Chapter 191: Danger Is Coming
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After the 50-win-streak, Lin Huang had not been to the Hunter Arena for a couple of days. During that few days, the Hunter Arena was crowded. It was close to the New Year, and Lin Huang was the fourth person who managed to win 50 consecutive battles this year. Not only that, he had completed all 50 fights in one hit. The name 'Sword Genius' had spread around.
In the Hunter Arena, there were only a couple of them who managed to achieve 50 consecutive wins every year. However, the last person who managed to kill all 50 opponents in one hit was 11 years ago. The person was now a transcendent as well as the executive office of a major organization. Another unique point was that it was the first time the Hunter Arena had someone in top 20 to be the keeper of the 50th battle. The most powerful keeper they had from the first floor all the way to the ninth was the person ranked 33rd, none of them were before No.30. What Lin Huang had encountered was a first time even for other players.
The name 'Sword Genius' was now a hot topic. Many were trying to guess who Sword Genius really was. Many of them speculated that Lin Huang was a member of the military in the Union Government as most of them could tell that he was using Fatal Tactics . The combination of Fatal Tactics and Army Attack Tactics was a movement skill often used by the military. It was common for people from the Union Government's military to battle in the Hunter Arena as many of them held a hunter license.
Some of them figured Lin Huang could be a member of royalty and he used Fatal Tactics to cover his real identity. For his sword skill, as he had only used it once, the people could not tell which sword skill he was using. All they knew was, his sword skill was ridiculously good. They could not get any clues from that one attack. However, not everyone was happy to see Lin Huang's fame, including 'Master White' who was defeated by Lin Huang a couple of days ago.
Many in the Hunter Arena knew who 'Master White' was, he was the third son of a royal family. He was also one of the heirs of the throne. 'Master White' had lost more than once in battle before. However, he was oddly unhappy to be defeated by Lin Huang. Master White was not only defeated, but the scene of him being killed was repeatedly played on the big screen on the sixth floor. Although he managed to get the video to stop playing on the days he was around, but many had seen the video as well as spent money to download the video. There were a couple million downloads so far.
"Show me who this kid is." 'Master White' had found an information trafficker on the arena hall. Soon, the trafficker came back, "His personal details were locked by the Hunter Association management. All I know is that he is a Gold Hunter."
"Gold Hunter?" Master White thought it was strange. Of course, he knew that Lin Huang was not a gold-level as he could sense his aura. Besides, everyone here entered the arena with their conscious, where there was no way that they could cover their abilities. Nobody could escape the system scanning you, and since Lin Huang was sent to the sixth floor, that meant he was only a silver-level rank-3.
To be able to get a Gold Hunter license with silver-level rank-3 ability, it meant the Hunter Association had confirmed that he had the ability to kill gold-level monsters. The Hunter Association had a basic standard for evaluating hunters. They would not give out a license just like that.
"There's no way at all? I could pay you more." Master White said to the trafficker.
"There's no way, even an executive officer could not see his personal details, we can't even get his real name." The trafficker shook his head, "It would be the same even if you look for someone else, his identity has been covered on purpose."
"Does that mean this Sword Genius knows the executive officers of the Hunter Association?" Master White frowned.Lin Huang did not know what happened in the arena. He had no idea that Mr. Fu got Old Li to lock Lin Huang's details. Old Li did what he said, which made it impossible for Master White to find out who Lin Huang was. However, Master White's appearance as a keeper kept Lin Huang alert.
"They sent No.18 as the keeper on the 50th battle, that means the keeper in the future would rank even higher. If the system wanted to, it could even give me a keeper in the top 10…"
Lin Huang had decided to watch all battle videos of the top 10 battles before going into the fights again. He did not want his winning streak to end, as once it ended, everything had to start from scratch again. He was only given two months to finish his mission, he did not have much time. For the following days, besides eating and sleeping, Lin Huang spent his time evaluating the videos. What he did not know was that danger was coming to him.
Two young men in gray coats left the spaceship at the central plaza of Baqi City.
"Hong Ming, this is our first mission ever, since we left the training camp. If we had any misunderstandings in the training camp, we have to let it go. Focus on completing the mission together. We shall talk about that in the future!" The shorter man said to the taller man.
"What could happen? We're just here to get a girl that was not even an iron-level, how could we fail?" The tall man who was named Hong Ming glared at the shorty.
"Ren Yan, weren't you all heroic in the training camp? Why are you such a sissy now?"
"What sissy, it's called being cautious!" Ren Yan shouted at him.
"How is that necessary, we're both gold-level reserve members of the Purple Crow. The girl, Lin Xin is only 14 this year, she hasn't even graduated Hunter Reserve College. She couldn't even be an iron-level. Do you think it would be difficult to get her?" The mission was nothing to Hong Ming.
"If we complete the mission quick, we would have one week to relax around this foothold. The girl is the perfect age to…" Hong Ming licked his lips.
"Please don't mess around if you don't want to die, the seniors want the girl. If something goes wrong, it's you who will take the blame, don't involve me." Ren Yan frowned while looking at Hong Ming.
"Behave yourself, or else I would chop off your dick!"
"Why are you angry? Oh yeah, what is the name of the town, the girl is staying again?" Hong Ming asked.
"Wulin Town." Ren Yan had stopped a passing monster car.
Hong Ming followed too.
"Where are the both of you heading to?" The old man driving the monster car asked.
"The Eagle Station!" Ren Yan said.
"Sure!" The old man could tell that they were both unfriendly. He did not talk further, instead drove straight to the Eagle Station in silence. After they were dropped off, Ren Yan and Hong Ming rented an eagle each and headed to Wulin Town…
Chapter 192: Reason For The Purple Crow's Presence
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
While Lin Huang was taking down notes from the videos on the couch, someone knocked on the door.
"Who could it be?" Lin Huang frowned. As he and Lin Xin were orphans, nobody had ever visited their home during the six months they had arrived in this world. He had only seen his neighbors, but they had never visited each other before. Lin Xin's friends had visited once or twice. However, Lin Xin was at school, and it was impossible that it was her friends.
With much doubt, Lin Huang opened the door. Seeing the two men in gray coats, Lin Huang had his guard up. They were obviously not Lin Xin's friends. He could smell the blood from their bodies, a smell people had when they killed many others. Lin Huang had officially joined the Purple Crow. He could tell that both of them were reserve members in an instant. However, all the gold-level staff were wearing this uniform in the training camp, that was why he could not tell who the two men were.
"Who are you looking for?" Lin Huang asked.
Both of them were stunned, as they were expecting a girl but a young man opened the door. They could even sense that Lin Huang was silver-level. Ren Yan snapped out of it at an instant and asked, "May I know if Lin Xin stays here?"
Lin Huang heart sank when he heard they were coming for Lin Xin.
"I think you guys are at the wrong house. She stays in the house at the next unit." Lin Huang pointed at a block that was not far away.
"Isn't this the address? Could I have mistaken the address?" Ren Yan searched for the address in the note that he jotted down in his Emperor's Heart Ring. Just when the both of them looked down, Bai appeared behind them. When they found out, Bai's wings transformed into two blades strangling their necks. Lin Huang smirked, "Let's talk inside my home."
"Hey, you must know that we're from the Purple Crow. We don't know who you are, but if you offend the Purple Crow, you would be in great trouble!" Hong Ming yelled.
Ren Yan gave a deadly stare in Hong Ming's direction. They should not be revealing who they were.
"Purple Crow?"
Lin Huang frowned, he did not expect the Purple Crow to come here for him. He thought he had covered everything up, nobody from the Purple Crow should know that he was still alive. It was strange that the both of them were here for Lin Xin.
"Come in. I have some questions for you." Lin Huang opened his door.
As they were held hostage by Bai, they had to obey what Lin Huang said. Lin Huang shut his door, sat on the couch while looking at both of them, who stood in front of the coffee table. Bai was standing behind them, as soon as he used even the slightest of force, both of their heads would be chopped off in an instant.
"Don't waste your time. We will not tell you anything." As Lin Huang was checking them out, Ren Yan took the lead and said that. He did not want Hong Ming to reveal anything more about them.
"Really? I'll show you how I make people tell me things then." Lin Huang smirked.
Suddenly, the Ghastly Clown appeared next to him.
"This clown…" The both of them were shocked when they saw the Ghastly Clown. The Ghastly Clown appeared in Daxi City earlier. It was the same territory of the Purple Crow. The regular members were not the only people who knew but many reserve members knew about this incident and what the clown looked like as well. Although the gold-level Ghastly Clown seemed slightly different now, they could still recognize it.
"Ghastly Clown, let's ask this big guy first." Lin Huang said. The Ghastly Clown grinned while nodding. A mask of Hong Ming's face formed in its hand. As it placed the mask on its face, Hong Ming's eyes went blank.
"Your name, age?"
"Hong Ming, 21 years old," answering without any expression.
"Which organization are you from? What's your identity?"
"I'm from the Purple Crow. I just graduated from the training camp a month ago. I'm a Purple Crow reserve member."
Ren Yan was shocked, "Hong Ming, what are you doing? Wake up!"
Bai's wing transformed into a hand and covered Ren Yan's mouth to stop him from talking.
There's no use if you yell. Even if we killed him, he wouldn't wake up." Lin Huang glared at Ren Yan. Lin Huang then looked at Hong Ming again, "Tell me a secret that nobody knows."
"When my sister was 13, I raped and killed her. After I dismembered her dead body, I buried her body parts in my neighbor's yard. Nobody knew I did it. After the body parts were found, my neighbor was sentenced to death by the Union Government…"
Lin Huang frowned as he heard the dark story. Hong Ming was obviously not someone good. Ren Yan found that unbelievable. Not the fact that Hong Ming killed his sister, but that Lin Huang managed to ask something like that. That would mean Lin Huang could be able to get everything and anything he wanted to know from Hong Ming.
"What is your mission this time?" After confirming that the Grimace Clown had absolute control over them, Lin Huang asked what he wanted to ask.
"To bring back a girl named Lin Xin from Wulin Town." Hong Ming answered expressionlessly.
"Why is that so?" Lin Huang could not understand.
"It was said that Lin Xin's brother is a powerful Imperial Censor who has a double mutated monster. He used to be one of us. However, he died in an accident. As Imperial Censor genes were inherited, the Purple Crow suspected that Lin Xin had the genes of an Imperial Censor as well so they wanted us to bring her back to train her."
Lin Huang did not know that Hong Zhuang asked Lu Xuan and Scarface to find another Imperial Censor within a year. They could not find any while Scarface recalled Lin Huang having a sister. So both the men were sent here to bring Lin Xin back.
"What do you guys know about Lin Xin's brother?" Lin Huang asked.
"We don't know much, we only know that the management loves him and he's a genius who can control a double mutated monster. However, he was killed in an accident." It was obvious that Hong Ming did not know about Lin Huang.
"What do you know about Lin Xin?" Lin Huang was concerned.
"She's just an ordinary person, she's means almost nothing to the organization." Lin Huang frowned at Hong Ming's answer. After a couple more questions, Lin Huang nodded to Bai.
A red glow flashed and Hong Ming's head was chopped off. However, no blood came out of the wound at all and it seemed like it was being absorbed by something. Meanwhile, the wings glowed.
Ren Yan was shocked at what he just saw. Seeing that Hong Ming's dead body fell on the ground, Lin Huang then looked at Ren Yan. Bai let go of his wing that was covering his mouth.
"You… You are Lin Xin's brother… You didn't die!" Ren Yan could tell that Lin Huang's identity from the conversation he had with Hong Ming.
"You are right, but there's no reward for you." Lin Huang nodded at the Ghastly Clown.
A new mask appeared on the Ghastly Clown's hand, and it was the face of Ren Yan.
"It's the one that invaded Daxi City…" Ren Yan looked at Lin Huang in fear, "How is this possible, who are you?"
The Ghastly Clown put the new mask on its face, Ren Yan's eyes became blank.
"Your name and age?"
"Ren Yan, 19."
"Which organization are you from? What is your identity?"
"Purple Crow, reserve member…"
"How many family members do you have?" Lin Huang would always ask something private to make sure that he had the full control of the person.
"Mother and brother…"
Lin Huang asked the questions that he asked Hong Ming and got the same answers from Ren Yan. However, he added a couple more questions.
"You believe you have a due date for this mission, when is the due date?"
"We arrived much earlier than expected, and we still have a week left. We have to capture Lin Xin within a week and contact our senior that we have captured Lin Xin." Ren Yan explained.
"What happened if you do not report after the due date? What will Purple Crow do to you?" Lin Huang asked.
"That'll mean the mission has failed. If our senior cannot get in touch with us, it would mean that we're dead and the mission difficulty has been upgraded. The organization would then send more reserve members to join the mission in order to figure out what had happened. They would then know when they should send the official members."
Lin Huang frowned. Soon, the mask on the clown faded. Just when Ren Yan was gaining conscious, there was another mask appeared on Lin Huang's hand. He then placed the mask on his face. Ren Yan was only a gold-level rank-1, Lin Huang could still control him with the mask. After the mask faded from the clown, Lin Huang took over.
"Call your senior!" Lin Huang instructed immediately. Ren Yan did what he asked. After the phone was connected, Lin Huang heard a voice that he was familiar with. It was Scarface.
"Ren Yan, has the mission been completed?"
"Yes, it's been completed and I've booked a ticket back next week." Lin Huang got Ren Yan to reply exactly the way he wanted.
"You managed to complete your mission a week ahead of schedule. That's great!"
"You trained me well, master." Ren Yan said.
"Alright then. Come back immediately, don't waste any of your time!" Scarface seemed to be impatient.
"Yes!"
After the phone hung up, Lin Huang was still upset although the phone call gave him one more month. He then nodded to Bai and the red blade chopped off Ren Yan's head. His head separated from his neck without so much as a single drop of blood. Lin Huang then summoned the Viridian Wolf to eat both of the corpses. Once the Viridian Wolf finished eating, Lin Huang quickly recalled it…