The sky was shrouded in a thick layer of gray, and scalding sparks landed on Chen Qi's face.
Baron clenched his fists, a bitter smile on his lips,
"My true purpose, as I've said before, is for revenge."
Chen Qi replied coldly,
"No one would believe such a poor lie."
The other Hunters cast curious glances their way.
The Red Crystal Hunter Group was on edge, watching Chen Qi with complex emotions.
If it were before, they would never have paid attention to a Chef stirring up trouble.
They had no other means to pry open the mouth of the Fire Dragon.
Baron's tight fist relaxed:
"I can tell you, but first you must tell us, do you have a way to deal with the Fire Dragon?"
Chen Qi gestured as if chopping vegetables:
"I am a Chef, and my Transcendent Skill is cooking gourmet food.
I can mix the Potion into the food and get the female Fire Dragon to eat it."
Chen Qi did not hide his plan.
Preparing gourmet food and then getting the Fire Dragon to eat it was a common strategy.
Everyone was taken aback.
A Chef, could it really be done?
Would the enraged Fire Dragon really eat something made by humans?
They found it somewhat unbelievable.
Chen Qi added two more points:
"It can be done, this Fire Dragon does not know how many human offerings it has eaten."
To get the Fire Dragon to eat human food, three conditions needed to be met.
First, one must have excellent culinary skills.
Second, a lot of chili must be added, as Fire Dragons like spicy food, the spicier the better.
Third, one must collect special volcanic herbs grown at the mountaintop and place them on the meat, which greatly enhances the food's flavor.
Chen Qi's eyes were cold, like that of a merciless interrogator:
"Alright, Baron, it's time for my question, tell me why you came here."
Baron's fingers trembled non-stop.
As the leader of a Hunter Group, he was now being interrogated by a First Order Transcendent.
Could it really work... Baron looked at Chen Qi.
If he could indeed deliver the Potion into the Fire Dragon's mouth.
He wouldn't just spill the secret of their mission, he'd even give Chen Qi their bank card PINs.
Baron's trembling fingers stopped, he took a deep breath and said,
"Deal, I will tell you my secret, and in return, you find a way to get the Potion into the Fire Dragon's mouth."
Baron began to tell his story:
"Ten years ago, my brother and I dug out a tattered box from this scorched earth.
Inside the box lay a ragged Hunter's Clothes, a treasure."
A box, the treasure of the Deep Sea Hunter.
Chen Qi's eyes lit up.
From Baron's description, it seemed that the treasure hadn't been placed next to the sea monster.
Therefore, there was no difficulty rating on the Deep Sea Hunter's treasure map.
Chen Qi feigned curiosity and asked,
"Whose treasure was it?"
Baron fell silent for a moment, as if he returned to that time ten years ago:
"Who knows? At first, we all thought it was just rubbish.
No one fought with my brother over that piece of clothes.
In the end, it took us three days of climbing to reach this place and encounter the Fire Dragon.
Just like today, we fought the Fire Dragon and then died.
In the end, of our twenty people, only my brother and I remained."
"In the moment I awaited death, my brother, amid the heavy rain and wearing that Hunter's Clothes, fought the Fire Dragon.
At that time, he was just a frail First Order Transcendent, yet he managed to suppress the Fire Dragon briefly.
At that moment, I knew my brother had found something valuable, something that could elevate us to the nobility.
But unfortunately, in the last moment, he still succumbed to exhaustion and was beheaded by the Fire Dragon, and along with that piece of clothes, he was completely eaten.
The severely injured Fire Dragon, due to its excessive wounds, left the island.
And I... became the only survivor of that previous crack."
At this, Baron gripped his greatsword:
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"That is why I came here, not only for revenge but also to reclaim that piece of clothes."
"My goal is simply to take back a piece of clothes."
The box, the clothes... Chen Qi thought for a moment.
He hadn't lied, it was just as described in the treasure map of the Deep Sea Hunter.
It was an unguarded treasure that had accidentally fallen into their hands ten years ago.
But due to the Fire Dragon, both the man and the clothes ended up in the Fire Dragon's mouth.
From Baron's description, they had obtained the treasure of the Deep Sea Hunter quite easily.
Which is why Baron, at first, even considered it to be just an ordinary piece of clothing.
"Really? Was the Deep Sea Hunter so casual with burying treasures?"
Chen Qi tapped his forehead, temporarily burying the question in his mind.
He had an ominous premonition.
Baron placed his hand on his chest:
"I swear upon the name of the God of the Day, I have spoken not a single lie, Chef, now it's your turn to perform."
"Give me the Potion."
Chen Qi took the green Potion from the Red Crystal Hunter Group and observed it in his hands.
It wasn't poison, but a Transcendent hybrid Potion designed for large creatures.
With effects of inducing vomit and sedation, this Potion could cause a human to eject their organs if ingested.
The Potion's value exceeded that of an Epic Skill Card!
"Hang in there for five more minutes, I'll go get some ingredients."
Chen Qi turned and headed towards the mountaintop.
At that moment, the female Fire Dragon had recovered its vigor.
Having just been fiercely attacked by the Red Crystal Hunter Group, it was looking to make them experience pain.