Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 217 "Amplified Lantern, Amplified Worldview"

Everyone felt more and more that something was wrong.

At the same time, German's body became colder and colder, sweat soaked his robes, he frowned and had a serious expression, but he never woke up.

Everyone tried to crush the "herb that cures all diseases" into juice and force it into his mouth to see if it would work.

After waiting for half an hour, it still didn't work. After all, "vanilla" can only "cure all diseases" but cannot solve all diseases.

What's more, German's condition is not necessarily caused by illness.

They were forced to take out the "Breath of the Archangel" and wanted to use it to heal Germain.

At this moment, Germann's eyelids and fingers moved, showing that he wanted to wake up, so they put away their last resort - "Breath of the Archangel".

Biscuit and Xiaodi began to call German's name, helped him up, and shook his body.

This time, their calls seemed to work. German suddenly woke up, opened his eyes, and breathed in big gulps of air, as if he had been in a suffocating environment.

Everyone was confused, and when he almost recovered, they asked him what had happened.

Germann recalled the contents of his nightmare, thought carefully for a while, and roughly figured out what he had dreamed about.

"I had a dream... I dreamt of five 'symbols'."

I fell asleep in the "tower of the ancient labyrinth" and had a nightmare, and I dreamed of "five symbols"? This made everyone think of something bad.

Jin sat down cross-legged and asked very seriously: "What "symbol" did you dream about?"

German had no intention of hiding anything, and he also needed to gather ideas at this time.

"The first one should be "The Poison Pot of the Kajin Royal Family."

Jin was quite knowledgeable in this area and he quickly understood what German was talking about.

"The utensils needed for the 'Egg in the Pot Ceremony' used by the Kajin royal family to select an heir were passed down from the first king of the Kajin Empire to this day..."

"How did you dream about this... Never mind, just pretend I didn't ask. Go on and explain all the "symbols" that appear at once."

Then, Germain continued:
"The second one should be "The Score of a Dark Sonata". The third one should be "The Gatekeeper's Gate". The fourth one should be "A Mass of Flesh and Blood". The fifth one should be "A Scarlet Full Moon". "

After listening to this, everyone was thinking about what these "symbols" were and what they represented.

Jin frowned and fell into deep thought.

The "Score of the Dark Sonata" is said to be "a score written by the devil" and consists of four parts: piano, violin, flute, and harp.

It is said that both the performer and the listener of the "Score of the Dark Sonata" will encounter terrible disasters. It is a legendary terrifying score and no one would easily try it.

The "Gatekeeper's Gate" is controlled by the "Gatekeeper" and is the gate on the safe path leading to the Dark Continent. Countless humans who explore the Dark Continent need to pass through this gate.

As for "flesh and blood" and "red moon", I am totally confused.

"Why did you dream about these?" Biscuit couldn't help but ask, "Are they related?"

German was also wondering about the connection.

At this time, Jin said after thinking for a while: "Dreams usually have a predictive effect, and if they want to achieve the predictive effect, they must rely on some memories in the human brain."

“Dreams cannot present scenes and details that you have never seen before, but they will connect these fragmented scenes and details in your memory and tell you the answer.”

"The answer is hidden behind the appearance... Germain, think carefully, what is the first thought that comes to your mind after seeing these scenes and "symbols"? "

Jin's guidance made German quickly think of something.

The first thing that comes to mind is, of course, the scene where the "Scarlet Moon" appears, which is the scene of the theoretical last level of "Bloodborne".

The first three "symbols" all exist in this world. The fourth "symbol" has never been seen for sure, but "flesh and blood" is a very common element.

There was only the fifth one, and that was a scene that Germain had seen many times.

The appearance of the fifth "symbol" certainly does not mean that there is such a place in the world, but that the dream, covered by this layer of skin, wants to tell Germann something.

In this world, only Germain knows what will happen after the beginning of this dream.

In the last level of "Bloodborne", players will be faced with a choice of three endings, and all choices must be made in front of "Old Hunter Germain".

After meeting certain conditions, in one of the endings, the player must fight a boss commonly known as the "Moon Goddess", and after winning, pay a price and enter a new reincarnation.

Whether this counts as a "victory" has been controversial.

If so, German understood that this was a veiled hint.

In the future, I may be forced to fight something called "God".

What Germain silently said in his mind was "I" instead of "we". At the same time, he was not very sure about this guess, so he did not say it out loud immediately.

His silence made everyone even more confused.

At the same time, Germann said the word "God" in his heart, thinking about their existence, just like a key inserted into a keyhole and twisted, triggering some mechanism at the top of the tower.

It rumbled and vibrated, disrupting everyone's thoughts, and then everyone saw purple lines appearing on the originally ordinary floor.

The lines gathered in the center of the floor like blood vessels, gradually condensing into something and slowly emerging.

It was a huge lantern.

Everyone looked at the appearance of the huge lantern, and were a little surprised at first, but then they realized that they were not that surprised. It was more like a boot hanging in the air, and now it finally fell into the mud.

Jin stroked his stubbled chin and muttered, "I knew that following Germain along would probably lead to something strange... This is just our luck."

He said this because of the special nature of Germann's "telepathy", especially the "teleportation lantern", which clearly pointed to the depths of the Dark Continent.

Dong Fulisi had been here many times, but never once had he seen such a scene. It was impossible not to associate it with something.

After a while, Germain said, "Stand back, I'll go over and take a look."

German relaxed and told everyone to retreat to the stairs so that they could leave immediately if any bad situation was triggered.

He himself walked slowly toward the lantern.

Of course, Germann only gave this choice to the other three people. Whether they were willing to decisively abandon Germann after the crisis occurred was another choice.

Germain stretched out his hand, and his fingertips touched the cool pole of the lantern.

Suddenly, a purple light lit up and became brighter and brighter, forcing everyone to close their eyes.

hum-

In the blink of an eye, purple light filled the entire top floor of the tower, shining through the windows on all four sides towards the four directions of the "Ancient Labyrinth City".

If it were at night, these four beams of light penetrating the dark scene would probably be more obvious, making the tower look like a lighthouse.

Germain closed his eyes to avoid the bright light.

In this world where theoretically he shouldn't see anything other than light and darkness, he saw something else.

Germain saw seventeen glittering lanterns, hovering around him like stars.

Six of them are known to belong to him.

「Lantern in the Dungeon of Satomi Castle」

"Lantern of the Dry Valley"

"Lantern of the Muddy Land"

"Lantern at the bottom of Spider Valley"

"Lantern at the entrance to the ancient maze"

"The unlit lantern"

There were five more lanterns, which were unknown to him before, but now that he saw them, he understood where they pointed to.

"Lantern of the Labyrinth"

"Lantern of the Wilderness"

"Lantern of the Mountains"

"Swamp Lantern"

"Lantern of the Bay"

There were also six lanterns, but they were completely dark and you couldn't see where they were pointing, and there was no indication of anything.

In addition, the six "teleportation lanterns" owned by Germain exist isolated.

The remaining eleven "transmission lanterns" were connected together with purple light, showing their uniqueness and closeness.

When the dazzling purple light completely dissipated, Jin, Biscuit and Xiaodi opened their eyes and saw German standing in the center of the top floor of the tower and the lantern under his feet.

The lantern emitted a faint light. Four skinny "messenger ghosts" clung to the lamp holder. Surprisingly, they did not howl, but just looked at everyone with numb eyes.

Germain opened his eyes.

The other three people confirmed that there was no danger and came over immediately. Now they were not so concerned about German's dream, they were more concerned about the lantern that suddenly appeared in front of them.

"What's going on?" Jin asked excitedly, pointing at the "lantern" under his feet.

Germain glanced at him and replied, "This is a 'lantern' that can be connected to my 'transmission lantern', which means we can travel freely between these 'transmission lanterns'."

"In the light just now, I saw a total of eleven special 'transmission lanterns', which are connected to each other. One of them is the one in front of me - the 'maze lantern'."

Germain succinctly described the illusion he saw, including the five known lanterns and the six dark lanterns, which made everyone nervous.

Jin hesitated for a moment, then looked up at Germain: "Do you think the same as I do?"

German smiled and asked, "Do you want us to each write down the answer in our hearts on our palms and then unfold it to show each other at the same time?"

"That's not necessary." Jin said that this world has the Dragon Ball comics based on Journey to the West, and of course there are the other three masterpieces, "They are definitely pointing to "all disasters."

"Rather, it points to 'all hope.'" German prefers this positive statement.

"Eh?" Biscuit understood most of it, but there was still a part he didn't understand. "What are you two talking about? Explain it to me and Xiaodi as well."

In fact, Xiaodi doesn’t care that much. She is more like a player who only wants to complete tasks and achieve goals in an open game world, and doesn’t pay much attention to the background story.

Jin added: "I estimate that these 'transmission lanterns' should be distributed along the shores of Lake Mobius."

"It's possible that Dong Fulishi missed some of them, or he may have included them in the New World Chronicles: Western Chapter. We can only be sure after we find the Western Chapter or him."

He was very confident that his ancestors were still alive.

Germain nodded.

"I basically agree with your idea... In addition, I think the new 'Eleven Teleportation Lanterns', although connected to my 'Teleportation Lanterns', should be unique."

Kim looked at Germain without turning his head and asked, "What do you mean by 'uniqueness'?"

"I don't know, I'll know after trying it..."

(End of this chapter)