The Journey of the Demon Hunter

When he walked out of the church, a strange smell of sea was in the air.

When he slowly adjusted to the slightly dazzling light and looked up into the distance, Zelin realized that this place was different from the Yanan he knew.

It's totally different.

This is Yanan, that's right. How could such buildings and landscapes be other places, and Zelin would never mistake the layout of the Orton Chapel. But at this time, what appeared in front of the demon hunter was not a complete city, but rather like a religious area surrounded by a cathedral on the top of the mountain. Zelin also knew the church, which was the cathedral of the Healing Church, where he met Amelia.

But that church was the same as the Orton Chapel behind him, except that it was roughly the same as the place in Zelin's memory. And one thing worth noting is that he stood here in the chapel and looked up directly to the top of the cathedral above, but in the past, he could walk for a long time before reaching the cathedral area from the Orton Cemetery.

It is not so much Yanan after the hunting night is over, it is better to say that it is what Yanan looked like before it was built. The place where Yanan City was originally located is now only the cathedral of the Healing Church, and there are also a few small churches, cemeteries, squares and residential buildings nearby.

Zelin closed his eyes, and he tried to remember the secrets and past events that Crow Irene and the witch Caryl told him before leaving Yanan. Two years have passed, and it is not easy to recall all the details thoroughly.

He recalled Beilworkers’ discovery of the underground ancient gods, the blood of the extracted ancient gods and the establishment of the healing church, the promotion of blood therapy, and the first outbreak of the animalized plague that year. With the fire that swept the old Yanan, I recalled the history of the destroyed old Yanan and the new Yanan later built on the mountainside.

Soon, he thought of something.

The demon hunter walked to the side of the Orton Chapel. There was a cliff without fences. Zelin cautiously walked to the edge and looked down. In the distance, a huge and prosperous city was presented in front of him. Zelin carefully observed the city and compared it with the old Yanan that he had been to before and was destroyed by the fire.

The demon hunter found the answer.

He could confirm that under the mountainside, the huge city in front of him was Jiu Yanan. Although his memories may be a bit vague, Zelin's memory of the tower where the machine gun hunter Sheikh was and the several gloomy buildings nearby made Zelin especially deep.

Only at this time, Jiu Yanan showed no signs of being destroyed by the fire, but was thriving. The distance was a little far away, Zelin could not see the residents of Jiu Yanan, but he could see traces of some horse-drawn carriages on the street below. With horse-drawn carriages, there must be residents. But looking at the old Yanan intact, Zelin couldn't help but wonder whether he came to Yanan after the hunting night or the world before the outbreak of the animalized plague.

He didn't understand why the portal would take him to this place. Time, no warlock has ever been able to find the starting point for researching time. Perhaps after returning, he can tell Francesca and ask her to study how many qualities they haven’t discovered yet in this portal. If Tisya and If her order of warlocks is willing to conduct research, it might be more convenient and easier.

But if it was before the outbreak of the animalized plague, why had he not seen anyone so far? Zelin especially remembers the huge number of beastized townspeople in the Yanan area at that time.

But it didn't take long before he heard footsteps.

The crisp sound of leather boots came from the steps leading to the upper cathedral on the side of the Orton Chapel, and it seemed that someone had come down from the upper cathedral. Wearing leather boots, the voice is very crisp, judging by the sound of footsteps, it may be a woman. Zelin looked around, he had to find a place to hide, he had better hide in the dark before knowing the certain situation, and exposing himself rashly was not a wise choice.

Zelin walked along the outer wall on the side of the Orton Chapel, trying to climb to the corner where he could block his figure.

Chapter 536: Dream and Reality

"Someone is here?"

A tall, white-haired woman in a succinct leather coat walked down the steps, with a slender blade straddling her waist, under a dark brown olecranon cap, and a pair of fine eyes carefully surveying the surroundings. Her clothes are similar to those of church hunters. Considering that she got down from the cathedral above, it can be imagined that she should be a member of the Healing Church. This can be regarded as the benefit that his previous experience in Yanan has brought him, and he is not ignorant of this world. It's just that Zelin couldn't determine when he came.

Zelin squatted on the flat roof on the side of the Orton Chapel, closing his eyes to calm his brain. This is a situation he has never seen before. He must calm down and analyze the next move.

He closed his eyes.

Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed around the corner of his eyes. He turned his head, but was surprised to notice a dark creature lying on the top of the Orton Chapel, beside him. The demon hunter opened his eyes and looked in that direction. A huge creeping creature-Ze Linquan called something like this a creeping creature-is using several tentacles on its body against the wall of Orton Chapel. On its head like an octopus, there are countless tentacles. Above the composed beard, among the exoskeleton on the surface of the forehead, densely packed small eyes are spinning frantically.

An unspeakable atmosphere appeared in the demon hunter’s heart, as if he was in the underground insect nest in Angled at this moment, facing countless insect swarms, and as if a demon was staring at him with his third eye. , The surroundings seemed to become dark, the countless eyes under the exoskeleton were like dense reptiles, and then with a harsh sound, all the eyes seemed to receive some signal, and at the same time looked at the demon hunter on the side.

Blinking an eye, the monster disappeared.

Zelin narrowed his eyes slightly, but the place around him was indeed empty, no monsters, no eyes, and no tentacles. The sky was still like the afternoon, it was still so bright, and there was nothing.

At this time, he heard a voice from below.

"What's the matter, Maria?" It was another voice, another hunter came over, the voice of a man, he was wearing a slightly different clothes from the local Yanan, the travel costume of a foreigner

"It's nothing, Brado."

"If you have hallucinations, you'd better use leggings and brass guards. I know you don't believe that the plague will spread to your body through your legs, but I think any protective measures are necessary."

It was the male hunter called Brado who was talking. But the woman named Maria did not respond, but the former seemed to have been accustomed to this. "The scholars of Byron Watkins brought back a batch of new research results, and we have to experiment. Master Lawrence hopes that the hunters will come. Go to the clock tower, Mr. German will first go to Yanan below."

She seemed to have heard Geman's name before she responded slightly.

"I got it."

The voice of the silver-haired woman sounds like it is going away, and the other hunter is also walking away. The demon hunter is inconvenient to stick his head out. He can only stay behind the corner and listen to the voice gradually moving away until the hunters arrive. Where Zelin couldn't hear, he returned to the ground along one side.

Looking up, there are still no monsters.

"I must be dazzled."

The demon hunter rubbed his forehead, looked at the town of Yanan below, then looked at the towering cathedral in the distance, shrugged, and walked up the road. In any case, he had better not stay here forever. He had better find a way to Yanan below. This is not Yanan he is familiar with. There is no acquaintance of him in the Healing Church. He heard Geman mentioned in the mouth of the two hunters before. Zelin didn’t know if it was the same name, or the one he met in the Hunter Workshop. Legs old hunter.

But he and Geman can't talk about friends.

He raised his head and looked at the sky. The dim sun was crumbling on the horizon, and some dark clouds nearby took on a strange appearance, as if two huge hands were about to grab the sun. But here is Yanan. Based on the experience of the last visit, Zelin didn't know how many other things that surprised and unexpected happened here.

The bell came from the stone church in the low tower, and Zelin looked up. The construction of the church in the distance was obviously later than most of the buildings here. There were no traces of wind and sun on its surface, but in the same way, Zelin did not see any Yanan along the way. Townspeople, although it is still the afternoon, it is not time to rest. Perhaps his guess is correct. This is an area belonging to those priests and church hunters. It is impossible for ordinary townspeople to come here at will.

Everything here is obviously normal, but for some reason, this place makes him feel a little shuddering. There is something wrong with it, but it is definitely not a plague.

Zelin walked cautiously across the outside of the square. There was no one here. There were no living creatures on the street, except for two fairly normal-looking hounds and some crows. Many of the buildings around the square have been sealed off, and even the windows in the attic are tightly covered. This is not repair, even in the most well-preserved buildings. Listening to the conversation between the two hunters before, Yanan’s plague seems to have shown signs of outbreak, and perhaps people are beginning to protect themselves.

Along the stairs, Zelin found a passage leading down on the bifurcation of the main road. On the way he noticed two hunters, walking towards the cathedral above. There were many blood stains on the weapons and windbreakers in the hands of these two hunters.

The two hunters said nothing, but their blood exuded an unbearable smell of blood. They didn't give the demon hunter a sense of humanity, but some kind of bloodthirsty monster.

They all walked in the direction of the cathedral, considering the previous bells, something might happen. But this also means that there are many hunters in the cathedral. Zelin had better leave as soon as possible. After the hunters in the cathedral come out, he may not be able to avoid everyone's sight as easily as he does now.

There are some corpses nearby, all resembling werewolves. These hunters obviously kill or bury them. Maybe someone will handle these things. When walking down the forked road, he saw it from a distance on a high slope. A scene where a hunter smashes the head of a werewolf.

The road down is quite spacious, there are many obstacles on both sides of the road, some places have been obviously cleared, but Zelin can still notice the remaining blood. There are some roadblocks nearby, as well as a weapon that demon hunters have ever seen, what the hunter chief calls machine guns.

"Three machine guns... I should be able to try to remove the runner?" Zelin rolled his eyes and said, "Well, four." There is another machine gun in a sinister corner. Anyone who comes down from above guesses. It's difficult to see there the first time. It is estimated that when you see it, you will almost be swept into a sieve by a machine gun in the dark. "What are they guarding against?"

The direction the machine guns and barricades point is the direction to the cathedral. Why do people here guard the cathedral area? Moreover, the hunters and priests in the church were indifferent to this. Unless Zelin can make a hypothesis, Yanan's initial trouble came from the cathedral area on the mountain, and listening to the hunters, they also didn't know what the real source of the plague was. That's why these roadblocks and weapons were set up to kill the monsters that might escape from the mountain to the town below.

Otherwise, he couldn't find any explanation.

Standing here, the demon hunter can clearly see the whole picture of Jiu Yanan, not the ruins after being burned by the fire. For some reason, in the evening sunlight, Yanan was showing a sense of death and festering, and the city seemed to be gradually dying. Zelin's feeling has always been very accurate. Yanan's buildings and layouts are all showing a highly civilized and prosperous appearance, but the whole city seems to be entering a terrible danger with the sinking sunset.

Just as he rarely hears the fast approaching footsteps. The sound of footsteps is rushing, and the visitor has no good intentions.

The demon hunter, who was half squatting next to the machine gun looking at the mechanism, suddenly turned aside, and the blade of the sword came out of the sheath. Oncoming is a bit colder like a star.

When the blades collided, Zelin's sword opened the enemy's attack. He stepped back two steps and just saw the appearance of the attacker.

Her hat is not an eagle-beaked cap, but rather like a pointed cap that a captain would wear. The pointed cap is decorated with some feathers behind it. Under the pointed hat, the silky silver hair was tied behind his head by a black ribbon. A string of green agate necklace hung on a high-collar leather shawl. It is a more ordinary quilted leather trench coat. It is almost the same as other hunters, but for the sake of the owner, it has been modified into a lady's style.

The appearance of the attacker could not help but remind the demon hunter of another one, he didn't know whether he should call it a human. The doll, the appearance of the doll in the castle is unexpectedly similar to the huntress in front of her.

"The intruder should return to where he should be."

It should be the demon hunter himself careless. It stands to reason that he shouldn't have noticed that someone is following him until now, but in this place, it is difficult for him to judge what feels real and what feels illusory. He saw some phantoms, some things like illusions, he should Be more vigilant.

The huntress, if it's correct, her name should be Maria, which is not a good start for the first meeting. Holding a long blade similar to an ebony blade in his hand, the hunter was approaching cautiously and calmly step by step.