Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 397: Breaking through the barrier of false people is the final swamp

Those who could dodge dodged, and those who couldn't dodge used their own methods to knock them away one by one. In any case, they didn't kill them.

The threat level of "Double-Tailed Snake: Hell's Bell" before and after death is completely different.

Soon, the path ahead was cleared.

Just as the post station exploration team was about to successfully break through this stronghold, German noticed something strange.

I saw a "two-tailed snake·Hell Bell" shaking its head and biting another "two-tailed snake·Hell Bell" ferociously and without hesitation!
laugh--

It bit off the latter's head fiercely and spat it on the ground.

Soon after, more and more "Double-Tailed Snake Hell Bell" did this.

They suddenly started killing each other, which was similar to the killing scenario that everyone had seen in other ethnic groups in recent days, but the cause was different.

Like a domino effect, more and more "Double-tailed Snake Hell Ringtones" died in a short period of time.

This situation is more like "assisted suicide" than "mutual slaughter".

Looking at these dead "Double-tailed Snakes·Hell Bells", the strange black smoke came out after the cysts burst, and everyone's heart sank.

It is true that we do not kill them, but they can kill their own compatriots!

In this way, the "Death Counterattack Type Psychic Ability" can also be triggered!
What’s even more terrifying is that only one “Two-tailed Snake·Hell’s Bell” died in Jin’s hands at that time, which triggered the chaos that night.

More than a dozen of them died here in succession, and the number is still increasing!

Ding-ling, ding-ling, ding-ling—

Soon, a series of strange ringing sounds began, foreshadowing the rather troublesome situation that was about to happen.

The black fog was diffuse and intertwined, just like dark clouds descending into the dense forest.

After sacrificing more than a dozen "Double-tailed Snakes·Hell Bells", the creation of "False People" became faster!
Puff puff puff——

Amid the swirling black fog, several figures emerged, all of them looking like humans of different appearances.

Not surprisingly, their image templates are all the game characters of "Darkest Dungeon" that Germain is familiar with.

However, in order to immediately "produce" a "fake person" with combat capability, "Twin-tailed Snake Hell Bell" sacrificed its ability to correct the memory and cognition of Germain and others.

This allowed German and others to distinguish between the enemy and us at the first moment.

Because of the chaos the night before, everyone was somewhat more calm when facing the "fake people".

However, they also know that the current situation is not so optimistic.

They need to eliminate these "false ones" as quickly as possible, otherwise their numbers will increase.

The four of them took action immediately.

German and King acted alone.

Biscuit and Xiaodi work together to deal with this group of "fake people".

Four figures quickly blocked Germanman's front, back, left and right.

They are the "robber" Disma, the "mystic" Quincy, the "nun" Picot and the "dog trainer" Buddy.

hum-

There was a strange sound, and a dark red mark from the "Mystic Scholar" appeared on German's arm.

German was set up as a target for the four men.

But the next moment, the "mystic" was shocked to find that he had marked Germain but failed to weaken his mental defense.

Normally, this shouldn't be the case?!
What the "occultist" doesn't know is that Germain's "champion physique" is strong enough to be called a "monster among monsters."

It was a slight weakening, but Germain didn't even feel it.

However, as long as you hit the mark, it should be able to cause considerable damage.

This is what the "occultists" think, and so do other "false people".

boom--

The "robber" raised his flintlock pistol at close range, smoke billowing from the black muzzle, and the bullet fired accurately at the marked position of German.

Due to the rather strange recoil, he flew backwards two meters before he could barely steady himself. This shows the amazing power of this "close-range shooting"!

However, German held up the meat saw and easily deflected the scattered "close-range shooting" bullets.

clang--

Sparks flew and disappeared without a trace.

Then, he found time to dodge the bite of the white-haired dog released by the "dog trainer".

It was as if the power of the "close-range shooting" just now was not much different from ordinary shooting.

The robber broke out in a cold sweat.

Now he was a little hesitant, wondering whether he should go forward and continue "shooting at close range" or use gunfire to support and harass from a distance.

"Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name..."

The combat-type "Nun" muttered something.

She raised a mace, and a beam of yellow light shone on Germanman, as if she was going to use her telekinesis to stun Germanman.

However, Germain's "champion physique" and the "rune veins" in his chest successfully resisted the invasion of the spell.

Similar to the mark of the "occultist" just now, he didn't even realize the existence of the spell.

The "Nun" swallowed her saliva. Even in her false memory, when she was expelled from the church for lusting after men, she didn't have this feeling.

She felt something was wrong.

This man is so scary...

The four "false men" will not give up, they are still trying to find German's weakness and break through it!
The "occultist" raised his hand, and several evil tentacles rose from the ground, almost wrapping around Germain like a noose.

But German disappeared as fast as lightning, and the tentacles completely missed.

It's almost there.

Germann has roughly assessed the combat power range of this group of "fake people".

The "Bandit" is "Master Level", while the "Dog Trainer", "Nun" and "Mystic" are all "Elite Level".

By testing by counting their breaths, it can be confirmed that their mental abilities are within expectations and there is nothing noteworthy.

Well, now is the time for settlement.

bang——

There was a loud bang, deafening!
The "occultist" who had lost his target was startled and thought that Germain was coming towards him.

As a result, he turned his head in panic, only to see the "Nun" being blasted away by Germain's shotgun.

A bullet fired by Germann has the terrifying power of "close-range shooting", but without the recoil.

Instead, the "Nun" flew backwards as if she had been hit by a cannonball.

A horrible hole appeared on the chest of the fallen "nun". She twitched twice and then stopped moving. It was obvious that she was not going to survive.

Sure enough, black smoke from self-immolation came out from the body of the "nun" who died with her eyes open.

The "fake people" were all shocked, but they did not dare to relax their attack on German.

Under the current circumstances, any relaxation would result in death.

The "bandit" rushed forward and slashed at German with his knife.

If bullets don’t work, try close combat, or a blade that can cause “continuous bleeding”.

The "robber" became furious and had to try all the methods he could think of.

The "dog trainer's" stick hit him on the head, emitting a dizzying yellow light.

The white-haired dog took the opportunity to pounce on him.

If it were an ordinary Psychic user, he would probably be caught off guard and killed by their attack.

But it was Germain who was here.

The Holy Moonlight Sword was drawn out with a buzzing sound, and the green light shot straight into the sky. The diagonal upward slash poured out an incomparably terrifying energy!

A terrified scream was heard from the green light!

The "occultist" watched helplessly as the "robber", "dog trainer" and the long-haired dog were all engulfed by the green light in an instant and burned into black smoke and ashes!
It really only took a moment for it to realize the fragility of its fellow countrymen.

It was extremely shocked, and the memory that belonged to the human part made it afraid, but it could only watch helplessly as German raised the Holy Moonlight Sword and slashed at it.

Here it comes, towards me!
The "occultist" frantically raised the skull in his palm that could release telekinetic power, but the result was that his skull and the skull in his palm were chopped into pieces together!

It was too fast. It was clearly a huge sword that was being swung, but the chop down did not give the "mystic" any time to react!

It doesn’t have any fancy abilities, but its slashing power carries unstoppable force!

A heavy sword has no edge, and great skill has no workmanship!
The "occultist" was chopped in half and fell to the ground.

German looked around. The scorching rain had stopped for a while, but the battle was still going on fiercely in the rising mist.

Jin chased after the "clown" who was trying to play the lute to collectively amplify the "false people", and soon twisted the latter's head off.

The garishly made-up face was distorted with fear.

The tall Biscuit picked up the weak "Plague Doctor" and, like Bane did to Batman, gave the "Plague Doctor" a back-breaking blow.

The poor "plague doctor"'s delicate body made a crackling sound as his spine broke.

Xiaodi gave herself an injection of "Herb Injection for All Diseases", obviously because she had just been attacked by the toxin bottle of the "Plague Doctor".

boom--

Suddenly, the "Musketeer" crouched among the branches and opened fire, aiming at Xiaodi's head.

Xiaodi had already noticed her presence.

She calmly raised the "Bulgeeye" and swallowed the bullet, then turned around, aimed at the "Musketeer", and launched a return attack.

bang——

First, the bullet from the Musketeer returned along the same path, and then the large amount of hot rain that the Bulgeeye had swallowed earlier all rushed towards the Musketeer.

The astonished "Musketeer" dodged the bullets, but could not avoid the pervasive scalding steam. She could only use her mental energy to resist it.

The "Musketeer" managed to withstand the high temperature, but could not keep his balance. He tilted for a while, then fell between the branches and rolled to the ground.

At this time, the advantage of the strengthened Biscuit's thick skin and flesh became apparent.

She rushed over like a gorilla, ignoring the steam mist, caught the "Musketeer", and clamped her with one hand!
bang——

She delivered an explosive punch, hammering the "Musketeer" directly into a nearby tree trunk like hammering a nail!

The Musketeer's head tilted and he couldn't get up again!

Judging from the performance so far, this battle is simply a one-sided massacre.

These creatures, who mixed into other groups under false identities, instigated and caused fights, and spread murderous intent, would never have imagined that they would only meet the end of their own lives here.

No matter how many conspiracies and tricks there are, they are as fragile as paper in the face of the absolute gap in strength.

Among the four, German is obviously the most difficult one to deal with.

However, there are still "false people" who are targeting him, trying to at least hurt him by sneak attacks or pincer attacks.

At this point, the fate of the "robbers" and others has made the "false people" realize that only by sacrificing their lives can they slightly hinder the pace of this group of humans.

Then, the "false man" with completely different ideas launched a more fierce and reckless attack on Germann.

The masked "Leper Swordsman" leaped up and chopped down at German with great force!

The "Ascetic" swung the iron rod, and the metal chain swung at Germain's legs like a whip!

At the same time, the "crossbowman" who was waiting for the opportunity stretched out his heavy crossbow from the bushes and shot an arrow at German's back!

The fight continues!

But the ending is already determined.

A "master-level" "Leper Swordsman" and two "elite-level" "Ascetics" and "Crossbowmen" combined would not be a match for Germann.

German turned around, and with a sudden swing of his arm as if catapulted out, he caught the crossbow arrow that the "crossbowman" had shot at his back!

Afterwards, he was as slippery and agile as a loach in the mud, and easily dodged the slashing of the broken sword of the "Leper Swordsman" and the whipping of the torture instrument of the "Ascetic".

Then, as if it was something natural, he sent the crossbow arrow that was still shaking in his hand towards the throat of the "ascetic"!
laugh--

The "ascetic" was stunned for a moment, then he realized that his throat was in great pain and blood was gushing out. He couldn't stop it even with his fingers, like a river bursting its dam.

However, the "ascetic" did not panic. To him, pain was as common as breathing.

Instead, he calmly opened and closed his mouth quickly, chanted the words of prayer, loosened his wounds, and raised his hands to the sky in a gesture of praise.

A chain suddenly appeared between him and the Leper Swordsman.

hum-

Filled with green light, the "fatal wound" of the "ascetic" healed just like before, leaving only a tragic scar.

The minor injuries on the "Leper Swordsman" were also healed!
German only took a quick glance and was not surprised.

He knew exactly what kind of Nen abilities the hero template selected from his memory had.

Swah——

A sound of breaking air came from the side, and the broken sword of the "Leper Swordsman" carried a violent energy and slashed towards the back of German's neck.

German did two things in this moment.

He held the Holy Moonlight Greatsword in his right hand and chopped it head-on with the broken sword of the "Leper Swordsman", making a clanging sound!
Sparks are flying!

At the same time, he held the threaded cane in his left hand, and swung the deformed iron whip backwards! Like a python!
The "crossbowman" thought he had found the right moment, and as he was moving out of the bushes, he suddenly heard a sound of breaking air.

When he looked up, it was too late!

The extended tip of the threaded cane hit the crossbowman squarely in the chest!

puff-

The extended spiral cane pierced through the flesh and bones of the "crossbowman" like a bullet, and instantly smashed his heart into minced meat!

The "crossbowman" was like a patient suffering from cardiac arrest, the crossbow slipped from his hand and fell to the ground with a thud.

With a pale face, he reached out his hand to cover his heart, but fell backwards stiffly halfway!
puff--

The "crossbowman" had his mouth open, with half of his face submerged in the mud. Soon the self-immolating black flames would burn his corpse to ashes.

The "ascetic" on the other side lowered his hands in praise and prayer, with a big smile under his hood.

"Redemption" brought him back from the brink of death, and as long as he didn't die instantly, he would have another chance to "redeem" within a short period of time.

This is an ability that is extremely beneficial to him and his companions.

However, when he turned around, the first thing he saw was the "crossbowman" lying on the ground, and he couldn't help but frown.

It’s okay, it’s okay, I have a helper.

Looking at the “Leper Swordsman” again, he was indeed reliable. He withstood Germain’s sword and still stood tall and majestic.

The ascetic was overjoyed and took a half step forward to help, when he heard a few clanging sounds and something fell to the ground.

He looked down and his expression changed drastically.

What fell to the ground was the broken sword of the "Leper Swordsman" and the mask that covered his face, which was distorted and pale due to leprosy.

As blood flowed, German pushed the standing corpse of the "Leper Swordsman" aside, and it fell down lightly.

puff--

Black flames burning.

The ascetic's face turned pale with horror.

In terms of combat power, the Leper Swordsman is definitely superior to him.

He had already prepared himself mentally for the possibility of using the "Leper Swordsman" as the main force. He used his healing ability to assist the "Leper Swordsman" and then used his bleeding ability to weaken Germain.

This is a battle plan that has already been planned.

However, plans can never keep up with changes.

The "Leper Swordsman" couldn't even last two rounds against the black-robed man?

How am I supposed to deal with him now that I'm alone?

There is no doubt that Germann is the strongest among this group of humans, so how to deal with him has been put on the table by the "False Man" from the very beginning.

They think of psychological factors.

The most basic templates of the "Acetic" and the many "false people" here all come from the information sealed deep in German's memory.

Because generally speaking, what is buried deep in the heart is that person's past that cannot be touched, the memories that are too painful to look back on, and his weakness.

Of course, we have to use the usual tactics of targeting his weaknesses, digging into his deepest secrets, and breaking down his psychological defenses.

It's a pity that even with the power of "Twin-Tailed Snake·Hell Bell", it's still impossible to penetrate the deepest secrets in the heart of this black-robed man, otherwise perhaps it could have done more.

However, under normal circumstances, this should be enough.

The templates for these people who can be placed in the deepest part should be people who were once very important to German.

But why did Germann not show much emotion or sympathy when he saw them, and instead attacked them without mercy?
What they wanted was to see Germann break down his defense.

However, before Germain could break through his defense, the "Ascetic" watched his two companions fall down in an instant, leaving only himself, and he was about to break through his defense!
"Ascetics" and "false people" will probably never truly understand the human mind, let alone understand German, an outlier among humans.

German has been keeping the Ascetic and others secret because the Darkest Dungeon and Bloodborne are the foundation of his Nen ability.

Under normal circumstances, he would not be likely to tell this to others, even if that person was his closest friend.

This doesn't mean that he likes these characters in "Darkest Dungeon" and holds them in his heart, but the reason may not necessarily be deep love.

In fact, most of the time, he hated these characters.

The appearance of "false people" imitating these heroic characters awakened too many very unpleasant images deep in Germain's memories.

Ha ha.

Now, there is finally a chance for him to personally punish these game characters that give him high blood pressure!
From the very beginning, there was no way he would show mercy!

The Twin-Tailed Snake Hell Bell and the False Man's sloppy and superficial understanding of human memory caused them to misunderstand everything.

In the blink of an eye, the "Ascetic" was the only one left to support the battle.

He roared desperately at Germain, brandishing the torture instruments made of iron rods and chains, which were then destroyed by the blows of the Holy Moonlight Greatsword!

bang——

The torture instruments broke, and the "assertive" flew out like a torn sack, fell headfirst into the mud, and never moved again.

After a while, black flames began to burn its corpse.

German turned his head to look at the others, and saw that Jin, Biscuit and Xiaodi had also finished the battle and were cleaning up the battlefield.

Those who fell to them were "tomb robbers" who used pickaxes and daggers as weapons, and "bounty hunters" who used axes and hooks.

They just happened to form a very compatible tomb-robbing team, but now they all became the souls of Jin, Biscuit and Xiaodi's men.

There were also many "Two-tailed Snakes·Hell Bells" lurking in the branches and bushes, hissing at the four of them, but none of them dared to come up, and no one committed suicide.

Jin picked up his tattered felt hat that had fallen to the ground during the battle, put it back on his head, and said:
"The good news is that as long as they don't commit suicide, there won't be a large number of "fake people" mass-produced."

"The bad news is that they are not sending themselves to die, nor are we trying to stop them. It seems that the swamp must be ahead, and their leader is ready to deal with us."

German asked about everyone's injuries with concern, especially Xiaodi who had been poisoned before.

Xiaodi shook her head and replied:
"I'm fine. The bulge-eye fish sucked out all the toxins for me immediately. I gave it a shot just in case."

This is what German said before, no matter if it works or not, just give it a shot first if there is a situation, it won't do much harm anyway.

Xiaodi kept it in mind and did the same.

Germain touched her warm palm, then collected his thoughts and said to everyone:

"The swamp we have been looking for may be ahead. We must be mentally prepared. We may not have a chance to stop and rest."

"Hehe." Biscuit, who had returned to his petite form, put his hands on his hips and smiled, "Don't worry, this is not the first time we have experienced this kind of battle."

Xiaodi nodded with her fists clenched, looking as if she didn't know whether to cheer herself up or to cheer up German and the others.

In that case, German said nothing more and crossed the rainforest with the other three people.

This time, those "Double-tailed Snakes·Hell Bells" were still watching eagerly, but they really had no intention of stopping.

They made it through fairly smoothly.

However, at this time they slowed down their pace appropriately to buy time to recover some of the energy that had just been lost.

Walking through the depths of the woods that twisted like devil's claws, the further in this direction you go, the more dead branches and leaves there are. The branches are withered and gray as if they had been burned by a fire.

The weeds turned yellow or white, and if you walk a little longer, the ground will become bare.

However, when you walk out of this withered forest, the open space that comes into view is a lush green, as if you have stepped into a completely different area in an instant.

There were patches of weeds and reeds, as well as small puddles of light that were embedded everywhere like lenses, and countless algae that could not be distinguished.

What was before them was undoubtedly the swamp they had been searching for for days.

Pat pat pat——

The scorching rain was like an uninvited guest who did not understand the ways of the world and fell at an inopportune time.

The lingering hot mist adds a lot of eerie meaning to the swamp.

At this point, the members of the post station exploration team naturally would not look for shelter from the rain anymore.

They expanded their mental energy outside their bodies, forming a white film of mental energy like a raincoat to block the burning sensation of raindrops.

Germann's "circle" swept past him at a rapid speed, and then retracted in the blink of an eye.

"There are two enemies ahead, no doubt champions." Germann revealed the results of his investigation in a flash, "The depth of the swamp varies, be careful not to get stuck in the mud."

Although Jin has reached the "champion level", he will not show off. He said:
"Then do it the same way as before. You deal with one and we deal with the other."

"Okay." Germann never gave the responsibility of attacking others, and he readily accepted Jin's suggestion. "I will deal with one of them as soon as possible and then come back to help you."

Jin smiled and said, "Maybe we can take care of one first, and then come over to help you."

"That's fine, as long as we can win." German had no burden in this regard at all.

Biscuit stared at the swamp and sighed:
"Looking at this place reminds me of the swamp that Xiaodi and I arrived at when we first boarded the pirate ship with you."

"The Lord of Crows?" Xiaodi's memory, which was sometimes good and sometimes bad, came to her senses at this moment. She still remembered the elite monster. "I remember it. Its corpse made us a lot of money. It was our first pot of gold."

"But it also made us discovered by the old man faster," Bisji said. "Time flies. More than a year has passed."

She still looked petite when she spoke, but after she finished speaking, she walked out from behind Xiaodi, and had changed into a tall and strong figure like an iron tower.

Biscuit smiled and used his right fist to hit the palm of his left hand, making a popping sound, and said:

"Let them die here, just like they did in that battle."

The four of them walked forward, using the "circle" to explore and confirm which places they could step on and which places would sink if they stepped on them, and then they took action.

Pushing aside the sharp reeds that could cut flesh and blood, sweeping away the rain and mist that could burn the skin, facing the setting sun that was gradually swallowed up by the mountains in the distance, everyone saw the target.

It was a breathing mountain of scaly flesh.

However, if you look carefully, you can recognize that they are two large venomous snakes entangled in each other.

After sensing the small humans approaching, they took action and began to loosen their distance from each other.

shhhhh--

There was the sound of scales rubbing against each other, accompanied by some flying sparks.

There were two giant snakes, one was red as fire, and the other was gray as ink, and their vertical pupils were staring at everyone.

The "twins of jealousy and slander" come like a huge disaster.

The naturally grown "longevity food - Nitolomi" is right behind the position they are guarding.

From a distance, those "longevity food Nitolomi" have a strange sense of dislocation and blur.

Without giving Germain and the others much time to observe, the fiery red giant snake "Son of Jealousy" took action first.

It shook its head and tail, first standing upright like a tower to the sky where dark clouds and sunset glowed, and then it suddenly bent and dived towards the ground like a dive!
puff--

Everything mixed with mud, algae and reeds was separated, the red color kept twisting and changing, and the huge body was actually constantly compressing in an instant!

In an instant, the "Son of Jealousy" turned into a scarlet figure, and he actually looked like a human!
Everyone looked at it carefully and was even more surprised. They couldn't help but look back at Germann again and again.

Because the "Son of Jealousy" turned out to be another "German".

But its entire body was red, it had an evil aura, and there was a vicious smile on its mouth.

However, this is not over yet.

Two figures walked out from the mist behind him.

They are the "veteran" holding a solid shield and a mace, and the "antique dealer" holding a skull incense burner.

Without saying a word, the "Veteran" and the "Antique Dealer" used their respective Nen abilities to increase the defense and evasion of the "Son of Jealousy".

"It seems that my long-cherished wish to spar with you will finally come true here."

This is Kim's view.

"It seems that my long-cherished wish of beating you up and knocking you to the ground will be realized here."

This is Biscuit's opinion.

Xiaodi adjusted his black-framed glasses, glanced at Biscuit, then glanced at Jin, but did not join them in teasing German.

When Germann heard them say this, he knew that the target they had chosen was the "Son of Jealousy" who had become very similar to him.

"He probably has many of my abilities, but I don't know how much of his combat power he has imitated, but he is at least at the "champion level". You should be careful."

Jin and Biscuit both smiled and nodded in agreement.

He also gave Xiao Di a separate instruction:
"Xiao Di, don't be soft, he is not me."

"Yeah." Xiaodi nodded expressionlessly, holding the "bulgy fish" with its tongue sticking out, and said, "I'll smash the fake guy's head."

She pointed deliberately above Germann's head and added, "I'm going to hit him right there later."

German smiled, nodded at them, and then shifted his attention to another giant snake.

The inky grey Son of Slander also stood up, revealing a body that was slightly different from the Son of Jealousy.

There are nine black cysts in its long trunk, which look like nine rings wrapped around it.

Then a dark mist spread from it, making it look like a huge, ferocious snake head sticking out from a black hole.

Hiss--

The forked tongue spit out and condensed into masks like a spell.

Each mask has a different expression, but they all show the same distortion, pain and anger.

The malicious mask was like a meteor trailing a cloud of flames, its roar was irritating, and it surrounded German from all sides.

The final battle in the rainforest swamp has begun.

(End of this chapter)