Dream Travel

Chapter 190 Your Bounty Has Increased

The green lightning erupting from Lucyella was blocked by the demon's flaming greatsword and did not spread to the demon.

However, after the demon's actions were affected, Luciela swung one of her tails, and the mouth on the tail licked away half of the demon's body.

The flesh still wreathed in black flames was devoured by the sharp mouths. Luciela's hatred for this demon was so intense that she became even more ferocious.

Just as the other tail was about to shatter the demon, the black fire greatsword in the demon's hand exploded, and the resulting shockwave widened the distance between him and Luciela.

The white curtain awaits its opportunity to fire.

A psychic bullet carrying a large amount of lightning arrived in an instant and struck the demon's chest.

The demon managed to hold off the attack briefly with its own power, but then a mental energy bullet containing a large amount of lightning exploded, engulfing the demon in a violent burst of green lightning.

A figure wielding a greatsword, relying on the green lightning covering his body, ignored the erupting lightning ball and rushed in, cutting the demon inside into pieces.

Bai Mu immediately grabbed his weapon case and ran towards the battlefield.

That demon's black fire is so cool, he wants it!

Where are my fragments of consciousness?

Lucy Ella, wielding the Dream Eater Greatsword, glanced at the white curtain with a puzzled look: "How should I know?"

After reverting to human form from her awakened state, no burn marks were visible on her body. Due to her unique nature, unless she was completely destroyed, those marks would generally not remain.

It will still hurt.

"..." Bai Mu looked at the demon's corpse that had been cut into pieces on the ground, and was furious.

He could understand that it was difficult for an ordinary person to leave behind a mental fragment, but how could such a huge demon not leave behind a mental fragment? Is that even reasonable?
"Are you out of your mind? Why did you have to use your Awakened form when fighting this guy?"

“I’m used to it.” Luciela tossed the Dream Eater Greatsword back. She charged forward with the weapon, genuinely wanting to experience the fighting style she had as a warrior.

Even if it's not used, this sword can be hidden inside the awakened body.

However, after being burned by the black fire and going berserk, Luciela has been fighting in her preferred style ever since.

Overwhelm the enemy with the strength of the awakened body.

Looking back now, it would have been more appropriate to simply revert to human form when burned by the black fire, and to use the greatsword warrior's approach, treating the demon as an awakened being.

The Dream Eater Greatsword is strong enough, and its small size in human form helps it avoid taking more damage.

"At least I've spared his head for you."

"Not bad." Bai Mu stared at the demon head on the ground for a while. The demonized head still showed its original appearance. He would take it back and let Lily see it.

"...He didn't leave behind any fragments of his mind, perhaps because it's related to another voice."

"Huh? What's going on?"

Bai Mu keenly realized that someone was trying to poach his employees!
“When he died, a voice was communicating with me.” Luciela glanced at the head on the ground.

"What are we communicating about?"

“A contract. As long as I sign a contract, I can break free from control.” As she said this, Luciela glanced at the white curtain.

Bai Mu scoffed, "You believe a demon's words? This guy didn't even leave behind a single fragment of his spirit. You think you'll have a good ending after making a pact with a demon?"

"So I ignored that voice."

Luciela's world also has legends of demons, so she was wary of this voice. Moreover, although White Curtain was despicable, she at least knew about him.

If she were to sign a 'contract' with an unknown entity, or even a voice connected to this demon, she would likely face an even worse fate.

"Not stupid."

Bai Mu added a new blacklist to his notebook. He didn't know which devil did it, but anyone who wanted to poach his employees was definitely not a good person!

After looting the demon's corpse, Bai Mu found his car, which he had mostly hidden away and hadn't driven, and used gasoline to burn the body.

He went back and asked the craftsman about the rest.

"Let's go back."

“I’m hungry.” Luciela looked at the distant mountains.

The white curtain of the car didn't stop. He explained, "Don't rush. I'm going to other different dreams after this trip. It's a waste for you to eat."

It was inconvenient to bring a large number of processed heads to Rota City, so White Curtain found a place to hide them first. After releasing Luciela's summons, he returned to Rota City.

"I'm not an appraiser!" The craftsman stared dangerously at the things Bai Mu had brought back: "What have you done to deserve this?"

"I don't know, I just had a demon come knocking on my door out of nowhere, what could I do?" Bai Mu looked at the things he brought back: "These things are really useless?"

“They’re all beneficial to demons… This pair of horns is nice, I’ll take it.” The craftsman glanced at the things Bai Mu had brought back, grabbed the pair of demon horns, and then reminded him, “Find somewhere to throw the rest away, or send them to the church.”

"The church accepts this?"

Bai Mu was somewhat surprised.

"Of course I'll take it. You can exchange this for holy water and holy oil." At this point, the craftsman looked at Bai Mu with a strange expression: "I remember you prepared those things, didn't you?"

"...I forgot to use it."

“You’re a genius.” The craftsman examined the demon horn in his hand. “It would be difficult to keep such a well-preserved horn using those materials. Well done, keep it up.”

Bai Mu suspected that the craftsman was in cahoots with Lily, hoping to hasten his death and then seize his inheritance. After saying goodbye to the craftsman, Bai Mu went to find Lily. As for the craftsman taking the Demon Horn, Bai Mu wasn't too concerned. If the other party took his things, he would feel even less guilty about approaching the craftsman next time.

"Come with me." Bai Mu found Lily and led her away from Rota City.

This woman is quite bold; she didn't even ask Bai Mu what he was going to do.

"Do you want this car?" Outside Rota City, Bai Mu asked Lily, pointing to the car.

“No.” Lily glanced at the somewhat damaged vehicle and shook her head. “I don’t want to be followed by gangsters.”

"Why are you afraid of them? If anyone causes you trouble, contact me."

Lily smiled and asked Bai Mu, "So, Mr. Bai Mu, can you contact me at any time?"

"...Then just leave it here."

Bai Mu changed the subject and took Lily to a more distant place, where he hid his head: "What you're about to see is a little scary, so don't scream."

"Please rest assured, I have sufficient professional ethics and will not make a scene."

Bai Mu nodded, then flipped a large bag down from the tree, containing a huge pile of heads.

He turned around and saw that Lily had already put on a mask, waiting for Bai Mu's next move: "Bai Mu, do you have strange hobbies?"

"I've brought you here to see if these heads are worth anything!"

Bai Mu waved a head in his hand: "How about this one?"

“Not all criminals are wanted with bounties, and there are so many wanted posters, it’s impossible for me to know them all,” Lily emphasized.

"So you're saying this is useless?"

"You can find a wizard who is skilled at handling skulls and have them make you a string of skull beads."

"This sounds too perverted." Bai Mu tossed the head aside and moved on to the next one.

Lily kept shaking her head, and he continued throwing, until finally only three heads remained on the white curtain.

Other heads might also have bounties, but Lily didn't know, since not everyone was a local.

Bounty notices that are too far from Rota City are unlikely to appear there, since this world hasn't been shrunk by the internet yet.

The illegal bounty offered by Bai Mu was clearly maliciously targeted; someone deliberately spread the news of his bounty.

Two of these three heads are human, and the total bounty is 50, which is unexpectedly low.

Compared to the Zoke they killed before, they were 200,000 less, but when Bai Mu dealt with them, he felt that these two were much stronger than Zoke.

"What's going on? They seem to be more powerful than Zoke, yet they're so cheap?"

“Zoke’s bounty has only been up for less than half a month, there hasn’t been time to verify it yet,” Lily explained with a smile. The bounties for these two people have been up for more than half a year.

But Zuo Ke might not live for another six months.

“What he did was more likely to attract hatred, and the victims’ families raised a lot of money for the bounty.”

Bai Mu nodded. Bounties can serve as a standard for the combat strength of those who place bounties, but if one's virtue does not match the position, one will die even faster.

A great reward will surely attract brave men; since the person with the bounty is so valuable, even the most capable people will seek them out.

According to Lily's explanation, the two months is considered the certification period. Zoke hasn't passed the certification period yet. It's just that after what he did was exposed, the resentful parents pooled their money to give him a large reward.

White Curtain's actions, which offended people, fall into another category.

His ten million bounty, with a two-month verification period considered preliminary verification, means that even after that time, many people who want the bounty will still cause him trouble.

If you really want to be 'worthy of your position', it will take at least half a year, right?

"What about this one?" Bai Mu patted the still-warm demon's head.

"The demonized side can change a bit, but it can still be used as a reference. His bounty is 170 million."

"170 million is this powerful?" Bai Mu thought about the flames released by the demon and was somewhat surprised. This guy could fight against the Abyss Being.

They're not guaranteed to win, but they're still a formidable force.

“Bounties are an indicator of a person’s combat strength, but they are updated very slowly,” Lily explained.

The person with a 170 million bounty may not only have the combat power of that 170 million bounty; they may continue to grow stronger and survive being hunted by bounty hunters every day.

Isn't it normal for things to get worse under high pressure?
Therefore, the bounty for some targets increases over time, and bounty hunters are unwilling to take the risk if the bounty doesn't increase.

"It's like a white curtain; in these ten days, your bounty has increased by a million."

"Who the hell is targeting me like this?!" Bai Mu was furious. How much did the person who put a bounty on his head want him dead?

Lily continued to deliver unfavorable information to the white screen: "Not only that, you also have a new bounty, still from the Golden City."

"..."

"It's such a good deal to sign an inheritance agreement with you."

"..."

(End of this chapter)