Oring Hunter

Although the two guards had shattered armor, blood on their faces, and broken arms, they still struggled to climb from the ground after seeing Ye Chen approaching actively, and replied loudly to Ye Chen with their lame legs: "No, no big deal. Obstruction! Thank you for your concern!"

Seeing that the other party was still so energetic, Ye Chen had no idea of ​​continuing the conversation.

However, he then suddenly felt the corner of his clothes being pulled, looked down and found that a girl was greeting him, and this little and young Hoarfrost was the mother he had just rescued from the mouth of the ape. one of the women.

"Thank you for saving us, big brother!"

The girl raised her head and looked at Ye Chen, ignoring the opposition and pulling of her mother behind her, she thanked Ye Chen with a childish accent, and then showed a lovely smile.

This child was used to seeing his father hunting wild beasts, so he wouldn't be disgusted by the appearance of Ye Chen's execution of the head ape just now.

"Well, you'll be fine."

Faced with the unsuspecting child, Ye Chen also responded with a smile, reaching out to caress the girl's little head, exuding an aura that was completely opposite to when he was hunting the head ape, full of friendliness and kindness.

"Big brother, you are so powerful, you killed the monster in a few seconds! Dad has been worrying about the big monkey, and now it has been solved by you, Dad will be super happy! When he comes back, I will definitely treat you to a delicious meal!"

The girl imitated Ye Chen's previous movements, clenched her fists and gestured, and then said with a giggle.

Her words still seemed innocent, but they turned into a cold breeze, blowing into Ye Chen's heart, making his face stiff.

"Where is your father... now?"

Ye Chen hesitated for a moment, and finally asked.

"Dad is going hunting in the mountains! He's the second second in the Cold Wind Village Guards, second only to Uncle Pangson! Although he may not be as good as Big Brother, he's still very powerful!"

Hearing Ye Chen's question, the girl raised her chest proudly and announced with a smug tone, showing her admiration and respect for her father.

Ye Chen's expression was immediately shaken.

"Ah... ah ah..."

"exactly……"

"Your father is indeed very powerful. He is really brave... At the same time, he loves you very much..."

The boy answered with a trembling voice, and then reached out and touched the girl's head, regretting the sad face, and finally forced a bitter smile.

Chapter 0020 Rebuttal

Yechen, who successfully hunted down the head ape, informed everyone in the village about the result of the annihilation of the mountain guards, and led them to find the remains. After that, Yechen didn't stay for a long time, and after saying goodbye to the villagers, he set foot on the way home with Heiqi.

The setting sun was near the mountain, and the dim red sunset glowed on Ye Chen's face, adding a bit of loneliness to his expression.

The old horse was speechless as he carried the young man across the vast expanse of snow.

The young man was also silent, constantly recalling in his mind, after hearing about the tragedy of Lloyd's team's death, the expression of sadness and heartbreak that could not be concealed by the people in Xuefeng Village, and the change of the little girl from elation to mute Lost in color, and finally crying for her father, Shanshan's pitiful appearance.

Although Yechen only met the villagers once, but for some reason, seeing their tears and feeling their sadness, Yechen's heart began to tighten.

Right now, he is no longer a hunter who ruthlessly pursues his prey, but a young man who feels sorry for the stranger.

On the way home, Ye Chen couldn't help but reflect on his own strategies and decisions in the process of hunting the head ape. Are there any details that can be improved so that De Lloyd and his party can be saved?

However, even if he imagined dozens of different hunting plans, imagination is imagination after all, and reality is reality after all, time can't go back, and people who have passed can't be saved after all.

In front of that strange and unpredictable abyss, ordinary people like Lloyd are like a reed, and they will be shattered and destroyed if they are taken lightly.

And only a sensor like Ye Chen who gets in touch with the Ao Ling labyrinth through nightmares and controls the power of the Ao Ling can have the power to fight against the abyss, otherwise, Ye Chen's fate will never be better than that of Lloyd and his party. How many.

"call……"

Ye Chen sat on the speeding old horse, looked at the increasingly clear outline of the church on the mountainside, took a long breath, and then rubbed his tired eyes.

In the morning, he hunted a fugitive who fell into madness because of nightmares, and in the afternoon, he hunted down a giant ape that was contaminated by the abyss. He used the consumption of arcane magic and was attacked by the abyss material several times. Ye Chen caused a severe mental burden, making him feel lethargic and confused.

Heiqi ran up the snowy mountain with the tired Yechen and arrived at the door of the old church. After Yechen gently stroked Heiqi's side face to show his gratitude, he walked into the prayer hall of the church and walked to the front row of the church. Back view on the bench.

"Teacher, I'm done hunting."

Ye Chen forced his heavy eyelids to report in a low voice.

But Lyle said nothing.

"..."

Seeing that Lyle didn't speak, Ye Chen didn't speak either, just stood still.

The two fell into a long silence immediately.

Gradually, Yechen felt that the air in the hall was becoming more and more stuffy and menacing, and the source of all the restlessness was Lyle's back.

The boy understood that his teacher was angry again.

Lyle, who saw Yechen's behavior in the pine forest and the village clearly today, naturally understood what unnecessary emotions Yechen showed during the hunting process, and the increasingly anxious atmosphere at the moment is enough to prove that Lyle's love for Yechen This attitude: very dissatisfied.

"I've said it twice, don't let kindness be your scourge, and again you've done a lot of unnecessary things and spent a lot of unnecessary thought."

After a long time, Lyle finally broke the dead silence and said in a cold tone.

However, this time Ye Chen did not choose to remain silent, but gave a decisive reply.

"I didn't get dragged down by any scourge during the hunt."

"On the contrary, I think the intelligence and information they provided helped me a lot and saved me a lot of time and effort."

"So, in this mission, I don't think there is a problem with my approach."

Ye Chen's voice was calm and loud, echoing in the spacious prayer hall.

This was the first time in his life that he refuted the teacher and insisted on his own point of view.

However, even if it was the first time to talk back to Lyle, Ye Chen's expression did not waver at all.

On the one hand, he believes that his actions are beyond doubt, the right ones.

On the other hand, he also noticed that Lyle didn't seem to take the villagers of Cold Wind Village seriously at all, so there was a little indignation in his heart, and his fists were clenched tightly.

"..."

Facing the apprentice's first reply, Lyle fell silent again.

However, this time the air around him was no longer breathtaking. Instead, it was as calm and pleasant as the bank of a river receding from a flood.

"Hey...is this innate..."

After a long time, the middle-aged man shook his head and sighed.

"Yechen, if possible, I really hope that you can become indifferent... Even mean and shameless, it's fine."

When Lyle said this, he didn't turn his head to look at Yechen, but stared at the broken statue in front of him, as if he was recalling bits and pieces of the past.

"Because, in the hunter's world, the kinder a person is, the easier it is to shake his heart, and the easier it is to be swallowed up by the abyss...or the maze itself..."

"All the colleagues I know, sentimental people don't live long... and the reason why I can persist for a long time is the four words of selfishness."

"I use everything as a pawn for myself. Through decades of exploration and fighting, I have reached a place that other hunters cannot reach... But, I fell in love... and the only time I fell in love was... It brought catastrophic consequences to my life...I had to hide in a puddle in the maze, in this narrow world...Because of this, I don't want you to repeat the same mistakes..."

"Yechen, I hope you can always play the role of a hunter and never become a prey."

Lyle's words came to Ye Chen's ears, full of mysteries and sadness. Ye Chen didn't respond and didn't know what to say.

"Forget it, I can't force you to do this kind of thing, just think about it yourself."

Lyle continued to sigh and then moved to another topic.

"Then, there is another thing I want to ask you, when your body directly touches the abyss, do you feel anything strange in your mind?"

Lyle's sudden question made Ye Chen's face stagnate, and he subconsciously recalled the scene when the mud in the blood of the head ape splashed onto his cheeks.

"There is only a strange voice echoing in my brain... other than that, there is no other feeling." Yechen replied somewhat speechlessly.

"What kind of voice? What did you say?" Lyle asked calmly.

"Very eerie and weird voices... saying that I am not my enemy, and want me to join them and gobble up everything in the world with them." Ye Chen repeated those strange words as he recalled, his face became tense unconsciously stand up.

"Well, I understand. If it's only to this extent, you don't need to worry at all. This is just a common method used by the abyss to confuse people." Lyle stared at Ye Chen's restless face, and immediately responded casually. He reminded in a tone of voice, and then waved to Yechen.

"Okay, that's it for today, you can go to rest, the last trial, let's talk about it when you have a complete rest."

Ye Chen listened, nodded and left.

The two consecutive hunts today have made him unable to stand still. At this moment, Ye Chen just wants to wash and eat as soon as possible, and then wrap himself in a blanket and sleep.

Lyle continued to sit alone in the prayer hall, facing the shattered statue, a hint of worry flashed in his calm eyes...

Chapter 0021 Experiments and Research

The young man woke up from his sleep and stared out the window of the shabby house with sleepy eyes wide open.

Dusk is getting dark, the sunset is faint.

Looking at the dim and remnant clouds on the sky, Ye Chen was stunned for a long time, and then he realized that it was already dark before he went to bed, and now it is sunset again, doesn't this mean that he slept all day?

Ye Chen took care of it, walked to the prayer hall, and saw that Lyle was still meditating in front of the statue as usual. After inquiring, he learned that as soon as he lay on the bed, he slept like this for three consecutive days. Expected to be exaggerated several times.

"Don't make a fuss, after all, you have just awakened to the Arcane Art for a few days, and two high-intensity actual battles in a row will naturally put a heavy burden on your body."

Lyle sat on the bench and explained in a flat tone.

"But it's all worth it, because actual combat is the most efficient way to practice. After one day of fighting and three days of rest, the fit between your body and the power of the Ao Ling must have been greatly improved. "

Ye Chen nodded. After he woke up this time, he did feel the power of the mysterious spirit that was active and flowing in his body at the first time.

"Now, it's time for you to learn Universal Arcanism, and this will also be your last hunter course. After you have learned the most basic Universal Arcanism, we will continue with the third trial. After that You can leave this Eternal Winter Hidden Realm."

Ye Chen silently listened to Lyle's words, clenching his fingers unconsciously.

"Arcane magic is an advanced method of using the power of magic, and it is divided into natal magic and general magic."

"The natal magic will be acquired by everyone after they have experienced the nightmare of the maze, and will show different abilities according to different spiritual essences, such as your blood. Basically, everyone can only have one set of this magic. Easy to learn, hard to master.”

"The general arcane spell is that any sensor who has experienced the nightmare of the labyrinth has the opportunity to learn it, but the skill system with high threshold is various and complicated, and it is difficult to get started and easy to master."

"Now what I ask you to learn is the most basic general arcane arts. After you take out the things in this scroll, come to me again."

After Lyle finished speaking, he handed Ye Chen a white cloth handkerchief.

Yechen took the handkerchief and looked at it carefully, and found that there was a wonderful rune outlined in blue ink printed on its surface, faintly exuding a strange force field, which seemed to attract the mysterious power flowing in his body. Like, it started to fluctuate...

The boy returned to the room, looked at the thin handkerchief curiously, and then clenched it tightly, so that the surging power of the Aura was instilled on the surface of the handkerchief through his fingertips.

Then, he found that the strange rune absorbed all the energy in an instant, and quickly began to emit light.

Ye Chen was surprised and happy, waiting quietly.

However, the rune light only lasted for a while and then faded, the room was silent and nothing happened.

Ye Chen touched his head suspiciously, and once again poured the power of the Ao Ling into this strange rune.

This time, he specially increased the input of the power of the Ao Ling, but apart from extending the glowing moment of the rune for a while, Ye Chen still did not gain any results.

"what……"

The boy whose curiosity was completely ignited began to make various attempts on the handkerchief. However, even if he squeezed out all the power of the mysterious spirit in his body, the handkerchief did not show any changes.

Ye Chen raised his face unwillingly, but since his strength has been used up, no matter how unwilling he is, he can only go to bed today with a restless mood.

……

The dawn of the next day came, and a sufficient sleep restored the power of the mysterious spirit in Ye Chen's body as before, and also gave him the capital to continue exploring the mysterious handkerchief.

However, Ye Chen was like a gambler, and it didn't take long for him to squander his newly acquired power to the fullest, while the handkerchief remained unmoved.

"This can't work... that can't work..."

The boy who ran out of chips sat quietly beside the bed, staring at the little handkerchief that was wasting his time and energy, he began to fall into deep contemplation, constantly changing methods, in order to find the key to solving the mystery of the handkerchief. .

The sky was getting dark, and Ye Chen knew that he had to give up again today. After that, he could only do simple physical training for a while, and then climbed onto the wooden bed again and replenished the power of Ao Ling through sleep.

This energy from dreams seems to be supplemented only by dreams.

On the third day, Ye Chen made a bold attempt, that is, pouring the power of the Ao Ling that he had accumulated overnight into the white cloth handkerchief at one time.

And this adventurous idea finally led Ye Chen to make a major discovery: with the difference in the amount of Ao Ling's power input per unit time, the brightness of the light emitted by the runes on the handkerchief will also be different.

And these differences are very inconspicuous, and only after Ye Chen has input all the power of the mysterious spirit at one time, can the change in the brightness of the rune be observed.

At the same time, Ye Chen also noticed that the time when the runes were the brightest was not the time when the power of Ao Ling had the highest input per unit time.