Witch, I Swear I’m Not a Deep Sea Ancient God!

Chapter 310: The Lie-Devouring Mirror

"Shoe print..."

Gambler Loren gently stroked the mirror in his hand and continued asking:

"A single shoe print can only provide a rather vague range. The more detailed the information, the stronger the mirror's tracking ability becomes."

Dya crossed his legs, sinking into recollection. During the battle with the Black Rock Mecha, he should have left some blood traces.

But amidst the scorching flames, those blood traces were severely damaged and couldn't be preserved.

Gambler Loren looked at the silent group and asked again:

"Anything else? Items carried by the target, or things he possesses would work too."

The group remained silent for a moment. Although they were all hunters, their tracking abilities couldn't compare to the knowledge hunters of the White Tower Federation.

Items... An touched the Water Spirit Number Three in her hand and asked curiously:

"Can people count as items? Like playthings, captives, slaves, or people he's killed before?"Gambler Loren countered:

"You mean the Flower Witch?"

An shook her head:

"No, I might know the appearances of some of Black Hunter's slaves, provided they're still alive."

An said quietly. Currently, both the White Tower Hunter and Chen Qi's traces had completely disappeared in this sea.

If they were still alive, they most likely had become playthings for Black Hunter and the Witch.

After hearing this, the group showed somewhat interested expressions.

Loren tapped the mirror with his slender, thin fingers:

"Slaves, a good attempt. Without blood traces, this can significantly increase the probability."

An wrote down Chen Qi and the White Tower Hunter's appearance information on paper and handed it to Loren.

Dya also retrieved photos of the shoe prints from his Backpack Card.

Then Loren compiled all information about Black Hunter, wrote it on a note, and placed the mirror against his chest.

Under the candlelight's illumination, a human shadow gradually appeared in the mirror, its mouth corners slightly upturned with a hungry expression.

The person in the mirror... An's eyes flickered with a trace of fear.

Loren said quietly:

"This forbidden artifact comes from a book lamp affinity dimensional rift. It's a living forbidden artifact. Before use, it must ask one question."

"One question?"

Nancy showed a curious expression:

"What happens if you lie?"

"Your spiritual energy will be chaotic for a day, and it will see through your lies."

Seeing through lies... Nancy rested her chin on her right hand, extremely curious.

Then, the mirror in Loren's hand trembled slightly and said with a laugh:

"Spirit Hunter, it seems to have chosen you as the answerer for this question. If you answer, I can compensate you with five gold coins."

Spiritual energy chaos for one day isn't too serious... Nancy hesitated for a moment before nodding:

"Ask away."

Blood-red characters appeared on the mirror:

"What is your purpose in joining this hunt?"

Such a simple question... Nancy hesitated for a while before saying:

"Needless to say, of course it's for the legendary profession card. After all, becoming legendary has been my dream since childhood."

The next second, blood-red words of denial appeared on the mirror.

She was lying! Everyone present immediately cast suspicious glances her way.

This person's background was questionable!

Her purpose in hunting Black Hunter actually wasn't for the legendary profession card? Could she be an undercover agent, or have other schemes!

Everyone's gaze instantly turned wary. Could she be an undercover agent sent by Black Hunter?

Seeing this, Nancy hurriedly explained:

"It's for eating seafood."

Semi-transparent words of denial appeared again!

Her eyes widened like a dying venomous snake as she licked her lips and said:

"It's to taste Black Hunter's flavor!"

As these words fell, a correct symbol finally appeared on the mirror, while a faint curse silently settled upon her.

"???"

Taste Black Hunter's flavor... The others all looked at this hunter who resembled an elf.

This hunter's purpose in joining was to consume Black Hunter?

Everyone took a deep breath of cold air. Black Hunter was a pitch-black monster with multiple tentacles.

Gray Mouse reached out his hand and boldly teased:

"Miss, you have quite the unique taste. Are you from the Goldenfinch Kingdom?"

"Exactly! Do you have any problems with people from the Goldenfinch Kingdom? If you have issues, watch out for your rear end!"

A flash of anger appeared in Nancy's eyes as she glared viciously at Gray Mouse like a serpent.

Gray Mouse withdrew his extended hand and said solemnly:

"I have a wife."

What am I saying? Nancy shed a drop of cold sweat and anxiously apologized:

"My deepest apologies, Gray Mouse! I just wanted to whip you and enjoy seeing the high-and-mighty Hunter Association branch leader wiggle his butt! Just wanted to play with you, no interest in you personally!"

"Wait... everything I just said was true, you better not misunderstand."

Nancy froze for a moment, completely dumbfounded.

Why was she continuously voicing her inner monologue!

Where was her family's elegance and etiquette?

Seeing this, Loren added:

"This mirror's side effect - 'lie detection' is continuous. Well, for about three days..."

Nancy clasped her hands in prayer, using the Goldenfinch Kingdom's most vicious and filthy language to curse Gambler Loren's three generations of family members.

She completely couldn't control her filthy mouth!

After finishing her cursing, Loren quietly fed all the collected notes to the eagerly waiting mirror in his hand.

A small slit appeared on the mirror, swallowing the notes.

Then he gently wrote his divination purpose on the mirror with a pen:

"Black Hunter's location."

The scene in the mirror began to change.

In the mirror, twilight light pierced through thick clouds, illuminating a scorched-earth colored small island.

The island's scenery slowly zoomed in, finally settling on a red-brick high-rise building and a pastry shop beside it.

Everyone looked at the familiar scene before them.

Wasn't the high-rise building in this image their current location?

Was Black Hunter on their island?

Could it be... Dya's golden pupils suddenly contracted.

"Is Black Hunter among us?"

Dya stood up, urgently scanning everyone.

"What?"

Nancy, who had wanted to maintain her mysterious and aloof image, uncontrollably echoed:

"That's impossible."

Gray Mouse said.

Can we really catch Black Hunter with these insects, no, these experts? An tried not to show her "looking at idiots" expression and quietly explained:

"Perhaps Black Hunter discovered our operations long ago and has been tracking us, while we remained completely unaware."

Tracking us... Except for Gambler Loren, everyone shuddered.

Gambler Loren lowered his head and looked at the mirror again.

The mirror's image now focused clearly on the pastry shop beside them.

According to the mirror's indication, Black Hunter was most likely right beside them.

In that instant, everyone drew their weapons. This hunt had come much sooner than they expected.

......

Twilight, Scorched Earth Island, a sweets and pastry shop.

The round, plump pastry shop Shopkeeper looked at the hooded customer before him and said tremblingly:

"Customer, what pastries would you like? I recommend apple pie, sponge cake, and scorched earth jelly - our local specialty."

The Shopkeeper mentally urged the customer to leave. He had seen many hunters hiding their identities, but for some reason, this black-clothed hunter gave him an intense sense of fear.

What does Fen like to eat? Never mind, don't overthink it. Should get some for the Coastal Apex Predators too... Chen Qi gently traced the display case with his index finger:

"I'll take everything."

"Everything!" The round shopkeeper skillfully walked to the door, flipped the "Open" sign to "Closed" with a flick of his wrist, and began packing pastries into a large bag.

These pastries aren't cheap here... Chen Qi silently took out his Backpack Card and produced two gold coins.

Nancy clasped her hands in prayer, using the Goldenfinch Kingdom's most vicious and filthy language to curse Gambler Loren's three generations of family members.

A throbbing pain shot through his mind as he vaguely saw a terrifying scene.

In a gray, hazy world, six hunters surrounded him amidst ocean waves. Fully armed, he activated Ember's Touch, fighting one against six, constantly battling them on the dim sea.

After finishing her cursing, Loren quietly fed all the collected notes to the eagerly waiting mirror in his hand.

In her hand seemed to contain infinite energy. This infinitely powerful shot suddenly fired, piercing through him!

White light illuminated the world.

"Huff, huff..."

Chen Qi gasped heavily, suddenly gripping the flesh over his chest. His Lamp affinity intuition was telling him his life was in serious danger.

A diviner? Chen Qi suddenly thought of this special profession.

This was a tracking ability, but unlike Blood Hunter's, this divination-style tracking usually alerted those with high inspiration.

I'm being tracked? Chen Qi casually tossed down two gold coins, quickly stuffed the pastries into his Backpack Card, and prepared to escape this place.

How far away were they?

Chen Qi kept guessing internally.

Soon, he quietly turned his head to look at the pastry shop's narrow wooden door.

They're already here... Chen Qi's throat moved slightly.

Soon, a golden-haired woman leisurely walked into the pastry shop, muttering to herself:

"Is Black Hunter here?"

The golden-haired woman scanned the pastry shop. Besides the terrified Shopkeeper, there was no one else.

Gambler Loren added:

"The information we have isn't enough to divine Black Hunter's exact location. The place in the mirror is just a vague location. He might not be here, but somewhere else on this island. This requires luck..."

Gambler Loren spun the revolver in his hand. The information they possessed wasn't sufficient to divine Black Hunter's precise location.

"So it's just probability! Is that mirror of yours a counterfeit?"

Spirit Hunter Nancy wiped sweat from her forehead, then looked at the pastry shop Shopkeeper's terrified eyes.

She had clearly concealed her spiritual energy field, so why was this Shopkeeper so afraid!

Crack! Crunch!

Dark, shattering sounds came from the roof!

Two slender arms reached out from the darkness in the ceiling, gripping her neck.

"Above..."

Before she could finish speaking, Chen Qi suddenly twisted Nancy's neck, lifted her, and threw her toward the pastry shop's main door.

BOOM—

Nancy's entire body flew like a high-speed shot put ball, crashing toward the door.

BOOM! She struck Dya directly in the chest, creating a massive sonic boom.

"This tentacle neck-choke feels amazing! So delightful!"

Blood seeped from the corners of Nancy's eyes, her neck twisted ninety degrees, as she uncontrollably firmly gripped his neck.

Chen Qi used Ember's Touch, hanging upside down from the ceiling like a burning spider monster, looking toward the door.

Outside, he saw several terrifying figures - Moonstone City's Gambler Loren, and Hunter Association's Gray Mouse.

And their prey's gaze had locked onto him too.

Gray Mouse quietly stepped forward, clapping his hands:

"What a surprise! Everyone, it seems we need to confirm whether there are any signs of the Witch nearby!"

While applauding, Gray Mouse continuously squirmed as if countless insects hid within his thick gray coat.

Shadow affinity, rat substitute.

As he spoke, shadows slowly coalesced on the ceiling where Chen Qi was, forming a rough right arm holding a syringe, silently stabbing toward Chen Qi.

"Got it..."

The shadow smiled slightly.

BANG!

Chen Qi, hanging upside down from the ceiling, pressed down on the shadow's syringe-holding arm with his left hand, while his other Ember's Touch hands all grabbed the 'shadow person's' body, violently snapping it.

CRACK! CRUNCH! Thick, disgusting black blood covered with hair continuously dripped from the ceiling.

Blackore City Hunter Association's Gray Mouse... Chen Qi took a deep breath.

Although Gray Mouse wasn't a Supernova, he was undoubtedly one of the strongest in the Witch Sea, also known as the hardest third-tier to kill.

Now, the only consolation was that he was facing just third-tier Gray Mouse, not that tornado-like swarm of rats.

Everything! The round shopkeeper skillfully walked to the door, flipped the "Open" sign to "Closed" with a flick of his wrist, and began packing pastries into a large bag.

Gambler Loren took out a small pistol and aimed it at him.

Chen Qi manipulated his Ember's Touch to retreat backward. He needed to create distance as quickly as possible.

Lucky revolver - only one in six chance of firing a high-powered bullet!

Gambler Loren quietly pulled the trigger and laughed:

"Today's luck is good."

BOOM!

The revolver's bullet rapidly transformed into a scorching beam of light, shooting out at an unimaginable speed, directly hitting Chen Qi's chest!

Its tremendous power directly blew off the pastry shop's roof!

Chen Qi barely blocked this attack with six dark-fire hands forming an arm shield, using the impact to stand on the roof, looking down at everything.

In her hand seemed to contain infinite energy. This infinitely powerful shot suddenly fired, piercing through him!

At this moment, the people in the Scorched Earth Island town below, seeing this scene, panicked instantly as if witnessing an evil god.

"Took a lucky bullet hit but movement almost completely unaffected. Just like the rumors..."

Gambler Loren blew on the scorching gun barrel, reloading.

Then he asked quietly:

"Any signs of the Witch nearby?"

"None."

Silver Mask, responsible for detection with extremely low presence, replied.

A shoe print managed to find the specific target on the first try... Gambler Loren raised his head, his dark eyes slightly shifting, firmly staring at the monster on the roof:

"Have those useless navy block all ships. Today, the six of us have remarkably good luck."