"Hmm~"

With a subconscious groan of pain, in this dim cavern with only a little fluorescence, Catherine, who had been unconscious, opened her eyes extremely tiredly.

Jack, who heard this noise, hurriedly lit a candle, leaned over to help his sister sit up, and at the same time took a sheepskin bag from the side. Because of the relationship between those fierce wolves who came to the seventh-layer abyss black fog before, he lost three fingers in his right hand, and at this time, he could only bite the wooden bolt on the leather bag with his mouth.

"Come, drink the water first."

Halfway, after feeding his sister some water, Jack asked, "How do you feel?" ”

After a few sips of water, Catherine, who felt that her somewhat itchy throat felt better, turned her gaze, which had been observing this dark hole, to her left arm and right leg, which had been empty.

I still remember that I and Jack went to Il Village to investigate, but Catherine, who encountered three black mist wolves in the middle of the road, couldn't help but close her eyes in pain at this time.

And Jack on the side naturally noticed Catherine's gaze, so he immediately opened his mouth to comfort: "It's okay, just wait for us to return to Baal City, not to mention the Edgar sacrifice in the Temple of Dawn." Even if an ordinary high-level sacrifice is blessed by the divine power of the Dawn Temple, there shouldn't be much of a problem with the regeneration of limbs like this. ”

Catherine, who had a different opinion on this, said in an unusually bitter tone at this time: "I don't think our family will pay for the treatment of tens of thousands of gold Muttons for me......

At this point, Jack knew that his sister, firstly, because he was a woman, and secondly, his talent did not reach an amazing relationship, in fact, in the eyes of the elders of the entire family, he was not very valued, and he couldn't help but shake his head helplessly at this time.

Also, unlike the Night's Watch legions, which are in partnership with the Temple of Dawn everywhere, the price of 1,800 gold Mutons can be said to be internal. Basically, it can be said that the major demon hunter families that have broken away from the Night's Watch Legion are naturally impossible to enjoy such a discount.

Two [Limb Regeneration] magic techniques, without the donation of tens of thousands of gold Mutons, how could it be possible for the sacrifices of the Dawn Temple to consume the divine power of the Dawn Goddess that needs to be accumulated over the years for no reason, and make you no longer know where to bury the limbs to regenerate?

Those clergy of the Temple of Dawn are not philanthropists.

Moreover, in order to better develop the relationship between the quantity and quality of the goddess of dawn in the mortal world. Therefore, more often than not, the role played by these clergy is actually that of "profiteers" who eat people and do not spit out bones.

"There's always a way......"

Under Jack's more comforting words on the side, Catherine, who has always been strong and assertive, did not cry like an ordinary woman at this time and couldn't accept the fact that she had lost an arm and a right leg, and if she hadn't been treated by the [Limb Regeneration] magic technique, she would probably have to be a waste person in the future. Instead, he opened his mouth and asked Jack on the side, "By the way, where are we now?" ”

And because he had encountered the three difficult black mist fierce wolves before, he was quickly defeated in a life-fighting battle.

In the end, he could only evacuate the battlefield by using any door scroll brought out by the family, and then, under the domination of fear and survival instincts, he ran for his life with Catherine, who had passed out due to excessive blood loss. Therefore, Jack, who didn't pay much attention to the specific location of the two of them, could only reply like this at this time: "Here...... This is probably the east side of the village of Il. ”

"At this distance, it's certainly impossible for us to communicate with the Demon Hunters of Baal City through the Teleportation Crystal. However, with half a month's worth of food reserves, it should be possible to sustain the union until something is wrong and send new demon hunters to arrive. Of course, the problem on drinking water ......"

After Catherine, who was calmly analyzing the situation, finished speaking, there was an earth-shattering noise outside the entrance of the cave that was covered by Jack!

Immediately afterward, there was a shaking of the mountains.

The rock wall above the cave where the two of them were still shaking a little sand.

“……”

Under the sudden change, Jack, who glanced at Catherine who had regained her feet, was about to get up and go out to check.

However, without waiting to turn around, Jack took a step in the direction of the hole. Catherine, who was behind him, hurriedly spoke, calling out to her brother, who sometimes seemed very reckless: "Jack, wait! ”

Waiting for Jack, who looked puzzled, turned around again.

Catherine watched as she looked at the upper and lower armor around her body in multiple parts, and there were strips of oozing gauze wrapped in it. The habitual hand still has four fingers, and there is still a scratch left by the black mist fierce wolf on his left cheek, which can be said to be the same extremely embarrassed younger brother at this time. On the other hand, he opened his mouth and asked: "Now you have how much combat power you have left?" ”

In the face of Catherine's question, which can be said to be a little immediate, in the past demon hunting experience, the trust accumulated between each other still made Jack answer very honestly at the moment: "Probably less than three percent left." ”

"Then you're still at this time, choose to venture out. What if you encounter those black fog wolves again? ”

"But we can't just sit here forever, can we?"

Although, at this time, Jack retorted like this. However, in terms of action, he still honestly returned to his original position.

After years of demon hunting experience, Catherine naturally understood the truth of the proverb "curiosity is easy to kill cats".

So, Catherine, who was lying back down, spoke to Jack on the side: "In this kind of movement, it will inevitably attract some people who come to investigate." If, then, Ye Qi can also come, the chances of us being rescued will also be greatly improved. After all, the village of Il also belongs within the confines of his territory. ”

"So, recover your strength and heal as soon as possible. If by then, those black fog wolves really came to the door before the rescue came, we would at least have a fight. ”

Catherine, who gave this explanation, closed her eyes again and waited patiently for the rescue that the two of them were looking forward to in their hearts.

And this is a full four days of waiting.

When a team of thirty-two night watchmen led by two rangers found the witcher's usual rescue sign on the torso of a tree outside the cave, they only looked a little haggard because they had not drunk enough water for a long time.

"I've finally found you."

Deng Chao, who walked out of the night watchmen who were scattered and was responsible for guarding the surroundings, still stared at his trademark goldfish eyes, and took a few steps forward to give Jack a bear hug.

Because of the relationship introduced by Ye Qi, Jack and Deng Chao, one of the two rangers in front of him, had a few hearty drinks at the Dorne Town bar. Therefore, he was quite familiar with each other, and at this time, he couldn't help but ask him with some doubts: "Deng Chao, ...... are you?"

It's no wonder that Jack has such doubts in his heart at this time.

After all, not to mention these two rangers with Yaoyin class combat power, they are both rangers in the second squadron of the rangers led by Ye Qi. Just at this time, the thirty-two people who were scattered at this time were from a foreign land of the Celestial Empire who were similar to the Kamites, and they were all good at least having the combat power of the red bronze class!

With such a team configuration, they are scattered into teams to find themselves and Catherine?

This is obviously too impractical.

So, naturally, the answer is that there is only one other possibility;

That is the village of Yi'er where the seven-layer abyss black mist fierce wolf appeared for no reason, there must be something spicy.

Otherwise, how can he be worthy of this kind of configuration, which seems to Jack to be a bit too exciting.

And Deng Chao's next actions on the side also verified the conjecture in Jack's heart at this time.

Deng Chao, who raised his hand and motioned to the other party to "wait" first, turned around and spoke to Chen Rui on the other side: "Chen Rui, use the spell firework to notify the other two search teams nearby." ”

Accompanied by Chen Rui, who is usually silent, he untied a spell firework from his back waist, aimed it at the sky above the location of himself and the others, and shot straight out a communication pyrotechnic that represented the gathering.

During this period, Deng Chao also took out two bottles of No. 33 holy water from his own savings space and handed them to Jack on the side.

Waiting for Catherine and the two to raise their heads, they drank the healing holy water in their hands.

Then, Deng Chao took out the stretcher prepared in advance to deal with this situation from his own savings space. After Catherine, who had lost one of her right leg and arm, and was now like a broken doll, lay down. He took out a metal flask with spirits from the storage clip on his back again.

Waiting for Jack to feed Catherine, who was still a little weak, he drank a few sips of strong wine to dispel some of the chills. Deng Chao, who didn't pick up the wine jug that the former handed back and motioned for the other party to drink a little too, opened his mouth to explain to the two of them everything that had happened in Yier Village in the past few days.

"Source of Soul Eater...... Abyssal Lord...... Scarlet ...... of Purgatory Firedemon?! ”

Under Deng Chao's remarks, Jack, who heard these two nightmarish syllables, couldn't help but open his mouth and exclaim.

Deng Chao, who didn't care about Jack's interruption like this, followed the topic above the former, and continued to speak: "After Master Kabukis cast the legendary spell of the Twelve Rings: Starfall from the Sky, destroying the Scarlet of Purgatory in one fell swoop. It was the abyssal flame demon who couldn't take advantage of Ye Qi and the elf prince in the hands of Ye Qi and that elf prince. It should also be a relationship that understands that it doesn't matter if you stay any longer, that is, just like the abyss lord, you will roll back into the abyss in a gray manner. ”

"However, the remaining demons who do not have the ability to return to the abyss on their own, and the source of the soul eater who seems to have disappeared during this period, are also two big troubles."

"So, in the past few days, we have formed more than sixty such teams with the Night's Watch who have been continuously reinforced, the clergy of the Temple of Dawn. While searching for the two of you, I am also sweeping away the demons scattered in the mountains and forests here. ”