Chapter 30 The Crystal Ball and the Attacker

After sending Rudy and the other man to the Ford, Natalia got in the car and suddenly thought of something. She rolled down the window, stuck her head out and asked, "I forgot to ask you before. You probably don't have your own demon hunting team, do you have any tools or skills to find and track demons?"

Luke shook his head: "Not yet."

"Then this one will suit you."

Natalia pushed open the car door and got out holding a transparent crystal ball the size of a basketball in her hands.

"This is a crystal ball I discarded. Although you are not a witch and some of its functions cannot be used, the most basic effects are still there."

"Store your spiritual power in a crystal ball. It will automatically warn you when dark creatures appear within a certain range. It's a very practical item."

She was sure that Luke would accept it, so she handed the crystal ball to Luke and said, "Five thousand dollars."

Luke was not vague. He took the crystal ball and put it aside. After thinking about it, he simply wrote out a check for $15 and gave it to Natalia.

Paying for the goods in advance is like doing the other party a favor.

After all, Rudy is a good person and provided him with a lot of information about the supernatural world directly or indirectly.

"Speed ​​up."

"Okay, boss." The witch who received the check showed the same expression as when she successfully bargained, like a fox who stole a chicken.

After the incident, Natalia returned to the car. As soon as Luke turned around, she opened the window and shouted, "Remember, don't leave the crystal ball in the sun when you're not at home. It's best to cover it with a shade cloth at all times!"

"What? Will direct sunlight destroy the magic?" Luke asked, turning around.

"No, because this crystal ball is very focused and can easily form a light spot to set your house on fire. I once had a sofa burned by it. You must remember this!"

What? A science witch?

Luke looked towards Natalia's position with a helpless look. The black Ford had already started, leaving with a strong smell of burning gasoline. All he could see was the witch's white hand waving outside the window.

Luke picked up the crystal ball, carefully placed it on the passenger seat, and returned to his new home.

All of Natalia's mental power had been removed from the crystal ball, and Luke easily replaced it with his own mental power. He had to input more than 100 points of his 70-point mental power to fill the crystal ball.

According to the instructions given by Natalia, after filling it up once and leaving it on standby for a month, when dark creatures appear within a certain range, the crystal ball will automatically give a warning in your mind, which can be regarded as an automatic monster-hunting mechanism.

However, this thing can only detect some monsters that cannot conceal their breath. It is not very effective against monsters that have self-awareness and know how to hide themselves.

If you actively use your mental power to search, the crystal ball's detection range, strength, and accuracy will be further improved, but you can forget about being able to predict the appearance of a dark monster somewhere like Natalia did.

This is her special skill as a witch, and the crystal ball only amplifies and strengthens her own abilities.

Luke once again used some of his remaining mental energy and put it into the crystal ball to actively explore.

Well, there are no dark creatures in a large area nearby.

It makes sense. The dark creatures in the other world are not so easy to encounter. Otherwise, in this Internet age, their existence would have been made public long ago. How could it be concealed so easily?

Most of his mental energy was consumed and Luke was very tired. After the daily routine communication with [Miracle Seed - Fang], he soon fell into a deep sleep.
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After a night in the extraordinary world, Luke returned to his ordinary life, repeating the boring life of shooting and fitness every day. Another three or four days passed, and in just a few days, his physical fitness did not change much, but his experience in using pistols had greatly improved.

If it is reflected in the panel, at least you need to have an entry-level pistol.

After leaving the shooting range, Luke got into his Dodge Viper and prepared to go home.

Now he began to feel a little dissatisfied with the car. It was fast enough and handsome enough, but the space was a little small. With Luke's size, it was not appropriate to describe him as "drilling in" to sit in the driver's seat. It would be more appropriate to say "squeezing in".

The gun bag is placed on the co-pilot seat, which is not very convenient to take out. Its value for showing off is greater than its practical value.

The car drove to the riverside, Luke opened the window and felt the cool breeze blowing past. Let's change to an off-road vehicle, Luke thought.

Before I could finish my thoughts, I saw a homeless man standing up from the side of the road not far ahead and staggering towards the road.

ultra!
brake!

Stop it right there!
This is the second reason why Luke wants to change his car.

This car is fun to drive, and you can't help but step on the gas. But at the same time, its brakes are really bad, there is no ABS, and the braking distance is very long.

Who would have thought that someone would come to scam me while I was driving?
At this time, it is impossible to turn the steering wheel. It is easy to overturn the car into the river. You can only brake and leave it to fate.

"boom"

There was a loud bang.

Although he tried his best to brake, the Viper's cobra-like hood still hit the homeless man hard. The huge kinetic energy sent him flying into the sky and rolling forward a long distance.

Damn it! Change the car! Must change the car!
Luke quickly got out of the car and took out his cell phone, ready to check on the homeless man and call an ambulance.

As soon as he got off the car, Luke discovered an unusual scene. The homeless man who was flying high in the sky actually stood up slowly, twisting like a zombie in a heavy-duty movie.

His face was covered in blood. He had landed on his face first, and his nose was almost worn flat, but there was no expression on his face.

Moreover, the bent leg bone looked broken at first glance.

There are ghosts!

He's not trying to scam me, he's here to cause trouble!

Luke quickly turned around, opened the car door and took out his gun bag.

As soon as his hand grasped the handlebars, the mental power in his mind began to boil. Luke quickly pulled his hand away as if he was burned by fire and dodged to the side.

With a "hiss" sound, an afterimage passed by, leaving a huge hole on the driver's door.

Looking inside through the hole, a fat white bug was wriggling on the passenger seat, leaving a pool of disgusting mucus on Luke's gun bag.

Is this a bug cannon?

"That's a pretty quick reaction." A low sound, like the friction of iron, came from the homeless man's body.

"You react so quickly, why don't you brake?"

"You're really a badass!"

The opponent's strength was obviously much stronger than his. Luke did not dare to act rashly and shouted: "Who are you? Who sent you? How much did it cost?"

"I'll pay you double to get you out of here, or triple to kill your former employer."

"Three times? Let me think. How much is this?"

The tramp's mouth didn't move, and the harsh sound came from inside his chest.

"Three times zero is still zero!"

"Boy, you're kidding me!"

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(End of this chapter)