GENE DEVOURER

Chapter 40: Stinger Blade Dagger

chapter 40: stinger blade dagger"got it"

wham!!

as if the so-called inventory didn't want to release the dagger, marcus stumbled back, nearly falling over upon yanking the weapon free. the sudden lack of resistance caught him off guard, sending him lurching backward, arms flailing for balance like someone losing their footing during a tug-of-war match.

"whoa!! it kinda looks cool and scary! i wonder if it would look as cool as this if it was manufactured in re

marcus shook his head, that wasn't possible.

'don't tell me his ability is invisibility'

marcus stood as the group was a little distance from him, and then he noticed ming's eyes locked on the headless and separated mutant fire ant body.

with her cross-hell weapon held tightly and resting on her shoulder, she managed to put on a brave face even though marcus knew that deep down, she was exhausted.

'i think i have breached a contract'

"let me have a word with you over there, mr zhao"

ming walked farther from the group while marcus followed closely behind. they soon reached the entrance of a nearby alley, its darkness yawning like an open maw, daring them to enter. around them, the beast zone flickered with erratic, unstable light, casting jagged shadows that danced across the broken streets and crumbling facades as befitting an apocalyptic location, although some buildings seemed to have stable light.

"i don't have to remind you about the contract details, do i?"

even tho marcus couldn't read ming's expression in the dark night, he could sense what she meant by those words.

'as expected of a member of the huang clan, don't wanna leave out a dime huh?, okay, here goes nothing'

"accurately, i remembered it very well, but is that a way to show gratitude to someone who had just defended his life against an unprecedented monster?"

marcus could sense ming's uneasiness from the short distance between them.

'i think i nailed it'

"come to think of it, unlike other clans' awakened association, the form didn't specify the type of monster we are supposed to face, is that a legal thing?

what will happen to the huang clan when the government awakened league heard about this?"

"you bastard!!, don't go running your damn mouth to the reporters when we finish this raid!"

perhaps she realized she was overreacting, she calmed herself down and then said: "i have already doubled the rewards of the team members to pacify them since everyone was also dissatisfied, the same also applies to you, and you can also keep the beast stone you took from the mutant fire ant"

in ming's mind, she had to say it because all she thought was that marcus couldn't have seen any decent beast stone in the mutant fire ant, judging from its small size, it was about half the size of the adult she and the other team fought, perhaps that was why marcus was able to survive unscathed.

in her mind, ming was giving kudos to marcus in a sarcastic way for being able to kill a lower-tier s-grade mutant beast, a baby one for that matter.

however, there was still something gnawing in the depth of her mind, according to the government awakened reconnaissance squads, the area boss of this beast zone wasn't a mutant fire ant, does that mean the ant queen was alive and still laying eggs?