Free Web NovelChapter 146: Chapter 63 Independent Mission_3
"Simply put, it’s just like how we recognize people by their appearance."
"Now we just need to follow this light thread to find some clues."
But as soon as he had finished speaking, Ree Shil noticed that something seemed to be wrong.
Because another light thread had separated from the sitting light figure and was stretching in another direction.
"There’s more than one demon?"
He asked.
"Yes, more than one."
However, Exterminator Thirteen glanced at the new line and waved his hand: "This guy is not worth our attention."
"Since the two tribes joined forces to resist the invasion of the celestial visitors, the relationship between humans and demons has entered an unprecedented harmonious stage."
"Restricted by the signed covenant, the humanoid demons and human tribe are basically non-aggressive towards each other."
"Of course, the ’demons’ here refer to Spirit Demons, those with intelligence."
"Our targets, the exorcists, are those Soulless Demons that lack intelligence and only do evil, or malicious Spirit Demons that have committed crimes." fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
"Since the exchange between humans and demons was officially established, occasionally some Spirit Demons would travel to our territory to settle."
"But in order not to cause misunderstandings and chaos, they usually disguise themselves as humans and must report to the Demon Mansion first."
"The owner of this Demon Qi is one of them, and they probably just happened to pass through the marketplace while grocery shopping."
"I sometimes play cards with him. I’ll introduce you to him next time."
"He is a nice guy, and he always loses."
Hearing the last sentence, Ree Shil couldn’t help but retort: "It should be the other way around. You think he’s a nice guy just because he always loses at cards."
Before he could finish, he saw a third light thread appear.
"Huh?"
Exterminator Thirteen also noticed this development.
Upon closer inspection, the curve pattern of this light thread wasn’t familiar to him.
Then the fourth, fifth, and sixth light threads appeared...
One by one, the light threads emerged, the sitting figure of light getting smaller and smaller, looking like it was about to be emptied.
"This is bad! This is a big problem now!"
After scanning all the light threads, he found out that there were as many as ten!
Among them, he only recognized three!
When had this many demons gathered in the city at once?!
Thinking about this, he hurriedly sent signals to the sitting light figure.
It wasn’t able to track all the Demon Qi.
Right now, he could only choose one strand of unfamiliar Demon Qi with the strongest signal.
"Master, things might get serious tonight."
"For safety reasons, I think it’s better you go back first."
Looking at the faintest and most extended Demon Qi, Exterminator Thirteen said solemnly.
After speaking, he didn’t wait for Ree Shil to answer and instantly vanished into the darkness, following the Demon Qi. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
Ree Shil originally intended to follow, but at the same moment, he heard a voice ringing in his ear.
[Ding dong!]
[Stage 4 complete]
[Task Stage 5, find and discover a demon on your own]
[Hint: Exterminator Thirteen doesn’t trust you enough yet. You may need to showcase your skills in other areas]
"So, Stage 4 is considered complete?"
Ree Shil didn’t expect that Stage 5 would change the pattern of linking to Exterminator Thirteen and release an independent task for him.
"But what exactly does ’skills in other areas’ mean?"
"Is it a hint for me to stop playing Mahjong all the time?"
Shaking his head, he gave a faint, bitter smile.
"But having me track it alone seems a bit difficult."
As Exterminator Thirteen went further away, the Moon Shadow Technique he released soon dissipated.
Even if he could remember the distribution of those light threads based on memory, the short extension wouldn’t provide enough clues to find the target.
"Lucky that I haven’t used Mossy Mushroom’s 1 chance Follower card yet."
At this moment, he thought of one of his cards.
[Woof!]
With some panel operations, a tall and large Zombie Beast Hound with all its fur gone and revealing its dry and greyish-brown skin appeared before him.
Currently, the only useful Follower card he had was the Zombie Beast Hound.
The Zombie Beast Hound was already his Follower card, so there was no need for Mossy Mushroom to translate. Just a mental thought and the message was delivered.
[Woof!]
The Zombie Beast Hound responded with a bark and began sniffing the ground.
After sniffing carefully for about 5 minutes, it gave Ree Shil some feedback.
On this land, there are eleven very distinctive smells.
"It’s actually useful."
Ree Shil praised it and patted its head.
Eleven distinct smells almost matched the number of light threads he saw earlier.
Even with a slight error, he couldn’t blame the Zombie Beast Hound, considering it wasn’t specifically meant for demon hunting.
He asked the Zombie Beast Hound to choose one of the smells for him randomly.
Then, they started walking through the night together.
After traveling a few miles through main and narrow streets, they arrived in front of an ordinary-looking house.
The Deathhound, having been warned in advance not to make any noise, tugged at Ree Shil’s trouser leg with its mouth and wagged its tail.
It seemed that this was the final destination of that smell.
"..."
Ree Shil first looked around, then examined the house.
Although the house looked ordinary - a bungalow with a tile roof and a low earth wall surrounding it - it didn’t seem quite right.
Because at this time of night, all the surrounding houses had turned off their lights and gone to sleep.
Only this house still had its lights on.
After thinking for a moment, his first move was to pull out the iron stick tucked into his pants.
Even under the hazy moonlight, wisps of Immortal Qi could be seen floating on its surface.
Exterminator Thirteen had told him during the day that ordinary objects could hardly cause significant damage to demons.
So this iron stick must be his only effective weapon.
Walking up to the window of the house, he dipped his finger in saliva and poked at it.
He had seen on TV that people of ancient times used to peek like this.
But then, he realized... It wasn’t paper, it was cowhide.
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