be filled with tears of blood, staining his clear green cat eyes red. However, he was smiling very happily, with a childish expression as happy as if he had completed a task and received a special reward.
If you ignore the blood on his body and the minced meat and blood dripping from the long knife, this scene could be on the cover of a magazine about student days.
[Congratulations to the player for completing the mission!] 】
[Mission objective: Kill the monster (completed); Zero friendly casualties at the end of the mission (completed)]
[Task Rewards: Gold Coins*5000, Magic Core*1, Defense Armor*1, Magic Shoes*1]
——What dropped was equipment.
Speaking of which, except for a few high-end ones, the rest of Su Xingyuan's current equipment are basically the low-end ones used in the original game, which is indeed not in line with the current game progress.
However, now is not the time to check these things.
Su Xing originally closed all the pop-up windows so that they would not block his view and make the situation worse. Then he turned around and walked towards the man who seemed to be unconscious.
The secretary near the man put on the glasses she had taken off earlier, and it was obvious that she had calmed down at this moment. She even smoothed out the wrinkles on her clothes, and she looked like she could attend a business meeting with just a bag.
She did not express any objection to Su Xingyuan's "resurrection". Just like she also had hidden S-level abilities, it was not uncommon for hunters to have their own trump cards.
However, she was still a little surprised that Su Xingyuan revealed his cards so easily.
The black-haired boy walked up to the man with a harmless smile on his face, but his feet in leather boots had already ruthlessly crushed the man's head.
"Now that you're awake, stop pretending to be asleep, Mr. Pharmacist."
The black-haired boy said with a smile, and as he spoke, his feet were gradually exerting force.
What players will lose in battle are always the red and blue bars and props, but even if they stay in the game for ten days and ten nights, the character's physical strength will remain the same.
Therefore, the man lying on the ground successfully felt what it was like to be squeezed.
The fear of dying made him unable to maintain the state of pretending to be unconscious. The man immediately opened his eyes and said hurriedly: "Let me go, please, you have killed my most precious thing, everything I did was forced! You have no right-"
Only the silver light moved slightly, and even the sound could not be heard. After just a second of stunnedness, the heart-wrenching pain spread to the man's brain.
After realizing what had just happened, he suddenly let out a painful scream.
——One of his legs was separated from his body.
"It has come to this, and you still refuse to tell the truth?" The black-haired boy seemed to sigh softly: "Do I really look so stupid?"
He slowly raised the knife, and the tip of the knife lightly placed on the man's other leg. The unwiped blood on the blade dripped down and soaked into the fabric of the man's trousers, coming into close contact with his skin, sticky and warm, yet with the slight stinging coldness of iron.
"I'll tell you! I'll tell you!!"
The man shuddered and finally couldn't help but speak.
The secretary glanced over here, pushed up her glasses, and said, "The space rift here is dissolving. Ms. Xu Banmeng should be waiting outside. You have two minutes at most."
I don't know whether this sentence is said to the black-haired boy or to the man.
But to the man, it means that he only has two minutes to tell everything, and if he hasn't finished speaking by the time the time is up, he should die.
"It was the Demon King's City... It was the Demon King's City that made me do this!"
Sure enough, the man uttered a familiar name.
Su Xingyuan: "Continue."
There was no emotion in his voice, as if his patience had been almost worn out.
"I... started studying monsters three years ago. I studied what special effects their corpses could have and whether ordinary people could have the ability to protect themselves. But no one agreed with my experiment. They labeled me a heretic and even wanted to confiscate my results..."
"At this time, a group of high-ranking officials from Country J came forward and said they would provide me with an environment to continue my research. I believed them, but they secretly kidnapped my wife and indirectly caused my daughter to die in a foreign country."
"I was forced to change the direction of my experiments and began to provide tailor-made potential stimulation for their hunters. I had done my best to meet their expectations, but they were still worried... until one day, they pushed my wife up as a sample for human experiments."
The expression on the man's face gradually twisted. "They killed my family, but they still want me to make a profit for them! Why? And those hunters and researchers, if any one of them had given me a hand, if any one of them had investigated my whereabouts, I wouldn't have ended up like this!"
"Humans deserve to die! All humans deserve to die! Everyone should experience my despair and pain. Why am I the only one who has to endure this while ordinary people are still living happily and contentedly under the protection of hunters?!"
Black-haired boy: "Speak to the point."
The silver knife stabbed down mercilessly.
The boy looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, which should be the age when his heart is the purest, his compassion is the most overflowing, and he is most likely to sympathize with the plight of others.
The man thought he would see regret, or at least hatred, in those drooping green eyes, but when he raised his head because of pain, he found that there was nothing in those eyes.
These negative words that contained great pain and resentment did not affect him at all. He even felt a little impatient. His green eyes drooped in boredom, as if he was daydreaming, as if the man's words were just insignificant wind blowing past his ears.
“…”
The man lowered his head.
His emotions were no longer so exaggerated and excited, and his words were no longer highly inflammatory. Instead, he said in an almost dead silence: "I didn't care about my lover's human sample. I just put it in the incubator. When I checked it again a month later, I found that it had turned into a special monster."
"It will grow and learn... just like a real child. It's very vulnerable at this point, and it's so threatening that if it's discovered, it will be strangled in its cradle."
"I wanted to keep it alive, but I didn't know how. That's when the 'Devil's City' came to me."
"I don't know where they got the information that I had a special monster in my hands, and they told me that they could help me cultivate it. The requirement was simple. All they had to do was cooperate with them and control the day when the monster would take shape within a relatively precise time period."
——For example, today.
The secretary immediately noticed something.
Her eyes fell on the man and she said calmly, "What does the Demon King's City want to do during the Hunter Exchange Conference? They want to ruin the conference and all the rookies sent by other countries, and put the blame on Country C."
"No, it's more than that." She added: "Ms. Xu Banmeng, the person in charge of Tongtian Tower, took over the hosting of the Hunter Exchange Conference. After what happened, she can't escape responsibility. And if Tongtian Tower is affected, I can say with certainty that the economy of half the world will be in turmoil."
Terrorist organizations don't care about these things, or rather, what they want most is for the whole world to be in chaos.
Su Xingyuan blinked: "I know, this is called grasping the lifeline of the world economy."
The secretary who had never read a domineering boss novel: "......?"
I don't know why, but I always feel that the wording seems a little strange, but when I think about it carefully, there is actually nothing wrong.
Secretary: "Why do you think so many people try to assassinate and kidnap Ms. Xu Banmeng every year?"
This is also the reason why Xu Banmeng wanted to hire Su Xingyuan, an S-level hunter, as a bodyguard when he went to more dangerous areas. In the eyes of many people, she was just a piece of glittering fat meat and a walking target.
Just looking at the fact that she offered one million magic crystals to win over Su Xingyuan without blinking an eye, you can tell how rich her family is.
"It looks like he doesn't have much information anymore." Su Xingyuan changed the subject, poked the man who had become dim with the tip of his knife, and said, "Leave it to me. Tongtian Tower should have no objection, right?"
"Please feel free to do as you please."
As soon as the secretary finished speaking, Su Xingyuan directly opened the portal to his home and threw the man in.
It just so happens that Leafa is too busy these days, so if I send her a little slave to help her, she probably won't refuse.
Directly opening the portal was undoubtedly a severe blow to intelligence. In just a short moment, the intelligence, which was already limited due to skills, suddenly dropped to a dangerous level of bright red.
Su Xingyuan looked at his blue and red bars which had both turned into single-digit numbers, and decided that no matter what happened in the second half, he would just be a relaxed spectator.
At this time, the sounds outside the swimming pool also reached their ears.
The door was kicked open, and a team of fully armed hunters with the Tongtian Tower mark on their bodies filed in. After noticing the brutal scene in the swimming pool, they all paused slightly.
The black-haired boy turned his head.
Out of combat, to others he was that pretty blonde girl again.
However, at this time, the condition of the "blonde girl" was obviously very miserable.
The hunter who came in confirmed that there was no danger and gave up the position at the swimming pool door. Xu Banmeng walked in quickly and saw her secretary at a glance. After discovering that the other party was not missing any limbs, his cold expression eased a lot and his habitual smile appeared on the corner of his lips again.
And the Pleiades Principle saw the entire scene.
Xu Banmeng came here in person and mobilized her own exclusive guard team, which was enough to prove her attitude towards her subordinates.
"Boss." The secretary walked over and said before Xu Banmeng could speak, "Please rest assured, I'm fine."
She turned around, looked at Su Xingyuan, and said, "The monsters this time were very difficult to deal with. Thanks to Miss Leafa, I am able to stand here alive."
For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Su Xingyuan.
Suddenly becoming the focus of the whole audience, Su Xingyuan blinked slowly.
He clearly saw that after hearing these words, Xu Banmeng's gaze on him suddenly took on a familiar color, just like when she wanted to win him over.
"Ms. Leafa, you look very unwell."
The woman opened her folding fan again, and the upper half of her face that was not blocked showed a look of worry. She raised her hand slightly, and the hunter behind her very attentively handed her a suitcase of medicine.
"This is a small token of appreciation from Tongtian Tower. I am very grateful that you have protected my secretary."
Su Xingyuan's eyes fell on those priceless potions, and he was deeply aware of the boss's inner thoughts, as Xu Banmeng was explicitly and implicitly hinting to him that "I'm rich and you'll have a bright future if you work with me" while expressing his gratitude.
…
Su Xingyuan suddenly fell into deep thought.
In this case, would it be feasible to use two different identities to get two commission rewards from Tongtian Tower?
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