"Tell me, who exactly is this Serena Lancaster?"
"A hundred trillion dollars for one woman?"
A hunter stared at the string of zeros on the Obsidian Dark Web, his eyes bloodshot with greed. "This has to be the highest bounty ever posted on the dark web, right?"
"If The Raven put up this kind of money, she's definitely no ordinary woman."
Someone chimed in secretively, "I know about this. The target, Serena Lancaster, is indeed far from ordinary."
As soon as he spoke, the surrounding hunters piqued with interest, all eyes turning toward him.
The man laughed. "You guys heard about what happened with the Obsidian Sun recently, right?"
"Word is, they took a massive hit over in Severia because of her."
The crowd's curiosity surged. "Severia?"
"Oh, I remember now!" someone exclaimed, realization dawning. "Wasn't there a high-priced hit on that exact same name over in Severia not too long ago?"
"And the one who took the contract..."
"Was C!"
C.
The moment that alias was spoken, the rowdy Predator's Den instantly fell dead silent.
The Abyss's Top-Ranked Hunter, C.
He was a legendary figure who had dominated the bounty boards for three straight years.
Any target locked in his sights never stood a chance of surviving.
"C took the job?" one man swallowed hard, blurting out in shock. "Then shouldn't this Serena Lancaster already be dead?"
"Dead my ass," another scoffed. "Rumor has it C failed."
"Failed?"
The color drained from many faces in the crowd.
"What?"
"The number one hunter on the dark web failed?"
"Are you kidding me? When has he ever failed?"
The man shook his head. "The Severia contract was never fulfilled. The backend of the bounty board still lists the mission as a failure."
It looked as if it were mocking everyone in the room.
Behind him trailed five hunters, each wearing a different mask.
The moment they appeared, the chaotic den fell into an eerie silence for a split second.
Someone immediately recognized the smiling mask.
"The Grinning Wraith!"
"He really showed up!"
"Did he actually take that bounty?"
"Look at the guys behind him... Holy shit, those are all top-ten hunters, aren't they?"
"With a lineup like that, are they planning to dice Serena Lancaster into pieces and bring her back in a bag?"
The entire Predator's Den erupted in a frenzy as people swarmed toward them.
They wore ingratiating smiles, trying to buddy up, but the greed in their eyes was impossible to hide.
Every single one of them was desperate to pry some information about Serena.

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