Musclebound Necromancer?! Are You Kidding Me?

Chapter 44 – 7438 and 9527

A dinner bill was nothing to Ma Fei.

He had one thought in mind: he had to persuade Qiao Yu to take the college entrance examination.

However, just as Ma Fei finished paying, he noticed that Qiao Yu had disappeared.

"Where's Qiao Yu? Where did he go?" Ma Fei asked anxiously.

"He said you spoke so well that he decided to use his private car to pick up some fares," Yang Xiangdi replied.

"Damn!"

On Kaiji Star, after humans achieved human-machine interaction, the crystal in their brains could directly connect to the Inner World's network, allowing them to find whatever they wanted with just a thought.

"Activate the Inner World network."

Walking home, Qiao Yu began searching for information about Hakutaku.

Hakutaku.

A mythical beast from legends, pure white in color, with a long horned head resembling a lion, and limbs adorned with fiery patterns.

Hakutaku knew the names, appearances, and banishing spells of all ghosts and monsters under the heavens, and so from ancient times, it was worshipped as a divine beast for exorcising spirits and as an auspicious sign.

Qiao Yu's brows gradually furrowed as he browsed through message after message on the Inner World network.

But he couldn't find the information he wanted.

"Sigh, it seems this muddy water is deeper than I imagined."

Qiao Yu didn't dare to continue searching; he wasn't a fool.

An organization capable of creating a monster like Xun Dong was definitely not something a small fry in the Apprentice Realm like him could afford to provoke.

He hadn't thought much about it when he cleared the dungeon that day, but now the more he thought about it, the more fearful he became.

"I'm back!"

Qiao Yu habitually pushed open his front door.

Little did he know, his habitual shout startled a figure in the darkness!

Damn! Could this kid's perception be that sharp?

"9527, have you been discovered?" The man hiding in the bedroom also heard Qiao Yu's voice.

"7438, I don't know, but this kid is heading straight for where you are!"

"What?" The man referred to as 7438 instantly tensed up.

In a moment of urgency, he agilely leaped out of the window.

"When you're lonely, who will you think of? Do you want someone to accompany you~"

"Oh, my beloved bed, I want to die on it!"

Back in his bedroom, Qiao Yu leaped onto the bed, burying his head into the pillow.

Soon, the sound of even breathing could be heard.

Outside.

"9527, what's going on, how did this kid discover us?" The man who jumped out of the window asked coldly.

"I think the target's strength is too formidable! So he discovered us as soon as he entered the house. The two of us might not be able to handle the target, let's request backup!" 9527 replied.

"Impossible! The dungeon Ten Thousand Poison Den where Xun Dong was located can only be entered by novice mage players, this kid is at most level 10! How could he possibly discover us? We even have the Inner World Conversion Device on!"

7438's face was uncertain.

Both he and 9527 were of the Assassin class, specializing in stealth. How could a novice mage possibly discover the two of them?

"Then how do you explain that as soon as the kid came home, he announced his return and headed straight for the room you were in?"

Faced with 9527's retort, 7438's brow furrowed slightly.

"I think we probably got the wrong person, this kid doesn't want to conflict with us, so he's warning us to leave through this method!"

"Then are we really just going to leave? Xun Dong's death hasn't been investigated clearly, how do we explain this to the boss if we just leave?" 7438 said.

This left 9527 in a dilemma as well.

The night wind carried a hint of chill, causing the two of them to shiver slightly.

"No way! We need to go up and test the waters, if we really got the wrong person, we can just apologize!"

7438 steeled his heart and sneaked back into Qiao Yu's house.

"Be careful, don't get discovered!"

The two of them quietly pushed open Qiao Yu's bedroom door. Qiao Yu was lying on the bed, sleeping on his side, with a trace of glistening drool at the corner of his mouth.

7438, 9527: .......

You're making us look like fools.

"Wake him up!"

9527 viciously grabbed Qiao Yu by the neck and lifted him up, realizing that this kid had just gotten lucky!

Qiao Yu was instantly jolted awake from his sleep, and seeing the two black-clothed men who had suddenly appeared in his bedroom, his heart began to pound wildly.

Kidnapping?

Assassination?

Home invasion robbery?

For money or for something else?

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

"Kid, are you Qiao Yu?" 9527 asked viciously.

"No, you've got the wrong person, I'm Ma Fei."

"Ma Fei?"

9527's anger flared even more, realizing that not only had they found the wrong person, but they had also been scaring themselves the whole time.

"Get lost!"

He kicked Qiao Yu, sending him flying into the wall, a bright red "-98" floating above Qiao Yu's head.

"This is... the Inner World? Inner World Conversion Device?"

Qiao Yu immediately realized, after all, in the real world, getting kicked wouldn't result in losing health.

"9527, what he said might not be true, take action! If he's a mage, we'll take him back!" 4438 said.

"Alright!"

9527 drew two long knives from his storage space; whether Qiao Yu was a mage could be determined by fighting him.

After all, an assassin with high agility like him was a mage's worst nightmare.

Whoosh!

9527's figure vanished like a ghost, and Qiao Yu couldn't catch his movement at all.

Swoosh!

A breeze swept by, and suddenly a gash appeared on Qiao Yu's arm, blood gushing from the wound.

"Huh? Not fighting back?"

A cruel glint appeared in 9527's eyes, then don't blame me, kid!

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

9527's two long knives kept slashing across Qiao Yu's body, and soon Qiao Yu was covered in blood.

Some wounds even exposed the white of his bones.

Qiao Yu remained expressionless, knowing he only had one chance to strike, and if he missed, with only 9 points of agility, he wouldn't be able to catch the opponent's movements.

"So resilient? Not fighting back even now?"

Hidden in the darkness, 9527 showed a hint of displeasure; without Qiao Yu fighting back, he couldn't determine Qiao Yu's class.

"Since you're so resilient, let me tell you something from the heart!"

A fierce glint flashed in 9527's eyes, and he reversed his grip on the two long knives, thrusting them towards Qiao Yu's heart.

He believed that faced with such a fatal attack, no one could resist fighting back.

Sure enough, Qiao Yu moved!

"Hmph, kid, finally showing your true colors? I want to see if you're a mage!"

Under the cold gaze of 9527 and 7438, Qiao Yu pulled out a two-meter-long Orient Loong God Crescent Blade from his storage space!

"What the hell!"

9527 wanted to stop, but he had used too much force and couldn't halt his momentum, making it look like he was charging straight into Qiao Yu's blade.

"You slashed me so many times, now it's my turn!"

Today, I'll show you what it means to wield a blade in front of a mage!

Qiao Yu activated the Skeleton King's Ring, the fifty percent boost making the Orient Loong God Crescent Blade shine even brighter.

Qiao Yu gripped the blade with both hands, swung it in a full circle, and slashed down at the charging 9527!