When Duanmu Huai returned to Dali City, he gave Holy Mother and the others quite a fright. After all, he had only been gone for a short while, yet he was already back?
"The Water Magical Beast is taken care of."
Duanmu Huai nodded at Holy Mother and spoke. He was completely certain. After all, when he killed the Water Magical Beast, the System Prompt had appeared. In other words, the so-called magical beast invasion quest in this world referred to the Water Magical Beast—though honestly, this thing really hadn't been all that powerful.
Of course, that was because Duanmu Huai possessed the Divine Office of the God of Destruction. If it had been someone else, the situation would have been entirely different.
"The Water Magical Beast has already been eliminated?"
It had to be said that Holy Mother was utterly dumbfounded by Duanmu Huai's answer. Although she had considered that possibility, Duanmu Huai had been far too fast.
In truth, Duanmu Huai had spent most of his time traveling.
It was just like speedrunners in games. Most of the wasted time went into running around and exploring dungeons, while once they entered the boss fight, a single blow dealing 99,999 damage finished everything. The quest dialogue took longer than fighting the boss. That was the current state of players.
"That's right. Lord of the Moon Sect fused with the Water Magical Beast, and I took them both out at once. Oh, right..."
As he spoke, Duanmu Huai looked toward Ann, pulled out the blue pearl, and tossed it over.
"Here."
"Thank you! It's so pretty!"
"P-please wait!"
Looking at the blue pearl in Ann's hands, Holy Mother's eyes widened.
"May I ask where you found this pearl?"
"Oh, I found it after killing the Water Magical Beast. It should