Chapter 740 - Swaggering through the Novice Village (2/2)
“Sis, he bullied me!” Aurora immediately turned her head to complain.
Unfortunately, Hila’s eyes remained straight ahead, as though she did not witness anything.
The few of them walked toward the notice board in town. Phillip translated the Nalunese for them into their language, and Han Xiao approached an old notice that had been left for many years.
As per the notice, a manor in Stone Heart City was believed to be haunted, and there were ghosts within. The owner of the manor hoped that someone would be able to go and solve it.
This notice had been placed here for a long time.
The location of the mission was a small manor. After Han Xiao and the rest expressed their intentions, they were quickly welcomed by the owner of the manor and seated in the main hall.
The moment they sat down, the owner could not wait and began speaking.
“This is great. Finally, there are people who are willing to help once again. This notice has already been up there for a good few years, and I’ve received at least a hundred people who have applied for this role, with five wizards among them, but no one has been able to solve this problem.”
“Relax, we’re different from them,” Han Xiao said, and the translator immediately changed his words into Nalunese. “Then, are you… are you guys wizards?” The manor owner looked hopefully at them.
“We could be counted as such. Tell me the specific situation first.”
“O-Okay.”
On Planet Nalun, there was a lifeform that resembled something like a ghost or a spirit, which the indigenous people named a ‘demonic spirit’. A few years ago, a demonic spirit had appeared in the manor and would occasionally go out at night to haunt.
Planet Nalun’s professions lay in the Mage system, which they termed as ‘Poposot’. When translated to the universe language, it meant ‘Wizard’. This Super system was very weak, with the wizards mainly utilizing potions or materials to cast spells. They were probably only at the Grade D level, but they appeared mysterious and powerful in the eyes of the indigenous people.
Exorcising the demonic spirits was the job of wizards. A few decades ago, the majority of wizards had mysteriously disappeared, causing them to be rarely seen and their heritage to thus be lost. Their Super system was cut off and could only be explored through obscure magic books.
Luckily, the demonic spirit in this manor was relatively weak, thus the owner and his family could still live here for several years.
The moment the owner finished speaking, Han Xiao’s interface pinged.
You have triggered a Chain Mission: [Planet Nalun’s Devil King]!
Mission Introduction: You have heard from the people that the wizards of Planet Nalun have mysteriously disappeared.
There should be more than meets the eye.
First Chain Mission Requirements: Extinguish the demonic spirit in the manor. Reward: 200,000 Experience
Because this was a chain mission, the initial rewards were very low. In his previous life, the players also only found out about this mission during free exploration in Version 3.0.
Each civilization would have a great number of trivial tasks. This mission was also very hidden; it was only discovered when a player who loved to perform storyline missions happened to discover this mission by chance. It was discovered that the reward of this was a talent that could boost one’s psychological resistance. While the strength of Planet Nalun was akin to a weak chicken, the talent reward was pretty good.
At this moment, because the new version had just been opened, Black Star Army had been continuously farming the players like leeks, and thus, no one had gone to explore Planet Nalun.
Because of the soul embryo in his mental territory, Han Xiao decided to get another talent toward psychological resistance and thus went there, where the power level was not even at the level of a novice village.
He was clear about the flow of tasks and would be able to omit a lot of exploration time needed.
“Leave the demonic spirit to us. We’ll resolve it tonight,” Han Xiao said while glancing at the corner of the room, where a transparent magic eyeball was suspended, watching the conversation of several people talking.
Only the manor owner was unaware of the existence of the magic eyeball. The moment they stepped into the room, Han Xiao and company had immediately seen it.
At their level, such a clumsy, low-levelled magic eyeball was just like a living man squatting in the corner and murmuring, “You can’t see me.”
They could only lie to themselves.
“Leave it alone.” Han Xiao waved a hand to stop Feidin. He knew who was paying attention to the manor, and attracting their attention was a key step in this mission.
At the same time, within a hidden meeting area deep beneath Stone Heart City…
The room did not have any windows, only a few kerosene lamps providing a faint light. From the darkness, a husky voice spoke.
“The sentry on number thirteen reacted. Someone has accepted the reward from the manor and wants to deal with the demonic spirit.”
“Most likely, they’re people who have picked up a few wizard books and think themselves actual wizards,” a youthful voice helplessly replied. “Alas, there’s no way they can handle the demonic spirit.”
They said they would move at night. Tomar, you shall follow after them.”
“I got it. I’ll protect them, lest they mess up and anger the demonic spirit, ending up hurt.”
The conversation came to an end, and the sound of gears rang in the room for a while before stopping.
Deep at night, Han Xiao made the manor owner and his family leave before they went to the back garden of the manor.
This was an abandoned area surrounded by stone walls and fences, and the door was locked with several padlocks.
Using the keys given to open the door, Han Xiao strolled in. Inside was an abandoned warehouse area with several bams.
There was a cold, viscous atmosphere floating in the air, as though there was an airflow constantly brushing past their skin.
If it was a normal person, they would start to get nervous for no reason, as though they had entered a haunted place. However, toward Han Xiao and the rest, it was useless.
“There are faint abnormal mental signals coming from here. I spotted them during the daytime,” Feidin whispered. “Should I get rid of them?”
In front of this great Psychic master, the demonic spirit paled in comparison. Let alone getting rid of one, getting rid of a thousand was just a thought away for him.
“Wait for it to appear.” Han Xiao shook his head, glancing vaguely in the direction of a barn. He had perceived a living person squatting there. This was his true goal.
“Alright, we’ll follow your lead.”
Feidin was helpless.
While he had his doubts, his role currently was a bodyguard, and his job was just to follow Han Xiao everywhere.
At this moment, Tomar stood near the barn, leaning against the wall as he watched the four of them ‘secretly’.
He was a youth dressed in a black, hooded suit, which covered his face with shadows. He looked like an assassin, just that there were many small bags hanging around his waist, which contained spellcasting materials.
Upon seeing Han Xiao and the rest looking around as though they were on an outing, Tomar could not resist rolling his eyes, showing disdain.
Too unprofessional. They don’t even know to arrange the Spiritual Light Powder in advance. Where did they get the idea to come and help someone exorcise the demonic spirit? It seems like they’re going to suffer today…
As he thought, there was suddenly a gale of cold wind. The dust rolled up like a tornado, and a pale blue phantom emerged, roaring toward the air.
“Dammit, only a few years and the blue shadow demonic spirit has mutated!” Tomar exclaimed, and he began to get worried.
He had only studied witchcraft for five years and could not guarantee that he could protect himself in the hands of this demon, let alone those four laymen.
Upon seeing the indifference on their faces, Tomar angrily cursed before reaching for his casting kit. Regardless of his hidden identity, he was about to rush out and help.
“Plop…”
At this moment, Feidin carelessly sent out a mental wave, hitting the demonic spirit.
The blue phantom-like spirit body was akin to a broken mirror, shattering and collapsing into pieces like blue snowflakes, disappearing without a trace.
Tomar, who had just dashed out, was stunned rigid at this scene.
What just happened? Was the demonic spirit destroyed in one go?
Aren’t wizards supposed to fight with potions and materials? What is this situation? The books never mentioned such a thing!
Tomar looked blank.