Apart from the 50 boxes of weed crystals that Lin Huang had placed on the fifth floor of the castle, there were still a few boxes left on the production line. Lin Huang and the rest of the seven of them had taken all of them. Lin Huang had the most number of weed crystals, followed by the girl with the ponytail.
Lin Huang finally found out that the girl with the ponytail was Xia Yu from the people around him.
The price of 100 Life Crystals for a weed crystal that Xia Yu had mentioned was ridiculous.
One Life Crystal could buy two to three ordinary silver-colored equipment. Even if she had monopolized the market, nobody would spend 100 Life Crystals to buy it unless it was a Bronze Hunter who was specially recruited. However, it was only the second round of the assessment. Even if they had passed this round, it was still unknown if they could pass the rest of the assessment.
Moreover, there were a total of seven people who had obtained the weed crystals, so they could compare their prices. Therefore, the weed crystals that Lin Huang and the rest of them had not been sold at a good price. They were only sold for two Life Crystals each.
Lin Huang had only earned about 2,400 Life Crystals. He was the one who had earned the most while the rest did not earn as much as he did.
However, Lin Huang was satisfied with the result. At least, he had earned Life Crystals and nobody would know that he was the one who had caused the massacre.
When more than 5,000 candidates who had bought the weed crystals returned to the Hunters' Association and handed the crystals to the head examiner, the head examiner, Zhuo Lin, was surprised.
However, he soon found out from some of the candidates that the entire Heisen Castle branch had been wiped out. He immediately reported it to the higher management of the Hunters' Association and they had taken over the Heisen Castle branch.
In the Hunters' Association, the head examiner, Zhuo Lin, glanced at the remaining 5,600 people and spoke slowly.
"In the second round of the assessment, apart from the reminder, all the information that I provided was fake. Including what I said before about marking the five thousand black crystals to prevent everyone from cheating, I'm sure that's not the case. I think a minority of you might have guessed the real purpose of this assessment. "
"The first is the ability to process information. An excellent hunter should have the ability to identify the authenticity of information. You shouldn't blindly believe what others say, even if that person is your head examiner. "
"Second, the ability to obtain information. There were many ways to obtain information. The Heart Network and the Hunter Forum were the main sources of information. However, most of the time, hunters had to use other channels to obtain relevant information when they encountered missions. In this assessment, there were only two people who managed to obtain accurate information. One was Lin Huang, and the other was Xia Yu. As for the rest, none of them are qualified. "
"Third, teamwork ability. I've chosen a mission that's unlikely to be completed on your own, not to send you to your deaths. Instead, I hope that you can work together as a team to steal the item. However, due to an accident midway, this goal was not achieved. "
"However, luck is also a part of strength. Anyone who obtains a black crystal this time will be considered to have passed my test … "
The moment these words were spoken, many people who were originally on tenterhooks finally heaved a sigh of relief. Many of them had thought that the results of this assessment would most likely be nullified.
"However, don't be too happy too early. This is only the second assessment. I don't know how many of you can pass the next few rounds. "The head examiner, Zhuo Lin smirked.
His words poured a bucket of cold water over the crowd, who were still somewhat excited at first.
The difficulty of the second assessment was already so high. Many of them began to worry if they could handle the rest of the assessment.
"There's one more thing that I'd like to inform all of you on behalf of the head examiner of the third assessment. Gather at the entrance of the Hunters' Association at 8 am tomorrow morning. Someone will bring you to the venue for the third assessment. Don't be late. You'll be disqualified if you're late. " Zhuo Lin knocked the table with his walking stick after informing them of the third assessment. "Alright, that's all I want to say. You may leave now."
Only then did the five thousand examinees disperse.
As all of them left, the head examiner, Xu Jinpeng, appeared again.
"I thought with your personality, you'd only let the two brats who obtained the information pass the assessment." Xu Jinpeng teased.
"I gave them 48 hours for the assessment. The two brats only used less than two hours to obtain the information. They're really impressive. However, it doesn't mean that the rest of them couldn't obtain the information within 48 hours, "Zhuo Lin explained with a smile.
"However, without this incident, the number of participants who managed to obtain the weed might be in the single digits or even zero. It's too risky for you to do that. "Xu Jinpeng shook his head. He could not agree with Zhuo Lin's assessment method.
"Old Xu, it seems like you don't know me well enough." Zhuo Lin laughed. "Actually, the assessment ended the moment the participants walked out of the black market. It's not important whether they could obtain the weed or not. Do you really believe what I said earlier? That we're going to assess teamwork? I'm from the Information Department. I've never worked with a team on any mission. "
"Old fox, you're never telling the truth." Xu Jinpeng did not expect to be fooled.
"Alright, let's get down to business. How's the situation at Heisen Castle? "Zhuo Lin asked.
Xu Jinpeng was the person in charge of the investigation. He frowned when he heard Zhuo Lin's question.
"We can't determine who did it. All the surveillance cameras were destroyed and it's completely destroyed. There's no way to repair it. It could have been one person, two, or even three people who attacked. It could even be a powerful Imperial Censor who has many summoning monsters. "
"The members of Heisen Castle who were slaughtered died in three ways. The first was to be killed by a sharp blade, the second was to be burned to death, and the third was to kill each other."
"I can only make a preliminary judgment. Some of the attackers are proficient in sword and saber techniques, some are proficient in fire elemental techniques, and some might be proficient in illusion or control techniques."
"Could it be one of the participants? I have a feeling that the timing of this incident coincides with the assessment. That's a little suspicious, "Jorin voiced out his speculation.
"You're thinking too much. From the traces of swordsmanship, the culprit killed all the silver-level rank-3 members in one hit. He even killed a gold-level rank-3 guardian in one hit. This means that the culprit has the ability of at least a gold-level rank-3. There's not a single silver-level among the participants. How could he do that? Even if there's an Imperial Censor, the most powerful summoning monster would only be silver-level rank-3. We're both gold-level rank-3. Why would we be afraid of a silver-level rank-3 monster? "Xu Jinpeng shook his head and smiled.
"If it's a double mutated monster, even if it's a silver-level rank-3 monster, I'd have to be extremely vigilant." Zhuo Lin kept quiet for a while and answered.
"A double mutated monster? Do you think these bronze-level kids have the ability to subdue it? "Xu Jinpeng thought that Zhuo Lin was overthinking. "Alright, you didn't see the scene. It was a clean kill. It was like cutting vegetables. The person who did it must be someone with terrifying combat experience. Even I can't do that. "
"Perhaps I'm thinking too much …" Jorin shook his head and tossed the unrealistic thoughts out of his head.
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Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Lin Huang did not hear the conversation between Zhuo Lin and Xu Jinpeng. Otherwise, he would have broken out in cold sweat as Zhuo Lin's speculation was very close to the truth.
After the second round of assessment ended, Lin Huang felt that the difficulty of the assessment was much higher than he had imagined. He thought that the assessment was just to test the participants' abilities and they would pass if they passed. However, he did not expect that there would be traps everywhere.
Almost every examiner would set up an assessment that was related to their personality. That was why the difficulty of the assessment was unpredictable. This was because nobody could predict how imaginative the examiners were.
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