Mystery: A Spark

However, to his surprise, everything went smoothly until the part of pulling the monsters went wrong.

This demon guard was not tempted by him.

"Hey! You little bastard!" Arthur kept scratching and posing not far from the demon guard, but the demon remained unmoved, just like Liu Xiahui.

No matter how foul language he used, people completely ignored him.

Even when Arthur was pushed to the limit and picked up a stone to throw at the attacker, it didn't break through the defenses at all.

The demon guard completely ignored his attack.

This led to a stalemate.

Because Arthur cannot bring anything from the outside world into the area, his ranged attack methods are extremely limited here.

His strongest ranged attack at this stage is actually throwing stones.

However, this method has no effect on the demon guards.

Finally, in a fit of rage, Arthur made a risky decision.

That means directly entering the demon guard's aggro range and using your own body to lure it over.

Anyway, he has basically achieved all his goals in this trial illusion, so even if he is accidentally killed by the demon guards, it is not a loss.

Arthur charged forward and was then beaten to death.

"Holy crap, how can this bastard be so fast?" Arthur covered his head, putting on a mask of pain.

He tragically overlooked a fact.

That is, even though the Demon Guard is a relatively cumbersome demon species compared to other demon units.

However, compared to Arthur, who is currently only at Sequence Nine, this Demon Guardian is still faster than Arthur.

This is why, after Arthur approached the demon guard and aroused its hatred, he was caught up with before he could escape more than a few steps and was then smashed into a pulp.

Arthur clutched his head, and it took him a long time to recover from the intense pain of being beaten to death.

"Phew~ Damn it, that was a real blunder." He lay flat on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

The current situation is that, given his current physical condition, he has no chance of escaping successfully after attracting the attention of the demon guards at close range.

However, if he wants to arouse the demon guards' hatred from a distance, he must learn Shadow Bolt.

Otherwise, he would have no powerful ranged attacks in the trial illusion, which would be a huge disadvantage for him.

After all, throwing stones is just for fun. To a demon, a small stone hitting him doesn't hurt at all, and he won't even notice it.

However, if he wanted to learn Shadow Bolt, he would have to put aside learning how to craft Soulstones first, something Arthur was very unwilling to do.

In this mysterious world, various soul curses and mental attacks are almost impossible to defend against. If Arthur doesn't carry a soul stone with him, he always feels uneasy.

"Forget it, let's try another method tonight. Creating soul stones should still be our top priority." After much deliberation, Arthur finally decided to play it safe.

While successfully killing a demon can advance the Trial Illusion to the next stage, there are no obvious benefits to this approach at this stage.

If Arthur were to make an effort in this matter without affecting reality, that would be fine.

However, if it conflicts with actual benefits in reality, Arthur will naturally prioritize the benefits that are clearly visible.

The benefits of learning to craft basic soulstones are immense, and this is undoubtedly true for Arthur.

Therefore, since this might affect his progress in learning to create basic soul stones, Arthur had no choice but to temporarily put aside the matter of killing the demon.

Of course, he won't give up completely.

Arthur planned to spend some time learning spells each time he entered the Trial Illusion until he was mentally exhausted, before attempting to kill the Demon Guardian.

After all, people can always come up with a solution, and maybe he'll just succeed by chance?

Besides that, Arthur also came up with another idea.

That is to quickly become a hunter and then advance to a provocateur, using the provocateur's extraordinary abilities to draw the demon guards' hatred.

Because regardless of the circumstances, playing the role and getting promoted are Arthur's main tasks at present, and if this method is adopted, he will not need to have any more doubts.

Having made up his mind, Arthur immediately felt refreshed.

Just then, there was a knock on his door.

"Kid, are you awake yet?" It was Danitz's voice.

"What's wrong? Is something the matter?" Arthur opened the door and asked Danitz curiously.

“Yes, something has happened. The captain informed us that this treasure hunt is canceled because it has been confirmed that the news about the treasure was false,” Danitz replied.

Chapter 21 Sea Fishing

Is the news about the treasure a hoarding a hoarding false?

Arthur was taken aback after hearing Danitz's words.

The next second, the corners of his mouth turned down, revealing a classic Batman dark expression—doubt.

Arthur would naturally be suspicious, since he had just given Edwina some knowledge of the sorcerer profession yesterday, and today Edwina had issued an order to cancel the trip for everyone.

This made Arthur wonder if Edwina had given up the treasure hunt because she wanted to focus on studying the knowledge he had given her.

For extraordinary individuals like Edwina who utilize the Reader's Path, treasures might not necessarily compare to mystical knowledge from another world.

However, Arthur didn't have any other thoughts about this, because he was just a passenger on the ship, and whether the treasure was found or not was none of his business.

He was just a little disappointed because he had never seen what a treasure looked like in either of his two lifetimes.

For Arthur, even watching others search for treasure was a novel experience.

Just like how he enjoyed watching others' live-streamed adventures in his past life, this is a person who lives in a comfortable environment and has a curiosity about the adventure process in the unknown.

Of course, he knew that many of the live streams in his previous life were pre-arranged scripts, but that did not diminish Arthur's interest in them.

Unfortunately, his wish to see the treasures at sea is likely to be dashed this time.

"Hehe, don't be disappointed. There are too many true and false treasure stories at sea. We're used to this kind of thing." Danitz said with a smile when he saw that Arthur looked a little disappointed.

"I'm not too disappointed, it's just a little regrettable that I missed the chance to see a treasure," Arthur said, his expression returning to calm.

"Hey, if you're interested in treasure, why don't you just join our Golden Dream? You'll have plenty of opportunities to find treasure in the future," Danitz chuckled.

He felt that this blond kid was quite interesting, so he wanted to bring him onto the Golden Dream.

"Uh... I think I'll pass. I'll probably be going back to Rune soon." Arthur hesitated for a moment, but ultimately declined Danitz's suggestion.

He wanted to return to Rune for several reasons, the most important of which was to get the Red Priest's Card.

Moreover, as an extraordinary individual on the Hunter path, the complex situation in Backlund is naturally more suitable for his activities.

Because Arthur is more familiar with the situation there, he has more room to maneuver.

“Tsk, I knew you were leaving. Alright, our ship will be arriving at Toscart soon, and I’ll be disembarking there. Do you want to come with me?” Danitz asked with some regret.

Toscart Island? Isn't that where Klein killed "The Slaughterer" Gilchias in the original story? Upon hearing the name, Arthur immediately recalled the corresponding scene in his mind.

He had previously discovered that although part of his memories were sealed, his memory had actually been enhanced.

In addition, one can proactively store their memories into the emblem and retrieve them when needed.

After thinking for a moment, Arthur nodded and said:

"That's fine, I'll get off the ship with you then."

"Yes, we have an informant on that island. We can get some information from him later."

“That way, it’ll be much easier for you to find targets to hunt, and then we can go all out and do something big,” Danitz suggested with a smile.

"You're making it sound like we're robbers who kill and steal. What we do is punish evil and uphold justice. Don't get it wrong." Arthur glanced at him and seriously corrected Danitz's mistake.

No matter what you do, you must have a legitimate reason for doing it.

Having an excuse makes it easier to act with more confidence, even if the excuse is pure nonsense, it's still better than having no excuse at all.

Just like in his previous life, at a UN General Assembly, Powell, the spokesman for the US, held up a bag of laundry detergent but insisted that it was evidence of a country developing chemical weapons of mass destruction.

Everyone knew he was just talking nonsense, but there was nothing they could do; the one with the bigger fist was right.

There's also the classic phrase uttered by the State of Chu during the Warring States period when they attacked the State of Sui: "I am a barbarian."

This all shows that when taking any action, you always need to come up with an excuse, even if everyone knows that excuse is just bullshit.

After hearing Arthur's words, Danitz stroked his chin, looked at Arthur with a strange expression, and remained silent.

"What are you looking at?" Arthur asked irritably, feeling uneasy under his gaze.

Danitz smacked his lips and said:

"Your shamelessness is truly shameless. You can even describe murder and arson as punishing evil and promoting good."

"Why can't this be considered punishing evil and upholding justice?" Arthur stubbornly insisted.

“When we get ashore, we can find one or two notorious pirates and kill them. Wouldn’t that be doing a good deed? I think you don’t understand at all.”

"Fine, fine, I'm too lazy to argue with you. What are your plans for today? If not, I'll take you fishing." Danitz waved his hand, as if to say, "I don't want to argue with you."

"Fishing... Hmm, that works. I'll practice my shooting first, then we'll go fishing." Arthur accepted Danitz's invitation.

To be honest, he had never fished in his two lifetimes combined, let alone fished for sea fish, so this was a very novel experience for him.

After that, Arthur went to the shooting range to practice shooting for a while to consolidate the results of the previous two days, and then went fishing with Danitz.

During the fishing trip, Danitz also demonstrated his skillful fish-grilling technique to Arthur, who was immediately amazed by his skill.

He hadn't expected Danizi to have this trick up his sleeve; the grilled fish actually tasted quite good.

What is this? An arsonist who doesn't want to be a cook isn't a good pirate?

Whether he was a good pirate or not is another matter, but Arthur was very interested in Danitz's skill in grilling fish, and Danitz did not refuse to teach him.

So the two of them spent the whole day fishing on the deck.

Once they caught a few, they would start grilling them. If they were overcooked, they would just throw them back into the sea. If they were cooked well, they would eat them. If they couldn't eat them all, they would give them to the other crew members on deck, making the deck smell of grilled fish all day long.

Chapter 22: Learning and Practicing

In the following days, Arthur would practice shooting for a little while during the day, and then he would go to Danitz to learn how to grill fish.