In a subtle atmosphere, the trio passed through the office area on the north side of the main building and descended the east staircase, with the Gothic colonnade of the main building facing the rear courtyard in front of them. After passing through the spiked archway of the gallery, they exited the main building and entered the back garden, which was covered with level grass. A circle of monastic-style buildings was built around the east, north and west sides of the back garden. Doris pushed open the door to the office directly next to the vault, and just as she entered, she saw Paulina Donze standing by the office bookshelf, looking through some kind of file. She wasn't wearing her trademark trench coat, but a white shirt and black vest, with tailored trousers that set off her straight, slender legs. Paulina caught a glimpse and froze for a moment, then walked out first without caring, greeting, "Follow me." Esme Crane somehow sensed a wave of hostility and glanced sideways to fin
Esme Crane was familiar with the Explorer's Regiment's three-cornered hunter's hat, which she knew was an adaptation of the broad-brimmed hat, with the sides of the brim folded upwards, originally invented by Spanish soldiers to shield them from the abundant rain of the Flemish rainy season during the war against France. Paulina did not resist, but let her go, glancing unconsciously at the black cat as she walked out the door. As we spoke, the three men had reached the front of the dormitory building. The east, west and north buildings were all small two-story buildings, and Esme Crane's dormitory was on the second floor of the east building, the southernmost one. Before entering the dormitory, Doris led Esme Crane to the equipment warehouse on the first floor of the east building to claim the supplies. Papa Hussey opened the door and leaned against it, but Doris went straight to the rack and began to choose her dress, asking Esme Crane's preference as she did so. Listening to Dor
Esme Crane thought the fitness tests were similar to the ones she had taken at school, just running, long jumping, sit-ups and the like. But the Hunter Corps' fitness test was an eye-opener, and she realized she had underestimated the standards by which Hunters were judged for their physical abilities. As they were in a hurry to assemble, Esme Crane and Louis Holmes only exchanged a few brief words before hurrying to the playground, the lawn in front of the hostel. When they arrived, Paulina had already been waiting for a while. The crowd lined up and stood at attention, Paulina looked at the crowd with a majestic gaze and said in a loud voice. They soon spotted Esme Crane's presence as well, whispering among themselves. After the six men had fetched their food, they gathered around in a group and sat at this long table where Esme Crane was. "Four times the pressure and lasted a total of thirty minutes, not bad." "I heard Captain Mobius of Team Two mention you and heard that you we
"Twenty-three seconds." "How you got hurt and hospitalized, scared my heart out when I got the telegram and came back from Pinsker County in a desperate rush. I told you to stop cooperating with the police on those dangerous things, and if it happens again, don't blame Dad for interfering." The man said with tightly knitted double brows. "Alright, the testing of physical abilities is over. Your mental abilities will be saved for a separate test tonight. Next you rest up and get ready for your one-on-one battles with the team." Paulina said, and then she looked to the members of the third division team and said. Not long after, the iron fence gate opened and a carriage slowly drove in, crossed the mansion road in the forecourt, skirted the fine flowerbeds in front of the main mansion building, and stopped at the bottom of the steps in front of the main building. The suit-clad driver jumped out of the driver's seat, opened the carriage door, and a stunningly beautiful woman stepped ou
"Meow" it purred, and the book of words and spirits began to glow with a shimmering light. Anna sat at one side of the long dining room table, taking small bites of her plate of food while listening to her father's questioning of her from the main seat. Jerome let out a long sigh and softened his tone calling out to his daughter, "Anna..." Esme Crane did as she was told, twisting her body and stepping forward, raising her steel whip and striking it hard, using about 60% of her strength. The steel whip struck the shield, and with a crunching sound, Yena's shield shattered. Esme Crane pierced the guard but never ended up attacking Yena either. Esme Crane approached quickly, following Paulina and Doris towards the interior of the library. As she did so, she asked. "Three's a crowd." It was an old proverb of unknown origin. She followed the hints of the Book of Spirits of Words, which, though mostly just her words for the drive, occasionally had prophecies spewed out on their own. Th
She rushed to the end of this corridor, which ended in another passage that turned to the right. Just as she was about to turn the corner, she saw a lurid black shadow mapped out on the wall, so frightening that she stopped in her tracks and dared not go any further. It was a shadow that didn't look human, tall and bloated, with a head like an octopus, dangling several long writhing tentacles, and sharp claws carrying a horribly large scythe blade. "That's not true, in fact only five people within the third division have rank, the rest have been hunters for less than a year and have yet to take the rank test. These five are Captain Belazaisev, Warlock rank. Polaris Halsman, Stalker rank. Vice-Captain Louis Holmes, Fighter rank. Josie Hawk, Rex rank. There is one more who was drawn out, so I won't introduce him for now." Paulina said. Under such circumstances, Esme Crane's five senses became more and more sensitive, and she was able to catch the slightest movement of the wind very kee
She calculated the distance and the time first, and as she had driven the coachman to venture the short cut through the forest, she judged herself to be ahead of her father. And it was true, the wagon she was riding in had just returned to the gate shortly before two mine watchmen marched up to it from within. Anna hid in the shadows and listened quietly, and could hear the conversation between them. The room fell silent as a senior police officer finally took his place at the head of the long table. The senior police officer was a middle-aged white man, dressed in a stern police uniform, with a clean shaven face and gleaming brown eyes beneath bushy white eyebrows and a solemn expression. He nodded and saluted the noble lords and old hunters seated at the head of the long table to the left and right, before clearing his throat and calling the meeting to order. They had been sent specifically to greet her father, and were talking to each other about gossipy rumors of Viscount Grulla
"I have a matter to enquire about. I was hospitalised after the Kayleigh Buchanan incident and shortly after I woke up the Hunters and the police had sent to me to take statements from me about my affair with Professor Iblake Wood. I have also told you that in late November I took delivery of a corpse of a corpse waxed male from the Guttenberg district, tentatively identified as a miner from the mine. The body was stolen that night, after which it developed a bestial mutation and ran away from Professor Iblake Wood's laboratory, and its whereabouts are unknown to this day. I therefore suspected Iblake Wood and followed him, having followed him to the St. Stone No. 9 mine on November 9 and witnessed him enter the interior of the mine. I would like to ask if you, the Hunters, and the police have since arraigned Iblake Wood, and if you have obtained from him the means of entering the mine? Or also any other information about the mine?" Esme Crane has not yet visited or seen the magnifice