200: trap

"Are you following us?"

Duanmu Shuangkui clearly didn't believe such a coincidence.

"If you want to think that, I can't prove otherwise," Gu Yan said indifferently. "If you're not satisfied with me taking the task, you can pay the breach of contract fee."

"Hmph!" Duanmu Shuangkui's eyebrows furrowed. "Do you think I care about that little breach of contract fee?"

"With malicious intentions, there's no way we'll let you join our team." Her words were full of rejection.

Gu Yan shook his head helplessly. He understood that as a villain, he naturally had a repulsive force towards this kind of heroine.

Finally.

With Duanmu Mingyue beside her looking like she wanted to say something but didn't, Duanmu Shuangkui paid the breach of contract fee.

Seeing the money in hand, Gu Yan had nothing to say.

The two younger sisters wanted to go to the edge of the Main City, but didn't bring any strong individuals from their Gaopeng Family, which left him a little confused.

But now, whatever they did was none of his business.

As Gu Yan left.

Duanmu Mingyue, who had been silent all along, said weakly, "Sister, our cards are locked by the Gaopeng Family, and now we've paid the breach of contract fee, I'm afraid we won't have enough money to invite a Beast Master."

Duanmu Shuangkui froze slightly, then said with some forced composure, "What are you afraid of? At worst, we'll lower the price, and someone will still take the task."

"Don't worry, I'll definitely find you the best bodyguard. Only then will I feel comfortable going to the 71st District."

"Uh, okay." Duanmu Mingyue didn't want to discourage her Sister.

Not long after.

While waiting, the two younger sisters welcomed A Man whose entire body was wrapped in thick robes.

"Excuse me... are you the employers I need to protect?"

The Man's voice was gentle and infectious.

Both younger sisters' eyes lit up.

Duanmu Shuangkui: "Yes, what is your strength?"

"Intermediate Beast Tamer Grandmaster, I wonder if I can handle the important task of protecting the two of you?" The Man wrapped in robes said, revealing a confident smile at the same time.

"Intermediate Beast Tamer Grandmaster?!" Hearing this level, both younger sisters were stunned.

...

...

Holding Duanmu Shuangkui's breach of contract fee, Gu Yan replaced his long sword with a steel essence one and bought a few pounds of walnuts for the Super Nut Hamster.

Originally.

Gu Yan had also thought about getting the hamster a set of meteorite iron equipment, like iron walnuts, iron melon seeds, and the like.

After all, no matter how you looked at it, iron was harder than those nuts.

However, his contracted beast simply waved its paw, indicating it wasn't needed.

This also made Gu Yan give up the idea.

Following the crowd, Gu Yan carried his long sword on his back and headed towards the edge of the Main City.

After passing through the checkpoint.

A salty, damp sea breeze mixed with the smell of blood rushed straight into his nostrils.

The edge area of the Main City.

What came into view was not a bloody scene.

There was only the boundless alloy floor under The Black Night, in the soft light.

And at this boundless boundary, the area illuminated by the giant searchlights was the dark and vast, endless sea Domain!

These past few days, the Sky Vault Main City had been flying over the sea Domain, so there were more flying fierce beasts coming to the edge of the Main City from the ocean.

The water vapor on the sea was very thick, and the dense Wu was the biggest obstacle for all hunting teams.

His hand rested on the hilt of the steel essence long sword.

But as soon as he arrived here, he smelled a scent of battle.

Armored vehicles with their headlights on drove into the Darkness mixed with dense Wu.

Flying fierce beasts cried out, sounding as clear as if they were not far away.

A modified sports car passed by.

Gu Yan could clearly see the two golden daughters of the Duanmu Family inside, and A Man sitting in the back seat, covered in a coat.

Seeing the sports car drive away, Gu Yan composed himself, chose another direction, and walked into the hazy water Wu.

He didn't know.

As soon as he left, a person dressed very similarly to The Man in the Duanmu Family younger sisters' car appeared where Gu Yan had just been.

"Duanmu Family, Gu Family, great mu centon, your subjects will uphold your will and save this World."

With that said, The Man wrapped in a thick windbreaker followed Gu Yan.

The empty edge area.

Duanmu Shuangkui, who was driving, followed the golden-winged bird outside the car window, constantly accelerating.

The golden-winged bird was Duanmu Mingyue's contracted beast, and at this moment, it had become the only way to lead them to find their target.

"Sister, Little Grass should be okay, right?"

Having witnessed the danger level here along the way, a clear sense of worry arose in Duanmu Mingyue's heart.

She and Duanmu Shuangkui came here because Little Grass, who she mentioned, had run into this place.

Little Grass was a Grade A contracted beast that had not yet been bound, and it was also the second contracted beast that Duanmu Mingyue was preparing to contract.

However, that contracted beast was a support-type contracted beast, which the elders of the Duanmu Family would not allow.

It was precisely for this reason that Duanmu Mingyue could only find her Sister and did not dare to contact others in the Gaopeng Family.

Seeing her younger sister's worried look, Duanmu Shuangkui comforted her, "Don't worry, although Little Grass is a support-type contracted beast, its level is still there, and it still has some survival ability."

Although she said this, Duanmu Shuangkui's heart was actually uncertain.

"That Little Grass, your relationship with it should be very good, right?"

Back seat.

The Man who was alone in the shadows suddenly spoke up.

His voice was still as gentle, but... for some reason, it sounded a little deliberate.

Duanmu Mingyue didn't notice anything unusual and nodded seriously, "Yes, my relationship with Little Grass is very good."

"Since the relationship is so good, have you ever thought about why it would run away?"

These words came from The Man's mouth.

The two women in the front seat were indeed a little confused: "Little Grass has always been very well-behaved."

"Yes, very well-behaved, so it's impossible for it to run away. Someone must have captured it and taken it to the edge of this Main City to lure the two of you to this area not governed by law."

When he said this, The Man's tone had changed drastically.

Compared to the distinct gentleness before, it now seemed to have transformed into another extreme, cold and strange!

"You..."

Both younger sisters were surprised by the change in The Man's demeanor in the back seat.

"Screech!"

Suddenly, the car tilted forward and stopped.

Duanmu Shuangkui looked ahead.

In the area illuminated by the headlights.

More than a dozen men and women wearing thick clothes were like standing corpses, giving people an indescribable sense of horror just by looking at them!

"Welcome to our trap, the two golden daughters of the Duanmu Family."

"This is the instruction of the great mu centon."

The Man in the back seat leaned his head forward.

At this moment, the two younger sisters' hearts were extremely alert!

...

On the other side.

"Bang!"

A Grade B Dream Jellyfish, corresponding to an Intermediate Beast Master, was split into two by a cold sword light!

Behind the split jellyfish corpse was Gu Yan holding the sword.

This was the fourth Dream Jellyfish he had killed.

He opened the System panel.

The progress bar on it was already 2 / 100.

"Not bad, I just need to kill 196 more to level up, but killing stronger monsters should give more experience," he muttered to himself. Gu Yan felt that this way of leveling up with a visible experience bar made him very motivated.

Behind Gu Yan, the windbreaker-clad Man who should have acted earlier.

He looked at the dagger hidden under his windbreaker, then looked at the guy who had killed four Dream Jellyfish with just one sword strike, and his originally very relaxed expression had become a little stiff.

"Which bastard gave the wrong information? How could this guy be a Primary Beast Master?!"