Demon Hunter and His Cabin-Chapter 195 - Core Area (6)
Chapter 195: Chapter 195: Core Area (6)
Chapter 195: Chapter 195: Core Area (6)
Roger sprinted all the way, following Joseph’s escape route, climbing over two mountains. He gradually slowed his pace, finding an open vantage point nearby, and after climbing up, he looked down.
In the distance, surrounded by rocks, a semi-enclosed structure was formed, with two tall lookout towers built at the gap.
Extending inward were two rows of stone houses, and at the end of the road, Roger also saw a huge cave nearly 10 meters tall.
“How do the people from the Voodoo Association get in and out of here?”
In the previous battle, Roger had no choice but to fight without holding back, so naturally, there were no survivors to interrogate.
Based on the direction Joseph and his group had taken, Roger could deduce that this was probably the core area of the Voodoo Association.
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But the question now was whether he should risk entering this place.
Before the pursuit, Roger thought they were still near Rivervalley Town. If luck was on his side, he could have wiped out the Voodoo Association members.
He could have taken advantage of the time difference to leave Bordeaux before the Voodoo Association found him, but now he was trapped in the Cursed Land, and leaving wasn’t going to be so easy.
“Should I try my luck on the mountain near the factory?”
Roger quickly dismissed this idea of simply taking a chance, as time was still on his side.
He had dealt with all of the Voodoo Association members on his way here.
The news probably hadn’t made it back yet, and from the conversation between Joseph and Arlo earlier, Arlo seemed to be the temporary person in charge here, and now Arlo was dead.
The entire core area should be in a somewhat empty state, and with a little caution, there might be a chance to escape.
After considering for a while, Roger decided to act immediately.
As for Tangde’s people, he could not afford to worry about them for now.
Going back and forth aside from whether he could find them, there was also the possibility of losing the chance to leave because of the time discrepancy.
Once he left here, he could notify the Hunter Association.
After thinking it over, a thought suddenly popped into his mind, and he stealthily slid down from the height, camouflaging his figure as he ran back the way he came.
It wasn’t long before he saw a wandering figure in a forest, with a pale face and a vacant stare—it was Gale, who had been taken away by the Voodoo Association not long ago.
In the process of pursuit, the one controlling Gale had been killed by Roger, and unexpectedly, after so much time, Gale was still lingering in the same place.
Stripping the clothes from a nearby corpse, Roger quickly changed into them and, with a simple disguise, he led Gale to the core area.
To improve his eyesight, he had also taken a dose of the Night Cat Potion. It was only when he got closer that Roger realized there were no guards in the lookout towers at the gap.
Thinking about it, he could understand why.
This was a standalone enclosed area where only members of the Voodoo Association moved about. As for monsters, at least for the time being, Roger hadn’t encountered a single one.
So the purpose of the two lookout towers was more about patrolling than surveillance.
The moment the two figures appeared, they quickly caught the attention of a few people.
“Is Miss Arlo and her group back?”
Someone asked loudly.
“There’s been a bit of a situation, Miss Arlo and the others are at the back, they told me to bring this seed back first,” said Roger, with his head down, trying to lower his voice.
Within the Voodoo Association, women often held a higher status, with men like Joseph being the minority to reach high positions.
“What happened?”
The three people in the distance stopped, looking at Roger with some confusion.
Roger tugged at the hood over his head and coughed a few times. “What are you dawdling for?”
“There’s a big problem over there. For some reason, several Demon Hunters have broken in, right near Wolff’s factory.”
“What?!”
Upon hearing Roger’s words, everyone’s face changed dramatically, and the news successfully diverted their attention.
“Bordeaux Factory?”
“Is it the newly assimilated district?”
“If that’s the case, it’s quite possible!”
One of the women gestured to Roger, “Hand over that seed to someone else and come with me. Tell me what exactly happened?”
“We need to organize our defenses and send support to Miss Arlo!”
With that, she headed toward the core area.
“When I left, the fight was still ongoing. The intruders who stumbled in possessed extraordinary strength. Miss Arlo ordered me to return to reality immediately and report the incident!”
Roger followed the woman, speaking urgently.
The two remaining people took Gale away while the other seemed to want to say something as he watched Roger’s retreating figure, but he was quickly called away by a companion.
Roger broke out in cold sweat, his eyes darting around the area.
The two who were walking fast arrived at the entrance of a stone house, and the woman leading, upon hearing Roger’s words, paused slightly.
“Leave?”
“Miss Arlo asked you to leave this place?”
Sensing the woman’s confusion, Roger inwardly cursed at the unfortunate turn.
“Only Miss Arlo knows how to leave this place. How could she possibly give such an order?”
Before she could finish, the woman at the door seemed to realize something, but then a strong force hit her, and a large hand covered her mouth, slamming her whole body into the room!
The woman in his arms struggled violently as Roger knocked her unconscious at the back of her neck, and he took the chance to survey the room’s layout.
The stone house was built against the hillside, with three sides made up of huge boulders, and the other side directly connected to the mountain wall.
There was nothing in the room, no arrays or portals that Roger had expected. As he was distracted, a whoosh came to his ears.
A sharp axe grazed past him and chopped into the ground. Roger leaped to the side as four hulking men, as tall as Iron Towers, emerged from a corner of the room.
Unlike the Voodoo Zombies Roger had seen before, these four were clearly stronger and each wore thick armor, with weapons exceeding 1.5 meters in length.
Without saying a word, they slowly surrounded him, apparently recognizing Roger’s identity.
Even a single one of those men would be a challenge, let alone four. Even if he could kill them, the noise from the fight would surely draw the attention of others.
Suddenly getting an idea, Roger quickly grabbed the woman lying on the ground and positioned her in front of him. His body turned slowly, and the four muscular Voodoo Zombies seemed to lose sight of their target.
“It must be some kind of spell creating a mark that allows them to easily distinguish between members of the Voodoo Association and intruders.”
But because of this, the two of them pressed closely together, causing the zombies’ perception to become confused.
Carefully moving, Roger’s dagger now appeared in his hand, its sharp blade pressed against the witch’s throat.
Blood flowed, and the unconscious witch woke up.
“Tell me how to get out of here, or else…”
Roger pressed slightly harder, his voice cold and threatening.
