After a simple but warm breakfast, when Soran and little Vivian was going downstairs, Gloria also went out. Glancing at the little girl, she didn't say anything but whispering towards Soran without being noticed "Vivian had a nightmare again last night!"
Soran nodded his head and looked serious, saying nothing.
This was the third time.
With time passing by, it was increasingly obvious that Vivian was the offspring of God, evidenced by the fact that she had nightmares more frequently and the time between nightmares was shorter. Although the little girl didn't say anything and looked happy, Soran knew that she must have known something. Vivian was smart since she was little. Although she didn't show off her talent, she was by no means an seemingly obedient and simple little girl. On most occasions, she was even smarter than Soran, but it wasn't that obvious due to her age.
After all, she was only eight now.
When they went downstairs, Halfling went in at the door whose feet were apparently wet. He must have gone around. Aladdin softly went towards Soran, found a chair to sit in and said in a low voice "Elf patrolling guardians were attacked last night. It seems to be those orc-like humans who believe in the god of hunting. But I didn't manage to know what kind of orc-like humans did that. Elf patrolling guardians were so angry that they seemed to prepare to contact other guardians to help them."
Orc-like humans mainly referred to those creatures like humans, such as werewolf, the taurens, the lion-face human, centaurs, tiger-headed monsters, half-sheep man, the eagle man, the sea monsters and so on. They all had obvious human characters, some of whom had some beasts' traits. They were said to be the products of some taboo experiments during Mystery Empire times. Some of them were ancient lives that existed long ago. Most of them were located in different parts of the world.
There was another intelligent life called orcs. It was an original life, which was the same as humans but different from orcs.
"Is that the god of hunting Mala?"
Soran stopped and frowned before he said on a low voice "Are you sure that it was his believers who attacked elves?"
Aladdin nodded with sureness "Absolutely."
"It would be a trouble." Soran looked up at Gloria and said to Halfling "We prepare to set out later. Are you with us or do you have other plans?"
It was so suddenly.
To his surprise, Halfling looked at Soran. Gloria was also in astonishment.
Aladdin was still confused while Northern witch looked deeply at Soran and said "Ok. We'll go later all the way to Snow Nation."
Halfling seemed to be hesitant, saying "That is too far away. Is it cold there?"
At this time, the hotel door was opened and a sullen-faced elf guardian went in. He looked around and stayed on Soran before he closed the door and went away.
There were no believers of the god of hunting in this hotel.
Soran quickly stood up, looked at Gloria and said "Pack your bags and we'll set out soon."
It was apparent that Halfling was hesitant that he stood there for a long time before he said "I'm not going. Maybe we can separate here. You can find me at Xiaer and I'll entertain you with a splendid meal."
Soran replied smilingly "Fine! You'd better not get involved in. Believers of the god of hunting are crazy."
Apparently, Soran held back his curiosity last night not to get involved, but Halfing didn't. He went to find out what happened.
They quickly set out.
Vivian followed them silently and Gloria didn't asked too much. Only Halfling was left at the hotel who saw them off pitifully. The witch and those with him were different and the little girl was also not simple. She must have powerful talents. Although rogue didn't know clearly about wizard's talents, Halfling knew that Vivian had good talent of wizards. He looked at the location of the temple in front of him and bore Soran's warning in mind. He didn't get involved.
Soran was right that believers of the god of hunting were indeed crazy.
After they went a long way, when Soran let Vivian took a rest, Gloria walked to him seriously "Why are we leaving?"
It seemed that she trusted Soran more because she didn't ask until now.
Looking at the village behind them, he said slowly "The god of hunting should have slept. As a relatively weak spirit, he is highly likely to let believers and priests free of powers and spells when he was sleeping."
"The attack might be a hunting ceremony."
Undoubtedly, northern witch was abundant in knowledge, but she was still not sure and looked at Soran "Do you mean that this attack aims at legendary blood?"
Soran nodded and said "The god of hunting was only interested in hunting ceremony above legendary level."
The god of hunting Mala, also known as the king of beast and black-blood beast, was an evil spirit fond of slaughtering and cruel hunting ceremonies. The more powerful the prey was, the more attention he would get. He was originally a monkey-like creature with horrible face and black fur whose skin was bloody red and its face looked like orcs. But his appearance was ugly and fierce.
There were many spirits who were not originally human or human-like creatures. Some were just intelligent beasts.
The god of hunting was just like this. He was a rare monster and out of some reasons he managed to become a spirit whose believers were mainly evil orc-like humans, hunters, bloody man and degraded druids. It was the monster easiest to wake up who was passionate about the legendary blood. As long as it was a prey above legendary level, he would be attracted.
There were many orc-like human groups nearby believing in the god of hunting.
Soran estimated that at least there was 50% possibility that orc-like human were holding some kind of ceremony, which was part of the hunting ceremony of "legendary blood". To accomplish this, they would need to kill much more. Mala was a strange spirit that he only hunted strong preys. The more powerful the prey was, the more attention he would get. He wouldn't pay attention to those ordinary creatures hunted.
This kind of legendary hunting ceremony could help to strengthen his powers.
In order to favor him, his believers would hunt legendary preys once in a while, from beasts at the very beginning to intelligent creatures later.
Northern witch looked at the distance and said in a low voice "There was a red copper dragon nearby. Would that be his prey?"
If he wanted legendary creatures, giant dragons were the most standard ones.
After thinking for a while, Soran looked at Gloria "Killing dragon is nothing easy. If it is not necessary, Mala's believers won't try to kill a dragon."
Creatures from the evil camp were relatively crazy.
Mala's believers were so crazy that Soran couldn't identify their goal and he didn't want to get along with them.
In the dense forest, a dark werewolf was leaping between the woods and it was different from the werewolf Soren had saw before. This one appeared healthier and more dangerous. Its pupil was green and it shuttled between the woods like a phantom, often in a flash, which was difficult for naked eye to catch its traces. It wore some kind of black beast leather armor, and there were no weapons on it. But it was in the position of the claws that the cold light of steel could be seen. Its claws were replaced with metal by special means.
Crack!
It couldn't know the grade of the werewolf, so it looked at other directions and said "The ceremony is about to begin. We have to catch the attention of the god of hunting, or we will lose the help of spirits and our group will be weakened. And our prey will be less."
Heavy steps were heard and a strong half-blood orc like a small giant appeared whose face was horrible and its teeth came out. He looked at the werewolf in front of him and said "We need preys above legendary level in the ceremony."
"I know there is a red copper dragon nearby, but we cannot kill it with our powers."
The werewolf laughed and its metal teeth appeared. He said "We don't need to kill the dragon. I know there is an offspring of god nearby whose blood can catch much more attention than giant dragons."
The offspring of god?
Looking around, the half-blood orc found many strange creatures around him. Believers of the god of hunting were complex, in which they had humans, orcs, and intelligent beasts and those dark creatures fond of hunting.
The black werewolf looked at others and said lowly "I have saw his powers. It seems that he just woke up. Some prepare for other sacrifices and others go after me to hunt for the prey."
"I believe if we use the offspring of god as sacrifice, Mala must be attracted."
Several swift figures flew out and hunters whose strengths were kept above grade 3 were dispersed into the dense forest, accompanied by all sorts of strange howling. The werewolf raised its metal claws and with scratched a blood mark on its face. Blood drops came down from the side of its face. Other creatures did the same. The strong half-blood orc cut on the forehead with a blade and began to pray with one knee down on the ground whose face was mixed with a crazy smile and sanctity.
The hunting ceremony just began.
Chapter end
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