Chapter 1294: Crow

There truly were four Brain Eater Demon Bugs inside the Void Storm Caverns.

Poison Bee already knew that, and he could see the four layers of [Deprivation] on Gu Qing Shan’s body.

A Brain Eater Demon Bug could only use its ability on one individual at a time.

In other words, this would have been the best opportunity——-

To kill these four demon bugs.

And that was why Poison Bee left.

He was an Unlivable Hitman so he was naturally confident in his own abilities.

He died.

In front of the 7th warp gate, the Hitmen looked at the black card in the staff member’s hand, temporarily speechless.

That was a Survival Inquiry Card, capable of tracking the life signs of the one taking on a job.

An Unlivable Hitman should already be a considerable force, each representing genuine fighting strength of the Guild.

“The situation is very serious; I need to report this to the Guild” Qin said with a pale expression.

She looked at Gu Qing Shan, then told him with telepathy: “The one to come would be a Titled Hitman, please be careful”

Gu Qing Shan lightly nodded.

Qin waved her hand, summoning a long list of names from the void.

Qin tapped one of the names, then waited for a bit before speaking: “Intelligence Division Captain, I’m Qin, there’s a situation here”

The first noise to come out was the moan and giggle of a woman, followed by a seemingly drained male voice: “What’s the situation?”

Qin’s face became flushed, then closed her eyes and reported: “The ‘Class 3+’ job, Brain Eater Demon Bug, there has been a casualty of two Sealing class Hitman, and an Unlivable class Hitman, only one Sealing class Hitman managed to survive and return”

The voice on the other side was abruptly raised: “What!?”

The void of space became blurred.

A black-haired man who left his upper body naked directly appeared in front of the 7th warp gate.

He could only be described as extremely beautiful, or perhaps even incubus-like, his body wasn’t too burly, but highly well-balanced, he was wearing a pair of long black pants, black leather shoes, and a long rapier hanging by his waist.

When he appeared, he was still holding a bottle of liquor in one hand, a blade of fresh green grass in his mouth, and a few faint lipstick marks on his face.

His appearance, combined with the female moaning and giggling earlier, everyone could tell that he was into something R18 earlier when he received the report and hurriedly ran over.

As this pretty man noticed everyone’s gaze on him, he put on a wide-brimmed black hat and pulled it down, concealing the lipstick marks on his face.

“Tell me every last detail” he said.

“Yes, sir Crow” Qin respectfully said.

She began to carefully explain everything from the beginning.

The pretty man listened for a while, then turned his head to glance at Gu Qing Shan.

“Being able to escape even with four layers of [Deprivation]… Someone give me the surveillance footage from earlier” he ordered.

A staff member tossed a Card forward.

The Card manifested into an image in mid-air, displaying Gu Qing Shan’s acceptance of the job and how he left.

Following that, Qin received the call for aid, and Poison Bee arrived.

Poison Bee was lazily stalling, not at all in a hurry to save anyone, and instead inciting a verbal argument with Qin.

The fog manifested and Gu Qing Shan appeared.

The two of them talked.

Poison Bee left.

He died.

The pretty man nodded, then turned to Gu Qing Shan: “So you have a Mystic-class spatial technique, no wonder you were able to return alive. Now I understand why the old man personally gave you a codename”

He drew the rapier at his hip, then whispered: “Void Storm Caverns, the Brain Eater Demon Bugs should be just around the entrance, let me check the situation…”

Saying so, he walked towards the warp gate.

“You shouldn’t go” Gu Qing Shan suddenly said.

——having reached the realm of Sumeru Lord, as well as his constant and long-term contact with monsters vastly stronger than himself, Gu Qing Shan’s discerning eyes had been thoroughly trained.

He only needed a single gaze to know how strong this pretty man was.

All the Hitmen here were incomparable to this pretty man.

But compared to the monster that appeared in the Void Storm Caverns, both the pretty man and Gu Qing Shan himself paled in comparison.

There would only be a single outcome if he went there.

Death.

This wasn’t just his discerning eyes, but an intuition that Gu Qing Shan had trained from facing many enemies.

Gu Qing Shan was naturally willing to let Poison Bee go to his death, but he wouldn’t send someone unrelated to the same fate.

—–especially when he could see the outcome so clearly.

The pretty man stopped.

Everyone’s gaze became strange.

Gu Qing Shan’s statement had practically confirmed to them how dark his heart was.

Most likely, he orchestrated Poison Bee’s death.

Otherwise, why would he stop sir Crow from investigating the scene?

Sure enough, Fear Fiends are the kind of evil creatures that like to harm people…

“I shouldn’t go… why?” the pretty man turned around and stared straight at Gu Qing Shan.

“Four Demon Bugs, too dangerous” Gu Qing Shan replied.

“You think I’d be scared of such things?” the pretty man quickly asked.

“Hard to say, when I was fighting against them, I could feel a clear sense of anxiety” Gu Qing Shan slowly replied.

“Anxiety because of these four bugs?”

“No, I suspect it was something else”

The pretty man found that unexpected, then pondered a bit before asking: “In combat, do you always trust this natural-born intuition?”

“Not natural-born, it was trained” Gu Qing Shan replied.

“How so?”

“I simply got used to this sensation by lingering too much by the borders of life and death”

“Is that so? That sounds like a bit of a stretch, but fortunately, I’m an expert at contacting death”

The pretty man circled once around Gu Qing Shan while wielding his rapier.

“Aura of death, by my name, show me the bonds between you and this individual” he muttered.

A dark shadow escaped from the pretty man’s body, touched Gu Qing Shan’s body, and immediately turned into a drifting, shimmering glow.

The glow of darkness remained on Gu Qing Shan’s body without disappearing for a long time.

“…You are a Feeder for the Law of Death… the Law is constantly waiting for you to create more death…”

The pretty man whispered.

He sheathed his rapier, randomly grabbed two tall glasses from the void of space, poured them full of liquor, offered one of them to Gu Qing Shan, and held the other one by himself.

“Cheers” the pretty man declared.

“For what?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

The pretty man lowered his voice, muttering: “I’ve always found Poison Bee to be irritating, but the Guild strictly forbids internal killing… how fortunate that he just happened to die when he left today”

Although the man named Crow muttered it under his breath, who among those gathered here were normal people?

His words were clear to everyone in the room.

“Ahahahaha, for a Hitman like Poison Bee to die, that truly is a great loss to our Hitman Guild”

The pretty man loudly laughed and drank the entire glass in one gulp.

Everyone was silent.

Gu Qing Shan lightly took a sip from his own glass.

This is good liquor.

He then drank the entire glass in one gulp as well.

Qin anxiously asked: “Sir Crow, how exactly should we deal with this now?”

The pretty man stopped laughing and replied: “I think the one who issued the job will soon know of the situation here. If they’re willing to increase the price, we’re going to keep posting the job. For now, adjust the rank so that only Titled Hitmen are allowed to accept it——- but remember, do not let anyone take this job”

“Then Poison Bee…”

“He was just unlucky”

“Yes”

After arranging everything, the pretty man patted Gu Qing Shan’s shoulder and said: “Let’s have a drink sometime”

“Alright” Gu Qing Shan replied.

The pretty man faded into the void of space, heading off somewhere.

This matter concluded here.

Seeing that there wasn’t anything else to see, the Hitmen slowly went back to their daily routine.

Fog Song gave Gu Qing Shan a complicated look, then muttered: “Fiend, you sent Poison Bee to his death”

Gu Qing Shan didn’t deny it and asked: “Are you going to avenge him?”

Fog Song shook her head: “I’m not going to avenge him, but from now on, during the large-scale joint operations of the Guild, no Hitman is going to trust you any longer”

“They have that right, and from what I can see, Crow wouldn’t be among them” Gu Qing Shan replied.

Fog Son coldly snorted, then turned and left.

Gu Qing Shan waited for a while until all the Hitmen had left, then asked: “Qin, the reason for this job’s failure was due to me receiving misinformation, and considering how a powerful Hitman like Poison Bee met his death, the fact that I was able to escape with my life is already a blessing, so——-”

He smiled and asked: “Can this failure not be accounted for?”

Qin shook her head: “I’m sorry, a failure is a failure, if you want to be promoted to Unsolvable rank, you will have to complete five consecutive 3-point jobs”

Seeing Gu Qing Shan’s disappointed look, she added: “However, your previously accumulated points would not be deducted, you can still use your points to exchange for other things”

“Give me another job” Gu Qing Shan said.

“Impossible, take a look at yourself again” Qin pointed to him.

Gu Qing Shan looked down, only to see the four layers of [Deprivation] were still there, exuding a clear colorful light.

“Ah, when are these things going to disappear?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“If those four Brain Eater Demon Bugs don’t dispel their abilities, you will have to wait for at least one day” Qin replied.

Her expression suddenly became stern: “You’ve now lost four means of combat, in consideration for your own safety, please do not leave the Guild”

Gu Qing Shan sighed.

I was going to try and get quickly promoted and accept the job to enter the Wraith realm, but it seems that will have to be delayed for a day.

“Alright, I’ll go back to rest for the day, see you tomorrow”

“Hm, see you tomorrow”

As Gu Qing Shan was leaving, he suddenly heard Qin exclaim in surprise.

“What’s the matter?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“It’s nothing… it’s the Brain Eater Demon Bug job, I was about to contact the issuer and ask if they were willing to increase the price—– but without waiting for me to speak, the issuer directly increased the reward by 30-fold” Qin muttered.

“30-fold” Gu Qing Shan repeated.

“That’s right, 30-fold, just enough to commission a Titled Hitman. I’ll have to adjust this job’s rank to Class 10 right away…”

Qin replied as she operated the UI in the void of space.

——Class 10 to Class 12 jobs were the commissions available only to Titled Hitmen.

Gu Qing Shan stayed silent for a while, then quickly left.

He didn’t return to his room right away, instead, he headed towards the Intelligence Division.

“I want to exchange some information” he told the staff member.

The staff member confirmed his medal, then handed him a scepter before leading him to a small isolated booth.

“You will only need to use telepathy to tell the scepter the type of information you wish to obtain, it will then respond appropriately” the staff member explained.

“Thank you” Gu Qing Shan replied.

The staff member closed the door and left.

Gu Qing Shan held the scepter and silently thought about the appearance of the monster inside the Void Storm Caverns.

Six sharp long legs, a robust body, horn-like long hair, humanoid appearance.

“Tell me what this is”

Gu Qing Shan connected his mind to the scepter.

Very quickly, a thought replied to him from the scepter:

[This information requires the following prerequisites to access:]

[Titled-class Hitman, 300 accumulated points, the Guild Master’s permission]

[Fear Fiend King, you are not qualified to access this information]