The door of the ladder suddenly opened, and inside stood a red-skinned one-horned ghost, and a mysterious creature with a plush body and a spherical shape but with short limbs.
"Heilig? Why are you here?"
At this moment, a one-horned ghost in yellow clothes recognized this person. His name was Niu Yi, a hunter who worked at the Ladder of Heaven, and served as the chief assessor. The assessor was usually a retired person who had been to the second floor.
Hunters are responsible for this. Some of them have either been injured and had to retire, or they are too old to continue hunting. Of course, there are also hunters who have never been able to pass the assessment and can only work on the Ladder of Heaven.
The Stairway to Heaven is the only entrance to the second floor, and it is also the first line of defense against the invasion of strange monsters, so this is the place where the largest number of hunters are stationed besides the beehive.
Heilig smiled and raised his right hand, holding a large paper bag filled with meat skewers.
"I'm here to express my condolences to my old comrades."
Hearing this, Niu Yi also smiled and said, "The sun is really rising in the west. I didn't expect a workaholic like you to do such a thing."
"What do you mean this kind of thing is too much. We have cooperated before, right?"
"Don't mention it, that's not cooperation at all."
The atmosphere between the two is a bit strange. They seem to know each other, but they don't have the tacit understanding as old friends. Instead, there is a slight gap between them.
Despite this, Niu Yi also accepted the other party's meeting gift. Generally speaking, hunters on the Ladder of Heaven were not allowed to eat food brought by others. For safety reasons, they still accepted it. This was considered a face to Heilige.
The food at Tianzhi Ladder was very boring, and the meat skewers brought by Heilig were all eaten up in one go.
"Tell me, you definitely didn't come here to have a good relationship with us. Just tell me if you have any intentions."
Niu Yi said unceremoniously.
Heilig sighed and said, "Have you released the results of this month's assessment?"
Hearing this, Niu Yi was stunned for a moment, then looked at him in shock.
"Don't look at me like that. I don't intend to interfere with the exam."
"No, that's not what I meant. I'm surprised because you are actually interested in the assessment. It's really unexpected. What? Are there any candidates you like?" Niu Yi asked doubtfully.
Hunters who go to the second level usually work in groups. When their companions are sacrificed, they can only form a team in three ways. The first is to join other people's teams, but this is the least likely to happen.
Hunters are also social. If an experienced hunter joins other people's team, his status will inevitably drop. Therefore, most of them are the second and third types.
The second is to form a team with a hunter who has also lost his companion. In this case, the two of them cooperate with each other on equal status. The third is to return to the plains, or serve as an assessor in the Ladder of Heaven to select suitable ones.
People, this process will take a long time, but you can choose the most people, because then you can become the leader.
So Niu Yi thinks Heilig is the third type.
"That's right...a very strange guy. I saw incredible power in him. He may be able to...achieve what he says."
Heilig avoided the other person's eyes and showed a worried expression.
Niu Yi didn't say anything.
"Today is the sixth day. Almost all those who can persist until today have passed. Now we are going to see the unlucky ones eliminated last night. You can come with us."
Hearing this, Heilige nodded, followed Niu Yi and others through a tunnel, and came to a steel gate. There were two people guarding here. They were surrounding a strange pot, and their expressions seemed a little confused.
"What's wrong?"
Niu Yi asked puzzledly.
The two examiners were startled. They turned around and saw a pile of cloth strips embroidered with numbers in their hands.
Seeing this, Niu Yi slowly opened his eyes.
Cloth of Life, this is Calderila's unique magic. Cloth strips made with magic are attached to the hunter. Once the hunter loses life and no longer supplies magic power, they will return to their original position, which is this strange pot.
among.
Of course, those who abstain can also return them to their original positions by placing them in special containers to isolate them from the magic.
"So many people abstained? What's going on?"
Niu Yi felt something was wrong. He immediately raised his head and shouted: "Hurry! Open the door! Hurry!"
Heilig on the side felt something was wrong, and slowly put his hand on the spear. He heard a bang, the steel door opened, and a ray of light shone in. Li Zi seemed to smell something, and suddenly let out a low roar.
Heilig's expression changed. Suddenly, a line of blood flowed into the crack of the door. Everyone was shocked. An arm stretched out, and then a face covered with blood squeezed into the crack of the door.
The face of fear.
"Help! Help! I don't want to stay in this ghost place anymore! Let me go back!"
This is candidate No. 70. He squeezed in with tears in his eyes.
"What happened?"
Niu Yi caught the examinee, asked his men to pick up weapons, and blocked the surrounding passages.
However, the latter hesitated for a long time without saying anything. It seemed that he was overly frightened and his brain was confused. Niu Yi frowned, kept him aside, and quickly led others into the examination room.
When I first entered, the front door was full of blood and corpses. Looking from a distance, I could see that the green moss was already soaked with blood. There was a big battle here.
"This! This!!"
Niu Yi was shocked. Although this exam was indeed dangerous, he never thought that such a thing would happen. Could it be that there was a fight between the candidates?
Everyone took action immediately, Lizi also rushed out and sniffed on the ground. He smelled the smell, but made no further movements. It was obvious that the murderer was no longer around.
Heilig frowned. This was a massacre. It was obviously attacked by something powerful. This group of people could hardly resist, as could be seen from the broken gun heads on the ground.
"It's a strange devil, a terrifying strange devil."
At this moment, a voice came, and an Argonian was seen walking out from behind a rock. It was holding its injured left hand, and the wound had been simply treated with white gauze.
"What kind of monster?"
"I don't know. We have never seen it. Didn't you release it?"
"Impossible, how could we release a strange demon with such lethality? Have you seen that strange demon?"
Niu Yi asked impatiently.
Haka gritted his teeth, nodded, and said: "Yes, it is like a demon. Its hands are like two sickles, and its spider-like six legs make it ignore all terrains. It is like a nightmare,
Suddenly appeared in front of us..."
"Where is candidate No. 371? Where is she?"
At this moment, Heilig suddenly asked.
Hearing this, Haka was stunned for a moment. He looked at Heilig, then showed a guilty expression and said: "He...he died together with the strange demon..."