Chapter 257 Black water
Atlan felt the battle suit vibrating from all the microscopic machinery built inside it. It made him feel as if he was a giant as big as the world, and the battle suit was a seismic earthquake that shook every part of him.
Suddenly, blue particles floated up from his control center and gathered above his palms. These particles were filled with different kinds of elements, but he was sure that there was a tiniest bit of Angel Power hiding inside.
Looks like Angel Power is needed in everything…
Atlan didn't have to wait for a few seconds before the particles solidified into a very thin cylinder with a diamond tip at the very end. This object looked very familiar.
"It's done. This is the boar finder. It will point you into the general direction of the boar. If you see it suddenly leave your side, then the boar is very close. The finder will hover above the boar for you to find."
BOOM!
A miniature explosion occurred as the blue particles finally condensed into a real object.
It was an arrow.
He finally knew why it was familiar. It was the very same arrow that the Huntsman used to hunt him! It turned out that the very boar finder that he was going to use was the same arrow that the Huntsman used to kill the boar! It was kind of poetic, in a sense—or ironic, if you looked at it in a different way.
The arrow hovered about a meter in front of him and pointed towards the left. He looked to the side and saw nothing but the fog.
If he had just followed his guts, he would have no chance of ever finding the boar. He would have been running in circles.
He quickly turned around and followed the direction of the arrow.
Thankfully, once he moved, the arrow moved with him. It followed his every movement and always stayed one meter away from him, which meant that if he slowed down, it would slow down. If he sped up, it would speed up.
He walked and walked until he had to skip past a small stream of dark water. Atlan didn't know if it was dangerous or not.
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"Find a way to get over it. This is not normal water; this is the Remedium. It will actively try to sabotage you."
For normal people, it would have been very easy to jump across the gap. However, Atlan could barely even jog due to the immense weight of his battle suit, so there was no way he could jump across it.
He would have to circumvent the stream of water. Even if it took more time, it didn't matter anyway because the arrow would always be pointing him in the right direction.
But before he could even walk away, he suddenly saw the arrow's pointed tip move from left and slowly to the front.
What? Why did the arrow move? I haven't even moved yet…unless….
Then, he realized something.
The boar's moving!
And it was walking right in front of him. He didn't know how far, but it must have been close enough for its walk to register on the boar finder. If it was far away, the arrow would barely move. But if it was close enough, even a small trot from the animal would register as a big move in the arrow.
This was incredible. He thought that he would have to walk for at least an hour before he would come close to the boar. But he only needed a few minutes!
And if that wasn't enough, the arrow suddenly flew away from him and disappeared into the fog!
That only meant one thing: the boar was close enough for him to hunt. According to Carmine, the arrow would hover above the boar at a certain distance, and would point it down for Atlan to gauge how far away it was.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Amazingly enough, the arrow was still visible to him even in the fog. He could see through the thick veil and see the arrow slowly hovering in the air until it finally stopped. Then, it pointed down.
Even though Atlan couldn't see the boar, he could see its movements based on how the arrow moved.
And if he judged it correctly, the boar was only about 10 meters away from him! This was incredibly close!
He immediately got the urge to step into the dark stream of water and try to catch up to the boar. It was already close enough, he just needed a few steps and he would see it.
"What will you do, Star Porter? Will you chase after it, or will you wait until you're over the water?"
Atlan could take his chances and walk the small stream of water. After all, it would only take a minimum of one step, and he would immediately cross over to the other side. Since it was extremely thin, it would seem as if the chances of something wrong happening was small.
The problem with this was that the body of water was dead. It was extremely still. It looked as if it was running, but upon closer inspection, it was only an optical illusion meant to simulate the real thing.
It looked even more dangerous now. After all, if it was trying to deceive him from making it seem as if it was a stream of water, then there was something sinister in plan for him.
He also had the chance to let the boar go for now. He would find a way to go around this stream of water, but that would mean that he would get further and further away from the boar.
This was the safest option. After all, the boar wasn't going anywhere. It would always be in this dark forest for as long as the Huntsman was here.
Even if Atlan lost the boar now, he could always find it with the magical arrow later.
The problem with this was time. He wasn't sure if the Huntsman would give him any.
Just as he thought that, an arrow whizzed through the fog and headed straight for his back.
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