"Fruit orchard... this should be the place, right?"
Outside a large fruit orchard, Nathan Lin hid under a stone, muttering to himself.
Yes.
He had left the city again.
After seeing that many Dangerous-Grade ghost-clearing tasks on the communicator had gone unclaimed, Nathan Lin picked one and accepted it.
This also triggered the system's task.
Eliminating a Dangerous-Grade ghost grants even more experience from the system. For this task, clearing the ghost in this orchard would give 500 experience, as well as 1 point of Ghost Spirit potential and bond value.
After clearing the ghost, he could also receive 300 Contribution Points from Willow City Base.
Although it was strange that no one had accepted the task, for Nathan Lin, it was an opportunity.
Right now, Coco was still 4,000 experience points away from the Horror-Grade.
At least ten Dangerous-Grade ghosts had to be defeated to reach Horror-Grade.
However... Coco's potential was almost at three stars. Once her potential reached three stars, the experience needed for upgrades would be reduced by one-third.
That was great!
In Nathan Lin's view, something must have happened outside the city. Perhaps the outermost defense line was under pressure, and a large number of Ghost Tamers had gone to support.
There could also be other changes.
Rushing out of the city could be a bit risky, but... if it meant rapidly advancing Coco to Horror-Grade, this small risk would be worth it.
With Coco's strength and their bond, even if they encountered a Horror-Grade ghost and couldn't defeat it... Nathan Lin was confident in his ability to escape!
In Willow City's defense line, Horror-Grade ghosts were actually quite rare.
They only appeared occasionally.
"Let's go straight in."
Nathan Lin spoke lightly.
This fruit orchard, also cultivated by Willow City Base, was located near a small farming village. According to the farmers, the ghost in the orchard had only arrived yesterday. It had killed several people in the orchard, and when a Level 2 Ghost Tamer stationed in the village went to exterminate it, he was killed.
Nathan Lin held Coco's bowtie and walked into the orchard.
It was an apple orchard, and the apples were nearly ripe. The trees were densely packed.
As Nathan Lin walked, he spotted a body hanging from one of the trees.
"Farmer's," Nathan Lin muttered.
He walked around the body and continued deeper into the orchard.
After walking a little further, Nathan Lin saw another body hanging from a tree. Another farmer.
"Is this guy a hanging ghost?" Nathan Lin murmured.
Both of these bodies were tied with straw ropes, hung from the apple trees. It looked like they had been hanged. Their tongues were sticking out, their eyes rolled back. The way they died was quite eerie.
For anyone with a weak stomach, seeing this would send chills down their spine.
Nathan Lin wasn't afraid, however, and continued searching.
After a while, he came across a third body hanging from a tree. This one was also a farmer, judging by his clothes.
But the ghost still hadn't shown itself.
The orchard stretched over a large area, from one hilltop to another. Each hill had different kinds of fruits, and this orchard could be considered Willow City Base's fruit basket.
Nathan Lin searched for most of the day in the orchard but still hadn't found the ghost.
"Strange, did it kill and then leave?" Nathan Lin thought.
Some ghosts wander around, some follow human traces, and some ghosts act completely unpredictably. It wasn't impossible for the ghost to have killed and left.
But Nathan Lin didn't give up. He continued his search.
Soon, midday came.
Sunlight broke through the gray sky and shone down.
Half an hour of safe time arrived.
Nathan Lin sat down and quietly took out some food from his storage space and ate.
Before leaving the city, Nathan Lin had packed plenty of food.
The storage space was like a time-freeze, so the food inside remained the same whether it was placed in or taken out.
Nathan Lin slowly finished his meal, and the sunlight gradually disappeared.
Nathan Lin stood up, and then...
He realized...
His surroundings had changed drastically.
The apple trees were now filled with hanging bodies.
Some of them were the farmers Nathan Lin had already seen.
Others, Nathan Lin had never seen before.
They all had one thing in common.
All the bodies were tied with straw ropes, their long tongues sticking out, eyes bulging. They looked particularly hideous and terrifying.
"So this is the Ghost Domain of a Dangerous-Grade ghost?" Nathan Lin murmured.
He had unknowingly entered the ghost's domain.
However, Nathan Lin wasn't afraid at all.
In fact, he felt a bit excited.
This Dangerous-Grade ghost was still here.
And it had come after Nathan Lin.
"Where are you?"
Nathan Lin looked around.
At that moment, a rope silently descended from the sky, appearing around Nathan Lin's neck without a sound.
"It's here!"
Nathan Lin's 3x human strength wasn't for nothing. His observational skills were sharp, and he had noticed the rope.
He reached out to grab it but failed to catch it.
The next second, the rope tightened, and it tried to lift Nathan Lin into the air!
But...
A small hand suddenly appeared and firmly grabbed the rope!
Coco had made her move!
Nathan Lin quickly stepped back, avoiding the range of the rope.
"Sure enough, it's a hanging ghost," Nathan Lin thought.
He looked at the rope but didn't see any ghostly figure above it. This meant the hanging ghost was likely inside the rope, using the ghostly rope to kill people.
And its method of killing was simple.
It used the rope to hang people.
The eerie thing about the rope was that normal people couldn't hold onto it, but it could easily lift people off the ground... For ordinary people, it was practically an inescapable trap.
But now, this ghostly rope was firmly held by Coco.
The rope struggled violently, trying to escape.
At the same time, the bodies hanging from the apple trees began to move rapidly toward Nathan Lin.
Their eyes rolled, and their hands reached for him.
They also let out piercing screams.
Since their tongues were sticking out, the sounds they made were especially eerie, creating a strong sense of discomfort. Goosebumps would surely rise.
"Coco, hurry up!" Nathan Lin shouted.
Hearing Nathan Lin's voice, Coco finally gave her all. Her white skirt turned red in an instant.
In her normal form, Coco's power wasn't enough to deal with this hanging ghost, and it would take some time.
But when she was in her red dress form, it was a different story.
As soon as the red dress appeared, the ghostly rope struggled even more fiercely.
But...
It was useless.
The next second.
Coco's two hands grabbed the rope and pulled hard.
With a sudden tug.
The rope was torn in two!
Accompanied by a sharp, wailing scream, the surrounding bodies fell silent.
"Task completed. You have gained 500 experience, 1 Ghost Spirit potential, 1 bond."
"Coco has received a boost in Ghost Energy."
"You have acquired a broken ghost rope (a broken Ghost Artifact, can be used to bind ghosts)."
"You have acquired 1 Ghost Taming Object."
The system's voice sounded consecutively.
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