Versatile Mage: Get the Desert Emperor clone at the start

Chapter 43 Bounty Pool - Sea Vortex

Lin Wen wore a professional smile and looked at the young man in front of her subtly - he was wearing a simple white T-shirt and jeans, and he didn't look like a customer who could afford "Pearl Mansion".

"Sir, this is the sales center of 'Pearl Mansion', please..."

"I know." Qin Xiaonan interrupted her directly, his eyes calmly scanning the sand table model. "I want a ready-to-move-in apartment, fully furnished, the kind I can move into today."

When Lin Wen heard that the other party really wanted to buy a house, her eyes lit up instantly.

"You have good taste!" Her voice immediately became more enthusiastic, and her slender fingers slid across the tablet quickly. "We happen to have several fully furnished apartments ready for sale. The environment is very good."

Qin Xiaonan listened to the introduction casually, his eyes wandering over the floor plan.

The price was indeed not low, but the income from selling the Winged Magic Tool just now gave him confidence.

"How about this duplex?" Lin Wen pointed at the screen. "428 square meters, two floors, fully equipped with a smart home system. From the floor-to-ceiling windows in the master bedroom, you can directly see the night view of the Huangpu River."

When Lin Wen brought Qin Xiaonan here and pushed open the heavy solid wooden door.

In the six-meter-high living room, crystal chandeliers cast a shimmering light on the marble floor. He walked straight to the floor-to-ceiling windows, where the entire Huangpu River, like a shimmering jade belt, was visible. The Bund's international buildings shone like sparkling gems in the twilight.

"That's it," he said, turning around.

Lin Wen suppressed her inner excitement and pulled up the electronic contract with trembling fingers. When she saw the young man signed it without looking at it for too long,

She was finally sure that she had met the real sponsor today.

"Mr. Qin, here are your keys." She respectfully handed over a leather key box. "Contact me if you need anything."

When Lin Wen's footsteps completely disappeared in the elevator.

The sand scorpion's silhouette slowly emerged, as if seeping from a curtain of water, the sand on its carapace silently falling onto the carpet. Meanwhile, Qing Ning rolled over and sprawled directly onto the leather sofa, his nine fluffy fox tails spreading out comfortably.

"Woo~ This sofa is much more comfortable than the one at home in Bocheng!" Qingning buried his face in the pillow and rubbed it, his ears twitching happily.

She had recently been traveling in the human world with Qin Xiaonan and had already fallen in love with all the novel things here - the iron box that sprayed cold air (air conditioner), the magical stove that could produce fire with just one press, and the colorful dessert shops.

Qin Xiaonan threw the key on the crystal tray in the entrance hall, making a crisp sound.

Then he instructed: "Stay here from now on. Don't wander around. This is not Bo City."

"understood."

After arranging accommodation, I had a good night's rest.

The next day, Qin Xiaonan came to the Hunter Alliance again alone. He left Qingning and the Sand Hidden Scorpion at home. There were not many monsters that could be seen clearly by the demons, and there might be some in the Hunter Alliance, so he did not bring them with him.

The Hunter Alliance has a high status internationally. Its hunters are spread all over the world, and some of their information is more timely than that of some national agencies.

Qin Xiaonan knew a little about the affairs of the entire legal world, but it was basically related to Mo Fan, and he didn't know any other information.

His purpose in joining the Hunter Alliance was to obtain information.

As the hunter's level increases, the amount of information he can obtain will also increase. At that time, as long as he spends money, he can basically buy a lot of timely and useful information.

Qin Xiaonan currently wanted to quickly raise his Hunter Level, but those low-level commissions were too slow to earn points. The fastest way to do this was to complete the tasks in the bounty pool. Bounty pool tasks were generally very difficult and often sat there. If no one accepted them, he could give it a try.

The Hunter Alliance of Magic City is international, and there are many hunters with extraordinary strength here.

Qin Xiaonan checked the information and found that there were indeed several bounty pool tasks, and they didn't look easy.

His gaze lingered on the bounty pool's screen for a moment, finally locking onto a line:
[Reward: Investigation of Abnormal Sea Vortex in the East China Sea]

[Latest intelligence: The whirlpool has engulfed two coastal fishing villages, leaving 47 people missing]

[Special Note: The vortex is accompanied by mental disturbances, and survivors experience severe hallucinations.]

He tapped his fingertips, and the mission details unfolded - at the junction of the East China Sea and the South China Sea, a strange group of moving vortexes suddenly appeared in the past three months.

These whirlpools are not fixed in one place, but move around the sea like living creatures. They often lurk in the distant sea during the day, but at dusk, they approach the coastline like ghosts.

The most terrifying thing is that they can even suddenly appear on land and drag the entire land directly into the seabed.

Survivors describe a strange humming noise as sometimes heard before a whirlpool appears, like the simultaneous whispering of thousands of sirens. Then, the sea surface suddenly caves in, forming a massive whirlpool hundreds of meters in diameter, with the water at its edges emitting an unnatural dark blue.

Even more terrifying is that these whirlpools seem to have some kind of space-distorting ability - a witness once saw an area being swallowed up and then instantly emerging in the sea thirty kilometers away.
Many people speculated that this phenomenon was caused by a large sea monster, or even a group of sea monsters, but it was impossible to determine what kind of sea monster it was, and there was no news about its strength, so some people did not dare to act rashly.

After reading the last line of the mission intelligence, Qin Xiaonan closed the electronic screen and tapped his fingertips three times on the table. Outside the window, dusk had already dyed the surface of the Huangpu River red. There were less than two hours left until the vortex usually appeared.

"Let's go tonight." Qin Xiaonan made up his mind.

Back in the top-floor apartment of "Pearl Mansion", Qingning was lying in front of the floor-to-ceiling window counting the cruise ships on the river. The nine fox tails were shining like golden light in the sunset.

When she heard the door open, her ears twitched and she jumped up instantly: "Master is back!"

As dusk fell, Qin Xiaonan had already arrived at the cliff by the sea.

The salty sea breeze lifted the hem of his black windbreaker, making it rustle. On his shoulder, a little yellow fox curled up, nine fluffy tails wrapped around his neck.

The Sand Scorpion stood in the shadow of the rocks by the sea.

"Master, is that the sea area?" Qingning raised his small paw and pointed to the unusually calm waters three kilometers away.

Under the moonlight, the sea surface had a strange metallic luster, as if it was covered with a layer of mercury.

When the last ray of setting sun was swallowed by the sea level, something strange happened.

"boom--"

A muffled sound came from the bottom of the sea, and the entire sea area seemed to be pressed down by an invisible giant hand, and a giant whirlpool with a diameter of more than 500 meters was instantly formed.

What is even more horrifying is that the sea water at the edge of the whirlpool rises up against common sense, forming a hundred-meter-high circular water wall that completely isolates the inner and outer seas.

"Here it comes!" Qin Xiaonan's pupils suddenly shrank, and he quickly activated the protective magic equipment on his body.

(End of this chapter)