Book 2: Chapter 38:The First Law of the Hunt (1)

Book 2: Chapter 38:The First Law of the Hunt (1)

Cale had never used the Fire of Destruction beyond its maximum level until now.

However, he did it today.

He had used twenty five times the maximum level today.

Its not here.

Y, you're right.

Its not here.

The tree is not here.

The vines and trunk of the black tree that was even larger than the Lords Castle was not there.

The roots were naturally not there either.

The lake isnt here either.

There was a large pit with Cale at the center.

Whether it was the lake, the black tree, or its vines

Nothing was here.

I was planning on leaving a portion of the black tree.

He was also planning on leaving some of the lake's water.

He was thinking about taking the two things back to Marquis Helson to investigate.

I, I've never burned anything like this either.

The cheapskate could not hide the shock in his voice.

Cale.

However, that shock slowly disappeared and the Fire of Destructions voice started to be filled with excitement.

Cale, if it is like this, I think that we can burn up all of the dead mana in this world! What do you say? Let's go burn it all up right now!

Cale ignored the comments of the cheapskate who sounded like he had gone a bit crazy. He thought that the cheapskates eyes would have rolled over if he saw him right now.

It feels a bit off.

The cheapskates words oddly sounded a bit off.

Cale did his best to ignore it and looked around once again.

Dawn is arriving.

Now that the dark cloud with the fiery thunderbolt had disappeared from the sky

The sky that had only revealed itself around the lake was completely visible all around now.

That was how much Cale's fiery thunderbolt had swallowed the dead mana in the area.

The sky that had stars shining down was slowly turning from black to dark blue as dawn arrived. It would soon be morning after that.

Hmm.

Cale lowered his head and looked down now.

Its white.

The black sand was gone and white sand had replaced them.

It is not the original sand color. It is probably because it lost its color after being polluted by dead mana for so long.

The cheapskate clicked his tongue in pity.

At least it is pretty.

Cale looked around. A couple hundred meters, no, basically everywhere Cale could see now had white sand.

There would probably be black sand again if he traveled a couple kilometers, but at least everything he could see right now had sand without dead mana.

Is that why the pit is so visible?

The large pit that was at least a couple dozen meters in length was even larger than the lake.

The ground is white too.

The ground where the lake had been was white too.

Dig. Dig.

Cale used the tip of his shoe to dig into the ground.

The white sand gently broke and scattered.

Swoooooooosh-

Cale even covered his foot with the Sound of the Wind and started to dig more.

Cale was standing at the deepest spot of the pit. Thanks to that, he could see some dirt with the original color of the ground after digging for a bit.

Thats a relief.

The Super Rock, who had been silent, chimed in.

It looks like the Xiaolen World still has some room to recover.

Cales mouth opened.

Will it grow if I plant a World Tree?

Ah, are you talking about that fake World Tree?

The fake World Tree that Cale had used Embrace on in the Eastern continent's Molden Palace basement to bring with him

Ring ring!

Cale suddenly heard a cheerful noise coming from his pocket.

The sound was coming from the mirror divine item that the God of Death had given him.

It sounded like the ringtone when someone sent a message, but Cale completely ignored it.

Its obviously going to be from Xiaolen. This place, this world is probably trying to contact me.

If not, it was probably the God of Death.

No.

It could be his highness too. Cale turned away from Eruhaben's gold shield and cautiously pulled the mirror out.

It would be bad if the Black Bloods learned about this divine item.

< A message has arrived from the Xiaolen world. >

< - Get another mine and... [See more of the message]>

Cale put the divine item back in his pocket without any hesitation. It was a message he did not need to pay any attention to right now.

Dont you need to check that?

One corner of Cale's lips twisted up at the Super Rock's question.

I'm not the one who is in a rush.

It was this world that was in a rush right now.

Honestly speaking, Cale had his doubts about something regarding this world.

I cant help but feel iffy about it.

The rewards that Xiaolen has offered him, including the magic stones mien

Would he be able to properly receive them in a world so seriously polluted by dead mana?

Cales trust in it was even less because this was the first world that the God of Death brought him to help.

It was because he felt that similar people would hang out together.

But I need to get everything I'm supposed to get.

Even better if I get more than I am promised.

Cale was ignoring the message for that reason.

It looks like it is pretty much finished for now.

He at least finished taking care of the monster.

Cale turned around and headed toward the gold shield. The whirlwinds were gone from his ankles as he headed out of the pit.

It feels a bit empty now that everything was burnt away.

He heard the cheapskate's voice.

The lake was pretty.

The cheapskate must be having a lot of lingering impressions as he was quite talkative unlike his usual self.

Cale thought about the lake that had surrounded the black tree monster.

Heni Wishrop did not do anything, but even their short interaction was enough to feel the amount of respect she had for the purifier.

It's him.

The purifier really was the leader.

It was to the point that even Marquis Helsons close confidant knelt down on one knee and bowed her head.

But I guess it only makes sense for him to be the leader.

Mineh had quite the excessive expression on her face as she glared at the purifier but her mind was calm.

She had no choice.

Although it was less visible because she was tightly bound by the gold mana rope, her fingertips had been shaking while looking at the bundle of light earlier.

Even the patriarch-nim probably cant use that kind of power.

Her grandfather, the Huayans patriarch, was the strongest person she knew in this world.

However, even her grandfather could not create such a bundle of light.

Most importantly, it destroyed the dead mana and purified the area around it.

The purifier would be revered as the savior of the world if his existence was revealed to the world.

Mineh kept her eyes on the purifier and observed him nonstop.

Where did such a person come from? Is he someone the Church of the Fire of Purification has raised?

Does he really have the power of a god?

In that case, what will happen to this world?

This person looks like he will be an enemy of the House of Huayans. How do we face such a person?

Most importantly, how do I inform grandfather about this?

Mineh watched the purifier nodding his head at Heni Wishrop saying she was okay as all sorts of thoughts filled her mind.

I'm glad that everybody is fine.

The purifier leisurely said that before moving his hand.

Almost as if he was about to pick up a teacup His movements were extremely relaxed and unrestrained as if he was doing something obvious.

Ugh!

He then grabbed someone's hood with his hand and pulled it back.

Shit!

Minehs eyes opened wide.

The purifier had pulled someone's hood to reveal his face.

Why that person-?!

Mineh felt an unexplainable sense of anxiety.

The purifier stoically looked at the face of the First Imperial Prince's other helper, the person that others did not pay much attention to this whole time.

The helper of the House of Huayans

The person who came from the Central Plains

Ugh!

The man whose head was pulled back because Cale pulled the hood looked at Cale with anxious eyes.

As I expected.

The corners of Cales lips curled up.

Hey Cale, the First Imperial Prince's last helper doesn't show any closeness to the First Imperial Prince.

The team leader, who had continuously gathered information for them in the Imperial Palace and at the Lords Castle, had said that to him.

He does seem close to the first young lady though. We probably should confirm his identity.

Choi Han's eyes opened wide after looking at the helpers face.

Black yes, black hair!

Furthermore, an appearance that made him think of Korea or Asia in general.

Cale moved his other hand. He then pushed the man's robe to one side.

He could see the top that the man was wearing.

The crest on his chest

Ha, haha-

Cale started to laugh.

He thought that he needed to look further into the mans identity, but there was no need to do so anymore.

"What the hell? There is no way I wouldnt know after seeing this.

Cale saw some letters that should not exist in Xiaolen or the world that Cale lives in.

Cale spoke to the man who was getting anxious.

Which world did you come from?

What?

Through the anxious people who did not understand what he meant

The anxious helper and Mineh Only the two of them stiffened up.

Hmm. Lets see. Should I make a guess?

Cale asked as he smiled.

You came from the Central Plains, right?

Cale had read a lot about the Central Plains through wuxia novels.

In many wuxia novels, there was an organization in addition to the Demon Cult that was described as an organization of crazed believers. In some instances, they were expressed as an even worse organization than the Demon Cult.

His smile became even brighter.

Youre part of the Blood Cult.

Blood.

This Hunter's shirt has a red Chinese character for blood () on the chest.

Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk had said the following to Cale.

The Blood Cult.

One of the Hunter households was the Blood Cult of the Central Plains.

Cale pointed at that character and laughed in disbelief.

Cale truly found this to be funny. Who knew that the enemy would be walking around so openly?

No, this, no, how-

On the other hand, the enemy did not expect this at all.

There should be nobody in this world who recognized this character.

The glorious position of going to another dimension

The Blood cultist who rose to that position would have the character for blood on their chest to maintain their identity.

It did not matter since nobody would recognize the character.

The helper looked at the purifier, someone who had recognized a character that nobody should recognize in Xiaolen, with shaking pupils.

Cale let out a short laugh.

Are you stupid? How could you make it so obvious?

Cale gently patted the Blood Cultist on the back as if he pitied him.

Who are you?!

Mineh almost screeched in astonishment at that moment and Cale looked at her with the smile gone from his face.

Me?

Cale debated for a moment before responding without any hesitation.

The Hunter who hunts Hunters.

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