The surroundings returned to calm, Siger Hughes stood in the hall, looking solemnly down below, unmoved by Siger Meiruo’s words, "This is not only a test from our Siger family for him but also a test from the empire. Meiruo, if you are worried he can’t complete this task, Grandpa can lower the difficulty, but the title of Chief Guardian..."
But before Siger Hughes finished speaking, Ghost Howl let out a dismissive chuckle, looking at him indifferently, "You don’t need to waste words, give me one hour, and I will complete the task and return."
With that, he turned away slowly, disregarding the shocked gazes of everyone in the hall...
Su Chen twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking, this guy, turns out, is even cooler than me.
Siger Hughes and his granddaughter exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in each other’s eyes. One hour, can he really complete a task considered as an A-level fatal mission in such a short time?...
In the hall, incense quietly burned at one end. It had been half an hour since Ghost Howl left.
Su Chen and Siger Meiruo stood side by side, their eyes occasionally flickering over to the incense, trembling slightly each time. The hall had not emptied of people; they were all quietly waiting for the result.
"Do you think he might flee halfway, leaving us here?"
Someone said in a low voice.
"Possible, from his appearance, I don’t feel a trace of a strong aura?"
Another man in luxurious clothing replied.
"But who knows, the incense isn’t half burnt yet, there’s still time..."
Siger Hughes paced back and forth in the hall. Yes, usually cheerful and open-hearted, he was now anxious beyond measure.
The bandits of Dragon Cauldron Mountain had troubled the imperial domain for who knows how long. It wasn’t that the empire’s upper echelons lacked experts, but the high mountains and distant places meant they simply had no energy to intervene here. Moreover, the Dragon Cauldron Mountain area was remote and blocked, with narrow economic prospects, not worth the empire’s focus. However, with the people in dire straits, as the leader of the warrior family of the Siger Clan, how could he turn a blind eye?
Though sending trusted members several times to deal with them, they all returned defeated. The people’s complaints reached his ears and made him even more worried. Now having a chance to remove this scourge, he was more eager than anyone to know the result.
"Half an hour, could he have run into some trouble?"
Siger Hughes, frowning, murmured to himself, suddenly his face changed, and he said urgently, "No, I forgot to tell him!"
"Grandpa, what’s wrong?"
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Everyone looked fixedly at the suddenly changed face of Siger Hughes, not understanding why.
"’Ice Emperor of Dragon Cauldron Mountain,’ just half a month ago gained a strong helper, called ’Wolverine,’ also a powerful Beast King expert! In my haste, I forgot to tell him..."
Siger Hughes said with a pale face, seemingly deeply regretful of his oversight.
Siger Meiruo’s pretty face immediately turned white upon hearing this, murmuring, "What should we do now?"
Just when she felt herself plunged into an icy abyss, a leisurely footstep sounded outside the hall! Then, someone, not known who, let out a low cry that lifted everyone’s spirits, "He’s back!"
Shhh shhh shhh! All eyes, like sharp swords, shot towards Ghost Howl who sauntered casually into the hall!
On his body, there wasn’t a trace of blood or injury, yet in his hands, he was carrying two round cloth bags, from which red blood was dripping drop by drop!
Ghost Howl walked to the bottom of the hall, looking indifferently at Siger Hughes, who gripped his fists tightly, and then suddenly threw the cloth bags he held onto the ground!
All of a sudden, two round, bloody heads rolled out of the bags. The eyes wide open in death, with a ferocious expression. What shocked everyone further was that between the two heads, there was actually a strange silver artifact shaped like a tower!
"Is that... is that the Ice Emperor Bell?"
Siger Hughes hadn’t yet recovered from the shock of the death of the two main bandit leaders when the appearance of the lower-level Spiritual Treasure stunned him again!
Sigmund, who had always been calm, also cried out in surprise at this moment, rushing over in a few large strides to look at his father, who held the Ice Emperor Bell tremblingly, his expression one of unprecedented shock!
"It’s really the Ice Emperor Bell, you... you actually..."
Siger Hughes looked up at Ghost Howl, disbelief in his eyes.
Yes, he never imagined that someone would throw such a precious Spiritual Treasure together with bloody heads!
Ghost Howl snorted disdainfully, not feeling any shame, "If another suicidal one hadn’t suddenly appeared, why would it have taken me more than half an hour? But fortunately, once the bandit leaders were dead, they all collapsed~"
Siger Hughes’s face changed, suddenly turning to look at the terrifyingly dead face of the blond ’Wolverine’, and finally exclaimed in amazement, "Half an hour, to kill two Beast King experts, how, how did you do it?"
Ghost Howl nonchalantly shook his head, his tone flat, "You don’t need to know how I did it, just see the result."
Siger Hughes was stunned for a moment, and after a long pause, he sighed, "Very well, you have successfully passed my test for you."
Siger Meiruo, who had been longing for it, finally let out a joyful cheer! Then she took Su Chen’s hand and ran over, "Grandpa, so you agree to let him be the chief Guardian of our family?"
Siger Hughes smiled with gratification, "You little girl, who would refuse such a strong person as their family’s Guardian? Do you think Grandpa is getting less sensible with age?"