At this moment, Dudian noticed that on the outer sides of the thighs of Glary's form-fitting armor, there were slender straps on each side, with two unremarkable pitch-black daggers inserted upside down. These daggers were a few centimeters longer than ordinary daggers, approaching the length of a short sword. The tips of the daggers were slightly curved, like sickles. At this moment, blood was dripping slightly from the tips, the blood of the Alligator-headed Wolves.
"Assassin!" Dudian immediately thought of Glary's occupation. During the few months of training, he had also heard some information about the two famous senior Hunters under the Mellon Consortium. Their occupations were a warrior and a thief respectively. Glary was exactly a thief, but she had advanced twice. From an ordinary thief who scouted the way and set traps, she had risen to become a ruthless and deadly assassin.
Just like her occupation code name - the Ghost Shadow Assassin!
Each time after advancing, one would obtain a title that matched their ability. It was said that Glary's Marks of the Demon ability came from the "Ghost Eye Creature", which was also an extremely terrifying monster. It had extremely strong vision, a flexible body, and knew how to hide its aura. It could approach its prey silently, just like a poisonous snake lurking in the shadows, waiting for the sure chance of victory before making a move.
The sudden convergence of her scent earlier was mostly the effect of her Marks of the Demon.
Dudian was somewhat shocked in his heart. These three Alligator-headed Wolf monsters were rated as hunting level thirteen, showing that their combat power was far higher than that of the "Fear of Contamination" he had encountered before. However, they were instantly killed by this woman. His vision couldn't even keep up with the speed of her attack, and the entire killing process was smooth and flowing, fully demonstrating the opponent's rich hunting experience.
All the wounds were fatal with a single strike, and the cutting points were exactly at the weakest parts!
At this time, Glary beckoned slightly, signaling for everyone to follow.
The other five people also stared at each other in surprise when they saw her skills. After all, if it were them, they would need extremely perfect cooperation to kill these three Alligator-headed Wolves, and there couldn't be the slightest mistake. From this, one could see how huge the gap was between top-notch Hunters and them!
"The smell of blood will attract other monsters. The Black Weaver is timid and vigilant and won't come easily. Let's keep chasing." Glary said in a low voice and led the way ahead.
The other five people quickly followed.
Dudian took a look at the three corpses on the ground and couldn't help but say, "Are we just going to leave their corpses here?"
"Little guy, the corpses of Alligator-headed Wolves don't have much value. The oil in their bodies is too little, and there is a lot of radiation in their fur. The value of collecting them is not high. We'd better hurry up." A young man at the end said to Dudian. Because of the extremely large scent tracking range Dudian had mentioned earlier, he had put away his contempt for this newbie and patiently explained.
Dudian suddenly understood and caught up with the team.
Following the footprints of the mountain lion left on the ground, everyone chased after it. Occasionally, when the footprints disappeared, with Dudian's sense of smell, they could easily find new footprints from hundreds of meters away. This was the advantage of scent tracking, and it was also an ability that many Hunters envied.
Along the way, the group encountered several more waves of monsters. There was no need for others to take action, and Glary easily dealt with them alone. However, when they encountered a Poisonous Fire Lizard with a hunting level of "nineteen", Glary still chose to take a detour and didn't go up to fight. Although with the cooperation of their seven-person team, they definitely had the hope of killing this monster, it was likely to cause a big commotion, attract other monsters, or scare away the Black Weaver.
In addition to the Poisonous Fire Lizard, the group also encountered a monster whose name they didn't know. According to Glary, it was a new type of monster that hadn't been named yet. If they killed it and brought the corpse back inside the Wall, they would receive an additional reward.
However, Glary didn't want to cause more trouble, gave up the hunt, and continued to pursue the Black Weaver.
"Take a break."
The continuous journey had consumed a lot of energy for everyone. Glary, who had been fighting continuously, had also expended a great deal of effort. Seeing that it was almost noon, she immediately stopped and said to everyone, "Eat something to replenish your energy."
Obeying her instructions, everyone sat down to rest and took out the dry food and water from their backpacks and started eating.
Dudian had come in a hurry and didn't bring anything, so he could only watch as the others enjoyed their lunch.
"Here you are." Glary glanced at him, took out a portion of dry food from her own backpack, and threw it to Dudian, saying, "If you can find the Black Weaver, consider it that I owe you a favor."
Dudian caught the dry food and was somewhat grateful. Hearing this, he asked in surprise, "You owe me a favor? Aren't we carrying out this mission by the order of the consortium?"
"It's true that it's an order from the consortium, but the Black Weaver we capture will belong to me." Glary didn't hide it and said frankly, "So, rather than saying we're working for the consortium, it's more like helping me. Once such a rare named monster is discovered, I have the first right of choice. Unless I don't want it, the consortium will allocate it to the other eight intermediate Hunters. However, the Marks of the Demon ability of this Black Weaver happens to be what I like."
Dudian suddenly understood. He thought that he hadn't seen this benefit in the contract at all. Most likely, it was only available to intermediate Hunters. As for junior Hunters like them, even if they hunted a named monster, they had to hand it over. Otherwise, there should be punitive consequences. However, named monsters weren't something that junior Hunters like them could hunt. Encountering the juvenile "Fear of Contamination" before was completely a matter of "luck".
"It's within my ability. You're being too polite." After understanding, Dudian said politely.
Glary shook her head and said, "I just don't like the feeling of owing someone something. So if it's counted as a favor, for me, it's a deal. In the future, within the range of what I can bear psychologically, as long as you need help, I'll give you a hand. Of course, the prerequisite is that we must capture the Black Weaver this time."
Dudian thought that she was really straightforward. He immediately stopped being polite and nodded, saying, "I understand. I'll do my best."
"Okay." Glary nodded slightly and didn't say anything more. She turned to look at the endless ruins in the distance, as if lost in thought.
Dudian quickly finished the dry food and also took a short rest. Although Glary had promised a favor, he didn't take it too seriously. Just from their few words earlier, he could feel that this woman was someone who was very clear about accounts. So even if he got this favor, he could only ask her to do some small favors. She wouldn't be willing to help with big matters.
Suddenly, Dudian's nose twitched. He was startled and stood up, saying, "I've found it, the mountain lion."
The others were silently eating their dry food and thinking about their own matters. Hearing Dudian's words, they immediately looked up, quickly put away their dry food, and stood up one after another. One of them hurriedly asked, "Where is it?"
Dudian pointed to the left and said, "It's about twenty li from here."
"Let's go!" Glary made a prompt decision, threw away the half-eaten dry food, and quickly ran in the direction Dudian had pointed.
Everyone quickly followed behind.