Chapter 127: Emily’s Intuition
It was understandable that Mark didn’t understand a damn thing about hunters. He had only just awakened and had never gone through any kind of training course.
Moreover, right after awakening, he hadn’t even had time to do anything before being chased down and beaten up, and then he followed Nexus to learn some crazy lessons. He was only taught to become a cultivator, not to become a hunter.
"Now keep talking. What else is important? Don’t tell me any useless stuff."
She laughed, but Emily still remembered her job very clearly. She had been waiting a long time to gather information.
"There was a guy who called himself Cerberus. He looked somewhat like a human, but instead of one head, he had three vicious dog heads. He was the one who resurrected the B-rank skeleton knight boss and upgraded it to A-rank."
As he spoke, Mark’s pupils immediately trembled. Rage and despair invaded his mind at the same time. He wanted to avenge everyone, but the current Cerberus could kill him just by sneezing.
"Don’t worry. He can’t come to Earth on his own. You still have quite a lot of time. Now tell me more details about this guy named Cerberus."
Seeing Mark’s spirit take a hit, Emily grabbed his hand, making him calm down. Her words of encouragement actually had some effect.
But Emily herself didn’t believe in these words of encouragement either. What could Mark do with more time? Even if Mark had some secret she didn’t know about, facing an SS-rank or higher would definitely be hopeless.
Of course, Mark didn’t know what she was thinking, so he nodded repeatedly. Taking a deep breath, he continued.
"His behavior was very strange. He was a monster, yet he wore a suit, acted elegant, and talked a lot as if he had no choice but to talk like that. He was ridiculously powerful. He could control everyone just by sitting still on his throne, simply through the pressure he gave off."
The more Emily listened, the more she frowned. It was true that there was no shortage of strange things in this world, but something this absurd was definitely a first.
She had seen an S-rank monster with her own eyes before. But a monster was still a monster, clearly only knowing how to slaughter like crazy. Even if they spoke, they would only say a few arrogant lines to show off, without much meaning.
"Although this might be too difficult for you to answer, do you know why Cerberus behaves so strangely?"
Right after asking this question, Emily shook her head. How could an F-rank possibly know such a secret? Even if Mark was somewhat special, there was no way he was qualified to know.
Mark naturally saw her completely obvious actions very clearly. The corner of his mouth twitched, but he couldn’t argue.
Mark did know a few things, but that was only because he happened to overhear Cerberus talking to Nexus.
"I do know the reason. Although it was just by chance, I know it pretty clearly."
After hesitating for a moment, Mark finally spoke. As soon as Mark’s words left his mouth, Emily’s eyes widened in shock as she stared at him.
"Hey, you don’t have to force yourself. Don’t make things up just to make me happy because this matter is very serious."
Emily immediately warned him. It was good that Mark had a positive attitude, but at times like this, accuracy was necessary.
"No, I’m not joking. Cerberus talked to my master, and I happened to overhear their conversation because they didn’t bother hiding it."
As for Nexus’s existence, Mark now felt there was no need to hide it anymore. Given how he kept getting involved in bigger and bigger matters like this, it was only a matter of time before Nexus became famous worldwide anyway. On top of that, with that system wanting to raise the reputation of the Cultivation Academy, there was no way to keep it hidden.
"Master?"
Emily’s eyebrows slightly furrowed. Remembering Mark’s strange action of actively absorbing energy from nature, she immediately understood something.
The fact that Mark had a master was much more reasonable than him suddenly gaining this ability as if a useless person had suddenly been chosen by a system.
"Yes. My master is the one who taught me to cultivate. He’s very strong, and the system is also very powerful. But I advise you not to think about recruiting them. Cerberus was the one who took the initiative to talk to the two of them."
The more Emily listened, the more confused she became. Cerberus was at least SS-rank. Moreover, with a monster’s temperament, he would actually take the initiative to talk to humans? Unless Mark’s master and that existence called the ’system’ were SSS-rank, it would be very hard to explain.
"What exactly did they talk about? Could it have anything to do with the strange things happening recently?"
There had been a lot of strange things happening lately. Hunters at the very top of this world like Emily naturally knew about them, but it was their superiors who were the most worried, not them.
"He said that the new hell only has six temporary rules. They are..."
Mark immediately told her the six new rules that Cerberus had mentioned. This time, Emily had to frown and rub her ear because everything felt way too unrealistic.
Was this really what powerful entities from hell would do? It made no sense! Even if she used her knees to think, it still made no sense!
But Mark’s serious expression gave Emily a massive headache. So she decided that difficult matters should be left to her superiors. As for her, she only needed to report everything and her job would be done.
"I understand. I’ll report these things to the chairman. By the way, can you tell me more about this so-called cultivation?"
Her work was done, so now it was time for personal matters. Emily had a feeling that she might be able to improve her tea-making formula after learning more about things related to cultivation.
"Uh, um... let me think about where to start."
Mark spoke while thinking, so his explanation was a little choppy. He had only just started cultivating. No, to be more precise, he had only been learning how to cultivate for a short time. Other than giving a basic introduction, he didn’t have any in-depth knowledge to talk about.