Chapter 248 - 249: Fiery Purple Fire Finger-bullet
Click.
The carved wooden door of the treehouse swung open, and Sasha stepped out holding a shimmering green token engraved with the Naturehive emblem.
Her light green hair swayed gently around her shoulders, and her tight command uniform did little to hide her massive, voluptuous chest as she walked toward them with steady, confident steps.
"Here is your official contractor badge," Sasha said, her voice smooth and refined as she handed the glowing token directly to Quinn.
Their fingers brushed for a brief second, and Quinn made sure to linger his touch just enough to send a slight spark through her skin.
Sasha’s breath hitched slightly, her stoic mask cracking for a brief second before she quickly regained her composure.
"Thank you, Lady Sasha," Quinn said smoothly, looking deep into her eyes. "So, when do I start?"
"Right away, if you are prepared," Sasha replied, clearing her throat lightly as she looked away from his intense gaze. "Report to the eastern clearing near the border outskirts. I will personally be overseeing the hunt today."
Quinn’s grin widened into something wickedly handsome.
"I’ll be looking forward to it, my lady."
He then exited to the room and gently chuckled after hearing the two guards complimenting him.
He could sense that the two were masters and their stats were around 600 or so.
The strength of the guards alone indicated how powerful the Naturehive family was, yet the two were bickering about how weak they were.
"Ohh, who is that woman by the way?"
"She is the sister of the family head, young man. She works as the clerk because the family head ordered her to... ahh, what am I saying?"
"Haha, our lady is quite weird sometimes, so yeah. We don’t know why she’s doing it willingly." The other guard scratched his hair. How could he understand the thoughts of those of direct blood? Both of them were just feeders and they were satisfied with it.
...
Quinn chatted with the two for a few minutes before the busty green-haired MILF came out.
"Here, this is your card." She handed over the item card, which looked like a leaf with intricate designs on it.
There was no name indicated, as an energy signature had been placed into the card instead.
"Follow me. I will guide you to the place where those beasts are rampaging."
’Damn, how did it come to this? Heh, should I use my special skill now?’ Quinn wanted to use his magical squirting touch again; it was already gathering dust, so it was time for that skill to shine.
"Hmmn.." She turned her head, looking at him with interest.
"Is there something wrong, my lady?" Quinn asked.
"No, nothing. It must be my imagination..." She walked as if nothing had happened, but she had felt something strange... or good.
"Then I guess it’s not important." Quinn didn’t expect the MILF to sense his plan to touch her ass.
Fortunately, he was a master of his craft, so it was easy for him to navigate her subtle reaction.
Both of them then went to the place where the sounds of the beasts could be heard.
"There. If you can sense this far... good for you." She pointed her finger to the west. Of course, he couldn’t see anything, as the tall trees and lush forest obscured his vision completely, but sensing a sign of life was as basic as breathing for him.
’So that’s it. There’s no doubt that it’s disgusting...’ Quinn nodded his head. The beast looked like seaweed as its vine-like tentacles moved while it slowly dragged its body forward.
"So, what should I do?"
"You just need to slay them. For your information... there are countless tentacle beasts in the area." She was terrified to see those disgusting tentacles, which was also the reason she pointed from a vast distance instead of looking at them in the flesh.
"How about their weakness? Is there any weakness I can exploit to kill them faster?" Quinn didn’t want to use his hands to rip those tentacles apart; it was revolting.
The Crucible was enough.
"There is, but you can’t use it because protecting the forest is the priority."
*Well, that’s obvious shit: fire.* Quinn didn’t need an explanation for such a glaring weakness.
"How about I use a controlled skill that won’t harm the forest? That’s not a problem, right?" Quinn then used his aura and formed a bullet-like purple fire at the tip of his index finger.
"As long as you don’t harm the forest, you can do whatever you want." She was intrigued to see such a strange way of using a skill.
Most beings used staves or bows for long-range attacks, but the thing he formed on his finger was new.
’It’s like a gun. Hehe, I hope it’s effective.’ Quinn wanted to experience doing cool stuff like in the movies—those famous rains of bullets and ultra-high-action scenes.
"Then please behold."
Fwishh!!*l
The bullet disappeared from his finger, and in a mere matter of seconds, it reached the body of the tentacle monster.
Sasha used her observation skills as a Master tier to sense what had happened... but she was shocked to see that the creature was completely devoured, turning entirely into dust.
"That works. Guess I don’t need to touch them." Quinn was satisfied that his concentrated fire was as devastating as always.
"H-how did you do that?" Sasha couldn’t believe what she had just witnessed! The tentacle beast that had been causing havoc in their territory had just died like that.
Those tentacles were notoriously hard to kill because the vitality of each one was so insanely high. That was why it was classified as a plant—it underwent photosynthesis, but acted like a parasite at the same time.
Those creatures fed on the abundant nutrients coming from the forest, so even if ten tentacles were cut off, they would recover in no time.
"It’s a skill. It’s hard to control the output, but I trained hard to control it enough to kill those tentacles..." Quinn was satisfied to see that his Fiery Purple Fire finger-bullet was enough to clean up the mess.
Fwishh!! Fwishh!! Fwishh!!!
Quinn fired again after sensing more of them in the nooks and crannies. Meanwhile, Sasha’s mouth hung wide open... it was like he was just playing around.