Blood of the Hunting God

The name of Blue Lake Town comes from the lake it originally relied on. The lake named Blue Lake is a very beautiful freshwater lake in ancient records, but now it has become a black lake due to the erosion of filthy forces. Toxic place.

The sphere of influence of the silent monster Horfus and its minions is in the swamps of the Black Lake. In the past, it would be a big obstacle for hunters to pass through, but now because the silent monster has died in Starfield Town, and the resurrection of the powerful monster It would take a relatively long time, so Blue Lake Town became a fairly safe temporary base.

However, for hunters, it is almost the last stage and it can be regarded as an easy journey, right?

Disma couldn't help thinking this way in his heart.

Whether it's the howling spirit that roams the hills of Kamasa

, or the weird filth in the dead swamp that can confuse hunters, are not guys who can get along well. In the past, hunters often paid a heavy price for these two places when they passed by.And this time, although there is a powerful hunter as the leader, but the situation at that time, Disma doesn't think it can be optimistically estimated.Especially considering the latter, the weird [Dead Swamp], which is said to be able to get closer to the living on its own, really has no way to make people feel at ease.

Of course, these are things for the future, not the issues that need to be considered now.

Disma calmed down and looked at Tardiff and William, who were on guard while advancing, and the conjurer named Prestcott temporarily dispatched from the rotation team.Well, it is worth mentioning that the hunter who has the ability to use flame spells seems to have been a little bit unmotivated. I heard that it seems to be because he and his partner have been temporarily transferred, but what is even more strange is that temporarily In fact, he took the initiative to participate in the transferred personnel.

In short, it's a bit strange, but it has nothing to do with me, so Disma doesn't matter.

All in all, people who are moving forward are still moving forward.

As for the hunter who had already caught up with the team and was acting with several members of the guard, he encountered a little trouble.

"Dear Lord Hunter, I am your fan!"

The hunter named Weilong, who used a long knife called a clothes-line, looked at the hunter with bright eyes at this moment.

fan?what?food?

The hunter looked at the other party's eyes full of admiration, and was very confused and quite confused for a while.

"Your Excellency Hunter, ah, your weapon is really handsome, I want such a terrible weapon too."

"Ah, look at those eyes full of introverted sharpness, Your Excellency Hunter, your eyes are really fascinating."

"This costume is really great. It combines defensive performance and gorgeous appearance. This is the equipment worthy of a hero. Can I touch it?"

I always feel that the other party seems to worship me very much for no reason.

Hunter felt a strong distress.

Although I was welcomed by children in the boarding house before, but the children stared at me with shining eyes, and I was staring at myself with the shining eyes of a five-year-old adult. To be honest, the feeling of this is really is quite different.

All in all, are there any other normal people on this team to get along with?

The hunter turned his gaze to the others, and then saw another hunter in the team, Survival.

"This is really... a pretty good figure, slender, but not thin..."

Wait, this hunter seems to be even more wrong.

The hunter looked at the 185-meter-tall man, and after meeting his gaze, he blushed slightly like Abigail, and then turned his head unnaturally to avoid his sight.

hiss--

Thinking of a certain possibility, the hunter instinctively gasped.

In the end, the hunter walked to the side of the hunter named Leolin who had been wandering around in the team.

"..."

"..."

In silence, the two moved forward together.

"..."

"..."

While walking, he continued to maintain silence.

"...Well, what's the matter?"

"……No."

"……Oh."

"……Um."

"..."

"..."

Strange, why is it so embarrassing when you are so quiet?

It’s like two characters with less than 10 speech skills in a running game forcefully get together, try to communicate with each other, and then talk to each other, and finally find that it’s meaningless to do so, and then choose to be silent at the same time and do nothing do the same.

All in all, it's just a feeling, a little embarrassing.

The hunter began to miss his original teammates, Tardif and Disma who liked to swear.

Chapter 19: Arriving in Blue Lake

After a day's trekking and a rest period of night vigil, when the moonlight shines on the earth again, the hunters arrived at the ruined town named Blue Lake Town.

As everyone expected, the wolf-shaped monsters that originally occupied this place have basically disappeared, leaving only a rare number.Of course, the vast majority of them entered Starry Sky Town along with their leader, the Silent Monster, and were left forever by the brave hunters. It may take many years for the number of monsters here to recover.

This is very good news for hunters who have been trekking for a long time.

For Abigail, who has been waiting for the reunion with the hunter, it is even more good news that makes her heart very happy, so that when she walks these two days, she occasionally jumps in small steps unconsciously. walk.

"The little girl wants a man again."

Every time Abigail showed such a gesture unconsciously, Aike would say this with a teasing smile.

"So stop making such jokes."

The very troubled girl waved her small hands in protest and shouted in protest, but since her gestures and gestures looked like she was trying to show off her cuteness, there was no deterrent effect at all.

No way, in a sense, this can be regarded as a difference in concept.

.You must know that on this broken continent, because of the difficulty of survival, the age of marriage is raised very early. Under normal circumstances, it is basically time to talk about marriage when a man is 16 years old and a woman is 15 years old. In some places, it is earlier. 13 years old and 12 years old are not without it.

In other words, in the eyes of many hunters, Abigail's age is the age at which she can wear a wedding dress, or will be able to wear a wedding dress in two years.Under such circumstances, when they faced young girls, they naturally didn't have too many taboos in terms of speaking. After all, in the concept of these people, girls at this age should understand everything.

Well, in fact, I do understand, but the problem is that the girl herself has a very simple lady-like thinking, no matter how much she knows, she can't accept this kind of teasing!

"Haha, what an interesting kid."

Seeing the little girl's blushing face, Ai Ke couldn't help laughing.

"It's because you like to make jokes like this, Aunt Aike, you don't have a boyfriend!"

Abigail, who became angry, tried hard to fight back, but after holding back for a long time, she just choked out such a sentence.

"Ha, I don't need men and children. My life has already been dedicated to the craft I love."

Ai Ke, who was not angry at all, but became more proud, said with a smile in a very natural tone.

This is not a big talk. In fact, many professional-level forging masters, regardless of gender, will not get married, and even if they do, they will deal with the partners they find casually.Because forging masters who can reach a certain level often need extremely high talent and patience, as well as very strong creativity, this makes people in this industry more or less have some quirks and various problems.Just like hunters suffer from various mental illnesses due to long-term exposure to high-pressure hunting dangers, powerful forging masters also have many differences from ordinary people because of their own characteristics.

This is why Ai may ask the hunter to leave the team to hunt powerful monsters without changing his expression, because for her, such a trivial matter as the hunter leaving the team temporarily is nothing compared to the soul of the powerful being that is about to be obtained. thing.

"Ah, I've already begun to look forward to those powerful souls, but now it's getting harder and harder to find souls that can be used for infusion."

Eco said so, with an intoxicated expression on his face.

"Ugh..."

Realizing that she could not gain the upper hand over Aike, Abigail trotted to the front of the team and walked with Andre.

Different from Pilgrimage Town, Blue Lake Town is very humid because of its proximity to the Black Lake. A lot of vegetation grows densely on the streets and buildings, although it is not as lush as the grassland. It's still so high that you can't see the road clearly, but it will still affect your actions to some extent.

But on the other hand, because it is a big town, the building density of Blue Lake Town is extremely high, and there are various tall buildings.For hunters who are good at running and jumping, they can use these buildings to move at high speed and create a situation that is beneficial to them in battle.Of course, doing so is also very dangerous. If you step on the air and fall, you may be fine if the floor is low, but if the floor is high, you can only resign yourself to fate.

"It's really quiet enough."

Disma, who arrived at the town first, took off the cigarette in his mouth, let out a breath of white air, then frowned and looked around, whispering to himself.

"Yeah, I can't see a single monster on the street."

Tardiff, who was carrying an ax beside him, shrugged and said indifferently.

"Although I don't know why, I always feel that strange things will happen if the conversation just now continues. Let's find a place to stay temporarily. Considering the distance between the hunters, we have to choose a place farther away as a base. Just avoid getting too close to other people."

William, who was leading the hound, spoke angrily at this moment, and the three of them continued to move forward, heading deeper into the town.

The personnel who were originally assigned temporarily have returned to their original team at this moment. It is estimated that the hunters have already rushed towards them at this moment, ready to join the vanguard team and start acting together again?

No, maybe before that, the hunter will go to other places first.

After all, he has someone he cares about a lot.

Abigail, who was walking on the street, heard footsteps approaching from the side.

Andre clenched the hammer tightly, showing a vigilant look at this moment, but then he saw the girl next to him showing a surprised expression, and then realized who was coming, raised his eyebrows and relaxed Open the hand holding the hammer.

rustle--

The lush weeds were gently lifted. "

The hunter walked out of it, and his eyes under the brim of the hat almost immediately locked on Abigail in front of him.

"Mr. Hunter~"

The happy girl stood in front of her.

"Um……"

He responded, and then subconsciously wanted to reach out to hug each other, but considering that she seemed to be very shy about showing such intimacy in front of outsiders, the hunter put his outstretched hand on top of the girl's head and gently stroked her. stand up.

soft golden hair,

Although it is a bit messy due to field operations, it still feels very comfortable.

"I am back……"

"Well! Welcome back, Mr. Hunter."

The hunter spoke hoarsely to Abigail, and then saw the smile blooming on her somewhat rosy little face.

Chapter 20: The Cursed Talent

Stretch out your hand, and the light will emerge.

The souls beating like flames are intertwined and fused with each other, and they can no longer be separated from each other.

Ai Ke's gaze was almost completely frozen for a moment. She took a deep breath and rushed to the hunter. Her eyes were fixed on the radiant hands of the hunter, which belonged to the goddess knight Grendel and the holy nun. Kothea's soul.

"Sure enough, I didn't misread you, you really did it."

Aike showed a fascinated look, and stretched out his hand to touch the soul in the hunter's hand, but his fingers were burned by the invisible power of the soul, and he couldn't help retracting his hand.

"Such a powerful force, even after a thousand years, it is still so beautiful."

"Using this thing as a base, I will definitely be able to make an extremely powerful weapon!"

"Haha, hahaha, hahahahaha—"

Aike, who showed an undisguised greedy expression, laughed out loud at this moment.

This was the first time Abigail had seen such a nervous person, so she couldn't help but shrank and hid behind the hunter.

Immediately afterwards, the girl raised her head in surprise, and saw the frowning hunter.

Mr. Hunter, seems a little unhappy?

"They...are not items..."

The hunter who spoke hoarsely had a hint of danger in his voice.

"They...are heroes...you should respect them."

Raising the soul floating like a flame in his hand a little higher, the hunter looked at Aike with a cold expression.

Hey, Mr. Hunter, why are you so angry all of a sudden?

Abigail couldn't figure out the situation for a while, and stood beside the hunter showing a confused expression.

"...Well, I was a little rude. As a strong man in the age of the old gods, but died in such a small town, I have indeed heard a little bit that this knight and nun seem to be using a kind of self-seal In such a way, he has not broken through the town to kill hunters for so many years."

"I'm sorry, Hunter. I didn't mean to disrespect the hero. I'm just excited because I can finally display my ability. I just lost my position for a while. I hope you can forgive me for my rude behavior."

Aike, who had calmed down a little, nodded slightly at this moment, expressing his apology without hesitation.