The Divine Hunter Chapter 11: Ice Giant
The cave is rugged and steep, with hanging stone bridges and dark abyss below.
There are large piles of bones scattered in the corner, including elk, forest musk deer, wolf, bear, and even human skulls, leg bones and other bones. Some are still smelling fresh and putrid, and some of the remains are centuries old. At best, they are just decorations to deter intruders.
Roy quickly walked through the darkness, heading towards the road that wound upwards to the top of the mountain. His bones were broken under his feet, and his heterochromatic pupils reflected the light like a cat. The darkness became the same as daytime.
He walked across the suspension bridge and entered a huge cave. The rock cave roof was hemispherical and its size was incalculable. Dense stalactites hung from the cave roof like colorful vines, confusing his concept of space.
Gray and green stalagmites grow on the ground, thick at the bottom and narrow at the top, some even higher than Roy's head.
In the pits between the stalagmites, the sound of dripping water echoed continuously.
Tick tock, tick tock...
The witcher senses that someone is watching him.
Shua——
Five fingers outline the triangular talisman, and golden light immediately envelopes the whole body.
He slowed down his pace and set his feet carefully.
A pair of scarlet eyes suddenly opened behind a stalagmite in the corner. Looking towards him, something opened its jagged mouth amidst the rustling noise.
"Shua—"
The humanoid monster moved its arms and legs awkwardly like a duck, jumped out of the cover, and rushed towards the demon hunter with a gust of fishy wind and a stench like a cesspit.
When it rushed forward, Roy saw it clearly. It was similar in size to a water ghost, but more disgusting than a water ghost. Its head was covered with bloated folds like a Shar-Pei dog, forming a hood of flesh. The red hair as thick as the intestines swayed as it jumped, and the scarlet tendons and yellow tendons all over the body formed a pair of muscle armor, with sharp teeth and claws, and a mouth full of jagged yellow teeth.
As shabby as the appearance is, it will be as shabby as possible.
Corrosion Demon
Age: 20
Life: 100
Attributes:
Strength: 10
Physique: 10
Agility: 11
Perception: 5
Will: 6
Charm: 2
Spirit: 5
Skills:
Rotten Corpse Poison LV5: The environment where the Corruption Demon lives contains a large number of corpses and rotten meat. The claws and teeth are stained with special venom. After injuring the target, there is a certain probability that it will become weak and feverish
Social (Passive): When Corruption Demons go out in groups, Agility +2, Willpower +2.
Self-destruction (passive): When the corrosive demon dies, it will activate its self-destruction instinct, causing huge impact damage and corrosive damage from dirty blood to all surrounding creatures.
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"Shua—"
The demon hunter bent his knees and crouched, holding the hilt of Arondette's sword with both hands, and made a horizontal stroke with the blade in the direction in which it was running.
Crash!
Steaming internal organs slipped out from the split chest and abdomen.
A red light passed by, and after the slash, the demon hunter rolled forward to the ground, leaving the body that was divided into two parts far behind.
"Bang!"
The Corruption Demon exploded like an overinflated balloon!
Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and there was a downpour of blood and minced flesh among the stalagmites.
The ground and side walls were corroded to the point where green smoke was rising, dirty blood spattered onto the demon hunter, and the golden light flowed once and then directly shattered.
Kill the Corruption Demon, experience value +100, Demon Hunter lv12 (13900/12500).
"The power of this thing's self-destruction is quite large." Roy exhaled and shook off the blood on the sword, and screams suddenly sounded from all directions!
Four or five humanoid monsters jumped out from behind the stone and rushed towards them with their teeth and claws bared. In addition to the Corrosion Demon, there was also its close relative the Glutton.
Narrow space, double self-destruction attack!
If you kill them at close range, you will be accidentally injured by the explosion. If you don't kill them, they will be beaten to death!
Even the demon hunter can't withstand this strange attack!
But Roy wouldn't let them get close at all!
"Whoosh whoosh——"
Ten meters away, the long sword in the demon hunter's hand switched to a hand crossbow in the blink of an eye, and he pulled the trigger six times in a row in the blink of an eye.
The first arrow was shot backwards, and his body followed the arrow for dozens of meters, keeping a distance from the self-destruction team and confirming that he was in a safe position.
The remaining five arrows were shot forward, passing through the air from left to right, making a few naughty turns, and accurately blasting off five heads.
The five corpses were carried backwards by the impact of the arrows!
"Bang! Bang! Bang..."
A rather spectacular scene appeared in the dark cave.
Five running scavengers rose into the air one after another. Before they landed, their heads were blown to pieces by the impact, and the crossbow arrows instantly ignited the "gunpowder" in their bodies.
Five corrosive creatures exploded into blood mist one after another.
The vigorous rain of flesh and blood dyed the walls of the cave red.
The demon hunter stood in the distance, admiring this cruel scene, and blew on the crossbow.
"Self-destruction is not feasible for me!"
The demon hunters don’t know what the principle behind the self-destruction of the Corruption Demon is, but this cruel stress reaction is a huge trouble for harvesting trophies. Their flesh, flesh and internal organs shatter into countless pieces, leaving only bare skin in place. A rib cage, several teeth, claws, and some body parts even flew dozens of meters away and fell into the abyss under the bridge.
Collecting loot is extremely difficult.
Fortunately, he found a glutton's lair behind the stalactite. Most of the space was buried in the ground in a spindle shape. The ground was a miniature volcano-like structure made of ice, snow, soil, and bones.
Roy threw an Igni Fury into the hole. After detonating it, he collected a small red mutant.
……
Along the way, two self-destructing monsters kept launching surprise attacks on the demon hunters.
However, after Roy saw their self-destructive power, he resolutely adhered to the principle of never letting them get close, either shooting, or spraying flames and lightning from his palms.
Let them stand there obediently!
……
The terrain is getting higher and higher. The witcher was forced to stop when he walked to the rocks surrounded by suspension bridges. A tall crooked neck tree stood there. The leaves fell off and were replaced by clusters of purple-black feathers, mucus and soil mixture.
And from the tips of the branches, there was the sound of wings flapping, as well as clucking and hissing.
Several heads have vulture-like pointed beaks and hooked claws, and Elenia, a slender and tall body, stands on top, cleaning the feathers with her pointed beak as if admiring herself.
Apparently this tree has been built as a nest by Elenia.
The roots of the trees under their feet are densely piled with bones, animals, and even Corruption Demons, the same kind. Their ecological niche is close to that of Corruption Demons.
Suddenly a piece of food walked carelessly into his sight.
Elenia immediately cheered with surprise, flapped their wings and dived down on the witcher!
However, the cheers quickly turned into panicked screams.
The screams were mixed with the continuous vibration of bowstrings.
The demon hunter with a crossbow in his left hand and a sword in his right hand disappeared. The next second, like a ghost wandering in the void, he appeared next to an Elenia, wielding a cold sword!
Swish, swish, swish——
On the treetops, in mid-air, monster birds fell like raindrops.
With the flesh and blood pits blasted by the crossbow arrows on his body, and the stab wounds from the long sword!
The ground is in a mess.
Ten seconds later, the demon hunter stood lightly on the top of the umbrella-shaped tree.
With a smile, he stared at the exit in front of which white light poured in.
Kill Elenia*8, experience value +640, Demon Hunter lv12 (15040/12500),
"Not bad, a bumper harvest of experience points!"
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Whoosh——
The demon hunter flashed and landed smoothly. The short blade in his hand was swung at a dizzying speed, harvesting the organs and tissues of the demon bird.
Exit the cave.
Outside the deep and dark cave is a winding path that surrounds the entire outside of the mountain and leads to the top of the mountain.
The cold wind was like a steel knife scraping my bones, the temperature dropped to minus ten degrees, and crystal snowflakes were floating in the sky.
Falling on the dark cloak of the witcher, it was like twinkling stars in the dark night.
The witcher wrapped his body tightly in his cloak and walked on the slippery snow path for less than ten minutes before finally reaching the end of the trip - the cave at the top of Udvik's highest peak.
I don’t know how many years ago, the islanders used pieces of granite to pile up hills, almost blocking the entrance of the cave.
Only a breathable slit is left at the top of the mountain bag.
The witcher moved his nose.
A familiar body odor that I had smelled on Old Spearhead of Kaer Morhen.
He can basically determine the creature in the hole.
"No wonder the Frost Giants on Udvik Island have not appeared for hundreds of years. It turns out that the lair was blocked and no one disturbed them, so they fell asleep."
But only a giant species can sleep so deathly and sweetly after a hundred years of dreaming.
But as long as the Frost Giants are still there, they will wake up one day, and when the time comes, Udvik will be annihilated.
"I will show mercy for once...help you solve your trouble!"
However, he did not intend to kill the Frost Giant.
"Whoosh—"
The arrow penetrated the slit in the cave ceiling.
The figure of the demon hunter immediately disappeared into the cold wind outside the cave.
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A huge cave.
The height is at least ten meters, and a dozen pillars supported by several people hugging each other support the ceiling.
It's spacious enough for a horse to run wildly.
The climate was too cold, and the ice on the four walls protruded. Some walls had a hole, allowing them to communicate with the outside world, and the cold air from the top of the mountain rushed in.
And in the deepest part of the cave, a giant that was over four meters tall, with a frost-like blue-grey skin and as strong as a mountain, lay face to face on the ground, falling into a sweet sleep.
There was a thick bearskin covering the back, chest and neck, which was integrated with the dark brown messy hair on the back of the head, rising and falling with the slight snoring.
Every breath seems to have magic, and the snow around it swirls lightly around it.
Its bulging muscular arms and legs were covered with yellowing wooden armor, which was of a very ancient style, as if it was made of wood that had been forcibly removed from the deck of a dragon ship and woven with cables.
Ice Giant
Age: 280
Gender: Male
Health:? (Hibernation, hunger, weakness)
Attributes:
Power:? (weak)
Agility: 15 (weak)
Physique:? (weak)
Perception: 12
Will: 12
Charm: 4
Spirit: 10
Skills:
Giant species (passive): Vitality far exceeds that of ordinary species, natural constitution +20, thick **** skin can effectively resist physical blows, and immediately heal any minor injuries, and quickly heal moderate injuries.
The power of ice (passive solidification): The ice giant has a mysterious connection with the cold weather. It can draw power from the ice and snow. When it is in the ice and snow, it will become infinitely powerful. Strength +20, and every blow of his fists and feet contains the power of freezing, which can slow down or even freeze the blood circulation in the prey's body.
Domestication (Passive): The Frost Giant is born with the ability to tame monster birds (Hekna, Elinia, Harpy). This ability has been engraved in the blood genes of it and the tamed object. It can command the demon birds in its territory by calling!
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"So the Elenia on the tree in the cave may be the descendant of the pet this guy kept."
Roy stared quietly at the huge creature ten meters away at the other end of the cave. He could feel its steady and powerful heartbeat and extremely strong vitality.
If the Frost Giants are in a state of complete victory, their combat power should exceed that of Kaer Morhen's Old Spearhead. It will be difficult to defeat it alone.
Unfortunately, it has been sleeping for too long... Like a hibernating animal, its body is getting thinner and thinner as time goes by.
It was extremely lacking in nutrients. No wonder a few years later, it would go on a killing spree and eat like crazy as soon as it woke up.
"But I'm sorry, you have no chance to cause trouble this time."
……
After Roy confirmed that the ice giant was sleeping deeply, he sat cross-legged on the ground and meditated for a moment to regain his full state.
Start preparations.
Use a rag and apply brown grease evenly to the blades of silver and steel swords in a unique rhythm.
A layer of ogre oil refined from bear fat.
A layer of venom mixed with tetrodotoxin obtained from Seret.
The second bottle of ogre oil is used to soak the arrows, a total of two hundred.
Arrows are also quenched.
This will be his main offensive method.
Three bottles of magic potion were lined up in front of the demon hunter. The thunder potion to increase strength, Patui's potion to enhance the power of the seal, and Hekna's decoction to consume magic power to restore life.
Boom!
Remove the cork!
Gulugulu.
The mixed medicine flows into the intestines and stomach.
The slow heartbeat began to accelerate, and a sickly blush and black veins appeared on his cheeks.
Then, the demon hunter took out two alchemical bombs from the space—Dragon Dream—that had not been used for a long time, as well as a large barrel of fire oil.
The five fingers are continuously outlined, and the Kun's seal covers the whole body.
Colamp constructed a magical illusion and appeared in front of the demon hunter, picking up the barrel of kerosene and alchemy bombs, and carrying a handful of Alondette.
"Tap-tat-tat..."
Roy watched the illusion move around the snow on the ground and slowly approach the frost giant sleeping soundly in the corner.
Spill oil!
"Wow..."
The air was filled with a pungent smell of oil, and the fire oil poured all over the Frost Giant's back and sides. The Giant was unconscious and slept in a dark sleep.
Click!
The glass shattered, and a white, flammable and explosive Dragon Dream enveloped the giant.
Its index finger, which was as thick as an ordinary human thigh, moved and its eyelids blinked, finally showing signs of waking up.
Shua——
Roy immediately activated the summoning rune, and the fiery red and enchanting Fire Spirit lady swayed out of the Gate of Annihilation and floated to the position opposite her master.
At this moment, in the Frost Giant's lair, Illusion, Roy, and Fire Spirit formed a stable triangle.
After receiving the command, Fire Spirit turned his body in a circle and threw out a dazzling fire from his palm.
At the same time, the illusion aimed at the giant's left heel and raised Arondette, with a **** sword glow emerging from the tip of the sword, slashing!
Bang!
Alchemical gas and fire oil were ignited at the same time.
The white mist turned into a sky-high fire!
The explosion was deafening!
The flames covering the giant surged wildly, sparks flew everywhere, and the air flow hit and shook the earth.
Large swathes of stalactites fell from the sky and shattered into pieces!
In the flames, a huge shadow stood up, staggering to the left!
"Roar!"
The roar from ancient times echoed throughout the cave.
The towering figure like a mountain emerged from the flames. It was like a deformed child, with its forehead protruding outwards to form a huge sarcoma, a lion's nose and a wide mouth, and its eyes sparkling like two rubies under the firelight.
The facial features are so compact that it’s scary!
The dark brown beard on the chin hangs down to the chest, like a ridiculously large broom!
Under the dual effects of flammable fire oil and Dragon Dream, the giant's ice-blue skin was wrapped with the flames of tarsal maggots, as if it was wearing a flame armor!
A vortex of frost surged out of the large pores, extinguishing the flames!
Ice and fire clashed violently on its body.
The burnt and blackened skin is visibly healed and restored!
"Bang bang!"
It ran wildly towards the Fire Spirit, its body leaning to the left, and walking with a limp, but its speed was not slow at all, one step was three or four meters.
"Bang bang bang!"
The weight makes the cave tremble with every step it takes!
It stepped in front of the fire spirit almost instantly.
"Whoosh—"
The demon hunter in the other corner of the cave took the opportunity to fire his crossbow, and the arrows exploded behind it, leaving several **** holes and filling the dust with gemstones.
The ogre oil and venom on the arrow seeped into its blood from the wound.
The giant trembled in pain, but kept moving. He grabbed the palm of his short body horizontally, pinched the whole body of the fire spirit in his palm, and closed his five fingers.
The poor Miss Elemental turned into magic power and dissipated in the air without saying a word.
Whoosh—whoosh—
The demon hunter continuously pulled the trigger, and the arrows drew a series of afterimages in the air, like a gorgeous meteor shower.
The ice giant held his muscle-knotted left arm across his body as a shield. The arrow, which was enough to penetrate the bones of most creatures, only penetrated a shallow layer of skin and muscles on his arm before falling to the ground weakly!
"Roar!"
It ran towards the demon hunter holding the "shield" and slammed into the stone pillar where it was hiding!
"Bang!"
The cave shook violently.
The pillar was broken in the middle by the giant's violent force, and the lower half was pushed backwards!
Thick dust mist filled the air, and broken stones flew everywhere.
However, all its power fell into the void, and the demon hunter appeared at the other end of the cave without anyone noticing.
Alder Tremor showed his power and released purple lightning from his palms.
A second fire spirit and an illusion holding a crossbow walked out from behind him.
Swarm quickly to other corners.
……
The giant began to shout for help, but the demon bird had already been slaughtered by the demon hunter.
It is destined to fight alone!
It can only tirelessly charge back and forth towards the three corners of the lair!
The huge space of the nest has become its disadvantage!
A lot of time is wasted getting closer to the goal.
With one punch or one kick, the giant can smash the target into pieces, but it will never be able to touch a hair on Roy's true body. No matter how powerful it is, it is useless if it cannot hit the target!
Fire spirits, demon hunters, and illusions hid in different corners of the cave and bombarded it indiscriminately!
Colorful lights flashed crazily in the cave.
The sound of explosions, the sound of breaking through the air, and the roar of giants echo endlessly!
The fireball thrown by the fire spirit whizzed through the air, leaving a bright red trail, scorching and burning pieces of the black giant's skin. The crackling lightning in Roy's palm plowed a large hole in the ground, paralyzing the giant's body. Muscles, the arrows in Phantom's hand shot continuously, exploding dense blood holes all over its body.
Each wound is insignificant, but cumulatively, the ice giant's injuries become more serious.
The ogre oil slowed down its recovery ability, while the tetrodotoxin slowly eroded and paralyzed its nerve responses. The broken bone in the heel ached dullly. The influence of multiple factors made its movements more clumsy!
The witcher is also having a hard time.
He was sweating profusely,
The face is solemn and the eyes are tense.
What he competes with the giant is consumables and endurance.
Continuously teleporting, summoning torn illusions and fire spirits, and lightning bombings, interspersed with close-up shock thrusts. In just five minutes, he consumed 310 magic points and 80% of the "activation" recovery. More than 240 magic powers.
And there are only five small magic potions left in his space, a full recovery!
"Roar!"
For the seventh time, the Ice Giant crushed the Fire Spirit to pieces with one punch!
Knock on the chest and scream.
The majestic roar came out of the cave through the gap and passed among the majestic peaks!
The huge body staggered, feeling a bit shaky. The light in the scarlet pupils was dim, the breathing was heavy between the mouth and nose, and the body trembled with every breath.
Burns, puncture wounds, electric shock injuries... Its hungry and weak body is like porcelain on the verge of breaking, full of cracks.
It no longer paid attention to the arrows that continuously bombarded its back.
He strode to the west corner of the cave and suddenly lifted up a pair of dark, rusty anchors sunk into the wall. He held the anchor with one hand and grasped the chain with the other!
With the right foot as the center of gravity, the Frost Giant spins in circles and swings its chain.
Death spin!
The anchor made a whirring sound through the air, flew five meters away in an instant, and hit the location of the demon hunter!
Bang!
Like a meteorite falling to the ground!
Ice, snow and gravel flew away, and the hard metal knocked out a big crater on the ground.
Roy almost teleported to the side of the illusion again and again, dodging the attack, his face pale and his heart still frightened.
"Wow——"
Waiting for him to breathe a sigh of relief.
The spinning anchor looms overhead again!
Death follows you everywhere!
"Bang!"
The illusion is broken!
Roy was too late to summon a second time.
As the giant slowly approached him, its body cast a shadow like a mountain while spinning the iron chain.
The anchor whirlwind enveloped half of the cave hall!
Whoosh——
The air rippled.
The demon hunter grabbed the hand crossbow and flashed with the arrows, but he seemed to have run out of luck.
Not yet implemented.
The suffocating wind came.
A powerful force punched into his back.
Click!
In a thousandth of a second, countless bones shattered!
The demon hunter didn't even have time to cry out. His body was carried by the huge inertia and flew heavily into the cave wall like a discharged cannonball.
Wow!
The wall collapsed, and a mutilated body slipped out of the humanoid pit!
A shocking trace of blood and a large amount of minced meat were left on the wall!
"Huh..."
"Huh..."
The ice giant grinned with a relaxed smile, let go of the anchor, sat down on the ground, pressed his knees with both hands, and breathed heavily...
Tiredness and pain surged out of the body riddled with black burns, electric shock wounds, and **** holes!
The sword oil and poison that had been accumulated for a long time attacked at the same time, and it was almost exhausted.
"I won!"
There is only one idea left in the ice giant's barren brain.
The annoying and hateful fly that woke me up from my slumber, the reptile that I couldn’t hit no matter how hard I hit it, is finally dead!
I want to peel off his skin, chew it in my mouth a thousand times, and then swallow it!
Hungry! very hungry!
I want to eat them all!
But let me take a nap first.
Its eyelids began to twitch, its head lowered, and its heated muscles relaxed.
"Whoosh—"
The sudden and sharp sound of breaking through the air dispels its sleepiness!
The figure that should have been crushed by the anchor flew strangely in front of it, stepping on the invisible stairs in mid-air!
My hair is disheveled, and there are a large pool of flesh and blood marks on the dented plate armor.
Staring with anger, he opened his mouth, revealing his trembling throat!
"Vos——"
Sound waves and airflow hit the giant's head hard!
The seven orifices were shaken and blood flowed out!
It fell back dizzily, leaning on the ground, and almost instinctively put its right hand in front of its face.
However it was too tiring.
Tetrodotoxin has penetrated deeply into the internal organs.
Even the palms of my hands were trembling.
The demon hunter was like a skilled dancer, jumping lightly and freely on the back of the huge hand, hunched over, and the dark long sword was like a horn on the side of his face.
The ice giant used his last strength and raised his palms, trying to grab him and crush him to death!
The demon hunter suddenly jumped forward, evading the grasp of the palm and stabbing at the same time, sending the tip of the sword emitting scarlet light into the giant's open chest.
Vomit…
The palms dropped weakly. ~IndoMTL.com~ The fallen giant choked out a mouthful of blood mixed with the fragments of internal organs.
The demon hunter stood on the dying body, drew his sword, and looked down at the behemoth.
The eyes shone with a strange light.
And it closed its eyes and fell into coma.
Finally, am I going to die?
Hundreds of years of life lost in the hands of a little ant?
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But it did not wait for the expected death.
The witcher stepped on its huge neck, lips, and stood on its huge nose.
A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his right hand suddenly pressed to the center of the Frost Giant's forehead!
The whole body glowed with a strong red light!