Free Web NovelChapter 162: Chapter 69: Strange PVE Situation
After the Wood Swordson incident, Ree Shil’s life here has entered a relatively peaceful period.
His daily routine consists of the Marshall Academy, the Gambling House, and home.
Occasionally, he would follow Exterminator Thirteen to clean up some small, evil demon objects while on missions.
But most of them are the kind that can’t cause much trouble and can be dealt with in just a few moves.
Sometimes, they even use the special magical powers of exorcists to help the government catch criminals, which is a bit surprising for Ree Shil.
After nearly three months of training at the Marshall Academy, his combat skills have made great progress, as the initial growth rate while mastering the basics is often the fastest.
From being initially abused by Stone Master, now, even when Stone Master and the two Deputy Directors team up, he can compete with them thanks to his enhanced physique.
As for the mahjong table, he helped Exterminator Thirteen win quite a bit of money.
Exterminator Thirteen’s own card skills haven’t made much progress, but he has learned a lot of ways to show off.
When on the mahjong table, he doesn’t make people fear him, but he can be quite annoying.
One day, just after returning from the Marshall Academy, Ree Shil found Exterminator Thirteen fully prepared to go out.
But it wasn’t his usual attire for going to the Gambling House, instead, he had a travel bag on his back.
"Master, is there something to do?"
"Is this... a trip?"
"Yes, I’ve prepared your luggage as well."
After following Exterminator Thirteen for so many days, this was the first time Ree Shil had seen such a setup.
The two left, and on the road, Exterminator Thirteen began to explain.
It turned out that their destination was a farmstead about 200 miles outside the city.
The location was a bit ambiguous.
Their city was about 400 miles from the ancient capital, and the farmstead’s location was almost in between both cities.
Exorcism missions are generally assigned based on location, and since the farmstead was slightly closer to their city compared to the ancient capital, the task was eventually assigned to Exterminator Thirteen.
"Apparently a few days ago, the farmstead owner discovered that his rice storage had been stolen."
"Upon investigation, it was found that it wasn’t human, but a demon object causing trouble."
"Following the traces of the demon object, they found that a certain valley seemed to be the old nest of the demon object."
"Because they did not dare to risk entering the demon-infested valley, they asked us to investigate."
After a brief introduction, Exterminator Thirteen took Ree Shil to the Horseman’s Lodge.
For such a long distance, it would be more convenient to use a vehicle.
Seeing these mighty fine horses, Ree Shil felt a little regretful.
It was a pity that he had already used up his two equipment card quotas, otherwise, he could summon the Sprinkling Water Cart, and the 200-mile journey would be a piece of cake.
"Usually, I would just rent a horse myself."
"But since we have a lot of money lately, let’s rent a coach, so Master can have a more comfortable ride."
Upon hearing Exterminator Thirteen’s words, Ree Shil’s eyes lit up.
"We don’t need a coachman, do we? We can drive ourselves."
So, he said.
"Oh? Master, you can ride a horse too?"
"Of course, I used to practice at least once a month in front of the pharmacy."
"Huh? Pharmacy?"
Soon enough, Exterminator Thirteen had completed the paperwork.
The Horseman’s Lodge was on the outskirts of the city and facing the main road, which was empty at the moment.
So Ree Shil let Exterminator Thirteen sit in the coach and went to the driver’s seat himself.
"Master, driving a carriage isn’t like this."
Seeing Ree Shil mount the horse, Exterminator Thirteen felt uneasy.
Hearing this, Ree Shil only turned to look at him before looking back again.
"Hold on, I’m going to embarrass myself."
Smack!
The crisp sound of a slap landed on the horse’s buttocks.
"Get going!"
"Hiss! Whee!!!"
"Whoa! Master, slow down!!!!"
The carriage gradually disappeared into the distance as Exterminator Thirteen screamed in panic.
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Upon arriving at their destination, Exterminator Thirteen rested for half a day at the farmstead, in order to recover. freewebnøvel.coɱ
Then, guided by the farm owner, they arrived in front of a valley.
At this time, the entrance of the valley was shrouded in fog, the visibility extremely low, less than 10 meters.
"The old farmer said this valley is always covered in dense fog, so they don’t dare to enter easily."
"But I can’t sense any demon qi at the moment..."
Exterminator Thirteen looked into the valley, holding his chin.
Not being able to sense demon qi meant either there were no demon beasts and the old farmer lied, or there hadn’t been any demon activity in the valley for a while.
"Master, I think this time we might have to rely on your dog."
So, he looked at the Zombie Beast Hound.
The hound had recently been successful at finding several demon beasts.
Its nose sometimes worked even better than the Moon Shadow Technique.
"Look here."
However, at this time, Ree Shil pointed to a spot under the valley wall.
"Wow, looks like something big."
Exterminator Thirteen took a closer look and couldn’t help but exclaim.
There, he saw several huge hoof prints, as large as watermelons. Normal wild beasts would definitely not have such a large body. No doubt, it was a demon beast.
"Let’s go and take a look."
Ree Shil took out his iron stick.
In front of this fog, the immortal qi on the stick didn’t stand out so much.
"Okay, let’s go."
Exterminator Thirteen nodded and took the lead to go inside.
He wasn’t worried about Ree Shil’s safety, as long as they didn’t encounter some great demon, his master’s strength should be enough for self-protection.
But as soon as they entered the fog, he knew something was wrong.
Because the surrounding noises suddenly quieted down.
This fog was strange, as it seemed to have the effect of isolating sound.
However, as an exorcist, Exterminator Thirteen had seen many strange natural environments, so he wasn’t surprised.
