Chapter 248: Disappearance
The mace was made entirely of metal and felt heavy in the hand.
Its thick shaft was covered in thumb-thick spikes that gleamed menacingly in the sunlight, sending a chill through anyone who saw them.
[Name: Shattering Mace] [Type: Melee weapons, heavy weapons] [Quality: Magical] [Attack: Strong] [Attribute: Shatter Lv1] [Special effects: None] [Requirements: Strength D, melee weapons, heavy weapons (mastery)] [Can be taken out of this dungeon: Yes] [Notes: To wield this all-metal weapon, you need more than skill—you need strength!]
[Shatter Lv1: Can easily crush light armor (defense rated weak or average) and deal a certain amount of damage to medium armor (defense rated strong)]
Qin Ran swung the [Shattering Mace] effortlessly. There was no technique to it, only brute force, but the whistling of the weapon through the air left the surrounding mercenaries and bounty hunters pale-faced, their legs trembling.
Quite a few mercenaries and bounty hunters who had come with ulterior motives began to lose their nerve.
The crescent-shaped blast of force earlier, the flurry of kicks, and now the mace made it abundantly clear that Qin Ran was not someone they could afford to provoke.
As a result, by the time Bill and Case began properly testing the mercenaries and bounty hunters who had applied, more than half had already left.
That greatly reduced Bill and Case's workload.
In the end, only two people passed their tests, which focused on melee combat and shooting gunpowder weapons.
One was among those Qin Ran had been watching closely: a bounty hunter with ear-length red hair who called herself Conti.
During her melee bout with Bill, she used no weapon at all, relying solely on her bare hands to keep him on the defensive.
Her shooting demonstrated a level