Chapter 60: Reappearing in the World
Far away, in the depths of the sea of trees in Aokigahara.
Stone-stalactites that have not melted for thousands of years hang from the top of the cave, and unknown liquid drips from the stalactite's vertebrae, leaving a trail of puddles of water on the ground.
The cave is dark and deep, and the passages are wide and narrow, if you are not a local who is familiar with the terrain, it is impossible to come here, and in fact, it is not known how long it has been uninhabited.
However, just today, it welcomed two uninvited guests.
"Wow...... It's cold! However, I didn't expect there to be a stalactite cave here! If you stay in this place for too long, you'll freeze! That damn deer escaped into such a troublesome place! ”
A man in a homemade fox coat said to himself, holding a torch in one hand and a bow and arrows in the other, apparently a hunter.
Behind him was a hunter who was also holding a torch, and he was now stepping over a narrow ridge of sharp stone with his legs raised, following the light of the previous one.
"If I find it, I definitely want it to look good!"
The hunter with the bow and arrow muttered to himself, and at the same time took the torch and shone it around, looking for the deer, which they had been tracking for most of the day.
There is a custom in the village that whenever a doll is born in the village, a deer is hunted from the mountain and a whole set of clothes is made from the deer skin, including shoes and hats, which means auspiciousness.
And this time it was the birth of Orion's youngest son, and he and Orion of the same village made an appointment to go together to get a deer skin for his son, who knew that this deer was so cunning and unusually that he took them for a long time, and finally ran into this stalactite cave, and disappeared without a trace.
'Click! ’
Just as the hunter was standing scratching his ears and cheeks because he couldn't find any sign of the deer, there was a sudden sound from a nearby fork in the road, which seemed to be the sound of a deer's hooves hitting the ground.
"Where!"
Orion quickly turned his head when he heard the sound, and a happy smile appeared on his face, yes, it was the sound made by the deer that finally caught him!
Orion walked silently towards the fork in the road, turning back to silence his companion, and then waving his hand to follow.
Orion walked in from the fork in the road, his feet still silent on the ground, a vigilant habit he had developed over many years of hunting.
As long as you are close to your prey, you must do it silently, and then seize the opportunity and attack quickly and without hesitation, so that you can catch some particularly cunning prey.
When Orion entered the fork in the road, he had gone a short distance when he saw a lively deer standing at the end of the road.
The deer's head was facing a wall, and its butt was facing the approaching Orion, but it did not notice the Orion's arrival in the slightest, and just slammed the ground vigorously, constantly pushing its antlers against the wall, as if trying to get out, but it was a dead end.
Seeing this, Orion pulled a cold smile at the corner of his mouth, hum, even if you have grown wings, you don't want to escape from Lao Tzu's hands.
As he thought to himself, he pulled out a barbed feather arrow from the basket behind him and placed it on the longbow in his hand, pointing straight at the unaware deer in front of him.
The bowstring in Orion's hand trembled slightly, and the arrows on the string had already been sent out, short and clear, with a sharp force that cut through the air.
The extremely sharp feathered arrow shot out in an instant, and with a sharp whistle, it struck the deer from behind, and the force was so great that it continued to rush forward even if it was inserted into the deer's body, and finally hit the wall in the distance.
The deer didn't even have time to wail before it died, because in order to ensure the integrity of the deerskin, Orion deliberately tore a hole in its ear, and an arrow pierced through it, directly through the brain, and then nailed to the wall behind it.
Orion sneered as he approached the lifeless deer, and when he pulled the bloody arrow from the deer's ear, he glanced at it casually, only to find that the original wall was not so simple, and there seemed to be something hidden in it.
He opened his mouth wide and stared blankly at the wall, although he was in the dark stalactite cave, even with a torch, it was a little difficult to see, but there was clearly a human-height black shadow in the wall.
"Did you find it? That's great! ”
At this moment, the voice of another Orion came from behind Orion, who also followed with a torch at this time, and said happily when he saw the blood on the ground that was slightly congealed because it was too cold, and the deer that had been swallowed by his companion in his hand.
"Hey, don't leave yet, what are you doing there?"
The later hunter was a little strange, the companion in front didn't seem to hear his shout, obviously the deerskin was already in hand, why don't you hurry up and leave this ghost place where the deerskin is frozen, and stand in front of the wall of a dead end?
The previous hunter finally came to his senses, and he stretched out his hand and pointed tremblingly into the wall to show his companions.
"That'...... That ......"
Orion's teeth were still chattering up and down, his words were incomplete, and his face was pale, as if something incredible was hidden inside.
"What?"
Later, Orion also looked a little nervous when he heard this, and he followed his companion's finger to look over, but saw only one wall, and nothing else, so he turned his head and asked impatiently.
"It's just a wall of ice!"
Out of trust in his companion, he put his hand up again, and in an instant a spirit quickly retracted, Mom, it's really cold!
"That'...... That ......"
Who knew that the previous hunter ignored him, still pointing to the ice wall in front of him with a shocked face, his eyes widened, and he continued to speak.
"What the hell is going on?"
Later, Orion glanced at his companions beside him, and was shocked in his heart, he could scare his companions who were not afraid of the sky and the earth like this, it seemed that there must be something terrible in this wall!
Thinking like this, he simply put the torch in his hand in front of the ice wall, and brought his eyes closer to see the ice wall through the light of the torch.
"Huh? Something seems to be in the ice? ”
When he looked at the ice wall through the light of the torch, he found a black shadow in the ice wall, and he couldn't help but stretch out his hand to touch the ice wall at this time.
The torches leaned against the ice wall, gradually melting some of the ice on the surface, and the black shadows inside the ice wall gradually became clearer.
Orion watched in amazement as the dark shadow inside the ice wall gradually appeared in front of him, and with an expression of disbelief on his face, he opened his mouth wide, but could not say anything.
"Wow, ahhhh Ghost...... Hell! The ghost is frozen in ice! ”
It was a long time before the two hunters finally came to their senses, and in a panic they threw away their torches, and did not even bother to take the deerskins they had in their hands, and ran out of the cave in a panic as they screamed.
The torches they threw on the ground had not yet been extinguished, and the bright light of the fire shone on the ice wall, reflecting the shadow of the man inside the ice wall.
It was a tall figure, wearing scarlet armor, with long black hair fluttering, his feet on the rocks, and one arm lightly on his knee.
The most important thing is his eyes, which are a pair of breathtaking crimson eyes, open and looking ahead, as if they have penetrated the ice wall to a distant place,