Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1303 1275. Iai Slash

I don’t know when sporadic raindrops began to fall in the dark sky.

These raindrops fell on the already humid small fishing village, and fell on a pair of ferocious and old-fashioned armor.

That was the first time in this chaotic and blood-mad land that Lan En revealed his full face that had been hidden under the hood and cloak!

Although Maria, who was by the Demon Hunter's side, was the one who had been in contact with the Demon Hunter for the longest time, she was still almost distracted by it at this time.

She vaguely knew before that that Lan En should be wearing a set of defensive equipment that was very different from that of today's Yharnam hunters.

That was a common armor style on the market before the rise of gunpowder weapons and the high-speed fighting style of hunters.

But she never expected that this armor would be so wild and violent!

The main materials of [Smaug] are the scales and skin of the Lonely Mountain Dragon, mixed with the thick black skin of the Tyrannosaurus, the master of the Mist Nest.

The evil spirit of the dragon and the violent aura that belong to the essence of monsters remain on it. The first impression of this set of armor is that it is like a terrifying thing forged from the bones of death!

Cold and cruel.

It was different from the silent and dead temperament brought about by the windbreakers and three-cornered hats commonly worn by hunters in Yharnam.

And no matter how unique and beautiful this armor was in Maria's eyes, it was still not as shocking as the person wearing the armor at this moment.

Lan En's figure was completely revealed under the armor.

The figure and body proportions that seemed to have been finely polished seemed to be incompatible with the weird world in front of her.

Full of natural and refined beauty.

Lan En's expression and temperament at this time gave this beauty a cruel aura.

Even the murderous intention can be so beautiful.

After the situation took an irreversible turn, Lan En and Maria, who were originally standing together, turned half of their bodies in a silent and tacit understanding almost at the same moment.

The original position of standing side by side became standing facing each other.

And in the vacant seat between the two of them.

"Stab!!"

A terrifying and ferocious black shadow suddenly jumped from the ground between the two of them!

Like a very hungry python strangling its prey!

The black shadow streaked straight from bottom to top across the muddy ground covered with dark sedimentary water.

The sound it makes can almost be called ‘tearing’!

The shallow layer of water on the ground splashed up under the violent destructive force, at least one person high!

The traces on the ground plowed out by the shadows even brought out dry sand from an unknown depth of the earth!

The sand was wet with rain the moment it was brought out, but the terrifying black shadow continued to lengthen.

It was only a moment before Lan En and Maria turned around in unison.

The long and ferocious black shadow passed by a small fishing village house sixteen or seventy meters away behind the two of them.

The load-bearing pillars of the house, which was reinforced with barnacles and various marine crawling creatures, seemed to have been suddenly gnawed by a dark shadow.

There was a crisp 'click' sound and it was completely broken.

Then the whole house crookedly collapsed.

After dodging with extremely small but efficient movements, Maria's slender legs were instantly wrapped in spiral wind.

There was a soft sound of 'swish', and the [Acceleration Technique], which was lighter than Lan En's movement, made her disappear like blue smoke, and then suddenly appeared three meters away horizontally.

And the black shadow, whose destructive power and attack range were astonishing, also passed by the position where Maria was standing while retracting.

Then, amid the dissatisfied and longing gasps of the old hunter, the house gradually collapsed into the water and the movement of the muddy ground.

Amidst the sound of "Scan Lang Lang", the black shadow retracted into the old hunter's hand.

It was only then that the entire shape of this transforming weapon was fully revealed in front of Lan En.

It turned out that the machete that looked broad and heavy in the old hunter's hand could really break all the segmented lines on it!

There are tough rope links between the large blades. After activating the mechanism and swinging it, it becomes a heavy and sharp whip with a wide attack range!

Lan En could tell that this design idea should be the same as the [Threaded Cane] he got a long time ago.

But in the 'future' Yanan, the threaded cane has become a light and delicate weapon, and this 'prototype' reveals the **** smell of brutality and dissatisfaction with desire.

When hunting, this kind of weapon will make the user extremely miserable, as if his whole body has been sprinkled with blood.

But maybe this kind of 'miserability' is exactly what the old hunters long for.

"roar!"

The three old hunters present have all turned into beasts, and the one holding the [Beast Cutting Knife] is not the only one who takes action!

"Bang!"

The old hunter seemed to have lost the ability to speak in his deformed throat, and could only let out an animalistic growl. The mercury bullets spurted out from the hunter's trumpet gun, scattered into a large piece and sprayed out.

Maria, who had just dodged the chain blade, looked stern under her three-cornered hat, and used the [Acceleration Technique] for the second time in an instant to avoid being covered by the shotgun. As for the third old hunter, he bared his teeth and grinned, drooling from the corners of his mouth just like the lycanthropy patients he usually hunted.

Unable to restrain his impulse, he cut off the last fish-man's head with a large folding knife like a crescent moon in his hand, and rushed towards the giant fish-man who was going crazy over this.

In the battle with the Yharnam hunters, their high-speed and crisp fighting style will inevitably force them to the same level.

After all, if you can't keep up with these hunters, the only option is to die.

Fortunately, Lan En can keep up! even

Stronger!

"rub!"

Just like Maria, the demon hunter suddenly turned into smoke due to the sudden increase in movement ability, and reappeared in front of the old hunter!

In the high-speed fighting style, the [Beast Cutter] in the hands of the old hunter on the opposite side still had sparks generated by the friction of the mechanical structure after the weapon deformed.

Under the wide-brimmed hat, those eyes that had become turbid like mercury showed no panic or fear.

The old hunter, who had turned into a beast, no longer had these emotions.

It just wants blood!

Lan En is also preparing to give it 'blood'!

"roar!"

The old hunter's deformed throat came out with a vague but disgusting roar.

Facing the demon hunter who rushed forward while the weapon was deformed, the old hunter's long hunting career allowed his body to respond instinctively.

The hunter's musket in his left hand raised the muzzle from his waist.

Just like the rapid shooting method of Western cowboys, the triggering is completed based on the feel of the hand instead of aiming.

The target is Lan En's head!

And because he has been dealing with tenacious and weird beasts all year round, the old hunter's temporary reaction in a moment was more than that.

When the muzzle of the gun was positioned, the beast cutting knife in his right hand had also completely deformed, returning to the appearance of a heavy machete.

At this distance, it's just right.

He was holding the machete that had been retracted and the interface fixed, and he looked like he was about to pull it from bottom to top.

Muscles and bones twisted and strengthened by lycanthropy, deformed weapons capable of fighting beasts, abundant experience, and skilled skills.

If this knife were to be cut out, the jagged steel barbs on the blade would probably be able to scrape off dozens of kilograms of flesh and blood from a person at once!

However, it faced Lan En.

The demon hunter looked at the other party calmly with his amber vertical pupils.

Under the dim lighting conditions, these slightly glowing vertical pupils did not even tilt slightly toward the old hunter's already moving hands.

"Bang!"*2

The firing sound of the hunter's musket almost overlaps with another sound!

In addition to the muzzle flame that the old hunter raised from his waist, a flame suddenly burst out from the side of Lan En's head.

[Quen's Seal]!

The seal released close to the body was triggered by the impact of the outside world, and the impact of chaotic magic force exploded outward in the opposite direction, deflecting the mercury bullets and shooting out.

The brightness of the golden chaos magic shield that suddenly appeared on the demon hunter suddenly dimmed a lot.

But no matter what, Lan En was not affected at all in this moment of confrontation.

As for the old hunter who had begun to transform into a beast, the series of actions just now were just the instinctive reactions of his body.

It is now brainless and unable to respond to situations beyond its instinctive reactions.

So after the shot in his left hand missed, the beast cutting knife in his right hand did not change its intention at all after the accident, and continued to move towards Lan En's side.

But Lan En himself had already bent down slightly.

His left hand was holding Arondette's scabbard at his waist, and his right hand was holding the handle of the knife.

The knife was not unsheathed, but it seemed to be waiting for the opponent to attack first.

And indeed it is.

Because the moment the old hunter's black serrated blade slashed over! A subtle angle and a subtle timing!

A clear silver light appeared first in the gloomy rainy night.

"Pong!"

Compared with the normal sound of swords clashing, this sound is very unique and slightly dull.

Because this time, the original intention of the blades clashing was not ‘wrestling’!

Lan En maintained the stance of drawing his sword, but the target of the blade he slashed was not the enemy's body.

—It's his weapon!

[Combat Technique·Iai Slash]!