Chapter 86: A Full Set of Special Hunter Arrows, the Corrosive Blast Magic Arrow

"Is this Knight Jier?" Priest Clark asked.

Jier put away the Long Sword in his hand, his expression turning serious: "That is me. You must be Priest Clark of the Hunting God Church, right? Your subordinates described your appearance to me. Hmph, 'Northlander', you are indeed tall and sturdy."

Jier sized up the priest, who was a head taller and broader than the subordinates behind him. If not for the priest's Robe with the hem tucked up, who would mistake this young man, who looked every bit like a fine Warrior in the making, for a Church Priest?

Priest Clark glared at the three captured Hunter subordinates walking over with their heads bowed, looking at how they wore ordinary clothes that clearly weren't their own, and how, aside from a Hunting Bow without even a Bowstring, most of them didn't even have a Dagger, making them look like weaklings.

Changing his expression, Priest Clark forced a smile onto his lips and judged Jier in return: "I also didn't expect that the young Knight Jier would actually be a, uh, Divine Knight of the Sun God Church?"

This caught him completely by surprise. To avoid being targeted by the Hunting God Church, it wasn't as if no one had thought of temporarily joining another church to make the Hunting God Church hesitate, but what was this situation with a Divine Knight?

Generally speaking, even to evade pursuit by the Hunting God Church, some powerhouses at the Knight Rank would often find ways to join a church with greater influence, but at most, they would just be a Church Knight who had just entered the church.

By risking offending the other party or conducting some exchange of interests, one could always tear away the disguise of a Church Knight from these people.

But the position of Divine Knight was different; this was already a high-level status that involved deep intervention in the internal affairs of a church.

And how could it be possible? Wasn't a Divine Knight a level that Knights could only reach after they were thirty or forty years old, once their Life Energy had undergone a high-level transformation into Divine Power?

According to the intelligence they had obtained, was this Knight Jier even twenty? It seemed he hadn't even reached eighteen!

But as a Church Priest, Priest Clark was very sensitive to the Divine Power of gods. He could feel a clear and vast Sun God Divine Power existing on Jier, and he also saw the Sun God Statue made of a Glowing White Stone on Jier's right belt, which Jier had deliberately displayed.

This item directly proved Jier's official internal status in the Sun God Church, not to mention the two orthodox young Sun God Church priests who were currently hurrying over, standing obediently behind Jier as if they were his subordinates.

"Ha, naturally I am a Divine Knight!" Jier said proudly.

The two Sun God priests behind him had also been briefed beforehand and would not expose Jier's words at this moment.

"Fine, it seems we made some serious errors in our intelligence gathering. This naturally triggered a series of subsequent erroneous actions. I am very sorry, Knight Jier," Priest Clark said.

Jier shrugged, his eyes fixed on the other party, staring straight at him: "Where are you very sorry? I don't quite understand, would you mind reminding me?"

The smile on Priest Clark's lips vanished completely: "Regarding the previous tracking, pursuit, and some suspicions and probes directed at you."

Jier stopped smiling too: "So, sending two Church Hunters to attempt to assassinate me—is that what you call a probe over at the Hunting God Church? I thought I learned my Common Tongue from the goblins in the mountains, but apparently not?"

"I just said, this was because of an error in intelligence, leading to some wrong judgments."

Jier did not hold back, attempting to overwhelm the other party with his presence: "So, can this mistake be brushed aside with just an apology? So easily?"

"Then what do you want?" Priest Clark looked at Jier's face, guessing in his heart what Jier would say next; in fact, he secretly felt relieved.

"I demand compensation, a compensation of sufficient weight."

Jier said it straightforwardly. He didn't want to have too much to do with the Hunting God Church; if they could cooperate as soon as possible to resolve the Alien Evil God and then go their separate ways, that would be best. Therefore, Jier stated this demand for compensation extremely directly.

Priest Clark pointed at the three captured subordinates cowering to the side with awkward smiles: "These three stupid fellows—weren't all the various items on them taken by you? That is already a very substantial compensation. You should know that the various special Arrows used by our Hunting God Church Hunters, including some powerful Magic Arrows, are highly sought after in many places. Even the Bow Knights within various famous Knight Orders have to beg our church to seek those special Arrows."

Jier had not dared to touch the Arrows carried by the three captured Church Hunters, fearing he might accidentally trigger some inconspicuous Magic Arrow and lose his life. The previous Demon Horn Magic Arrow had truly left too deep an impression on Jier.

That was also a rare moment of embarrassment for Jier.

Therefore, Jier slightly raised his chin at this moment and said calmly: "Is that so? But I am not a greedy person. Even though these three approached me with malice, after I captured them, I told them that as long as we reached a cooperation with the Hunting God Church to deal with the Alien Evil God, I would return their weapons and equipment in full."

These words actually left Priest Clark stunned. He looked at his three useless subordinates, and as it turned out, the three of them did indeed nod to confirm this.

Considering that although these three had injuries on their faces and their original clothes were gone, they were still able to carry their respective Hunting Bows—even without the Bowstring.

This provided a certain endorsement for what Jier had said.

"So, what exactly do you want as compensation? In the previous period, I lost two Hunters at your hands."

Priest Clark did not use words like "killed by Jier," because they had inspected that Shulin which had been violently burned, and the judgment they made was that those two Church Hunters had mostly died at the hands of their own Demon Horn Magic Arrow.

Jier smiled: "Simple."

He reached out and pointed at Priest Clark: "I want you to personally compensate me with a set of special Arrows from your Hunting God Church Hunters, including one powerful Magic Arrow."

Hearing this, Priest Clark was silent instead. In fact, he had thought Jier would open his mouth like a lion and demand something excessive, but it was just a set of special Hunter Arrows?

Although a set of Arrows included three Arrows with special functions and one Magic Arrow, for this once-in-a-decade Great Hunt, the numerous Hunters under the three priests had brought plenty of all kinds of Arrows, naturally including various Magic Arrows.

After all, it was a Great Hunt that only came once every many years, and many Church Hunters had geared up and brought out their own trump cards.

Some had inherited Magic Arrows passed down from their elders, some had taken out rare Magic Materials to have them crafted into Magic Arrows in advance, and others had exchanged for powerful Magic Arrows from the church's internal inventory through Hunting merits.

In short, as for Magic Arrows, not every Hunter in this Great Hunt might have one, but at least one in two having one was no problem.

"Fine, I agree."

After Priest Clark thought it through, he immediately agreed: "But after I give the compensation, you must immediately release the captured Hunters, and in the future, you cannot demand compensation or related matters a second time regarding this incident."

"That goes without saying," Jier said.

He appeared generous and didn't ask for much, but his real purpose was to be able to reach a cooperation with the Hunting God Church as soon as possible. Additionally, rather than fumbling around on his own, he wanted to know and master their special Arrows—including the effects and usage methods of the compensated Magic Arrow—through the Hunting God Church's own initiative.

Honestly, when he captured those three Church Hunters, he was truly afraid that if he were not careful while fiddling with those captured Arrows, he would activate some Magic Arrow and blow his entire team to the sky.

If it were another Demon Horn Magic Arrow, they would have nowhere to run in the mountain forest.

By then, except for Jier himself, who could hide in the Lady's Dream, the other subordinates, including the seven church priests temporarily accompanying the team, would all die here.

That would really be a huge disaster.

The compensation Priest Clark gave was actually taken from the weapons and equipment possessed by the three Church Hunters captured by Jier.

Regarding this, the three captured Hunters said nothing; even when the Magic Arrow possessed by one of them was handed over to Jier, that person could only smile bitterly.

This self-deprecating bitter smile was even met with a fierce glare from Priest Clark.

"Here is a Return Arrow. After carrying it on your person for a period of time, it will become familiar with the wearer's aura, and it will be able to automatically return after being shot out by you," Priest Clark said, pointing to a beautiful Arrow with a hollowed-out shape.

This Arrow was made of a lightweight hollowed-out metal, and it looked like it could be used for a long time as long as the arrowhead was frequently removed and replaced.

"Next is a, uh, Viper Poison Arrow. It is obtained by infusing the Spirit of a raised poisonous snake into an Arrow made from the snake's own materials through a ritual. It comes with some toxicity, but you can also add other formula poisons of your choice into the Arrow's poison sac. Because it possesses the Spirit of a poisonous snake, the shot Arrow can track the target within a certain angle and, after hitting the target's flesh, inject the toxins within the Arrow into the target's body."

Priest Clark explained while holding a peculiar Arrow that looked just like the shape of a poisonous snake.

He then added: "This type of Arrow is very useful for Hunting beasts and assassinating powerful enemies. But we mainly use it to hunt beasts with huge bodies. As long as you add some toxins that can make the prey weak into the Arrow's own poison sac, you can turn some powerful beasts and Monsters into targets that Hunters can contend with during a long hunting process."

Jier understood. When encountering a powerful Monster that couldn't be defeated by force, hitting it with this Arrow first to make it continuously weaken for a period of time would turn it into prey that the Hunter could handle.

But this thing didn't quite fit Jier's fighting style. Jier's fighting was very direct; usually, the outcome was decided on the spot, and he didn't need this kind of special Arrow.

But even if he kept it for himself, it could be used as a trading item in the future, so Jier accepted it calmly.

"You might like this one. This is a heavy metal Arrow specifically for armor-piercing. Not only is the shaft heavy, made of a special dense wood, but its arrowhead is forged from a Magic Material metal. It can utilize the special arrowhead shape, as well as its own speed and weight, to directly pierce through the enemy's armor after hitting it, killing the enemy behind the armor. It is also very useful for dealing with some Monsters with sturdy shells. By the river, by the lake, or even by the sea, there are often beasts and Monsters with sturdy shells. Ordinary means are of no use against them; one can only use this kind of Arrow to forcibly pierce the armor and kill them."

Priest Clark held a 'short spear'—no, an Armor-Piercing Heavy Arrow—in both hands and handed it to Jier. This arrow did not belong to the three captured Hunters, but was one Priest Clark had specifically requested from the other Hunters who were following them.

Jier liked this thing very much, but the Soldier Bow he was currently using could not fire this special arrow; the strength was insufficient. He estimated that throwing this arrow by hand would likely be more powerful than firing it with the Soldier Bow.

Finally, Priest Clark took out an inconspicuous arrow from among the captured Hunters' arrows: "This is a Magic Arrow."

Jier twitched the corner of his mouth; he knew his caution and carefulness were useful.

If he had carelessly inspected and used the captured Hunters' belongings, he might have accidentally used this Magic Arrow. If he had ended up killing himself with it, that would have been too unjust.

"What does it do?" Jier asked curiously. For other ordinary special arrows, Jier usually waited for the Priest to explain them voluntarily, but for this Magic Arrow, Jier was very curious and took the initiative to ask.

It was in the shape of a standard arrow, with a green arrowhead that looked like the dissected root of some plant—no, more like an edible piece of green bamboo shoot. The shaft of the arrow was made of entirely white wood, and inside the wooden shaft, there seemed to be some small, shimmering stones embedded.

"Oh, this is a Magic Arrow I made myself, called a Decay Blast Arrow."

Priest Clark pointed to the green, bamboo-shoot-like material of the arrowhead: "Inside this green stone is sealed a powerful Curse, which can cause living things it hits to rot rapidly, especially the area directly struck by the arrowhead. It can take effect on some Monsters with formidable physiques, causing their tough bodies, which originally had no weaknesses, to develop vulnerabilities that are easily damaged. The entire process of Curse-induced decay is very fast and difficult to resist."

Priest Clark then pointed to the small, colorful, glowing stones embedded in the pure white wooden shaft: "These Color-Shining Stones can emit a beautiful colored light when knocked; they are meteorite fragments occasionally found on the vast northern snowfields. After I processed them with Divine Power, they will trigger a violent explosion once activated. Combined with the decay Curse in the front that weakens physical strength, this Magic Arrow can effectively defeat formidable Monster Magic Beasts."

"Strip the armor, drill in, explode—take away the life of a formidable Monster in one go!"

He added at the end: "Of course, one must hit the opponent's body correctly, and the opponent must not have any special abilities."

Hearing that this thing could explode, Jier felt fortunate that he hadn't messed around with these captured arrows.

"Very good stuff, so how do you use it?"

"It's too simple: shout its name, 'Decay Blast Arrow,' and then shoot it. At that moment, whatever the arrowhead touches will immediately trigger the Magic Arrow's effect. Or, you can directly stab the arrowhead heavily into the target, violently breaking the structure of the arrowhead; both methods can directly activate this Magic Arrow."

Jier took the Magic Arrow and carefully put it away.

Seeing Jier handle and store the Magic Arrow so cautiously, Priest Clark felt secret disdain.

He had personally made over fifty Magic Arrows himself, so he naturally knew that the vast majority of Magic Arrows were very safe, let not mention that this one was made by his own hands.

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