The ring wizards were very quick to make a fire for cooking. The campfire was set up in ten minutes, and the aroma of roasted wild boar filled the entire forest. However, little Mia usually doesn't have much requirements for meat. She prefers fruits.
and sweet dessert, so the cat didn't make a sound because of the taste.
The leader of the three hunters called himself Markus Stulz. After roasting his prey, he stood up and presented the right leg of the wild boar to the ruins, and then used a knife to cut off the other parts of the wild boar.
To everyone including myself.
Because the hunters brought seasonings with them, the food must taste very good. Everyone ate it, and then after Miss Olanold counted down three numbers, everyone except the three hunters started eating.
They all fell beside the bonfire.
The hunters did not move, but after eating the food in their hands, they stood up. At the same time as they stood up, Professor Herman Hopper, the eleventh-ringed professor, also sat up. He covered his waist and said
:
"You really have to finish eating before taking action? Although I am only fifty-six years old, lying on the snow is not a good experience."
In fact, he looked about forty years old.
The surprised hunters immediately picked up their long bows and pointed arrows at him. Stultz, the leader, did not forget to explain:
“Enjoying the prey to its fullest is a sign of respect for them and respect for the act of hunting.”
"So you are really believers 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 Zalas Academy team were really unconscious:
"You used prey to devise treacherous plots in the temple of the old god that you believe in. Is this really what believers should do?"
"Designing traps is also part of hunting. Our Lord does not require the good or evil of believers. Hunting itself is just for survival."
"Then there must be some reason for you three to hunt us, right? Are you cannibals? It doesn't look like it. You are motivated by wealth? But I remember that your tradition is to maintain a simple life."
Professor Hope said doubtfully, and the eleven life rings behind him also appeared completely at this time:
"The young people who are traveling with me have been sitting in the office for too long and only know how to deal with the children in the academy. They should learn some lessons now, so I did not remind them. But you three can guess whether the ones who are awake now are really
It’s just me.”
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 powerful attack was directly hit by Professor Hope.
The shield in the shape of an open book formed in front of him.
Shade knows this, and Luvia also knows this [the blessing of books].
The effect of the three magical weapons was indeed powerful, but it was still not enough for them to defeat the eleven-ring Professor Hope at once. After blocking the attacks of the three people, the spiritual runes behind the professor flickered, and soon the snowflakes on the ground began to fly and condense.
It became a long whip.
The wind pressure created when the snow-white whip was drawn out even swept away the snow in front of the ruins. The three of them tried to block it, but the shield they built together was broken in the next second.
Two of the five-ring warlocks among the hunters were seriously injured and fell to the ground. When the professor swung the ice whip again, the only remaining six-ring warlocks had already escaped into the temple ruins. The professor frowned and thought for a moment, but did not let the huge whip
He continued to attack with his long whip to prevent damage to the remaining pillars. He shouted to the man hiding behind the pillars:
"Seeing as 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 Zhengshen Church and the three major colleges."
Shade and Miss Olanold couldn't see clearly what the hunter hiding behind the pillar was doing from their perspective, but the ground suddenly trembled, and then in the forest surrounding the ruins, several giant trees suddenly became active.
Professor Hope was also startled by the appearance of the tree people. After all, the magical skills mastered by the followers of the God of Hunting should not include "calling the tree people". Their power about the forest is more about terrain perception, tracking and counter-tracking.
Protect from mosquitoes and talk to animals.
So the professor cast a spell to disperse the tree people to prevent other ring wizards in the academy from being harmed. But the moment he turned around, a gray ray shot at him from behind the pillar.
"The blessing of books!"
But Professor Hope seemed to have expected it, and the open golden book-shaped shield blocked his side again. But this time things did not go so smoothly. After the gray ray hit the shield, the golden light inside the shield
The flow seemed to have solidified and no longer flowed.
Immediately, the gray ray passed through the shield and directly hit Professor Hope, and he froze in place.
The tree vines hidden under the snow suddenly emerged from both sides of the professor, trying to tie up Professor Herman Hopp, but at this moment, two playing cards flashed past in the wind, and the vines were silently picked up.
The card was cut off, and the man hiding behind the pillar also heard the strange noise coming from behind.
Shade, who appeared behind him using "Ragrai's Jump", held down his shoulders. The hunter wanted to fight back, but he himself was frozen in place like the professor outside.
"The power to pause time?"
Professor Hope's voice came from the open space outside the ruins. The professor who had been stopped by time had recovered. It seemed that even if Shade didn't take action, the hunter's sneak attack would not be very successful. I just didn't know Professor Hope.
Is the resistance high enough, or is the power itself unable to last too long?
It's just that the professor couldn't see Shade after all, because Miss Olanode who was hiding in the woods attacked him again. When Shade came out of the ruins with the six-ringed hunter, the witch was controlling the coma.
Everyone floated to the bonfire and lit the flame again, probably because they were afraid they would catch cold.
"I guess what you want to know is not suitable for the people of Zalas Academy to hear."
Miss Ole Nord explained that she had no psychological burden for knocking out Professor Hermann Hopper.
What happened next was much simpler. All three hunters were brought under control, and the unconscious academy ring warlocks were examined and confirmed to be just poisoned and their lives were not in danger for the time being.
Miss Olanode did not try to interrogate the hunter. She asked Shade to release the time control on the six-ring hunter, and then waved her hand to summon a translucent bone claw. The bone claw directly pressed on the hunter's head.
It was like grabbing his head.
A gray light symbolizing the power of the soul appeared on the bone claws. The hunter struggled violently, and then his eyes turned gray.
"You come and ask."
The yellow-haired witch said in a brisk tone:
"I'm going to take a look at this ruins. This is a secret technique specially used to interrogate students. It is very reliable."
Shade nodded hesitantly:
"Okay, I just didn't expect you would allow this to be used on students at that time."
"Compared with the apprenticeship period, the punishments students in the academy may suffer are already very light."
Miss Olanode said with a smile, and then really walked towards the ruins.
Shade then looked at the hunter kneeling in the snow:
"Why are you attacking these ring warlocks?"
"No, we can't let anyone investigate here, and no, we can't let anyone discover my mistake."
The hunter spoke intermittently, but at least the content was coherent.
"What did you find?"
The hunter under the bone claw struggled, but as the gray light on the bone claw grabbing his head became stronger and stronger, the hunter still said the answer during the struggle:
"More than thirty years ago, when I was hunting in the nearby woods, I accidentally killed a boy. At that time, I was far less powerful than I am now, and my control of dark vision was not proficient. I swear I thought it was just a deer. I,
I confessed to the temple, I, I confessed to the gods, but I got no response."
He continued to struggle fiercely, but tears were already streaming down his face. His voice became hoarse, and the tears fell along his cheeks, leaving small pits on the snow:
"God didn't respond to me, but other beings responded to me."
"Who responded to you?"
Shade frowned and asked, having a bad premonition in his heart.
"The forest responded to me. I saw and saw the tree under the guidance of the forest. It promised to resurrect the child and give me strength. I don't need to betray my faith or my oath to protect this forest. I
I agreed, but over the years I have done many strange things for that tree, delivering messages and guiding the lost.
Too much evidence, too many records of what I have done, have been buried under the land in the southeast corner of this temple. I can't, I can't let anyone. I have always doubted the truth about that tree before.
What it is, we recently learned about the news spread by the Zhengshen Church from the [Forest Hermits], so I understood."
Shade understood what he said. The disappearance of Uncle Flora's childhood playmate was explained at this point, so Luvia's special divination is indeed omnipotent. The question that has troubled Anthony Winslet his whole life,
It's actually that simple:
"The tree promised you to resurrect the child, did it do it?"
Shade continued to ask, and I am afraid that the next step is the answer he is looking for.
"It did."
The hunter's whole body was trembling, but no one could tell whether he was excited or afraid:
"When I saw the tree in the dark night, even though the child had been dead for three hours, his soul had not completely left. He still had an obsession and wanted to help his lost child.
companion, so the tree can repair his body and allow his soul to return.
The tree really resurrected him, but the child made a wish to the tree, hoping that the tree could help his companions. This wish was also realized, and the hounds of the hunters in Ximu Town found another missing person under the guidance.