Chapter 244 Snowfield Hunter
It’s dawn.
Outside the guest room temporarily provided for Gaode to rest.
Ona and the digital teachers in the church gathered here, looking solemn.
Everyone in the church got up very early, so Ona came over early to ask Gothe to get up and enjoy breakfast with everyone.
Then, she discovered that Gothe had disappeared.
In the guest room, the message written by Gaode in charcoal is very conspicuous.
"He noticed something was wrong. He was clearly acting very normal last night." Ona was a little annoyed and a little unbelievable.
She believed that she had performed flawlessly from beginning to end.
"Outlanders are like this. They have many thoughts and are good at pretending." An older teacher comforted Ona.
"What should we do now?" Ona asked: "The headquarters sent a special message saying that the guardian Baruch has most likely betrayed the doctrine and committed killings for his own benefit. We are asked to pay attention to his whereabouts. Once discovered, Just report it in time.”
“Although this guy is not Baruch, he kept saying that he was entrusted by Baruch to deliver a message, so he must know some news about Baruch, but we let him go. "
"You can't blame us. Although this foreigner is young, but since he dares and can enter the northern border, it means that it is definitely not as simple as it seems, and Lord Damon happens to be away. "Also. said one teacher.
The main reason why they serve as teachers is that they are not strong enough and are only equivalent to a first-level mage.
Those who are strong enough are the "Guardians".
"If we attack rashly and he resists fiercely, even if we finally capture him, we will inevitably injure the children."
As a member of the Snowfield Guardians, even if he is not strong enough to become a guardian However, these teachers still abide by the teachings.
Naturally, they also love these orphans they brought up since childhood.
As for mages, it is difficult to directly determine the other's mage level.
It is precisely because of this that the teachers who could not figure out the details of Gaode and felt that their own strength was insufficient did not take action directly.
They chose to hold on to Gaode for the time being and wait until Guardian Damon returned before taking action, so that they could be sure of success.
Coupled with Gothe's answer at the time, which was to wait until Guardian Damon returned to convey the news in person, this also made Ona and the instructors relax their vigilance.
"The hunters sent from the headquarters are already on the way and should arrive in the next two days." Another young instructor said in a deep voice.
“It will be easy to handle when they come, and we don’t need to worry too much.”
The task of teaching is to teach children and protect the branch.
As for chasing the murderer, it is not their responsibility. Even if Gothe runs away, they will not be blamed.
As the only large-scale sect organization on the permafrost tundra, the Snow Guardians have a complete organizational system like other sects.
Not only perfect, but powerful.
No one knows who founded the Snowfield Guardians. In short, in the memories of most northerners, this sect has existed since a long time ago, and has always been based on the doctrine of protecting the snowfields.
As a sect, in addition to the "guardians" who represent the sect's teachings, it naturally also has violent institutions used to deter other forces.
Otherwise, the Snowfield Guardians would not be able to occupy many good territories with food resources and establish branches to take in orphans.
People in the north have a simple side, but they also have an extremely tough and savage side.
For the sake of food, the people of the North can definitely leave their simple side behind.
This violent mechanism used to intimidate others is called the ‘Hunter’ among the Snowfield Guardians.
Hunters and guardians, these are the two most important groups of the "Guardians of the Snowfield".
The guardians fight on their own, spread the teachings on the snowfield, and protect the snowfield.
Hunters, on the other hand, stay within the sect most of the time and perform various tasks according to the needs of the sect.
"When the hunter arrives, the stranger will have been gone for a long time, will he still be found?" Ona hesitated and couldn't help but ask.
"Tracking prey is the strength of hunters." Compared with Ona's doubts, the teacher is very confident in the church's hunters and said with certainty: "As long as he has stayed with us, he will stay Without the traces and scent, the hunter would have been able to find him even if he had been away for a month or two, let alone a day or two later."
After just one day.
Two hunters dispatched by the Snowfield Guardians appeared outside the gate of the branch here.
Ona, who came out to greet him, saw one of the two hunters wearing a bronze mask on his face, and was subconsciously shocked.
The bronze mask represents the high status of the hunter.
This status may come from strong strength, noble status or great potential.
No matter which one, it is enough to make her, a person who is equivalent to a steward in the branch, show absolute awe.
The two hunters waved their hands, indicating that Ona didn't need to be polite.
"I received news. Do you have news about Guardian Baruch?" The masked hunter spoke. What surprised Ona was that judging from the voice, , this hunter is actually a woman.
However, regardless of whether he was a man or a woman, it did not affect Ona's awe of him. She quickly replied: "It is true. Just the day before yesterday, there was a man who claimed to be entrusted by Baruch to convey important news to Damon. The guardian's stranger came to the door. "
"A stranger?" The other male hunter, who was not wearing a mask, narrowed his eyes slightly and repeated it.
"Yes, he is a foreigner. His appearance is really different from that of the people from the North. Moreover, his Ace language is still very jerky. He has obviously just learned it." Ona nodded and confirmed.
Of this, she was still sure.
"Then it seems that the news about Baruch's betrayal of the doctrine may be true. He is related to these despicable and dark outsiders, and it is very possible to be influenced by them." The male hunter spoke softly to the female hunter wearing a bronze mask beside him.
It can be seen that the male hunter is extremely prejudiced against outsiders.
"Don't jump to conclusions. Seeing is believing. If you wrong the guardians, how can you be worthy of their dedication to the snowfield." Compared with the male hunter, the female hunter is much more objective.
"What about others now?" The huntress asked again.
"Run away." Ona looked a little embarrassed.
"Run away?" The male hunter frowned, but he did not express his anger at Ona, "What exactly happened?"
"You two, follow me." Ona He signaled, leading the two of them to the guest room where Gao De had stayed temporarily, and at the same time, he made a long story short and briefly introduced the previous situation.
“.The stranger seemed to have discovered something. Anyway, he said that he would wait until the guardian of Damon returned and convey the news to him personally. He said so, so we didn’t think much about it. I have stabilized him.”
“But when I went to call him to get up early the next morning, I found that no one answered. When I went in, I found that the room was already empty. ”
"Then, we found some traces near the corner of his guest room. It should have been that he climbed over the wall at night when everyone was asleep."
Unknowingly, Ona had already taken the The two hunters came outside the temporary guest room.
When you open the door, what comes into view is the conspicuous line of large characters written in charcoal on the floor.
"What is this?" The male hunter frowned and asked again. "It was left by the stranger," Ona replied.
Gothe's Ace language had just started and he was still barely able to speak it, so he used Common Language text instead of Ace language text when leaving messages.
However, as a mage, the ability to understand languages not only allows the mage to understand other languages, but also allows the mage to read the literal meaning of written words by touching them.
So, the next moment the male hunter squatted down and gently touched the line of large characters with his hand.
Soon, he understood the meaning of the big characters left by Gothe.
The male hunter stood up, walked to the female hunter and whispered:
"There are members within the Snowfield Guardians who practice forbidden necromancy and control the tide of beasts to attack the northern tribes so that they can practice necromancy for themselves."
"Catherine, this is the outsider. "Leave a message."
"Is there a guardian who practices forbidden necromancy?" The huntress named Catherine thought for a while and asked: "Loic, what do you think?" >
"Although these foreigners are despicable and shameless, this foreigner came to the door specially and said that he was entrusted by Baruch to deliver a message. It seems that this is what he wanted to deliver.
I can't think of him for the moment. Maybe the purpose of fabricating such a fake news is actually true?" The male hunter named Loic thought for a moment and answered cautiously.
"But according to the information reported by other guardians, this Baruch has most likely betrayed the doctrine. Could it be that the evildoer complained first in order to confuse the public? In fact, this Baruch practiced forbidden necromancy, triggering a tide of beasts to massacre the North. The guardian of the Jingren tribe is himself?" Catherine also put forward her own guess.
“It’s not impossible.” Roic nodded in agreement.
“What is going on, as long as we find Baruch, we will be able to get to the bottom of it.”
“As a guardian, Baruch wanders around and patrols in the snowfield, his whereabouts are uncertain. It is not an easy task to find him. Since this foreigner said he was entrusted by Baruch, he should know Baruch's whereabouts. It is better to find him first."
Finished, Luo. Iqi turned to look at Ona, who was standing aside, and asked, "What does that guy look like specifically?"
"That guy is a foreigner. He is very young. He should be around seventeen or eighteen years old. He has a handsome appearance." Ona described Gaode's appearance in detail based on her memory.
After all, Gothe had only left for a day, so Ona’s memory was still very clear.
Roic took out a piece of animal skin from his arms and continued to draw on the skin according to Ona's description.
Soon, a clear portrait appeared on the paper.
“Does it look like this?” Loic showed the portrait in front of Ona.
Ona took a serious look at it, then nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, that's him!"
"Okay." Loic nodded with satisfaction, showed the portrait to Catherine again, and then said, Roll up the animal skin and put it back in your arms.
"Have you locked on his scent?" Catherine asked.
Loic sniffed and said confidently: "It has been locked for a long time. This guy is a foreigner. The diet of foreigners is completely different from ours, so the smell on his body is completely different from that of us northerners, no. That kind of strong flavor has some fresh plant flavor.”
“Such a distinct flavor is still in the inaccessible snowfield. It’s too easy to track it.”
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As a "Hunter" who is the guardian of the snowfield, the practice he practices is the "Wilderness Secret Technique" that is most common among "Hunters" in the church.
This practice can improve the mage's performance in the "tracking" spell, and at the same time, it can also allow the mage to gradually acquire various special abilities, including the ability to "enhance the sense of smell".
It just fits the identity of "Hunter".
"Then let's go, he can't escape." Catherine said, her voice full of solemnity.
Although she is not as prejudiced against outsiders as Loic, her attitude towards outsiders is definitely not much better.
Therefore, Catherine still prefers Baruch, who hangs out with outsiders, to renounce his teachings.
As for the line left by Gao De, not to say completely deny it, but they definitely still don’t believe it in their hearts.
The cold wind blows through the rolling white snow hills.
The howling of the cold wind continues.
But after staying in the snowfield for a long time, this sound will gradually be automatically filtered by the ears and brain.
Gothe, on the other hand, has already begun to get used to these sounds.
After filtering out the wind noise, the empty snowfield seemed a little too quiet.
Hour to afternoon.
The sun, which does not bring much temperature, hangs high in the sky.
Below, there is a huge blue lizard, digging its head into the thick snow, looking for some rare snow plants hidden under the snow.
It is also a common one-ring leyline creature in the snowfield, called the Dragon Tongue Blue Lizard.
Of course, the number is definitely far inferior to the "Snow Wolf" known as the dominant one in the snowfield.
But after all, the level is there, and it is destined not to be trivial.
At this moment.
Gothe suddenly popped up from the nearby snow hill, and then slid down at an extremely exaggerated speed.
The original tranquility was instantly broken.
The reaction of the dragon tongue blue lizard is also very quick. The moment Gothe appeared, he noticed the strange movement from the slight vibration coming from the surface.
It quickly dug its head out from under the snow, scanned the surroundings with vigilant eyes, then exposed its long tongue towards Gothe who was "scurrying forward", and then charged towards Gothe. go.
The moment the dragon-tongued blue lizard rushed towards him, magic power surged in Gothe's hands.
The next moment, he had pointed his finger at the rapidly approaching dragon tongue blue lizard.
Then, some key information emerged from Gaode's mind:
Ice resistance. Extremely high physical resistance. The weakest defense parts are the head (eyes), abdomen, tail, and limbs. .
【Opportunity to defeat the enemy】!
Stretch out your hand and point your finger at a creature within the casting range, and use magic to instantly see through the target's defense.
Gaode, who knew the specific weaknesses of the dragon-tongued blue lizard, had already launched the next spell brazenly.
A small acid ball containing corrosive power instantly flew out of his fingertips and flew straight towards the Dragon Tongue Blue Lizard.
【Acid Splash+】!
Aims to use the full coverage feature of [Acid Splash] to fully cover all vulnerable parts of the dragon tongue blue lizard.
The Dragon Tongue Blue Lizard seemed to be aware of the coming threat, but it did not stop charging.
The moment the little sour ball was about to touch it, it suddenly opened its mouth and stuck out its tongue.
A blue icy breath was spit out by it, directly covering the small acid ball.
The small acid ball composed of acid liquid was frozen directly under the influence of this cold breath, turning into a green ice ball and falling to the snow.
(End of this chapter)