Chapter 8
At three o'clock in the morning, a dark car quietly stopped outside the city library.
"Didn't they say that there were magical fluctuations from demonized creatures detected here? Why is it so quiet?"
Special A-level hunter Fang Mujian frowned slightly and spoke in a low voice.
Fan Ling lowered her head to check her gun and said in a cold voice: "Maybe he is waiting for us to go in and die."
Fang Mujian choked upon hearing this and said helplessly: "After all, we are also A-level hunters..."
He was sent here by the Provincial Hunters Association to assist in exorcising demons. He was not very familiar with J City's local hunter Fan Ling, and because of past experiences, the other party was always rude to people he was not familiar with.
…It felt like this team had collapsed from the beginning.
Fang Mujian sighed, but he also knew that Fan Ling, who was sent by the City Hunter Association to deal with the demonized creatures, would do her best to complete the task even if she had a cold personality.
As an assistant, he followed not far behind Fan Ling and watched her slowly open the door of the library.
Then, she stood there in a daze for a moment, as if she had seen something unbelievable.
Fang Mujian's heart skipped a beat and he quickly looked inside.
——The floor of the first floor of the library was covered with black and purple pieces of flesh. Only when you look closely can you find that they are actually the corpses of fleshworms.
In addition, the entire first floor was almost completely destroyed, as if it had been swept by something extremely powerful. It even made people wonder what they would be crushed into if they were in the same situation.
Fan Ling said in a deep voice: "Let's go upstairs and take a look."
It was extremely quiet at three o'clock in the morning. There was no sound around. The moon, covered by clouds, peeked out slightly, and the silver-blue light projected into the library from the door, which made people feel even more creepy.
They went upstairs carefully and finally found traces of a battle on the third floor, as well as the corpse of a monster in a room far away from the traces of the battle.
Fang Mujian took out the magic energy detector and said seriously, "It was indeed this guy who set off the alarm."
…but it was dead before they came.
And until now, there is still a layer of unmelted ice on it. Fang Mujian tried to touch it with his hand, but he felt a sharp pain in his fingertips before he even touched it.
It's too cold.
If he really encountered that, his hands would have been frostbitten by now, right?
He looked around.
Even the whole room was filled with frost.
...There is only one such terrifying ice mage in China who can kill demonized creatures with one blow. As far as he knew, that person was carrying out a mission in the north and there was no way he could be here.
Moreover, there were very obvious signs of burning where the battle had just taken place. Looking at the building, a large piece was missing without even any residue left. I'm afraid that the flames were no less terrifying than the ice in front of us.
Fang Mujian couldn't help but guess: "Is the other team also a two-person team?"
And they are all so strong!
Fan Ling did not answer him immediately, but walked towards the room where the frozen tentacles were reaching.
She opened the door and saw a blood-stained wall.
The wall was pierced by several tentacles, and the holes in the middle were filled with coagulated blood. The blood flowed down from that spot and before it reached the ground, it was frozen into bloody ice.
Just by looking at this wall, one can imagine the tragic situation at that time.
She walked slowly to the wall, was silent for a moment, took off her hat and saluted.
Based on what she saw at that moment, she admired the hunter on a personal level.
“Not a two-man team.”
She said, "It is very likely that only one person killed the monster."
"...What?" Fang Mujian was stunned. "All the people I have seen with powerful ice and fire abilities are experts in this field. The two opposing attributes of ice and fire are so powerful when combined in one person..."
"So there are side effects." Fan Ling said: "His ability cannot be immune to himself, and his blood has also been frozen."
This is probably the reason why the opponent did not use this ability to kill the monster at the beginning.
She stood up. "After receiving multiple piercing wounds, he defeated the monster with a move that hurt the enemy by 1,000 and himself by 800... Even if he didn't die, he would have been seriously injured."
Without waiting for Fang Mujian to reply, she immediately said, "He shouldn't have gone far. I'll go find someone. You report this incident to the association. Since you have a prominent background, they will be more receptive."
Fang Mujian frowned: "No, we can't be sure whether the other party is an enemy or a friend. It's too risky for you to go here alone."
The next second, the black muzzle of the gun was against Fang Mujian's head.
The brunette's face was expressionless.
"Really? I don't think so."
——A-level combat hunter, ability [Firearms Expertise], Fan Ling.
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Su Xingyuan didn't know about the conversation between the two hunters who came to deal with the monsters.
He had just logged into the game and was in the small park reading the book he had picked out from the library while waiting for Xin Yunxi to arrive.
There is no such thing as being seriously injured or on the verge of death. It's just that the clothes are a little dirty and torn. So what? No one will care what the player looks like during the cutscenes.
So when Xin Yunxi came to find him, she was stunned: "...Did you kill someone or set a fire last night?"
Su Xingyuan: "No."
Xin Yunxi: “…”
She looked at the tall, black-haired boy in front of her blinking innocently, then at his coat that was punctured and soaked in blood, and then at the paper book in his hand with the words "Postpartum Care for Sows" written on it, and suddenly she felt a sense of powerlessness mixed with panic and numbness.
At this point, regardless of who the black-haired boy is or whether he is reliable or not, the arrow has been put on the string and has to be shot. She handed him the qualification certificate with a numb expression and said:
"You'll arouse suspicion if you do this... Never mind, it's still early, come to my house and take a shower and change clothes."
Su Xingyuan readily agreed.
But Xin Yunxi felt strangely tired, and felt that she had matured a lot in the past two days.
Su Xingyuan followed Xin Yunxi to her home.
Xin Yunxi and his sister live on the second floor of an old residential building. It's a very small one-bedroom apartment with a living room. The two of them converted the living room into a bedroom, put a bed in it, and pulled up a curtain to use it as a bedroom.
"This is the house we rented. It's a bit messy, please don't mind." Xin Yunxi pointed to a place where he could sit down. "I gave my brother sleeping pills, but he hasn't woken up yet. Please clean it up quickly."
Su Xingyuan looked at the girl who was in a state of collapse yesterday but now remained calm and composed, as if nothing had happened, and felt a little surprised.
However, in this situation, it is normal for her to subconsciously ignore the negative emotions and be strong to protect herself.
Su Xingyuan didn't say much. He quickly changed into Xin Yunting's washed clothes and put his own rags into his backpack.
He was taller, so Xin Yunting's clothes didn't fit him well, but it was in line with his character of being so poor that he had to work hard for the Paishan Guild.
After saying hello to Xin Yunxi, he picked up the black-framed glasses on the table, put them on, and turned to walk out.
Xin Yunxi, who had just finished checking on her brother's condition, saw this scene: "..."
Are you kidding me? Those are her glasses!
Also, is it really so natural for you to go with the flow? !
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Su Xingyuan, whose hands were not very clean, was a little uncomfortable wearing black-framed glasses with high degrees.
However, messing around like this in the game wouldn't affect his eyesight, so he turned a blind eye to it and went to the portal where the Paishan Guild had agreed to gather.
He had looked at the small map before. There were only three portals in J City. The one that Paishan Guild decided to attack was obviously one of them.
While he was waiting, he also listened. The magic level detected by this portal was roughly comparable to that of a D-level hunter. Their raiding team this time had one C-level and three D-level hunters, so there was obviously no need to worry about safety issues.
Su Xingyuan looked at the hunters who were making preparations without emotion, using the reflection of his black-framed glasses.
They all looked very professional and it was hard to tell who was better, but Su Xingyuan didn't feel threatened by any of them.
It would be nice if there was a pupil technique that could see the attributes of NPCs, he thought casually.
This will also make it easier to determine the monster's weaknesses so that you can get the benefits from the illustrated guide.
Let’s pay more attention to this aspect next. There should be similar skills in a game like this.
Just when he was lost in thought, the people from the Paishan Guild came in front of him.
"Xin Yunting?"
"Um."
Su Xingyuan lowered his head, and his thick glasses blocked his overly eye-catching eyes, as well as the two symmetrical moles under his eyes. And if you tuck the hair behind you into your coat, few people will notice it.
The person in charge of this attack was not surprised to see that the lower half of his face was delicate, as he had heard that the Xin siblings were good-looking. The higher-ups lured and agreed to Xin Yunting to come here as a logistics supporter, and they also had their eyes on his high school student sister, Xin Yunxi.
After all, the poor and lonely schoolgirl who had lost her relatives and wanted to bring back her brother's body was easy to control.
Thinking of this, the person in charge couldn't help but look at the black-haired boy with pity, and without bothering to check further, he went to order the next person.
Anyway, they are the only family in J City, and the Xin brothers and sisters are helpless, so there won't be any accidents.
However, Su Xingyuan didn't care about the person in charge's thoughts at all. What the other party thought was irrelevant to him.
He was observing the portal.
The portal was larger than he had imagined, and was an ominous crimson color, but it didn't seem to be turning black yet, which meant that the deadline had not yet arrived and humans could enter the portal and attack instead of watching it spin out of control.
He glanced at the tasks in the mission log again.
【★Before the glory】
【→Guide any dungeon】
So... can players bring NPCs with them on their strategy missions?
To be on the safe side, it is better to save the game before attacking the BOSS.
If you can't have other NPCs around when you're dealing with the boss...
Su Xingyuan raised his head.
The five red names on the small map are so eye-catching, which means that this NPC can be killed.
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