Becoming a Hunter in a Dark Fantasy - Chapter 111
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Episode 111 Mine Floeta (3)
After finishing his conversation with the mountain man and the chief of Deficio, Hake was captured by the executives.
Of the three ‘Moons’ who could be considered the highest executives of Depicio, one was to die and the other was to be used as a mother.
Since the last one was handling an important procedure somewhere, Hake was the only senior official the general staff could discuss important matters with.
-For your service in bringing the White Moon safely out of the clutches of the evil Hunters… … Hake, I will appoint you as the new ‘Moon’.
It was because of the mountain old man’s declaration that he would promote Hake to ‘Moon’ once this was over.
So, after being held captive by the executives for a long time, Hake was barely able to escape.
“Whoa… … .”
Only after arriving at a quiet place where there was no one around did he let out the sigh he had been holding back.
My ears were rotting from listening to the lengthy plans for the terrible sacrificial offering.
“Ugh!”
It felt like I was covered in filth from a cesspool full of rags that hadn’t been washed in a thousand years. It was so disgusting that it made me vomit from the inside out.
‘What is the cause… … !!’
Their parents, their parents, their parents… … perhaps an archaic idea passed down from before that time.
Is it right to throw away the lives of those who are still alive, like reeds, in order to fulfill that worn-out wish?
‘… … Well, actually, that’s not really my place to say anything.’
If he had not met Melissa and his other comrades at the Hunter’s Test Site, Hake would never have realized the madness and abnormality of the organization called Depicio.
“Did I go in too deep… … Hmm?”
When Hake’s main mission, to find the whereabouts of the Gnaud clan, arrived deep inside the hideout, Hake’s ears perked up.
“Ugh!”
He heard a sound that sounded like a muffled sob. Hake walked towards the sound with stealthy steps.
It was a room whose entrance was blocked by dense thorns. Hake went inside, gently pushing aside the thorns so that only he could enter.
“Who, who are you?!”
Hake smiled deeply and resolutely without realizing it.
There are the Gnaud clan members who were chosen to be offered as sacrifices.
‘bingo.’
No, there were green-haired children huddled together in a small huddle.
“Ugh, ahh… … .”
“Hey, save me! Save me!”
You could tell at a glance that the children were members of the Gnaud clan.
They were trembling as they looked at Hake with fearful eyes. Hake read the fear of death in the children’s eyes.
“Hey, hello?”
Hake greeted him, squeezing out every bit of his rock-bottom social skills.
-Hello? What’s your name?
Thinking back to Melissa, who reached out to him when they first met. Her smile was warmer than the warm spring sunshine.
“I am Hakeya. I am here to help you.”
Hake spoke with a clicking sound like a jointed doll.
The awkwardness was so obvious that I could feel Hake’s sincerity. He had absolutely no intention of harming them.
The children exchanged glances. One of them mustered up the courage to speak.
“Uh, uh… … Are you really going to help us?”
“Huh? Yeah, of course!”
Hake nodded his head.
“Brother? Oppa… … Anyway! I came to save you guys.”
While doing so, he busily moved his hands in a blind spot where the children could not see, and informed Zerap of his location.
It was thanks to finding out the coordinates through the blood compass.
‘I’ll be back soon.’
Since I’ve given you the coordinates, any wizard of Zerap’s level will come find you.
Hake spoke to the children with a faint smile on his face.
“Hey, guys. Why are you guys here alone? The adults?”
The Gnaud clan was a minority, so their numbers were not that large.
However, it was not a small or elderly clan, with only children.
“Woooooo… … .”
“Mom! Dad!”
“Huhhh!”
But at that question, the children’s already swollen red eyes distorted and they all burst into tears.
It was still a sob with the sound muffled. Hake asked in confusion.
“Why, why are you crying? What’s going on?”
The sniffling child wiped away his tears with his small hands and opened his mouth.
“The bad guys took all the adults of the clan!”
Kwajik!
“-Found it!”
At that moment, as the child cried out sadly, a hole appeared in the floor and Zerap Gnaud suddenly popped out of it.
Hake, who had a blank expression for a moment, soon smiled and said.
“… … What the. You came so quickly? I didn’t know until now, but you’re a space wizard?”
It was almost as if the message had been sent. It was like teleportation.
Plus, the timing was perfect.
As soon as I heard that the Gnaud clan’s elders had been captured, I arrived.
“Nonsense. There are more urgent matters… …!!”
Just as Zeraph Gnaud was about to tell Hake the information he had received, he stopped when he saw the children of the Gnaud clan in his sight.
“… … What are those chicks?”
The children’s eyes were wide open in surprise at the sudden appearance of Zerap, and their gaze turned to the top of his head.
The hair of the resurrected Zerap who was eaten by the manticore was still dark green. The natural color of the Gnaud clan.
“Wow!”
If not that, maybe I felt the pull of bloodlines.
For some reason, the children who were screaming clung to Zerap.
These kids couldn’t help but be wary when they saw Hake, but guess what?
For Zerap, the barrier of the mind was quickly broken down.
“Who is your brother?”
“Are you one of our kind too, hyung?”
He approached Zerap with shining eyes and grabbed his sleeve or trouser leg.
“… … Get away.”
Although Zerap coldly rebuked him, people’s attitudes are greatly influenced by their appearance.
This was also the case for young children, who, rather than being scared, laughed out loud and clung even closer.
Unlike his original age, Zerap now appeared as a young boy of about fifteen years old.
“Excuse me, guys. Can you continue what we were talking about earlier?”
Seeing that the children looked much more comfortable, Haake asked cautiously again.
“Mom, Dad… … All of my family and all the elders of my clan were taken away.”
“Eww. My sister too!”
“Brother, are you okay… …?”
The answer I got back was that all of the Gnaud clan members over a certain age had been taken away somewhere.
Hake and Zeraph instinctively hardened their expressions. It seemed as if Depicio’s assassins had already begun their sacrificial ritual.
“Do you remember who took them? The people dressed in black?”
“No! It was one person!”
“… … One person?”
Who the hell?
“Yeah! She was such a pretty girl!”
* * *
The deepest part of the forgotten stone pagoda.
There was a huge jar there that seemed to fill one wall.
Hooo …
As if to prove that the jar was not meant to hold ordinary food, a chilling wind was blowing around it… … .
Combined with the sound of the fierce whirlwind outside the stone pagoda, it sounded like ghosts howling.
“I clearly ordered you to bring the white moon… … Why isn’t it coming?”
The black doll, who was standing still in front of the jar, asked the old man of the mountains.
“Where is the black moon? Are you still checking the status of the white moon?”
“That, that… … .”
The subordinate standing behind the mountain man answered.
“The Black Moon has said that she is making the final adjustments for a more perfect resurrection of the King. She has told us not to let anyone in before entering the laboratory. She has also said that it is a matter that has already been approved by the Chieftain… … .”
“Oh. So that’s it.”
The old man in the mountains seemed to have just remembered something and let out a soft noise.
“There’s a change in schedule. Tell them to bring him here immediately. I’ll perform the ceremony.”
Before the subordinate could bow and say that he would correct it immediately, someone suddenly intervened.
“Wait a minute~!”
“Who are you!”
Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, a new being appeared in a place where there was only the mountain old man and his two subordinates.
“… … Floeta?”
“Yes- Floeta, here we go!”
Floetta, who was spinning around and showing off the red of her gorgeous dress, smiled.
Then he held out the pure white woman he had been roughly holding at his side.
“Ta-da! The white moon you wanted! I brought it!”
The old man in the mountains received the white moon with a blank expression, as if he was familiar with Floeta’s travels or perhaps he was not impressed by this either.
“How did you bring the white moon?”
“Huh. Curious?”
Floetta smiled mischievously and showed what he had been hiding behind his back.
As if a child were showing off his accomplishments.
“I killed him! I’m sorry~!”
Floeta smiled brightly and patted Black Moon’s head.
“You punk! How dare you… … Black Moon!!”
“I’ll kill you!”
“stop.”
“But, Chief… … !”
The old man in the mountains was indignant and stopped his men who were about to rush at Floeta.
“I clearly told you to stop. Are you going to make me say it twice?”
The old man of the mountains turned his dark, pit-like gaze toward his subordinates. They trembled greatly and lowered their heads.
“Oh, no!”
“I will follow your orders.”
Only then did the old man in the mountains look at his men who had become quiet and ask.
“Why did you kill the black moon?”
Even though his beloved subordinate died, he still spoke in an indifferent voice.
“… … Ah, that’s not funny. Is that all you can say about that reaction?”
“answer.”
Ploetta, who had been waiting for the mountain old man’s reaction, became indifferent.
“… … It’s petty.”
I had hoped that even a doll-like human being would receive some meaningful stimulus, even if only a small one, from the death of his only remaining confidant…
I couldn’t feel even a speck of fun.
“Do I have to say this three times? Floetta.”
“Oh, I get it~ Just say it, just say it!”
Phew! Ploetta, her cheeks puffed out, looked down coldly at the black moon head she was holding in her arms.
“Well, the reason is… … Just because it annoys me?”
“You said it bothered you?”
“Now I really have to kill the White Moon~! I really liked that child’s soul. I did it because I felt sorry for it!”
Floeta held up the head of the Black Moon as if on display.
“You say he came up with the idea of using the white moon as his mother? He wants to use his bloodline as the foundation for a great resurrection.”
“… … That’s right. He was the heir to the deepest bloodline of the Umbra clan.”
“Yeah. As expected, it’s so perverted and disgusting. But you didn’t touch the white moon as promised, right? So I hope you understand!”
“under…….”
The old man in the mountains sighed, but did not reprimand or scold Floeta.
To begin with, Floeta was not his subordinate but merely an ally, so he had no right to do so.
Because she was absolutely necessary for the resurrection of King Suin.
A resurrection ritual that gives new life to the wandering spirit of the water king of the nine heavens by capturing it and placing it in the fetus in the womb of the white moon.
And a sacrificial offering to transform into a being stronger than the previous King of Watermen by sacrificing the lives of the Gnaud clan.
To perform these two rituals, the assistance of those who knew how to handle spirits was needed.
Fairies and witches and… … .
‘gentile.’
The only person who could replace the Witch’s Association, which had suddenly lost contact, was the woman in front of him.
‘It would be troublesome if you suddenly ran away against my will.’
I knew full well how impulsive a person Floeta was.
So at least until the ritual is over, I have to please that damn thing.
‘Since then… … .’
The old man in the mountains’ dark eyes flashed with a murderous glare.
He will make you pay the price for your reckless behavior.