Oring Hunter

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a.

Between the middle and upper floors of Hunter's Peak, there is a huge cemetery with a history of thousands of years.

Its name is Hunter's Graveyard.

Not only so far, the tens of thousands of Olympian hunters who died in the maze and brought back their bodies have been peacefully sleeping here.

And now, another Olympian hunter is about to join its embrace.

"Dear Holy Spirit, please protect this heroic soul and embrace him in your warm and bright arms."

The leader of the teleportation priests at the Hunter's Peak, Buhler, as the priest presiding over the funeral, raised his old arm with a solemn face, drew a pattern of a four-pointed star in front of his forehead, and then put his fingertips on the coffin. On the surface, the prayer declaration of the Church of the Holy Light was completed.

The mourners sent the coffin to the bottom of the dug hole, and in front of the hole stood an ashlar tombstone, engraved with several lines of writing.

[Tao Puppet Hunter Canggu, on April 2020, 4, sleeping here. 】

Next, the crowd in pure black mourning clothes took turns laying flowers for the tombstone of Canggu.

A mother and daughter at the head of the line could not help kneeling and sitting in front of the tombstone while offering flowers, crying bitterly.

They are the deceased wife and daughter of Canggu. Although they have long understood that the Olympian Hunter is a profession that is accompanied by glory and danger, but when this day comes, the mother and daughter still cannot accept all this frankly.

They are all ordinary people, which is always too difficult for them.

After the mother and daughter, there are friends and acquaintances in Canggu, all of whom are relatively older, and most of them are retired Olympian hunters.

The people offering flowers lined up in a long line, which shows that Canggu had a good popularity during his lifetime.

In the cold cemetery, the fragrance of flowers blows in the wind.

Chapter 0288 Above the Funeral

The three youngest juniors, Yechen, Firona, and Errigat, stood at the end of the flower offering crowd, each holding a bouquet of pure white and fragrant pure land flowers specially used for burial, quietly waiting for their turn to arrive.

That day, after seeing off Canggu, Yechen took his body, and the unconscious Firona and Errigat, wandering all the way back to the Holy Light Pure Land, and reported to the hunting group the progress of the mission. all encounters.

At first, the hunters' inspectors expressed shock at the fact that Canggu, as a hunter, took the initiative to accept the abyss, and then began to discuss whether to classify him as a "traitor of the hunters."

However, after Yechen, the party involved, argued for reasons and considered various factors, the review team finally chose to give up and judged Canggu as a result of "died in line of duty".

Otherwise, pottery hunters would not be eligible to enter the hunter's cemetery, and today's solemn funeral would naturally not be held.

Among the three 2020 new hunters at the end of the crowd, only Yechen was officially discharged from the hospital, while Filona and Errigat suffered serious injuries, so they have not fully recovered yet.

However, after hearing what Ye Chen told about what Canggu had done for them, Filona and Errigat insisted on attending the funeral regardless of the nurse's obstruction, so they appeared here together with Ye Chen.

Filona's neck was tied with thick gauze, and her left arm was inlaid with a plaster sling.

After it was her turn to present flowers, Firona stepped forward slowly and carefully placed the bouquet in her right hand in front of the tombstone in Canggu.

Then, she looked down at the coffin where Kangu's body was placed under the pit, leaned over and said this sentence.

"Rest in peace, Mr Canggu."

After the words fell, Firona's nose turned red, and she couldn't help covering her mouth and sobbing.

This girl who has always been a strong person, after facing the senior who died for her, couldn't restrain the sadness in her heart after all, and let the tears flow down her cheeks.

Errigat's face was tightly bandaged, revealing only the most basic features.

When it was his turn to lay flowers, Errigat held the bouquet tightly in his hands and placed it among the flowers in front of Canggu's tomb.

Then, he looked down at the coffin containing Canggu's body under the pit, and bowed.

"Rest in peace, Mr Canggu."

Errigat's face was calm, his manner was crisp, and his words were concise.

However, in the depths of his eyes, there are countless emotional colors, which are admiration, respect, gratitude, and reluctance for the people inside.

As the last flower presenter, Ye Chen walked up to the tombstone in Canggu, but he didn't say anything, he just placed the pure land bouquet in his arms among the green grass, and silently bowed to the person in the coffin .

After the flower presentation session was over, Firona and Errigat walked up to Yechen together.

Looking at the expressionless Yechen, Firona hesitated for a while, then asked softly:

"Are you OK?"

Ye Chen turned to look at the thick bandages on Filona's arms and neck, and then replied with an unclear expression: "My injury is far less serious than yours, don't worry."

After hearing this, Firona shook her head anxiously and corrected: "I, I didn't mean that!"

Ye Chen looked blank: "Then what are you referring to?"

Firona's face changed when she heard the words, and she wanted to say something, but in the end she swallowed the words that came to her mouth, and replied:

"never mind……"

"I owe this favor first..."

"I will definitely pay you back in the future..."

After speaking, she turned and left.

Ye Chen looked at Filona's back as she went away, still with a dazed expression on his face, somewhat unable to understand the meaning of her words.

However, Errigat, who stayed behind, immediately solved Ye Chen's doubts.

"I think Firona felt that she felt very sorry for letting you see Mr. Canggu off and complete that cruel and difficult act alone."

When Ye Chen heard this, his expression froze, and he didn't reply for a while.

Errigat continued to speak with a guilty expression:

"And I feel the same way as Firona."

"Yechen, this time, I have really worked hard on you."

"I will try my best to repay this favor in the future."

Yechen was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head stiffly and smiled wryly.

"Heh, you are so unkind, your injuries are much more serious than mine, so you should concentrate on recuperating."

Hearing this, Errigat stopped talking, bowed slightly to Yechen, and then turned and left.

"..."

Ye Chen looked at Errigat's leaving back with a gloomy expression, and then sighed unconsciously.

Next, after the rest of the funeral crowd dispersed one by one, Yechen still stopped around the cemetery, not thinking of leaving for a long time.

He looked up to the sky. At this moment, the sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly, which was in stark contrast to the cold and lonely scene of the cemetery, filled with beauty and tranquility.

Kangu's gestures and words before his death kept echoing in Yechen's mind, causing the young man's hands and fingers covered with bandages to clenched and then loosened, loosened and clenched again.

Not long after, a figure on crutches walked to Yechen's side with steady steps.

Feeling a familiar aura, Yechen turned his head and found that the person approaching was the leader of the Olympian Hunting Group he had expected, Kuize.

"Hello, Mr. Quize."

Yechen's eyes were a little dim, but he still greeted him politely.

"Hello, Yechen."

Kuize stretched his prosthetic limbs and legs made by machines, stood beside Yechen, and looked at the tombstone of Canggu. Several cemetery workers were holding shovels and gradually filling the coffin in the in the soil.

After a long silence, the old man spoke again and expressed emotion.

"It's not easy to complete the hunter commission this time, thank you for your hard work, Yechen."

Hearing the words, the young man was stunned, and then he let out a soft breath.

"That's right... If it wasn't for the self-sacrifice made by the senior Puppet Hunter, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to return..."

Kuize narrowed his old one-eyed eyes, and responded in a flat voice:

"The maze has always included variables. No one can guarantee that they will be able to survive the next mission. Not only are you new hunters like this, even the extreme hunter is like this..."

"However, it is rare to see a hunter like Kangu who is willing to accept the abyss for the younger generation... Thanks to his indomitable attitude, he was able to keep you excellent seedlings..."

"From the standpoint of my leader, I really hope that I can solemnly thank him in person..."

After listening to Kuize's words, Ye Chen did not answer immediately, but raised his face silently, silently observing the cloudless and clear sky above his head.

Chapter 0289 Induction of the Abyss

An old and a young, standing side by side, silent for a long time.

Afterwards, Yechen turned his head to look at Kuize's vicissitudes side face, and asked hesitantly:

"Mr. Kuize... I still have some questions... I want to ask you."

Kuize blinked his silvery one-eyed, and nodded slightly to Yechen.

"You said."

Therefore, Yechen told Kui Ze all the phenomena that he had perceived the existence of the abyss in advance twice before with concise and clear words.

After narrating the ins and outs of the incident, Yechen added with a worried tone: "I want to know... why this happened to me... have other hunters encountered similar phenomena in the past?"

After listening to Yechen's narration, Kuize bowed his head in silence, seemingly lost in thought.

I saw the silver color in his one eye flicker silently for a while, and after dozens of seconds, he looked at Yechen's face again, and gave his answer seriously:

"As for the phenomenon you mentioned, even I have never heard of it before."

"So, I don't know the cause of it, and I haven't seen other hunters have similar feelings..."

"Of course, those individuals polluted by the abyss are another matter, because they are integrated with the abyss, so they can perceive the same kind, which is normal..."

Hearing the head of the group say these words calmly, the expression of the bloodsmith hunter froze instantly.

After a moment of sluggishness, Ye Chen immediately declared: "Mr. Kuize, as soon as I returned to the Hunter's Peak, I conducted a physical and mental health check for the hunting group, so I can be sure that I am absolutely not polluted by the abyss."

After hearing this, Kuize smiled softly.

"Well, I'm just giving you an example, so don't be nervous."

"I have been the team leader for so many years, and I have dealt with the abyss countless times. I can basically tell who is polluted and who is not, so I don't mean to target you."

"However, I really have no idea about the ability to sense the abyss you mentioned... My personal guess is that it may have something to do with your birth and your experience in the maze..."

Having said that, Kuize's smile slowly subsided, and he met Ye Chen's eyes.

"Yechen, do you... understand your own life experience?"

At this point in the conversation, Yechen couldn't help being stunned again, completely unaware that the old hunter would bring the topic to this direction.

At this moment, the old man's single silver eyes were staring straight at the young man.

The youth's azure blue pupils subconsciously began to dodge.

Yechen understands that dodging eyes is a major feature of guilty conscience, so his eyes only drifted away for a short moment, and then he consciously moved them back to their original positions.

"About this, I don't know either. The teacher who adopted me never told me."

Yechen, who looked at Kui Ze again, immediately forced himself to calm down and replied in a calm tone.

In fact, Yechen did not know anything about his detailed life experience, but Lyle once told him that all about Yechen's life experience was written in the diary left by Lyle, and that content involved Yechen's life experience. Life and destiny, so it must not be seen by anyone.

Because of this, Yechen felt shaken for a moment, for fear that the experienced team leader in front of him would see something.

However, fortunately, Kuize did not show too much reaction to Yechen's answer. He just shrugged his shoulders slightly, but he didn't intend to study it further.

"Really? Then there's no way."

The old hunter murmured softly, and then issued an order to Yechen.

"All in all, since the inspectors didn't find any signs of Abyss infection on you, then you don't have to worry too much."

"On the contrary, as an Olympian hunter, being able to have a unique sense of the approaching abyss is already equivalent to an extremely valuable advantage. It just meets your expectations of hunting the abyss, right?"

"It's just that, except for me, you'd better not mention this to others. Because this matter is indeed a bit sensational, once it reaches the Holy Light Church, some of them will probably try to completely eliminate the abyss. Hidden dangers, you will be taken directly to the headquarters for torture and research. If the situation really develops to that kind of situation, even I, the head of the regiment, will find it difficult to keep you, so you must always keep this in mind and keep this secret."

After learning the seriousness of the matter, Yechen agreed without hesitation.