Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

"And be quick about it~," Wallis said with excitement, as if imagining a scene where all "Bounty Hunters" were working for him, "Before dawn! I have limited patience."

Facing the other party's urging, Gu Lan excitedly suggested, "I'm willing to be collateral."

The Thorn Valkyrie wasn't afraid at all. Seeing the hostages would face a "special scenario" if the mission failed only made her more thrilled.

"Shall we just forget it?" Dai Lian wasn't particularly willing to take risks with things he was unfamiliar with. This mission had been exuding an oddness from the beginning, not to mention their current bizarre situation.

It seemed that their arrival caused even those who were beating others to stop their actions and turn their heads to quietly watch the five of them.

The ones wailing seemed to cease their agony, curling up on the ground while looking on twistedly and expectantly... as if they were the saviors.

This kind of silent observation was downright hair-raising, and Dai Lian didn't want to stay here a moment longer. Moreover, with their backing from powerful figures, they could develop much more comfortably than other players. There was no need to undertake such a strange mission.

"What do you all think?"

"I think we should drop it too," Gong Yan said, wrapping her arms around herself. Despite the warmth of the underground hall, the gaze from that mechanical eye always made her feel chills down her spine.

"I think we should just leave, no need to bother with that disgusting thing on the other side," Kuang Xin said, finding it irritating even to glance at him.

Xu Ruoguang looked at everyone and nodded in agreement quietly, "I think so too."

The hand he used to speak was slightly trembling as it rested on the hilt of his sword at his waist.

It was excitement...

The other party's aura was so familiar... familiar to the point where he wanted to go up and slash him with his sword!

"Alright then..." Gu Lan could only shrug helplessly as everyone wanted to play it safe. She couldn't ignore everyone's opinion; this wasn't just her guild, "I'll listen to you all."

"My lord... I'm afraid we can't accept your commission," Dai Lian said calmly. Although he referred to him as my lord, his attitude was already one of equality.

Different "attitudes" are required when facing different NPCs.

Players are not beings that you can bully at will.

"We came back simply to fulfill our duty, to bring you what you commissioned... As for your current request, we truly don't have time. Sorry."

"Not doing it?" The smile that had been constant on Wallis's face suddenly stiffened, and the only original eye he had left emitted a dangerous chill, "Not doing it? How can you not do it?"

"My lord, our commission relationship is only temporary. We completed the task, and now you should fulfill your promise," Dai Lian reminded him. "The items are upstairs; you can send someone to check, then... settle the commission."

He didn't know why, but this time the task reward settlement was proving to be exceptionally difficult.

Perhaps there was some special plotline, but Dai Lian didn't want to delve deeper into content that seemed too bizarre.

Wallis obviously didn't want to let go of the five odd "Bounty Hunters" who could bring him unimaginable power. It had already been proven that their service could enhance his strength, so they must continue doing so indefinitely!

How could they renege?
Your journey continues with empire

"How can you renege? How can you renege?" Wallis asked repeatedly, each time more heavily than the last, his expression growing more paranoid and frantic, "You should work for me! This is your responsibility in coming to this world!"

"Bang!"

The response to him was a bullet.

From behind the five players... came from the stairs connecting to the room on the ground.

The ancient double-barreled shotgun fired a slender bullet, with mysterious inscriptions traced upon it, creating patterns dazzling to the eyes.

Only Gong Yan and Gu Lan were able to glance at it briefly, yet they utterly failed to comprehend its meaning.

The five players, who were belatedly aware of the gunfire, turned their heads and saw two men in black trench coats, each holding the edge of the floor above with one hand as they flipped down from the narrow staircase entrance.

As the two men landed agilely on their feet, two lifeless bodies flopped down from above, making a double 'thump' as they hit the ground.

"We've really found a big one!" The man of average height leading the way shouldered his double-barreled shotgun, slowly sweeping his gaze over every creature he could see.

A faint grey Spiritual Energy clung to his eyes, allowing him to differentiate whether the creatures in front of him had any connection to demons.

A thick demonic presence had cloaked everyone, endowing them with an ominous and sinister aura.

And the most central source... was undoubtedly the figure standing alone in the middle of the hall, dark and profound like a high-dimensional space curvature point.

The tall and thin companion landing behind casually surveyed the surrounding architecture and kicked away a device resembling a wrench.

With the clanking of gears and chains, the entrance to the ground was slowly sealed by the sliding iron gate.

With a 'swoosh,' he drew his twin silver scimitars, the blades reflecting a warm orange sheen.

"No one's leaving today!" the thin, tall man bared his teeth, his voice rough and deep.

The devilish scent filling his nostrils was revolting, yet it excited him immensely.

His gaze swept over the two men who had suddenly appeared, and Dai Lian saw a familiar emblem between the collars of their trench coats, so he murmured a warning to his companions, "It's the people from Arbitration Place."

They weren't the same two they were familiar with, but the agents of Arbitration Place generally acted in the same manner.

Moreover, since the agents of Arbitration Place had sniffed their way here, the answer was almost ready to present itself.

The abnormal beholder gang leader before them had become a Believer of the demon at some unknown time!

Were they... entangled in some special scripted event?

He wondered if there was any benefit to be reaped from it.

Dai Lian's eyes flickered as he subconsciously stepped back when he heard the two agents of Arbitration Place, who were deemed capable allies to rely on at the moment, cry out in unison, "Don't come any closer!"

"Step aside!" x2

"..."

The two agents looked at the five players with eyes full of vigilance, "We'll discuss your matters, children of the demon, after we've dealt with him! Don't think about running; you won't get away!"

The stance of the Place towards the children of the demon was somewhat ambiguous at the moment.

After all, these people were not demons themselves, and according to the information collected so far, their actions also did not tend to serve demons.

The reality unfolding before their eyes could also substantiate this, as they had been there for a while, merely observing what kind of relationship existed between the children of the demon and the demon's Believers before they came forward.

And quite obviously, the children of the demon and the demon's Believers were not one and the same.

Hearing the words of the Arbitration Place agents, the players were utterly befuddled—

"???"

"The child of a demon?"

"How did we become 'children of demons'?"

"What even is a 'child of a demon'?"

Dai Lian did not dwell too much on this, he merely urged everyone to move towards the edge.

After all, the main players at the moment were not the five of them, but rather the confrontation between the gang leader, who had given himself over to demons, and the two enforcers of the Arbitration Place.

They... might have become camera carriers?

Realizing there was a spectacle to be witnessed, several players lost their initial tension and instead filled with anticipation for the clash of high-end powers within the game.

Wallis tilted his head to the sky, spreading his arms wide as if embracing something.

"Did you think I hadn't noticed you?" His voice boomed increasingly less human, sounding as though boundless thunder roared behind him, and as he turned his head, the indescribable ferocious face of a monster had replaced his originally mechanically modified one.

"I've been waiting for you to come in!"

The brutal aura spread out instantaneously like a tsunami, and the surging Spiritual Energy stirred in an otherworldly sense like an underwater vortex, drawing all present uncontrollably closer.

As if even their souls were being absorbed...

The true form of a demon... descended!

"The true form!"

"He has directly summoned his true form!"

Visible horror rose instantly on the faces of the two enforcers.

The gap between the true form of a demon and a demon Believer was as vast as the heavens and the earth.

In their brief investigation, there was only one core demon Believer here, the leader of the Underground Fighting Gang... but how could a single person have summoned the true form of a demon!

"This is trouble!"

...

The terrifying voice of the Demon God echoed in the depths of Black Street like the deep tolling of a bell.

It was a shriek that seemed to come from the depths of the human heart, instilling a profound awe from the depths of the soul.

Like the heart being tightly clutched, unknown terror eroded Gilder's mind wave after wave like a sea storm.

No sound...

But the voice resounded directly within the heart.

Gilder was all too familiar with this, as during those endless days and nights of torment, it was this kind of spiritual fear that tortured every one of his displaced compatriots, including himself.

It was a demon!

Another demon had appeared in the world!

The moment Gilder realized this thought, he pulled his hands out from his embrace.

He raised the flare gun, which was covered in the sweat of his palm, and aimed it toward the sky.

"Whoosh!"

The orange firework left a trail in the sky that lasted quite a while, and the sharp buzzing could be heard even from a great distance.

...

Military camp.

Seeing the projectile shooting straight into the sky, the soldier on night watch in the tower narrowed his eyes and then shook his head resignedly.

"Those fighting gangs... they always love to cause a commotion."

Crying for help when they can't win in a fight was the most common tactic of those outside gangs.

But even if those guys had their brains knocked out, it wouldn't have much to do with their military camp.

Only when things got too out of hand would someone notify them to send a few people to handle and intimidate a bit.

Usually, it wasn't taken seriously.

Yet it was still quite unusual to see such a ruckus in the middle of the night...

His companion on night watch strained to look in the direction of the flare, then shook his head with some regret, "Too far away, can't get a good view of the action..."

"Hey, hey, hey? Stop looking, it seems like someone's coming our way?" Hearing his comrade's words, the soldier turned to look back at the military camp.

Sure enough, a slender figure approached the gate at a brisk pace.

"Who's going out in the middle of the night?"

Raising her hood slightly, the delicate jawline appeared before the eyes of the soldiers at the gate.

"It's Miss Yueying..."

"Let her pass!"

...

"Someone else is coming..."

"Why is nobody sleeping in the middle of the night?"

"...It's an armored battalion instructor from the Arbitration Place."

"...Let him pass!"

...

"And another one comes..."

Bai E, facing the light, showed his pass...