Hunter Academy: Revenge of the Weakest novel Chapter 330

Chapter 330 77.7 - Mine

?"You got me."

Standing before me stood the faceless figure. Its face didn't have any features, neither did it show any reaction aside from the smile of 'innocence.'

Now, with the gravity pressing on it, the 'thing' was unable to escape as it used to. Yet, I knew it no longer had the intention to do it in any case.

"Was that fun?"

I asked, looking at the dark, faceless figure. Though its face didn't contain any distinct features aside from a mouth, pair of eyes, and nose, I could see that his pupils shook for a second.

"...."

There was no answer for a second, but then it turned to look at me, raising its head. freewebnoveℓ.com

"I had fun.....But, I still haven't got my answer."

It replied, looking at me with its eyes sparkling.

"Do you have the answer to my riddle?"

The voice sounded creepy while somehow its smile seemed 'innocent.'

This whole idea of a riddle made me sure that what I was facing was a Spirit. Most of them tended to be unique, and in general, they had the tendency to be influenced by fairies, making them mischievous and attention-seeking.

Thus, I initially thought it was an evil earthen spirit, something that eventually mutated from a normal Earthen Spirit.

But then, I realized there were many things contradicting that. First was the lack of deaths. When Carl's group was attacked first, the spirit had the ability to definitely kill the girl named Becky, according to Carl. He remarked that she was out of vision and Martin had already been affected by the clone for a split second.

Yet, contrary to what one would expect, the spirit didn't kill Becky, let alone gravely injure her. However, at the same time, there was definitely an intent behind the attacks. According to Carl, he could even sense a remnant of madness inside there.

This was the first contradictory thing, making it somehow unique.

Secondly, the tremors that were created by the earthen spirit somehow lacked destruction.

Sure, the tunnels collapsed, but they somehow collapsed in such a manner that only a handful of people were affected. Though I wasn't sure of this part, from the direction the seismic wave traveled, I noticed that its direction wasn't into the mine but to the outer side of it.

This made even less sense; if it was an evil spirit, there was no need for it to hold back. Burying students under the ground, trapping them, and then savoring their souls would be a lot better and the most reasonable act.

Yet, it didn't do it; it made the tremors so that people who were affected by it mostly fell into another tunnel.

This was the case for Carl and me, and it seemed Carl's group was precisely targeted. These things made me think of a certain scene in my head, a small hypothesis.

'The enemy I am facing is a remnant spirit formed in this place. Something had happened in there, maybe an accident. The person died with strong emotions still lingering, making it deflect the death fully. Their soul was still attached to this place because of their feelings.'

I thought. But, for such an assumption, there was an important thing.

'For a remnant spirit to be formed and control the earth in such a manner, it needs an energy catalyst, and that catalyst is basically something that could be easily found here. That indicates a possible bonanza zone.'

If a place had a dense amount of mana in it, it was possible for the spirit to mutate and acquire the attributes of the mana around. And, under such mine, there was no lack of such locations.

This was the reason why I decided to track this spirit down, since by finding the source, I could basically find the Magic-stone bonanza filled with High-grade Magic Stones.

'Then, this brings us to another problem. What made this spirit attach this place in such a manner? What is its origins?'

This question wasn't that important. After all, I could easily deal with this spirit before me by just destroying it. Yet, at the same time, my intuition told me that I shouldn't act rashly.

'This spirit acts like a bipolar. It has madness inside it, but it doesn't completely act with that madness. Does that mean something inside it restricts itself? The man that made it evolve contained a type of madness qualities, making it half-mad, but the inner soul is resisting it?'

This was the thought process that followed.

'Then, I should act as it wishes, satisfying the inner soul and releasing it from reality. After all, its only attachment to this world as a dead person is its strong emotions. Once that anchor is removed, it can be satisfied, and the spirit will disappear. This is definitely the safest and least dangerous option.'

"...."

The spirit looked at me intently as if it was waiting for my answer. At this point, I had already reached my conclusion.

"Once lost below, now call my name,

In whispers soft, I'm still the same.

Though time has worn the stones to dust,

I linger on, in echoes thrust.

What am I, in this realm of gloom?