God-level Demon Hunter

"Why do you start talking like Vivien? What kind of thing is there, dare to abduct my students without anyone noticing in Edsberg, a big city with thousands of people? Sparrow You don't even have the guts to do that." Kadel retorted, "Unless you can produce other evidence, Roy, if you're lying in front of me, just obediently wait to drop out of school."

"You want evidence? You'll have to wait a little longer." He was the only one who witnessed the changes in the marks on his clothes, and he couldn't win people's trust.

But now he has a general idea in mind.

"Ms. Vivien... the last diary entry that 'he' appeared in, what is the exact date?"

"In the past two years, I have read the diary dozens of times, and I can recite it backwards," Vivien said. "On October 1258, 10, on that night, Bob slapped me while drunk. Running to the school, 'he' followed."

"At that time, you and I also agreed that 'he' should have disappeared between October 10th and November 4st of the new year."

Today is October 1260, 10, which means that the time when the symbol on Roy's sleeve gradually fades, that is, the time when the student who drew the symbol disappeared, is also in this interval.

Both incidents are in this interval, so it cannot be said to be a coincidence.

Roy's thoughts were like lightning.

Near October, it doesn't make much sense to just look at this drab date.But in less than a month, it will be New Years.

The world of the Witcher works like life, always in a constant cycle.There are eight magic points in this cycle.One-to-one correspondence with important festivals in this world, including New Year (Halloween), Winter Solstice, Spring Festival (Candlemas), Spring Equinox, May Day, Summer Solstice, Harvest Festival, and Autumnal Equinox.

The closer to these eight days and nights, the stronger the aura of magic, and the easier it is for some magical phenomena and mysterious events to occur.If the murderer chooses to commit the crime at this time, it is likely to be a creature that is extremely sensitive to magic.

Roy wrote down the first sentence: Since 1256, the murderer has committed one crime every year, and the time of committing the crime is close to the New Year. It is very likely that they are creatures sensitive to magic power: monsters or humans with magical talents.

The second sentence: The murderer will gradually erase most of the traces left by the missing person in the world, including the memory of the missing person by the people around him. The words written by the missing person, the pictures drawn, and the words directly describing the missing person will be deleted. erase...

"Vivien, I remember you mentioned in your diary that you and your family unknowingly ignored 'him'."

"I think so, I want to ensure fairness, so most of the energy is evenly distributed to every student in the school, and it is inevitable that he will be ignored and left out in the cold." Vivien's pretty face was full of sadness, "and Bob is an old alcoholic, I was so busy looking for drinks all day that I didn't have time to talk to him, my mother was delirious and couldn't communicate normally most of the time."

"Then 'he' is someone who is ignored by everyone..."

The five missing persons... Even if the relevant memories of the people around them were erased, and the traces and words left by them were all erased, but none of their family members noticed the strangeness like Vivien and came to investigate the clues?

Roy wrote down the third sentence: The target chosen by the murderer may be children neglected by everyone...including orphans.

Perhaps it is due to some mysterious screening principle, or it may be the murderer's cunning nature revealed.

Compared with the people who have attracted much attention, if the missing targets are those who are always ignored by the people around them, then the influence and change on the real world will undoubtedly be much smaller.It will also be more hidden and difficult to detect.

……

Roy showed these three conclusions to Vivien and Kadel, and the former was a little surprised. She had noticed these points a long time ago, and they were clear in her mind, but she didn't summarize them so specifically and thoroughly.

And Cadell's original casual expression finally changed, but he was still skeptical, "Roy, these three conclusions seem quite frightening, but I still say the old saying, without evidence, it's untenable."

"Maybe the facts are exactly the opposite of your inference. There are no five missing persons at all."

"Evidence... If the murderer can be found, that is the best evidence." Roy breathed out, "Mr. Kadel, I beg you not to question me yet, but trust me for now."

"For five consecutive years, the murderer came out every year close to the New Year, and took away a victim from the Cadell House." Roy asked, "Do you have a feeling?"

"The murderer is hiding in the school," Vivien's pretty face turned pale, "Come out and commit the murder when it's almost New Year's time?"

"It's impossible..." Kadel shook his head and said, "Everyone in the school, including the kitchen helpers, I know everything. I can swear to the Prophet Lebioda that there is absolutely no murderer among them."

"I didn't say that the murderer must be a human being." Roy had already observed all the teachers, students, and support staff in the school. They were all normal human beings, without the ability to delete memories. "The greater possibility is some kind of monster that inhabits the school."

"Have you got an idea?"

"I'm not sure, you two wait a moment." Roy's memory does not have any monsters that match the conclusion.But that doesn't mean he has nothing to do.

He turned around and left the room, walked around the corridor for 2 minutes, then took out the note that Lei Suo left for him before he left from the space, and re-entered the room.

The notes contained knowledge about herbs, potions, and monsters, but he was busy learning common characters for more than half a month, so he still had time to read the notes.

"What's this?" Vivien and Cadel couldn't help casting curious glances.

"A experience note left to me by a master demon hunter, which records information about various monsters, and may have the target we are looking for."

Then the three of them read most of the pages about monsters in the entire notebook. The more Roy read it, the more frightened he was. He had no impression of most of the monsters recorded in the notebook, and the water in this world was deeper than he thought.

After browsing more than a dozen monsters of different shapes, on a certain page, the three of them saw such a description.

"The end of autumn is the most suitable season for hunting bears. Serrit and I stayed overnight in a small mountain village.

That night, there was a strong wind outside the window, which made my bladder swell and burst.I went to the yard to urinate, and the pendant on my neck suddenly started to vibrate, the amplitude was very slight, and the remaining magic power was not strong, but there was no doubt that there was a new prey calling me, hunting monsters was more interesting than hunting grizzly bears There are many, especially in this kind of completely unknown situation, this peeing is the guide of my fate.

Nearby I found an oak tree over 500 years old, with intricate symbols etched into it... the magic comes from it.

After trying more than [-] methods, such as Alder's Sign, Igni's Sign, and the feces of evil ghosts, I discovered that the salt and the oak had a chemical reaction.

The root of the oak tree opened its mouth in pain, revealing a deep, dark tree hole.

I woke up Serrit, and went down to the tree hole to have a big fuck.

The apprentice of the Snake Sect, yes, refers to you who are reading this passage, and the following content is not allowed to be skipped:

The monster under the tree hole, I named him the stripper/child hunter/tree ghost, is a long and thin humanoid creature with blurred face, rough and hard skin like bark, with sharp fangs and claws , Once bitten by it, the hands, feet and nerves will be gradually paralyzed.

The picture is as follows——

Its speed and strength are similar to those of ordinary people, and it can regenerate quickly, and ordinary sharp weapons cannot cause fatal damage to it.

But he is afraid of fire, salt, and sword oil of corpse-eating creatures.

Serrit and I quickly solved it, and took out a total of fifteen remains from the tree hole. On the second day, we communicated with the people in the mountain village for half a month. After a lot of investigation, we obtained information about this animal The following information about the monster:

It sleeps in the tree hole most of the time, until every year near the New Year, it wakes up under the abnormal fluctuation of magic power, hunting nearby creatures.

The targets it chooses are all young human children, and the more lonely it is, the more it suits its taste.

It wraps its defenseless prey in vomit until it suffocates to death.Its vomit also has some incredible miraculous effect, which can gradually strip the connection between the prey and the real world, and the prey's death will complete the stripping.

Most of the traces left by the prey in the real world will disappear, and everyone will forget about the poor man.

This is a forgotten ghost that sleeps under an ancient tree and devours the neglected...

Rookie, when you read this record, you must have not passed the green grass test.If you want to deal with this guy, remember to bring all the equipment for the weak point and wear thicker clothes.If you can kill it, take the most valuable tongue and dry it for preservation.

October 1204, 10, Nilfgaard, Vicvaro province, Ochs wrote on Mount Bairi. "

……

The three of them looked at each other for a while.

"So, there's something living under that hornbeam tree in the yard?" Kadel had an unbelievable expression on his face, and his voice was astonishingly hoarse. "I've lived here for several years, how is it possible, how can I be unconscious?"

"Try it and you'll know!" Vivien clenched her hands into fists, her pretty face was full of determination and hatred, "I remember, there is still a lot of salt in the kitchen?"

Roy took a deep breath, and then glanced at the disappearing mark on the left sleeve.

The person he forgot, maybe still alive, want to go, rookie?

Chapter 27 Under the Horn Tree

What is "Shusha"?

It was the sound of grains of salt sliding down between fingers.

The first quarter moon shines on Kadel House, and under the tall hornbeam tree in the courtyard, there are three figures wrapped in thick cotton clothes.They buried their heads in front of the horned tree surrounded by several people, with a torch in each hand, letting the white salt grains between their fingers scratch the rough bark...

After a while, the complete bark cracked strangely, and it grew rapidly, gradually becoming like an open vertical pupil, suddenly staring round, swish - the corners of the eyes were pulled to the two sides, and the position where the horned tree was close to the ground An elliptical tree hole half the height of a person is formed.

Roy shone the torch towards the entrance of the cave, and he could see a gentle slope extending downwards. The slope was covered with vines, broken leaves, dead branches and soil, and at the same time, a strong earthy smell wafted from the entrance of the cave.

"What should we do next?" Roy turned around and glanced at the two ladies in pink cotton-padded clothes. He was also wearing a pink cotton-padded jacket, which looked rather funny, but there was no way. It's not bad to have a cotton coat for yourself.

He still listened to the witcher's advice.

"If you don't tell me, then I'll tell you! Three people can't go down at the same time..." Roy said in a deep voice, "You have to leave one outside to take care of you, and sprinkle a circle of salt around this hornbeam tree to prevent the things inside from getting out. "

"I have to go down..." Roy took a deep breath. There was still a big killer hidden in his space. According to the witcher's notes, he had every chance to kill the monster.

"This is my territory. It has been occupied by that dog for so long, and even stole some of my children. This account must be settled!" The middle-aged woman said with a serious face, and she fell short. Slid in along the slope.

"Then you stay outside!" Roy got into the tree hole before Vivien opened his mouth, "Don't worry, Sister Vivien, I will help 'him' out!"

……

Roy held the torch in one hand, and slid down the dark corridor on the soft slope with the other.

After sliding down less than ten feet (3 meters), he landed smoothly.

In the next second, the short boots on his feet were wet, and there was actually accumulated water on the ground under the tree hole, which had just submerged his ankles, but the water was freezing cold.Roy couldn't help taking a breath and shivering all over.No wonder the witcher asked him to wear more clothes, the temperature in the tree hole was seven or eight degrees lower than outside.

The torch swayed around, and Roy saw Kadel not far ahead, kneeling and squatting to maintain a vigilant posture, and quietly hooked him.

What they were in was a dark underground space, the surrounding walls were covered with slimy mud, slippery moss and vines, and the pond was full of strange-shaped rocks.

In addition to the spacious space in the center, there are several narrow holes in the corners of the four sides. How narrow is it?People can only lie on the ground and crawl on their hands and knees.From time to time, strange frog croaks and snake hisses came out of these holes, rippling back and forth between the central stone walls.

Roy really couldn't imagine whether there was such a space under the Horn Tree, or was it created by the monster called the Boy Hunter?

He waded through the dirty and icy groundwater to come behind Kadel, glanced at the holes everywhere, and a terrifying thought came to his mind?

Could it be that there is a child hunter living in every hole?

No, a demon hunter would not bully his apprentices like this. If this was the case, he would definitely bring it up in his notes.

So the child hunter is in one of the holes, smothering its latest prey with vomit.

Roy and Kadel exchanged glances, the latter raised his chin to the nearest hole, silently took out a dagger from his waist, the dagger was evenly smeared with fine grains of salt, and held a torch in the other hand , I got in as soon as I was short.

Roy followed closely behind.Inside the hole is a narrow and tight tunnel, no more than two feet high. As soon as I climbed in, my calf pants were soaked in ice water, and the sticky mud on the walls on both sides clinged to my shoulders, making it extremely inconvenient to move.

The two of them crawled in cautiously, restraining their breathing. From time to time, strange "hissing" sounds and erratic airflow sounds came from the front and rear passages.

This made Roy feel terrible, his face jumped tightly, and he didn't dare to breathe. If the monster sneaked up from behind his butt in this awkward posture, how should he resist?

He could only keep looking back, lest a grimace suddenly appear in the dark tunnel.

Soon, the two climbed to the deepest part of the tunnel without any danger, a slightly dry spherical nest covered with broken branches and leaves and small animal bones.

Although there are no child hunter ghosts, there are traces of it eating in the lair. Human skeletons, small skulls, leg bones, and vertebrae are piled up messily in every corner. yellow.

Obviously children.

Cadel picked up a bone, her face was full of murderous intent, her teeth were about to be crushed. She may have other purposes in creating the school, but she really treats students without reservation.

They quickly searched two more holes, carrying the bones of the dead to the hole as a mark after each search.

When we reached the fourth hole, halfway through the climb, we heard a clear grunting sound, as if something was vomiting.

They held their breath, and the firelight shone forward, and a ghost suddenly appeared in the darkness.

A slender human figure, whose skin was covered with black mud and moss, and whose limbs were as slender as branches, was lying in the corner of the den like a dog, spewing yellow fluid intermittently towards a bulging mass.

As soon as it was illuminated by the fire, it immediately turned its face away.His cheeks were as thin as a skeleton, his two dark nostrils were sunken inwards, and his pale eyes were bloodshot, full of hostility and madness.Its mouth had its upper and lower lips removed, and its gums were exposed, because it had just vomited, and its teeth were covered with translucent saliva.

Startled by the flames, it blinked, and retreated like a spider into the shadows of its lair.

The two quickly chased after them with torches, but they couldn't find the thing.

Roy kept a vigilant glance while Cadel pawed at the ball of vomit frantically.Actually dig out a little head with blond hair,

"Hey, kid, can you hear me?" Kadel wiped off the dirt on his face with his hands, revealing a thin and delicate face, the boy's eyelids moved twice.

Roy looked at this face, and the fog in his mind was instantly lifted... A dusty memory became alive again.

It dawned on him,

"I remembered, it was you who disappeared, little Tom!"

The little boy who greeted him on the first day, the orphan who lived in the school with his big smile and his two front teeth.

After more than half a month in Kadell House, this guy would review with him every day after school, and the two of them could be regarded as having a little friendship... "I almost completely forgot about you."

He rubbed the child's head, and the corners of his mouth curled up uncontrollably. The tension and fear before disappeared all of a sudden, and he felt uplifted. "Fortunately made it in time this time! How do you feel, little Tom?"

"Roy? Principal Cadell? What's wrong with me?" Tom opened his eyes in a daze, his voice was weak, "Little..."

"What did you say?"

"Little... above the heart!"

puff--

A ghost figure fell from the ceiling without warning, threw Roy down, crumpled into a ball, and rolled to the side twice.

Together.

It gained the upper hand, sitting on top of Roy and raising its right paw.Under the firelight, the long and sharp nails that were like awls, flashing a cold light, suddenly slashed towards the neck——

The other hand stopped its wrist halfway.