Full-Time Magister: Super Mage

Chapter 527 Drowning Curse Bounty Pool, High Bounty

After leaving the coast, Jiang Han used the local hunters' alliance to report the jellyfish maggots to the local government. Whether they believed him or not, or whether they would block the coast and prohibit fishermen or tourists from going into the sea, was beyond his control.

After delivering the message to the local government, Jiang Han began investigating information about the Drowning Curse in the fishing villages along the coast. Although he knew that the Drowning Curse was essentially a jellyfish maggot, he still needed to rely on Lingling, the know-it-all, to completely solve the problem.

Jiang Han's afternoon of work was not without results. Relying on his terrifying mental power at the sixth level, he successfully captured a live jellyfish maggot from the blood of a drowning victim.

"What... what is this?" the fire mage in charge of burning the corpses stammered.

"This? The curse you speak of, a terrifying parasitic demon." Jiang Han said without turning his head, shaking the jellyfish-like maggot in the glass bottle.

Upon hearing this, the people attending the drowning victim's funeral immediately changed their expressions, fearing that they might be the next to be cursed.

"My Lord Hunter Mage, what do we need to do? How can we prevent ourselves from being parasitized?" someone asked, mustering their courage.

"As long as you don't swim in the sea recently, you can avoid being parasitized by this demon," Jiang Han said.

"Let's go, let's go back quickly, we'll have all the brats at home come back later."

"With such a monster appearing in the coastal waters, how are we fishermen supposed to make a living?"

"Compared to life, fishing is nothing."

Immediately, the crowd began to discuss how to avoid going to the coast, and also how to think about whether any of their relatives had gone swimming recently, and then prepare money in advance for the feast.

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The challenge at the Puya Pavilion went exceptionally smoothly. The first two rounds of the individual competition ended with the Chinese team winning. Feeling bored, Mo Fan asked Ai Jiangtu for leave, planning to pick up Lingling and also to sound out Jiang Han what he was busy with.

Jiang Han didn't come over all afternoon, which made Jiang Shaoxu a little curious. She felt that Jiang Han had some exciting plans without her, and it was very likely related to the giant skeleton on the coast.

"Captain, I probably won't be involved in the next match, so I thought..." Jiang Shaoxu was interrupted by Ai Jiangtu before he could finish speaking.

"Go if you want, we should be able to handle the national tournament," Ai Jiangtu said, waving his hand.

Some of the guesses led Mu Ningxue to surprisingly leave as well. As for Zhao Manyan, who wanted to stay at the National Pavilion to slack off, he was forcibly dragged away by Mo Fan, mainly because there was a risk of something going wrong without Zhao Manyan, the turtle-shell mage, by his side.

There's a saying that goes, "Good brothers share both hardship and happiness." Jiang Han might not be able to pull off this, but Zhao Manyan certainly can!

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Upon receiving Lingling's message, Mo Fan immediately contacted Jiang Han, but Jiang Han only sent him his location without explaining what he was busy with. Helpless, Mo Fan could only lead his group to Jiang Han's location.

Upon arrival, the group discovered that it was a villa complex nestled against the mountains and overlooking the sea. A stone bridge connected the roads on both sides, and below the bridge was a shallow beach where the seawater constantly lapped against the shore. Jiang Han and the fire mage stood on the beach in front of a huge bonfire.

Just a few dozen meters away from Jiang Han and his group, there were many people weeping and wailing; most likely, someone was being cremated.

"Cremation? When did Jiang Han start a cremation business overseas?" Zhao Manyan joked with a smile.

"Let's go down and ask!" With that, Mo Fan took the lead and walked down into the shallows.

Then everyone followed Mo Fan down the stone bridge, but before they could get close, they were stopped by the people on the outside. The old man in the lead spoke a lot of nonsense, but Mo Fan, who had only learned a few words of broken Eagle language, couldn't understand what he was saying.

"No, what is he saying? Can any of you understand him?" Mo Fan asked, turning his head somewhat awkwardly.

Jiang Han, who had noticed Mo Fan and the others long ago, walked over and said with a smile, "This old man is saying there are parasitic demons ahead, and he wants you to leave here quickly."

Jiang Han then explained the situation to the old man, and upon hearing this, the old man and the surrounding crowd became excited, repeatedly bowing and thanking Jiang Han and Mo Fan.

"What's going on here? Why are there parasitic demons?" Jiang Shaoxu asked.

"It's a drowning curse!!!" Jiang Han explained.

Upon hearing this, Mu Ningxue seemed to have suddenly realized something and said, "Why would the Drowning Curse appear here? Could it be because it's a jellyfish maggot?"

"By the way, what exactly is this Drowning Curse? How is it related to parasitic demons?" Mo Fan asked in confusion.

Lingling excitedly said, "Jiang Han, so you've found the factor that triggered the drowning curse."

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"Okay, you should accept the quest about the Drowning Curse in the bounty pool first," Jiang Han said.

Lingling excitedly pulled her tablet out of her bag and skillfully logged onto the Hunter Alliance website to accept the bounty mission she had accumulated countless times. There was no other way; the reward for this bounty pool was just too generous.

After accepting the bounty for the Drowning Curse, Lingling explained, "The Drowning Curse is a special event where deaths have occurred all over the world. It mainly causes those afflicted to subconsciously seek out water to conceal themselves."

"All the hunter mages in the world believed that the Drowning Curse was a curse, but now it seems that it is not. If Jiang Han's discovery this time is true, then he can win the bounty pool accumulated by the Hunter Alliance over the years."

"Bounty Pool? What's that?" Mo Fan continued to ask.

"Didn't I just say that the Drowning Curse is a special event that occurs worldwide? Therefore, in order to completely resolve this 'curse,' the Hunter's Alliance headquarters keeps issuing bounty missions."

"But if no one completes the task, the reward will accumulate to the next period. Over the years, the Drowning Curse Bounty Pool has accumulated to a terrifying number, more than 300 million, which is several times more than a normal fixed bounty," Lingling explained.

Upon hearing that the bounty pool offered hundreds of millions, Mo Fan's eyes lit up. He hadn't expected Jiang Han to be so ambitious in his solo operation. If it succeeded, he would have the money to buy a Soul Seed.

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