The Death List Novel - Chapter 635
Chapter 635 Divine Path
What everyone didn’t know was that there were actually two other uninvited guests at the place where they were resting that night.
However, their physiques were somewhat special. One of them hid in a temporary plane, while the other transformed into a shadow. Even Qin Lun’s gaze halo could not discover them.
As a hunter’s exclusive skill, especially after fusing with [Gannettes’ Left Eye], the gaze halo was very reconnaissance-oriented. However, Qin Lun was only at the Intermediate Stage. Regardless of whether he could resist a high-level storyline or a legendary expert, his own level was there. The effect of the ability to stare at the halo would be exempted by some creatures above the Second Stage.
After Qin Lun and the others left, the two tails behind them appeared. Linda glared fiercely at the figure in front of her. Her usually gentle and lovable face was filled with disgust, “What bounty mission did you take this time?”
“Haha, this has nothing to do with Miss Linda!” The black figure wrapped his cloak tightly and covered his entire body. When he looked carefully, he could see that he was preparing for Linda. Obviously, he was a little afraid of Linda.
“Hmph, I don’t care what you want to do. As long as you don’t move the three mercenaries and Seaver.” Linda crossed her arms and waved her ponytail.
“Haha, the Blood Stabbing Mercenary and that noble brat are not my targets. So you don’t care about the rest of the team.” The short black figure’s eyes lit up as he chuckled and asked, “Then why did you help them delay the pursuit of the Ghost-Faced Squid last night?”
What Qin Lun and the others didn’t know was that someone had already helped them before they reached the shore last night. Without Linda’s help, the Ghost-Faced Squid would have caught up to them long ago.
Back then, the Meteor Pendant had dealt a lot of damage to the Ghost-Faced Squid, but the magic didn’t last long. The Ghost-Faced Squid didn’t catch up in time because it was entangled by Linda.
Of course, with Linda’s strength, dealing with the Ghost-Faced Squid was also very difficult. If it weren’t for the fact that the sea beast was seriously injured, she would have wanted to show herself and fight with Rick and the others at some point.
Linda wasn’t a legendary expert, but the bounty assassin in front of her was a true legendary expert. However, Linda’s profession was somewhat special. She displayed a high combat strength and restrained the opponent a little. If the assassin didn’t use the Legendary Domain, the two of them would be at the same level.
The bounty assassin couldn’t kill Linda, and he didn’t dare to kill her. The younger ones, the older ones, are all reasonable in any world. He wasn’t afraid of Linda, but Linda’s teacher couldn’t help but be afraid. He was an adept or something that had lived for over a thousand years. In any case, even his Shadow Scryer couldn’t see the old man’s background clearly.
No matter how powerful his assassination ability was, it would not be a pleasant thing for a Magus of Legendary rank or above.
“Hmph, do I still need to report to you what I want to do?” Linda sniffled, her face full of arrogance. It was completely different from the gentle and cute look she had when she was in the Mercenary Guild. She hesitated for a moment, as if to say to herself, “I recommended such a difficult task to Rick and the others. Of course, I have to ensure their safety!”
The bounty assassin on the other side wanted to laugh. Linda had been a registrar of the Mercenary Guild for a long time. Many mercenaries knew her, but they couldn’t tell when the little girl had come to the Mercenary Union.
After working in the mercenary guild for so many years, how could the little girl still be a tenacious and arrogant young miss?
At the very least, the bounty assassins had seen her play around with mercenaries she did not like many times, and even recommended some difficult tasks that had changed in difficulty to them, but they were still willing to do so.
“Why is that expression? Don’t you believe me?” The little girl threatened him with her claws and teeth. Although the assassin’s face was covered with a veil, his body language clearly told her that he did not believe her at all. She had worked for the Mercenary Guild for so many years, and the greatest skill she had learned was to observe the situation.
“Anyway, I warned you not to attack Rick, Schiff, and the others. You can do whatever you want.” Linda curled her lips and looked at the assassin with disdain. “However, I advise you not to do this business. Losing your life is not worth it. You saw it along the way. The rest of the guys seem to be a little strange. You might not be able to win against them.”
The assassin’s eyes behind the veil flickered slightly, but he did not refute the little girl’s words. He followed along and enjoyed the good show a lot of the time. However, the more he followed, the more cautious he became. After many deliberations, he did not dare to make a move directly.
At the beginning of the stalking, he didn’t know that Mastasia was a harpsichord, but along the way, he and Linda finally noticed something unusual about the Highland Elves. Later, the two finally connected Mustacha to members of several secret organizations, including the Harpsichord Alliance.
This time, the assassin was even more fearful. Harpsichord are crazy, with their participation in the activities, there will definitely be a major event. The origins of the Blood Stabbing Trio and Seaver were clear, and they weren’t too rare.
Although Rick and the others’ identities weren’t simple, they weren’t enough to attract harpsichord masters. This meant that Qin Lun and the others were hiding even more terrifying secrets.
In fact, last night, when the Ghost-Faced Squid chased after Qin Lun and the others, the assassins couldn’t find a chance to attack. The Land of Death was extremely dangerous. This highly skilled and legendary assassin had also encountered several dangers here, so it wasn’t a pleasant trip.
Last night, when the Ghost-Faced Squid hunted that team, the assassin also encountered other dangers, and was even more miserable than Qin Lun and the others. It was a group of Night Demon Mosquitoes that could see through stealth. If he hadn’t opened his domain in time and hid in the shadows, he would have been sucked dry.
“See you then!” Seeing that the assassin was stunned and seemed to be reassessing the mission, Linda sneered proudly. She tapped her toes lightly and flashed away.
However, after the little girl walked for a while, a hesitant expression appeared on her face. This time, she had completely disobeyed her teacher’s orders. After following the team for so long, it was already too late to return to Candlekeep. However, she was reluctant to give up.
Despite all the dangers of the adventure, it gave her endless pleasure. It was simply like taking drugs, the more he smoked, the more he couldn’t stop. In the beginning, she always gave herself an excuse. When she got back, she simply broke the jar and said, “Anyway, she can’t catch up, so she shouldn’t go anymore!” And so on.
After Linda left, the assassin was also hesitating. The more he discovered, the more cautious he became. The harpist took the initiative to find Qin Lun. He had watched the battle between her and Qin Lun at the periphery of the Land of Death from afar.
Although he didn’t know what the two of them had said, it was obvious that the harpsichord had taken the initiative to stick to him. This proved that Qin Lun, or at least one of the three people, had an extraordinary identity. His life and death would at least affect a city or even a country.
Actually, the assassins no longer had the desire to take the bounty. No matter how generous the bounty of the Amberry Church was, it was not as important as their own lives.
In any case, he wasn’t too happy to oppose the harpsichord. It wasn’t just him, the scattered legendary experts on the continent were also basically unwilling to face off against the Santalin Alliance and the Harpsichord Alliance. This pair of organisations were rich in lunatics and normal-minded professionals, so they would stay away from them.
The assassin was following Qin Lun and the others for another reason. Thinking of this, a trace of greed flashed through the short shadow assassin’s eyes.
“Legendary pirate Bodean’s treasure!”
As a legendary expert who spent most of his career at the Bird Gate, he knew more about legendary pirates than ordinary people.
According to an ancient rumor he had heard, Bodean was not limited to legendary experts. The Pirate King was a true legend. This wasn’t just referring to combat strength, it was referring to his legendary experience.
Bodean has disappeared from the world’s rumors, but there are also those who believe he has become a god. The legendary pirate was promoted again by the legendary experience of the legendary pirate. The legacy of a legendary expert was nothing, but what if he was a legendary figure who had advanced to the Holy Spirit or God Realm?
Whether or not Bodean had succeeded, the legacy he had left behind in the main material world was no small matter. Naturally, it was worth the risk of a legendary assassin.
As a Legendary expert, the chances of further advancing were quite low, even lower than the chances of an ordinary person becoming a Legendary expert, because this involved a mysterious domain.
Legend was the domain of gods. There were only two ways to step into the domain of gods. One is to establish a domain belief, concentrate a domain belief, and make it a priesthood. Only then can a legendary expert become a Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit is the form when the God is still in the main material world.
This was the most normal way for all gods to advance. There were incomparably many types of divine offices in this world. As long as they found the right direction, the Holy Spirit would always have the possibility of becoming a god.
If the priesthood belonged to another powerful god, the Holy Spirit could choose to assign its religion to its divine lineage. A powerful god would not refuse to allow a Holy Spirit to become a member of its divine lineage, because the strengthening of the divine lineage would also benefit them.
If the Holy Spirit was unwilling to do so, then there would be a proxy war. The victors would seize all beliefs, the losers would lose their priesthood, and they would perish forever.
Unlike the legends of the God Slaying that the world believed, as long as the faith was still there, the Holy Spirit or God could not truly be destroyed.
Of course, belief in becoming a god has its flaws, and its belief will always fall behind with the progress of the main material world, but its evolving divine office is difficult to change, resulting in the fall of the god.
There have been countless examples of this since ancient times, such as the oldest Lizardman God. Lizardmen believed in reproduction and slaughter. After the Elves migrated to Ferren Continent, a higher level of Elves civilization replaced the original Lizardman civilization. As a result, pure worship of reproduction and slaughter was eliminated, and the Lizardman God fell.
The other way to become a god was to rely solely on strength to undergo transformation. The most famous rumor in Ferren Continent is that “Liches are everywhere, and legends are as numerous as dogs.” The Demigod Lich here was a typical representative of the power of becoming a god.
The Demigod Lich was already infinitely close to God. They had been waiting for some kind of chance to become a God. If they succeeded in slaying the gods and seizing the godhead of a certain god, then they would become gods. However, this method would usually attract the joint attacks of other gods, and there were few examples of real success.