Chapter 164 The Otaku Hunter

Most demon hunters living in the Northern Lands lead lives similar to combat monks: they don't have their own houses but live in various temples or military camps, and Bai Huo is no exception. She lives deep within this Frost Temple – after being adopted by Hasson, this ancient ice hall became her home.

Under Hasson's leadership, Hao Ren and his party arrived at Bai Huo's residence, deep within the temple, in front of a seemingly ancient oak door. The door and the surrounding Gothic columns revealed the vicissitudes of thousands of years, and although the temple wasn't dark, these things inevitably gave people a deep and oppressive feeling. Hao Ren stood in front of the door, looking at the mottled marks on the door, feeling it hard to associate this place with a "maiden's boudoir".

He had contacted Bai Huo several times, but didn't know her well. Now this was his first time coming to her residence, and his first impression was "hermit": a girl who was born and raised in the Demon Hunter Order, who had received strict combat training and indoctrination from an early age, and lived a completely ascetic life. He put his hand on the heavy oak door, and it was as cold as the ice field.

"No wonder she said she didn't like this place, it's cold and boring," Hao Ren muttered to Vivian next to him, and gently knocked on the door.

After a long time, a somewhat lazy voice came from the room: "Who is it? The door isn't locked, come in..."

Hao Ren pushed gently, and the door opened in response. The next moment he felt that he might have opened the wrong door: the scene opposite the door stunned him!

A huge display cabinet stood against the wall directly opposite the door, filled with various figurines and manga magazines, and the floor of the room was messily piled with magazines and food packaging. A single bed was placed in one corner of the room, and no one knew how long the bed hadn't been cleaned. The sheets were almost squeezed into a corner in an abstract art style. In the other corner of the room, there was a large 50-inch LCD TV connected to a PS4 game console, and a petite girl in a cartoon robe was sitting cross-legged on the ground playing games. She had her back to the door, so her face couldn't be seen, but a waterfall of silver hair cascaded down her shoulders.

The girl didn't turn her head when she heard the movement at the door, she just waved her hand: "Close the door, it's too cold."

Hasson, who came with Hao Ren and the others, couldn't stand it anymore and coughed twice: "Ahem, Bai Huo, you have guests..."

Bai Huo, who was busy playing games, reacted suddenly. She jumped three feet high and rushed to the door: "Ah!"

Hao Ren finally closed his mouth at this time. He stared, took half a step back, and posed in a defensive stance towards the silver-haired girl in front of him who was wearing a cartoon pajamas, with dark circles under her eyes, uncombed hair, unwashed face, and potato chip crumbs on the corner of her mouth: "Who comes?!"

Bai Huo jumped again, her face changed several times in an instant: "Hao... Ren? You... Why are you here?"

The girl remembered that she had sworn allegiance to Hao Ren, so she quickly changed to honorifics: don't look at her appearance now, but she is still quite reliable. However, Hao Ren couldn't feel her reliability at all. He stared at the girl for a long time before finally confirming that this was Bai Huo, and instantly felt like he had walked into the wrong timeline: "Could it be that you have also been possessed by the will of the gods..."

It's no wonder that Hao Ren reacted like this. In Bai Huo's current state, apart from the signature silver hair, is there any trace of transcendence?

Bai Huo was confused: "Will of the gods? What will of the gods?"

Vivian quietly took two steps back and asked Hasson in a serious tone: "Is she usually like this?"

"Ah... she's been like this since she was a child... No, she wasn't like this when she was very young, because humans hadn't invented game consoles at that time," Hasson looked like he had lost all hope in life, obviously he had known this would happen, "She has liked manga since she was very young."

Lily stared for a long time, and finally blurted out: "But this style is wrong."

Hao Ren and Vivian said in unison: "Shut up! You're the only one here who isn't qualified to say that!"

Bai Huo had recovered from the initial shock at this time. She quickly let Hao Ren into the room, but quickly pushed him out again: "Please wait a moment, I'll go change my clothes..."

Hao Ren hadn't reacted yet when he was pushed out of the door, and then the heavy and ancient oak door slammed shut from the inside. To be honest, after the door was closed, he instantly breathed a sigh of relief: after separating the mess in the room, he felt that the style was much more normal just by looking at the old wooden door...

Bai Huo changed clothes quickly. Hao Ren had just sighed for less than half a minute when the door opened again, and then the genius girl demon hunter reappeared in front of everyone in high spirits. She changed back into a black combat suit, her hair was neatly tied into a single ponytail, and the snack crumbs on the corner of her mouth were also cleaned up. Apart from the dark circles under her eyes, Bai Huo basically completely recovered her usual image – even the sharp and crisp temperament completely returned. But Hao Ren could still see the tragic room behind her, and the eye-catching "gameover" on the 50-inch TV.

Bai Huo followed Hao Ren's gaze and glanced back, and suddenly exclaimed in a low voice: "Ah! I didn't save!"

Everyone: "..."

"Uh, I didn't expect you to usually..." Hao Ren's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but mutter, "Damn it, what about the ascetic woman in the ice castle..."

Bai Huo's ears were very sharp, and she smiled with a bit of embarrassment: "Well... Who said that demon hunters can't have personal entertainment?"

Hao Ren rubbed his forehead. He realized that Bai Huo had said this sentence more than once, and the last time she said this sentence was after everyone knew that she usually liked to read manga – at that time, Hao Ren already felt that his impression of demon hunters had collapsed once, but this time, obviously he was more impacted.

He also had a deeper understanding of Bai Huo's words...

"Life on the ice field is very boring," Bai Huo seemed to have changed her aura all of a sudden after changing back into her combat uniform. She smiled slightly, her tone calm, "It's far away from the prosperous world, there are no shopping malls or parks, and basically every day is just combat training and gnawing on ancient books. Other than that, you can only stay in the fortress – do you think you can find other ways to have fun in this situation? And I don't like going out with them to hunt seals."

Hao Ren thought about it and found himself speechless.

At this time, Lily's attention had shifted to other places: "Speaking of which, I didn't expect you to be able to get these things here... Do you have someone who specializes in purchasing game consoles and magazines for the base?"

"It's not specifically purchasing these things, but the field personnel who are responsible for purchasing supplies from the human world will help us bring some things by the way. I'm already very worry-free. A game console is not a big item – Elder Andahr once asked someone to bring back a circus, and I don't know how it was dealt with later."

Hao Ren: "..."

He instantly had a higher level of understanding of the demon hunters! Putting aside everything else, he suddenly felt that these guys were much more human...

Bai Huo noticed that the atmosphere at the scene was a bit subtle, so she quickly changed the subject: "So, do you have something to ask me?"

Hao Ren was stunned, and then quickly corrected his stray thoughts: "It's like this, we need to conduct an in-depth investigation of Corpus – we need you to be our guide."

"Investigation?" Bai Huo was a little curious, "Didn't you investigate a lot of things before? What did you find recently?"

She roughly knew about Hao Ren's "work", so she had already guessed something at this moment.

"We found a situation of 'parasitism' by the will of the gods on a demon hunter who returned from Corpus," Hao Ren said bluntly, "Now we suspect that there is still more divine power lurking in Corpus – they may have been suppressed by that dark sword before, but now the seal is loosening, and these things are probably coming out."

Vivian added from the side: "That 'will of the gods' itself is friendly, but its level is too high, and mortals will be in danger of their lives even if they just get close to it."

Bai Huo's expression gradually became serious when she heard this.

"In fact..." she said hesitantly, "some unusual phenomena have indeed appeared in Corpus recently."