bookbashuk Chapter 23 High-Value Bounty Mission
Chapter 23 High-Value Bounty Mission
Lone wolves are actually quite rare in this ancient capital.
Because what they were facing were hordes of dead known for their numbers and ferocity.
The dead are devoid of humanity; in losing their intelligence, they gain extreme madness, making them far more dangerous than ordinary demons, and often resulting in being ganged up on.
In this situation, one person's strength is really insufficient, and it is necessary to rely on the strength of the team to get out safely.
However, if he is still a lone wolf in this situation, it also demonstrates his strong individual ability.
So when they saw Chen Qing all alone, and with his unbelievably youthful appearance, almost every passing hunter mage would cast a curious glance at him.
Standing atop the city wall, Chen Qing idly fiddled with his mage badge.
This is an official certificate issued by the Mage Association, similar to an ID card, which can prove a mage's strength. Chen Qing has two such mage badges, one is a mid-level level one light-type badge, and the other is a low-level level three wind-type badge.
A small horde of corpses has appeared in the southeast, suspected to be an uprising of Nether Worms. The leader is a Skeleton Nether Worm, with strength at the Lesser Corpse General level. Mages are urgently summoned for support.
[Danger Level: Moderate]
[Recommended skill level: Intermediate level with maxed-out skills or above]
Come to life!
Although the ancient capital sounds a blood-red alert every night, it's because the undead revive at night, turning the entire map red. It doesn't mean that corpse ministers attack the city every night. On the contrary, even corpse generals are not common.
Otherwise, with such a large disparity in numbers between the undead and mages, it would generally take mages at least two or three days to recover their mana after running out. With such intense battles every night, the ancient capital's mages would probably be insufficient long ago.
What Chen Qing was waiting for was an attack by a zombie general.
At his current level, ordinary undead are nothing more than a matter of magic and have no training effect whatsoever, which is why he has set his sights on the Corpse General.
Back when he was at the beginner level, he had personally killed a giant corpse general. Although he did it with the help of his teammates, it gave him a general idea of the corpse general's strength range, and he was confident that he could survive without any mishaps.
"Nether worms and skeleton worms..." He quickly flipped through the information about these two types of undead.
[Nether Worms are parasitic undead that may emerge from the bodies of powerful beings upon their death. They rely on a mother for survival but will endlessly absorb the mother's energy to reproduce until their death. After the mother dies, they will quickly seek out the next mother, often appearing in swarms. Their souls are special and can resonate with each other. The more they kill, the more likely they are to drop precious treasures such as essence. If they cannot find a mother to parasitize, they will launch indiscriminate and frenzied attacks.]
Upon seeing one of the messages, Chen Qing pondered: "So it's an extremely difficult parasitic undead to deal with. According to intelligence, there's also a higher-level evolved species of Nether Worm, the Skeleton Nether Worm. It seems that this Skeleton Nether Worm is the first individual to be born, and the rest of the Nether Worms should have reproduced from it."
"No wonder it's just a lowly corpse general, yet the quest recommendation is already set at mid-level maxed-out skill or higher. It's indeed difficult to deal with, but..."
Upon seeing the description that "the more you kill, the easier it is to lose your essence," Chen Qing's eyes lit up.
"Accepted!"
Act swiftly, for the dead do not care whether you think it through or not.
Just to be on the safe side, Chen Qing also spent 200,000 yuan to borrow the right to use a magical armor from the academy for seven days. He had to earn back that 200,000 yuan at least!
He quickly arrived at the mission hall set up by the Hunter Alliance on the ancient city wall and expressed his desire to take on the mission.
The staff member paused upon seeing Chen Qing's mage badge, then smiled amicably: "Respected Hunter Mage, the system has detected that the recommended strength for the mission you wish to undertake is: Intermediate-level fully-trained or above. Considering the high difficulty of the mission, we recommend that you choose another mission, such as..."
Chen Qing shook his head: "No need, I know my own limitations. Just help me receive it."
The service staff member's face twitched. Logically speaking, being a mage is a high-risk profession, but she had seen plenty of reckless and brainless people who would forcibly accept tasks far beyond their capabilities, and the results were usually not good.
Looking at Chen Qing's young and undeniably captivating face, she sighed inwardly: What a pity, so handsome but not so bright...
She immediately smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take care of it for you."
What she thinks in her heart is one thing, and work is another; she just focuses on doing her job well.
Seeing this, Chen Qing nodded: "Thank you for your help."
Chen Qing quickly glanced at the mission's bounty and was immediately shocked: "Three million?! Are you kidding me?!"
Only after accepting the mission will the complete commission be displayed to the hunter mage. Chen Qing hadn't looked at the bounty carefully beforehand and thought it was another mission issued by the Ancient Capital Guard mage.
Chen Qing and Lu Zhou took on many of these missions. The bounty was generally not very high, but it could accumulate a lot of hunter points. For example, Chen Qing was already a high-level hunter, and the next level up would be a hunter elite, and above that, a hunter master.
Chen Qing quickly looked at the detailed content introduction:
"Rescue Mission – Three personnel are trapped in the core area of the Nether Worm outbreak, their fate unknown. We urgently need mages to assist in the rescue. There is a newly awakened female member in the team; she is a priority for protection. Her safety must be guaranteed!"
Upon seeing this, he immediately understood: "No wonder the mission reward is so high; it turns out a second-generation heir has been trapped in an ambush."
Thinking of this, he suddenly understood why the young lady had looked at him with a hint of pity; she must have thought of him as a guy willing to risk everything for a bounty.
He shook his head, not caring about any of that:
"Wind Tracks, Drifting Shadows!"
There is a special teleportation array at the ancient city wall that can teleport mages to the foot of the wall.
In order to get to the mission location as quickly as possible, Chen Qing went all out, even using the wind rails, just to get to the rescue site quickly.
It wasn't just about saving lives; it was also out of respect for the high reward.
If we arrive too late and fail to save the person, we'll suffer a huge loss.
That's three million!
Three million for saving one person? What kind of important person must have descended to earth?
Below the city wall, within the Anjie area.
Undead generally do not appear here, and if they do, they will be immediately eliminated, as this is the place where mages return, and absolute safety needs to be guaranteed.
Chen Qing seemed to transform into a gust of wind, flying as if skimming close to the ground.
The wind track, with its four times the speed, gave him unparalleled speed, truly living up to the saying: a man like the wind!
Beyond the boundary barrier, the figures of the undead slowly began to appear.