"Your information has been entered. Within two weeks, the telegram will deliver your information to each branch. You can hand over tasks at any branch.
According to the regulations, the trophies you gain from hunting demons should be sold to the association first. The price will be lower, but it will be credited with merit. In view of your current strength, you are now a second-level white hunter..." Old Goat told Lei many precautions. kindness.
Scholars of the Natural School divide the extraordinary into five levels, namely entry, elite, expert, master, and saint. Of course, this title has an obvious scholarly style.
There are other names, but they are generally a system. The so-called rank division is not just a difference in numbers.
Scholars have conducted research and tests on a large number of extraordinary people of different professions. Each level has its own obvious characteristics. At least the previous level is stronger than the next level in terms of life level and strength performance.
The Witcher Association has two extraordinary professions, the Demon Hunter and the Warlock. It does not mean that there are no other professions, but these two are the mainstream.
Among them, the fifth level of demon hunters are apprentice hunter, white hunter, black hunter, master demon hunter, and titled demon hunter.
Renn has good strength, and the energy of the stars is very powerful, reaching the standard of a black hunter. However, he does not have any merit points from the association. In principle, to upgrade from a trainee hunter to a white hunter, he must successfully complete 5 hunting missions, and be Hard power also has requirements and must meet minimum standards.
To become a black hunter, you must complete 15 missions, which also requires strength.
Of course, although Renn directly became a white hunter, his record was 0. To upgrade to a black hunter, he had to accumulate missions from scratch.
"Level" represents your own strength, and "position" represents your current status. In terms of strength, Renn belongs to the third-level transcendent (black hunter), but he is a newcomer with no achievements and achievements. He only has the second-level status in the Demon Hunter Association ( White Hunter).
The three demon hunting equipment of pistol, knife and ring are not free. Renn already owes the association 100 gold coins, which is half the discount as a "born awakener", and Renn does not need to start strengthening from the basic (first level).
Otherwise, the expenses are far beyond the reach of ordinary people. For a middle-class family, the annual income minus expenses is less than 100 gold coins!
"Old goat, give me a task. I will take the little milk dog for a trial." Catherine said.
A new hunter is called a little puppy. Usually when a new hunter performs a mission for the first time, he will learn from an old hunter.
"No problem." The old goat handed her some report papers.
Catherine read it carefully for a while and frowned: "This is too abnormal. The evil spirit killed a person for the first time when it appeared?"
"Yes, it is indeed rare, and it is not easy to deal with. The Dell Portrait Gallery contains some precious and famous paintings. It is impossible to destroy them all. As for closing the museum? That greedy and stubborn guy Joseph will not agree." The goat shook his head.
"The priests of the Church of Light also failed to find the problematic object?"
"No, Father Jimini did not sense anything unusual. He persuaded Joseph to close the shop, but as you know, as long as there are enough benefits, there is nothing that capitalists dare not do."
Catherine pondered for a while. As an experienced black hunter, she was keenly aware that this matter was somewhat unusual.
"Take it and read it. After reading it, go to the data room next door to check the relevant information. I hope you will have understood the situation when I ask questions later." Catherine handed the task draft to Ren and ordered.
After receiving the mission report, Ren read it with concentration. Regardless of his strength, he currently had zero experience in hunting demons, so it was better to learn with an open mind.
The old goat nodded when he saw this. He had seen many so-called "geniuses", most of whom died young.
Many young people think that they have good strength, but they don't know that there are many ways to kill someone.
Mission Report 27: In the past three months, 6 people have died unnaturally, suspected to have been killed by ghosts. Their common feature is that they visited the Dell Portrait Gallery within three days before their death. The owner of the museum, Joseph, suppressed the incident and sought help from the 7th Bureau and the City's Light Church, but neither solved the problem...
He frowned. This was Renn's knowledge blind spot. He didn't ask anything for the time being. Without saying anything, he ran to the next door reference room to search for relevant documents.
The reference room was very large, covering an area of 100 square meters. There was no one inside, and there were bookshelves. He rummaged for a while and pulled out a book from a row of bookshelves.
The title of the book was "Research on Resentful Spirits". He opened the cover:
If a person has persistent obsessions or deep resentments after death, there will be a small chance that a "spirit body" will be produced, which can ignore ordinary physical attacks, be afraid of sunlight, and cannot leave the object of sustenance too far.
Its behavior is relatively rigid and its intelligence is not high. It can affect the perception of ordinary people and cause them to hallucinate. It can also absorb people's mental power through this method, which is generally not fatal.
Wraiths are easy to deal with. Extraordinary beings can effectively kill them with psychic attacks. Incorporeal wraiths can easily be dissipated by psychic attacks. Even ordinary people can just burn them if they find their entrustment.
But if it continues to grow and become an evil spirit or even a vicious spirit...
An hour later, after rummaging through some more information, Ren finally understood the strangeness of this matter.
Ren pushed the door open and nodded to Catherine. The two of them did not hesitate and were about to set off. Upon seeing this, the old goat gave a few words: "Newcomer, since you are a hunter, you should know that the relationship between the hunter and the prey is mutual." Transformed, being careful and giving it your all will help you live longer.”
"Thanks for the advice."
The two of them went directly downstairs and walked towards the old commercial street of Bu Shen City. There were some ancient buildings on both sides of the road. The overall style was tall and thin, with an obvious Gothic style.
The Dell Gallery is located in the center of the old city. It uses pointed arches instead of Roman-style semicircular arches. The weight and extension of the building are concentrated on the stone columns and buttresses.
There are many tall spiers on the outside, thin walls, large windows, and patterns of stained glass.
The internal columns are thin and the light is abundant. The front door is decorated with many vivid reliefs and stone carvings.
It was originally an abandoned church, but it was later bought by Joseph Murcott, renovated and turned into a portrait gallery.
"Joseph was a shrewd businessman when he was young. When he got old, he became obsessed with art. He spent a lot of money to acquire a large number of famous paintings from the Fourth Age's 'Jihad' period.
The entrance fee to the portrait gallery was secondary. Joseph would hold art salons in the back garden from time to time. He was a generous person, sometimes directly gifting famous paintings to noble lords, and occasionally supporting some talented young artists. "Catherine stood in front of the portrait gallery and introduced some information about the owner of the gallery to Ren.
Ren raised his eyebrows and smiled playfully: "He is a businessman, he shouldn't do business at a loss, right?"
Catherine nodded: "To put it bluntly, being obsessed with art is a lie. His goal is to make friends with nobles and accumulate connections for his son's career."
"He plays his cards well, but God doesn't seem to favor him."
The Kingdom of Falorland is known as the "Land of Flowers", while Bu Shen City is the "City of Art". Bards and street painters can be found everywhere along the commercial streets here, creating a strong artistic atmosphere.
Influenced by this, local nobles and even ordinary citizens were keen on art, with high taste and critical vision.
The two explained the situation to a guard and were quickly received by Joseph.
In the back garden of the portrait gallery, rockery fountains, shrubs, flowers and plants are arranged in a mixed style, which is regular yet elegant and quite stylish.
The flower stand in the corner of the garden was covered with wisteria. Old Joseph was sitting at a round stone table with a sad face and gloomy eyes.
"Two distinguished guests, please take a seat." He politely asked the two to sit down. Joseph picked up the ceramic teapot and poured a cup of black tea for them.
"Closing the portrait gallery is the best way. No one can rely on it, and the resentful spirit cannot leave the entrustment for too long." Renn said straight to the point.
"That's not okay. If the art salon is cancelled, the noble gentlemen will be unhappy." Joseph's face tightened and wrinkled.
"If they knew you had that kind of thing, they would definitely not come." Ren said calmly.
"This is exactly why I am asking you. My son is attracted by a certain noble lady, and he must not give up now!" Joseph looked firm.
"Don't be dazzled by the benefits. Only 6 civilians died this time. If a noble died, or they knew you were hiding it from them, you know the consequences.
Of course, you can also burn all the paintings and replace them with new ones. "Ren said unceremoniously.
Joseph's face twitched, his eyes widened, and he couldn't help shouting: "I know, maybe you think I am just a greedy bastard! A snob who doesn't care about the life and death of others!
But how can you, a group of superior extraordinary beings, understand how much hard work I put into starting from scratch! How many eyes were thrown at me!
Just because I am a pariah and have no background! So no matter how hard I try, I can only linger at the threshold of the upper class!
Everything I do now is just paving the way for my son! I tried my best, closed the art gallery and burned all the famous paintings. Who will compensate for my losses? All my hard work for most of my life is over! "
Joseph's hair was gray and his weather-beaten face was covered with tears. Ren was silent when he saw this.
Catherine took a sip of black tea: "If you believe us, just give us three days. You will tell the public that the roof is leaking and needs to be repaired. Close the museum for three days and we will help you solve the problem."
Joseph was a little hesitant: "What are you going to do? Father Jimini can't even find which picture has the problem."
Wraiths need sustenance, and the most likely ones are those portraits.
"You don't need to worry about this, just prepare the reward." Catherine's mouth curved, showing a confident smile.
"Okay, just three days." Joseph agreed. He couldn't stand the pressure anymore and could only trust these two demon hunters.
Ren and Catherine looked at each other and it turned out that one was a good person and the other was a bad person. The effect was very good.
