The Divine Hunter

  Chapter 60 Totem

   resolved the wolves, and the two continued to move forward.

  Along the way, Kelvin was like a frightened quail without saying a word, until he was about to reach his destination, he finally couldn’t help but ask.

   "Master Reso, are all the demon hunters so good?"

  The big man did not say a word, but made the dwarf more in awe.

  The two climbed another hillside and came to the death point of Adria, but they were almost identical to the site found at the foot of Mahakam Mountain.

  Similarly, the branches and trunks piled up into a spire, buried in snow, can smell the peculiar smell of the excrement of wild beasts and birds.

  Reso's eyes narrowed.

  Kelvin explained, “A total of eight dead people were brutally topped in the air by branches, with their stomachs broken.”

   "I don't understand the purpose of the murderer, what does the unique way of death mean?"

  The dwarf asked suspiciously.

  Resso replied, "According to your statement, in the three months since the incident, the four dead from Sponsol, plus the four dead from Tanshan, make a total of eight dead..."

   "No, it's actually been more than four months since the crime happened. The first person to die was a dwarf of Mahakam."

   "So that is equivalent to one death every half month?"

  The dwarf stroked his beard, "After all, the frequency of death is almost half a month."

  Reso exhaled, "I guess in the past four months, every time after the full moon night, a fresh body will appear?"

   "You say so, it seems to be true!"

  The dwarf also became surprised.

Resso's tone became heavy, "Then I can almost be sure of the previous thoughts. This is an ancient ritual, a sacrifice from a foreign land, the murderer uses flesh and blood as a primer to stimulate the source of the mountain forest. Among the eight dead, the one on the night of the full moon forms a magical cycle with the flesh and blood of the other deceased, and the murderer will use this cycle to build a long-lasting totem and enhance his own power."

"what do you mean?"

  "There should be four sets of totems now."

  The shock in the dwarf's eyes passed away.

   "According to this, the murderer's power has been strengthened four times? Wouldn't it be very tricky."

  The demon hunter's eyes sank, "So we have to destroy his totem one by one, and tear down its limbs! See how long this guy can endure."

  The dwarf said in distress, "The forests near Carbon Mountain stretch for hundreds of miles. Finding four totems is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

   "No... Didn't I mention the cycle just now, the totem set by the murderer must be between the two corpses. So you need to take me to another, the nearest death spot."

  The dwarf nodded, a trace of awe appeared on his face, "It is a master. With such a short investigation, I found the information that Tanshan hadn't found in four months."

  The two quickly left the place and moved towards another location.

  Kelvin asked curiously, “The forests of Mahakam are rich in species, and there are all kinds of beasts and birds everywhere. The murderer wants to sacrifice flesh and blood and chooses more. Why do they kill humans and ancient races?”

Demon hunters are not impatient with knowledge about monsters. "Although human beings often fight each other, kill each other, and have many despicable behaviors, we have to admit that human beings are indeed better than the uncivilized ignorance in the mountains and forests. The beast is much more advanced."

   "Of course it is compared with ordinary beasts."

   "In other words, human flesh has a higher source force content than ordinary beasts, and it is naturally more favored by all kinds of evil spirits, demons, and demon spirits."

  The dwarf couldn’t help asking, “Now that guy has four totems and is in the strongest state. We go to the totem like this, undoubtedly slap in the face, if ‘it’ appears, wouldn’t it be very dangerous?”

   "How about... I'll go back and bring a group of Warriors from Carbon Mountain?"

  He seemed to feel that he was a little bit too embarrassed and could not hold his face. He explained, “There are more people and it is safer. Now that there are clues, I can’t rush the time to take greater risks.”

   "Don't worry..." The demon hunter stopped and comforted, "If the murderer shows up at that time, and I am lost, there is always no problem in running away."

"If he dares to expose his figure in front of me, no matter how big the forest of Mahakam is, there will be no hiding place for him. I forgot to tell you that this is an experienced, cunning and veteran guy, it is unlikely to be so easy. Appeared."

  "Then...then okay...there is an unexpected situation, please inform me in advance, and I will be mentally prepared."

  ……

  The two walked for nearly an hour, and the time entered the afternoon.

  Two rows of different shades of footprints on the snow even grow up snakes.

  In the vast expanse of mountains and forests, a biting cold wind whizzed past, which made people shiver.

   "Om...Om...Om..."

   A slight sound like a hummingbird shaking its wings came from his chest, and the witcher slammed the pendant to stop the vibration.

  The dwarf lifted the warhammer in surprise, bowed slightly, and watched vigilantly left and right for a long time and found nothing, "Where is it? Where is the totem?"

  There is still a plain woodland in front of him, and there is no strange thing similar to a totem in his field of vision.

  Reso came to the next huge cedar tree on his own, and found a special symbol on the trunk surrounded by the two.

   "antlers, spider webs? What do you mean?" The dwarf murmured, but saw the demon hunter quickly pat a pine tree on the other side.

  Next is the third and fourth.

  On the four pine trees, the dwarf found four marks, distributed in the front, back, left, and right, faintly enclosing a square area with a range of twenty times.

  The dwarf only felt his hair horrified and shrank his shoulders, "What weird circle are we in?"

"found it."

  Reso raised his head with his back to the dwarf, his muscular arm pointed toward the sky, and the dwarf followed his gaze, and his mouth grew wide.

   "Mahakan is here, what the **** is this?"

   Just above their heads, fifty or so late, the huge fan-shaped branches of the four pine trees were tightly packed together, clusters of needles were covered with snow, which shaded the sunlight.

  However, in the middle of the intersecting branches of four pine trees, there is a spindle-shaped yellow-brown wooden pile hanging in the middle of such a high mid-air. It looks like a huge honeycomb from a distance, but it is more ancient and decayed.

  The surface of the stakes is covered with densely packed holes, like ant dens that have been moth-ridden, which will crack and weather with just a little touch.

  In the top row of holes, a twisted and hovering antler extends outward.

  The antlers hold the pockets of biological bones and connect them into a string of ancient accessories.

"this is……"

  "Totem..."

  While the dwarf was in a daze, the witcher quickly came under the totem and stretched out his hand to measure the distance.

   Then he sighed into the palm of his hand, holding the steel sword in both hands, and paving the ground covered with thick snow.

  Flying swords like flying.

Snow and mud splashed, and soon a huge antler symbol appeared on the bare ground. It was like a scar growing on the flesh. The whole body showed an evil scarlet, which was still radiating outward. With a touch of heat.

  The palm of the witcher passed over the surface of the symbol, and said lightly,

   "The rune is the core of the totem."

   Immediately, his right hand skillfully drew the Ignatius seal in mid-air, and the palm of his palm sprayed out a cone-shaped radial flame band, continuously burning the mysterious mark.

  The dwarf on the other side stammered and stopped, holding the warhammer and looking around blankly.

He was surprised to find that as the burning continued, centering on the symbol on the ground where the demon hunter was located, four translucent tentacles were unexpectedly stretched out towards the other. They looked like living creatures with life, winding and twisting slowly. Ground access to the trunks of the marked four pine trees.

  The pine tree seeps out with black and red liquid beads, which accumulate more and more, condensing into large strands of cruel blood.

  The baking lasted for about thirty seconds, when the Demon Hunter looked tired and dissipated the seal.

  Just listen to the loud sound of "pop", the huge totem hanging in the air suddenly fell to the ground.

  The dwarf leaned over and looked at it carefully, but saw that the original yellow-brown totem had become like roasted charcoal, black, showing a crisp powder.

"problem solved."

  At this time, the demon hunter took a long breath and slammed the totem with a sharp sword. In an instant, a large amount of powder and smoke rose up, but within a few seconds, the totem completely turned into smoke and disappeared into the air.

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  (End of this chapter)