MTL - Hunting College - v2 Chapter 508 Final Exam (Part 2)

The hearse with the weird odor slowed to a stop before the entrance. The sound of pebbles could be heard bouncing on the ceiling. There were footsteps coming from the corridor, and there seemed to be someone sawing next door. The door knob to the room rattled slightly, and the faucet in the bathroom kept dripping even though it had been screwed shut. There was a rubber ball that rolled on its own underneath the bed. Wet footsteps started to surface one after another on the floor.
At 3 am, Chen Ge held a cleaver in his hand as he hid beside the room heater. The call he was trying to make was finally answered. “Landlord, is this what you meant by ‘the house can be a little crowded at night’‽”

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[#Warning Yandere]Arthur, a 24-year-old man, was living his life normally on Earth, but until one day, on one of the most important days of his life, he died under some unexpected circumstances.But this was not the end as Arthur had expected, as he was reincarnated in the body of a 17-year-old handsome young man. However, the world he was reincarnated into was not a normal one, as things like magic, which he had read about in novels and manga, were common in this world.Yet this was not the most surprising thing he found out, as the people living in this world had reverse gender morality.Arthur didn't get a cheat like those protagonists in the novels he had read. However, due to his greedy personality, he unexpectedly found himself as the owner of one of the greatest treasures of the cosmos, which didn’t tell him anything other than showing a strange riddle.[You have become the owner of Ethelarion Replisis][Name: Arthur]#Ability: I am the shadow that walks with you,Not quite the same but near and true.Half the strength but have many faces,Absorb me to reclaim your grace.Five years ago, when Mana first came to this world through a portal that opened due to foolish nuclear testing by some power-hungry country, but that was not the only thing that came as terrifying monsters also arrived with it.On the brink of their last hope being lost, by some miracle, another portal opened, through which a single female elf came, who wiped out these terrifying monsters in only half an hour. However, it didn’t stop there, as now Elves rule the magical Earth, and against absolute power, no one stood against her.___________#No NTR#No Yuri

You emphasized harmony your whole life and this is how you go…!’ The successor of the Spear Master Sect and his apprentice Hyuk Woon Seong were framed of learning a forbidden Demonic art and slayed.

A helpless and pitiful death by the hypocrites of the Orthodox sect.

The moment Woon Seong faced his death, the artifact of the Spear Master Sect emitted light and gave him a new life.

The life as Number 900, a trainee of the Demonic Cult!

The two identities, the Orthodox Sect and the Demonic Cult.

But his objective is one. Vengeance! Accepting his destiny and remembering his grudge, Woon Seong trains in martial arts and his time of revenge slowly comes closer….

Take over the Demonic Cult and punish the hypocrites of the Orthodox Sect! The revenge story of Number 900, Woon Seong growing in tasks of life and death.

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