Chapter 106 Hunter: Shall I fight Aurora?
Looking at the two children sitting by the creek from a distance, listening to the gurgling water and chatting, especially the little girl with blond hair and blue eyes - the child he must kill, the hunter's heart suddenly tightened.
He thought of his daughter.
"My daughter is about the same size as this girl named Aurora."
"What crime can such a young child commit? She must be innocent!"
The hunter suddenly couldn't bear it and had the idea of giving up the mission.
He shook his head vigorously again, forcing down the compassion in his heart:
"No, no, I'm too short of money. What does other people's daughters have to do with me? Both my adoptive father and daughter need this money!"
He is too poor.
Many years ago, the king of the White Kingdom married this new queen with a weird personality. From then on, she just indulged in her new wife and ignored political affairs. This originally wealthy small country also gradually declined. Many people are poor, homeless and sleeping on the streets.
At this time, Aurora and Rhine had obviously noticed the hunter and cast their eyes on him.
"Hello, uncle. Keep looking at us. What's the matter?"
Aurora waved to the hunter in a friendly manner, elegant yet childlike, looking cute, cute and lovable.
The hunter clenched the sharp blade in his hand tightly, his palms covered with sweat.
"It's just a matter of a moment anyway. Close your eyes and stab the knife into this girl's heart!"
His thoughts flashed away, and the hunter suddenly burst into flames, roared, and shot out like an arrow from a string, rushing towards the blonde girl.
"Sorry, goodbye!"
The hunter pointed the short knife in his hand toward the girl's chest and stabbed her hard!
The moment the sharp blade pierced the girl's chest, the hunter closed his eyes.
He seemed to have seen the hot, crimson blood splattered on his cheek; he saw the girl's body lying on the ground when he opened his eyes; he saw the panicked silver-haired boy next to him, crying over the body of his companion.
Then, the only thing he had to do was to squat down coldly, take out the girl's heart, and ignore the screams of the silver-haired boy next to him.
Clang.
Crimson sparks flew.
The hunter felt as if he had stabbed a piece of steel, and his whole body took a few steps back due to the huge recoil. The right hand holding the dagger was completely numb, and blood even flowed from the tiger's mouth.
"Ah ah ah, what's going on?"
The hunter wondered if he had stabbed a stone and quickly opened his eyes.
He saw the girl standing in front of him intact, unscathed.
"What, what's going on?"
The hunter panicked for a moment.
Could it be that the stab was just missed?
"Is there any reason for suddenly attacking me?" Aurora asked, "I don't think I know you yet, uncle."
The hunter took a deep breath, mustered up his courage again, and slashed at Aurora's neck with the short knife.
Aurora did not dodge, letting the sharp blade slash at her slender and white neck.
The clanging sound of metal was heard again, and the dagger in the hunter's hand was blown away. Severe pain was felt in his hand, and hot blood flowed from the tiger's mouth.
Aurora, who had received the knife forcefully, did not move at all, staring at the hunter with her sharp eyes.
"Ahhh! Monster, monster!"
The hunter almost fainted from fright, his legs weakened, and he collapsed to the ground.
This time he saw clearly that the knife did not miss the mark at all, but it could not cause any harm to this seemingly delicate little girl.
"Tell me, why are you attacking us?"
Aurora walked towards the hunter step by step, exerting force with her feet. With every step she took, the earth and stone ground beneath her feet cracked.
Watching this beautiful blond girl approaching him step by step, the hunter felt that he had seen the most terrifying beast in the world.
"Yes, tell me, who sent you to attack Aurora?" Rhine also asked.
Considering that this place is "Snow White's Kingdom", Rhine can actually roughly guess the hunter's intention, but he wants to hear it from the hunter himself.
The hunter was trembling, but he retained his last shred of sanity.
"This girl's skin is harder than steel, and she can break the ground with just one foot. She is definitely some kind of monster. Oh my god, Her Majesty the Queen didn't tell me at all that I was about to perform such a dangerous mission!"
The hunter quickly weighed the pros and cons.
"I'm sure I can't beat you. But even if I die, it's just me."
"If it is revealed that the mastermind behind the scenes is the queen, then my whole family will probably be ruined!"
The hunter lowered his head and faced the questions from Rhine and Aurora without saying a word.
"Sorry, I can't say anything!"
He closed his eyes tightly, looking like he was righteous and would rather die than surrender.
"The worst-case scenario is that I die. If I talk too much, my whole family will suffer."
Rhine smiled and took out the crystal ball, which suddenly burst out with a faint blue light.
Immediately afterwards, the young man cast a look that seemed to be able to see through the body and soul towards the trembling hunter lying on the ground.
After looking at the other person for a few seconds, Laing said solemnly, as if he had checked his household registration:
"Angus, a hunter from the White Kingdom. He is 43 years old. He is an orphan and his wife has passed away. The only remaining family members are his old carpenter adoptive father and a 10-year-old daughter. Let me see where they live... ”
Because the target of the divination was not a powerful person with extraordinary abilities or noble status, the divination was not interfered by any major fate. It was extremely smooth and the results were extremely clear.
"Ahhh!" The hunter opened his eyes in fright.
What's going on?
How come the whole family is known!
"Not only is the blond girl a monster, but so is the boy next to her!"
After experiencing the fun of "magic box opening", Rhine squatted down and stared at the hunter who was so panicked that he couldn't speak: "Did the queen send you here?"
The hunter trembled: "How do you know?"
"It is indeed true." Rhine's guess was confirmed.
The hunter finally gave up hiding:
"Yes, yes. Her Majesty the Queen asked me to kill the girl named Aurora next to you. If I knew you were so powerful, I would never have come! Let me go. I have an old one and a young one. I have an elderly adoptive father and a young daughter to take care of!”
The hunter cried bitterly and repeatedly begged for mercy.
"Don't worry, we have no plans to do anything to you." Rhine comforted, "Okay, you can leave."
ah?
The hunter didn't react.
Are you going to let me go?
Hunter Angus thanked him profusely, picked up his bent dagger, and ran away in panic.
"Wait a moment." Rhine suddenly stopped the hunter.
"What's wrong?" Hunter Angus turned around in fear, fearing that the two terrible children would change their minds.
"Take this," Rhine threw a round and plump pearl to the hunter. "Sell this pearl, and you and your adoptive father and daughter will live a good life."
The hunter looked at the priceless pearl in his hand in disbelief.
This is even bigger than the pearl in the queen's crown!
"Thank you so much, my benefactor!" The hunter was so grateful that he burst into tears and thanked him repeatedly before leaving.
The pearl Rhine gave just now naturally comes from the treasure of the sea that Neptune gave before. There are so many similar pearls in the Kingdom of the Sea that we can’t even count them!
Looking at the hunter's retreating figure, Rhine suddenly said:
"You can visit his home when you have time."
When he was just doing the divination, he discovered that the hunter's adoptive father, a carpenter, might have something special.
This shows that this adoptive father either has a hidden identity and is a very important figure in the world, or he is a child of destiny who has a special place in fairy tales.
"Oh my god. You two are so awesome! We thought just now that the girl was going to be in trouble, and we wanted to help."
Suddenly, Rhine and Aurora heard an exclamation coming from behind.
"That girl's skin can withstand a knife." A second exclamation sounded.
"He is so powerful that he can break the ground with one foot." A third voice exclaimed.
"The crystal ball in that boy's hand will glow." A fourth exclamation sounded.
"I know a lot more." A fifth voice exclaimed.
"There is also a kind heart that gave me a very beautiful pearl." The sixth exclamation sounded.
"Ah ah ah yes!" The seventh voice racked his brains for a long time and really didn't know what to say, so he could only keep shouting.
"Who?"
When Aurora turned her head, she saw seven dwarfs hiding behind the big tree.
I actually met seven dwarfs here... Rhine thought.
"You are so powerful. This is the first time in our lives that we have seen such powerful people! And you are all kind and good people." The dwarfs jumped up excitedly.
"Our cabin is right next to it. Come and be our guests. We will cook delicious food for you." The dwarfs said again.
Unlike humans, the dwarves seem to have a much simpler nature... Rhine thought to himself. In the original work, it was these kind dwarfs who adopted Snow White.
"Okay. We happen to be hungry too, so I'll give you a treat."
Rhine followed the dwarf with Aurora, who looked confused.
"No. What are these creatures that look like humans but are very short?" Aurora's mind was full of confusion.
……
The hunter returned home and gave the priceless pearl to his old father, while he was thinking about how to go back and revive the queen.
After thinking for a long time, he simply dug out the heart of a wild boar, returned to the queen, and handed it to the queen.
After looking at the bloody heart in the box, the queen smiled happily.
But in order to confirm whether Aurora was really dead, the queen returned to the house and asked the magic mirror again:
"Mirror, Mirror, tell me, who is... er, no, who is the most beautiful person in the White Kingdom!"
Unexpectedly, the magic mirror told the queen:
"On the other side of the mountain, under the green shade, there is a small house built by seven dwarfs, and Aurora, who is more beautiful than you, is hiding there."
The queen knew that the hunter had deceived her, and she became furious.
"How dare you lie to me!"
The queen looked at the trembling hunter.
"I knew this would happen. You must have recalled your daughter and felt compassion for her, so you showed mercy, right?"
The hunter was stunned.
He did recall his daughter.
But the main reason is that I am afraid that my family will be killed by those two terrible children!
"I do think about my family, you know I have family too. But..."
The hunter was speechless. Just as he was about to say something, he was dragged away by the guards.
"Put this hunter in prison!" the queen ordered.
She returned to the house and used her modest magic knowledge to make three murder props with black magic added to them.
This time, the queen decided to take action herself!
"Haha, that hunter can feel compassion. I can't!"
(End of chapter)