After hearing that sound, Wen Wen paused for a moment, then exaggeratedly curled his lips.
"Is this the game you set up, making it look like a dark series single-player online game..."
"But I like it, hehe."
Behind Wen Wen, Gerald walked out and looked at Wen Wen in confusion: "Who are you talking to?"
"Just think of it as talking to myself, Detective Gerald. Is this little surprise arranged by you?" Wen Wen pointed at Jack, who occasionally twitched while lying on the ground.
Gerald leaned against the wall and said to Wen Wen: "Now I believe you are a true Demon Hunter."
"Last night, we had a joint operation to hunt Lycans. Since that Lycan died, Jack has been acting strangely, some of his habits resemble last night's Lycan."
"Since you claimed to be a Demon Hunter, I took advantage and got rid of him with your help."
Wen Wen placed his hand on the sword hilt and spun the longsword around: "Aren't you afraid I can't defeat that Lycan?"
Gerald said expressionlessly: "Claiming to be a Demon Hunter, if you can't even fight a low-level Lycan, then dying is just dying. Yalan needs true power, not frauds."
Wen Wen whistled, this white-haired big guy was quite straightforward.
"Follow me, such weapons are too weak. I'll show you some real good stuff."
Gerald picked up the monster's corpse, then led Wen Wen into the interior of the security headquarters, a room surrounded by steel.
This room was filled with various weapons, each shimmering with a cold glow, with a sinister power swirling around them.
Gerald picked a longsword and handed it to Wen Wen: "Against those monsters, using ordinary weapons won't work, this one will."
As soon as he grasped the hilt, Wen Wen's hair floated back, an icy cold power surged into his body, he seemed to hear the monster's dying howl.
"How did you make this thing?" Wen Wen looked at Gerald in amazement, this longsword harbored the monster's pure malice, although powerful, it held many hazards.
"You don't need to worry about that. After you hunt monsters, remember to bring the corpses here, we'll compensate you accordingly."
Wen Wen squinted his eyes, suspecting there might be other secrets hidden within this security headquarters.
"No need, I don't feel comfortable using this thing."
Wen Wen tossed the longsword back to Gerald and asked for a map of Yalan City and some monster intel, then swaggered out of the security headquarters.
Gerald stood at the entrance of the headquarters, watched Wen Wen's silhouette disappear, a flash of red light shone in his eyes, then he turned and went back inside.
Soon after, sounds of a fight emanated from within the security headquarters.
The monster that sneaked into the headquarters yesterday wasn't just Jack!
As long as this so-called Demon Hunter can transport monster corpses to the headquarters, its strength can rapidly increase; then they would truly have the capital to confront those monsters.
Nobody understands better than Gerald how vastly disparate the headquarters' current strength is compared to the monsters lurking in Yalan City.
He's not worried about handling the somewhat sinister longsword; its wickedness compared to the Blood River Sword is like comparing schoolyard thugs to Wen Wen himself.
Yet Wen Wen felt uncomfortable using that sword, with the steel sword in his hand being quite adequate.
Using the two gold coins Gerald advanced him, Wen Wen checked into a hostel that looked eerie and dilapidated, making it uncomfortable to stay.
Since the whole city had that vibe, Wen Wen just took it in stride and checked in.
Once inside, he placed ten daggers he managed to acquire and the longsword on the bed, then used one of the daggers to slice open his wrist and squeezed a cup of blood into the hotel's cup.
After allowing sufficient blood flow, the wound began to heal slowly. After slaying the Lycan, Wen Wen gained some self-healing ability, then he began to carve his blood onto these weapons.
In these circumstances devoid of power, knowledge was his greatest weapon. Besides being a superpower, he was a top Rune Master!
Even without handy materials, he could make these weapons quickly transform.
The longsword bore runes related to blood—blood-sucking, corrupt blood, blood poison—regular monsters would be doomed if their skin was even slightly broken.
Daggers had varied functions: five bore Burst Runes, these daggers when thrown would have power more exaggerated than grenades.
Of the remaining five daggers, two applied Sharp Attribute, two applied Flame Attribute, and the final one bore the 'Kindness Knife'...
Once these weapons were fortified, their power even exceeded the previous longsword Gerald had given Wen Wen. Even a regular person wielding this longsword with random strikes could slay that Lycan.
"Next, I should consider how to escape from here."
"Yan Zu only mentioned killing all monsters in the city for me to reclaim my strength."
"But did not say that once I reclaim my strength, I could escape from here."
"So I can't blindly charge ahead; that's too foolish. I should try to make the dreamscape's structure collapse during the hunt, and the things in the headquarters also intrigue me; maybe I can use them to stir up something."
Doxinlide City, Hunter Association's base, has a mysterious visitor.
A man in a gray robe with an ancient mask on his face, he was the Judicator known as the Sand Sea Priest of the Aifei Region.
"Where is the Ranger Mystic Detective."
Moyadi and Mefna stood aside, slightly nervous, as Judicator was at the Hunter Association's top ranks, and the Sand Sea Priest was known to be one of the more solitary members among the Judicators.
In fact, while the Aifei Region is said to be under the Hunter Association's control, it would be more accurate to describe it as the Sand Sea Priest's personal kingdom, as he held complete power there.
Moyadi whispered: "After we cracked the stupor case, he disappeared; he may have entered the dreamscape to explore the real cause of the stupor case."
The Sand Sea Priest paused, then scolded: "It's simply reckless, he should know what lurks there!" ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel⟡fire.net
The information he received was vague, and he was unclear about Wen Wen's strength; based on his understanding of Yan Zu, Wen Wen might never return.
The Sand Sea Priest said to Mefna: "Lead me into the subconscious dreamscape. If I get there in time, that guy might still have a chance."