I Don't Agree to the Terms-Chapter 1140 - 599: Coordinates and Anchors in Position

"The Victory Sword? Sorry, I don’t have much of an impression." The Hunter King looked at the heavily damaged longsword in his hand, noticing its style was similar to the gold ring he wore.

But both were so severely damaged that it was impossible to clearly identify them.

"That’s a shame. I thought you might remember something." Gu Shanhai didn’t insist, just trying his luck.

"How often does one find something by chance that I recognize?"

"If you hadn’t mentioned the power of this longsword, I wouldn’t even see it as a beacon of victory."

The Hunter King made a jest.

At this moment, the dual-star celestial body had entered a period of eruption, and the palace where the Hunter King resided was covered in frost. However, the frost couldn’t affect him or the Ghost Hunters; instead, it formed an armor from the Destructive Frost.

Gu Shanhai glanced at the Soul Fire. Due to the massive outburst of Destructive Frost, the Soul Fire seemed shaky, but it could still last for several revolutions based on the energy it contained.

The Ghost Hunters’ hunting had already provided plenty of fuel for the Soul Fire. Otherwise, they couldn’t avoid being affected by the Destructive Frost.

"You seem rather relaxed?" Gu Shanhai asked curiously.

"It’s just that I’ve experienced a lot; it’s simple for me to handle." The Hunter King knew that his ease of handling was thanks to his practice over time.

"But I have a question: why are there so few Ghost Hunters?"

Gu Shanhai had a thought; given the hunting and assimilating abilities of Ghost Hunters, they should have a vast number.

But after estimating, Gu Shanhai found that the total number of Ghost Hunters was only about a million, give or take, which was surprisingly low.

"They’ve chosen self-seclusion. Not every elite who burns out and becomes a Ghost Hunter is willing to work for us. Many strong-willed elites choose to retreat into the Soul Fire," the Hunter King explained.

Simply put, they didn’t want to work for their enemies, so they decisively ended themselves.

"Oh, so Ghost Hunters can liberate themselves?!" Gu Shanhai hadn’t anticipated such a feature.

He thought Ghost Hunters were completely altered in their perceptions. He hadn’t expected that there would be room left; as long as the will is strong, they can break free of the influence.

However, the influence they could escape was probably limited; for instance, they could only end themselves and not escape outright.

If they truly came back to life, most would unlikely choose suicide, and the large number of self-ended ghosts puzzled Gu Shanhai.

One or two suicides were understandable, but a large number signified a problem.

He briefly summarized this issue to the Hunter King.

Hearing the concern, the Hunter King furrowed his brow.

"It shouldn’t be. Could something be wrong?" the Hunter King muttered softly.

This was something he was indeed unaware of.

He quickly began to investigate.

The investigation naturally involved the Soul Fire.

"Many brave warriors vanished without a trace?"

The Hunter King quickly uncovered some clues, surprised such a thing occurred.

"Clearly, something unknown to me is happening, and it’s been going on for a while."

"I can’t determine exactly what’s happening."

As the Hunter King, his expertise lay in hunting and tracking, not management, and the Hunting Star didn’t require management.

As long as Ghost Hunters noticed traces of powerful beings, they didn’t need to report back and could act on their own.

Except in situations like when Gu Shanhai went fishing and encountered a powerful being in a small world, which didn’t make sense and required reporting to the Hunter King.

Besides, if it wasn’t for dealing with the erupting Destructive Frost region, the Hunter King would lead the hunts himself, so he wasn’t even sure of how many Ghost Hunters there were.

Under normal circumstances, the number of Ghost Hunters only increased, except for a few like the Ghost Hunter Hai Ximu from the human race, who could help facilitate some matters, but only to that extent.

"You didn’t even notice such an issue within your own forces?" Gu Shanhai laughed with disbelief. "I’ve seen leaders who delegate, but not to this extent."

Gu Shanhai normally didn’t handle matters, true, but he had a civilization system, with daily, weekly, monthly, and annual reports compiling all the data, and just one glance could give him a clear understanding of various changes and growth.

He didn’t ignore small matters, but not major ones.

The Hunter King’s management style could only be maintained thanks to the unique mechanism of Soul Fire; otherwise, there would’ve been chaos.

"I’m not omniscient; I’m just a bigger ember, having unknowns is normal," the Hunter King dismissed it. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"But I suspect it’s the Soul Fire’s doing."

Though he claimed ignorance, he’d already identified a suspect, but couldn’t easily act upon it.

"Maybe it’s to maintain the numbers, after all, any more might not be suitable," Gu Shanhai quickly understood. Otherwise, if billions of Ghost Hunters appeared across the world clusters, even if not locust-like swarms, the damage would be immense.