Blood of the Hunting God

"My God..."

Gazing at the scene in front of him, Karnis couldn't help but exclaimed.

"This is really beyond imagination."

Patting the uneasy hound Fergus on the head, William frowned, and the expression on his face was not very good.

"It seems to be some kind of sacrificial ceremony, which has undergone a considerable degree of magical transformation. Tsk, I have no way of deciphering the original structure of this ceremony. Is this guy named Malman so powerful?"

Alhazred saw more things, but this didn't calm him down, but made the scholar even more shocked.

"Mr. Hunter, are these made by that priest?"

Abigail, who was standing beside the hunter, realized something, looked up and asked the hunter.

"Um……"

The hunter nodded slightly. Of course he knew that Father Marman took the initiative to stay in Xingkong Town to stop the hunters of the Star God Church for the Hunting God team.

However, to be honest, even if he knew what would happen in advance, the hunter still couldn't imagine that this man would do such an outrageous thing.

Star Town no longer exists.

In a physical sense, it really no longer exists.

What appeared in front of the hunter group was a sunken pothole.

An incomparably huge bombardment crater that spread for a distance of nearly one kilometer and sank at least a hundred meters deep in the deepest part.

Xingkong Town has been completely wiped out in fact. This huge pothole basically enveloped the entire town. The once bustling frontier town now only has a deep depression like a meteorite impact crater. .Even those houses and buildings that were not within the range of the bombardment were overturned neatly with the shock wave, and even the ground was completely smashed. Within a radius of more than ten kilometers, the hunters and his party could not even see a single one. Trees standing straight up.

Such a picture, in every sense, seems too terrifying.

"That lunatic priest actually possesses power of this scale? With such ability, why didn't he simply kill that fallen goddess instead of us, and in that case we might not have killed so many people."

Karnis scratched his head, and murmured in a low voice that he couldn't bear.

"It's not possible. I think I understand how he did it."

At the same time, the mystic scholars, after all, relied on their excellent professional knowledge to see some clues.

"He has arranged this ceremony for a long time, at least five years, no, it may even be ten years, the other party has probably been making various preparations since he came to Xingkong Town as a priest, in order to release this scale ceremony."

"The ceremony itself seems to have some kind of sacrificial nature, um... It seems that he took advantage of some sacrificial loopholes, and he probably used some method to turn some of the enemies present into sacrifices of some kind of extraterrestrial existence , and then summoned some kind of power to descend.”

"Judging from the appearance of the pit, I think what he summoned should be a meteorite, and the trajectory of this meteorite, he probably can't control it at all. That is to say, even if this ceremony has been arranged for many years, It's still out of control when it's actually launched. It's a bit powerful, is this guy planning to die with a certain enemy from the beginning?"

After analyzing a series of Alhazred, he shook his head and said with admiration. At the same time, he tried hard to analyze and memorize the remaining traces of this spell in his heart, hoping to absorb it and turn it into his own knowledge.

As for analyzing whether this kind of unknown knowledge will lead to being targeted by something and getting into danger, it is mysterious.

Scholars say they are not afraid at all.Anyway, his soul has been pre-ordered by an existence, let alone another one, even if there are another bunch of him as a buffet, it is still unimportant in the face of this kind of secret knowledge that he cannot easily analyze. Prioritize things.

Probably, this mystic scholar would not be able to take the initiative to stop before he really killed himself.

"In short, did that priest make various arrangements in Xingkong Town a long time ago? I don't understand what that guy is thinking at all. Could it be that he could have predicted the appearance of Lord Hunter? Or even if Lord Hunter didn't Appearing in this era, that guy is still planning to do something big?"

William showed a somewhat troubled expression. Although he had seen all kinds of guys with personality problems after being a policeman for many years, at this moment he had to admit that Malman had indeed been distorted to the point that he could not understand it at all. up.

"These are not important anymore. It's crazy to do things this far... That guy is probably dead long ago. Let's find a place to spend the night first. The road to the Star Capital will only get worse and worse. You must raise your spirits in advance."

Tardiff subconsciously wanted to say some swear words again, but considering that the priest really did his best to ensure the smooth progress of the God Hunter team, he couldn't swear swear words with complicated emotions.

Malman... This guy really makes people don't know how to describe it.

The bounty hunter thought back to the transformed children he saw in the dark underground of the Star God Church with the hunter, and the indifferent expression on Father Marman's face at that time, and then thought about the fact that he did not hesitate to cover the hunting god team. I feel an inexplicable sense of separation after sacrificing my own guy.

I don't understand this man at all.

Rather, can such a guy really be considered a human being?

The five-member team quickly fell silent, and did not continue to say anything.

It didn't take too long, and on the edge of the huge pit, the hunter and his party found a relatively intact ruin.Although in fact there are only two rooms left that are still barely collapsed, and the ceilings have been overturned so that you can directly see the starry sky and the moon.But compared to other destroyed buildings, there are at least one or two walls here that can provide a little shelter.

After clearing the rubble from the ruins to ensure that there is a place to put down the sleeping bag, the group built a fire outside the dilapidated house, cooked some soup, and dealt with it with dry and hard emergency food , and then began to take turns to watch and rest.

Today's group has arrived in the territory of the Star Kingdom.

Although the vitality of the Star God Church itself has experienced a considerable degree of blows, and this church has not been able to respond quickly in the face of emergencies.However, for safety reasons, everyone today must be careful.Because in this country, anyone could be an eyeliner of the Star God Church, or a slave controlled by those puppets who had completely dedicated their souls to the nameless god.

It's ridiculous to say that before facing the corrupted goddess of the earth, and experiencing danger in the corrupted field and the cursed forest, no matter how difficult the situation is, the hunters at least don't need to worry about whether the people around them are trustworthy or not. kind of problematic.Of course, although it turned out afterwards that there were still one or two mouse droppings, but looking back on the journey of the God of Hunting, most of them are still trustworthy companions who can rely on their lives.

But now, the situation is completely opposite. Today's hunters no longer need to worry about the threat of filthy monsters. On the contrary, it is the humans of the same race who are the real threat to them, and those who Ordinary people who are in fact protected by the blood of hunters.

For hunters who are aware of this, it is probably a cold joke that makes people laugh.Of course, even knowing the situation they are facing now, it will not change what they are going to do, and it will not let their fighting spirit be frustrated.

After all, from the day they embarked on this road, all of them have been determined to go down the road resolutely, no matter whether it leads to light or to hell.

"Mr. Hunter, good night."

The little girl yawned, waved at the hunter, and then got into her sleeping bag.

"OK, good night……"

The hunter nodded calmly, reached out and patted the girl's head through the sleeping bag, then stood up, walked to a large stone slab outside the ruins, and looked into the distance where white ash was still falling.

William was sitting on the ground, and his hound named Fergus was lying on the sheriff's lap. In the broken house behind, Alhazred and Karnis slept in the outer room, and Abigail It was sleeping in the room on the inside.

"You seem to be a little worried, Your Excellency Hunter."

Adding some firewood to the fire, the bearded sheriff looked at the hunter and said with a smile.

"Hmm...a little..."

Nodding his head, the hunter has no intention of hiding.

In the battle to hunt the Goddess of the Earth, more than 40 people were sacrificed, and none of the entire battle formation of the Hunting God Squad was left intact until the end.

And such a difficult battle is against a country invaded by filth.

After being weakened by the eclipse, the old gods are even trying their best to weaken themselves.

Up to now, what they will face next is one of the three gods of the starry sky named [Star Lord], who is completely different from the old gods, who is in the heyday stage, has not been weakened in any way, and is extremely mysterious. , In fact, there is basically no frontal combat performance, and it is even difficult to judge the nature of its ability strength.

Faced with such an enemy, can they finally defeat it successfully?

Even if such an enemy can be successfully defeated in the end, how much sacrifice will they pay for it?

The hunter didn't want to see those familiar figures leave one by one.

Although he can understand that for the future of the entire human civilization, these people who are fighting desperately are warriors who can face their own sacrifices calmly, and they should not be sympathized with, but should be respected. True heroes.But, sure enough, compared with the monument of the deceased, the hunter still prefers to see them laughing and cursing at each other walking together beside him.

Therefore, the hunter has no way to hide his extremely heavy thoughts.

"Actually, it's normal to be troubled by this kind of thing, so don't worry too much about it."

With a soft sigh, William's eyes showed a bit of reminiscence.

He looked into the distance, in the direction of the capital of stars, and at the capital that was still invisible under the cover of mountains and the night sky, his eyes gradually became dark.

"Actually, I don't want to go back to that city."

William spoke softly.

"I don't want to return to the capital of stars. This is the truth. If possible, I hope that I will never go back in my life."

"For me, that hypocritical and dark city under the control of the nobles and the church is a place I never want to experience again."

"I escaped from that city, but I still have to go back there in the end, ha, is this the so-called cause and effect?"

The hunter could feel, hidden in William's words, was the deep weariness in his heart.

Speaking of which, everyone said that William was sent by Star City to serve as the sheriff in Star Town.

However, Tardiff expressed doubts about this, saying that there seemed to be some problems with William's appointment documents at the time, but because Xingkong Town, as a border town, had always been relatively chaotic and loose, such problems were not paid much attention to.After that, Alhazred, the well-informed mystic scholar, seemed to know something that others didn't know, so he always had a strange and unclear attitude towards William, a serious and responsible sheriff.

Although the hunter usually didn't pay much attention to these things, now that William brought it up, he subconsciously showed his searching eyes.

"Well, you probably know something from your expression. Indeed, many people in Xingkong Town know that I have a problem, but they usually don't pay too much attention to it. Well, it's okay, I can say it from the bottom of my heart. Take it easy."

Seeing the hunter's expression, William smiled again, although the smile soon became stiff.

He lowered his head, a look of disappointment gradually covered his face, and his voice became a little low and he spoke slowly.

"I'm actually not the sheriff appointed in Xingkong Town by any star capital."

"I am a fugitive wanted by Star Capital, because I was wanted for killing the superior and aristocratic members of the police force...a criminal..."

Chapter 3: William's Past

It's not a pretty story.

For someone who has been through all this, for someone who has experienced such a complete collapse of one's faith, it can never be a good story.

Nightmare.

Yep, a nightmare.

For William, who once believed in justice and law, it was indeed an unreasonable nightmare.

"Me, and my girl."

"We killed my superior, my sheriff, and the nobleman next to the sheriff. I don't know if it was a big nobleman or a small nobleman. Anyway, the clothes are gorgeous, um, although they are stained with blood It doesn't make sense to be more gorgeous in the future, right?"

With his head down, William, who was stroking his pet dog gently, said slowly with an expression of reminiscence.

At the very beginning, he was just a young man full of enthusiasm, naively wanting to use his own strength to uphold the law and protect the people.

William still remembers how desperate he was at that time, every day, every day, exhausting his blood to patrol the streets, doing things for the people, trying to catch every criminal he could catch.

At that time, he really believed that he could uphold justice and that he could make everything better with his own power.

He led his pet dog and a hound named Fergus to patrol the streets from morning to night, grabbing all the clues he could.He has indeed solved many unsolved cases by his own power, so that people in the whole city more or less know his name.

I am realizing my dream step by step, and I am moving towards the road I want to go bit by bit.

He believed it from the bottom of his heart.

That's why I felt the indescribable despair at the moment when the dream was broken.

"I thought that those evils were nothing more than rubbish after all, dirty things that could be cleaned up at will, but I

But I didn't expect that those dark things had already deeply rooted in every place, even the sheriff who I thought was upholding justice like me, the person who led me on this road, was one of them one……"

There is no way to forget that scene in memory.

At that time, William took Fergus to track down a missing girl.

In such an era, if a person disappears, it is not easy to be found again.But for William, this is not a big problem. With his excellent tracking ability, he and his hound Fergus found where the girl was.

Unfortunately, when William arrived, the girl had already died.

The murderer stood in front of the corpse.

This seemed to be an evil and blasphemous sacrificial ceremony. The girl was crucified and disemboweled, and the blood was horrific.

The well-dressed noble stood in front of the corpse, showing a satisfied expression, shaking his head slightly as if appreciating something.

But that's not where William feels broken.After all, for a person like a nobleman, as long as he committed a crime, he was no different from other people.Therefore, no matter how great the pressure is, William will try his best to catch this nobleman and make him accept the trial he deserves.

What really made William feel his brain collapse was the person standing next to the nobleman.

His own sheriff, the senior he had admired and trusted, the sheriff who had led him on this road for a long time.

"Oh, I was found by you. It really deserves to be you, William."

"Then since you took the initiative to find this place, it means that you and I are destined, so you should come together. This kind of secret Star God Sacrifice Ceremony is not for everyone, and it only takes a short time. You can become ten years younger, really ten years younger."

"Ah, you ask this woman? What is there to care about, a lowly pariah, so what if he is dead? There is no need to care about this kind of person. After all, everything in the world is just a slave of the master of the starry sky. You need to figure out which side is the point, Constable William."

That familiar, slow voice.

From the friendly appearance in the original memory, it gradually changed to the current indifferent face.

Obviously at the beginning, it shouldn't be like this.

"Why, you really care about the life and death of this civilian."

"Don't forget what clothes you are wearing. The existence of the police force is to serve the supreme noble council and the Holy See."

"It's not boring to play house to protect ordinary people, but don't forget what is really the most important thing, or are you really so addicted to the so-called game of playing a righteous hero?"