The Hunter Meets the Ugly

Nicola replied with an even expression:

"Don't let the difference in numbers make you let your guard down. Haven't we suffered enough already? If they send another hunter who's mastered the 'Spirit Realm' this time, then even the two of us will have no choice but to run."

Ruilin folded her arms and pondered.

"Hmm, that is possible. But I don't think our luck can be that rotten, right?"

Nicola shrugged.

"Who knows? In any case, don't take hunters for fools. Since ancient times, they've been a pack of sinister, shameless filth. Underestimating them will cost you dearly—just like the incident that brought disaster upon our home twenty years ago."

At Nicola's words, Ruilin's brows instantly furrowed.

Thinking back to that day twenty years ago, their eldest sister Betasha had picked up a disabled female hunter named Oulin from the beach of Lake Li Hidden Realm. Their mother, Fente, had spared Oulin's life out of sheer curiosity, then decided to bring this outsider into their large family.

Although during the following year of family life, Oulin had acted exceedingly meek and docile before everyone at Sweet Home, nobody had expected that her harmless-looking disabled persona had been an act from beginning to end.

Then, on a stormy night one year later, while Sweet Home's older children had gone out in a group to explore, that cunning female hunter finally revealed her vile true nature.

Not only did she assassinate Bibotum, Sweet Home's eldest brother and guardian, she also smashed the entire Sweet Home into a state of ruin. She even abducted Momo, Fente's most beloved youngest daughter at the time. In the end, she repaid kindness with enmity by wounding Fente before fleeing Lake Li Hidden Realm with Momo.

That incident had dealt Sweet Home an immensely severe blow. The