Old Hunter of Tomorrow’s Ark

Yanan has been a peaceful and peaceful town from the very beginning. There may be good people, there may be villains, but there will definitely be no superiors, madmen who pursue ascension, and forces that humans should never touch.

——And after that, neither Yanan nor the entire world where Yanan lives will suffer from the suffering caused by the power of the superior.

Similarly, Senior Sister Maria is also one of them, and one of the most important people.

Originally, in Gao Qi's plan, after waking up from the dream, Maria, who was between life and death, would regain the life she had given up.

She doesn't have to face the curse of the ancient **** Kos when he was dying, and she doesn't have to witness the evil results caused by the greed of researchers. She may become an excellent hunter and solve problems for people other than Yanan, and she may sit Back to being an ordinary orphanage nurse, caring for the sick and orphans—she has the power to make the world a better place without the unstoppable power of gods and church scholars.

But... Gao Qi couldn't really solve everything for everyone after all. Like Annalize, Maria rejected the fate that Gao Qi arranged for her, and resolutely followed in his footsteps.

Then, there was the "Day of Fall" that changed Terra.

Gao Qi, who had already lost most of his power and was extremely weak in the crossing of the world, was besieged by several Terra gods. The meteorite rain fell to every corner of the world.

Likewise, there is Maria the Hunter.

Although she has always been taciturn, even when playing with her favorite, the children in Alina's classroom, she just looks at them with a faint smile, and when she sees Gao Qi, she will directly pose cold face.

However, from the mouths of her apprentice—the Knight King of Casimir, Kelsey, and even the doctor, Gao Qi still heard a lot of news about Maria.

Gao Qi remembered that it was an ordinary afternoon in Kazdel, Kelsey habitually finished drinking the coffee prepared by Gao Qi, kicked off her sandals casually, and put her two feet on Gao Qi's knee While enjoying his massage service, he told her about the experience of meeting Maria

Kelsey's cat's paws are soft, not the pads of the First Men cats, but they are also very comfortable to touch, but... her story is very cold.

Maria is a person whose whereabouts are uncertain. Around 200 years in the Terran calendar, Kalshi first saw her. At that time, Kalshi was investigating a tomb that was said to be the tomb of the Great Khan of Nightmare, and investigated why the rest of the khan’s descendants After the death of the Great Khan, a violent civil war broke out suddenly, and its intensity far exceeded the degree of power struggle.

And there, Kelsey met this indifferent huntress for the first time. The two were not employed, but simply fellow travelers—Kelsey wanted to find out the truth of history, while Maria said that she wanted to Going here to pick up something.

The two hit it off right away, well, they didn't really hit it off that well, and the things they said along the way didn't add up to a few words.

At that time, Maria was only wearing the common clothes of Terra, and the fighting skills she used did not belong to any genre of Terra, but they were also different from Gauchi's skills—after all, she was an authentic old hunter. Outlanders are different.

In addition, Maria never disclosed her past like Gao Qi, so even if Kelsey met Gao Qi later, she didn't think there was any connection between the two.

From the beginning to the end, the two didn't say a word, but Kelsey clearly remembered that in the weathered ancient nightmare battlefield, she saw the corpses of the two heirs of the Great Khan fighting each other until they died.

Around them, all the Nightmare Kuranta people were fighting brutally. In the end, their weapons beyond the times and the martial arts that surpassed Terra were not used, and everyone was using their fists. Opponents battering and tearing each other with their teeth seem to be fully transformed into beasts.

In the end, almost everyone died, and the area around the tomb became a dead place that no one could approach, and even wild animals would go around—only a reckless fool like Kelsey would pass by.

Almost no one escaped from the Khan's tomb in the ground, only a few lunatics who had a mental breakdown escaped, and this story has been passed down from generation to generation as a legend.

Unsurprisingly, when Kalshi and Maria, who had never talked to each other a few times along the way, a person who was more than a three-none, stepped into the vicinity of the Khan's tomb together, the people in the tomb The dry bones quickly revived, and with a terrifying cry, the dry muscles drove the dry bones and bit them towards them.

And before Kelsey summoned Mon3tr, she saw a black shadow accompanied by a fiery red flash, flashing tens of meters away, blocking in front of her.

Afterwards, she saw a dance of death in the air with the twin blades burning with flames—anyway, according to Kelsey, Maria's battle looked more efficient than Gucci's purely focus on killing. It is more artistic and full of beauty.

Obviously Kelsey is an efficient guy, but she turned her back on Gao Qi, that’s okay, so Gao Qi attacked the kidney reflex area of ​​the big lynx very unhappy, and then she kicked her in the waist directly—Gao Qi At that time, I made up my mind that one day the big lynx will be slapped and meowing! That day is not far away!

In short, the other enemies along the way were wiped out by Maria without Kelsey's action. During this period, she couldn't help but said to herself, "A corpse is never as good as a living person, and it's the same everywhere. .”

In the end, the two arrived at the coffin of the Nightmare Khan and unraveled the secret that no one in the world knew until now.

It was not a coffin, but a sealed place. A Nightmare Kuranta mummy who held a scimitar that could transform into a growth bow and stood until death nailed a twisted inhuman existence to death on the battlefield. central.

Even if a hundred years had passed, the twisted, wriggling creature full of teeth and nails was still alive, but it was firmly nailed to the ground by the scimitar inlaid with this blood-colored gemstone, constantly killing its vitality.

This is the end of Nightmare Khan. He is tired of fighting with humans, so he chooses to launch an eternal challenge to non-human beings-the endless journey of Nightmare.

The fall of the Nightmare Empire was not due to the infighting among the heirs after Khan's death. Khan's two loyal sons led the soldiers to protect their father and challenged an inhuman superior, and fought for him. The decisive battle created an opportunity.

In the end, with the help of the magical weapon unearthed from an unknown place, although Nightmare Khan did not kill the "god", he truly defeated him, sealed him, and completed his proud journey to heaven at the cost of his life.

And a hundred years later, the hunter named Maria pulled out the twisted scimitar amidst Kelsey's nervous warning, and it was about to break out of the seal almost effortlessly, but the evil spirit who was still in a weak state Beheaded, let it disappear in the raging flames.

In the end, Kelsey didn't know what the name of the **** Terra who stole the falling object was called, and what kind of domain he was in charge of. He just knew that Maria took out a twisted piece of umbilical cord from his remains. s things.

Maria said she had fulfilled her promise with the Great Khan and was waiting to have the item returned to its rightful owner.

And like Maria said, she did return it to its owner—no, almost everything.

For hundreds of years, Maria has been walking alone in this foreign land called Terra, collecting things about Gorchi.

The weapons he used to fight with her, the props he used, some of the clothes he wore, and even the blood of the gods and family members that he collected and didn’t use in the end, all disappeared in no man’s land, or became Many family heirlooms of great powers, what is even more frightening is that they were used by the local gods of Terra, which had an incalculable impact on Terra.

And Maria, who has been alone, reclaimed the things that belonged to Gao Qi. She knew that her cheap junior was just lying in bed for a while-he would definitely wake up and meet her again.

She is not considered strong. Although her skills are strong, she cannot be infinitely improved like Gao Qi. At least in the face of those inhuman objects, she may even be defeated and killed. However, her life has long been comparable to Gao Qi's. The dreams are bound together, as long as Gao Qi is still alive in a certain corner of the world, just like Annalize, she only needs a period of time to recover.

All along, she has acted alone. Even if she met Kelsey and the doctor, they were just colleagues for a short period of time, and in the end they had to leave each other without nostalgia.

However, on several occasions, she still tried to use the power of others, and achieved success. The Knight King once, and the Great Khan once. Both leaders realized the meaning of their lives and expelled the scourge that threatened the world. Maria, It's just taking back one thing from the junior brother.

Although the efficiency is not high, she also recovered a lot of things before meeting Gao Qi.

So, on that day, after Gao Qi showed off that he gave a lot of props to Maria, she took Gao Qi to the forest in the snowy field and found a tomb of a nightmare in Ursas.

There, Gao Qi saw a large number of props that were not inferior to his inventory in the dream. Maria did not have a dream world, and things were stored little by little. She summoned Gao Qi to Ursus, half of which was to deal with demons Half of the problem is to return these props.

From all kinds of weapons he is familiar with, to the props that must be saved because all the echoes of blood are stuffed into the attribute value, the quality of the sacred blood gems and blood stones far exceeds the existing props, and even a large number of family blood and ancient blood. The blood of God, even the knowledge of madmen and ancient gods has a lot of knowledge.

Although the number of things collected by Maria in hundreds of years is still not as much as what Gao Qi collected in a year under accurate perception, Gao Qi was still moved to tears and gave it to Ma on the spot. Leah gave her a big hug, and promised to treat her well from now on, promise her with her body, and give birth to ten little hunters.

Of course, how many knives Gao Qi was hacked by Luoyang afterwards is another topic.

However, among the things that Maria helped Gao Qi collect, there is one thing whose value and significance...far exceeds the others.

[third umbilical cord

A great umbilical cord, also known as the cord of the eye. All young ancient gods have a prototype called the third umbilical cord.

Every Old God loses his Son and longs for their replacement, and so does the formless Old God Adan.

Thinking about it carefully, it was this corrupted blood that opened up this foreign connection.

Use to increase spiritual vision, and what people call "inner eyes", although no one knows the true colors of these things. 】

Gao Qi and Maria took out a dry umbilical cord from their hands.

The former was obtained from the laboratory of the General Administration of Rhine Life, while the latter was directly snatched back from a weak ancient **** of Terra.

"Ha, I didn't expect that I could get two pieces now, so if this is the case, if the demons really stole the knowledge and items related to the Mensis school, then I'm afraid... we can find the third piece."

The third umbilical cord is an organ of the descendants of the ancient gods. It is not a real umbilical cord, but Master William believes that this kind of umbilical cord represents a link, connecting mortals with higher beings, and touching their great power and knowledge the bond.

This is also why, instead, mortals can give birth to the children of ancient gods—it’s not because the mother is so special, the key is on this umbilical cord, the third umbilical cord connects the mother’s uterus, and the superior in nothingness.

In Yanan, Gao Qi collected a total of four third umbilical cords, but he only needed three to successfully establish the connection between mortals and superiors and gain the power of ascension.

And in the game, if you collect all three umbilical cords, gain enough strength and wisdom to counter the ancient god, and finally see through the plot of the moon **** and kill him, you can finally replace the moon **** and become a new ancient god.

But, although you can enjoy breastfeeding with Miss Doll in this way, Gao Qi will return to his childhood in the end, turning back into a twisted tentacle—the cows and cows are gone, so what’s the point of being alive, when God has It's useless!

Therefore, under the protection of the old color criticism, Gao Qi resolutely rejected the temptation, but used his own means to ascend to God by killing and hunting, and finally killed the Blood Princess of the Moon.

And it turned out that his choice couldn't be more wise-after all, now, he can be breastfed by Miss Doll and other girls directly at home and in his dreams!

At least in Gao Qi's family, Hemo and Senomi, the two motherly girls, like to play like this.

Kafka also likes this way of playing, because only at this time, the little girl can be regarded as a mature adult, even though she can't **** anything.

But in short, now that the two umbilical cords have returned to Gao Qi, Gao Qi does not intend to use their power, but simply wants to use the resonance of the three umbilical cords to increase his perception.

After all, if the demon gains the power of Mensis, then—he is likely to face the existence that gave him the umbilical cord.

"Here, this belongs to you—don't be silly, or I'll give you a knife in front of everyone."

On the top of the mountain, Maria stuffed the third umbilical cord into Gao Qi's hand while the rest of the people watched.

As for Gao Qi, after taking the umbilical cord with both hands, he was stunned for a moment, and immediately looked to the north.

"Wow--"

He heard a familiar, ear-piercing cry of a baby coming from the land in the north that was shrouded in dark and thick fog.

———

Ahem, the appearance of the third umbilical cord is not just for the plot of this volume, but for the next volume.

Think about it, everyone, what is the function of the umbilical cord, and what kind of gameplay can be derived, after all, the original function is to turn people into superior larvae...

Let's keep the mystery, the end of this volume and the content of the next volume are guaranteed to satisfy everyone!

75. Hunt, invisible son of the demon!

In the far north of Ursas, on the top of the mountains, strong winds blow and dark clouds press down.

At this moment, Gao Qi was standing on the top of the mountain with everyone, doing the final brief preparations, and waiting for the last two participants.

Although invisible to the naked eye, a huge pressure is approaching this direction from the no man's land in the north with overwhelming momentum, full of greedy and crazy twisted malice.

This made Lilia, Talula and Frost Star, the three "little young men" who had never seen such a posture, feel a little stressed.

Gao Qi fiddled with a huge, sharp scimitar composed of two curved pieces of metal. He didn't bother the three of them for the time being, but let them get used to it for the next battle.

"The reality barrier here has been breached, and the demon's attack will soon begin."

On the side, Maria had finished her preparations, and with her Luoyang stuck in her waist, she looked towards the north with a blank expression, her tone full of indifference.

Terra's "reality boundary" cannot be an existence built on the mountain, but should be a buffer zone from reality to nothingness. The closer to the lights of civilization, the stronger the barriers of reality, and the closer to the wild land , the distortion becomes more serious.

As for how to distort it—just refer to those ghost things in Yanan’s dream. Without the constraints of the laws of the real world, any unreasonable things will appear in places that transcend the rules.

That day, after unlocking the hard disk escorted by the Ursas in Lilia's basement, Gauchi had the most basic understanding of the irregular area—beyond the borders of Terra's civilization, there was Dreamlike reality.

This is not a good word, but it makes Gao Qi feel a lot of pressure. He can even speculate that the place outside the border of civilization is another **** that is no different from Yanan—what caused this reason, the information at hand, It's hard to explain.

Perhaps, after this operation, Gao Qi can find many answers.

"Okay, then let's wait and let these greedy little cuties know who will hunt who, Senior Sister, are you excited?"

Looking at Maria beside him, Gao Qi stretched his waist and looked at her with a smile.

If there is the worst possibility, then maybe the Terra Continent is just a lone boat floating in the ocean of dreams. Except for the Terra Continent, the rest of the entire planet may be the domain of the superiors. A terrifying and distorted dream!

However, it is not so hopeless.

Since the rise of Terra civilization, people have never stopped exploring the outside world, and the boundaries of civilization are also expanding rapidly. Whether it is Ursus, Sargon, Yan Kingdom or the extinct Great Khan, they are all in the direction of east, west, north, south , Constantly exploring unknown places where no one has set foot.

Even because in recent years, due to disputes among the various countries, there has been internal friction to a certain extent, and there is also a lesson from the past when Iberia suddenly exploded on the spot when the fifty years expired when exploring the ocean, which led to the slowdown of exploration Down, but the overall situation is still external expansion.

The most famous of these is naturally the great pioneering of Columbia, which is still going on, and explorers like Magellan have never stopped exploring the unknown.

It is precisely because of the existence of such people that the lights of civilization are so endless. In this regard, human beings are despicable and great.

Gao Qi thinks that it is precisely because of this that Kelsey will tirelessly face everyone's hostility and incomprehension, and also travel all over Terra, seeking to unite forces from all parties to jointly fight against inhuman threats—she loves this land The depth of love.

As for Gao Qi himself, he doesn't have such a noble reason. He just can't accept his wife and future wives because of his prey.

"Hmph, I'm different from you. Hunting is not something to be enjoyed, it's just work."

Facing Gao Qi's question, Maria replied in a cold tone. It's not that she doesn't know how to be gentle with others, but she always treats Gao Qi like this.

For her, no matter how terrifying the enemy is, she just wants to end this battle as soon as possible, solve the threat faced by the Ursus, and eliminate those twisted evil existences. .

"I understand, I understand, aren't we already prepared, don't worry, no demon can cause damage to Terra, I will do what I say."

The scimitar in his hand shook violently, and with the sound of metal parts colliding, it turned into a silver bow, and Gao Qi's tone became gentle and serious.

"Did you forget, when I was in Yanan, did I promise you something? With me, no conspiracy or evil deed can hurt everything you hold dear—now I come to you again, this promise It still works, and I will fight for your justice, for your kindness and tenderness."

Maria was a tragic victim. As a blood clan of filth, she originally had countless splendor, wealth and extravagant pleasures, but she voluntarily abandoned all of them and became a hunter.

The reason is naturally her purest desire - to protect the people she loves.

But the massacre in the small fishing village made her realize that hunters are not honest and kind people. To be precise, Maria can be said to represent the pinnacle of the hunters in Yanan.

After that, the Healing Church's experiment called "Healing" turned the patients and children under her care into monsters, completely crushing Maria.

If she is not kind, then she will not throw Luoyang into the well and become an ordinary nurse instead. If she is not gentle, she will not choose to commit suicide by taking poison after witnessing the unchangeable crime.

Yanan is not a suitable place for such a good person to live, and Terra is the same, and here, Maria’s creed has not changed. She has walked Terra for hundreds of years, and she has never given up saving any good people who can be saved. .

Alina even praised Gao Qi personally. Whether it is taking care of sick patients or educating the children of the villagers, Maria is even more careful and professional than her teacher—over the past few hundred years, more than Compared with hunter, she prefers to be a teacher and nurse.

"I'm not excited about hunting, I'm happy because I can fight for you, Senior Sister Maria~~"

Although usually glib, Alina accused her of leading Tallulah down every day, but this time Gao Qi said it very seriously.

"...I know, that's why I'm going to do my best."

And this time, Maria did not glared at him with her light green eyes as usual, but stroked her hair skillfully, and looked to the other side.

She naturally knew that although Gao Qi was full of strange words, it was impossible for him to lie at a time like this.