Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 89 "The Real World Tree"

"We are almost out of the forest." Germann turned around and reminded, "Also, I smell a bad odor. Do you have any impression of this smell?"

Xiaodi's first reaction was to lower her head and smell her black turtleneck sweater, while the other two normal people sniffed the smell in the air.

"It does have a pungent smell." Yun Gu's face was solemn. He always subconsciously judged things in a bad direction. "Do I need to wear a gas mask?"

"Idiot." Biscuit cursed, "Smell it carefully, it's the smell of sulfur. Even if you have to wear a mask, you have to confirm the real situation first. Don't be too nervous."

"Yes!" Yun Gu subconsciously stood up straight after being taught by Teacher Bisiji. As always, he calmed down and smelled it. "Indeed... it smells like sulfur."

It wasn't until then that Xiaodi realized that they weren't talking about her. She was wondering why there was a smell after she had clearly taken a shower?

She often dealt with corpses, residues and other items, so it was inevitable that she would have a special smell on her body. That was why she first thought that the "smell" that Germann was talking about was referring to the smell on her body.

But why do we smell sulfur here?

Soon, when the four-member team walked out of the lush forest and came to a flat wasteland, they looked up and discovered the reason, and then they couldn't help but stand there in a daze.

At the end of the barren open space is a steep slope with rising mountains covered with clearly defined gray-white conical strips of soil.

Thick smoke billowed out from the depths of the platform, tirelessly spraying towards the sky, dyeing a large area of ​​the scene black.

But what really stunned everyone was not the active volcanoes guarding the various places, but the incomparable towering trees behind the volcanoes, rooted in the magma and cracked soil.

Of those trees, only their trunks, as thick as several craters, were visible. Above the trunks, everything was buried in the vast clouds, and there was no trace of branches or leaves at all.

"If it's a volcano, I can understand the smell of sulfur." ​​Yun Gu's eyes were full of disbelief, "But, such a tall tree is unheard of. It's taller than the world tree of the six continents."

"Compared to that, the World Tree is just like a baby." Biscuit frowned, "I should say, I feel, this is the World Tree, the real World Tree."

Yun Gu and Xiao Di looked at Bisiji in confusion. Only German reacted first after her reminder.

Biscuit explained: "Kin often spreads his ideas when chatting within the Hunter Association."

"He believes that the World Tree of the Six Continents is a malnourished tree, and the real World Tree is in the Dark Continent, because only there can support such a tall and straight tree that reaches the sky."

Everyone couldn't help but be surprised. Such a vision was realized right before their eyes. They saw it with their own eyes, so it couldn't be false.

Biscuit seized the opportunity, held his phone horizontally, and started taking pictures of the real World Tree and the nearby volcanic landforms.

This is a rare and spectacular sight, and everyone was fascinated by it. It would have been even better if there was no smell of sulfur in the air.

"German." Biscuit finished taking another photo and turned his head. "I now agree with your 'Dark Continent Border Theory'. If there must be a border, there is no better place than these world trees."

Xiaodi asked curiously, "That is to say, as long as we cross these volcanoes and bypass the World Tree, we will reach a more dangerous area, right?"

"Bingo." Biscuit snapped his fingers and pointed at Xiaodi. "I kind of understand what President Netero said when he warned us not to go to the Dark Continent casually. He said that their journey at that time was just an 'introduction'. This may be the reason."

Germain was concerned about something else: "Should we go directly through the volcanoes, or go around them?" "The mountains are endless, and it may take a long time to go around them." Biscuit pinched his chin, "Should we go through them?"

"Yeah." German nodded.

German and Biscuit agreed, and the other two naturally did not raise any objections, so the four of them set foot on the volcanic belt.

Since they had decided to go through it, everyone put on gas masks. Before they got close to the volcano, they felt a heat wave. After walking for a while, they were sweating profusely and their mouths were dry.

"Let's speed up." Germain pointed ahead, "First, we will quickly pass through the volcanoes in this area, arrive at the first world tree, and then rest on the spot."

Everyone nodded.

So, the four of them leaped forward as quickly as a dragonfly skimming the water, stepped on the dry crust, and appeared several meters away the next moment.

They were soon trapped in the volcano's encirclement. Even though they used "wrapping" to protect themselves, they only felt slightly better. Their clothes were still soaked and stuck to their bodies.

In the scorching and burning air, no one wanted to say anything and just hurried on their way.

As the World Tree was getting closer and closer, they forgot about most of the volcanoes.

At this time, Yun Gu noticed something strange in the sky.

He shouted dully through his gas mask: "Everyone, something is approaching on our right!"

The other three people who were reminded did not stop, but turned their heads to look.

As expected, a group of dark creatures appeared in the sky above the volcanoes. They were hovering like black dots. If you didn't look carefully, you would mistake them for an oncoming dark cloud.

"Can fly..." Germann turned around and looked at everyone, "I'm afraid an aerial battle will be disadvantageous to us. We don't have many long-range attack methods."

"Let's get going first." Bisji said, "German, you keep watching the front, leave that group of things to me and Yun Gu, Xiao Di, you watch the back."

Everyone agreed and performed their duties decisively.

However, when they were almost leaving the volcanic terrain, they were caught up by the group of flying creatures.

What surprised everyone was that the group of flying creatures looked like fireballs at first glance, but upon closer inspection one could make out the outlines of birds, except that their wings were made entirely of flames, and there was a long trail of black smoke behind their tails.

"This is..." Yun Gu frowned, thinking of the description he saw in myths and legends, "'Phoenix'?"

"All mythical creatures have a source," Biscuit said. "It looks like we've run into the real thing this time. They're coming for us, so let's get ready to fight."

During their journey to the Dark Continent, not all creatures they encountered would necessarily attack them, and once one decided to attack them, it was usually for hunting, driving away invaders, etc.

Once they start, they won't stop.

(End of this chapter)