Blood of the Hunting God

Abigail was the first to climb upstairs. With her agility, the girl grabbed the protrusion between the walls in the elevator shaft and easily climbed to the area where the eighth floor is located.

Then the hunter entered the elevator shaft. Although he may not have the climbing ability of Abigail, the hunter can rely on his powerful strength to directly reach out and buckle into the brick wall.In order to beware of this mysterious scholar of unknown origin, and also for the first step of reconnaissance, the hunter opened the elevator shaft on the eighth floor, first took Abigail into it, and after confirming that there was no obvious threat, he signaled to Al below. Hazred could enter the elevator shaft and climb up.

"This is really... costing my life..."

Obviously, this man who was born as a scholar and doesn't take close combat as his forte could somewhat be unable to cope with this situation.

Hunter and Abigail watched as the old man tentatively leaned into the elevator shaft, then grabbed the wall protrusion at the edge of the elevator, and climbed one or two steps up with difficulty, his entire face was flushed red. , but there is no way to continue climbing.

In the end, the hunter had to stretch out his hand, pulled the opponent up, and dragged him to the eighth floor.

"Is it really that serious?"

Seeing the man panting, both Hunter and Abigail were a little puzzled.

"I'm a scholar, not a soldier. I shouldn't be responsible for this kind of work. Ah, my waist..."

Alhazred, who was in great pain, leaned on the wall and gasped for breath for a while, before finally regaining some strength.

"Since I'm not good at sports, why don't you use your big tentacles to help you upstairs?"

Abigail looked at the man's embarrassment, thought for a while and asked.

"My contract with [Black Beast] is not a pet contract. If I really dare to do this, his anger will immediately erode my spirit, and then I will not be far from going crazy and dying."

The mystic scholar sighed, and explained his situation to Abigail a little.

"Is that so..."

I always feel that this contract is a bit... er, a bit not very powerful...

While responding, the girl had such thoughts in her heart.

The hunter didn't pay much attention. He just looked around and walked around. After confirming that there should be no monsters hidden in this layer, he decided to start exploring.

"Wait... wait for me..."

Alhazred in the rear seemed to have not fully recovered, and was unable to catch up with Hunter and Abigail in front for a while.

There are considerable traces of battles and explosions on the entire eighth floor. Many skeletons were found on this floor. It seems that the original scholars and servants of the entire observatory once gathered in this place.Abigail speculates that they are probably here to fight monsters infected by filthy forces, or to protect something all gathered on this floor, but the final result is like other small towns in the corrupt field, the whole army No one survived the annihilation.

The stairs have completely collapsed, but the hunters don't need to go through the stairs, because the entire eighth floor has serious collapse problems, and the ceilings in many places have fallen. They can walk directly to the ninth floor along the gravel .

By the way, the mystic scholar finally regained his strength after exploring the eighth floor and found nothing worth paying attention to. He was ready to go to the next floor and was able to keep up with the hunter and A Two more than Gail.

this uncle's

Physical fitness is a bit poor.

The girl couldn't help but have such thoughts in her heart.

The hunter showed a thoughtful expression, thinking that if the mystic scholar becomes his enemy, can he wear down the opponent by running and beating the marathon.Well, speaking of it, I always feel that this kind of fighting method has a sense of déjà vu, as if someone once used this trick to deal with me.

"It seems that there is no way to judge the original function of the eighth and ninth floors. It is really miserable. I am afraid that most people in the observatory died here."

Looking at the remains piled up among the collapsed rubble, the mystic scholar shook his head and said with a sigh.

If you continue to go up, you will be close to the top floor of this building.

The staircase on the ninth floor was not sealed, and the hunter entered it first.But then, the moment he stepped into it, the hunter who felt something suddenly rolled over, and then a black shadow pounced on the position where he was standing just now.

A wolf beast that did not attack the town along with the silent monster quietly hid in the blind spot of the stairs and the door.

In the roaring sound, the monster swung its sharp claws violently, facing the hunter who had just stood up in front, and then a big sword glowing with a cold light directly penetrated its body.

Abigail even reacted faster than Alhazred, who had experienced many battles, clenched the moonlight sword in his hand and struck forward. pierced the wolf monster's chest and abdomen, killing it.

"Mr. Hunter, are you all right?"

The little girl who had done all this was actually taken aback by herself, she took a breath before hurriedly asking.

"fine……"

The hunter stood up, shook his head slightly, thought for a while, reached out and touched Abigail's little head lightly, then stretched his arms forward, bent his body slightly, and gave her a thumbs up.

I've seen some hunters make this kind of action before, presumably it's for praise, right?

"It's really a powerful weapon."

The mystic scholar who was about to make a move nodded and followed suit.

"I just subconsciously tried to attack, anyway, uh..."

Somewhat embarrassed, Abigail lowered her head and reached out to try to draw the sword, but she couldn't pull the moonlight sword from the monster's corpse for a long time.

But soon she started to think, stretched out her hand lightly, and the blade disappeared from the monster's body, and then appeared in her hand in the next second, and finally disappeared again, no one knew where it was going .

Can stowed weapons be summoned at any time?The existence of such a weapon can well make up for the short board of the girl's own physical fitness.

After passing the thoughts in their minds for a while, the hunter stopped talking and started to move upwards. This time, they found themselves climbing several flights of stairs in one go, but they still didn't see the landing door.

The hunter silently counted the floors until they reached the No. 12 floor, which was also the top floor of the stairs, when they finally saw a door.

"Did you feel anything?"

The mystic looked at the hunter and asked.

Shaking his head slightly, the hunter pushed open the door and stepped inside.The next moment, his pupils constricted slightly.

"This is……"

"What a beauty!"

Abigail and Alhazred, who followed closely behind, also showed shocked expressions and reactions.

In front of the line of sight, looking down, one can see an extremely huge existence.

It was an extremely large telescope that was four stories high.The metal shell reflects the faint light, engraved with some kind of magic pattern and words, the huge mechanical structure is connected to this huge existence from all directions, and the telescope itself is tilted, aiming the huge lens at the place where the starry sky is located. position.

The hunter saw a semicircular pulley structure. It is obvious that this huge telescope has the ability to move. In front of the telescope, the wall obviously has a structure that can be opened.

The hunter also saw those exquisitely structured machines. This telescope seemed to be able to constantly adjust its structure and change its shape.One side of the huge body is even a little damaged, allowing people to directly see the unimaginably complicated gears and various twisted machines inside.

The hunter also saw that the position of the lens, which is already huge and has a diameter of more than ten meters, obviously has a structure that can be further expanded. It is conceivable that when using this huge equipment, people open the building, and the huge telescope stretches out. What kind of spectacle would the posture of the extremely huge circular concave mirror be.

It is hard to imagine how human beings can create such an existence.

What is even more unimaginable is how such an existence created by human beings has been forgotten and abandoned.

The hunter remembered very clearly that today's human beings no longer look up at the starry sky above their heads, only crawling under the darkness and continuing to linger on their last days.

And it still stands here, silent, standing, until it is discovered by people again.

Chapter 26: Sigh and Discovery

The hunter seems to be able to see the original appearance of this place.

Busy scholars manipulate huge machines, observe distant starry sky, and explore unknown areas that humans have never reached.

They are full of vigor, full of confidence and

Proud, I believe that one day, human beings will emerge from the cradle of the gods, hold the hands of the gods, and lead them to a more profound starry sky and reach the unknown realm.

They believe that human beings will eventually conquer the unknown world, that the future will become better day by day, and that one day all difficulties and obstacles will be overcome.

However, these people have now disappeared.

"I have seen this thing in some remaining ancient books, [Giant Space Telescope]. I thought this kind of thing had completely disappeared."

Alhazred sighed softly, and at this moment walked down the indoor stairs on the side of the corridor, walking towards the giant-like machine.

"I heard that this kind of machine combines powerful magic developed by humans, and can see a speck of dust light-years away. It is completely unimaginable that such power has ever been controlled by humans."

"Your Excellency Hunter, do you know that before all these things were lost, our civilization used to have many, many such miraculous creations, but now they are all forgotten and have lost their inheritance. No one knows how to use it at all."

Amidst the sound of sighing, the mystic scholar slowly came in front of this behemoth.

The hunter and Abigail walked down the same way, and stood under the huge telescope with Alhazred.

The contrast in body size is so exaggerated that the three of them feel as if they are facing the giant pillars supporting the heaven and the earth, but such things are not made by gods, but created by human beings with their own strength. In the future, step on the footsteps steadily with your own strength.

"We could have come out of this broken world, we could have spread our wings and soared."

"But before we grew to that point, this cradle collapsed in the face of dark forces."

"And now, we have even forgotten our past glory, and we can only compromise with evil things in order to survive."

Amidst the sound of sighing, the mystic scholar lowered his head and stared at the skeleton candlestick in his hand.

Those who compromise, don't you also include yourself?

In order to pursue the unreachable domains of human beings and obtain knowledge and power, he finally chose to make a contract with the existence of darkness and compromise, thus standing at the gate of the abyss.

Alhazred knew that the power he pursued could be realized by human beings without any compromise at all, but he couldn't do it. With his own strength alone, he couldn't achieve it no matter what. The previous road has already collapsed and destroyed, and it is impossible for a certain person to complete the reproduction.That is the level that requires several generations or even dozens of generations to re-explore and re-walk through thousands of years before finally reaching the level.

Just like this huge telescope, the technical power condensed in it is simply beyond the grasp of today's human beings. Even if they find a way to dismantle this thing and transport it back to human cities, no one can analyze it. This is what it used to be. The brutal reality of lost knowledge.

Personal power is powerless in the face of these relics. Perhaps it is because of knowing this fact that I will choose the dark path in the end.

"Light, will it really come to this broken cradle?"

The man gently stroked the rusty machinery, sighed and said.

"..."

The hunter didn't speak, just stared at the decadent man quietly.At this moment, he was sure that although the dark power was still extremely dangerous, at least Alhazred himself was a trustworthy person who would not do anything that would endanger the safety of the team.

Well, that is to say, we still have to be vigilant, in case he gets out of hand and creates a monster on the spot, it's not good.

"Mr. Hunter, what should we do next? This should be the last floor, right?"

Abigail spoke in a low voice at this moment.

Looking around, it seems that there are complex mechanical structures all over here, but they are all covered with dust because they have not been able to start for a long time.

In fact, there are signs of hunters visiting this place. Basically, all the tables with drawers have been turned over, and some machinery still has traces of some kind of sword damage. I am not sure which hand is cheap. Hunters take weapons to test the sturdiness of these machines.

The hunter took a step forward and tried to search here, but as expected, he found nothing, and found nothing useful.

"It seems that the premonition given to me by [Black Beast] was not correct this time. Was it played by him?"

Alhazred, who also got nothing, shook his head and said.

Hmm, what kind of mechanism is this?

Walking to the place where the stairway should have been, but it looked like there was only a stone wall, the mystic scholar found a handle that looked like some kind of switch.

Before he could call the hunter to check the situation, the hunter who saw this scene not far away stepped forward, reached out and grabbed the handle and pulled it violently, followed by the wall in front of him, making a violent trembling sound.

"Why do you come up and just stretch out your hand and pull!?"

Alhazred, who was startled, quickly stepped back, raising the candlestick in his hand to be on guard.

Fortunately, there is no trap element in this mechanism itself. After the hunter pulled it away, the wall in front of it automatically separated, revealing the stairs behind.

No wonder when I went upstairs just now

The way to get in from this floor has to go up four more floors. It turns out that the passage here is blocked by the mechanism.

"There is nothing to gain. It seems that we can only leave here first. It is getting dark."

After a short period of surprise, the feeling of loss came back.The mystic scholar took a step forward and prepared to walk down the stairs.

The hunter didn't have much reaction. Although he didn't collect anything valuable, it was an eye-opener for the time being. For him, the harvest of this trip was almost enough, and there was nothing to be disappointed about.

Hmm, it sounds like someone is missing?

Feeling something was wrong, the hunter stopped in his tracks.

Turning around, the hunter looked left and right, but didn't see the petite blond figure.

Then, the hunter, who had a bad premonition, raised his head.

Abigail, who was hanging on the giant telescope at this moment, carefully crawled upwards along the slope of the tilted telescope.

What is she doing! ?

The hunter was shocked by Abby's actions, and for a while didn't know what to do.

"Hey, what are you doing, let your girl come down quickly, this is the crystallization of human wisdom, even if it is damaged, don't step on it!"

The occultist who was also shocked, um, or Alhazred who became angry, shouted anxiously after discovering that Abigail had climbed onto the giant telescope.