Chapter 20

"Pah! I didn't expect this guy to pull a self-destruct on me at the end; what a beast!"

"But as expected of a demon, it directly leveled me up another tier; not a loss!"

Xie Yaoyao limped to the spot where the demon had self-destructed; only a large circular crater remained on the spot.

He put away the two entries 【Fireball Technique】 and 【Demon】 that had dropped on the ground.

Xie Yaoyao recalled the battle just now and still felt lingering fear.

His poison successfully took effect in the opponent's body, which caused the demon's speed to become slower and slower, and his shotgun was also constantly adding new wounds to the opponent.

Just when Xie Yaoyao felt he could take down this monster without injury, this demon actually chose a self-destruct attack.

If Xie Yaoyao hadn't seen the situation was wrong and dodged in time, he would definitely have been dragged away by this monster to die together.

"Thanks to the countless bosses I stayed up late to grind back then!" Xie Yaoyao muttered to himself while walking back.

But when he returned to the village, he saw the Hunter fighting a giant werewolf with a rapier; judging by the situation, he had been completely suppressed.

And the Pharmacist Master Kathleen, whom Xie Yaoyao was thinking about, was lying at the foot of a wall, dying.

"This... what is going on? Where is that Woodcutter?"

Never mind, the Hunter and the Pharmacist are the ones who gave me the mission; as long as these two are still here, it's fine.

But looking at the situation, that Pharmacist old lady's condition isn't very good!

Xie Yaoyao hurriedly walked toward the direction where the Pharmacist was lying.

And the two fighting in the field also saw the limping Xie Yaoyao.

The Hunter's serious face finally revealed a hint of a smile, while the werewolf opposite roared, took a step back, and then used the wall to borrow force with its legs, shooting toward Xie Yaoyao.

Seeing that the Hunter couldn't rescue him in time, Xie Yaoyao didn't hesitate to pull out his shotgun 【Roarer】 and fired a shot as he raised his hand.

Dense lead pellets flashed with a silver luster and shot toward the werewolf's body.

Xie Yaoyao watched as the werewolf's face quickly changed from ferocious to surprised, and finally, it was clearly terrified.

The huge impact of the lead pellets and the werewolf's forward-lunging force just happened to cancel each other out, and he saw the werewolf do a backflip and fall to the ground.

Looking again, the entire wolf face was pitted and oozing blood, while also "hissing" and emitting white smoke.

"Hey! I didn't expect it to really be super effective!"

【Intermediate Poison】 could already simulate most of the poisons Xie Yaoyao knew; seeing that the enemy was a werewolf, Xie Yaoyao subconsciously simulated mercury poison, which is the legendary mercury poisoning.

Seeing Xie Yaoyao succeed with one shot, the Hunter, who had rushed up, was also pleasantly surprised and stabbed his sword toward the werewolf who had fallen to the ground, the killing intent in his eyes making people shudder.

This werewolf was exactly what the Woodcutter Miller had turned into after throwing away his axe; this was also the reward he received after defecting to the witch.

Because the shotgun in his hand was a scattergun, the bullets fired were all in a spread.

At such a close distance, it was easy to accidentally injure the Hunter, and plus, the Hunter was already starting to gain the upper hand against the injured werewolf, so Xie Yaoyao didn't rashly join the battle.

The Pharmacist who had fallen over there seemed to need help more.

Walking closer, Xie Yaoyao realized that the Pharmacist's condition was even more miserable than he had thought.

Not only was one arm gone, but the huge wound on her chest was still oozing blood bit by bit.

"Old lady, you... where is your medicine? I'll help you get it!"

Who knew the Pharmacist just shook her head slightly, looking at Xie Yaoyao with a smile on her lips, and only after a long while did she say weakly.

"My injuries are beyond saving. I've been holding on until now just to see you; I promised... promised to pass on my life's learning to you."

After saying this long string of words, the Pharmacist rested for a moment and continued.

"Don't worry, little one, I won't break my promise. But can you promise me a small request, just as pity for this dying person?"

Looking at the old person in front of him who was facing death but still smiling, Xie Yaoyao felt for a moment that she was the kind neighbor from the real world.

Xie Yaoyao stepped forward to support the Pharmacist's body slightly, letting her lean against him so she could be a little more comfortable.

"Old lady, aren't you a 'Pharmacist Master'? Didn't you refine some big red potion or something?"

"Big red? Heh heh, you mean a healing potion! We have been trapped in the village by magic for eight years; where could we get magical herbs? The only bottle of potion was the Seven-Star Grass you helped me pick; do you remember?"

Xie Yaoyao breathed a sigh of relief; so that was it.

If a so-called 【Pharmacist Master】 were this weak, he would still have to carefully consider whether to accept it.

Just as Xie Yaoyao was letting his imagination run wild, the Pharmacist grabbed his arm tightly with her only remaining hand.

"Ah! Ah! Sorry to interrupt you! You say, you say, what request?"

"Within your ability, help me look after His Highness!"

"His Highness?"

Xie Yaoyao immediately thought of the hymn that the scarecrow Feide and Tike sang when they welcomed him into the village.

Is it that Highness whose face is like the moon and eyes are like stars?

But at this moment, Xie Yaoyao didn't have time to think so much; the Pharmacist was staring at him tightly with her dim, yellow eyes.

Looking at the situation, if I don't agree, I might not be able to get the 【Pharmacist Master】 inheritance.

"Of course, no problem, I promise you!"

Hearing Xie Yaoyao agree, the Pharmacist immediately revealed a smile.

Only, this smile didn't last for a few seconds before it was replaced by blood spraying from her mouth.

"Hey? Hey! Don't die! What about my inheritance? Hey! Hey! Old lady?!"

Just as the Pharmacist closed her eyes and Xie Yaoyao was anxious, a 'ding' sound came from his mind again.

"Congratulations to the traveler for obtaining the green life profession entry 【Pharmacist Master】!"

Huh! You gave it to me?!

A life profession? But that's fine too!

Finally got the first profession entry.

Looking closely, I've already gotten quite a few entries in just these two days.

And it seems that several entries can be fused.

Once the 【Hunter】 entry is in hand, I really need to start planning my future direction properly.

Unlike others, Xie Yaoyao can decide the development of his future profession by fusing entries, while for others, being able to get one profession entry is a stroke of luck; how could they have any reason to be picky.

But the enemy in front still needs to be dealt with quickly; I still have one 【Hunter】 entry not in hand yet.

Gently putting down the Pharmacist old lady's corpse, Xie Yaoyao stretched out his palm.

As his thoughts moved slightly, a fireball quickly formed in his palm.

That's right, the first thing he did after upgrading to the third tier was to equip the newly obtained 【Fireball Technique】.

Carrying a scorching aura, the fireball immediately joined the battle and slammed fiercely into the werewolf.