Chapter 176: Chapter 176: Monsters, Factory Chapter 176: Chapter 176: Monsters, Factory Roger arrived at the Wandering Hunter Bar with utmost speed.
At this ti, the bar had just started to open for business, and several waitresses were busy tidying up the place, which was almost devoid of custors.
“Where’s the task?”
Upon entering, Roger went straight for Vincent.
Vincent shrugged his shoulders.
“Sorry, Roger, you’re too late.”
“The task has already been taken by soone else.”
“That fast?”
It had been, at most, half an hour since he received the call. Roger hadn’t expected the task to be accepted by soone else already.
This was an unwritten rule of the bar, designed to prevent Demon Hunters from blindly accepting tasks without understanding the specifics.
Every task posted on the notice board required the interested party to confirm in person at the bar, and Vincent also acted as a de-facto overseer.
He understood the abilities of most Demon Hunters and thus could prevent so from taking on tasks beyond their capabilities.
“Can you tell who took the task?”
To avoid malicious competition, once a task is taken by soone else, other Demon Hunters could no longer interfere.
“You know the rules, Roger,”
Vincent appeared to be in a difficult position.
For Roger, the poison gland of a Transcendent Being was an item of the utmost importance. Even if there was only a slight chance, he did not want to give up.
“Listen, Vincent, I don’t want to cause trouble, but this item is really important to . I hope to offer good money for it, buying it directly from whoever has it.”
Vincent glanced around the bar and, seeing that no one was paying attention to their conversation, lowered his voice.
“I can’t disclose much, I can only tell you the location of the task is at a factory in the Morse Mountains.”
“The owner is nad Wolff.”
Roger smiled and nodded to Vincent.
“Thank you very much, you’ve really done a huge favor.”
After leaving the bar, Roger looked up specific information online and found that there was only one factory in the area ntioned by Vincent.
Wolff Industries.
With the address confird, Roger drove directly to the target location.
To avoid distractions during the task, he made several calls in advance, providing a simple update.
The redhead girl, newly integrated into her new environnt, seed quite excited. She told Roger that, as a new student, her life was primarily focused on adapting.
She needed to learn so basic knowledge and to get a rough understanding of the Transcendent World.
The short-haired woman who escorted her in, although seemingly indifferent, was actually quite attentive to Amanda and had even proactively ntioned the Awakening Ceremony to her.
Amanda was hesitant and took this opportunity to seek Roger’s advice.
“If this process is truly unavoidable, then you should take the initiative. At least, it may make it more controllable.”
Everyone entering the Transcendent World must pay a certain price, and no one can make this decision on behalf of another.
“It’s probably too early for to undergo the Awakening Ceremony given my current situation. Let’s et next ti, we can talk about it in detail then.”
After a few words, Amanda, realizing that Roger was driving, took the initiative to hang up the call.
When it was Henrik’s turn, Roger made several calls, but no one answered on the other end. After so thought, he left a voicemail to briefly explain the current situation and then hung up.
Wolff Industries had not chosen to build in Bordeaux, nor even in the town below it. The factory’s actual site was a good distance from the nearest Rivervalley Town.
Just as Roger’s car was leaving Bordeaux, a group of people arrived at the gates of Wolff Industries.
The factory was built at the foot of a mountain, seemingly situated beside a river, emanating an elegant and tranquil ambience.
As soon as the car stopped, a portly middle-aged man ca running out eagerly.
“You must be …”
The layers of flesh on Wolff’s face gathered together as his small eyes scrutinized the group of people before him.
“Are you Mr. Wolff?”
“We’re the ones who accepted your task.”
The speaker was a tall, rugged-looking man.
He appeared to be in his thirties, sporting a crew cut, his steely muscles bulging through the fabric of his clothing.
“My na is Tangde, the leader of this squad. These are all my team mbers,”
Tangde casually gestured at the few individuals following him, with no intention of going into detailed introductions.
“Welco!”
Wolff took the initiative to shake hands with Tangde.
“If it had been before, I would have never believed that monsters could exist in this world, but after experiencing so strange events lately …”
Wolff led the group towards the factory.
“Fortunately, thanks to Mr. Alex’s guidance, I was able to get in touch with you. Several security companies had co before.”
Wolff muttered under his breath.
“A bunch of idiots who only take money without doing any work!”
“When I told them about what had happened, they even asked if I was drunk. Now, with professionals like you here, the issue should be resolved quickly, right?”
Tangde frowned slightly, clearly catching the implication in Wolff’s words, but with the task at hand and the fact that the paynt offered was indeed substantial,
he simply nodded in response.
“Rest assured.”
“Tell us what happened.”
He obviously didn’t want to listen to Wolff ramble on.
“The matter dates back to over half a month ago when soone in the factory claid to have seen a green monster that was as tall as an adult,”
Wolff described.
“It’s said to have the appearance of a toad, looking extrely disgusting. Wherever it went, there was this green smoke trailing behind it, like poison gas.”
Tangde imperceptibly exchanged looks with his team mbers behind him.
“Were there any casualties?”
He suddenly asked.
“There weren’t any.”
“Even so, the entire factory is now in a state of panic. I have given several pay raises and fired a few troublemakers, and only then did I barely manage to maintain the situation.”
“If the problem isn’t resolved quickly, the factory’s production will definitely be affected. It’s a huge order, and if we can’t deliver on ti …”
The fat on Wolff’s face quivered.
“I might have to file for bankruptcy!”
From Tangde’s experience, in past Transcendent events, descriptions of monsters tended to be abstract and generalized.
After all, the likelihood of ordinary people surviving after encountering the visage of a monster was extrely low.
But the information provided by Wolff in front of him was detailed to an excessive degree.
Height, physique, appearance.
Although simple, the image of a monster had already taken shape in everyone’s minds.
Such detailed descriptions suggested either soone had truly seen the creature,
or soone was lying!
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