I Will Teach You How to Hunt Gods-Chapter 378 - 36: Major Trouble

"But of course, I also know the value of that manual. If I could reproduce it countless times as a family treasure, then in the future, I wouldn't only be able to control ordinary people, but also have a means to handle the Apprentice Death Gods."

Mokaka lifted the milk tea brought by Tian En, took two gulps, and mumbled, "If it were you, would you be willing to work for a family for a few years in exchange for a precious manual?"

"..."

Yun You pondered briefly, ultimately nodding her head.

An advanced Body Training Manual is a coveted treasure for the Apprentice Death Gods, one that is beyond their reach.

Their lifespans are inherently long, and exchanging a few years for a manual that might change fate is quite a generous deal.

Moreover, someone like Hugo, as new nobility, would certainly not mistreat the Apprentice Death Gods under his command. They excel at grasping human nature, surely showering them with money and treasure. In a few years, the extra earnings might even surpass what an Apprentice Death God could make on their own. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Most Apprentice Death Gods wouldn't refuse such conditions.

Yun You might refuse, but only because she has her own matters to attend to... if she's already finished off those she wants to kill, she would likely agree.

"Thus, I didn't refuse him but just said that the matter was too significant, involving too many assets, and that I couldn't decide right away, hoping he would consider it a bit longer."

"But to keep him calm, I promised him that if I were to leave the Floating Island, I would definitely take him with me."

Mokaka shrugged and said, "So, from that day on, he settled down in the Urban Area."

"Yet the bizarre thing is, that very night, the man disappeared without a trace."

"Luckily, I installed a locator on him beforehand; otherwise, I would have thought he had escaped."

"A locator?"

Yun You was slightly taken aback and instinctively asked, "Then where is he now?"

"Stop imagining things. You won't find him, at least not right now."

Mokaka shook her head and calmly stated, "He is currently lying in the 'Corpse Lake,' keeping company with other corpses that have been dead for who knows how many years."

"Corpse Lake?!!"

Yun You slightly furrowed her brow and instantly understood what Mokaka meant, asking in a heavy voice, "Are you saying he's dead?"

"Exactly."

Mokaka pursed her lips, somewhat dissatisfied and said, "This guy was really stubborn, always thinking I'm not a good person and that I would kill and rob him, so he didn't dare stay at the camp and ran to the outskirts of the city."

"In the end, that very night, he died inside his apartment prison... When we found him the next day using the locator, he had been dismembered, like a Lego model. Such a state of death... even across the Floating Island, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who died more tragically than him."

"We speculate that he was most likely struck hard, breaking his spine, losing the ability to flee, and then suffered hours-long torture, ultimately dying from excessive blood loss and being discarded into the Corpse Lake."

"To be honest, I was quite worried at the time, not for that guy, but for little En."

As she spoke, Mokaka instinctively turned her head to glance at Tian En in the distance.

The young girl had already changed into her maid outfit, serving, while preparing afternoon tea cakes for Mokaka and managing various camp affairs.

Mokaka sighed and softly said, "Little En went out to collect goods around that time too. If she had encountered that Assassin, she most likely wouldn't have survived."

"Didn't expect you to care about Tian En."

Yun You casually teased.

"Half and half, maybe I care about her, but I care more about my bass."

Whether it was out of arrogance or genuine indifference, Mokaka didn't respond to Yun You's teasing, just said expressionlessly, "That's a collectible I brought from the Upper City Music Hall, even at a friendship price it would be 3 million."

"That's almost more than my pocket money for a year."

Upon hearing this, Yun You fell silent again.

In the end, this young lady still lacks the habit of genuinely considering others.

A young lady is a young lady; expecting her to truly empathize with others is too difficult.

However, Yun You wasn't bothered by it; after all, it was just a task, and once it was over, they'd go their separate ways.

"In any case, this Assassin is indeed no simple character."

Mokaka set down her milk tea and spoke solemnly, "To approach that man undetected, suppressing him with a finesse even an Apprentice Death God can't achieve, and then brutally kill him. Such skill is rare, even across the Floating Island."

"Indeed."

Yun You also nodded.

She just pondered the scenario described by Mokaka.

If that man practicing the Star-Attracting Skill truly had the ability to bypass surveillance systems, then most Apprentice Death Gods probably couldn't silently take him down.

Even for herself, there's likely only one way.

That is utilizing the characteristics of the "Invisible" Sequence—Divine Concealment, completely masking her presence, then gradually approaching him, finally using Divine Extraction to seize the man's brain or spine, achieving a fatal strike.

But either way, it's extremely challenging.

Yet the perpetrator managed to do just that easily, proving his assassination abilities are by no means inferior to Yun You, who possesses the Invisible Sequence.

"A truly troublesome opponent."

Yun You gave an assessment in her heart.

"Afterward, we also tried to find the manual in his home and the Corpse Lake, but all actions ended in failure."

Mokaka spread her little hands and said, "You know, the Corpse Lake is too vast and deep, and the blood is too dense. Not even Apprentice Death Gods dare to get too close, because if they get tainted, they might catch all sorts of diseases or even 'curses.'"

"Although the Reality Stabilizer can suppress the 'abnormal energy' within the Corpse Lake, we all have to leave here eventually. Once outside the Reality Stabilizer's influence, who can guarantee the curse won't find us?"

"As for detection, that's even less likely. The bodies and blood are rich in nutrients, natural bacterial fuel; our detectors can't penetrate the thick bacterial mat, let alone find that manual."

"So Wu Ming, even if you want to search, you'd have to wait until we figure out a way to purify the Corpse Lake, or drain everything in there, then slowly search."

"And we must also be cautious of that Assassin... if he bears hostility towards us, aside from you, likely no one could hold him off in a short period."

"Therefore, we must entrust the task of guarding the stage to you."

In response, Yun You had no objection, simply nodding.

"Leave it to me."

"Just as well..."

The young girl clenched her fist, a faint hint of battle intent flickering in her eyes.

"I also want to see just how strong that... person whom the Star-Attracting Skill practitioner couldn't stop truly is."

"I wonder... compared to the Apprentice Death Gods I've slain before, which is stronger?"

Apprentice Death Gods are inherently combative.

Their souls are encoded with a bloodthirsty gene, possessing a desire to clash with formidable foes.

Yun You is no exception.