Blood of the Hunting God

Tardif, who was a little frustrated because he couldn't find any valuable treasures, patted the hunter's shoulder and laughed, looking very happy at this moment.

"The only question, though, is how do we get up there?"

Only Solar stared at the door and asked with a pensive expression.

Tardiff's laughter disappeared in the next moment.

The bounty hunter took a step forward, carefully staring at the front door, his brows furrowed quickly.

"Well, it's really a bit troublesome."

Tardiff, who nodded slightly, paced slowly, and began to observe this place left and right.

"Why, you're not sure?"

Seeing his companion's reaction like this, Disma couldn't help showing a somewhat surprised expression.

"It's hard to say, I haven't noticed it before, I'm afraid this place is not easy to go up..."

Tardiff, who took out the shackle, narrowed his eyes and observed more carefully while talking.

The reason why there is such a reaction is actually very simple, because the only entrance among the underground gravel is quite high.

There is nothing that can be climbed. The smooth stone wall washed by the water flow and the rows of rock spikes on the top constitute the main content of the ruins in front of me, and the door itself is located at a distance of seven or eight meters above the ground. , it seems that there are almost ten meters of rocky walls, and there is no way to reach them under normal circumstances.

The bounty hunter's rope can still get this distance, but the claw must have a suitable support point before it can be used, and the smooth rock wall in front of him makes it difficult to achieve this condition.

If you don't throw the shackle in that door, it's open anyway.

But in that case, I can't confirm the condition of the hook lock, and it will be uncomfortable if I fall halfway up the climb.

Well, take a closer look and see if there is a suitable place.

Thinking like this, Tardiff swam around again, his eyes carefully scanning the stone wall in front of him.

Tread-

Then also at this point, he heard the sound of rapid footsteps from behind.

At this moment, the hunter accelerated to run, and then jumped up suddenly.

The height of ten meters was shortened by nearly half at this moment, and the hunter's take-off easily exceeded the limit of human beings, but obviously, this level alone was not enough to reach the position of the door.

But immediately before the hunter fell, he pulled out the broken giant sword, and stabbed it towards the smooth stone wall in front of him with heavy force. Amidst a roar and vibration, a large number of cracks spread towards the surroundings, and the giant sword About half of the sword body pierced into the wall.

Then, the hunter grasped the hilt of the sword and leaped up vigorously, standing directly on the body of the sword.

Click - boom!

The meat saw jumped out and slammed hard against the wall, making a shallow crater in the smooth stone wall.

Following the hunter, he lowered his body again, jumped up suddenly, and stepped on the shallow pit he made after jumping up, and then jumped up again on the wall that was no longer smooth, followed by a sharp swing of the meat saw, with a sound of metal mechanism With the sound of the collision, the blade shrinks, just passing the height of the door, and bites the corner between the door and the stone wall, so that the hunter successfully hangs under the door amidst the splash of stones, leaps up and grabs it. Edge climbed up.

"This guy's physical fitness is really outrageous."

Tardiff couldn't help but make a "tsk tsk" sound.

again

The next thing was very simple. The hunter stood at the top doorway and reached out to catch the rope thrown up by Tardiff. Then Diss, who was the lightest and the only one among the three standing on the ground, was not wearing metal armor. The horse was pulled up by the hunter first, followed by Tardif, and finally Solal was pulled up by the people above by pulling the rope.

"What did you eat, why are you so heavy?"

After pulling Solal up, Tardiff shook his hand and asked in some doubts.

"The main reason is that this armor is a little heavy."

Solal, who was carrying the long sword on his back, smiled, and then he and the others walked towards the darkness in front of the door.

"Overweight armor will affect the flexibility of movement. This thing has to be chosen carefully. At least I don't want this style of armor at all."

Disma laughed and said, while Tardif and Solal beside him had already followed the hunter forward. At this moment, the four of them arrived at the deepest part of this underground ruins, a temple that had already collapsed in half. .

"Then, let's see what good things are here! Ha——"

Tardiff who said so laughed and rushed out first.

Exploring the ruins is obviously a wonderful enjoyment for adventurous hunters.

However, this premise is based on the premise that valuable treasures can be found, if nothing can be collected...

"Are you kidding me? There is nothing in the whole ruins?!"

At this moment, Tardif was so angry that he punched the stone wall, causing several cracks to appear on the wall.

"It's clean. The few boxes I found occasionally were all opened. I always feel something is wrong."

Disma standing on the other side lowered his head in thought.

"I think I know what's going on. Come and see this."

As for Solal, who was looking for the traces of their respective ancient civilizations, he recorded some remnants of decorative lines in the temples, and he is the only one among all the people who has gained something.

At this moment, he was investigating the surrounding stone walls, and found an unusual trace hidden in a hidden corner, and he signaled the other three to come and have a look.

"The text on this... is the text we use now?"

After only one glance, Tadiff, who realized something was wrong, clenched his fists.

"Well, let me see... [To the later fools, we 'Iron Sword Brothers' have already scoured this place, enjoy the frustration of finding a circle of hair, hahahaha], um, it seems to be left by hunters who came here before."

Disma, who had finished reading the words on the wall, had a slightly stiff expression on his face.

"..."

As for the hunter, he was close to autistic right now, so naturally he couldn't speak a single word.

"...Didn't it mean that no hunter has successfully entered the city of Lusse?"

Tardiff, who took several breaths of cold air, gritted his teeth and said.

"That means that no one in Luce City has ever successfully entered, but it is less than two days away from the gate of the dead, and it is entirely possible for a brave hunter to take the risk. Damn, these words seem to have a lot of meaning." It’s a young age, and it’s estimated that those guys have been here many years or even decades ago.”

Disma, covering his face, shook his head and walked away with a sigh, while Tardif smashed the wall with an axe cursing.

The hunter glanced at the ruins of the temple that he spent more than ten minutes walking around with a complicated expression, but there was nothing there. Feeling a little sad, he didn't stay any longer, turned around and left the place quickly.

One by one, the hunters went down from the entrance of the temple. The hunter retrieved his giant sword, and the group left in silence. "

Well, it seems except for one person.

"The harvest is good, those ancient lines go back and find someone to interpret them."

Solal, the only one who didn't come here for the treasure, showed a satisfied smile among the dark-faced hunters, Tardif and Disma.

Fragments 1-14: The Day the Hunter Gone

Slightly, I felt a little lonely.

The moonlight outside the window is gradually dimming, gradually being covered by darkness.

The wailing of Pu, who tried to sneak out of the house before but was caught, and was then severely taught, has not completely stopped yet.

The children were still chattering and laughing as usual, and Mona's rambling voice continued.

It seems that there is no difference from usual.

"what……"

But myself, why can't I blend in at all?

Even if you force yourself to joke with other people.

Even if you force yourself to play with other people.

There is still no way to really get involved, and there is no way to blend into that atmosphere.

I can only stay in the bedroom alone in a daze like this, doing nothing, just lying there without moving.

"Ugh……"

Again, sighed.

The little body rolled over on the bed.

bored, troubled,

upset.

There is no way to calm the mind down.

The irritability has never been resolved.

Don't want to do anything.

Don't want to do anything.

It's just lying down like this, just doing nothing in such a quiet way.

Why would I become like this?

"Ugh……"

It's because Mr. Hunter is not here...

Sighing softly, Abigail closed her eyes and just lay motionless on the bed.

It wasn't until Mr. Hunter left that he realized that he was actually more afraid of being alone and lonely than expected, and missed that figure even more.

"Mr. Hunter..."

The girl whispered softly at this moment.

Mr. Hunter, he has already left with Mr. Disma.

They went to very, very dangerous places and fought to find the elixir to save Blanca.

So, I can't bother them.

I can't interfere with Mr. Hunter and the others just because of my loneliness.

Abigail is well aware of this.

However, after being left alone, there was still no way to restrain the feeling of loneliness.

It turns out that I have already relied on Mr. Hunter to that extent.

"When can I come back?"

In a low voice, the girl spoke up in the empty room, talking to herself.

"Mr. Hunter, please be sure, as soon as possible, safely, come back..."

As if praying to someone, he whispered to himself.

Abigail rolled over on the bed again, burying her head completely in the pillow.

"call……"

In the sound of breathing, the girl's ears gradually turned red.

"Where is the smell of Mister Hunter?"

Abigail, who raised her face slightly, spoke in a low voice at this moment, the light in her eyes seemed to show a bit of confusion.

Well, yes, that's right.

Abigail was not in her own bed at this moment.

Every night after the hunter left Xingkong Town, this girl slept on the hunter's bed.

Of course, when she got up in the morning, she would make the bed well, in case the hunter came back early and found something wrong.

Well, you shouldn't be able to find it, right?

After all, Abigail was also helping hunters make their beds.

So, even if he has been sleeping with Mister Hunter all this time, he can't possibly find out what's wrong, right?

"Hoohoo————"

Thinking like this, Abigail hugged the hunter's pillow in her arms, buried her head completely in the pillow, and rolled around on the bed again.

The breath that can be clearly felt belongs to Mr. Hunter.