World-saving Plan: The Only Savior-Chapter 611 - 469: Mutated Black Rats (Two in One) _2

Paul didn’t care at all about the angry expression on the big man’s face and continued,

"Moreover, if you’ve seen the news, you’d know that the bounty on black rats has decreased, but the reward for investigating the Gaul sewers has increased to three hundred thousand. If you can find the source of the rats, you could earn five times the money at once, couldn’t you?"

However, Morris still looked infuriated.

"Damn it! Paul, you can’t do this! Do you know how much effort we put into catching these rats! I almost lost my life there! Who knows how these damn monsters got so strong! They’re demons! You’re sending us to fight demons! And then you cut our money, it’s not fair!"

The others around, upon hearing Morris’ words, started whispering among themselves, which gradually turned into jeering and catcalling.

The atmosphere in the tavern suddenly became somewhat tense.

Hu Peng and Xun You, seeing this scene, exchanged glances and both quietly channeled their constitution enhancement, preparing to deal with any potential conflict.

"Bang!"

A loud noise erupted as Paul slammed his hand down on the box containing the black rats.

"Morris, watch your behavior! This is the rule set by the boss. If you have any complaints about the bounty, you can talk to our boss. But if you dare to cause trouble here, you should know what the consequences are!"

Silence.

The area immediately fell into silence.

Everyone fell quiet after Paul’s threatening words.

No one continued to speak, nor did anyone go on catcalling.

After a while, Morris finally broke the silence, saying:

"Paul, it’s my fault, give me the money and we’ll leave."

Paul spread his hands, "The money is in your hands, do you really want me to help you carry it to the car?"

Upon hearing this, the other big men relieved their tension, packed the suitcase again, and left without looking back.

Seeing this, others acted as if nothing had happened, resuming their own drinking and chatting.

Paul returned behind the bar, looked at Hu Peng and Xun You, and said,

"Alright, gentlemen, where were we in our conversation? Are you here to have a drink or take on a task? Oh yes, if you have an account, you can log in directly on this tablet."

He was slightly puzzled as he spoke these words.

The two hooded young men before him seemed somehow different from before.

Paul had never dared to underestimate them when he first saw them.

The reason was simple, he felt a certain pressure from them.

This pressure was very mysterious and hard to describe.

If he had to put it into words, it was somewhat like a natural oppression from the level of life itself.

But the feeling wasn’t very strong; one could even ignore it if they tried.

However, now when he saw them again, he inexplicably felt an extremely dangerous aura.

This reminded him of his youthful days when he first ventured into the wild and encountered a Siberian tiger.

Even more so, the feeling they gave him seemed stronger than the fierceness of a tiger.

Of course, what he didn’t know was that both Hu Peng and Xun You were currently under the influence of 20 points of constitution enhancement.

Their individual abilities had completely surpassed human capacity, eliciting a sense of fear in Paul, who was rather perceptive.

Hu Peng and Xun You were also first-time visitors to Wildfire Tavern and were still somewhat ignorant of some things here.

Like the situation just now, they had both activated constitution enhancement for safety’s sake.

Thankfully, things did not escalate for the worse. Though they didn’t fear these ordinary people, it was still good to avoid trouble whenever possible.

After all, this place belonged to the Star Alliance, and if they damaged anything, it would be their own loss.

Now that the alert was over and everything was back to normal, it couldn’t be any better.

Now facing Paul’s question, Hu Peng shifted his gaze back to the tablet in his hand.

"Log in here, right? I remember I have registered; just give me a moment."

He said, opening the visitor page, then entering his account information.

The next moment, an avatar of a white fox appeared on the display.

"This, this is..."

When Paul’s gaze landed on the level section, his expression suddenly shifted.

"Level X! Who might you two be...?"

"Cheng Huang."

"Huo Dou."

The answers of the two were brief and light.

However, these words thundered in Paul’s ears like rolling thunder.

Typically, the levels of bounty hunters were categorized from E to S here, and the higher the level, the more missions the hunter had completed, and the stronger their abilities.

But Paul also knew that above S level, there was another level: X level.

Unlike the previous ranking system, the X level does not represent mission count or battle achievements but symbolizes another identity of the visitors.

The X Organization!

It was an extremely mysterious and massive organization and the true controller behind the Wildfire Tavern.

Paul didn’t know much about X; he only knew that his boss was the very famous Wildfire Team in the bounty hunters’ circle.

And this global chain of taverns was established by them.

Of course, this news wasn’t a secret in the circle anymore; many hunters who came here were aware of it.

However, what they didn’t know was that the boss was only the surface manager.

Behind them, there was a mysterious and powerful organization—X.

Everyone understands what kind of personalities bounty hunters have.

Mostly, they belong to the type who drinks today with today’s wine and worries about tomorrow’s troubles tomorrow.

Praising the Wildfire Team for their excellent strength, Paul sincerely complimented them.

But saying that they could save enough money to open such a tavern was almost impossible.

So, this so-called Wildfire Tavern was actually established by that X organization.

The members of Wildfire Team were merely the operators and managers on the surface.

Paul was also unaware of the existence of the Star Alliance; he only knew that behind the Wildfire Tavern was a powerful organization he could hardly imagine, and that was it.

Of course, this did not affect his awe and longing for X.

Did Paul know that he was working in the Wildfire Tavern for the high salary?

Not entirely!

Freedom was more important than money.

If he had wanted to just work for a living, he wouldn’t have become a bounty hunter in the first place.

But still, he stayed.

The reason was straightforward; he stayed for X!

Paul had thought more than once that if he performed well here, might there be a chance to be absorbed by that organization in the future?

He wasn’t foolish; although the bosses hadn’t said anything, he could sense that this X organization seemed to be related to some Extraordinary Power.

Otherwise, how could one explain those mutated creatures?

And the recent rumors about Extraordinary Creatures appearing globally.

All these, put together, easily led to some speculation.

Now, after nearly a month of working, Paul was seeing people from that organization for the first time.

He glanced cautiously at the bounty hunters in the tavern, then in a lowered voice, he asked Hu Peng and Xun You:

"Excuse me, might you two be from X?"

"X?"

Hu Peng was slightly taken aback, then he quickly caught on.

This X was actually the initial of the first word of Star Alliance, and it was the idea of their Light Blue Clan.

It was meant to allow the Wildfire Team to open up taverns under this name.

This way, they could incidentally recruit some excellent staff into the organization, solving the Star Alliance’s manpower problems.

When he first mentioned it, it was just something said off the cuff, and he didn’t ponder over any grandiose names.

Now, seeing Paul’s sincere and fearful expression, even he felt a touch more enigmatic.