Blood of the Hunting God

It seemed to be a very sad and painful dream, a nightmare that I wanted to forget, and I didn't want to think of it anyway.

Or, is it not a nightmare, but a reality that once happened?

But whatever it was, Abigail didn't want to think about it.

"Mr. Hunter, your coat, that, yesterday, caused trouble for Mr. Hunter!"

Returning the coat to the hunter, the little girl blushed slightly and said in a low voice, but the fingers holding the coat seemed to unconsciously want to continue to grasp it, as if she was still a little bit reluctant.

If Mr. Hunter is by his side, no matter what kind of nightmare it is, there will be no problem, right?

Thinking like this, Abigail raised her head and watched the tall and silent hunter put on his coat again, with a happy smile on his face.

This made the hunter a little puzzled, and he didn't understand why the little girl looked so happy just now.However, he didn't care much about the child's emotional changes, he just reached out and patted Abigail's little head, and then looked at Disma, who had already tidied up.

"After eating the dry food, let's go. There is still a long way to go today."

Disma said so and brought out the food that impressed Abigail last night.

So the next moment the little girl's expression became depressed again.

Well, it should be said that children's mood changes are always so sudden.

Seeing Abigail whose emotions changed several times in just a few minutes, the hunter nodded with understanding.

All in all, after eating the unpalatable steamed bitter gourd with zucchini without any seasoning, all in all, after eating dry food that was not at all delicious, the group of three embarked on this old pilgrim's road again, toward Start from the star town mentioned by Disma.

Originally, Disma thought that a child like Abigail would greatly slow down the trip, so he was prepared to spend a week or even longer.However, what was a little unexpected was that Abigail's physical strength and movement speed were much stronger than those of ordinary children, and she could completely keep up with Disma and the hunter.

On the first day, Disma and his team traveled nearly 35 kilometers in the wilderness.Considering the existence of various dangerous monsters and the damage of the road itself, such a journey can already be said to be quite fast.The march on the second day was faster than the first day. At night, Disma estimated that they had traveled about 40 kilometers.And as they got closer to Starry Sky Town, the road conditions would get better and better, and they might be able to go faster.

"In this case, um, maybe you can reach the town in five days."

That night, the safe area I stayed in was even worse than the previous one, and someone even shitted on the straw mat used to sleep in it.Hunter and Disma tried to tidy up, but in the end they only found a rotten mat that could barely sleep on.

This time, Abigail offered to watch the first half of the night with the hunter, let Desma sleep first, and then sleep on the mat with the hunter in the second half of the night, and Desma would watch the second half of the night.Compared with the blushing and heartbeating situation on the first day, I have to say that the girl has made great progress.

Of course, neither the hunter nor Disma felt that there was any problem with this, but they didn't think much about this girl as a brat at all.

On the third day that followed, they failed to avoid a team of a dozen or so monsters in time. After letting Abigail hide in an abandoned house, the hunter and Diss immediately went forward to fight.These things that seem to be a mixture of humans and plants are much more difficult to deal with than hunters expected. There are many hardened areas on their bodies. Attacking at a distance of several meters caused the hunter to suffer a lot at first.

"Use grease! Drizzle grease on the knife!"

Disma quickly reminded the hunter, he took out the grease he used to deal with the crippled knight before, made flames ignite on the meat saw, easily cut open the hardened area of ​​the monster, cut the vines and killed them.

"This kind of grease blessed by the church is very lethal to these things. If you encounter a guy who doesn't feel right when you cut it, you can try to drizzle it with grease before hitting."

After the battle, Disma seriously suggested to the hunter.

Even so, there was not much oil left, and the hunter estimated that he would only last for one or two more battles at most.

Considering the restrictions on the consumables they carried, they walked a little slower for the next distance, but at the end of the third day, they still walked about half of the distance, that is, a full hundred kilometers.

found this night

The safe house is relatively well maintained, with five or six big clean beds that allow the three of them to have a good night's sleep.But Abigail was a little bit disappointed because of this. Of course, she suppressed the expression on her face very well, so that the hunter didn't notice.

Unexpectedly...will be disappointed because he can't sleep with Mr. Hunter, oh, is this because he wants to act like a baby too much?I always feel that I am really going to become a bad boy.

That night, the little girl blushed because she realized the reason for her emotional change, and turned over in bed several times in trouble before falling asleep.

Then, on the fourth day, with half the distance left.

The unexpected situation finally appeared on this day.

Chapter 23: The Encounter

The first to notice the anomaly was the hunter.

It seemed to be instinctive, some kind of strong intuition, which made the hunter take a defensive posture immediately even though he didn't notice any abnormality.

Then, the faint smell of blood began to permeate from a distance.

The sound of slashing and the roar of monsters also became louder.

"Other teams have been attacked by monsters."

After listening for a while, Disma spoke to the hunter and Abigail beside him.

As a front-line town, Star Town itself exists to target these monsters in the corrupt field. Naturally, there are more than one team of heroes who will enter and leave the town to hunt and kill them.Disma himself is more inclined to be a lone ranger, but he also has a team that trusts and cooperates with each other, although he is the only one left now.

Hunters usually act in teams of three or four. Too few people will make it difficult to deal with the monster group's attack, and too many people will easily expose themselves, and at the same time, supply problems are also prone to problems.

When hunting outside, it is not easy for these teams to meet each other. After all, the entire corruption field is still very vast, covering an area of ​​more than 20 square kilometers.Even though the old pilgrim roads that hunters are active in occupy a small area in this wilderness, it is still an extremely huge area when combined.

But on this day, I don't know if it was good luck or bad luck. The hunters and their group met other hunter teams.

And it's still a team of hunters who are being attacked by monsters.

Twisted and deformed, the monster that lived in symbiosis with the same corrupted plants roared forward, and was knocked down by the rifle in the gunman's hand.

Monsters that looked like deer or horses, but were just as deformed as to be almost unrecognizable, crawled out of the mud howling, and were severed in heads by warriors' longaxes.

Then, when a huge, eyeball-covered crocodile crawled out of the grass, a whistle made the gunners and fighters fall back, followed by a man in leather armor and a helmet with a hatchet and a hook walked out.

"Ah."

In the cold snorting voice, it was the man running forward, dodging the crazy pounce of the huge crocodile sideways, cutting a wound horizontally with the hatchet in his hand, and then hooked it with the hook rope before the crocodile monster was about to turn around and bite. The roof of a dilapidated building nearby pulled him down not far away.

Amidst the roar, the huge crocodile monster rushed forward, but was hit in the back by the gunman who loaded the shotgun next to it.The scattered projectiles exploded a large number of eyeballs growing together, and the crocodile monster in the splashed blood wailed and wanted to divert the target, but then the hook rope thrown by the previous man penetrated one side of the limb, and he followed him. One side was tied to a stone wall, and the rope became taut as the monster moved, causing the huge crocodile, which was caught off guard, to stumble, and at this moment, the man came up again with a hatchet in hand.

【Roar! 】

Opening its mouth full of fangs, the ferocious monster was only a stone's throw away from the man at this moment.

"Fuck you."

Then, a man who didn't flinch followed with a scolding sound.

Rolling on the spot, passing through the belly of the huge crocodile monster, the ax slashed upwards, penetrated the flesh and blood, and ruthlessly cut downwards.

Blood splattered, and the man moved away from the huge monster, whistling again.

"It feels amazing..."

Abigail, who was watching from a distance, said in a low voice.

"But not as powerful as Mr. Hunter!"

But immediately the little girl spoke seriously to the hunter beside her.

"His name is Tardiff. Well, I know him well, and he has a good relationship. He was originally a bounty hunter. He is indeed a good player. In terms of melee combat ability, I think he can definitely be among the top three in Starry Sky Town."

Disma, who was also watching this scene, nodded and said.

The fight was gradually coming to an end. The bounty hunter named Tardiff with a hatchet was quite agile, and the huge crocodile monster failed to catch his movement track after several crazy charges.The dilapidated building provided great convenience for the man's movement, and the hook rope enabled him to turn around constantly, teasing this huge monster like a monkey.

The two companions kept covering Tardiff's actions by their sides, taking advantage of their spare time to continuously inflict damage on this huge crocodile.

In the end, the monster, unable to support itself, wailed and fell to the ground. There was basically no good flesh on its body, and it was covered with scars from cutting and gunshots.

"garbage

rubbish. "

Wiping off the blood on the weapon, the man who ended the battle said indifferently.

"If you can get rid of such a big guy, you can get a lot of bounties. You are always lucky, Tardiff."

Disma, who came up from the edge of the battlefield, looked at Tardif not far away and said.

The hunter and Abigail did not come forward, but continued to hide under Disma's signal. After all, until now, Disma has not figured out how to arrange their identities. If they can not show up to let more people know, they will try their best. Don't show up.In this way, fabricating a false identity does not need to worry about the possibility of exposure.

"Where's your companion?"

Tardiff, who was carrying the axe, was not surprised. He had noticed Desma before he approached, so he only asked in a calm voice.

"it's here……"

After a brief silence, Disma patted his pocket.

"You brought it on yourself."

His voice became a little colder, and Tardive, who could clearly feel his mood suddenly turned bad, turned around and left without looking at Disma. "

The two companions who acted together with Tardif wanted to come up to say hello, but Tardif waved his hand, and they chose to leave centered on the captain. "In a sense, this brief meeting was quite unpleasant, and it seemed that it was not quite like the "friendship" that Disma mentioned.

It wasn't until Tardiff's team walked a little further that the hunter came out holding Abigail's hand.

"The man just now felt so fierce. Is he really your friend, Mr. Disma?"

Abigail was puzzled.

"It used to be, but I don't know anymore."

Disma sighed and shook his head lightly, with a complicated expression on his face.

"Hey, why do you say that?"

Abigail was even more puzzled.

"I took his friends to die, and then I came back alive, how could he have a good face towards me..."

Disma looked at his pocket with complicated emotions, and looked at the remains of his two comrades in the pocket.

"Sorry……"

Realizing that she asked the wrong question, Abigail immediately apologized in a low voice.

"It's nothing, you don't need to apologize, boy, I took a stupid risky move, cost the lives of two friends, and had a bad relationship with another friend, I asked for it, he said There is nothing wrong, the evil consequences caused by oneself can only be borne by oneself..."

"Okay, it's just a chance encounter, let's move on."

Sighing again, Disma restrained his unhappiness, and smiled at the two people beside him.

【……quick……】

The hunter frowned, looking at the grassland not far away.

Did you hear something just now?

"There is still a long way to go, don't delay, let's go."

As Disma spoke, he took the lead in walking forward.

【……escape…………】

"Hey?"

Abigail and the hunter were stunned for a moment, and once again turned to the gloomy and dark field under the moonlight behind them. "

"Mr. Hunter, did you hear something?"

The girl blinked, and seemed a little unsure of her hearing.

The hunter nodded wordlessly.

"what are you guys saying?"

Disma stopped walking and looked at the two of them.

【... Hurry... Escape...】

"I seem to have heard a voice."

Abigail pointed to the darkness in the distance.

"It's very far away, but it seems to be slowly, no, it should be very fast, and the sound is always approaching."

Trying to turn her ears sideways, the girl closed her eyes and listened carefully.

"I heard someone say—"

【Run away...】

Ruoyouuowu's voice reached the ears of the three people this time.

Disma's originally calm expression suddenly changed into a horrified expression at this moment.

He already recognized the source of the voice.

"It's... the caller..."

Chapter 24: Elvis the Caller