Back in the small town, Zheng Yichen found a haystack and sat down, adjusting his equipment. After a brief exchange, he had witnessed the Headless Knight's Immortality, but its manifestation was the ability to live without a head and possess extremely strong regenerative capabilities.
His physical strength was much greater than that of an Ordinary Person, but not enough to disregard firearms. He wondered if the creature could recover if it were turned to dust by a direct hit from a cannonball.
He didn't have a cannon, but he did have Small Grenades. He also hadn't managed to break the Headless Knight's arm last time because his handgun's power wasn't enough. If he switched his Shotgun to fire Slugs, he could try again.
"Alright, next time we meet." After adjusting the ammunition loaded in his weapons, Zheng Yichen nodded. It was a shame that the Gun Store didn't sell consumables like Grenades or other Projectile Weapons. Those were harder to buy than bulletproof vests, and even having a Hunter License didn't help. At most, he could buy things like Smoke Bombs or flashbangs, and even those weren't cheap.
Lying on the haystack, Zheng Yichen pulled up the footage from his Camera. He had a laptop in his Backpack, a twelve-inch portable version with a hard shell for protection, making it very durable. His Mobile Phone was even more so; it was an essential item for any trip.
Looking at the content captured by the Camera, Zheng Yichen briefly reviewed the playback. The time he had engaged the Headless Knight was very short. He hadn't pursued it when it retreated because he considered that creature difficult to kill.
He didn't understand it during their first encounter. Once he was better prepared later, if he couldn't kill the creature, couldn't he at least restrain it? He also carried high-strength Steel Wire, but it had been kept in his backpack and he couldn't get it out at the time.
When he acted again with experience, he would definitely carry such things with him and find an opportunity to entangle that Headless Knight.
"What is this?" A girl's curious voice came. Zheng Yichen looked up and saw the girl who spoke, a young blonde girl. Speaking of which, although this town was remote, its style had a distinct Gothic feel.
The Clothes the girl was wearing weren't as ornate as the Gothic Dresses Zheng Yichen had seen in movies, but they were still quite attractive. In any case, ordinary residents of the town couldn't afford them; she was clearly a Rich Woman from the town.
"A tool for recording information." Zheng Yichen didn't hide his Mobile Phone. Regarding whether to conceal his modern electronic devices after transmigrating to ancient times... Zheng Yichen's idea was that it depended on personal strength.
If one's strength was great enough and their abilities were sufficient to handle trouble, then it didn't matter. He would use them as he saw fit. The essence of these devices was to bring convenience to people. He had enough Power Banks, Spare Batteries, and Charging Boards. Coupled with the phone's durability, he could use them extensively for several years in this world without issue.
"Do all Demon Hunters have this?" The girl's curiosity was piqued. She wanted to get closer to look at Zheng Yichen's Mobile Phone but felt it would be impolite, appearing hesitant.
"It's just something unique to me." Zheng Yichen shared the screen of his phone. After all, a young and beautiful girl had arrived, so why not share?
The girl hesitated for a moment before sitting down on the haystack. Looking at the scene playing on the phone, when the Headless Knight appeared in the Fog, she couldn't help but cover her mouth: "You encountered the Headless Knight??"
The Camera was mounted on Zheng Yichen, so what the girl was seeing now was a first-person perspective. She then saw Zheng Yichen's gunshot being ineffective against the Headless Knight, and then him switching to a long spear to knock it off its horse.
Seeing this, the girl's eyes sparkled. Zheng Yichen suddenly felt that this Era wasn't too bad? Compared to girls in modern times who were exposed to vast amounts of internet information, girls in a backward Era were more easily attracted to heroes.
Looking at the current situation, he felt that if he were a little irresponsible, a little scummy, he might even be able to advance further.
"You actually drove away the Headless Knight." The girl was even more astonished as she watched the Headless Knight leaving on the phone.
"...It wasn't driven away; it left on its own." Being looked at with sparkling eyes by the girl beside him made Zheng Yichen slightly uncomfortable. The main reason was that he personally didn't think it was anything remarkable. If it were truly remarkable, he should have eliminated the creature directly.
Also, girl, your reaction to the Mobile Phone is too calm, isn't it? Normally, after seeing something like this, wouldn't the reaction be more traditional? Like thinking it's some evil artifact that can trap people's souls, blah blah blah.
"My name is Katrina. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"My name is Changqing."
"You really are from a Foreign Country." Katrina said with some surprise.
"What makes you say that?" Zheng Yichen asked while searching for a Movie on his phone.
"Your appearance, we've always been curious about you." Katrina spoke about her social circle. As an outsider, Zheng Yichen's news spread throughout the small town in a very short time. While black hair wasn't uncommon, Zheng Yichen's facial features were somewhat different from theirs.
The people in her social circle started guessing about this, and the girl who opened the conversation continued, "Also, you're very different from the Demon Hunter image we imagined. But after seeing this, I believe you are a Demon Hunter."
"The Demon Hunter's... image?"
The blonde girl nodded and described what she considered a Demon Hunter's image. After listening, Zheng Yichen clicked his tongue. What a stereotype. Well, considering the industrial development of this Era, the characteristics Katrina described were not problematic.
In a modernized world, that kind of attire would be more suited for a comic convention.
"Oh right, are you going to attend our Banquet?"
"?" This small town has a Banquet? No, there have been several Murder Cases here, and you're still having a Banquet? Celebrating those people's deaths?
"As a professional Demon Hunter, I think solving this headless matter should be my priority." Zheng Yichen said very seriously.
Mainly, that sword that could emit green fire was so cool!
"But that doesn't affect attending the Banquet, does it? What place is this record from? It looks different from the one just now." Katrina looked at the Movie Zheng Yichen found with great curiosity.
"You can consider this a special kind of Stage Play." Explaining what a Movie was directly would be too troublesome.
"But it doesn't look like something performed on a stage."
Katrina found it very magical. As a rich young lady in the town, she had seen Stage Plays before, but the Movie Zheng Yichen was showing her was too different and too realistic compared to the Stage Plays she had seen. Also, the Clothes the people in it wore had a different Art Style from hers, and matched Zheng Yichen's Art Style.
Have foreign Stage Plays become this advanced?
"It's similar to a Stage Play; I'm saying it that way to make it easier for you to understand."
"You are so gentle?"
"..."
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