Chapter 29

Chapter 3: The Journey to Shack

Shack, located at the center of Spring Forest District, is a place where the climate is always spring-like, with birds singing and flowers fragrant. It is a rare resort and tourist center. Countless wealthy people take pride in owning a house in Shack. After all, a house in Shack can be exchanged for a castle in Taling...

Of course, the number of people who can afford to buy a house in Shack is very small, but this does not prevent people from traveling to Shack to admire its charming scenery. Therefore, in this train heading to Shack, the entire carriage is filled with the anticipation of Shack's beauty and the imaginative fantasies of the passengers.

However, the demon hunter sitting in the corner at the front of the carriage is completely out of place. Wearing a high-collared black windbreaker and holding "The Eye of Momo," the demon hunter stares at the book like a statue, exuding an aura that warns others to stay away. But his good looks, combined with the current electrifying and cold demeanor, make the surrounding young women and housewives' eyes light up, all of them eager to approach this "ice mountain" handsome man.

If it were any other time, the demon hunter would not mind developing a super-friendship relationship with one or a few of the passengers in the carriage, but at this moment, he is in no mood. Because when the train just started, the system suddenly issued a mission prompt: "C+ Level Mission: Reach Headquarters. Safely arrive at Shack's headquarters."

Another C+ level!

It seems that the Apostles' test is not simple. A high-level mission was issued even before it began. Moreover, it was not directly issued by a mission giver—over the past three months, Ye Qi has made significant progress in other areas besides his own training. First, he confirmed his hypothesis that skills can be increased through practice—over the past three months, Ye Qi read "The Eye of Momo" every day without stopping, and his skill in Mysterious Knowledge increased from 20 to 26. This might be due to Ye Qi's dedication, as his skill in Focus also increased from 8 to 10.

Compared to the first good news, the second one undoubtedly troubled Ye Qi—after summarizing his experience with mission issuance, he found that as his character level increased, missions were no longer issued by fixed mission givers but gradually became randomly issued. Compared to the original fixed and predictable pattern, it became increasingly difficult and unpredictable.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, Ye Qi began to try to avoid triggering random missions and instead sought missions from Old Ward. Although these missions are like a drop in the bucket for Ye Qi's current level, doing dozens of them might not even result in a level-up, it is undeniable that this approach is much safer than random missions. Even if random missions offer more experience, life is more important. What's the point of having so much experience if you don't have a life?

However, no matter how he dodged, he couldn't avoid it—staring at the mission prompt, Ye Qi ignored the provocative gazes around him and fell into deep thought.

Since he can't avoid it, he will have to try his best to complete it! But a C+ level mission is just about safely reaching Shack's headquarters, which Ye Qi finds hard to believe! There must be something fishy! Could there be a terrorist attack on the way to headquarters?

Knowing the difficulty of C+ level missions, Ye Qi immediately became more alert, squinting his eyes and looking around, as if everyone were a disguised character from the dark world—demon hunters are both hunters and prey! While hunting creatures of the dark world, they are also hunted by them! The monthly reports of casualties and missing persons from each branch are the best warning—be careful if you want to live longer!

Just as Ye Qi was squinting and looking around, a girl with chestnut hair, which fell along her slightly flushed cheeks, walked over from his diagonal opposite. She was so nervous that she dared not make eye contact with Ye Qi, only looking back for help. Behind the girl, several boys of about the same age, seeing her pleading look, quickly made encouraging gestures.

However, the encouragement from her companions did not improve the girl's situation; instead, she became even more at a loss, with a hint of tears in her bright eyes, making her even more pitiful.

"Sir... hello... can I... sit here?"

The girl, as if gathering all her courage, asked Ye Qi, who had been observing her from the corner.

"Hmm."

Ye Qi nodded and turned his gaze away.

Although the girl in front of him was beautiful and pitiful, she was not Ye Qi's type. From her appearance, it was clear that she came from a good family and had received a good education. The most important point—she was still innocent, full of fantasies and seriousness about the beauty of relationships between men and women!

Therefore, no matter how beautiful and pitiful she was, Ye Qi would not touch her—facing such a serious girl in matters of the heart, Ye Qi couldn't afford to play around. He would rather spend some money to find a safe girl at the first floor of Dad's Bar to vent. In fact, over the past three months, Ye Qi had done this more than once. Of course, when choosing a girl, Ye Qi was extremely careful, as he did not want to end up like a certain demon hunter who was killed by his "bed partner."

Moreover, in this situation where he had just accepted a C+ level mission, Ye Qi had no interest in flirting. However, his coldness did not completely scare off the girl. After sitting down, she even introduced herself, still a bit nervous and stuttering.

"I... am... Linda, sir... and you?"

Ye Qi frowned, feeling that letting her sit down was a mistake. The shy and timid girl in front of him clearly had a strong inner resolve that did not match her appearance. Indeed, when she saw Ye Qi frown, her body instinctively shrank back, but she continued with her question. Perhaps having overcome the initial nervousness of facing a stranger, her speech was no longer as stuttered.

"I am... a student... this time I am traveling to Shack with my classmates. I wonder if we can travel together?"

"Not interested!" Ye Qi firmly rejected the girl's proposal and did not want to get entangled with her any further: "If there's nothing else, you can go back to your friends. They will welcome you more, won't they?"

A direct order to leave, and the girl, who had just calmed down, immediately became teary-eyed, with crystal tears ready to fall. However, she still held out a last hope and asked: "Then... sir... at least tell me... your name..."

"None of your business!"

The demon hunter's repeated cold and inhuman behavior finally made the girl unable to hold back. She covered her face and ran back to her classmates. Her classmates, while comforting her, began to glare at the demon hunter. Not only her classmates, but many young men in the carriage, with excessive hormones, also began to eye the demon hunter with intent.

After all, when most of the women's gazes fell on the demon hunter, these young men were already very unhappy. Now that the demon hunter had made a beautiful girl cry, such an "unforgivable" act, they naturally wanted to show their gentlemanly demeanor. Of course, if they could gain the favor of the surrounding beauties in the process, that would be even better.

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