Becoming a Hunter in a Dark Fantasy - Chapter 110
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Episode 110 Mine Floeta (2)
Nero was dumbfounded.
“Now, you want to cooperate with me?”
“Yeah! That’s what it is!”
“… … Are you perhaps a little lacking in intelligence?”
Nero openly insulted Ploetta by twirling his finger around her head.
It was so absurd that I forgot how I was pretending to be Yana and my natural way of speaking came out.
“How did you know?! Everyone asked me that!”
“… … .”
“Meow, you’re smart! Hehe.”
Nero was at a loss for words, a rare sight for someone who was always scheming and had a knack for taking others for granted.
If Hake had been in that spot, he would have laughed so hard he would have collapsed, holding his stomach.
“Why? Don’t you think it’ll be fun? Meow hates Deficio, and I don’t care what happens to this place!”
“Weren’t you on the same side as Deficio? You said we were collaborators.”
“Ugh, but it’s true! I was just going to ride the same boat with Depicio for a bit… …! Why, when our paths overlap during a trip, we usually travel together with other travelers, right? That’s how it is!”
Nero committed that information to memory.
“Besides… … I felt it was a waste to sacrifice a pretty girl with a soul as white as the moon!”
Floetta licked her tongue and moistened her lips, like a hunter licking his lips at a delicious meal.
“Meow, wouldn’t it be great if you joined hands with me? You came here hiding your true form and pretending to be the White Moon… … That means you don’t want to sacrifice that child either!”
Nero did not answer Floeta’s innocent question, but just smiled appropriately.
Instead, I turned the topic elsewhere.
“I think I can see the soul… … The soul of the white moon is pretty?”
The simple floeta went off without a hitch. She clapped her hands and smiled brightly.
“That’s right, that’s right! So pretty. White and sparkly. How lovely it is to see your soul clinging to itself just before it breaks! Your soul burns black with hatred, yet your beautiful face shows no emotion at all!”
“… … .”
“Ah …
The way he was laughing like that made it seem like he was out of his mind for a moment or two, and I wanted to yell at Yana right then and there to run away from that crazy bastard.
“What is your purpose? You don’t seem to like Depicio that much… … Why did you end up holding hands?”
“Huh? What does that matter? What matters most is that you and I want to do it!”
“I think a little differently. It’s an important issue to me.”
Nero responded calmly, no longer being swayed.
Never lose your senses at any time.
Once a top prospect for Deficio, he was one of the many strengths of a current Hunter who was considered the best suited to complex missions.
“Yeah, Meow, if that’s what you’re saying… … . Okay, I’ll tell you.”
Then, contrary to his previous attitude, Floeta hesitated and muttered in a crawling voice.
“I want to meet you again… … .”
Nero’s eyes lit up for a moment, wondering, ‘Is this a weakness?’ and he asked back naturally.
“What? Can’t you hear me? Speak louder and more clearly.”
For Nero, who often steals other people’s appearances and memories and covers them with his own, acting was his most confident specialty.
The opportunity to dig up information from the other party has arrived, so you need to be more proactive.
“Yeah, that’s right, Meow, I mean… … .”
Floeta’s lips formed a beautiful curve. Her cheeks flushed red.
“To be reunited with my most respected and beloved master in this world! That is my goal!”
“… … .”
“For that, I can do anything!”
A strange light appeared in his vivid green eyes.
“I guess I don’t need Depicchio anymore. I was thinking of cleaning it up before I got in the way. Good, what’s up with that~! You and I can clean it up faster, right?”
“… … .”
Nero, who grew up in a fanatic group and often encountered fanatics in his immediate vicinity, could tell.
That is a belief bordering on madness.
‘I have to kill you here.’
Nero suddenly felt such a thought cross his mind.
From the moment he first encountered her, Nero felt an impulsive hostility towards Floeta.
During the mission, it was an uncharacteristic impulse of Nero to thoroughly analyze and calculate all aspects to arrive at a result.
‘I don’t know why… … but it’s strange.’
But he is good at hiding it. Nero has a neat smile on his face, hiding his emotions, his impulses, his murderous intent.
“Okay.”
To accomplish his mission, Nero was a man who would use any means at his disposal.
The reason why Elwin sent Nero and Hake to infiltrate Deficio.
─Escorting the Gnaud clan.
The white moon was raised to become the mother of the resurrected water king. The black moon called her unfortunate fate, which was predetermined from birth, a ‘sacrifice’.
In fact, there were separate materials consumed as sacrifices for the resurrection of King Suin.
The Gnaud clan.
‘The idea was to use the Gnaud clan’s sacrificial preying trait to further strengthen the power of the Water King who would be resurrected.’
It was known to the world that the one who killed the King of Suin, who was coming to the world, was a top-class hunter of the time… … However, this was a story that was missing a few pieces of the puzzle.
Within Depicio, there was a missing puzzle in the story that was passed on secretly only to the executives.
It is said that the best hunters of the time killed the body of the water king, but his evil spirit was immortal and could not be killed.
It was only after great sacrifice that it was finally sealed.
But if we interpret this from a different perspective… … it means that the power of the King of Suin at that time was comparable to that of a special hunter.
That he can function as an opponent of the special hunter of the Heavenly Heaven!
-So, you were planning to incarnate the King of Water into a new body and strengthen his power at the same time. So that he, the young Hwang’s special hunter… … could defeat me.
Nero remembered Elwin’s words without missing a single word.
-The mission I’m going to give you two is a bit dangerous. But it’s something that must be done.
– Mr. Nero, disguise yourself as Ms. Yana and get Deficio’s attention, while Mr. Hacke searches for the Gnaud clan. The Gnaud clan will be somewhere in Deficio’s hideout.
And Elwin ordered Zeraf Gnaud to wait nearby.
A strong whirlwind swirls around the forgotten stone pagoda, causing constant noise in the surrounding area.
So, even if he didn’t keep a long distance, the assassins who were sensitive to sounds wouldn’t be able to detect Zeraph Gnaud.
-Once you find the location, Mr. Hake, contact Mr. Zerap with Nexion. Then Mr. Zerap will kidnap the Gnaud clan, or rather, will evade them safely.
However, the role of investigating the location of the Gnaud clan was decided to be entirely taken up by Hake.
‘Even I, who left Depicio a long time ago, and Hake, who is an outsider to the newly created hideout that was moved… … To be honest, it’s not an advantageous position.’
The situation is urgent. The return of the King of Water, who shed blood across the continent in the past, may occur.
The assistance of Floeta, who knows the geography of this hideout well, will be of great help.
“I also really hated Depicio. If only for a little while… … I’ll cooperate.”
Nero said in the affirmative smoothly.
‘I’ll hold their hand and make them let their guard down… …then I’ll kill them when I get the chance.’
With a sharp knife hidden behind his back.
“Wow! Wow~! Meow is on the same side!”
Floeta raised both hands in joy like a child, not knowing anything.
“It’s only temporary.”
Nero winked playfully. She pursed her lips and complained at the subtle warning.
“Ugh. Meow, you’re so self-righteous. But I like it! I like it!”
“… … But you, do you know what the word self-righteous means?”
“Huh?”
Looking at her innocent face as if to say, ‘I don’t know anything~’, Nero decided to just keep his mouth shut.
It was a smart decision, as expected from a person who goes around making people’s clothes explode, knowing that no one would understand even if they heard him anyway.
“Ugh. What other plans do you have?”
“Hmm~? There’s nothing like that?”
… … Is that bragging? Nero thought so absentmindedly and then focused on the words that followed.
“I know it looks funny! There’s a huge jar inside the stone pagoda!”
“… … A jar?”
“Yeah yeah! They don’t even let you get near it. No matter how much I’m a country, you can’t go until the ‘time’ comes or something. Doesn’t it sound like fun!?”
Her bright green eyes sparkled with curiosity.
“surely…….”
I feel like there’s something going on.
‘I guess I’ll have to check.’
I tried to buy time with the appearance of the white moon, but I couldn’t stay still after killing the black moon by my own arbitrary judgment.
Black Moon is a specialist in mind control and brainwashing. He manipulates and manipulates minds at will using fine magical threads that emanate from the tips of his fingers.
Even if he was Nero, he was killed immediately because he didn’t know what would happen if he touched him.
‘So it would be good to get information that surpasses that.’
Nero wanted to be as capable and useful a resource to Elwin as possible.
Because in order to live a free life without any oppression or pressure, it is right to have a strong leader by your side.
“So, you agree?”
Floeta, who quickly noticed the agreement in Nero’s expression, cried out.
The pupils, which were distorted like spider webs, were narrow and curved.
* * *
Meanwhile, Elwin’s airship.
Hooooooooooo!
Unlike the usual leisurely operation, the internal equipment of the airship vibrated slightly as it flew at maximum speed.
Today the weather is particularly cloudy and gloomy.
On the deck of the airship, where snowflakes were falling, there was a man standing tall.
“… … .”
A blond boy standing still, watching the sky go by, pushing through the white clouds and frost.
Elwin Kraiger couldn’t shake off the strange feeling of foreboding that just wouldn’t go away.
‘Why did Floeta suddenly get involved in this matter?’
According to the original “Rampas”, she is from a vast, lush forest in the Elven Kingdom of the Western Continent.
They had to stay hidden deep in the forest of the Alps.
‘If I had attacked the teacher without knowing anything, I would have been defeated.’
Barely surviving thanks to the mercy of the Blue Hunter, Salakia, she was unable to move an inch in the Alpine Forest due to fear and terror.
Around the latter half of the original story, before being lured by Familia’s Sesto, a fallen fairy.
‘Did such a floetta move? Was there an incident that would cause it to do so? What was its purpose?’
I couldn’t even guess where the butterfly effect came from.
“I feel like there’s something more… … .”
But still, amid the darkness, the airship continued to advance.
Towards where he needs to go.
Time and fate have always had a way of not stopping.