Game: I'm a Hunter in the Blood Curse World

call!

Without a second thought, Van En's mind was solely focused on the word "chop," and he naturally swung his meat saw.

Unexpectedly, the dark figure was very agile and small in size, and it darted away from Van En's leg in an instant.

Having missed his target, Vann was about to give chase when he saw the dark figure stop two meters away, its fur standing on end, and it barked at Vann:

"ha!"

"Huh?" Fan En stared at the little gadget breathing on him, hardly believing his eyes.

Is it really that bold?

Or am I not scary enough with my blood-soaked body and fierce expression?

Fan En was almost amused by his own amusement, and muttered as he looked at the black cat with green eyes:

"Little thing, you've got guts."

"Wow! It's a kitten!"

Katya's eyes lit up when she saw the little black cat, and she went to hug it.

"Be careful!"

Vann grabbed Katya and said:

"Whether you're a cat or a person, this is all in a blood mist, be careful!"

"Huh?" Katya looked at the little black cat and asked in confusion:

"This kitten is so small, I feel like I could strangle it with one hand!"

Van En was somewhat speechless, thinking to himself:

So you, Katya, are the real devil!

Just then, the little black cat meowed at Vann, sniffed in Katya's direction, and then quickly walked up to the "Living Yama".

It lay down on Katya's feet, sniffed the girl's scent, and then immediately stood up, tugging at Katya's skirt with its paws and meowing eagerly.

"Oh my! The kitten is so cute!"

Katya was about to hug it when the little black cat suddenly jumped aside, slipped into the gap of the iron gate, poked its head out, and meowed at Katya.

"Huh?" Katya didn't understand what the cat meant and turned to look at Van.

"Come on, this cat is going to guide us!"

Vann took Katya's hand and stepped forward, following the little black cat into Maple Leaf Castle.

As soon as he entered, Fan En smelled a nauseating stench, and his feet felt sticky.

In his hunter's view, this room, which was at most 70 square meters, was like a meat grinder.

Long, haphazard objects hung from the ceiling and walls, some dripping a viscous liquid, making the room look like a spider's nest.

click!

Katya lit the silver blood lamp, and Vann finally saw what those 'spider webs' were.

Those were human large and small intestines, hanging here like colorful ribbons used in festival celebrations, with withered hearts, livers, spleens, and lungs hanging from them.

Judging from the furnishings inside, it appears to be a kitchen.

Van En frowned. Having grown somewhat accustomed to such cruel scenes, he found them utterly vulgar and brutal.

But Katya, who was next to her, couldn't hold it in after puffing out her cheeks twice and bent over to vomit.

As Fan En patted the girl's back, he suddenly remembered the term "spiritual vision" and thought to himself:

Even though I don't possess spiritual vision and can't glimpse the truth of this world, I didn't react much to seeing such a cruel scene...

"A beast... showing no fear in the face of bloodshed and the bizarre, even feeding on bloody things—that's quite fitting!"

What kind of hunters are the Hearst family?

Vann was more interested in his profession as a blood hunter and the Hearst family, a secretive but powerful clan.

Meow~

When Van En heard the cat meowing, he looked diagonally ahead and found the black cat crouching in a small, clean spot in the passageway.

'This cat is extraordinary too; just like Lao Ba, it shows no fear of the blood mist.' Fan En realized, noticing a strange attraction in the little black cat's eerie green eyes.

When the little black cat saw Vann staring at it, it turned around and continued forward along the corridor.

Van En helped Katya, who was starting to vomit acid, and followed the little black cat.

The passage was pitch black, and the blood mist, like venomous snakes, would emerge from various cracks.

Katya's silver blood lamp could only illuminate a range of about 5 meters.

However, the strange black cat would occasionally turn around and meow softly as a reminder, and its green eyes were the best signpost.

After passing through a corridor more than ten meters long, Vann and Katya passed a servant's room and then arrived at a reception room in Maple Leaf Castle.

Along the way, Van En, using his hunter's vision, discovered three times that the surrounding area was filled with packs of wild beasts.

Behind one of the magnificent gates, the number of wild beasts is even more incalculable.

He asked Katya and learned that the main hall of Maple Leaf Castle, which covers an area of ​​over a thousand square meters, was right outside the door.

Vann thought of Lauda's words after she was blown up—that the pack of beasts had rushed in from the main hall of the castle—and had no intention of clearing them out.

The most important thing now is to go to the tower at the top of the castle to rescue Sir Francis and get clues from him about the mission to expel the blood mist.

Katya had recovered by this time, but the girl's face was pale and her stomach growled twice.

But she had no appetite whatsoever and refused Van En's somewhat wicked attempt to feed her.

It has to be said that this girl made a wise decision this time.

Upon arriving at the reception room, Katya was so disgusted by the scene that she began to vomit again.

Van En glanced around and found that the level of gore here was rather ordinary, except for a burnt smell in the air.

Apart from the seven or eight shriveled carcasses of wild beasts, there were only three armored soldier corpses.

Two of the three soldiers had already been torn into five or six pieces by wild beasts.

The limbs, head, and body were all separated.

But strangely, Vann discovered that there was no flesh or blood in the separated arm armor, helmet, leg armor, and greaves.

Apart from some inconspicuous black ash, these disassembled suits of armor were eerily clean, with very few traces of wild animal bites.

The only piece of armor that was still relatively intact was kneeling in front of the reception room door, leaning on a knight's longsword.

The strangest area in this reception room was near this valiant soldier.

The luxurious carpet, the nearby white wooden furniture, and even the front door behind him all looked as if they had been burned.

The armor of the soldier who died faithfully at the gate was cracked by the fire, and many parts were melted, but the exterior was relatively clean.

Seeing this scene, Van En asked in surprise:

"This feeling is like fire burning from inside the armor... a spell? A self-destruct device? Or some strange arcane magic? Or perhaps that strange man in the black robes with the green torch?"

Another bizarre scene left Vann completely baffled, and he then began searching for the even stranger black cat.

Unexpectedly, the black cat that had been leading the way had unknowingly run up behind him and Katya and was now squatting on a vase stand, licking its fur.

"Meow!"

When the black cat saw Vann looking at it, it stretched out a paw and waved it towards the door of the reception room.

Should we go first?

Van En frowned, finding something strange.

Just then, he suddenly heard a series of clicking and scraping sounds.

"Lord Van En! That...that soldier..."

Katya's scream made Vann turn his head immediately.

He looked at the 'soldier' ​​who had already stood up in front of the gate, and saw him holding his knight's sword upright against his chest. He understood why the black cat hadn't stepped forward.

Click! Click!

A red glow emanated from the soldier's duckbill helmet. He took a step forward with his left leg and charged at Vann, sword in hand.