Chapter 272 Reasons for Becoming a Hunter
Looking at Vic whose eyes gradually became clearer, Bai Wei thought silently in his heart...it seems that he has appeared.
The third consciousness besides Vic and Ade is also the most troublesome one.
After meeting Vic, Bai Wei had been trying to suppress this consciousness as much as possible, but he still couldn't suppress it completely, and finally woke up at this time. Otherwise, Vic wouldn't have said that and wanted Bai Wei to complete the extremely dangerous trial on his behalf.
Well, maybe we shouldn’t call it “that consciousness” anymore.
To put it bluntly, “it” is… wildfire.
The reason why Vic was called a saint by the Wildfire Sect was because he carried a consciousness from the wildfire in his body.
And that consciousness is also the last step on Wildfire's long ladder to godhood. When it fully awakens and returns to Wildfire's body, this step will be taken.
In this way, a new god is born, and it becomes Him. Then no one on this land will be able to compete with it, not even Bai Wei now.
Therefore, the safest way is to kill Vic right here before he completes the last step.
But that would only slightly slow down its pace of becoming a god, because it could still send out a second Vic, a third Vic, and Bai Wei would get nothing.
Therefore, Bai Wei wanted to have a big fight with this madman who was trying to become a god.
That would leave Vic to fight the wildfires on his own.
At first glance, the relationship between Vic and Wildfire is somewhat similar to the relationship between Baiwei and the host. Baiwei induces the host to use his own power and become "corrupted", and the same is true for Wildfire.
But in fact this is completely different, because Bai Wei and the host are always two independent individuals, while Wildfire is different from Vic.
It is not seduction, but assimilation.
The moment Vic's self-perception became the same as the wildfire, he became the wildfire, or was assimilated by the wildfire.
So during this period of time, Bai Wei has been shaping and strengthening Vic's new cognition - hunter.
If you are a hunter, you cannot be a wildfire.
If you are wildfire, you cannot be a hunter.
These are two completely contradictory identities that cannot coexist, and they can only continue if one kills the other.
"If you really can't do it." Bai Wei patted Weike's shoulder and said with a smile, "Then I can help you try. Although my injury hasn't healed yet and my leg is lame, I probably can't do it, but for you..."
"... Could you please stop using such expressions?" Vic sighed, "I am a hunter, and this is my trial. How could I let you take such a risk?"
While Vic was speaking, Bai Wei had been looking into his eyes and did not notice the strangeness from before.
It seems that in the first round, "Hunter" won "Wildfire".
But this is not surprising, after all, the wildfires have just awakened.
It is a madman who wants to become a god, while the "hunter" in Vic's mind was born only a few days ago. Judging from the on-paper strength, the two are completely different in strength.
but……
Bai Wei smiled and said, "Yes, you are a hunter... so do you want to start now?"
Vic subconsciously looked at the two crossed spears.
It hasn't been activated yet, but Vic still feels a little scared, as if the roar of thunder has begun to echo in his ears.
"I..." Vic whispered, "Can you prepare again?"
There was a plea in his voice.
"Of course." Bai Wei said with a smile, "Delayed courage is still courage."
…
"Rhine!"
Fig shouted loudly, and the four golden holy swords hanging high behind him flew towards the Wildfire Cultist who had completely transformed into a wolf not far away.
The Wildfire Cultist saw the holy sword flying towards him and subconsciously wanted to resist, but was stopped by the Rhine Knights on both sides.
Then there was a "puff" sound.
The Wildfire Cultist's limbs were pierced by the holy sword and he was nailed firmly to the ground.
He wanted to resist, but found that the four holy swords still carried some unreasonable sealing power, which firmly sealed his brute force and animal nature. He could hardly maintain his complete wolf transformation state.
"Give up, Priest Pedro of Wildfire." Fig walked towards Pedro leisurely, "I know your bodies are immune to spells, but this is not a spell. This is the power bestowed upon us by the great God of the Rhine. No matter how much you transform into a beast, you will not be able to resist it."
As Figo had said, Pedro's complete wolf transformation was fading rapidly, and soon his three-headed wolf face returned to the image of a weak middle-aged man.
"Rhine!" He stared at Figg, "You are invading!"
"What are you talking about?" Fig said calmly, "Rhine and Wildfire are already enemies. Even if we kill all of you, there won't be any moral issues."
"...Arrogant!" Pedro said, "Rhine, you have always been so arrogant. But it doesn't matter, you won't be arrogant for long, all of you...will die here, all of you!"
"Hmm... since he said that, it seems that the Wildfire leader's desire to become a god is not just a rumor." Fig said, "I didn't expect that we would run into him."
"...ran into each other?" Pedro noticed Fig's choice of words and felt something was wrong. "What do you mean? Isn't this why you came here?"
"Of course... not." Fig observed Pedro's expression with interest. "Do you think we are here to stop your leader from becoming a god? Haha, you think too much, Priest Pedro. To be honest, in our eyes, you are not even a serious opponent. You are just a group of wild dogs next door who only know how to bark."
Pedro's eyes widened: "You..."
Before he could even utter a curse, the Rhine Knight next to Fig raised his hand and pierced Pedro's chest with a sword, stopping him from speaking.
"Are you angry? But unfortunately, this is our true view of you, the barking dog next door. If you bark too hard, we will whip you, and if you bark less hard, we will pretend not to see it." Fig said, "After all, you are just a bunch of godless bastards, not worthy of our attention. To be honest, we monitor Tianqin and Shengyin, who are also orthodox, more than you, who are members of the secret sect."
Pedro's teeth were almost broken.
"But you are really surprising. You actually want to become gods. I couldn't believe it when I first heard the news." Fig said with a smile, "But after seeing that you, one of the five great priests of Wildfire, were thrown out like this to delay time, it seems that this is indeed true."
"I'm not going to tell you anything anymore," Pedro said.
"Haha, do you think I still need it?" Fig raised his head, his sight passing through the corpses of countless Wildfire Cultists and falling on the valley in front. "Your holy land is already in front of me. Tsk, it's really pathetic. Godless bastards, even now they still need to borrow the power of Senluo, the dead god. Even if such a new god really comes, what can he do?"
"You will know!" Pedro screamed hysterically, "The Lord will kill all of you...all of you!"
"Really?" Figg said with a smile, "Then I'll wait and see."
After saying that, Fig stepped over Pedro's head.
The knight who followed immediately stepped forward and chopped off Pedro's head, and then everyone rushed to the final place - the Senluo Sacrificial Site.
…
"Aren't you ready yet?"
"It's almost time! Let me get ready!"
"Yes, yes. No, no. What do you mean by preparing? You've been preparing for a long time. It's almost dark." Ivana tilted her head and looked at Vic who was sitting under the spear. "If it really doesn't work, let me do it?"
"You're coming?" Vic looked at Ivina in surprise.
"Yeah." Ivana nodded, "I've tried it before and it worked."
"...If you don't succeed, you'll be dead." Vic's mouth twitched, "But why can you do it?"
"Don't underestimate me, okay... And this isn't that difficult." After hesitating for a moment, Ivana pointed at the spear and said, "My grandmother told me that the God of Senluo only wants the hunter's courage, not his life. So when you dare to grab the lightning spear, you have already proved your courage. Just don't throw it too far, and the lightning spear will find its place by itself."
"It's actually possible?!"
"Of course." Ivana said, "If you don't believe me, let me do it."
Vic was moved.
The thought seemed to pop up in his mind again.
Yes, let her come.
She has recommended herself, so even if she fails, it is her own problem and has nothing to do with me.
Isn’t it the best thing that there are other people willing to take the risk?
Such thoughts sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain, growing wildly in Vic's mind, so much so that he couldn't help but agree, and his body leaned forward involuntarily.
But at this moment, another voice sounded in his mind.
"Now, you are the last hunter of Senluo."
Vic leaned forward and then immediately shrank back.
"Let me do it," Vic said. "I'll get ready. I'm sure I can do it."
Seeing Vic shrink back again, Ivana became very anxious.
Because according to the Wildfire Cult's request, she was the one who helped Vic open the door...but only after Vic made the request.
Although she didn't know why such a request was necessary, she was willing to do anything to bring her grandmother back to life.
That's why she told Vic that it wasn't that dangerous. Logically, the Saint was not allowed to reveal this information to the hunter, so as not to affect the hunter's courage.
But to her, none of this matters anymore.
"Actually, there's nothing to be stubborn about." Ivana looked back and found that Bai Wei was no longer behind her. Then she persuaded Vic again, "You are not good at this, so just jump over and let me do it. Wait until you encounter something you are good at before you go up. Don't you want to find that little wolf? Why are you just standing here?"
Even though Ivana said this, Vic didn't move, but whispered: "I am the last hunter of Senluo."
"So what?" Ivana said, "I am still the last generation of Saint of Senluo, what's the point?"
"Yes." Vic said, "Because I haven't accomplished anything since I became a hunter."
"ah?"
"Yes." Vic took out a small music box from his pocket and said softly, "When I was in the town of Yade, I took on my first commission to help a little girl find her parents. But her parents are dead, and I haven't brought any news back yet."
"I didn't protect anyone either. Ade is gone. The old hunter Ryan who gave me hunter blood and made me a formal hunter also died to protect me."
"Even along the way, I was protected by Father Uru, who is a disabled person."
"So..." Vic lowered his head, "I want to try and see if there is anything I can do. If I can't do anything, then even if I find Ade in the future, I won't be able to protect it anymore."
Ivana opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.
After a long while, she spoke again: "Why do you want to become a hunter?"
"Why become a hunter?"
"Yes, why do you want to be a hunter?" Ivana whispered, "The God of Senluo is dead. Why do you still want to be a hunter in this era?"
Why become a hunter?
Yvina wasn't just asking Vic, she was also asking herself.
If she and her grandmother had not been bound here by the so-called mission, they would have left long ago.
In that case, they wouldn't have to eat wild fruits every day, wouldn't have to guard the deserted mountains all day, and grandma wouldn't have died because she couldn't get treatment after falling ill.
She hated her identity as a saint and her mission.
If she could, she wanted to get rid of it all, throw it all away.
So she didn't understand why someone else wanted to get the thing she wanted so desperately to throw away.
Why become a hunter?
Vic asked this question, because the old hunter Ryan had also asked this question before, but Vic didn't know how to answer it at that time.
Actually, I don’t know now.
So why is this?
Vic hugged his legs and began to think.
He should know the answer.
The world became quiet.
A voice gradually began to ring in his mind.
…
"Little brat! Look at what you adopted?! It's a wolf, not a dog!"
"So what?"
"What? A wolf is a wild beast that can never be tamed. It will eat you when it grows up!"
"Ade won't, I believe it."
"Get out! I don't believe it! Either you kill it now, or get out with it! Wolves are not allowed in this town!"
"Just go away."
…
"Can you give me something to eat? I can help you with the work."
"No! Get away from me, little devil with a wolf! You are not welcome here."
…
"What's next to that little brat?! Oh my god, it's such a big wolf! Kill it quickly before it bites us!"
…
Running around and being tired.
It seems that there is no place for them in the whole world.
In the flying snow, he saw a young man wearing only a single layer of clothes sitting in the snow. He was obviously shivering from the cold, but he did not show any resentment. He was still showing off to him the tattered book in his hand that he had found from somewhere with a beaming look on his face.
"I get it, Ade! I can be a hunter, and in that case, you'll be my hound!"
He opened the book and saw a picture of a hunter and his hound hunting on the yellowed title page.
"No one will drive us away then!"
He said with a smile, his teeth as white as snow.
…
Vic's eyes widened little by little.
He recalled everything.
“So that’s… how it is.”
He spoke softly when suddenly violent thunder rang in his ears. He looked up and found that he had stood up without realizing it and triggered the mechanism.
Then the Thunder Spear appeared in front of him again.
It was still as violent and as powerful as ever, making Vic tremble all over and want to kneel down just by looking at it.
But he did not kneel. His body jumped high as if it moved on its own and grabbed the lightning spear.
Next second.
The thunder shattered the darkness.
(End of this chapter)
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