114: Chapter 114 Ten four-star missions, packaged together!

"Thud!"

A pile of quest items, emitting various lights and even occasionally dripping with viscous liquid, was casually tossed by Lu Chen onto the counter of the four-star quest window.

The sound was not loud, but it struck Bai Hui's heart like a heavy hammer.

The Hunters at this window fell into a deathly silence.

You could hear a pin drop.

Those Hunters who prided themselves on being knowledgeable, yet were currently dumbfounded, all focused their attention on the young Hunter with codename 9527.

Three hours? Ten tasks? Did he take a rocket to grind them?

"Ca... calculate the tasks..."

Bai Hui's voice trembled slightly as she hurriedly began to count the pile of quest items that would have given an ordinary Tier 4 job-changer squad a headache for weeks.

There was Mandragora guarded by Tier 3 Elite Invading Monsters, poison sacs shed by Tier 4 Elite Invading Monsters, and even the molted skin of a Frost Cold Snake Boss radiating a bone-chilling cold!

With every item counted, a chorus of gasps erupted from the surroundings.

"Tasks... all tasks completed! They meet the standards! Congratulations, Hunter 9527, Your Excellency, your Hunter badge has been promoted to two stars!"

The Young Miss almost shouted it out, her voice slightly distorted by extreme shock.

"Then... continue giving me ten two-star tasks!"

"Whoosh—!!"

The deathly silence was broken, and the entire Hunter Hall instantly erupted in chaos!

"No way? Ten two-star tasks too? Is he here to challenge the Hunter Organization's star-promotion record?"

"I heard the Hunter Organization has an unwritten rule: whoever can break the record for fastest promotion from one-star to five-star Hunter can receive a special reward from the Hunter Organization!"

"I've heard of that record. It's said the current fastest record holder is 15 hours, codename Wasteland Guardian!"

After accepting the tasks, Lu Chen once again gracefully vanished.

Less than three hours later.

Lu Chen's figure appeared again.

"It's... it's completed again?! Two-star tasks! Ten of them! And still in less than three hours?!"

"A monster! Is he a monster?!"

"Insight still fails! What level is he exactly? Tier 5? Or even higher?!"

The crowd was shocked once again.

"Damn it! My money! I bet my entire fortune that he wouldn't finish it!"

Some wealthy Hunters had opened a betting pool, and a middle-aged Hunter who had lost money was ashen-faced, beating his chest and stomping his feet.

"I want ten three-star tasks next!"

Lu Chen persisted.

"This..."

Everyone was stunned.

It was obvious.

The other party was aiming to break the record.

They were about to witness the birth of a miracle Hunter!

"O... okay..."

Bai Hui stood behind the window, her face deathly pale, her fingers tightly twisted together.

The little schemes she had earlier were long since crushed to dust.

Less than 6 hours! From one-star to three-star!

This was no longer a question of whether she could "squeeze" him; this was a person in the clouds, someone she didn't even have the qualifications to look up to!

She didn't even dare to let Lu Chen notice her, fearing he would remember her initial disrespect.

"Im... impossible... three-star tasks, how could he possibly..."

The wealthy Hunter's lips trembled, and his gaze at Lu Chen was as if he had seen a ghost.

Lu Chen turned a deaf ear to the uproar and wailing around him, as if he had only done something trivial.

He skillfully retrieved his upgraded three-star badge.

Then, his gaze shifted and landed precisely on the few wealthy Hunters who had opened the betting pool; he had used Insight to notice someone using him to earn gold coins.

A playful arc curled at the corner of Lu Chen's mouth as he slowly walked over.

Gambling! It's one of the fastest ways to make money! The premise is that you can win consistently!

Every step he took seemed to fall on the heartbeat of everyone in the hall, and the noise involuntarily died down again.

"It seems your betting pool this time has been quite profitable, Your Excellency?"

Lu Chen's voice was not loud, but it carried a peculiar penetrating power, clearly reaching everyone's ears.

The wealthy Hunter shuddered and laughed dryly: "He... hehe, thanks to you, I made a li... little bit, just a little..."

"Using me to open a betting pool, how about you let me participate as well?"

The wealthy Hunter was stunned: "Wha... what do you mean?"

Lu Chen didn't answer him immediately but turned around, and under the gaze of countless eyes, walked with a calm stride directly toward — the four-star quest window!

"Hiss—!" Everyone felt a tingle on their scalp! Did he still want to?!

Sure enough, Lu Chen's voice echoed clearly in the silent hall, like a giant boulder thrown into a calm lake: "Hello, ten four-star tasks, bundled."

"Ten... ten four-star tasks?!"

Bai Hui completely lost her composure, her voice changing pitch again: "Your Excellency! Four-star tasks are no small matter; each one is extremely dangerous and usually requires a squad of veteran four-star Hunters to have any chance of completion! Are you sure you want to take ten at once? This..."

"I'm sure." Lu Chen interrupted her, his tone flat but unquestionable: "How much is the deposit?"

"Each... each four-star task has a deposit of 4,000 gold coins; for ten, that's 40,000 gold coins." Bai Hui took a deep breath and reported the number.

40,000 gold coins! That's 4 million yuan! This number made the vast majority of Hunters present feel suffocated!

This was almost the annual operating budget for a small mercenary group!

Lu Chen didn't even frown, as if he were casually taking out a few copper coins, and placed the gold coins on the counter: "Count them."

"Gulp!" Someone, it was unclear who, swallowed hard.

At this moment, no one doubted Lu Chen's financial power or his unfathomable strength anymore.

Just in the interval while Lu Chen was processing the paperwork, he seemed to suddenly remember something, turned his head, looked at the few wealthy betting organizers who were already sweating profusely, and smiled brightly:

"By the way, Boss, any interest in opening another round? Let's bet on whether I can, hmm, still within three hours, complete these ten four-star tasks."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding Hunters whose eyes were burning with intensity, nervousness, or despair, and his voice was full of temptation: "As for the odds... I think one to one hundred is quite appropriate, how about it? A rare opportunity, oh."

"One to one hundred?!" These three words seemed to have magic, instantly igniting the deepest greed and madness within everyone's hearts!

The two-star commoner job-changer who had been red-eyed from losing earlier, his eyes instantly filled with bloodshot veins, and his breathing became as heavy as a bellows: "One... one hundred times! If I bet everything... no, I'll go borrow! Sell everything I have! As long as I win, I'll completely turn my life around!"

But there were also old Hunters with remaining sanity who whispered in shock: "He's crazy! Ten four-star tasks! Three hours? This is simply an impossible task to complete! Even a Tier 5 legendary big shot would have to put in some effort!"

"That's right, many four-star tasks involve Lord-level Invading Monsters; it's not something that can be solved just by being fast!"

"He is just giving away money! Absolutely giving away money!"

These wealthy Hunters' hearts were pounding, their brains calculating rapidly; one to one hundred, the temptation was too great!

They didn't believe Lu Chen could still create a miracle with four-star tasks; this was definitely a god-given opportunity to make a huge profit!

Greed ultimately overcame reason and fear.

The leading wealthy Hunter gritted his teeth, squeezed a twisted smile onto his face, and shouted aloud: "Good! Your Excellency 9527 is indeed bold! I will open another round! One to one hundred! With a three-hour limit! Let's bet on whether you can complete these ten four-star tasks! Everyone present is a witness!"

He almost roared it out, trying to use volume to cover up the unease in his heart.

"I bet he fails! One hundred gold coins!"

"I bet he fails! Five hundred gold coins!"

"My entire fortune! Three thousand gold coins! Bet he fails!"

"And me! This is my ancestral equipment, worth five thousand gold! Bet he fails!"

The crowd instantly went crazy, with almost ninety-nine percent of them swarming over to place their bets on "failure."

Gold coins, equipment, and even property deeds were tossed like trash onto the gambling table temporarily marked out by the wealthy Hunter.

They were all convinced that this would be a sure-fire, profitable deal!

Lu Chen looked at this crazy scene with satisfaction, as if he were watching a group of fat sheep jumping into the pot themselves while helping to add firewood.

He took the processed quest card, didn't even glance at the mountain of bets, and just gave the wealthy betting organizer a meaningful smile: "Get the gold coins ready, I'll be back soon. This is my 300,000 gold coins; I bet on myself to win!"