Lord Shenxiu-Chapter 542: Demon Hunter (Seeking Monthly Pass)

"Demon Hunter?"

Zhong Shenxiu took a few steps closer, curiously looking at the group of wanderers, noticing that the leader among them was a woman, probably in her forties, with a dirt-covered face but a pair of eyes that revealed an eerie cross-shaped mark.

Behind her, some of the Demon Hunters had scales and growths on their faces or hands, while others had obvious physical deformities.

In any case, they were easily recognizable as different from ordinary people.

"Demon Hunters have incorporated monster organs, and they can easily mutate when emotionally agitated; they are all ticking time bombs... Wandering Demon Hunters, due to the immense pressure to survive, are even more so..."

Zola, who had somehow stopped beside Zhong Shenxiu, sighed, "That’s why we in Sky City only occasionally accept some normal people to improve our genetic stock, besides that, we only cultivate a small number of our own Demon Hunters and do not accept outsiders to join... You’re very lucky, you’re normal."

"I... We have great power!"

A Demon Hunter with a clearly deformed leg stepped out from behind the cross-eyed woman: "I can hunt monsters alone."

"But... you can’t jump as high as me, nor can you fight as well as I do."

Rachel sneered, and suddenly a strong blast of air erupted from her boots, propelling her high into the air, easily leaping more than ten meters.

She drew a delicate revolver from her waist and aimed it at the lake.

Splash!

In the middle of the lake, a strange fish that had been lurking suddenly leaped out of the water, revealing its sharp teeth, ready to bite at Rachel.

Bang!

Rachel pulled the trigger, and a spark exploded on the body of the strange fish, which fell straight down.

Halfway to the ground, it was caught by the claws flung from Rachel’s wrist, dragging it to the lakeside.

"Hee hee... We’re going to have grilled fish tonight, I’ve been longing for the fish here for a long time."

Rachel said with a giggly smile.

Meat was precious, and many monsters’ flesh in the wilderness was inedible due to severe pollution, only certain monster parts could become food after cooking.

This lake was marked as an important resource point by the salvage team.

At least the water here was less polluted, and after processing, the strange fish in it would be good eatable meat!

"See that, our little girl here can kill you."

The man who spoke before waved his hand dismissively like shooing away a dog, "Now get lost!"

The man with the deformed leg still wanted to say something but was dissuaded by the leader.

"Ze Wei’er, enough!"

Zola also stopped Ze Wei’er and stepped forward, "I’m Zola, the salvage team leader, I’m very sorry we can’t take you in, but we can trade supplies with you, we have medicines..."

She clearly understood the needs of wilderness people, and many of the Demon Hunters’ expressions turned eager and even dangerous at the mention of medicine.

But after seeing the towering fortress-like war vehicles and the fine equipment most of the scavengers were wearing, their eyes dimmed again.

"Can you save Little Robben?"

A male Demon Hunter walked out carrying a child.

The young boy’s face was covered in a multitude of blisters that looked like constantly accumulating growths, appearing very disgusting and terrifying.

The Demon Hunter carefully placed Little Robben on the ground and said with a bitter smile, "He failed in an attempt to integrate a polyp worm organ, and we have no medicine... Every time we risk going to Black Fog City, we can only hope to find a bit..."

The wanderers of the wilderness had no permanent place to live, no technology, and could only search for medicines in the abandoned cities, with their supplies dwindling ever more.

But Sky City could already produce their own medicine and "blood potions," which was a significant gap.

Zhong Shenxiu curiously approached and heard Rachel’s angry voice, "He’s not even ten years old, and you’re making him go through the ritual, do you want to kill him?"

"No..." the Demon Hunter’s voice suddenly became somewhat sorrowful, "There’s no ritual... it’s forced acceptance..."

Rachel, like a duck with its throat seized, could no longer speak.

Zhong Shenxiu could only stare at Zola with a bewildered gaze.

"The promotion of a Demon Hunter requires, through various methods, the ingestion and accommodation of monster’s organs, often starting from the lower servant level... And above the ’Original Scriptures,’ there are some special methods recorded, for different monsters and different organs, using different means. These can effectively reduce rejection reactions and increase the success rate... Unfortunately, they have scattered, many Demon Hunters can’t strictly adhere to the standard process steps, they have to force acceptance, or use the wrong steps of another race, through various cruel methods to trial and error, forming stable experiences... They call this ’trial’!"

Zola sighed as he explained.

"This isn’t a trial, it’s murder!" Rachel finally shouted out what she wanted to say.

"He’s my child, if he doesn’t undergo the trial, he may not survive this winter..." The Demon Hunter who looked very aged but was actually still quite young replied painfully.

"This is fate..."

Ze Wei’er said mockingly, "If you hadn’t put him through the trial, we might have accepted him, but now, even if you save him, he’s already... a monster."

Bang!

No sooner had the words left his mouth than he was sent flying by a punch.

The punch came from another Demon Hunter, his whole body shrouded in a cloak, with only a hint of numerous bandages visible underneath.

"You dare hit me? Attack! Somebody is attacking us!"

Ze Wei’er’s face turned red as he suddenly drew a dagger.

The atmosphere in the camp instantly became very tense.

"Stop!"

The middle-aged woman with cross-shaped pupils hurriedly called out.

And another voice came from behind everyone, "What’s going on here?"

"Mengde Commander!"

Zola bowed slightly and recounted the events.

"Ze Wei’er, go back."

Mengde’s oppressive gaze immediately fixed on Ze Wei’er: "If there’s a next time, I’ll lock you up."

He then turned to the middle-aged woman, "There won’t be a next time, or my cannons will obliterate you!"

"Thank you for your mercy and kindness."

The middle-aged female Demon Hunter bowed.

"What are you standing around for, get back to work! Collect the fish meat!"

Zhong Shenxiu had wanted to continue watching the drama, but was pushed by Zola to go collect the captured monster fish.

By the time he returned to the camp, he saw that the trade had already reached its end, with several apparently normal children emerging from among the Demon Hunters. After inspection, they joined the caravan.

"They’re the lucky ones, at least they met us... and who knows how many years it will be before this team is encountered again..."

Rachel looked at the children who were parting from their parents and crying incessantly, then suddenly sighed, "Ze Wei’er was right about one thing, if Little Robben’s father knew he would meet us, he definitely would not have held the trial for Robben..."

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