Blood of the Hunting God

Fragments 1-13: Explorers of the Swamp Ruins (1)

Until now, recalling the road to the ruins of Lucerne, the hunter had to admit that he really didn't want to go back and experience that feeling again.

Sludge land, poisonous swamp, deep pit, slime monsters, when these things are combined, the pain they bring to people can no longer be described in one or two words.Whether it was Hunter, Disma, Tardif or Solar, the four of them felt unparalleled torment during these few days of marching.

However, if you must recall this experience and try to find some relatively less tormenting and slightly better places, it is not impossible to find it.Well, probably in the middle of their advance through the swamp.On that day, after almost half a day of trekking, they finally found a place where they could barely rest normally, and they could recover their physical strength for the time being.

And it was in this place that hunters who were good at exploring discovered an underground entrance, and found that there was actually an underground building area in the place where they stayed temporarily, which was probably caused by the collapse of a certain building on the ground in the past down to form.

An unexplorable subterranean ruin.

An unknown place where treasure may exist.

For hunters, it is absolutely unimaginable to encounter such a ruin without trying to explore it.Even a seemingly ruthless killing machine like a hunter will be attracted by this unknown place.

Well, or things like exploring hidden areas everywhere, it must have a special appetite for hunters.

"Then, after a short rest, the four of us will come here together to find out."

"If there is really something good, um, whoever finds it will belong to him, unless it is something that is useful for the next exploration and needs to be shared."

"However, this kind of hidden area is generally not explored by others, so the threat inside is not clear. Our goal is to reach the ruins of Lucerne City, and we must avoid injuries on the way, so if the inside is dangerous If not, then we must give up this exploration.”

Disma said very seriously, while still stretching his body.

"Okay, okay, mother-in-law, hurry up and see what's there before we talk about it."

Tardif, who was already a little excited, couldn't wait now.

"If records from ancient times can be found..."

Solal also became energetic at this moment, reached out and knocked on his helmet, with a bit of excitement in his voice.

Obviously, after experiencing the long-term torture of the poisonous swamp and mud

Afterwards, an unknown and mysterious ruin that appeared suddenly, which did not know what existed, had a great attraction to these hunters, making their tired nerves all active at this moment.

In fact, one by one, they were already planning to go in and have a look first. If Disma hadn't insisted that he must rest for a while, the bounty hunter Tardif might have already rushed into the underground ruins.

In fact, even though they were finally persuaded to rest for a while, these two people, especially Tardif, still showed no intention of resting at all, just stood there and looked at Disma sitting on the ground, Silently urging him to quickly end the "meaningless" rest time.

Even though he had just gone through a difficult trek, he wouldn't think about it, what if there were some powerful monsters inside and his body couldn't react because of exhaustion?

Why do you always feel that your teammates are a bit unreliable?

Disma was very tired of this.

But fortunately, the main reason is that Tardif and Solal are a little impatient, and the hunter has not reacted much. Sure enough, the hunter is a very stable person.

So what about hunters?

At this moment, Disma finally noticed that there was one member missing from the team.

Turning his head and searching carefully, after a while, Disma found the trace of the hunter.

The person has already stood at the door of the ruins, and it seems that he is about to step in without hesitation.

"Hunter, um, are you planning to go in alone?"

Disma raised his eyebrows and said.

Hearing the sound, the hunter turned his head with some doubts, looked at his three teammates who were still waiting there, and showed a moment of thinking time.Then, suddenly, he showed an expression of enlightenment.

"……Together?"

The hunter pointed to the hole and asked seriously.

"That's why I've said it all, let's wait for a while, we just came out of the poisonous swamp, at least we need to take a break to recover our strength."

Disma, who sighed, could only cover his face and said helplessly.

"……what?"

The hunter's expression became confused.

"Didn't I just keep saying wait, wait, wait? Could it be that I've been talking for a long time, hunter, you didn't listen to a word, and just wanted to go in and explore?"

Disma's expression became more and more helpless.

"..."

Hunter did not speak.

The hunter just turned his head to the side, and began to appreciate the beautiful scenery of this poisonous swamp.

I have to say that this gesture is quite similar to the way Abigail occasionally shows it. Well, maybe the hunter learned this posture from Abigail. He always likes to imitate some of other people's posture It looks like a very special pose, as if taking this as a kind of fun.

Well, speaking of it, although this hunter is quite powerful, far surpassing normal hunters.However, in many ways, his character makes people feel, um, how should I put it, it seems to be more like a child.

When I saw the switch, I couldn't help but want to pull it.

When I saw a place where there might be treasures that I hadn't explored, I wanted to go in and search.

When I see some places that seem to have strange lights, I will follow them and have a look. Well, this guy chased him out once after everyone turned off the lights and went to sleep because there were glowing filthy monsters passing by outside. Know exactly why.

"Okay, it's almost time to rest, let's go!"

There was only a short moment between thinking, and Tardif's full of breath sounded.

"It's only been less than 10 minutes, why are you in such a hurry?"

Disma was shocked at this moment, and the hunter was the first to break in immediately after hearing this without hesitation.

As for Solal, who was walking at the end, he thought for a while, then turned his head and said solemnly to Disma:

"Because the ruins are there, just as the sun guides my way forward."

Then he quickly followed the pace of the two people in front and ran in.

"You guys... well, well, it seems that you can't slow down for a moment."

Sighing, Disma could only stand up helplessly, and followed the steps of the three people in front into the ruins.

Fragments 1-13: Explorers of the Swamp Ruins (2)

In the dark and dilapidated underground ruins, without torches or stone-burning lamps, it was almost impossible to see anything around.

Tardiff and the hunter walked at the forefront of the team, and the two surveyed the surrounding situation from left to right, while Solal and Disma walked behind, and Solal's eyes were focused on the surrounding wall decorations On the road, trying to find something worthy of attention, Disma looked around for any threats and treasures.

"This ruins area is quite big."

After walking a certain distance, he found that the broken corridor leading to the underground seemed to be quite long, and Tardive couldn't help murmuring.

"There used to be a large number of towns outside the city of Lusse, but as the filthy force caused the corruption of the corrupt field to become more serious, the spreading poisonous swamp swallowed up most of the town ruins.

What we have found now is probably one of them, a rare place that can still be explored, maybe we will see a whole town after we go on. "

Solar at the back explained at this time.

"You know enough?"

The bounty hunter looked at this Sun Warrior he didn't know very well in surprise.

"After all, I acted to search for the relics of the ancient times. It would be impossible if I didn't know some relevant information in advance. Hahaha, even though I said so, there are very few records left in Lucerne City today. I There are not many things that I could find before, so I can only say that I understand a little bit of related things. However, if you have any questions about history, I can’t guarantee that I can answer them, but I will try my best.”

Solal laughed again while talking. I have to say that his smile can give people a feeling of being bathed in warm light. Probably this is the unique charm of the cheerful Sun Warrior.

"Ha, history has nothing to do with a rough old man like me, um, anyway, let's go inside first."

Tardiff, who shook his head, also laughed twice, and then sped up his pace a little.

After going a little deeper, some ruins began to appear in the eyes of the four of them.

The collapsed and broken buildings are intertwined with each other and displayed around the passage. The stone walls on both sides of the original passage began to collapse more or less, and many places began to be submerged by poisonous swamps or blocked by large pieces of rubble.

Some monsters started to wander here, causing a lot of trouble for the hunters.However, compared to the mud monsters on the ground, the monsters in this underground area are relatively weaker, and most of them can still be seen as deformed monsters transformed from humans or animals. Normal damage kills, instead of needing to be smashed over and over again, it takes a lot of effort to kill it with difficulty.

"These things are really stinky, all of them are like shit."

Pulling the hatchet out of a deformed monster corpse, Tardiff spat and said angrily.

"That's what you said, why have you eaten shit?"

Not far away, Disma, who wiped the bloody dagger on his clothes, followed and snarled Tardif.

"Eat your uncle's, tsk, it doesn't look like anything good..."

The cursing bounty hunter looked around at some of the surrounding building ruins, but couldn't find anything worth taking away.

Although this underground ruin is still well preserved, because it is in the poisonous swamp, the air is extremely humid, and corrosive gas has been gathering.Although it won't be greatly affected if it stays for a short period of time, the environment itself has been greatly damaged due to years of impact, and there is nothing of value left.At least something valuable to the hunters in front of them, there is no way to find it.

"Is it only possible to go deeper?"

Speaking of Tardiv like this, he turned his head and saw Solal standing in front of a pile of murals that had been corroded to the point of losing their original appearance.

Looks like it's been standing there for a while, is there anything special there?

"What's the matter, did you find something good?"

Going forward, the bounty hunter found that the Sun Warrior was closing his eyes, reaching out and gently touching the wall.

"Unfortunately not, there should have been preserved the murals of the Luce culture from the old God era, but these things have all been destroyed now, the air here is too bad, there is no way for such things to survive."

Solal, who looked rather regretful, sighed several times at this moment.

"It's just a bunch of paintings, there's no need to care so much, right?"

Tardif could not quite understand Solar's disappointment.

"How can it be said that it is just a pile of paintings? This is a relic of the old era. It is the inheritance of people's ideas, concepts, and even knowledge at that time. It is a mark that proves the existence of these people. It's just that they are gone now. It is a pity that such a treasure did not deserve such a fate."

Solal, who shook his head, turned and left while talking, and walked towards the area further ahead.

"Haha, I don't really understand these things. The things that are precious to me are things that can be exchanged for money, that's all."

Tardiff laughed and said, and walked further forward.

"These things can't be described by money, um, but... If I remember correctly, when I bought the antiques left over from the old god era at the collection hall of the Star City last year, about 100% of one was damaged, and only Less than half of the incomplete part of the painting seems to have been sold for [-] gold coins."

Solal, who looked a little helpless, gave an answer that Tardif could understand after thinking for a while.

"Hiss... is this thing so valuable?"

The bounty hunter was taken aback.

"Antiques are already very valuable. It's because of the existence of various old god relics and the needs of collectors that the profession of antique dealers was born. Well, but now because the relics in the safe zone have basically been explored, And because the ruins in dirty areas are extremely dangerous, it is difficult for antique dealers to have enough combat power to support the exploration of ruins in these areas, so gradually

It has fallen, and now there are not many people who are engaged in the career of antique dealers. "

Disma who was walking behind thought for a while and said.

"..."

The hunter at the front had already walked a long way away without making a sound.

There is absolutely no way to join the conversation. Without Abigail, a girl who can understand the hunter's thoughts and express them, the hunter just feels that all communication actions become so boring, especially this kind of non-stop chatting.

The roads between the broken ruins have become more and more difficult to walk, and serious collapses have occurred in many places.

And at this moment, the hunter in the front raised his head and looked a little farther away.

where is that?

Fragments 1-13: Explorers of the Swamp Ruins (3)

"It looks... like a temple?"

Tardiff looked towards the ruins in front of him.

In the underground ruins that looked like some residential buildings before, the group couldn't find anything of value. They could only find broken bricks and stones everywhere, not even a piece of wood left, not even a bit No rubbish that could be used to start a fire was found.

The group was very disappointed by this, and they had already made plans to leave here and move on.

But at this moment, the hunter who had been walking in the front seemed to have discovered something unusual.

It is in the deepest part of the collapsed underground ruins, after passing through a pile of broken gravel roads and collapsed areas, it can be seen, a gate between the ruins.

"The surroundings seem to have been completely submerged in stones and mud. Only this door remains. I don't know what's inside."

Disma nodded at this moment and said.

"Sure, hunter, with your vision and detection ability, you can be an antique hunter or something."