Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1289: 1261 Maria

Chapter 1289 1261. Maria

"Thank you for your help, Maria."

After taking two steps slowly, Adeline finally caught up from behind the huntress, pressing her heaving chest and thanking her.

This name made Lan En tilt his head, and at the same time, he blinked to cover up the dilation of his pupils due to shock.

Not only does it look exactly like the doll he took away from the abandoned hunter's workshop, but the name is also the one that suddenly appeared on the doll's hair ornaments before.

As Adeline said, she also rolled up the sleeve on her arm, took out a test tube of blood, and handed it to Maria.

It was only then that Lan En saw that under the uniform Adeline was wearing, there was a device like a retention needle inserted into her arm.

In Lan En's home world, retained needles are needles inserted into the blood vessels of hospitals for patients who require large amounts of infusions or blood draws every day.

By keeping the needle in the blood vessel, there is no need to inject needles into the patient every day, which causes physical burden.

Just clean the external interface of the retention needle after infusion or blood drawing, and then stick a layer of sterile film to fix the position.

It's just that due to the advancement of technology and materials, Lan En's impression of a standard retention needle is that the part left in the blood vessel should be a flexible tube that will not cause damage.

The retention needle on Adeline's arm obviously matched Yanan's skills at this time.

A metal needle is inserted into the blood vessel of the arm, and an injection syringe made of metal and glass is connected to the outside.

Just pull the syringe and it acts as a blood drawer.

It seems that this is the process by which the Blood Saints of the Healing Church produce [Holy Blood].

The huntress named Maria looked down at Adeline holding a test tube of blood for her in her hands.

She waved her hand: "You don't have to be so polite, Adeline."

"I was supposed to protect the research hall, but this time I came late."

Maria's voice was just like most of the time when the Yharnam hunters were at work, so calm that it was hard to hear the emotion, almost cold.

And the soft voice is like talking in sleep.

But as a female hunter, her voice was somewhat softer.

"I don't know if I should thank you too?"

Lan En whispered beside him, and at the same time turned his head to look in the direction of the white-clothed clergyman who had even disappeared.

"You just interrupted me, but I think you should have your reasons."

"No, you don't need to thank me. It was you who completed the suppression of the patient in time for me." Maria raised her head first and answered Lan En's first question.

Then he turned to look in the same direction as him, and said in a lower tone: "As for the reason, didn't you feel that the smiling face he forced on you just now was charming?"

"I don't think it would be a good thing to have him smile like that."

"Besides, Adeline told me on the way here that you were almost convinced by her, so I'll just tell you in advance. A new hunter from a foreign country is not a big deal in Yanan."

"Am I about to be persuaded by her?" Lan En had an expression on his face that said, "I don't even know."

But when she turned around to look at Adeline, she had a confident smile on her face.

"Yeah." Lan En had no choice but to scratch his chin and swallow back his original words, "I was indeed moved by her words."

"Then I'll give this blood to you!" Adeline smiled, handed the freshly drawn test tube of blood to Lan En, and winked at the same time. "This is a blood that is not in the church records."

"." Lan En pursed his lips. Although he was not sensitive to Yanan's blood, his refusal now seemed a bit too deliberate.

So after saying thanks, Lan accepted Adeline's blood.

But he did not put the blood from this test tube into his alchemical leather bag.

The fragments of the spiral sword that were swallowed up by [Turbid Current·Destruction] without any sound last time were thankful that nothing happened.

Yanan's blood. No matter what he said, he would definitely not let his big sword have a chance to be stained with it.

The [Spider Rom] killed last time was at least a superior one made by Master William. It is a man-made superior.

And the great sword at that time was just [turbid current].

Just a solid block of Valyrian steel.

But just then, when the leader of the second phase of the New World Investigation Team wanted to recast it, it naturally began to emit the power of dreams to influence and mentally oppress the blacksmith himself.

The current [Turbid Current: Annihilation] can be called a small Nergigant, and it has also been strengthened by the [Wedge-shaped Stone Disc] of the Flame World.

Who knows what it will become after 'eating' the sacred blood in Yharnam?

After accepting the blood with some resentment, Lan En told Maria that although she decided to become a hunter in Yanan, she actually wanted to become a hunter like her who also guards the research hall.

Because according to Simon's theory, it is best for the two sober investigators not to cross paths in order to obtain the broadest possible intelligence in this nightmare.

Simon has been tracking down the big hunt with an unknown target that the Healing Church is currently planning. Basically, any hunter who is skilled enough will be involved in this matter.

Since he was ready to start with gray blood disease, it would be convenient for him to stay in the research hall. "Oh, this is really strange."

Maria's ethereal and light voice sounded like she was talking in sleep. The huntress raised her head, and the swan feathers on her hat trembled slightly.

Her burgundy eyes looked at the witcher, and she let out a chuckle.

"As a hunter, you don't crave a **** hunt?"

"Don't you feel pleasure from the scene of tearing open the prey's skin and letting the blood inside spurt out?"

She said playfully, raising her hand to shake the half-shoulder cloak on her left shoulder.

The blood-red cloak lining is looming, dangerous and beautiful.

"Or are you not meant to be a hunter, but to be a scholar? Like those ruthless people who pursue knowledge?"

Maria spoke with a sense of dry irony. At the same time, the delicate white chin was slightly raised and nodded in the direction of the clergy.

Hunter, scholar.

These are career directions within the healing church.

But at the same time, people in these two directions, in the eyes of Lan En, a 'normal person', have some mental problems.

And Maria, a native of Yanam, seemed to have a common view with him on this point.

"Please don't say that, Maria." Adeline shook her head. "You are always biased against clergy and other hunters. But I think everyone is a good person who is dedicated to the church."

"They're just too involved."

Maria's lips curved in a cold arc: "I would rather what you said is right."

After saying that, she turned to look at Lan En, the blood noble's noble eyes looking up and down.

If you were an ordinary person, you would probably feel ashamed when you look at him.

But Lan En always stood openly.

His silver hair and captivating face carry an air of nobility that is both majestic and magnanimous.

The temperament of the blood nobles in the Yanan region is more like a tired nobility that is decadent after indulgence.

Maria's pale hair was tied into a simple ponytail, pressed under a three-cornered hat. She is not from the same tribe as her own, which can be seen from her simple and unpretentious hairstyle.

But the temperament of the special bloodline still remains.

This made her and Lan En stand together like two interpretations of the word 'noble'.

"Of course I'd be happy if someone could help me. There happens to be a hunting mission recently that requires me to be transferred there, so it shouldn't be difficult for you to handle your matter."

"I'll explain it to you in church, but"

After finishing her unfinished words, Maria looked at Lan En with her eyes under her three-cornered hat.

Only this time, there was a bit of vigilant scrutiny in those cold blood-red eyes.

At first, when Lan stood up to suppress the riot, Maria thanked and appreciated him.

But then, Lan En, a hunter from a foreign country, unexpectedly came to take over the job of guarding the research hall.

This kind of behavior that seemed to be deliberately approaching suspicion made Maria immediately give up her previous appreciation, and then she instinctively felt conflicted.

Lan En was well aware of Maria's attitude, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

Although this female hunter looks exactly like the doll she got in the 'Future' Yharnam Hunter Workshop, this doesn't mean much.

She must have been the prototype for that exquisite doll.

She is beautiful and has a good temperament, so someone should be obsessed with her.

In addition, the person who can place the doll in the abandoned hunter's workshop must also be a hunter of Yanan.

Mentally disturbed people are too common among this group of people.

Although from the doll, even onlookers can clearly feel the pathological persistence and obsession.

But among a group of mentally disturbed people, one particularly abnormal one can be regarded as normal in a certain statistical sense.

So Lan En just thinks it's a coincidence, but he still thinks that his most important job now is to explore the secrets hidden in this nightmare with Simon.

There is no sacred blood of Yanan in his body, and he has no connection with the ancient gods and superiors here.

He couldn't be sure that he would follow this nightmare when it came to an end in the night of the hunt that burned down Old Yharnam, as Simon said.

(End of chapter)