Blood of the Hunting God

Abigail, angry, turned her head and ran away.

The hunter shook his head helplessly.

The reason why Abigail was not allowed to follow was very simple. Although this Alhazred seemed very frank, he showed his strength to the hunter very simply, explained the reason and promised not to mess around, but The hunter still doesn't trust each other a little bit.

People who pursue unknown powers tend to go to the abyss of madness, so they must be treated with the most cautious attitude, which is the attitude of a hunter.

Therefore, although Abigail is indeed not an ordinary child and has a good ability to protect himself, the hunter still cannot agree to let the girl participate just in case.After all, the hunter can be resurrected infinitely with the lantern, but it is not certain whether Abigail has this ability, and the hunter does not want to experiment with this.

As for whether Abigail has seen the hunter's concerns in this regard, he is not quite sure. With the girl's intelligence, maybe she can see it?It's just that, even if you can see it, the girl who always wants to help in every way is more and more inclined to show off. Maybe it's because she has seen the hunter's thoughts, so she will be more angry and violent Express objections or something.

It can only be said that things like generation gap and rebellious period may be really troublesome.

"That's right, this is the observatory. We have one day to explore. This is very good news."

Alhazred, who was holding a skeleton candlestick in his hand, stared at the huge building in front of him, with a trace of longing in his eyes.

This

This high-grade and well-equipped stargazing building is obviously a very beautiful place for a scholar like him.And even though this place seems to be in decline, it is still the same as before, which is even more exciting.

squeak-

The hunter pushed open the door first and stepped into the building.

Behind the old wooden door, the hall looks very dilapidated, the furniture has been more or less damaged, and there are still traces of burning in many places. It seems that the hunters who came here in the past cut down the furniture to make a fire when they stayed overnight. Caused.

There were marks of various weapons on the walls, and there were obviously traces of dried excrement in some rooms. The hunter can be sure that the first floor must have been explored almost, and it is impossible to find any clues. .

"Simply defiled this place, these laity."

Alhazred looked at the traces left by these hunters, and couldn't help frowning.

The hunter didn't speak, just looked around on the first floor.He found that the building here did not seem to have any basement with hidden treasures. He was a little disappointed, but soon he found the stairs leading to the second floor, and then waved to the mystic scholar for him to follow. .

The entire observatory is composed of a main building and two annexes. The three buildings are intertwined with each other to form a whole. It looks, um, the hunter thinks it looks a bit like Tardiff raised his middle finger. In short, the two sides are short Middle-high shape.

There is basically nothing left on the lower three floors of the entire building, and even if there were in the past, they were basically wiped out by the cheap hunters. The two of them couldn't even see a cabinet, chairs and the like along the way. , Also found a lot of books that were burnt to the point where only a few remnants remained.

If Abigail saw these burned books, she would probably be very distressed, right?

"Damn it, these bastards, even if they want to save fuel, they shouldn't burn books. There are fewer and fewer books in the age of the old gods..."

The mystic scholar on the side seemed a little irritated. He gasped, reached out and tapped his chest, with a look of increased pressure.

I can feel the real anger. From this point of view, this man is quite rich as a human being.Considering the fact that there is a contract with darkness, it is definitely a good thing to be able to fully maintain humanity.

The hunter secretly lowered the opponent's danger level a little in his heart.

When they arrived at the stairs to the fourth floor, the two found that the door lock was broken, and the metal door had obvious dents.Judging from the traces, it seems that some hunters using hammers tried to force the door open, and as a result broke the door lock.

"Hunter, with your strength, can you forcibly open this door?"

The mystic turned to look at the hunter and asked.

Stretching out his hand, the hunter tried to pull the door, only to find that it was much heavier than expected.

There seemed to be something blocking the door on the opposite side, and it might not be easy to open it. The hunter tried to pull the door hard, and finally confirmed that even with his own superhuman strength, it was impossible to open it in a short time. Destroy the door inside.

"It seems that we can only find other ways."

Alhazred nodded and said, turning around to leave, but the hunter looked thoughtfully at the wall next to the gate after finding that the door couldn't be opened.

Well, didn't the hunter follow up?

The occultist who took a few steps on the stairs noticed the sound of his own footsteps, so he turned his head.

"Hunter Your Excellency, there is no need to waste energy, let's go find—"

boom!

The hunter drew his giant sword and split a large hole in the wall.

"Look for other... er, forget it."

Obviously, although this hunter has inhuman strength, his thinking is not far from those carefree hunters.

I hope that what I want to find will not be randomly destroyed by his behavior.

The mystic scholar watched the hunter smashing the wall, and couldn't help praying in a low voice in his heart.

The fourth floor seems to be resting bedrooms and some activity rooms. Perhaps because it involves the privacy of the people who work and live here, the floor door at the beginning of this floor has been replaced with a large iron door with a protective effect.

"It seems that the apprentice servants of the observatory usually rest here."

The occultist pushed open a door as he spoke. He frowned at the musty smell in the room, then stepped inside and looked at the one lying on the bed, the one holding a pile of rust, with a big hole in the skull bones.

It seems that after being infected, he tried his best to shoot himself through the head with a gun before dying, which is quite courageous.

"Sure enough, there is a problem here."

Alhazred, who was close to the skeleton, stretched out his hand and lightly touched the skeleton itself.

This kind of completeness and hardness is absolutely impossible to leave behind a skeleton thousands of years ago, but more like... the feeling of a few years ago.

"Although this phenomenon of time erosion and slowing down exists in all places infected by filth, it is so serious that it can already be called abnormal. Hmph, those rude and uneducated hunters really If you can’t discover this, you still need a scholar like me.”

The mystic scholar who was talking to himself suddenly frowned.

.

Well!

Indescribable, the sensation of pain and excitement coming from inside the body.

"It's—uh—"

【MEN'ALISH GRAK NI...】

The field of vision turned bright red in an instant, and the skeleton, which was lying quietly on the bed, suddenly trembled, and the arm that stretched out the skeleton suddenly grabbed the man.

The hunter on the other side opened a door and came to a place like a bathroom.

There are a few tattered skeletons here, which seem to have been violently disassembled before they were alive. It is estimated that people who were infected and turned into monsters rushed into the bathroom and dismembered the people who were washing their bodies on the spot. result.

It seems that there is nothing particularly worth paying attention to?

The hunter took a look in this bathroom, and then walked out with some disappointment.

Outside the bathroom is a long and narrow washbasin lined with a bunch of water outlets. The hunter tried to twist one of them, but obviously no water came out.

Going to the other side of the sink, there is another bathroom here, but it is different from the bathroom just now, there seems to be something on the side of the bathroom here, it seems that various sundries have accumulated in it Together.

Will there be anything of value?

The hunter walked up to the pile of sundries and squatted down in some doubts, reached out and rummaged through them.

Ok……

A thing was turned over by a hunter from the debris pile.

What is this?

Because it was covered with too much dust, the hunter couldn't see what it was for a while.

He stretched out his hand and patted the dust, and then a little pink appeared in the dim color.After wiping it carefully, the hunter felt a soft touch.

Hmm, it's like some kind of mat, but it's kind of small, and how do you connect two mats together?

There are two pink soft cushions that are somewhat similar to a circle, with a slightly harder structure at the edge, and something like a belt connecting the two soft cushions.

The hunter shook the thing, not quite understanding what it was used for for a while.

slam-la-

Something came from one side of the bathroom.

The hunter turned his head and saw a small golden head emerging from the top window of the bathroom.

"Hey-hey-"

Reach out and grab the outer edge of the window.

Abigail struggled to climb up this narrow platform. The ground below her was more than ten meters high. As long as she took a wrong step, she would undoubtedly fall down immediately.

However, for a girl who has mastered very good physical coordination and athletic ability, it is relatively easy to climb to such a height.And even if there is any difficulty, under the blessing of the anger left behind by the hunter, it will be quickly crossed.

"Oh, finally climbed up..."

The girl took a breath, whispered to herself, and then stretched out her hand to push the window in front of her.

Before that, the window was opened, and Abigail was grabbed by the hunter with his hand, and was pulled in with a "wow".

Opening his eyes, he saw the hunter's calm gaze, so calm that it seemed that there was no trace of emotion.

"Hey, hey, that, Mister Hunter..."

Mingming was very angry at the beginning and wanted to find the hunter, expressing his dissatisfaction with him.

But after actually meeting the hunter at this moment, Abigail suddenly didn't know what to say, she just lowered her head and hugged her head shyly.

"..."

Although he knew that he would be angry if he didn't let Abby follow him, and maybe he would take some vengeful behavior because of it, but he had to admit that this straightforward behavior of climbing the wall was quite beyond the hunter's expectation.

I kind of want to teach the other party a lesson and let this girl know that she can't do such a dangerous thing again, but seeing Abigail's aggrieved face, she can't do it.

Speaking of it, it seems that this is a rare time for her to show her childish side.

When the hunter was thinking this way, Abigail blinked, and seeing that the hunter seemed lifeless, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he found something very eye-catching in the hunter's hand.

"This kind of cushion is... why is Mr. Hunter holding such a thing!?"

The girl who recognized what it was from blushed at this moment and shouted.

"Ok?"

Puzzled by the girl's reaction, the hunter subconsciously raised the thing in his hand and shook it.

It was like asking a girl, is there anything strange about this thing?

"Hunter Your Excellency, I think I have a hair... Sorry to disturb you, I will try to stay away as much as possible."

The mystic scholar who walked in solemnly looked at the hunter holding something conspicuous and the blushing girl standing in front of him. After thinking for a while, he showed a very understanding smile to the hunter, and then quickly left.

"Wait a minute, what did you misunderstand!"

Abigail's mournful cry was heard far away in the building.

Chapter 24: Wrath of the Scholars

All in all, the hunter's plan to get rid of Abigail and the occultist to investigate the Observatory Building alone has failed completely.

Obviously, the little girl who is usually very stable and obedient, but at this time she showed her childish side, which is a little bit troublesome to be honest.But since the other party made a persistent attitude, the hunter decided to respect the other party's wishes after careful consideration.

However, if there is any danger that is difficult to deal with, the hunter will definitely let the girl leave immediately.

"You don't need to shy away from her, okay, I get it."

After Alhazred confirmed that the hunter was going to take Abigail, and the investigation results did not need to avoid her, he showed a slightly mysterious expression.But he nodded quickly, didn't express any dissatisfaction or disapproval of the hunter's decision, and directly began to talk about his discovery.

"Because I contracted the existence named [Black Beast], my perception is somewhat different from that of ordinary people."

"I can see the traces of the dark power that used to exist here. Although it has basically dissipated, there is no doubt that the people who died here were not buried by filthy power, but by other similar things. .”

"There is very little of this power left now. It may not be easy to know its origin, but this place has been able to remain intact for such a long time, probably because of this remaining trace."

Traces of dark power?

The hunter knew that the dark power mentioned by Alhazred refers to things that are similar to filth and are strongly polluting and aggressive.

Just like the indescribably weird existence hidden in this man's body, these inhuman things are extremely threatening to human beings, to be precise, to all creatures that are not strong enough.From this point of view, the filthy power that has not been able to find the original source so far should be released by a so-called dark being.

"It seems that there is nothing valuable on this floor. Do you want to continue going up?"

The words of the occultist brought the hunter back to reality.

Without speaking, the hunter nodded slightly, then motioned for Abigail to follow him, and the group moved towards the top of the building.

The lounges of the apprentice servants seem to be on the fourth floor, and the height of the two annex buildings of the entire observatory building is only four floors, so only the main building structure exists from the fifth floor.