Chapter 118: Hunting (1300 Added)

Facing the attack, Aaron pressed his right hand down and drew his Staff Sword, but instead of stabbing at the "Beast" lunging toward him, he traced a circle and thrust into the darkness in another direction.

Clang!

A dull sound emerged from the dark night, as if some object had blocked the blade.

At the same time, the figure of the "Beast" passed directly through Aaron, shattering like a soap bubble and vanishing.

He was actually just a phantom!

Before Aaron, the dense darkness gradually dissipated, revealing the massive form of the "Beast" and his right hand, which had mutated into a black claw.

At this moment, this black claw was gripping the sharp blade of the Staff Sword tightly.

Aaron's expression remained completely unchanged; his left hand swept across his waist like lightning, in a motion like a cowboy's quick-draw, and a blued-steel Zoulun revolver spun into his palm, aimed at the "Beast's" head, and he pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Bang!

A flash of fire illuminated the surroundings.

"Fabri Dynasty artifacts... although they should have been screened, perhaps some Extraordinary remnants still persist; for those in the Mysterious world, it is quite an attractive... bait? Or just a coincidence?"

Aaron did not have much affection in his heart for these descendants.

Now, these little cuties have returned.

Besides this, the person wearing this ring will gain the ability to better hide themselves in the darkness.

After finishing breakfast, Aaron lay on a lounge chair, still holding a newspaper in his hand.

……

After some fussing, Aaron had roughly figured out the ring's abilities.

"This negative effect is a bit strange... perhaps when it was formed, it was influenced by a higher level of High Primordial Quality..."

"Hmm, let's just call it the 'Shadow Ring'..."

It includes some areas around the city, including wild lands, villages, and plantations, covering a quite vast area, almost the same as the map of the Green Forest back then.

Aaron returned to his room and did not immediately use the stone head statue to divine the location of the ruins.

After a moment, he removed an iron-black ring from the "Beast's" right hand and fished a wallet out of the other's chest, which contained the 100 pounds that originally belonged to him.

"This is... an enrichment of 'Red' Spirituality; it is very suitable for being devoured by 'Red' Extraordinaries, or for crafting Magical Items, and becoming part of some Rituals? It is the remains left behind by an Extraordinary after death..."

After all, they were not his direct descendants, and it had been who knows how many generations.

"So... it was here?"

"Without a doubt, this is a Strange Object belonging to the path of 'Shadow'!"

'Will this attract those Sothoth Descendants?'

A crimson color flowed out, transforming into something resembling a ruby.

It can create a phantom exactly the same as the original body, even mimicking sounds to deceive enemies, but it has no real attack power.

The massive corpse collapsed onto the ground; Aaron did not let his guard down and directly fired two more shots into the back of the "Beast's" head to finish him off.

He put the suitcase away and took out the iron-black ring that belonged to the "Beast."

"Sigh... I really didn't want to kill the 'Beast'... I've lost a pawn for exploring the Sothoth Lingmu."

"Actually, the 'Beast' was quite strong; with this Strange Object, even if surrounded by a dozen gunmen, they would only aim at the phantom, and then be killed one by one as he hid with the help of the dark night..."

"Is using Danger Intuition to cheat a bit too much of a bully?"

After confirming that the "Beast" was completely dead, Aaron whispered a word and then began to loot the corpse.

His coin flipping was just a smokescreen; in reality, he was still using his own ability of danger sensing.

His gaze swept quickly over some meaningless gossip news, and suddenly his expression froze.

33 Golden Rose Street.

'Besides... I am still too weak now, and they have intermarried with nobles, rooting their bloodline into the upper echelons of the Invis Kingdom; they should be living quite well...'

Ever since he could communicate with Spirit Bodies, that kind of Danger Intuition had entered his body.

Accompanied by Aaron's low murmur, his Spirituality gradually consumed, and the pendulum began to rotate, faster and faster.

Aaron touched the ruby with his finger and immediately knew some of its physical properties; after understanding the situation, he put the ruby away and threw the "Beast's" corpse into the Mother River.

Immediately, Aaron glanced at the human-head statue, took out a pendulum hanging with a crystal, and placed it on the map.

Aaron saw the "Beast's" eyes filled with surprise and fear, and then a bleeding hole appeared on the other's entire head.

So after waking up, he had no particular urge to find them.

"Interesting!"

"If this statue really came from that mausoleum, this kind of divination is a sure thing for me, so there's no rush..."

Then, he did not feel danger from the beast phantom, but felt a strong threat from the darkness on the other side!

Aaron raised his hand to pick up a cup of lemon tea from the tea table beside him and took a light sip.

"The original location of this statue!"

Finally, it seemed to be subjected to an invisible attraction, pointing to a certain place on the edge of the map.

Aaron sighed and took out the large map of Green Forest City.

"Even if it doesn't come from the Sothoth Lingmu, that place should also be filled with 'Light' Spirituality, worth a look!"

This is a Strange Object!

At the moment Aaron touched the ring, the ability of the "Light Bearer" confirmed this fact.

Watching the corpse float and sink, Aaron was slightly puzzled: "Why wasn't there one when I finished off that Jack last time? Was it that it hadn't had time to precipitate, or was the other's primordial level too low for the Spirituality to fully condense?"

Aaron nodded: "As for its negative effect, there is only one: the longer it is worn, the easier it is to get lost in the darkness... That is a kind of absolute Secrecy, equivalent to being erased from this world..."

Aaron stood up, just about to leave, when he suddenly noticed something unusual at the "Beast's" wound.

Warm and gentle sunlight spilled into the house.

【Auguf Auction House has acquired a batch of precious Fabri Dynasty artifacts and will hold an auction on August 20th!】

"The original location of this statue!"

"However, if the 'Beast' is carrying firearms, or has found help... the revelation I obtained from divination in the gathering's restroom earlier should mean that tonight is not suitable for hunting..."

"No Secret Transmission, and certainly no ruins map..."

Aaron stared at the map, his eyes lighting up.

But its corresponding abilities and negative effects were both unknown, and still required judgment through divination.

The next morning.

The ability of this Strange Object is actually not bad; after all, if Aaron did not have Danger Intuition, he would not have been able to discover the falseness of that beastly Shadow.

"These Wild Beyonder types seem to have a certain arrogance, viewing themselves as transcendent... disdaining the use of ordinary people's weapons... If the 'Beast' had brought a gun, tonight's battle would have been even more perilous... Not everyone is as cautious as Clark..."

He did not think much more and quickly left the scene.

'The source of this batch of artifacts is somewhat suspicious, though. Should I... find a detective to investigate?'

Due to the current shortage of police force, there are quite a few various detectives and bounty hunters on the market, serving as a kind of supplement.

Some famous great detectives have incomes not much different from those of prominent lawyers or senior bank managers!

(End of this chapter)