novelonline Chapter 2978 Hunter's Mistake
Chapter 2978 Hunter's Mistake
Chapter 2978 Hunter's Mistake
The ring magicians were very quick to start a fire and cook. Ten minutes later, the bonfire was ready, and the aroma of roasted wild boar filled the entire forest. However, Mia usually didn't have much demand for meat. She preferred fruits and desserts, so the cat didn't make a sound because of the smell.
The leader of the three hunters called himself Markus Stulz. After roasting his prey, he stood up and presented the wild boar's right leg to the ruins, and then used a knife to divide the rest of the wild boar among everyone, including himself.
Since the hunters brought seasonings with them, the food should taste good. Everyone started eating, and after Miss Orlanod counted down to three, everyone except the three hunters fell down by the campfire.
The hunters did not move, but ate the food in their hands before getting up. At the same time as they got up, the eleventh-ring Professor Hermann Hope also sat up, holding his waist and saying:
"You really want to finish eating before you start? Although I'm only fifty-six years old, lying on the snow is not a good experience."
In fact, he looked to be only about forty years old.
The surprised hunters immediately picked up their longbows and pointed arrows at him. The leader, Stulz, did not forget to explain:
“To eat your prey fully is to respect it and the act of hunting.”
"So you are really followers of this old god? When you poisoned me just now, I thought you were pretending."
The professor stood up, but it seemed that the other members of the Zalaas Academy team were truly unconscious:
"You used your prey to plot a treacherous conspiracy in the temple of the Old God you believe in. Is this really what believers should do?"
"Designing traps is also part of hunting. My Lord does not require believers to be good or evil. Hunting itself is just for survival."
"So there must be some reason why you three hunted us? Are you cannibals? You don't look like it. Are you after money? But I remember your tradition is to live a simple life."
Professor Hope said doubtfully, and the eleven life rings behind him also appeared completely at this time:
"The young people who came with me have been sitting in the office for too long, only knowing how to deal with the kids in the academy. They should be taught a lesson now, so I didn't remind them. But you three can guess whether I am really the only one awake now."
As soon as the three golden arrows were released from the bowstring, they turned into a huge stream of light and bombarded Professor Hope. The huge wind pressure blew away the bonfire, but the seemingly extremely powerful attack was directly blocked by the book-shaped shield formed in front of Professor Hope.
Shade knew this, this was the [Blessing of Books] that Luvia also knew.
The effects of the three divine weapons were indeed powerful, but they were still not enough for them to defeat Professor Hope, who was at the eleventh level. After blocking the attacks of the three people, the spiritual runes behind the professor flickered, and then the snowflakes on the ground flew up and condensed into a long whip.
The wind pressure generated when the snow-white whip was pulled out even swept away the snow in front of the ruins. The three wanted to block it, but the shield they jointly built was broken in the next second.
Two fifth-ring warlocks among the hunters were seriously injured and fell to the ground. When the professor swung the ice whip again, the remaining sixth-ring warlock had already fled into the temple ruins. The professor frowned and thought for a moment, and did not let the huge whip continue to attack to prevent the remaining columns from being destroyed. He shouted to the man hiding behind the column:
"Since your poison only made us unconscious, come out and surrender now, and then explain clearly why you are hostile to us. You still have a chance to avoid being wanted by the Orthodox Church and the three major colleges."
Shade and Miss Orlannod could not see clearly what the hunter hiding behind the pillar was doing, but suddenly the ground shook, and then several giant trees in the forest surrounding the ruins suddenly became active.
The appearance of the tree people also startled Professor Hope. After all, the magic mastered by the followers of the God of Hunting should not include "calling tree people". Their power regarding the forest is more about terrain perception, tracking and anti-tracking, protection against mosquitoes, and communication with animals.
So the professor cast a spell to disperse the tree man to prevent other ring sorcerers in the academy from being harmed. But the moment he turned around, a gray ray shot towards him from behind the pillar.
"The blessing of books!"
But Professor Hope seemed to have expected it, and the golden book-shaped shield opened again to block him. But this time things were not so smooth, after the gray ray hit the shield, the golden light flow inside the shield seemed to solidify and no longer flowed.
Immediately, the gray ray penetrated the shield and hit Professor Hope directly, so he was frozen in place.
The vines hidden under the snow suddenly emerged from both sides of the professor, trying to tie up Professor Hermann Hope, but at this moment, two cards flashed in the wind, and the vines were silently cut off by the cards. The man hiding behind the pillar also heard the strange sound behind him.
Using "Raglai's Leap", Shad appeared behind him and pressed down his shoulders. The hunter wanted to fight back, but he was frozen in place like the professor outside.
"The power to stop time?"
Professor Hope's voice came from the open space outside the ruins. The professor who was frozen in time just now has recovered. It seems that even if Shade did not take action, the hunter's sneak attack would not be very successful. I just don't know if Professor Hope's resistance is high enough, or if that kind of power itself can't be maintained for too long.
But the professor never saw Shade, because Miss Orlanod, who was hiding in the woods, attacked him again. When Shade came out of the ruins with the six-ring hunter, the witch was controlling all the unconscious people to float to the bonfire, and then lit the fire again, probably because she was afraid that they would catch a cold.
"I guess what you want to know is not suitable for the people of Zalas Academy to hear."
Miss Orlanoor explained that she had no psychological burden for knocking out Professor Hermann Hope.
Things were much simpler afterwards. All three hunters were controlled, and after examination, it was confirmed that the unconscious academy ring mages were only poisoned and were not in immediate danger of life.
Miss Orlannod did not try to interrogate the hunter. She asked Shad to release the time control on the six-ring hunter, then waved her hand to summon a translucent bone claw, which pressed directly on the hunter's head, as if grabbing his head.
A gray light symbolizing soul power appeared on the bone claws. The hunter struggled violently, and then his eyes also turned gray.
"You can ask."
The yellow-haired witch said in a brisk tone:
"I'll go check out this relic. This is a secret technique specifically used to interrogate students. It's very reliable."
Xia De nodded hesitantly:
"Okay, I just didn't expect you would allow this kind of thing on students at that time."
"Compared to the apprenticeship period, the penalties that students in the academy may face are already very light."
Miss Orlanod said with a smile, and then actually walked towards the ruins.
Xia De looked at the hunter kneeling in the snow:
"Why did you attack these ring sorcerers?"
"No, I can't let anyone investigate this place. No, I can't let anyone discover my mistake."
The hunter spoke incoherently, but at least his words were coherent.
"What did you find?"
The hunter under the bone claw struggled, but as the gray light on the bone claw that grabbed his head became stronger and stronger, the hunter still spoke the answer while struggling:
"More than 30 years ago, I accidentally killed a boy while hunting in the nearby woods. At that time, I was not as strong as I am now, and my mastery of dark vision was not perfect. I swear I thought it was just a deer. I confessed to the temple. I confessed to the gods, but I didn't get any response."
He continued to struggle violently, but tears were already streaming down his face. His voice became increasingly hoarse, and tears flowed down his cheeks and fell onto the snow, leaving small pits:
“God didn’t respond to me, but other beings did.”
"Who responded to you?"
Shade asked with a frown, having a bad feeling in his heart.
"The forest responded to me. Under the guidance of the forest, I saw the tree. It promised to revive the child and give me strength. I didn't need to betray my faith or my oath to protect this forest. I promised, but I have done many strange things for the tree over the years, delivering letters and guiding lost people.
Too much evidence, too many records of what I have done, have been buried under the soil in the southeast corner of this temple. I can't, I can't let anyone. I have always doubted what that tree is. Recently, we learned from the [Forest Hermits] about the news spread by the Orthodox Church, so I understand. "
Shade understood what he said, and the disappearance of Uncle Flora's childhood playmate was explained, so Luvia's special divination was indeed omnipotent. The question that troubled Anthony Winslet all his life was actually this simple:
"The tree promised you to revive the child. Did it do that?"
Xia De continued to ask, and what followed might be the answer he was looking for.
“It did.”
The hunter's entire body was shaking, but no one could tell whether he was excited or frightened.
"When I saw the tree in the pitch-black night, the child had been dead for three hours, but his soul had not completely left. He still had a desire to help his lost companions, so the tree could repair his body and bring his soul back.
The tree really resurrected him, but the child made another wish to the tree, hoping that the tree could help his companion. This wish was also fulfilled, and the hunters in the town of Creekwood used their hounds to find another missing child.