Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 1210: Bloodsucking Creatures

Chapter 1210: Chapter 1210: Bloodsucking Creatures

At dawn, just as the sky was beginning to lighten, Gu Fan, who had returned late at night, was sleeping in when he heard a noisy commotion outside and thought something had happened. He hurriedly got out of bed.

Irina instructed everyone to stay in the inn while she sent someone to gather information.

After a long wait, a member of the Hunter’s Guild returned and reported what he knew. Recently, a group of unidentified creatures had burst into the town, forcefully breaking through doors and killing several people, even dragging some away.

According to the investigation at the scene, there were tiger footprints, but one strange detail was that although the bodies of the victims were not missing much flesh, a significant amount of blood had been drained.

Hearing this, Gu Fan and Lin Xi were shocked, fearing that it might be companions of the blood-drinking tiger from the previous night seeking revenge.

The situation had now become serious, as until now, creatures from the Dark Night Primitive Forest had never attacked the surrounding towns. This cast an undeniable shadow over everyone’s heart.

Gu Fan and Lin Xi had not expected that dealing with one blood-drinking tiger the previous night would bring such trouble to the townspeople.

Consequently, Gu Fan quickly called for a meeting to discuss the encounter with the blood-drinking tiger from the previous night, but he deliberately hid the matter involving Fei Lei from Irina.

"What did you say, a blood-drinking tiger?" Irina could hardly believe what she heard, yet upon seeing Gu Fan’s resolute expression, she realized it was mostly true.

Lu Yi couldn’t help sighing, "What does this mean? Dealing with vampires is troublesome enough, now there are blood-drinking tigers too? This is really exhausting."

Su Hui, however, saw it differently: "Let’s think on the bright side, at least now we know what resides in the Dark Primitive Forest and how to defend against it."

Irina nodded, "Right, I will immediately have my subordinates prepare more wooden stakes, we will need them."

Gu Fan looked guiltily concerned, "The disaster is my doing, I must resolve this trouble. I have to kill all these blood-drinking tigers and prevent the townspeople from suffering the wrath of their revenge because of my actions."

"The disaster isn’t caused by just you alone, it’s also on me. We’ll bear it together and face it together." This time Lin Xi was quicker and more firm in standing by Gu Fan, leaving Su Hui at a loss for words.

Gu Fan naturally appreciated Lin Xi’s support. As he and everyone else were discussing what to do, suddenly another piece of news came in.

It turned out that the previous night’s attack wasn’t limited to this town; other towns around the Dark Night Primitive Forest had also been attacked, with many people killed or injured, some places even worse off than the town where Gu Fan and his friends were currently.

Lu Yi became angry, "One dies, and they attack all the towns, what does this mean?"

"It means those blood-drinking tigers are telling us humans that they are the rulers of this place." Gu Fan was also distressed and silently vowed to eliminate these calamities.

Irina admired Gu Fan’s plan to rid the people of these nuisances, but her opinion was that it was better to do less than to overdo it, as dealing with Organization X was already keeping them busy enough, and it really wasn’t worth diverting their efforts to deal with these monsters.

But Gu Fan was adamant, refusing to leave without taking down those bloodthirsty tigers, no matter what.

As a result, the two of them had a disagreement, and neither was willing to yield. The argument escalated until Gu Fan and Irina parted on bad terms.

Everyone waited for a while, but there was no sign of reconciliation between the two. The Hunter’s Guild found this troubling, while Su Hui, Lin Xi, and Lu Yi thought it was a good idea to disband and go their separate ways without hindering each other.

Su Hui even thought that Gu Fan had intentionally provoked the argument to sever ties with Irina, allowing everyone to go their separate ways since the Hunter’s Guild was of little use to him now. They couldn’t help him infiltrate Dark City, nor did they have any useful information about it.

By the end of the day, there was still no sign of reconciliation between the two, but at this inappropriate moment, Ouyang Jin arrived with intelligence from Dark City, reporting that it had been attacked late at night, resulting in some casualties.

This shocked Gu Fan. If the creatures of the Dark Night Primitive Forest could attack several towns and Dark City simultaneously, there must be many of them.

Irina then advised, "Gu Fan, as you can see, you can’t handle this alone. We should focus on what’s important."

"No, I won’t change my decision. I must deal with those monsters that attacked the towns," Gu Fan said, looking sternly at Irina. "If you disagree, if our opinions differ, then we should end our partnership now."

"What?" Irina was furious. "Gu Fan, what do you mean? Initially, you approached us with friendly talks of cooperation, using us to get here, and now that you see our limited help to you, you want to kick us aside. That’s too much."

As Irina’s accusatory words filled the air, the members of the Hunter’s Guild showed unfriendly expressions and even began to gather around.

"Stop it, I’m just here to deliver a message, and now I’m in danger," Ouyang Jin hastily ran to Gu Fan’s side, adding, "Even teammates can become enemies, Gu Fan. Since you love to increase risks, I also need to appropriately charge a risk premium, raise my price accordingly. You shouldn’t oppose that, right?"

"Here we go again, some things never change," Su Hui, Lin Xi, and Lu Yi couldn’t help but laugh and cry—this was indeed the Ouyang Jin they knew.

But ultimately, as there was no deep-seated animosity between them, and Gu Fan didn’t want to part on bad terms, he calmed the situation down: "It’s okay, you go ahead to Dark City first. We’ll handle things here and catch up soon. We’ll meet in Dark City."

Irina objected, "No, we should go together."

Gu Fan shook his head, "Even if Ouyang Jin can modify the vehicles to sneak people into Dark City, the vehicles are limited. We can only transport two people at a time and it’s uncertain when the next trip will be. So I think we have ample time to deal with those monsters in the Dark Primitive Mountain."

Everyone felt that Gu Fan made sense. It wasn’t necessary to break up their cooperation over this issue.

Irina still opposed, which displeased Gu Fan. He demanded that Irina present a method that could allow a large number of people to safely travel to Dark City at once; otherwise, they would do as he proposed.

Irina furrowed her brow, hesitating.

On the side, Lin Xi finally understood Gu Fan’s intention and secretly admired it; he was forcing Irina to reveal her hand.