“I am a cultivator, and I cannot have women around me, as it would affect my growth. Although I have only achieved F-rank certification in the Mercenary Guild, in terms of my cultivation as a Holy Knight, I have already reached the advanced stage. My power is only useful when dealing with evil and dark things. Tonight is another sleepless night. Do you see? Kells, the moon outside is a bit red…” As he spoke, Daniel turned his head towards the window behind the sofa. The moonlight was thick, but there was an unusual red mist surrounding the night moon.

  “Is the night sky in big cities like this?”

  “No… this place is facing a great crisis. Purifying evil and healing the soul is the responsibility and glory of every Holy Knight.”

  “What is Young Master Daniel talking about? This humble one really doesn’t understand, hehe…” Kells forced a laugh a few times, a sense of foreboding surging in his heart! “Oh! Right, Young Master Daniel, I ate too well today, and my stomach seems a bit upset. How about… we start tomorrow?” As he said this, this guy was already preparing to bolt for the door.

  “Hehe, Miss Eliya and Miss Karlina’s dormitory is on the west side of the second floor, right? At this time, it’s still open. If I’m alone and have nothing to do, I’d like to chat with them about some things concerning you.” Daniel had a smile like an angel’s.

  “This guy, no way, he looks like a righteous gentleman but is so sinister behind the scenes. My weakness, ah, those two are already candidates for wives. The image of a pure big brother cannot be destroyed…” Kells gritted his teeth, as if making a difficult decision.

  “The work has begun, Kells. From tonight, you are my assistant. Don’t worry, you’ll be fine. I’m very good at judging people. Take this!” Daniel stood up and tossed Kells a cloak and a silver gun.

  “This… this is a single-handed flintlock, right! Too… too cool!” Kells saw the legendary flintlock for the first time, and the instant excitement swept away the speculations in his mind.

  “Hehe, this gun is only effective against evil spirits. It can only use bullets made from the blessed silver of the Manchester Cathedral. The caliber is a special 11 millimeters, it can fire continuously, with a maximum capacity of 8 rounds. These are the bullets; use them sparingly. If you run out and I can’t save you in time, you can only fend for yourself. But this is also a trial. If you can smoothly pass these few nights of special training, there will definitely be no problem with the festival in a week.” As he spoke, Daniel handed him several magazines. Since they were entirely made of silver, they weren’t heavy.

  “What is this…” Kells pointed to the cloak.

  “A sanctuary, a kind of barrier cloak. Wearing this, low-level resentful spirits won’t approach you. The first time you see those things, it’s easy to be bewitched. Wearing this is safer.” Daniel said calmly, as if such incredible and mysterious things were normal.

  Kells didn’t take it that way; his heart was terrified, I’m saying. The excitement from earlier instantly vanished. They were going to see ghosts, ah, who wouldn’t be afraid?

  “I say, Young Master Daniel, isn’t an attendant just supposed to handle some daily chores, run errands and such? Such a great thing, I don’t think I can do it.” He wanted to slip away again.

  “Hehe, this is also part of the mercenary life. Some tasks only I can handle, and today’s is one of them. The task level is E-rank, not too difficult.”

  “E-rank… Young Master Daniel’s level is F-rank… that’s two levels higher, ah!” Kells exclaimed in disbelief.

  “Hehe, you’ll see in a moment. Let’s go; it’s getting late.” Daniel didn’t answer; he tidied up his equipment and went out. Kells had no choice but to follow behind.

  “Speaking of which… my beautiful mercenary group, ah…” This guy almost shed tears all over his face. Catching ghosts seemed to deviate too far from normal mercenary life, and the first helper was actually a man. “Damn it! It seems reversed; I’m the helper, I’m saying…” Kells spat.

  The two’s destination was the abandoned graveyard in the suburbs. This place had been around for many years; the tombstones were basically incomplete and covered with vines. The crosses on the simple graves were tilted and some even scattered on the ground. The ground was pitted, as if it had been dug up.

  A gust of cold wind blew, accompanied by the faint red moon, unspeakably terrifying. “Ah!!!” Kells suddenly felt something touch him, scaring him into shouting loudly. Fat Dragon in the backpack was also scared half to death, but it was scared by Kells…

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  “Don’t shout randomly; the undead will gather over. This place has already been cursed. The task record says there is a necromancer here making zombies. Our task this time is to eliminate the undead and investigate that necromancer.” Daniel wasn’t panicked at all; Holy Knights are the natural enemies of evil things.

  “Young Master… I say, isn’t there something wrong over there? I always feel the ground is moving…” Kells said tremblingly. He had felt something was off about that place since they passed by; he had been paying attention to it.

  Daniel raised the shield on his left hand and drew out shuttle-like things from inside the shield; there were several. He took out one of them and shot it towards the problematic ground. The shuttle-shaped thing, upon piercing the ground, immediately burst out many silver-white threads, covering that large area like a net.

  “Holy light, holy protection, in the name of the Heavenly Father, purify the evil, rest in peace…” After Daniel finished speaking, he quickly drew a light-based magic circle in the air. White magic spirit particles flowed regularly in the predetermined orbit. One minute later, the magic took effect, and the silver net emitted a fierce white light.

  The ground began to tremble accordingly; something was about to emerge! A hand! Rotten flesh with dry bones, then another one. Within the area covered by the silver net, many arms of corpses emerged, but as soon as those arms touched the glowing silver net, they were immediately burned and smoked. The dry bones and rotten flesh turned to ashes in the blue flames.

  “Dad, Mom, your Kells actually saw zombies…” As he said this, this guy actually rolled his eyes and fainted. Being timid shouldn’t be to this extent, right?

  “Don’t pretend, Kells. I can still tell the difference between real and fake fainting. If you insist on lying here, I don’t mind. What just happened was just the lowest level of undead. An E-rank task won’t be that simple. Oh! It’s already out?” As soon as Daniel spoke, that guy woke up. Pretending to faint at this time was really an unwise choice…

  In front of the two appeared a zombie dog, its size several times larger than ordinary dogs, and it had not just one head but three. The entire body was in a half-rotten state. When the cold wind blew, the intense stench almost made Kells vomit.

  “Three-headed zombie dog! E-rank monster, attribute is undead, weakness is light attribute magic or weapons. That’s all the information. It seems to be tonight’s protagonist. Are you ready, Kells?”

  “Ready for what…”

  “Run, ah! You distract the three-headed zombie dog, and I’ll go to the crypt below. That necromancer must be there.”

  “Speaking of which, Young Master, you’re so powerful, why do I have to go… I’ll die…” Kells said with a face full of bitterness.

  “Oh… just treat it as tonight’s training. The festival is to catch an F-rank wind beast. Its movement speed is twice that of the three-headed zombie dog, so outrunning it is the first step. If you’re still alive when I come up, I’ll deal with this guy. Hold on, I have faith in you, oh!” Daniel’s gaze made Kells want to vomit. “This guy doesn’t approach women; could it be…” Thinking of this, a certain someone’s lower body tightened, ah.

  Kells really wanted to give up. Compared to his secret being known by the two women, his life was more important, ah. But that damned Daniel bastard had already disappeared. There was no chance to back out. The three-headed hellhound was staring at him menacingly. Although it had no eyeballs, the direction the black frames were facing was unmistakable.

  “Calm down… calm down… Your mom, after tonight, this old man quits. It’s life-threatening, ah. It seems that when dealing with dogs, if you don’t move, they won’t move. Just standing still like this should be safer…” Of course, this was just Kells’ wishful thinking. In fact, before he could even implement this idea, the three-headed zombie dog had already pounced over…

  Run, ah! Kells ran wildly all the way, I’m saying. The three-headed zombie dog followed closely behind, its speed not inferior at all. Undead things don’t seem to get tired. At first, Kells could still pull away some distance, but later, the more he ran, the shorter the distance became. Because of fear and tension, his physical strength was consumed much faster than usual. In just ten minutes, he was already in imminent danger.

  The heads of the three-headed hellhound were almost touching Kells’ butt. That thing even opened its mouth and took a few big bites. Unfortunately, the clothes on his butt were bitten off, revealing the big white flesh, I’m saying. With this chill on his butt, Kells was scared out of his wits. When people are on the verge of death, their potential is stimulated. Kells was the same. After being bitten, he instantly accelerated, and the distance widened again. But in the critical moment, he discovered a bullshit thing.

  “What crappy equipment did that stupid woman Lina buy? Just a light bite and a big piece fell off. Wearing it is no different from not wearing it at all!” Kells said extremely gloomily. That so-called soft armor had no defense at all in front of powerful monsters. After all, it was made from F-rank monster skin. Although it couldn’t withstand the strong attacks of E-rank monsters, at least it shouldn’t be instantly killed, right? Fake goods, without a doubt…

  Continuing to run like this was not a solution. Kells thought of an idea. Anyway, as long as he was bitten, it was a dead end. Why not try the last chance?

  Fat Dragon was thrown out. “Transform into the appearance of the three-headed zombie dog, quick! You distract it, and I’ll shoot. This silver bullet must be effective!” Kells shouted loudly.

  If Kells died, Fat Dragon couldn’t escape either. It obediently transformed into a small-sized three-headed zombie dog and ran in another direction. At this moment, the large three-headed dog stopped. Its eyeless black frames shifted towards Fat Dragon’s direction. Compared to humans, it seemed more interested in its own kind. The lure plan actually succeeded!

  “Then…”

  Kells took out the silver single-handed flintlock that bastard Daniel gave him. Although it was the first time, Kells had a feeling that this thing seemed to be made for him!

  “Bang!” He pulled the trigger, and the 11-millimeter special silver bullet shot out…