chsdbacks Chapter 97 Conflict
Chapter 97 Conflict
Inside the Rose House, the usual hustle and bustle had vanished, replaced by a standoff between forty or fifty hunters divided into two factions.
One faction consists of the henchmen led by the management of Rose House.
One faction is led by a veteran hunter who is a freelance hunter.
However, the faction led by the hunters from the Rose House management team clearly outnumbered them.
There were only a dozen or so free hunters on their side.
The number of people on both sides differs greatly.
However, in terms of momentum, the Free Hunters' side had a stronger presence.
This is because only a dozen or so veteran hunters remain alive in the entire Rose House.
His strength far surpasses that of other ordinary hunters.
The reason for the standoff between these two groups is the three corpses between them.
One of them was covered in blood and had already lost all signs of life.
The other two had their limbs severed, their faces were deathly pale, and they lay motionless on the ground.
The story begins an hour earlier.
The two hunters hurriedly ran back to the Rose House, their expressions filled with fear and panic, as if they had encountered something extremely terrifying.
Upon seeing this, the hunters immediately pressed for details, asking what had happened.
The two looked flustered and stammered, unable to explain themselves clearly for a long time.
In the end, the hunters pieced together the complete story from the two men's fragmented conversations.
It turns out that the two of them had previously accepted a ghost-hunting mission.
However, they did not expect that the ghost's strength would exceed their expectations.
With their combined strength, they simply couldn't solve it.
However, Rose House has a rule that if a task cannot be completed within three days, 20% of the reward amount will be deducted from the task taker's payout as a penalty.
These two hunters were used to a life of extravagance and debauchery, the kind of people who would spend money today and earn it tomorrow if they didn't have it.
Where did they get the money to pay the fines?
So the two of them put their heads together and found four more hunters, offering them 80% of the bounty to help them complete the mission.
If they complete the task, the two of them will only receive 20%, while the remaining 80% will go to the other four people.
The other four put their heads together and decided that a total of six people should hunt down a single evil spirit. Wasn't that incredibly simple?
Although the bounty is to be split among six people, it seems a bit small.
But it's safe, and besides, even a mosquito's leg is still meat.
The payment for a single collaboration may not seem like much, but it becomes quite substantial over time.
Little by little, it adds up!
Although it seems wonderful for one person to take all the bounty...
But the demon's strength is still very powerful.
Even with the hunters' extensive experience and the weapons specially provided by the Rose House to subdue demons,
However, the chance of dying when hunting ghosts alone is as high as 50%.
So most of the time, it's a team of two or three people.
This is also supported by Rose House.
After agreeing on how to distribute the bounty, the six set off.
The situation initially went much as the six of them had anticipated.
This evil spirit is stronger than ordinary ghosts.
However, the two had already encountered this ghost once before, so they had some understanding of it and were prepared accordingly.
Secondly, there are six hunters this time, and each of them is a skilled hunter.
Despite being surrounded by six people, the demon, though powerful and possessing an astonishing regenerative speed, was still able to withstand their attack.
But as the group repeatedly attacked the demon with weapons containing gorilla-red iron ore, the demon showed signs of exhaustion and was on the verge of being completely killed.
However, at this moment, one of the four people who came to help may have become complacent and careless, perhaps because success was imminent.
He actually charged into the demon's attack range alone, intending to kill it with one blow.
Unexpectedly, the demon had a trick up its sleeve. It suddenly unleashed its power, killing the hunter who was charging forward alone and devouring him on the spot.
Things happened so fast that by the time others reacted and tried to save the person, it was already too late; the hunter was beyond dead.
However, that wasn't the worst part; what was worse was that the hunter happened to have rare blood.
After devouring the hunter, the demon instantly evolved.
Their strength has directly reached a new level.
However, even at this point, the remaining five people still had time to leave if they wanted to.
After all, although the five were just ordinary hunters, even if they couldn't defeat the evolved demons, they could still leave safely with mutual cover and cooperation.
The best course of action is to retreat first, report back to Rose House, have Rose House investigate and confirm, then update the mission difficulty and bounty, and then consider whether to have a veteran hunter lead the hunt.
However, what the two did not know was that the four hunters were actually brothers.
One of them died, and the other three were filled with grief and indignation. They lost their minds and wanted to kill the evil spirit on the spot to avenge their brother.
The results are obvious.
The evolved demons are not something that ordinary hunters can handle.
Before long, one of the remaining three brothers was dead and another was injured.
The last one finally realized the reality, but it was too late to run away, and it ended up in the hands of the evil spirit.
Upon seeing this, the first two hunters were terrified and ran away without a second thought.
Fortunately, it was almost dawn by then, and the evil spirit didn't pursue them relentlessly.
Otherwise, even the two of them would not have escaped the clutches of the evil spirit.
This matter should have ended there.
Although every hunter is extremely valuable to Rose House.
Losing four hunters at once is a significant loss for Rose House.
But hunting demons is inherently risky, and it's uncertain what will happen each time you go out to hunt one.
Even seasoned veteran hunters can fail in the most ordinary ghost hunting missions.
Therefore, this matter was unsurprisingly classified as an accident.
And as is customary, the higher-ups at Rose House will send someone to confirm the news, then reconfirm the mission and send a senior hunter to lead a team to hunt down this newly evolved demon.
But the truth takes a turn when a hunter covered in blood returns to the Rose House.
The returning hunter was the third of the four brothers.
The truth of the incident that he told was completely different from what the two people who had returned earlier had said.
From the very beginning, things were different from what the two people who returned first had said.
I learned this from the third brother who came back later.
When the two first invited them to join them on a ghost-hunting mission, they refused.
Because these two are notorious for being lazy and gluttonous, they almost always slack off during several missions they've undertaken with others, yet they still shamelessly demand the largest share of the bounty afterward.
After a while, they became notorious, and no one wanted to team up with them.
But then the two men told them that although the evil spirit was powerful, its lair contained a chest of gold and silver treasures.
As long as they can kill the evil spirit, even if the six of them split the spoils equally, it will be enough for them to live a very comfortable life until the end of their next life.
No more risking your life to make money.
Although the four brothers initially joined the Rose House to avenge their family,
But as the years passed, the hatred had faded, and the only reason they remained in the Rose House was for the generous reward offered for the ghost hunter.
So the four brothers were instantly smitten.
Although they suspected that the two might be lying to them.
But the four brothers put their heads together.
Four against two, and those two were generally considered weak, so they weren't afraid even if there was a trap.
So the four brothers agreed to go with the two to hunt ghosts and steal treasure.