rune hunter

Chapter 6 The Black Hand Behind It

For a hunter, his ability depends on his vision.Any ability to enhance vision can make the hunter even more powerful.

The extinguished fire in the hotel was still warm, and the girl hadn't left for a long time.Although I don't know what her purpose is, El, as a big hunter, has his own way to track and find.The beasts in the forest cannot speak, but the subtle clues they leave behind, such as scent, hoof prints, dung, hair, etc., are like torches in the night in the eyes of hunters.

The streets that have not been cleaned for a long time are covered with dust, even if you don't use the power of the rune of insight, you can see a series of clear footprints.If the city is still as prosperous as it used to be, there is no point in chasing any footprints, and at this time there have been no living people walking on the streets for a long time.

El squatted down, lowered his head and carefully studied the marks left by the girl, and calculated her approximate location.He knew as much about the streets and alleys of Queensland as he knew about his own body, so he felt a little more worried.

He jumped onto the roof lightly and ran quickly along the direction of the traces.

Tiana did not notice the problem under her feet, of course, because her enemies were also not experts in this field. The world in the eyes of undead souls has no color. Turn a blind eye.

The moment she turned her head, her pupils constricted and she almost stopped breathing.

Although I know that I will fall into such a fatal situation sooner or later, and I have already made psychological preparations.But she didn't want to give up until the last moment.

Tiana gritted her teeth and pressed her fist into her chest.

The feathered arrow flew past the girl's cheek, and the strong wind pressure blew away the flames and shot into the cursed priest's mouth, causing his strange laughter to stop abruptly.The next moment, two similar feathered arrows were inserted into his chest, and the arrows spun out from his back, stirring his internal organs into a ball.

not the enemy...

Tiana fell to the ground, gasping for breath, her heart pounding.

She stared blankly at El stepping out of the darkness. Every time the bow and arrow trembled in her hand, she hit the head of a zombie accurately, and they all returned to the arms of death within three or five breaths.

The girl's tense nerves were relaxed, and she suddenly felt weak in her hands and feet, and lost all strength in her body.

"Be careful, he won't die so easily!" Tiana wanted to shout out, but her throat was sweet and her voice was weak, and she didn't know if El heard it.

The burning ghoul struggled and rushed towards it. Its body was shattered by the magic missiles, but it still did not lose its ferocity.El strode forward to meet it, and chopped off the other half of its head with an axe.The ghoul failed to cause him any harm, but blocked his sight. When he turned his head, the cursed priest opposite him was gone.

"What the hell is this? The plague in the city is caused by them?"

El frowned and shook off the black blood on the axe. He grew up in the forest and knew little about the world outside the natural system.

"The Cursed Sect, a group of lunatics who believe in evil gods." Tiana sighed and carefully put away the half of the staff in her hand. "You've got yourself in big trouble, Mr. Al."

"At least you don't have the right to say that, right?" El looked sideways at the girl: "Miss Tiana, no matter what, such a dangerous thing should not be undertaken by a girl."

"All living beings are equal under the sun, and there is no distinction between men, women, and children in the face of death." Tiana raised her head without showing any weakness. Her thin and petite body looked particularly thin in the night wind, but her eyes were firm.

El didn't know what kind of hardships the girl had gone through, but he could see the determination in her eyes and the exhaustion behind this persistence.

"You need to rest now, Miss Tiana. It's not safe here. I'll take you back to the village."

"No, the cursed priest must be eliminated first." Tiana said calmly, she wanted to cast another tracking spell, but suddenly felt dizzy.The unexpected battle had exhausted her mental strength, and it had pushed her to the limit at the moment of life and death. Only now did she relax and feel the serious consequences.

The girl staggered and fell backwards. This is a subconscious habitual movement, which can prevent her face from being in close contact with the ground.This is not the first time she has fought to the point of exhaustion, but luckily this time around she has another fighting partner.What greeted her was no longer the cold ground, but a pair of warm hands.

El carefully picked up Tiana, lest his hands stain her clothes.The girl's body was thinner and softer than expected, and the faint body fragrance mixed with the smell of tea made him twitch his nose twice, and his mind became distracted.

The embarrassed boy shook his head vigorously, trying to forget his reverie.He turned his attention to the remains of the ghoul in the flames, his face darkened.

The speed and strength of this monster were nothing compared to the beasts of the mountain forests.Relatively speaking, the more threatening one is the caster of the curse sect.El has heard of the mysterious fighting methods between spellcasters, and tonight is the first time he has seen it with his own eyes.

Frankly, he has no particularly effective defense against it.

"Find that cursed priest...or he will come to you." Tiana whispered weakly, leaning on El's shoulder.

"There are so many of them, they will not let go of any clue...they will find your village."

"Really? That's really troublesome." El's face turned cold.

He walked over to where the priest of the curse had left and examined it carefully.It's a pity that the other party seems to have used teleportation spells, leaving no traces of footprints.

But El was not discouraged. The other party wanted to know clues about him, and there was only one place to go.He turned his head and looked at the only place in the dead city where there were still living people.

I don't know how long it will take for the cursed priest to recover, so it might be a good idea to sit back and wait.

But El also knew that the girl in his arms needed a warm bed and food more now.Now that she is so weak, she doesn't know if she can resist the plague.

She knew more about the situation than I did, and would be of greater use if she recovered, Al convinced himself.

Tiana had already closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep, cold sweat was dripping on her forehead, and her condition was getting worse and worse.El didn't hesitate anymore, turned around and quickly left this place full of evil.

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The city of Queensland under the darkness of night was still silent. A pair of blood-red eyes watched his figure disappear on the forest path, and then he spread his bat wings and flew towards the city.

"Just an ordinary hunter."

In the secret room, the pale young man in a black robe slowly opened his eyes, and looked mockingly at his embarrassed companion in front of him.

"It doesn't matter who it is, the important thing is that the Dancing Light Snake has no ability to resist now."

The cursed priest who was shot by El leaned against the wall, clutching the wound on his face and said viciously.The miserable green phosphorous fire kept leaking from between his fingers, corroding small holes on the wooden floor.

"The archbishop's order is to bring that woman back alive, and I spent such a huge price on her exhaustion. If you still can't catch her, it's your fault, Mr. Cross!"

"You and I know very well that this little injury is nothing to you, Master Diwen."

The pale man sneered, stood up and walked in front of the cursed priest. Under the moonlight, the black robe on his body had pale green lines of magic lines, elegant, noble and frightening.

"The Dancing Light Snake has lost its minions, and your performance is equally ridiculous. I think you just don't want to offend that woman too much. After all, the archbishop appreciates her talent. Maybe in the near future, we will serve her, no? Is it?"

"Before then, she is still our enemy." Di Wen grinned calmly, "Don't say I didn't warn you, it will be difficult to catch her after the woman regains her mental strength tomorrow. "

The eyes of the two people intertwined, and each had their own ulterior motives, but they both tacitly failed to report the appearance of the Dancing Light Snake in time.Since the target has been exhausted, this credit naturally does not need other people to fight for it.

"I have a good idea, let's try it."

Cross smiled confidently.He tidied up his clothes unhurriedly, combed his long gray hair carefully, took out a mirror to look at his pale face, and nodded in satisfaction.

The hoarse roar of ghouls came from outside the window, and bandaged monsters emerged from the shadows one after another and gathered outside the door.

　If you don't give moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, why don't you leave a ticket?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)