The Divine Hunter Chapter 8: Dark Night
Kel Siren, a dark room.
The moonlight shining through the cracks in the window revealed a calm face on the wooden bed against the wall.
The demon hunter is closing his eyes lightly, sitting cross-legged on the bedside, relaxing and maintaining a meditative posture.
A little white dog with a tiger-like head was lying on his knees.
The sudden breeze at night made the soft down on its belly quiver.
The little white dog was lying on its back, purring from its nose and making a "chirp" sound, and its four **** twitched from time to time.
Everything is quiet and beautiful.
Until a certain moment.
The wind suddenly picked up, blowing the blue-gray curtains back.
The moonlight is like water, shining into the entire room.
A black circular outline appeared strangely on the illuminated floor.
It grows outwards, bulges rapidly, and wriggles violently like thick mud.
The eyes, ears, mouth and nose, slender limbs, and the two swords behind his back gradually became clear - a humanoid creature whose whole body, including its facial features, was dark and blurred, appeared silently in the room.
He stood up from kneeling on one knee and pressed the hilt of the sword behind him with his right hand.
The moonlight fell on him and was absorbed by the invisible vortex.
"Buzzing..."
A viper-shaped badge suddenly vibrated.
The cold light of dark gold and silver gray passed through the dim room.
The witcher who was meditating on the bed jumped up like lightning.
Golfen let out a "woof", then turned over and hid in the corner.
Roy stretched out his hand to grab it, and a hand crossbow with a cold appearance and shining flesh and blood appeared in the void.
He stared at the strange black shadow without saying a word
, his index finger lightly pressed the trigger, and the crossbow bolt was aimed at the opponent.
The eyes become deep!
Kirsty
Age: 124
Gender: Male
Identity: Griffin school demon hunter, spirit body (an existence between soul and entity.)
Life: 190
Magic power: 260
Attributes:
Strength: 18
Agility: 16
Physique: 19
Perception: 14
Will: 9
Charm: 7
Spirit: 26
Skills:
Enhanced Witcher Seal lv3, Alchemy lv8, Meditation lv8, Griffin School Longsword Swordsmanship lv10, Demon Hunter Senses lv9
Gryphon Sect Secret Technique lv6
Teleport lv2, magic trick lv1
Dharma source (passive solidification).
……
"Whoosh——"
As soon as the strange information passed through his mind, Roy pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Almost at the same time, the two arms of the black shadow were like catkins rippling in the wind, making complex gestures.
It seems like five or six hands are drawing circles in mid-air.
A huge golden spell is drawn at an alarming speed.
The triple-enchanted arrows shot through the void, and a large network of intertwined purple and electricity emerged in the narrow space of the house.
The magic light flashed wildly and hit the black shadow less than three meters in front of him.
"Boo——"
A golden, bright light suddenly erupted.
The crystal light spots are like meteor showers across the night sky, breaking and splashing.
But it had accomplished its mission, and the shadow remained unscathed.
The arrow was bounced off the shield and reflected in the direction it came from at a faster speed!
Roy's pupils shrank and he rolled to the ground.
The strong wind brushed against his cheek and cut off a strand of black and gray hair at his temples.
The black shadow on the other side was also affected by the dizzy power on the arrow, and was stunned for a moment!
Next second.
The two sides of the confrontation drew their seals almost simultaneously.
Axxi vs. Arden!
But Roy's speed in drawing the seals was far slower than his opponent's. Even if his opponent was using the double seals that he learned from Cohen not long ago, his speed was still extraordinary.
The black shadow condensed the complete cyan spell first.
Send both arms forward.
A charming triangle was reflected in Roy's heterochromatic irises, and his fingers flying like butterflies suddenly froze.
His eyes were blank, as if he was completely controlled by the seal, and his whole body was relaxed and motionless.
The hand crossbow fell from the drooping arm.
The black shadow murmured strangely while taking a step closer to him.
Maintain the Yaksi Dharma Seal with your left hand.
The right hand is raised in front of the body.
After one step, he was less than two meters away from the witcher.
"Shua——"
Dark red sword light rippled in the room. In front of Roy, Arrondette tore up the air and drew an elliptical arc from left to right.
Central to the neck.
"Shua——"
The curtain behind it split in two.
The vertical pole was cut off and fell into the snow outside the window.
And the moonlight showed a calm face.
Roy, the sword holder, has clear eyes and is not affected by the seal at all!
The willpower approaching the second stage makes him immune to mind control.
After one sword blow.
"Shock!"
Scarlet tentacles dance wildly!
The black shadow is restrained in place!
Roy took the second sword with lightning.
Bow down and step forward with your left foot.
The sword blade on the right side was slashed diagonally against the direction of the swing with incredible speed, and the blade sliced open the black shadow's chest and abdomen.
If it were a flesh and blood body, the body and head would have been separated, and the intestines and blood would be surging.
But these two swords were not stained with the smell of blood.
Roy’s touch feedback was extremely weird, as if what he was hitting was not a living person, but the air——
"Pfft..."
Hit two hits in a row, it looked like a reflection in water, with stars in the night sky, and a vague and strange light flashed across its surface and dispersed into the void.
Another shadow jumped out from the left side of it without warning, its back pressed against the wall next to the window,
Hands outline.
Hit a seal towards the demon hunter whose sword power had ceased and his strength had been exhausted.
Suddenly, there seemed to be a bowl-shaped evening primrose blooming in the sky.
"Ta!"
At the same time, a magnificent, majestic roar that penetrated the clouds and cracked the rocks passed through the room and flew outside, to the end of the night.
Roy's pupils reflected the red spell, against the flames that suddenly hit his head.
The dark red sword tip pointed directly at the shadow's eyes.
He gave up his defense, broke through the sword blades, and thrust forward.
The conflicting parties merge into one another like lovers in a passionate embrace.
The blade shatters the shadows.
Endless heat overwhelmed him.
In a flash...
The room flashed through the dazzling firelight that penetrated the ceiling and the floor, the cold light of the sword blade, and the **** light...
An earthquake-like tremor!
The sound of explosions, the sound of breaking through the air, the muffled groans, and the sighs of relief suddenly erupted and disappeared suddenly.
One second later.
The short but fierce battle came to an end.
"Kill Kirsty (spirit)... experience value +300, demon hunter, your killing skills are improved - lv6 → lv7
Bloody Breath: Hostile creatures that enter a 3-meter range around you and launch an attack have a 20% (locked) probability of being frightened by the killing breath. If the will attribute is not higher than yours, they will temporarily lose their bodies. Control is limited to 3 seconds.
Your damage to hunted creatures is permanently increased by 25% → 30%.
Shock: Actively release the killing breath to stun single, multiple, or all targets within 3 meters, and make a forced will test. If their will is not higher than yours, they will lose control for up to 3 seconds. Cooling time 3→2 minutes.
Note: This skill will upgrade with the type and number of creatures you kill.
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The black shadow disappeared, leaving a pool of sizzling light blue powder on the ground.
Only one demon hunter was left in the field, holding a long sword and kneeling on one knee.
He was also covered in smoke.
Severe burns.
"Um..." Roy grinned and screamed in pain, let go of Arrondette, and supported the ground with both hands slumped.
"Well..."
His expression was extremely embarrassing, and his drooping cheeks were covered with twisted and ugly blood blisters and burns, completely disfigured.
He opened his mouth and blew out a puff of black smoke, blood dripping from between his teeth.
The flesh and blood on the top of the head merged with the burnt hair. The cheeks, neck, shoulders and chest were frighteningly red, and the skin was cracked in large areas, revealing bright red granulation.
The underwear and trousers on his body were completely burnt and stained with red blood.
Gulfin rushed to him with an anxious bark and licked the blood bubbles on his palm.
But he was burned so hard that he stuck out his tongue and let out a wailing "ouch".
"Huh..."
Even breathing became torture.
Exceeding normal heat accumulated in his body, and there seemed to be a hot current running through his internal organs.
The residual heat of the flames raged inside and outside his body at the same time, roasting him to death.
My brain is also a mess.
The only thought he had left——
"Upgrade!"
The witcher gains 1 skill point and 1 attribute point.
Will: 18→20.
Your Willpower reaches 20 points, and your "Slaughter" skill, its derived "Bloody Breath", "Shock", and "Suppression" evolve and begin to interfere with reality.
"Call——"
A pleasant chill enveloped the whole body.
It's like being exposed to high temperatures and then suddenly immersed in cold water.
Every pore is breathing desperately...and every cell is cheering.
Ugly scars and burns have all disappeared, and the skin has returned to white, more delicate than silk.
The endangered health value and magic value are fully restored in an instant.
Roy stood up again, shook his wrist and retracted the weapon.
Outline with ten fingers.
Quickly put a Quen Seal and a Helio Seal on his body, letting the gold and black light cover his whole body.
Rubbing the whole body with the palm of the hand.
I was stunned when it passed over my head.
His hair has not grown and his head is bald.
"Damn, why do you always do this!"
…
After confirming that there was no more danger, Roy knelt down to check for suspicious traces.
Even though the black shadow has turned into a handful of dust, there is still a strong magical light shining in it.
"In Caer Siren, the territory of the Griffin sect, someone actually dares to assassinate me?"
"Is it Old Kelda's fault?"
"Fire falling from the sky, some kind of mutated double seal, and blessed with 'roar'"
The witcher recalled the soul-stirring roar before the sword blade in his hand pierced the shadow's head.
With just that one "roar", Igni fell from the sky like a meteorite, causing his 300 health points to drop to 20 points.
Near death.
The power is comparable to the impact of a Cyclops.
But he hasn't figured out the result yet.
"Kaz——" The door opened.
The moonlight revealed the figures of the two masters and disciples of the Griffin Sect.
The two people's eyes fell on him - his charred and tattered underwear, his shiny forehead, as smooth and translucent skin as jade.
"Roy, where did your hair go? What was the noise just now?!" Cohen's three-colored pupils turned to his bald forehead, his cheek muscles twitched, and his expression was weird, as if he wanted to laugh, but maintained it with self-reproach. Stay serious,
"Why is it so hot in the room? You wouldn't have burned yourself by practicing the double Igni seal, would you?"
And old Kelda looked around, glancing at the severed curtains and wooden guardrails.
The traces of flames and the blue powder filled with magic on the ground.
And the demon hunter opposite, with his body slightly bowed and his eyes as sharp as knives——
Roy looked at the two of them slowly.
They were all wearing scruffy cotton coats, without any weapons, and their expressions were normal when they entered.
"If the Griffin Faction wants to deal with me, there is no need to use such despicable methods, but directly challenge me to a knight's duel."
Roy relaxed his body again, softened his attitude, and said with a hint of sarcasm, "You two, this is quite ridiculous, someone just attacked me!"
"What?!"
"You heard that right..." Roy took a deep breath and raised his voice, "To be precise, a Griffin witcher attacked me..."
Five minutes later.
Cohen inspected the pile of ashes with a look of disbelief.
"I have been in Caer Siren for forty years and I have never seen another witcher."
He noticed the scrutiny in Roy's eyes,
"Man, I swear on the honor of the Griffin School that this matter has nothing to do with us, we know nothing about it!"
"Otherwise I will be despised by the world forever!"
Cohen glanced at his teacher.
"In the past forty years, there have only been two permanent residents of Kaer Siren, Cohen and I. We may be the only two Griffins left in the world."
Kelda was also looking at the pile of ashes, vertical lines rising between her brows, "The perpetrator was completely black, with no facial features visible... he should be in the form of a spirit."
Kelda stretched out her fingers and crossed them in mid-air, feeling something, and analyzed, "And he used the technique of double seals, and also added the technique of 'roar'..."
"Ta——" Roy rubbed Liang Youyou's forehead and reluctantly tried to repeat the weird syllable, "I remember it was pronounced like this..."
Kelda shook her head, her eyes displeased, as if she saw a student with poor grades, "This is very substandard, and it lacks some key pronunciation skills, but it is indeed the same as one of the four "ho"s. There are similarities."
"The Igni seal it used..." Roy recalled, "did not come out of the talisman in the palm of my hand, but fell from the sky above my head. And there was no way to avoid it, so I was in this miserable state."
"According to your description, this is a mutated seal...called 'Sky Fire' within the Griffin sect." Kelda rubbed the beard on his chin and made a conclusion, "As far as I know, within the sect, There were once two witchers who mastered this variation."
"They are called Costi, Modan..."
"But it's a pity..." he sighed, "these two died in the big avalanche a hundred years ago. Later, I buried them together with more than 60 colleagues at the back of Kelseren. Mountain."
"According to your statement, if nothing unexpected happens, one of them turned into a spirit body and triggered tonight's battle."
Roy crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows, completely confused now.
……
"So it's the spirits of the seniors who are causing trouble?" Cohen was even more surprised, "But why have they not appeared for decades, but they suddenly appeared tonight and hurt Roy."
"Why isn't their target me, the teacher, or Igsena?"
"Do you think I am an intruder?" Roy thought to himself.
I clearly didn’t do anything, nor was I disrespectful to the Griffin Sect.
Cohen continued to question, "The mutated Igni seal is so powerful... shouldn't it just burn off a little hair?"
"Your clothes are burned, why don't you have any burns on your skin? This doesn't make sense."
Roy felt helpless, he couldn't tell him that he almost died and wasted a chance to survive.
He can only blame it on mutation,
"I gained unimaginable power of recovery from the Trial of Green Grass. My body is different from ordinary demon hunters, such as the speed of wound healing and the fact that I never leave scars."
……
"That's enough, kid, keep your secrets...the traces of the fight in the room cannot be faked..." Kelda helped, "But the motives of the spirit are not yet known."
"Anyway, just in case..." Kelda mused, "Tonight, you go to Cohen and Igesena's room."
"Stay until morning."
"Old man, let's go investigate and I'll let you know when we have the results."
"Take me with you!" Roy's eyes burned with anger,
I was accidentally attacked by someone, and I wasted an opportunity to fully recover.
This account must be settled!
"No, no, what if there is more than one spirit body?" Kelda said and shook her head, "If you follow, you will further stimulate them and lead to more unexpected situations."
"Some of those dead old guys are no less powerful than me."
"And don't worry, if something happens to you in Kelseren, I will give you an explanation."
Roy was silent for a moment and nodded.
……
After the sudden change, everything quickly returned to peace.
Cohen's room.
Roy hugged Gorfen and sat in a chair, deep in thought.
And Cohen hugged Igsena, who was sleeping soundly. A country girl has a big heart.
"Sorry, buddy, I gave you a scare today."
"This has nothing to do with you..." Roy touched the dog's head, not feeling sleepy at all, "but I hope you can provide more information."
He paused,
"Have many people come to Kelseren as guests in the past few decades?"
Cohen shook his head~IndoMTL.com~The castle is located in a remote place, and the teacher doesn’t like to be disturbed frequently, so there are only more than a dozen visitors. Most of them are lost travelers, but there are also demon hunters from other schools. ”
"Including Master Vesemir."
"Did anything happen when they spent the night at Caer Siren?"
Cohen's face was extremely determined, "Except for you, this has never happened before!"
……
"Ta, Ta, Ta..."
Amidst the slow footsteps, an old man carried a candlestick and walked along the spiral wooden ladder deep into the endless darkness underground.
Keep walking, keep walking.
To the end, at the base of the castle.
On a bookshelf, there is a large book covered with exquisite and complicated patterns and shrouded in blackness.
……