Hunter’s Blade - Chapter 4

[Demon Hunter’s Blade Chapter 4]

“What are you worried about?” Etienne noticed Charles’ lack of emotion.

“Demon.” Ciel seemed to be the only one of them still thinking about the demon. “Where is it hiding?”

“Anywhere, it is looking for a host.” Etienne touched his sparsely bearded chin, “If it moves in the form of a demon, it will feel pain all the time, because the world hates it. So it must find a world Living creature, hide in his body and use the body of that living creature to resist the pressure of this world.”

“Can animals?”

“It can’t be beasts, insects, etc., because after the demon is possessed, it can only think in the mind of the host. If the target is a stupid creature, the demon will also become stupid. At the same time, the possessed target can’t be too weak, if we kill If it loses its attached body, it will fall into a period of weakness, and it will be easily exiled or captured by us. So it will try to find a strong shell.”

The charr remembered that demons were kept in their hunter’s sanctuary, and hunters could keep them imprisoned in the real world for so long that they couldn’t return to hell.

“So it can only be humans.” Ciel thought for a while, “Demons must be parasitic on humans.”

“Not necessarily, demons can also be parasitic in the minds of dragons. Higher-level dragons are much smarter than us, and they have a firm mind, so they will become particularly paranoid after being infected by demons… There are also elves and dwarves. There are also records in history, trying to forge demon crafts. Although elves don’t care about world affairs, they may be tempted by demons in theory… Some people once tried to make demons attached to apes. Apes are animals that are very similar to humans. Here we are No, but I’ve seen them in the south… However, Shire, if you meet those warlocks and wizards who try to use demons to do ‘experiments’, you see one destroying another, some knowledge is taboo, and exploration will lead to disaster.”

“But if we don’t study them, we’ll never understand how they got there,” Ciel couldn’t help saying.

“Of course, but the premise is that they must become like this.” Etienne pointed to Ciel’s luggage, which contained the deactivated demon blade, “This kind of thing is the family of the demon, and its vitality is limited, as long as you delay with them Going down, they will lose strength sooner or later, and the demonic power that supports their actions will eventually dissipate, making it a dead thing… This kind of thing still has some properties of demons and can be studied slowly.”

“Have you studied it?”

“A long time ago, I was involved.” Etienne recalled the past, “At that time, I had friends who could be called ‘friends’. They explored knowledge and developed their own insights by studying these things. The deadwood king, the blade demon , The Brass Prince likes to create tangible evil things. Horned Maharajas, bull-headed demons and the like will create all kinds of large and small demons to invade the world, which also belongs to the category we can fight and hunt… Hey, Ciel, the most terrifying It’s those demons that are abstract in nature and have no concrete existence… I don’t know how you will deal with that kind of demon one day.”

“how should I do?”

“Fighting a demon like that is dangerous and indescribable. At that time you will find that your spells, swords and crossbows are all ineffective, and all your trusted companions have turned away from you. As a demon hunter, all you can rely on is Left to ourselves, that’s why we’re alone, away from civilized society, because we know they can’t be trusted, so we have to develop the ability to fight alone… be strong, very strong, so that you can overcome everything and find out what it really is Orientation, walk to their bodies alone, chop them out of their hiding bodies, and use the Banishing Spell to send them back.”

“You haven’t taught me the exile spell yet.” Ciel was looking forward to it.

“I will teach you when you leave the forest safely.” Etienne shook her head.

Etienne seemed tired and sat down to rest.

The three demon hunters sat beside the burning tree, looking at the burning trunk.

Can we really defeat the Blade Demon?

Charles thought about it over and over again.

Can we win?

Everyone agreed to meet at a place called Camping Stone Ruins in the Dusk Forest, and leave tomorrow morning. I should be able to get there… Can I survive?

As a hunter recruit…

“How old are you?” Warren turned to Ciel and suddenly spoke, interrupting Ciel’s contemplation.

“Seventeen,” said Charles.

“Why be a demon hunter?”

Ciel was stunned for a moment, the guy asked what this was for.

“No choice.” He answered truthfully.

“Will you risk your life to fight the devil?”

“Yes.” Ciel was confused. Could there be a demon hunter who wouldn’t?

“Never.” Warren shook his head, “Life is the first priority. If you face the choice of life and death in the future… Living is always the most important thing. You climb into the grave and ask Julis, if you do it again, he will definitely If you are far away from here, you will not be willing to participate in the action even if you are killed.”

“…”

“You think I’m too greedy? Violent?”

“No.” Ciel said something against his will. In fact, he felt that people like Warren were almost a stain on the demon hunters.

“Take a good look at Etienne, have you ever seen him smile or get angry since you’ve been following him?” Warren mocked coldly.

Ciel turned to the old hunter next to him. Etienne looked blank, his eyes were closed, and he had fallen asleep. His face was full of white beards and deep wrinkles. Under the firelight, he looked old and silent.

“Humans are beasts driven by desire. Do you think your behavior is noble? You have to understand that it is you who are abnormal…” Warren showed an ugly smile.

Chapter 5 Frightened

Charles had a nightmare.

At first he was a helpless wild dog, hunted by masked hunters, then he walked in the mountains, boulders rolled down from the cliffs on both sides, and soon he found himself incarnate as a goat, walking a deer, being kept in captivity, watching his companions slaughtered.

At the end of the dream he suddenly realized that he had become stronger, and he woke up just as he wanted to revenge on everything.

He saw that the sky had just broken, the clouds were rolling, the light golden sunlight shone into the forest, and was cut into pieces by the trunk and leaves.

The difference between light and shadow is very significant. The places where the light shines are so bright that people can’t open their eyes, and the other places are scary.

The whole green alder tree has been burned through, and the smoke is flying high into the sky, which can be seen from a distance, but the other hunters still haven’t come.

Maybe they’ve reached Camp Rock, Ciel thought, where they’ve assembled, ready to regroup and make another plan to round up the Blade Demon.

The so-called Camp Rock Camp is an ancient military relic located in the heart of the Dusk Forest.

The Lomans built a defensive position near a large rock to resist the attack from the ancient empire, which had flying dragons to help.

Legend has it that the trees around the camping stone were all burned by the dragon’s breath, and no vegetation has been revived until now.

The demon hunters had made an agreement before that they would act separately for four days, compress the range of activities of the blade demon, and then meet again at the camping stone to prepare for the second part of the battle.

But is our plan a success?

Charles couldn’t help but wonder.

We lost Denver, we lost Mr. Julius, and among the rest there were restless guys like Warren, and new hunters like me.

“Let’s go to the camping rock.” Etienne opened his eyes, his body frozen like a rock all night.

Ciel packs up the camp, and Warren gorges on corned beef, then drank from jugs of water.

They set off together and continued their journey through the forest.

The entire woodland is located on the northeastern border of the Lohman Kingdom, which is eerie, silent and sparsely populated.

Leaving the forest and heading east, you will arrive at the rumored ruins of the ancient empire where darkness is raging. It is more terrifying than Loman. It is called the forbidden land. Even demon hunters dare not go deep, and even talk about it very little. haunted by a terrible curse.

If the blade demon successfully escapes and enters the forbidden land, it will be like a fish returning to the sea, and nothing can stop it.

The leaves and bushes swayed in the wind and looked rather suspicious, and in the distance there were vague animal chirping, which sounded like a lowly taunting demon.

Ciel shuddered at the thought that everything around could be the incarnation of the Blade Demon.

In fact, demons arise from human fear, but fear is the instinct of life and cannot be hidden or avoided.

Ciel can only try to distinguish between the real and the unreal, and be alert to everything around him.

Etienne seemed to be indifferent, and Valen was even less worried, and his own appearance was more terrifying than the devil.

From time to time, Valen left the team to find a place to fill with water. Ciel was worried about his safety, and he would turn back in a while, still arrogant and arrogant, making Ciel regret why he had to worry about such a person.

The trees gradually became sparser.

They saw a barren grassy slope on which sat a demon hunter, escaping the shadows of the forest and hiding in the sun.

“Dalton!” Warren yelled. “Are you in a daze?”

The Demon Hunter who sat on his knees turned his head wearily and looked at the few people walking by.

Dalton was about thirty years old, with dark green eyes that looked rather apprehensive, short chestnut-red hair, thin lips, and a thick beard growing from chin to lip.

This childish look of fear appeared on an adult’s face, and Ciel felt very strange.

“You’re a little lost,” said Etienne. “What’s the matter, Dalton?”

Ciel knew Dalton, a slow-witted demon hunter who originally chased stubborn little demons in the nearby countryside, helping the villagers out of trouble in exchange for meager pay.

Although he has been a demon hunter for a while, he has no experience dealing with real demons at all.

He is most worried that he will become a hunter like Dalton in the future, and he will not even be able to do his own job of hunting demons.

“It’s terrifying,” Dalton murmured. “It’s terrifying…the knife…the phantom of the knife…”

“Have you seen the Blade Demon? Where is it?” Etienne asked.

“It’s all over the place, it’s hiding in the forest, they’re watching me.” Dalton’s lips quivered, “they’re waiting for me, when I’m open, and then they’ll swarm me and kill me… I’m going to stay here. , I’m going to stay here…”

Ciel looked at the surrounding environment. The grassy slope was not sheltered, the field of vision was wide, and the sun was shining warmly. There was an unrealistic beauty.

If you are simply afraid of the dark, it is indeed suitable to stay here, but what is the point?

“Let’s go, we’re going to camp the stone ruins.” Etienne urged, “Hurry up and don’t lose face in front of the apprentice.”

Dalton looked at Ciel, and the words touched what little pride he had left.

“It’s very dangerous.” Dalton got up, wearing only a leather robe and no protective gear, “It’s too dangerous… Let’s, let’s not go to the camping rock.”

“Where else? Go home?” cried Etienne.

“Go home… go home… yes! We should go back.” Dalton stammered to express his thoughts, “We can’t fight the blade demon at all, it’s a real demon… this is the arrival of its body. , the body of a true demon god… how could we possibly be able to deal with it!”

“Let me face it, all eight demon hunters in Upper Loman have arrived to deal with the blade demons, and not a single one has escaped. Julius and Denver even gave their lives to do their duty. Dalton, Do your duty.” Etienne’s voice rose gradually, his voice more dignified.

“I…” Dalton nodded bravely, “…then I’ll go with you, let’s go.”

They trekked a little further in the forest.

On the way, Dalton was suspicious and afraid of everything around him.

Charles wondered if he was a little crazy.

Most of the people who have been in contact with demons for a long time are a little crazy or crazy. This is an occupational disease of this type of work, and it is almost impossible to eradicate it.

What is the source of fear?

Is it because we can’t beat something?

Or because we don’t understand it?

If there is indeed one thing to be feared, of a special nature, that we can neither defeat nor understand, should humanity bow its knees and declare defeat?

Charles thought deeply.

“Hey…hey…” Dalton couldn’t help sighing.

“Fool.” Warren sneered.

“Enchanted bastard, shut up!” Dalton suddenly turned his head and scolded Warren.

“…” Warren narrowed his eyes, and the entire team stopped.

“Ah? I hit the sore spot? I found out from the first day I joined the team that you are different from other demon hunters. You are especially cruel and rude. You want to take everything away. Your disposition is abnormal.” Duan accused on and off, “You have been occupied by demons in your mind.”

“Mad.” Warren scorned to quarrel on such a subject.

“I’m going to tell everyone else that when we get to Camp Rock, I’m going to tell everyone about this discovery,” Dalton said stubbornly, while Warren’s face was gloomy.

Wouldn’t everyone fall apart without the need for a blade demon?

Charles thought to himself.

Then again, what was it that made Dalton so anxious?

Did he witness the real body of the Blade Demon?

For Ciel, just by looking at the fallen machete made by the blade demon, he will feel a strong mental disturbance, and he must use the flame of Yafen to stay awake, while for other hunters who do not master similar protection spells, Once you see the body of the Blade Demon…

But after thinking about it, if you meet the blade demon head-on, with Dalton’s strength, how can it be possible to retreat?

Even a skilled hunter like Julius, plus his assistant Denver, would be easily killed by the Blade Demon and hung upside down on a tree.

Or, has Dalton been murdered by the Blade Demon, and the Dalton in front of him is a walking vision?

With Dalton chatting beside him all the time, Ciel couldn’t help but think about it.

He felt that Dalton was even more annoying than Warren. Although Warren was greedy and threatened them several times, at least he was strong-willed.

After the quarrel, in the afternoon, they finally arrived at the camping stone ruins.

The rumors were false, and the lush green forest had already grown around the camping stone, and it was not completely cut off by the dragon fire.

The so-called camping stone is indeed huge, standing on the ground, as tall as a giant egg, with a round outline, and I don’t know how many people should hug it.

There is a line of characters engraved on the stone, which can be seen from a long distance, as if dug out by a giant claw buckle, horizontal and vertical, with sharp and strong strokes, not human writing.

Around the camping stone, two circles of stone walls were built high to resist the charge, and there were simple towers built with cobblestones. The ancient Romans used these simple fortifications to resist the attack, and each stone was worn to a considerable extent. It seems to have been melted by some kind of high temperature and then cooled naturally over time, giving the ruins an extremely dilapidated and damaged appearance.

On one of the stone towers, a female demon hunter was looking around, seeing a group of people approaching from a distance, waving to say hello.

“Etienne! Charles!” she cried. “Warren! Dalton! You are finally here.”

Great, the others survived and made it to the Camp Stone Ruins.

Ciel knew each other, a friendly huntress named Gephne, who was in her thirties and skilled in art, and she maintained some kind of closeness with Master Frederick.

“Jeffne! Thanks to God Loman, we are here.” Etienne nodded, “But as you can probably guess, the situation is very bad.”

“Did you see anyone else?” Gephne asked. “Julis? Denver?”

“This is the bad part – they are dead.” Etienne’s voice was hoarse. “It’s better that we kill the blade demons to comfort their souls.”

“Definitely. Then all the ‘alive’ are here, come in.” Gephne stepped down from the tower. “Master Federik is waiting for us by the camping stone.”

Frederick is the most powerful demon hunter in the entire region, the master of the temple keys, and a nobleman.

Although his qualifications are less than Etienne, his strength and talent are extremely strong, and he can be said to be the backbone and leader of this hunter team.

Ciel respects him very much, and it is his greatest ideal to become a master hunter like Frederick.

[End of This Chapter]