novelonline Chapter 3483 The Hunter's Dream
Chapter 3483 The Hunter's Dream
Chapter 3483 The Hunter's Dream
"The shrine on the 7th floor" was Ms. Gerd's answer, while Miss Cohens recalled what happened when she first arrived:
"Actually, I first appeared on the 19th floor. At that time, I didn't understand the rules here, and I rashly turned on the light in the corridor, which led to the attack on me by the evil spirit in the darkness. I was leaning against the door of room 1908, and the door immediately lit up after being stained with the monster's blood. The monster was frightened away, and I had a chance to escape. Later, I met Ms. Gerd in the stairwell."
Looking back now, it's highly likely that there was something resembling a sacred object hanging behind the door of room 1908.
The room Miss Cohens mentioned happens to be on the 19th floor, just like room 1978 that the mission requires. If we're lucky, we might just run into it.
So Shad set his sights on rooms 1978 and 1908. When he mentioned that he didn't have much time left and needed to head to the 19th floor immediately, the Witcher Girl offered to help this time:
"I've almost fully recovered, and I know the 19th floor best."
"I'm staying here because I sustained a minor injury earlier and need some time to recover."
Miss Novare said that the blood-stained appearance of her dress was very convincing, but in fact she had fully recovered. Shad guessed that she needed time to "digest" the power of the devouring demon.
Ms. Gerd also wanted to go to the 19th floor, but the corridor was narrow and it was really unnecessary for the three of them to go out, not to mention that the three of them would consume more lights.
So in the end, Miss Korns accompanied Shad to the 19th floor. Although this meant that he couldn't lend Shad the [Dawn of Dawn] and the [Demon Hunter's Seal], according to what the other two witches said when they saw them off, although Miss Korns' level was not as high as that of the vampire witches, most of the enemies here would be countered by her power, so her actual combat strength was no less than that of Miss Noire.
The two still carried oil lamps and candles, one holding an oil lamp and the other a candle. If the red-haired vampire girl gave off the feeling of a noble girl who had accidentally wandered into a haunted house, then Miss Cohens gave Shad the feeling of a professional adventurer who had broken into a demon's lair to defeat the demon king.
Her demeanor was similar to Iluna's, but also like Miss Knight, the female knight from the Gravel Sands. Shad had thought that the silence between them at first would be awkward, but when he took the elevator key, turned right, and passed six doors before seeing elevator room number 1000, the huntress spoke up immediately:
“Mr. Hamilton, you noticed something unusual about Noire, didn’t you?”
The elevator door opened, and only after the two entered, and the female hunter who had been to the 19th floor shouted "Go to the 19th floor!" and pressed the button, did he reply as the elevator slowly started moving.
"Yes, so you want to talk to me about the secrets she has?"
The stern, black-haired huntress shook her head, her powerful gaze fixed on Shad through the slightly trembling elevator.
"It's not the secret about her, it's the secret about her and Lady Gerd. Since you are the holder of the [Night Watch], you should know that although our profession is to hunt evil spirits and demons, we also have the ability to sense and deal with other evil spirits."
I sensed a powerful aura of evil in both Noire and Lady Gerd. It wasn't that they were inherently evil, but rather that they had a strong connection to evil. I know some witches who use evil power but aren't controlled by it, but Lady Gerd and Noire are different.
It takes about half a minute to go from the tenth to the nineteenth floor; she doesn't speak very fast.
“They didn’t control those powers; they were almost one with them.”
A slight tremor ran through his feet; they had arrived at the 19th floor. This time, Xia De still didn't open the door himself, but instead asked:
"So you want to remind me not to trust Miss Novare and Ms. Gerd?"
Miss Hunter nodded and then shook her head:
"Their stated purposes are likely true, and no one can survive alone here, so we're not enemies for now. But don't let your guard down; this hotel didn't bring the four of us here for no reason. Even if it's just a coincidence of fate, it's fate."
"The randomness of fate is itself the accumulation of countless inevitabilities."
When Shad said this, Miss Coens looked quite surprised:
"Yes, that's it."
As she spoke, she extended her hand and shook hands with Shad:
"Then I wish us a pleasant cooperation and a smooth departure from here."
Xia De then reached out and shook her hand, at which point "she" whispered in his ear:
[Outsider, you have come into contact with traces of the devil.]
Shad's expression remained unchanged; he didn't even glance at Miss Coens's hand adorned with the [Witcher's Mark]. After releasing the huntress's hand, he pulled open the elevator's gate, then opened the door to his room, revealing the corridor on the nineteenth floor.
"By the way, Miss Coens, which demon are you chasing here? Perhaps I've encountered it before."
Before the two were about to enter the corridor, Shad asked again, and the black-haired witch hunter gritted her teeth:
"That demon was very ancient. I encountered it when I was a child, which is why I decided to become a hunter. Then, about three months ago, I accepted a commission to clean up the ghouls in the cemetery of a village. I went at night, and when I returned to the village at dawn, the village had already been devoured by it."
The Dream-Eating Demon, Nagul, is a demon of dreams. Its true form spends most of its time outside the material world, yet it can use the power of dreamscapes to allow dreams to devour reality. I chased it for three months, finally managing to force its true form out of the dream world in a forest far from the city. I never expected it to flee here in such a panic.
"The demons of dreams... I think I've heard of them before, but I can't remember clearly."
Xia De whispered, quite regretting that the doctor wasn't here, otherwise the doctor would definitely be interested in entering the dream and fighting the other party one-on-one:
"We might run into it next, so be careful. It probably wants to get rid of you here too."
As Shad spoke, Miss Cohens smiled and nodded, sword in hand, before walking out first. Shad lagged behind, winking as she lunged at him from behind.
"Miraculous Art - Remnant Advice".
Some glowing white runes appeared beside Miss Cohens in Shad's field of vision, and all five "advice" contained the same content:
Is this truly not a dream? I can't tell.
This is definitely reality now, after all, the deity on the first floor of the hotel is definitely not fake, it's the best anchor point. Although it's possible for a deity to enter someone's dream, this shouldn't be the case this time.
Therefore, Miss Cohens's current state is quite strange. Although she is wearing the Demon Hunter's Seal and holding the Dawnbreaker, there are traces of demons on her body.
Is the demon she's hunting hiding in her dreams right now?
Xia De guessed this, but he actually knew nothing about this demon, so he pretended not to know and followed her to the nineteenth floor. After he returned, he consulted Dr. Schneider, and the next time he came back, it would be the demon's end.
The elevator room on the 19th floor had the number "1900", which convinced Xia De that the smallest number on each floor was the elevator room.
It seemed that the corridors on each floor were somewhat different. The temperature in the corridor on the nineteenth floor was similar to that on the tenth floor, and the smell in the air was also similar, but the walls on both sides of the corridor were covered with splattered bloodstains.
"It was like this the first time I came here. Don't touch the blood; it must have been left by something in one of the rooms."
Miss Cohens reminded her quietly.
The room opposite the elevator room had a number they had never seen before, so neither of them intended to explore it. Since the gods had granted Shad the ability to sense mission rooms, Shad led the way to the left.
The lantern and candle had already been lit, and the two flames could only illuminate the darkness within two or three meters around them.
The focus this time is on the monster in room 1978 and the relic that may exist in room 1908. Therefore, although Shad sensed room 1978, he hopes that the relic room will appear first.
As he was thinking this, Miss Cohens stopped in her tracks. They had only just passed the door of the first room on the left side of the elevator room when the longsword held by the huntress suddenly shone with an even brighter light.
She immediately suppressed the light emanating from her sword and looked ahead into the thick darkness. A low laugh was followed by a soft, melodious female voice from ahead:
"Do you need me to guide you, lost sheep?"
Miss Cohens slowly retreated, sword in hand, while Shad continued to watch their backs, retreating in sync.
The voice then came from the direction that Shad was facing:
"You want to go back to room 1900, right? That room hasn't been opened in a long time. You know the secret of this hotel, don't you?"
The voice was now almost cloyingly sweet, and then it reappeared in the direction Miss Cohens was facing:
"How about this, you take me to other floors, and I'll transfer ownership of my original room to you? I've accumulated a lot of treasure in there over the years, not just gold and silver, but also powerful weapons, precious alchemical materials, and even a simple map of the 19th floor."
Suddenly, Miss Cohens thrust her longsword into the ceiling above their heads. The ceiling, which appeared to have only black bloodstains, revealed a flash of blood under the blade, and then what was hidden above their heads was revealed.
It was a black spider, about the size of two fists, with a female face, but its tongue resembled a snake's forked tongue. [Dawnbreak] struck its abdomen precisely, and before it could scream, the light of dawn bloomed at the tip of the sword, the sliding blade cleaving the spider in two.