The Divine Hunter Chapter 4: Missing


At noon, the bright sunshine tore through the hazy fog.

The river breeze blew strongly, and a large area of ​​knee-deep water plants swayed with slender waists, and the green reflection was bathed in the golden ripples of the river.

The scenery of Qiaote River is pleasant, but Lambert, Aiden, and Tris have no intention of enjoying it.

The three of them waited until Roy, Keyan, Eskar, Cat Vulture, Cohen, and Coral arrived through the portal, and after roughly explaining the basic situation to them, they started resolutely along the river bank. search.

The demon hunters who were best at finding traces worked together, and within a moment, they pulled out from the reeds a wooden boat half wrapped in canvas, covered with gray and white spots, old and rotting, as if it might disintegrate at any time.

There were a few light red blood stains scattered on the swollen bow deck, and the demon hunter moved his nose in unison

Fragrant and fishy, ​​the smell of herbs, plants and monster organs and tissues is extremely pungent.

But everyone is very familiar with this, it is the unique smell of the conventional potion "Swallow".

"It seems that Gaitan's injury is more serious than I expected." Aiden stuck out his tongue and licked the blood on his fingertips, and turned his red lightning-like vertical pupils, "Escaped from Amelia Castle on horseback to Qiaote He, a whole night passed without a second of rest. Even if there was a magic potion to suppress the injury, he would have lost too much blood, so he would not have the energy to perfectly deal with the traces of escape..."

The Cat Faction is the best at hiding its traces, but it is disturbing to leave such obvious clues.

Roy even began to doubt whether conventional means would be enough to save the life of his colleague

"He is very weak. He can only rely on his will to support himself on the next journey, and he cannot run too far!" Aiden turned around and looked at his tense-looking companions, gritting his teeth, "We must rush before the situation is irreversible. Before, find him!"

He took a deep breath, turned red and roared,

"A demon hunter must not die in a panic!"

Everyone was silent.

To die like a bereaved dog is so undignified and simply pathetic!

"Let's be optimistic, guys. Since fate has led us to find this ship, it is only logical to find Gaitan. Isn't that how stories are written?"

Roy patted Aiden's shoulder comfortingly and raised his head along the position of the wooden boat. A bright red ribbon with the smell of sweat mixed with blood was reflected in his silver-gray pupils.

The silk ribbon meandered in mid-air, and a row of **** footprints pointing to the dense forest in the distance simultaneously appeared on the soft mud below. They were sometimes deep and sometimes shallow, without any trace of the cat style's nimbleness and agility.

Everyone realized that they had to race against time and ran decisively along the blood trail.

Even Lambert, who has always been lively, was so silent that he lost the interest in joking.

The two sorceresses knew that their physical abilities were limited, so after blessing everyone with lightening spells, they watched them cross a wet grassland and enter a lush birch forest.

Mottled sunlight shines through the gaps between the branches and leaves.

Strong and fierce figures formed a column and ran at lightning speed, nimbly jumping over fallen dead trees and passing through the humus layer of moss, mushrooms and fallen leaves, like a pack of hunting wolves.

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Roy rushed to the front, with Lambert and Aiden guarding on both sides, looking around from time to time, looking for traces of Cat Pie.

The clues along the way become more and more shocking. In addition to blood, a series of iconic objects gradually appear

The empty potion jar, three alchemy bombs, five sharp throwing knives as long as index fingers, a leather jacket full of hidden pockets, a poison bag, scratched by swords, scorched by flames, stained with resin and blood and sweat animal skin cloak...

In front of everyone's eyes appeared a messy figure holding a wound, staggering, his chest rising and falling violently like a broken bellows, and stumbling.

Every time he took a difficult step, blood poured out from the open wound.

Obviously, Gaitan, who was seriously injured, was at the end of his rope and unable to survive. He began to give up most of the "encumbrances" he carried with him and used his last strength to struggle for survival!

But where can he hide in this wilderness? Without the conditions for healing, how can he save himself?

Maybe he was just moving forward out of instinct.

The sense of urgency in Roy's heart became stronger and stronger. He simply greeted everyone, took out the hand crossbow and pulled the trigger continuously.

The bowstring vibrates continuously.

咻咻

With a sharp sound breaking through the air, Roy's body jumped hundreds of meters across the forest in one leap, tracking in a blink of an eye at a jaw-dropping speed.

He made up his mind that as long as Gaitan was still breathing, he would immediately use a dose of high-sucking decoction to save his life!

In a moment, he left his companion far behind and flashed in front of two forked roads at the exit of the dense forest. A crooked wooden sign stood at the intersection, pointing to Kent Village in the east and unclear inscriptions on the west.

Roy squatted down to examine a dense pool of blood among the fallen leaves at his feet. He dipped his index finger and brought it to his nose to sniff.

It is very fresh, and it has existed for no more than three hours. It has a considerable amount of more blood than the rest of the way. Therefore, Gaitan must have stayed here for a long time, and even fell down and passed out here.

But where is he?

Roy subconsciously pricked up his ears, stopped breathing, and carefully turned around to look at the green nettles, thorns, and low birch trees around him...

Sparrowhawks chirped on the branches, and many-legged insects crawled among the moss, making a rustling sound.

There was no human gasp or heartbeat.

Five minutes later, Roy was unwilling to search the area. Unfortunately, except for this blood stain, the demon hunter's senses could not capture any marks belonging to Gaitan from all around. His whereabouts were unknown, as if he had fallen. It seemed like it was melting out of thin air in a pool of blood.

This is really contrary to common sense.

Roy couldn't help but rub his chin, lost in thought at this incredible scene.

Soon, there was a slight sound of footsteps behind him, and the witchers headed by Lambert jumped out of the woods with great speed.

"Boy, what happened? Did you get lost in broad daylight, or did you suffer from insomnia and sleepiness last night?"

Lambert glanced around eagerly, pressed his companion's shoulders and asked,

"Why don't you continue to track Gaitan if you don't find him? Human life is at stake, we must not slack off at all!"

"The clue ends here, where do you want me to pursue it?"

Roy patted the dirt from his palms, looked around at everyone, shook his head and sighed,

"Sorry everyone, Gaitan is missing."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Eskar's angular face was full of doubts after being transformed by the high-sucking decoction, and he said angrily, "How could a person who was seriously injured and dying and could barely walk disappear inexplicably? As an old saying goes. Clouds will leave traces wherever they walk! You must have missed the clue."

"Then open your eyes and take a good look!"

Three minutes later, the demon hunters looked at each other in shock.

"Hell, that's impossible!"

Aiden growled in disbelief, "If a hungry beast dragged him away, there would be no way that only this blood stain would be left."

The cat vulture squatted down beside him, its gray-green eyes revealed a hint of doubt, and murmured,

“I didn’t find any footprints or excrement from wild animals, and there were no traces of struggle or spurts of blood or minced meat caused by sharp teeth.”

Roy held the cold and quiet snake pie pendant in his lapel and added,

"Chaos energy is unusually calm, which shows that at least in the past week, no one has released spells here, ruling out the possibility of using the portal to escape."

"Gayden, a cat pie, can't grow wings and fly away, or dig a hole in the ground and escape, right?" Lambert said angrily, "This is worse than a trick to fool a child. Ridiculous!"

"Calm down, man!" Kyan punched Lambert hard in the chest and looked around, "If you have time to complain, why not use your brain more and make use of your rich experience and experience, everyone will be well Think about it!"

"Is it possible that Gaitan was rescued?" Cohen rubbed his hands over the slight depressions on the fallen leaves~IndoMTL.com~The tough face naturally revealed a sunny temperament, which made people feel soothed. , "Look carefully, there are some messy footprints near the blood stains, which means that someone else passed by here. If they had properly treated Gaitan's wound on the spot, they would not have left too many smells and traces! Maybe, Gaitan Tan has been moved to a safe place."

Aiden's eyes lit up with hope when he heard this. It was better to be rescued than to die on the spot.

Roy shook his head. This was just self-deception.

Even the most skilled field nurse can't bandage it so well that it doesn't leak any blood or even leave any smell, causing the collective perception of the demon hunters to fail!

As for the footprints, this road is the only way from the forest to the Qote River, and it is full of various footprints along the way.

The important thing is the smell. Gaitan's breath is gone.

"Everyone, I know this possibility is slim, but it is the most reasonable one at the moment, or do you have a better idea?!" Cohen said in a deep voice, "There is no time to hesitate, I suggest you go east immediately Ask about the situation in the village."

A pair of vertical pupils of different colors flickered, and after a moment, everyone nodded.

"Then divide the troops into two groups. Don't forget, we are not the only one who has to deal with the missing cat faction. The army sent by King Fu is coming at a fast pace. We must not let them get involved and affect our situation. Action?!"

Roy quickly made arrangements. He took Aiden, Cohen, Kayan and Eskar, and followed the footprints outside the dense forest to find Kent Village, the human gathering point in the east.

But Lambert was reluctant to stay in the birch forest with the cat vulture, and continued to search for clues, contact the two sorceresses, and use his identity as King Fu's bodyguard to mislead the incoming Soden soldiers.

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