I Don't Agree to the Terms-Chapter 1098 - 577: If Someone Has Their Eye on You, Run and Lay Low

"Have you lost all your memories from the last time?" The Hunter King erupted with a booming voice, a tone filled with disbelief.

This team of Ghost Hunters, sent by him to hunt the strong in a small world, upon their death, traced back through the imprint on the celestial body, and ended up losing their memories, directly returning to the memory from their last resurrection, resulting in a significant period of blankness.

The discovery was simple; the report was different.

The Hunter King was no fool; he immediately discerned that there was something wrong with the intelligence reported by the other party.

After all, they went to a small world, but they thought it was a great world.

The team of Ghost Hunters looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

They also didn't understand what happened, so they could only remain silent.

"Alright, I understand, this failure was not your fault." The Hunter King sighed and signaled them to leave.

He understood that this time they encountered a tough adversary.

"Are they ambushing us?" The Hunter King muttered quietly.

From various actions, he could confirm that this time, the other party definitely didn't originate from that small world.

"The Elf Clan?"

The Hunter King immediately set his sights on the Elf Clan. Having wandered with the Dual-star Celestial Body for so many years, he encountered countless civilizations and strong adversaries. Even with the Elf Clan, he had come across numerous types, but it was only this branch of the Elf Clan that he recognized as elves.

Their souls might be ordinary, but their creativity was something he rarely encountered in his life.

Initially, he intended to make this branch of the Elf Clan the firekeepers. If he ever failed, he could give everything to the Elf Clan, allowing them to inherit everything from the Dual-star Celestial Body and maintain the safety of the entire world cluster.

If necessary, he didn't mind using forceful means to bind the Elf Clan, the world cluster, and the Dual-star Celestial Body together.

Moral coercion was nothing; he hadn't done it before, but he had done worse things. Whether it was annihilating a civilization of an entire world or exterminating the dawn of an entire race, he never concerned himself with such small matters. His eyes forever rested on the entire world cluster.

Even his own life and death were viewed similarly.

By now, he had long forgotten how his fate became intertwined with the Dual-star Celestial Body, nor did he remember where he came from.

The long passage of time made him forget too many things.

Perhaps during this period, he, like ashes, died countless times, eroding his memories prior to becoming the Hunter King.

"Perhaps it's necessary to probe the Elf Clan, to see if they are secretly hunting us." The Hunter King valued the Elf Clan highly but would not favor them. What he needed was an existence capable of fighting through blood and fire to inherit everything from him, not a pampered successor.

If the Elf Clan didn't measure up, he wouldn't offer much help, choosing instead to abandon them and find a new successor.

He could tolerate the Elf Clan's probing, but not now; they were all still in their prime, what need was there for probing when they weren't dead yet.

It's not as if they could be passed the throne now.

"Better focus on observation; judging by the Elf Clan's actions, they value their own lives more than any so-called grudges."

The Elf Clan is the only race capable of traversing worlds, but many people and things possess this ability; numerous strong individuals possess such power, even some exceptionally gifted weaklings can achieve it.

The magic tides brought by the Dual-star Celestial Body in the radiation zone are not just the source, but also possess magical effects.

During hunts, Ghost Hunters have hunted many with these extraordinary abilities, so it's nothing new to them.

The Elf Clan had no mighty warriors yet brimmed with potential; sending a team of Ghost Hunters to hunt them would indeed be a waste.

This didn't align with his rules.

As for strong adversaries counter-killing Ghost Hunters, he harbored no anger regarding that.

A hunter hunts beasts, it's not as if the beasts aren't allowed to resist. Ghost Hunters hadn't never been killed; it was just statistically rare.

What truly concerned the Hunter King was the other party's ability to interfere with the imprint, causing memory loss, making it impossible to locate them afterward.

Such mighty adversaries have souls that make excellent fuel.

Moreover, having such powerful individuals join the hunt would make future hunts much simpler.

"Once a target becomes prey, they inevitably leave a mark."

The Hunter King wasn't inclined to let such a strong opponent slip away.

Once marked by a Ghost Hunter, as long as they have fought, they will inevitably be marked, and he could use the Dual-star Celestial Body to search for them.

Unless they are outside the magic tide radiation zone, which is simply impossible—with them outside the zone, the energy vacuum would lead to a continual power decline, something a strong adversary could never accept.

The search for the mark concluded quickly, but the result left the Hunter King silent.

"None?"

"Did they really leave the radiation zone?!"

The Hunter King was shocked too; as long as they were in the radiation zone, no matter which world they hid in, even if mixed in the unique small worlds of the Elf Clan between the Dual-star Celestial Body, they couldn't block the mark.