Warhammer in a box

Chapter 140 Hidden Cult

Hodges, who got the statue, also didn't take it seriously. He just casually put it in his pocket and left.

After watching Rebecca and the others leave, he returned to the hotel.

He sat down tiredly and took off his equipment. Looking at his worn-out musket and the slightly bent silver sword, he sighed silently.

Sometimes he really envied the demon hunters in the church. Now he could hardly afford to replace his weapons or buy ammunition.

But when he thought about the constraints that joining the church would mean, and even having to help the church complete some tasks he didn't want to complete, he felt relieved.

"dong dong dong"

There was a knock on the door.

"Hodges, it's me."

Hearing the sound, he opened the door happily.

"Teacher! You are here!"

The person outside the door looked like a white-haired old man with a scar on his face that almost spanned his entire face.

But who would have thought that such a man who looked old was less than 50 years old, Denier Wittman, a senior demon hunter who had spent his whole life hunting Chaos and cultists, had a high prestige among demon hunters who did not belong to the church. He came here after receiving the news from his apprentice.

"Hodges, what's going on? Have you found anything?"

"Teacher, I can conclude that this is another conspiracy of a certain evil cult."

"Can you tell which cult did this?"

"I'm sorry, teacher. This time the cultist is very cunning. He hid very well. I can't even guess his purpose now."

"It's okay, Hodges, I'll help you." After saying that, Wittman also found a place to sit down.

Looking at his teacher's expression, Hodges asked worriedly, "Teacher, are you okay?"

He could see that his teacher was in very bad condition.

"It's okay. It's just an old injury that's recurring. Hodges, I may not be able to hold on for much longer. When I get older, you may have to rely on yourself."

Listening to his teacher's words, Hodges also showed a sad expression. He knew that his master had encountered a real demon during a hunting mission a few years ago. That was not something that the cultists could compare to. Although he later successfully exorcised the demon with the help of the church, he himself was left with irreparable internal injuries.

This injury continued to torment him for several years, and as a demon hunter who had always dealt with chaos, he could not avoid being affected by chaos.

Most demon hunters do not have a good ending. Many of them will eventually be affected by chaos, go mad, commit suicide, or even mutate. Some will even turn their knives against their former comrades. These companions who have thrown themselves into the arms of chaos often need to be dealt with by their companions themselves.

"Don't feel bad. This is the fate of a demon hunter. I will complete this last mission before I retire."

“It’s the teacher.”

But not long after the two fell asleep, the faint sound of fighting woke them up from their sleep.

"It's the sound of battle!"

"That's right! Get the weapon!"

After hearing this, the two of them woke up instantly, picked up their weapons and equipment, and rushed out of the house. Soon they came to a house.

The streets were eerily quiet, and the sound was sure to wake up people nearby, but the civilians all huddled in their houses and no one dared to come out.

Just as the two men arrived outside the house where the fighting was taking place, the sound of fighting stopped abruptly.

The two men opened the house cautiously with a sword in one hand and a rifle in the other, but everything inside was shocking.

A quick glance revealed eight bodies lying in disarray in the house. The armor on each of them showed that they were all soldiers here.

"Teacher! That man seems to be the general here! I received my mission from him!"

A man in the armor of an imperial captain was lying on the ground, but his head was missing. However, no one knew where the murderer had gone.

Looking at the bodies all over the floor, Wittman asked.

"Hokiss, was it the same at the previous scene?"

"No, I inquired about several previous murders and visited several scenes. Most of the time, the scenes looked like just a murder. There were a few scenes where I even suspected that some perverted criminals wanted to cover up their crimes and satisfy their desire to kill."

Listening to what Hoquis said, Wittman squatted down and began to examine the body.

Each corpse had numerous wounds caused by blade blows, and there were also traces of battle on the walls.

Only one body had its head chopped off.

"Teacher, did you find anything?"

"I roughly guessed that the eight corpses were missing heads. This fighting method belongs to those who believe in the Blood God? How long did the previous cases take place?"

"From what I understand, it's been over a month, and there's no regularity in the timing."

"This is all a trick of the cultist to conceal his purpose. I feel that his ritual has reached a critical point! And it will succeed soon!!"

"Then teacher! What should we do? There are only two of us!"

But just as the two were thinking, a corpse actually opened its eyes.

His bloodshot eyes and body covered in blood looked particularly creepy under the moonlight. He pounced towards Huo Qisi and the other man with a strong smell of blood.

"Teacher, be careful!"

The silver sword collided with the opponent's giant sword. The thin and soft silver sword could not block such a weapon at all, and Wittmann's silver sword was directly cut off.

He stepped back to avoid the attack, then drew the musket from his waist and shot the enemy in front of him.

"Bang~" The loud gunshot was particularly obvious in the quiet street.

The silver bullet hit the opponent's body but seemed to have no effect, and Hodges rushed up to try to stop the enemy in front of him.

The person in front of him was attacking extremely violently, with no rationality at all.

"A head, a more powerful head." The man murmured this sentence. In his eyes, the heads of Huo Qis and the other man were obviously more suitable for sacrifice to the evil god he believed in.

Hodges's fighting skills were also excellent. What he lacked in strength he made up for with skills. For a while, the two sides fought back and forth, and the cultist's injuries became more and more serious. However, as his injuries increased, his strength and speed actually increased again.

The increase in strength was too sudden, and Hodges was accidentally hit by the opponent's sword.

The greatsword swung and cut through Hodges' leather armor, and the double-headed eagle pendant fell out of Hodges' chest.

When the pendant appeared in front of the cultist, it immediately emitted a dazzling golden light. When the golden light shone on the cultist in front of him, he immediately screamed in pain.

There were numerous burn marks on the exposed skin.

This sudden change made the cultists no longer dare to stay any longer. They immediately ran out of the house and hid in the darkness.

As the cultists left, the pendant dimmed again.

"This, this." Huo Qisi couldn't believe that a piece of jewelry given to him casually could have such an effect. He hurriedly picked up the jewelry. He felt like he had found a treasure.

However, Wittman's expression was not very good, and his eyes were also fixed on the double-headed eagle decoration.

"Hokiss, what is this?"

"Teacher, this was given to me by a nun-looking person. He said he was from Terra, the location of the newly emerged religion in the empire. I didn't expect their things to be so magical. If each of my companions has one, then demon hunting operations will be countless times safer!!"

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