Super Righteous Player
Chapter 1045 - 103 How Can You Make People Feel Assured

Chapter 1045: Chapter 103 How Can You Make People Feel Assured

Annan really wanted to tell the blackbird that he was actually a Gold-tier Transcendent.

Moreover, Annan possessed the Elemental Power that could detoxify poisons and the ability to counteract concealment, as well as Summons specifically designed to defend against assassins...

Even if it were a Silver-tier destruction Wizard, Annan would need to be more cautious—perhaps even leave this unsafe city as soon as possible.

After all, a Silver-tier destruction Wizard could indeed be lethal.

If one in the eastern side of the city were cornered and decided to detonate himself with full force, Annan on the western side wouldn’t sense a destruction Wizard exploding. A sudden explosion could injure him seriously, if not severely...

And if he were to brace himself, either read a spell at Annan—blow himself up close, or get hammered to death by Annan at close range.

If Annan did not activate his Elemental Power to defend, he might be blown to a cripple... If he did not use his "Radiant Posture" to reduce damage, the damage from a Silver-tier destruction Wizard could even kill him outright.

Of course, the side effect would be that the Wizard himself would be half-killed by the side effects of the Twisted Spell...

—Destruction Wizards obviously wouldn’t care about such things.

People who don’t even care about their own lives, who would daringly eat anything, obviously wouldn’t care about the side effects of spells.

Aside from destruction Wizards and particularly strong Ritualists, holding the "Shadow Demon" given by Kafney, Annan didn’t think any Silver-tier Transcendent could harm him.

However, Annan thought it over and decided to keep silent about the information that he had reached the Gold-tier Transcendent level, since it had not spread yet.

Although Annan truly did not care about this.

But he wanted to give some face to the intelligence departments of various countries...

This also showed that the ring given by Salvatore truly worked.

As a newly advanced Gold-tier Transcendent, Annan was completely unable to mask his supernatural abilities. Normally, he would shine like a divine statue, always radiating a brilliant and gentle glow; those touched by his radiance walking on the street would be healed of their ailments.

Logically, Annan could not hide his presence.

He could even be worshipped as a deity by ignorant people just by appearing in front of them—

But this light was all absorbed by Salvatore’s ring.

As a result, Annan seemed to have no special traits, only appearing extraordinarily likable.

As a Hunter, his primary attribute would naturally be "Agility," which could affect bodily coordination and balance skills; his perception ability was entirely compensated by his pet.

His self-teleporting hunting dog "Shirley" was quite keen.

Or rather, the instincts of beasts are just that keen...

In the situation where Annan masked his nearly divine Elemental Power, she could still detect Annan’s transcendent nature solely by smell.

After all, Annan was not wearing a silver piece of jewelry, and the gold necklace around his neck didn’t look like it was made of bronze. A fifteen-year-old at the Gold-tier—Wuebi would not even dare to think of such a thing.

According to the secret information he had come into contact with, Duke Annan should be a Genesis-level Ritualist.

He was a true genius Ritualist, even capable of modifying Genesis-level rituals.

—This was indeed very powerful.

He could be said to be the world’s leading Ritualist. In terms of ritual studies alone, there were probably no more than two "people" who could contend with Duke Annan.

But rituals are, well...

At least for Wuebi, who understood rituals only to the extent of "drawing some impressive-looking magic circles," he felt that it was not very effective when directly facing corrupted assassins. However, Duke Annan looked very confident, so he didn’t say much.

Thus, he tactfully changed the topic, "Besides this, did ’Venomhand’ say anything else, or leave behind any information?"

"He did mention something like ’the sea rises and falls, money rises and falls; the old does not go, the new does not come.’"

"—Then he must have gone gambling again."

Wuebi concluded, "You should be safe here.

"’Venomhand’ has a strong compulsions to gamble; he initially became a pirate because he couldn’t pay off his gambling debts, but didn’t dare to confront the local pirate gangs. So he followed others to rob merchant ships to make money.

"At that time, he was still a Bronze-tier Transcendent, not yet corrupted. With his own skills, he quickly paid off his debt, and even became the second-in-command."

"He contacted the Bloodhand Gang at Saltpeter Ranch, a fallen organization, and after acquiring the power of corruption, he saw his chance to poison kill his own boss. And then he stole his boss’ boat and took over the gang."

...The Bloodhand Gang at Saltpeter Ranch?

Annan’s expression suddenly became a bit subtle.

He seemed to remember this.

It appeared to be the organization that had been annihilated by Gang and Ke...

After the leader of the Bloodhand Gang, a Sacrificial Saint ["the opposing figure"], was killed... their main base was wiped out by Xitan Pulan and Brother Ke.

They didn’t even deploy the "Noxian Wine" to let her storm in with relentless iron fists, devastating and slaughtering everyone... Instead, Xitan Pulan sneaked in, while Four Dark Cards blew up little bombs everywhere, eliminating the enemy without ever facing them head-on.

"Venomhand" must not have been at Saltpeter Ranch at the time.

Otherwise, his corpse would either be perfectly intact or extremely mangled... turning directly into a statistic in a report delivered to Annan, as if he were nothing more than Dragon Well tea.

"So please confirm the authenticity of the above information, and promise that you provided this information voluntarily, with a clear and independent mind."

The expression on the thrush’s face suddenly became serious.

Although Annan had never dealt with such an inquiry before, he quickly grasped his meaning, "I confirm."

After that, the thrush turned off the recorder.

He sighed deeply, his whole demeanor visibly relaxing, appearing even more exhausted than when they had first met.

"It’s really a bother for you, Your Majesty..."

He bowed deeply, his voice hoarse with fatigue as he slowly said, "I apologize for the disturbance, but Shirley caught a dialogue between you and Venomhand, and I had to inquire... otherwise, it would be a dereliction of duty."

—Dialogue?

So that’s what it was...

Annan suddenly understood.

He finally knew why he had been sought out.

It was the two subconscious statements "What’s that?" and "Consider enmity?" that had caused Annan to be tainted by Venomhand’s "presence."

"Your tracking ability is really strong..."

Seeing that the thrush had already turned off the recorder, Annan couldn’t help but ask, "Aren’t you afraid that you’ll find Venomhand but won’t be able to beat him?"

"But I must search for him. Because Venomhand has a very strong anti-tracking sense, the only ones who can find him are me... or rather, ’Shirley.’"

The thrush smiled nonchalantly, "As long as I find Venomhand, look him in the eye and have a dialogue or have a direct physical contact, I can immediately mark him. Then all I have to do is try to escape—our Ritualist at the headquarters can trace, hypnotize, or curse him through this mark.

"Even if I die, it doesn’t matter. Shirley won’t die. She will just be passed on to the next ’Hunter.’"

...So the dog is the real entity?

That does sound very Hunter-like.

However, this method of capturing...

Annan frowned tightly, "As a Transcendent, you must hold a high position, right? Why are you assigned to capture a dangerous person like Venomhand?"

"If I reached the Silver tier, then I would be an inspector. Inspectors don’t go out on patrol."

The thrush said mockingly, "And if I didn’t come, someone else would have. Transcendents of the Bronze tier aren’t very valuable... If a Bronze tier Transcendent could be exchanged for a Silver tier fugitive, I think the higher-ups would be willing to do it.

"And this isn’t a suicide mission—after all, as soon as I activate the mark, our Ritualist can sense it. As long as I mark him, he will die within three hours at most. And all I have to do is survive those three hours... With Shirley, I’m not that easy to kill.

"I’ve already ’captured’ three Silver tier criminals this way. If I can capture Venomhand as well, I would complete my merit and be able to get promoted to Assistant Inspector... Then I won’t have to run around on the front lines and can go back home and get married."

"I guess I’ll come with you then."

Annan sighed helplessly.

Rarely did he come across someone from Dennisiowa who he found agreeable.

But with words like those coming out, I genuinely fear you might just disappear in the blink of an eye...