Blood of the Hunting God

dead body.

It was shriveled, like a corpse that had been hollowed out from the inside.

"It's someone who was sacrificed to the Star God..."

The girl who realized something raised her head and looked at the collapsed sewer above.

Also at this time, with the sewage flowing down, Abigail saw a corpse being washed down from above and fell into the sewage lake not far from them, splashing a large amount of water.

The girl saw the starry sky radiating from the corpse.

"Did the church throw the remains of the sacrificed corpses into the sewer as garbage?"

In this way, it is understandable why the ants here have such a serious mutation.

The Master of the Starry Sky is an undoubted existence of a god, a high-ranking person who is difficult for ordinary people to understand and contact, so those sacrifices eaten by him will also be contaminated with his power in essence.Although this is only a negligible residue, and it will dissipate by itself soon, but before that, if these residues are contacted and absorbed by something, it is normal for them to cause mutations.

However, if this is the case, I am afraid that there are still many animals and plants that have mutated in this underground area.

After all, the capital of the stars has existed for a thousand years, and the horrific blood sacrifice of the Star God Church has also lasted for a thousand years.if the church has been

If the sacrificial corpses are all handled in this way, it is difficult to calculate how many creatures living underground have been affected by the master of the starry sky.

However, there is always a sense of déjà vu.

"Will the remnants of the power of the ruler of the starry sky cause abnormal changes in the animals that come into contact with it?"

The same is true for those fighting nuns. Because of their too much contact with the power of the master of the starry sky, they will eventually lose all emotions and turn into puppets, and even their human appearance will gradually change.

It always feels a bit similar to filth.

This method of changing cognition and form, and then reshaping the affected people.

Could it be a coincidence?

Abigail, who secretly wrote down this matter, glanced at the collapsed sewer above their heads, and then looked at the foul-smelling lake formed by the accumulation of sewage.

How many corpses have been soaked in this dirty lake, and have been trapped in the filth and cannot leave?

These people were offered as sacrifices to the gods by the church, and the remains were directly discarded as garbage.

Such a church, such a church of the Star God, really should not exist in this world, and must be destroyed!

"Mr. Hunter, let's go to the sewer area above, there is no other road around here."

The emotions in the bottom of my heart churned slightly, but were quickly suppressed by reason.

Abigail took a deep breath, then smiled at the hunter beside him.

"Um……"

The hunter looked around, but he really didn't see any other way out.This is a relatively closed lair, and the only cave they can pass through is the one they came over just now.Of course, if the hunter was here alone, he would actually consider jumping off the waterfall, or going into the sewage lake to see if there was anything below.

However, with Abigail at his side, the hunter felt that such an appetizing attempt was unnecessary.If possible, he still didn't want to see the girl's beautiful long golden hair stained with feces and garbage.

It's just that if this is the case, the rendezvous may not be so easy.

Such thoughts were slightly skipped in the bottom of my heart, and then Hunter and Abigail took action again.

Chapter 27: King City Sewers

"Have you escaped yet?"

Frowning, Philip frowned slightly as he looked at the dilapidated underground city in ruins and the traces of destruction apparently left after the battle.

This group of rebels seemed to have given up their original route of travel immediately after finishing off the attacking high-ranking priest, and fled into the underground ruins of the star capital to hide.

It's like a group of mice, and they seem to be running away scattered, so it may become quite difficult to find them.Tsk, I should have dealt with this underground ruin if I knew it a long time ago. After so many entrances were sealed before, those merchants and gangsters kept trying to get through the passage, but now they are still being used by these rebels. What a shame! Quite unpleasant!

"Scatter the search, and notify me as soon as you find any suspicious traces. You must not let these blasphemous villains go!"

While speaking, Philip walked forward, and his eyes stayed on the ground, a gargoyle monster whose magic power core had been shattered.

The reason why the Star God Church was unwilling to clean up this underground relic on the spot was because there were still a lot of heritage from the old era. These magical creations themselves were quite powerful, and there were quite a lot of them, so it was very troublesome to deal with.

For example, the reason why Philip's team was delayed just now was because they were besieged by these gargoyle monsters.

"What a bunch of rubbish!"

With a sinister voice, Philip crushed the head of this gargoyle monster with one foot, directly trampling the entire ground until cracks spread like spider webs.

Why do these impious, ignorant and arrogant people always pop up again and again?

It's obvious that their blood has been worn down almost, but unfortunately, this time it has developed to such an extent.

You will not be given the opportunity to touch our God.

Do you think that the elimination of an old god is qualified to change the pattern of the entire continent?

Your footsteps will completely stop in this city.

Your only ending is to become the food of our masters, and like other people on this continent, there is no other possibility.

That's right, that's the only way to be correct, and only in this way to be able to...

Closing his eyes, Philip stood where he was, not looking at the knights serving the gods and the fighting nuns who were marching towards the ruined city. He just stood there silently, waiting for news from his subordinates.

At the same time that the members of the Star God Church entered the ground, the Hunter and Abigail on the other side had already climbed up the collapsed sewer and entered the underground drainage system of the royal city.

"It stinks..."

The girl holding her nose couldn't help but whisper to herself for a while.

The underground sewer system of the star capital, which carries a large amount of human excrement and garbage, is intricate and extremely easy to get lost, and it is also full of all kinds of twisted filth, full of creatures that have mutated due to the sacrificed remains discarded by the church.

Apart from the huge ants encountered at the beginning, those rats with festering bodies later became one of the obstacles.

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When Hunter and Abigail passed a certain puddle, these mice, which were more than one meter or even three or four meters in size, would rush out from the corner and rush towards them in groups. Come.

Although the hunters could easily wipe them out with a wave of their staff, the dirty black blood that flowed out from these monsters when they were slashed gave off a more foul smell, which was even more unbearable when mixed with the stench of the sewer itself.

And these things are easy to splash on the body.

It was obvious that she had just walked here for less than a while, and she had already avoided it very carefully, but at this moment, the girl's body was still covered with a lot of sewage and dirt, and she had become dirty and smelly.

Of course, in comparison, the hunter's side is much wilder, already drenched in stinky blood and sewage, and exudes an awesome smell from top to bottom.

"...I carry you?"

The hunter looked at Abigail, who had an unsightly expression, and knew that the girl was a little uncomfortable with the situation in this place at the moment, so he tried to make a suggestion after thinking about it.

If you carry the other person on your back, you shouldn't have to worry about being splashed with sewage and blood, right?

That's pretty much how it looks to the hunter.

"No, no need, Mr. Hunter, don't underestimate me. I'm just a little unaccustomed to it. I'm not vulnerable enough to need help in this situation."

But immediately, Abigail shook her head vigorously to express her refusal, and then continued to walk forward with big strides.

"okay……"

Nodding slightly, the hunter didn't say anything more, and continued to walk forward with Abigail in the huge sewer passage, and continued to move forward among the garbage dumps.

What the hunter didn't see was Abigail's quietly relieved look when he saw that the hunter didn't insist on this topic.

Although it is true that he does not want the hunter to help him because of this kind of thing, in fact, the real reason why Abigail chooses to refuse is not something like self-esteem, but... well, how should I put it, It lies in the current situation of the hunter.

Scattered pieces of meat and plasma were stained on the collar, and the sludge and sewage splashed almost all over his legs, not to mention the unidentifiable filth hanging on his body because of rolling in the sewage .

It is not impossible to let the girl stick with the hunter in this situation, um, if you are mentally prepared, but in this urgent situation, um... Sure enough, we can talk about it next time...

slam-la-

In the water flow, some things began to squirm again.

The hunter took a step forward, swung the meat saw in his hand violently, and then a double-headed maggot that was more than two meters long jumped out of the sewage, was cut into three sections by the hunter on the spot, and exploded on the ground saliva, spattering both Hunter and Abigail.

Amid the suffocating stench, several giant rotting rats sprang out from behind. Before they could get rid of the smell on their bodies, Abigail summoned the moonlight sword and slashed at the rear, knocking the first one that rushed up. The mouse was cut in half vertically, and then the hunter turned around and saw the meat knife deformed and swept out, cutting off the remaining mice one by one.

Then, as a matter of course, more stinky blood drenched the two of them, making the smell of Hunter and Abigail completely assimilated with the sewer.

I really want to take a bath...

In order to avoid being reacted by the hunter after hearing her talking to herself, Abigail just said these words silently in her heart.

"If this continues, we will not know where we are going."

Abigail looked around, and in the long sewer, there were densely packed pipes and pathways all around, extending in all directions.

There is nothing here that can be called a reference, and Hunter and Abigail are a little too reckless and deep, so even if they are asked to return to the original path at this moment, they will not be able to find the direction they came from.

"Well... let's go on..."

However, the hunter didn't seem to feel anything about this lost situation. Instead, he seemed to be enjoying it. While Abigail was still secretly worried, he casually tilted his head and poured the blood from the edge of his hat , and then continued to move forward.

"Well, anyway, now we can only move on."

Seeing the hunter's performance, Abigail suppressed the uneasiness in her heart a little, then smiled, and continued to walk forward with the hunter.

As they continued to move forward, more gigantic and brutal things began to appear. They encountered spiders over one meter in size, entangled deformed maggots, and some plant vines with the ability to prey autonomously.These things are scattered in various places in the sewer. Once they find the whereabouts of the two, they will quickly chase after them. It seems that they only have pure brutal bloodthirsty nature left, and other things are completely lacking. same.

I feel more and more that there is a sense of filth and infection, but the contagion is missing.

Abigail looked at the wreckage of these monsters along the way, and looked at the remnants of stars on the wreckage, her expression gradually became serious.

Then, the two of them discovered something different.

"Is this... the traces of human footsteps? And it's still fresh?"

Chapter 28: The Star Capital and the Poor

dark, foul-smelling water

In the middle of the road, between the muddy road illuminated by the lighting technique, there were footsteps other than the hunter and Abigail.

It still looks very fresh, it is likely that it was left not long ago.

"Could it be a living person living here? Or a monster transformed from someone's corpse?"

The girl showed a thoughtful expression. After seeing so many weird and deformed monsters before, she no longer thought that there would be anything that could be called normal in the sewers of Star Capital.

By the way, there are so many monsters in the sewer, why don't people in the city clean them up?Are you not afraid of these things crawling out of the sewers and attacking people?

In other words, because of the need for the power of the star gods in the incomplete corpses after sacrifices to survive, these monsters will only be concentrated in the area where the wreckage is abandoned, so they will not be close to the places where ordinary people live, and the church is too lazy to deal with these quite Something unique to the mutated beasts that allowed them to survive until now?

If you think about it this way, you always feel that this church is really bad enough.

"Footprints... go this way..."

The hunter, who was good at tracking and reconnaissance, squatted down and took a look, and then confirmed the direction of these footprints.

"Well, let's go have a look then."

If it is a normal person, maybe they can find a way to find a way to the ground.

If they are no longer normal people, at least they can end each other's pain.

The two figures quickly moved again.

The filthy stench still permeates everywhere, accumulating invariably in the dark sewer.

Hunter and Abigail walked between the garbage dumps and sewage. From time to time, some mutated animals would come out and attack them.But when the power gap is too large, the result of this kind of attack is just to add some insignificant trivialities. Regardless of the hunter or Abigail, killing these monsters does not require more than one move.

"It's a marker that was drawn by someone and it looks like it's been around for a while."

He reached out and touched the wall lightly.

Abigail looked at the arrow symbol formed by the deep indentations on the wall on the side of the sewer, and then turned her head to look in front of the passage.

Unlike the places I walked before, the pipes here have obvious traces of cleaning.There is less garbage and less sewage accumulation.Well, this pipe itself seems to be a semi-abandoned pipe, so there is relatively little garbage and sewage flowing through it, so as long as it is cleaned up every once in a while, it will be fine.

Therefore, the other party should not be a monster, but a living person who still retains normal thinking ability.

"The people who live in the sewers?"

It feels a little strange.

Isn't the capital of the stars the capital of the entire kingdom of stars?The information I got before is that this place is quite prosperous, and even the quality of life of ordinary residents is far better than that of outsiders.

Ah, by the way, speaking of it, I have heard some information before that there are actually slums in the Star City.