Chapter 41 The Demons' Maze (8)
Chapter 41: The Demons' Maze (8)
"I sense Nakisha within you."
Those words instantly sheathed Hunter's heart in dread.
Which was because Nakisha was an exalted spirit the boss and her loyal teammates had been hunting on. She wasn't an existence Hunter could face… and the same went for anyone else who could sense her presence within him.
In fact, Charlotte had told him that Nakisha was so perfectly sealed within him that her presence was gone, so how could this purple-black-haired woman find out about her?
What was her identity, actually?
Was she another foe? Someone from the demon's side? Or perhaps she was a member of the union's guild and came here upon sensing Nakisha's presence?
"What do you want?" Hunter didn't want to acknowledge that he had a sealed spirit within him, but keeping the woman unanswered for too long was also one of the bad habits.
Hence, he just asked a question.
The woman nodded, hiding her face even deeper in her beasts, "I want you to seal me, too. Nakisha won't like my presence, but I'll deal with her myself."
"Huh?"
It was such an unexpected request that Hunter couldn't have brought a different reaction. He was more than bemused to hear this and stared at the woman with an odd look on his face.
After all these battles and more experience in the hunter world, he surely wasn't expecting someone to… just come to him and ask to seal her.
"Are you an exalted spirit, too?"
"Yes. You could say I'm Nakisha's sister… and demons invading this domain are after me."
Hearing her reply, Hunter's heart became colder and even more frightened.
Didn't it mean her identity required people like a boss to deal with her?
Heck that! Hunter believed that demons would soon track her footsteps and invade this space, killing everyone in sight! He couldn't just stare at her and casually talk as if they were in some town.
There were so many questions he wanted to ask this calm and quiet woman, but the most crucial things had to be quickly discussed.
"I can't move well… I don't really have my own sealing skill as well," Hunter voiced the things that bothered him the most, then instinctively glanced in Seraphina's direction, whose wounds and bleeding threatened to take her life.
Following his gaze, the exalted spirit narrowed her already narrow eyes and nodded, "I can stuff toxins within her that clout will suspend her bleeding and help her system focus on patching the life-threatening wounds."
"Do it! Please!"
Without taking her eyes off the crimson-haired woman, the spirit raised her hand and let out a puffy purple mist from her hand and forearm, which soon became like a cloud.
For anyone seeing it for the first time, the purple cloud appeared like a poison, inducing some doubts. Still, Hunter could no longer stop this woman and needed to believe in her, as he was more helpless than ever before.
Being immortal was cool and handy… but Hunter started to realize the consequences of being one while surrounded by mortal people.
They couldn't be as reckless as him… and their lifespan was also limited, which he would understand in the far future.
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After Seraphina sucked the entire purple cloud in, Hunter was compelled to believe in her and retracted his attention back to the purple-black-haired spirit.
Their eyes met.
"I can trick your body system, too, by desensitizing it. You'll be able to move but not fight. Another one of my toxins can draw more of your regeneration capabilities."
"If you could…"
As the cloud of the same color invaded his system, Hunter closed his eyes and focused on it, wanting to see if he could read some of it. Of course, as the effects sank into him, he already could move his limbs better and felt like running away from all threats wouldn't be a problem.
Which was amazing, considering how many wounds and toils were burdening him.
'I guess this is my fate… other participants must have already met guilds and their hunters… while I was fated to meet the exalted spirit and work with her. This might turn me into an enemy later on… but as she helped me, I swear to reciprocate her kindness and help her, too.'
It wasn't really a kindness, which Hunter understood.
This exalted spirit wasn't so nice to him because she wanted to help him.
She wanted to receive help more than anything else.
"Do you have a sealing skill?"
"I do."
"Then, I can use it to seal you within myself."
"Ok."
As it was her time to believe in him, the purple-black-haired spirit activated her sealing skill, exuding a purple mist off her curves. She was momentarily shrouded in this element and color, looking like a toxic goddess.
And then, her skill met with Hunter's hand and desire to seal her, instantly getting overwritten by the will and inheritance written within him.
The purple veil turned gray, and its content coalesced into a letter similar to omega, suppressing the spirit and drawing her to Hunter's world.
Like a mist, the exalted spirit flooded Hunter… leaving only her name and a few nice words behind.
"I'm Brandi. You have my deepest thanks."
"You too…"
A silence blanketed the cave that had been a battleground a few minutes ago.
Now, only Hunter and Seraphina remained on the scene.
He walked closer and raised her into a princess carry, thinking of the next moves.
'Since Brandi used her powers here, I'm forced to believe that demons will soon barge in here. I must move on, at least a little, and then find a good spot to hide.'
Concluding his inner thoughts, Hunter started a lone voyage again with a sleeping beauty in his hands. Unfortunately, her wounds and his strained muscles, on top of the perilous event looming above them, hadn't given Hunter any joy and excitement.
He was just… so done with this exam.
Soon enough, the light of hope prickled his eyes as he noticed The White Feather Guild's members protecting aspiring hunters from demons while healing their wounds.
This meant that… this long day was finally about to be over.
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