Versatile Mage: Unlimited Swordplay, Deconstructing Everything!

Chapter 42: Very narrow at first, then passable
"For the second stage of the Hunter King Qualifying Tournament, rankings will be based on your contribution to the "Taoyuan Township" campaign. If you can completely complete the commission and locate or rescue the previously entered team, the association will also give additional rewards, at least a complete set of super-class magic equipment."

Yu Hao's words aroused the excitement of the hunters.

The lowest reward is a complete set of super-class magic equipment, not to mention the rewards that can be obtained after completing the commission. It is estimated that associations like Tianzhong may also give it out.

"This commission is extremely dangerous. The association has only a limited understanding of the inner workings of Taoyuan Township. This is the limit of what the association can do. The information has been sent to everyone's terminals. The assessment begins at 7:00 AM the day after tomorrow. Before then, you may withdraw. The association will cover your return travel expenses. So, we disband."

Before Yu Hao left, he took a deep look at Lin Ling and Lingling, wondering what he was thinking.

Unfortunately, this scene was not noticed by the two.

Led by Meng Yuyao, the two came to the accommodation prepared for the examinees in Linyi Village.

"If you two need any help, please press this button. I will be waiting for your call 24 hours a day. I will then withdraw and not disturb your rest."

Meng Yuyao pointed at the red buttons on the wall and beside the bed, then bowed and walked out.

"It's a bit bad, Lingling."

Looking at the information about "Taoyuan Township" sent by the association on my mobile phone.

Lin Ling suddenly felt something was wrong. The content of this assessment was somewhat different from what he heard from Old Man Bao.

The Hunter King Assessment will indeed use extremely difficult commissions as assessment targets.

However, the association does not require that the commissions must be completed. These commissions will be used as assessments for the Hunter King. Precisely because of their extreme difficulty, they are not commissions that can be easily resolved in a year or two.

It is not even something that can be solved by a single hunter team, and often requires multiple hunter teams to work together to crack it.

This is why the second stage assessment is based on contribution.

The Hunter Association never thought they could solve the "Taoyuan Township" commission.

In all the previous Hunter King Qualifying Tournaments, only the first session's commissions were completed by many hunters at the time, the other one being the session of Lingling's father, the Leng Hunter King.

The cold hunter king almost entrusted the solution to the "Stonehenge disaster" in Ying country at that time. Unfortunately, some uncontrollable circumstances occurred at that time, which led to the forced end of the qualifying round. However, the cold hunter king's contribution was still the highest in the whole field, so he was awarded the title of hunter king.

But this time the commission from Taoyuan Township is different, and no one who has entered has come out.

The only information the association learned was obtained through telepathy between a pair of twins.

Taoyuan Township is an extremely peaceful world. The younger brother of the twins who entered saw the hunters who had entered earlier.

But the state of these hunters was extremely strange, and they had no idea what the Hunter Association was.

The twin brother was unable to judge the current situation, so he had to continue to inquire about the internal situation until night fell in Taoyuan Township.

The telepathy was severed.

So there are only two pieces of information that we know of.

First, there may be some kind of power in Taoyuan Township that affects memory and modifies the memories of those who have entered previously.

Second, there are unknown dangers in Taoyuan Township at night, which is probably the reason why the hunters cannot escape.

But no matter how you look at it, Taoyuan Township looks like a monster that eats people without spitting out bones.

The danger level of this commission is almost incomparable to the previous ones.

What the hell is contribution? If the problem can't be solved, then everyone will have to sacrifice it. What kind of contribution are we talking about?

"This is very bad. It's an unprecedented commission. I've noticed the contribution point issue. Let's see what the Hunter Association says tomorrow. They can't have deliberately sent all the Hunter King Seeds in as a suicide squad."

Lingling looked at the information and spoke solemnly. In all her years in the industry, this was the first time she'd seen a commission of this caliber. Her inner hunter's urge to explore burned brightly.

"Then let's take a break today and do some research to see if there's any solution."

"Well, more haste makes waste, so let's take it step by step."

Time passed quickly as they were thinking. That night, not only did they notice the doubts in the assessment, but other hunter teams also noticed this problem.

But more hunter teams chose to withdraw from this Hunter King Qualifying Tournament.

The reason is simple: staying alive is the most important thing for a hunter.

Even after death, no amount of money or fame will be of any use.

This truth is very obvious to hunters who hang their heads on their waists and dance with the King of Hell every day.

The Peach Blossom Land, where even super-class mages cannot leave, is simply a den of demons for them.

There's no need to risk your life for this, and the King of Hunter Qualifiers will be held in the future.

If not, wait until next time.

There were many hunter teams that held this idea. In the end, only the top ten hunter teams remained in Linyi Village, and all the others left.

For a moment, Linyi Village, which was bustling during the day, became empty in an instant, and no one was seen passing by for a long time.

"Mr. Lin Ling, Ms. Leng Lingling, this is the magic tool the Hunter Association has provided you to escape from Peach Blossom Land."

Meng Yuyao was holding a tray covered with a red cloth, on which were placed two bronze magic tools shaped like syringes. In the middle of the hollow and transparent part, one could faintly see the copper liquid swirling.

"Escape magic tool, isn't it said that there is no way to escape from Taoyuan Township?" Lin Ling asked curiously after taking the magic tool.

"The last investigation of Taoyuan Township was half a year ago. During this half year, the association has banned any hunters from entering and has been researching ways to escape from Taoyuan Township. This magic tool was made based on the natural talent of a veteran in the association. Once injected into the body, the body will forcibly reject space and squeeze itself out of the internal space of Taoyuan Township." Meng Yuyao explained with a smile.

"So that's how it is. There is actually such a natural talent."

The principle of the escape magic tool is similar to a balloon that is inflated in water and then forced to the surface by the water.

I don't know how the Hunter Association uses their natural talents to create magic tools.

"Are you sure this will work? Don't take a parallel import and suddenly kill us in it at the critical moment."

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin Ling. Lord Yu Hao will demonstrate how to use it in the square later."

"Um"

Lin Ling, Lingling and a group of hunters gathered in the square again, watching Yu Hao demonstrate how to use the escape magic tool.

The last safety rope has been put in place, and then Linyi Village ushered in the third day.

At the foot of the Linyi Mountain Gorge, in front of a narrow cave that can only accommodate two people walking side by side.

All the hunters gathered here.

Yu Hao looked at everyone, and thousands of words were summed up in one sentence.

"I wish you all good luck in martial arts and a safe return!"

　This chapter is a bit watery, I can see that, don't worry, the next chapter will directly start the content of Taoyuan Township. Although it is original, you can look forward to the quality of the story. The original plots of my old books are quite guaranteed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)