Pale Emblem

Chapter 137 The Background of the Demon Hunter

Victor touched his chin and it felt smooth. Only then did he realize that his disguise had expired and his true appearance had returned.

"What's going on? You didn't remind me..."

Victor was very puzzled. His disguise came from the secret method of Dr. Cole of Braun Town. It was expensive, had unique effects, and could not be washed away with water. How could it fall off for no reason?

Harvey was stunned for a moment, then explained in a low voice: "We thought you knew..."

Victor was speechless for a while. He didn't have a mirror in his hand, so there was no way he could see himself. Of course, Stephanie's look of wanting to look at him but not daring to look was also a reminder, but Victor didn't pay attention to this dispensable little girl.

"So, my appearance has been exposed... Where are the four Dragon Vein Shield Guards?" Victor asked with a frown.

Gladiator slave Kent immediately answered Victor: "Master, I woke up first, but when I woke up, the four shield guards were not here."

The dragoon is away, and the mayor's wife Christine is missing.

Information in the Dream Arena suggested that Christine had also been implanted with the Alchemical Snake Touch. However, Victor's magic source embedded body did not sense Christine's alchemical snake touch, which meant that she was not nearby. As for whether the dragoons took Christine away, it is unknown.

Victor has a question about Christine. He wonders why he used the alchemical snake touch to rescue her?

You know, Christine has a bad personality, brings her own troubles, and is very dangerous. Under normal circumstances, a demon female like this should be avoided as much as possible to avoid getting too deeply involved with her.

In this case, Christine must have some special value that outweighs her troubles, so it's worth Victor using an Alchemical Snake Touch on her.

What special value does Christine have?

In addition, the four missing dragoons would undoubtedly bring additional risks.

Victor hoped that they had died at the hands of the devil, and that would be the end of it.

If the Dragoons were still alive, Victor believed that they would not give up the clues here easily, and might have to continue to track him down.

Kent, who was the first to wake up, didn't know the whereabouts of the dragoon, and no one else had to ask.

Victor could only wait for the witcher to solve his own problems, and then talk to them, hoping that the witcher could explain his questions.

Before that, Victor had to check the storage status of the life distortion potion.

The dragoon's primary target must be the mayor's wife, Christine, while the mayor's research results are their secondary target, including the life distortion potion.

There were a total of six small wooden barrels containing potions on the hand trailer of the mayor's butler, and none of the small wooden barrels was damaged in the fierce battle, and all of them were actually well preserved.

This is definitely a pleasant surprise!

Victor opened the lid of the first bucket, which was filled with transparent and viscous potion, which made him very satisfied.

His hand touched the second wooden barrel, and he obviously felt that the weight was wrong. His expression suddenly changed, and he quickly opened the lid and found that there was only half a barrel of potion in it.

Victor quickly checked the third bucket, which was empty.

The fourth bucket is empty.

The fifth bucket is still empty.

Victor's good mood suddenly turned bad. When he checked the last barrel, he suddenly froze.

There is no life distortion potion in the last small barrel, not even a drop. However, the bucket contained many lumps, each about the size of an adult's fist.

Victor picked up a lump, held it in his palm and observed it carefully, and recognized that it was the curled-up snake tentacle!

They are roughly oval in shape, covered with a hard shell, and roughly look like the fossils of some kind of worm, rather than living demonic flesh. However, Victor recognized these as Alchemical Snake Touches and determined that they were all dormant.

He estimated that there should be no less than 150 of these alchemical snake touches, which means that they can be used to strengthen more than a hundred awakened people or professionals, not only improving their strength and agility, but also giving them the extraordinary talent of rapid regeneration!

The corner of Victor's mouth couldn't help but curl up. Although there was only a little more than a bucket of precious life distortion potion left, the application value of Alchemy Snake Touch was even greater than that of life distortion potion.

What's more, the number of Alchemy Snake Touches is so large that he can form an elite force at his disposal.

As for the life distortion potion, it is actually sufficient as a test material for secret medicine. Even if the relevant research achieves a major breakthrough, the experimental results may not be as valuable as the application value of the alchemy snake touch.

Victor also thought that the Life Distortion Potion was probably used to make alchemical snake tentacles, so the number had dropped sharply. In addition, the demon hunter Rhine had repeatedly said that he would recycle the corpses of monsters, and other things were not needed. This seemed to symbolize the activation of flesh and blood by monsters. Snake touch should be very valuable.

"Quick, you guys are looking around to see if there is any flesh and blood of monsters that can crawl around like snakes!"

Victor and Naturally assign new recruits of adventurers and half-elf thugs to do his work for him.

The Alchemist and Kent immediately followed Victor's instructions and separated, each looking for Snake Touch in the underground cave.

When they walked a little further, the dark hunter Maddie whispered: "Victor, are you really going to take them in?"

Victor did not hesitate, nodded directly and said: "Yes."

"But... forget about that thug named Kent. He is alone and has no background. But the Deathclaw Adventure Group can be considered a force in the entire alliance. Even if these six adventurers really want to follow you, the Deathclaw Adventure Group The group may not send people to look for them. After all, Herman is a level 5 archer, and a level 5 venerable like him with rich practical experience has status, wealth, and relatives and friends in the Death Claw Adventure Group.”

Maddie expressed his concerns and continued: "Moreover, they have amnesia now. Who knows that they will not recover their memory in the future? If they recover their memory, will they secretly contact the Deathclaw Adventure Group and plot against us together? "

"No! I don't think so..." Harvey walked closer, heard Maddie's concerns, and said: "Back then, I overdosed on the secret medicine and my whole body was as stiff as a stone. In fact, I was already dead. It was Wei Kedo saved me... The situation of the Deathclaw Adventure Team was very similar to that of me... Do you understand what I mean?"

Resurrection from the dead is a feeling that only the person involved knows.

Harvey actually wanted to say that everyone who was saved by Victor loved him, but his statement had no objective basis.

"Oh, okay, pretend I didn't say anything." McGrady shrugged and took back his opinion.

At this moment, his sensibility defeated his rationality, and he inexplicably chose to believe the reasons given by Harvey.

Victor actually thinks that Maddie has considered the issue more carefully and carefully. If he had not known that the six adventurers were Alchemy Demons, he would have supported Maddie and would never have taken in the amnesia patients from the Deathclaw Adventure Group because the two parties had no friendship. , there will be too much uncertainty.

Since Herman and others are now Alchemy Demons, Victor can safely control them.

"This time, I support Harvey." Victor smiled, patted Maddie on the shoulder, and said gently: "However, I hope you can give me advice from time to time like you did today... I will be grateful. your."

McGrady was flattered and quickly lowered his head and said, "Sir, this is my honor!"

"Very good, let's take a look at this." Victor waved to the two of them to take a look at the contents of the small wooden barrel.

"Huh? What is this?"

"Why are there so many fossils of a certain creature?"

Victor took out an alchemy snake touch and introduced: "I use this... secret medicine, yes, it is the living secret medicine, to save you and them. I can only tell you now, these living secret medicine It is made from the flesh and blood of monsters and precious potions stored by the mayor."

"They have many incredible features, such as..."

Victor explained the functional properties of the Alchemy Snake Touch to the two in detail, but he subconsciously avoided using the prefix "Alchemy".

Harvey and Maddie were stunned when they heard this. They even pricked their palms with a knife and witnessed with their own eyes that the fascial nerve vines were glued together to repair the wound at an extremely fast speed without letting a drop of blood flow out.

"Each of us can change our appearance through the secret medicine snake touch, and then get two faces, and we can restore our original appearance at any time."

"After Herman and the others changed their appearance, they acquired new identities. The Deathclaw Adventure Group will no longer be able to recognize them."

"Of course, this ability is equally important to us." Victor concluded.

Harvey smiled happily and said: "There is such a good thing, then I hope that I will become a strong and tall man and look a little younger."

"I want to become more handsome." McGrady said equally excitedly.

Victor nodded and added: "The appearance of the secret medicine Snake Touch is fixed, and the appearance will not age. In addition, it is a limited change, and the size cannot be adjusted too much. So, Harvey, you will not Become very tall."

"Oh, no, forget it. I originally wanted to be a substitute for adults when necessary, but it seems that it can't be done." Harvey said with a little regret. Victor already knows how conspicuous his height and figure are among half-elves. His nearly perfect body proportions are a very obvious feature and are particularly easy to attract attention.

He smiled easily and said: "It doesn't matter. I can make myself a little shorter, stouter and have an ordinary appearance. That way no one can recognize me."

"Then what should we do?" McGrady thought for a while and said anxiously: "Sir, what I mean is how do you change to make the second appearance meet your expectations? I'm worried about wasting the only opportunity for change. Make yourself less presentable.”

Victor pointed to his forehead and said: "The change depends on your imagination... There is no need for you to worry. I will draw a portrait for you until you are basically satisfied. Then you can start changing based on the portrait. This way there will be no mistakes." ”

While the three of them were chatting, Victor suddenly turned his head and listened. He heard that Rhine and his three women were already on their way back, and ordered: "Let's first count the secret snakes. Harvey, you are in charge." Watch over the secret snake touch and the remaining life potion."

"Sir, you can rest assured and leave it to me!" Harvey assured, patting his chest.

After counting by the three of them, there were a total of 172 Alchemy Snake Touches here. Victor is particularly satisfied with this. These alchemical snake touches can cultivate more elites for him, and can also be used to replace the aging snake touches that have exhausted their life energy.

In addition to the alchemical snake touch and the life distortion potion, Harvey and Maddie also counted about 500 gold pagodas, 1200 silver pagodas, a suitcase of high-quality blue diamonds, and 15 boxes of swordsman-specific living secret potions in the trailer. It is worth more than 35000 gold pagodas, which is a huge fortune.

In addition, the mayor's butler also prepared a set of legal contract documents regarding the ownership of a certain suburban plantation. It seemed that he and the mayor's wife had long planned to abscond and elope.

This can be seen from the large number of women's clothing in the hand trailer, as well as the dazzling array of jewelry.

If she hadn't prepared in advance, the mayor's wife Christine wouldn't have been able to carry so many beautiful dresses and exquisite jewelry at the last minute.

Harvey and Maddie even said "we are rich", but Victor found a partial map of the Disa Alliance from the car, which marked the escape route of the mayor's butler and the specific location of the plantation.

It is located approximately at the far end of the western suburbs of Fallen Leaf City, adjacent to the eastern suburbs of another city-state, Eagle Nest City. It is actually the hinterland of the Disa Alliance, but its location is remote and resource-poor, and it has no town jurisdiction, making it very suitable for hiding.

The mayor's housekeeper also specifically noted that bandits were rampant in the mountains and forests there, and the plantation must have been invaded by bandits. However, he and Christine like the bandits, and the bandits probably won't like them.

Victor memorized all the contents of the map so that he could read it at any time in his spiritual dreams, and then threw the map into the bonfire and burned it to ashes.

Not long after, the witcher Rhine and the three ladies arrived at the temporary camp. The gladiator slave Kent accompanied them, saying that he had met them on the road and specifically led them.

After Kent finished speaking, he knelt down beside Victor with vigilance in his eyes, just like Harvey and Maddie who were on moderate alert for the witcher.

As for the six alchemy demon descendants, they were still faithfully executing their master's previous instructions and did not come back at all, nor did they consider whether their master needed protection when facing the four demon hunters.

It can be seen from this that although the alchemist demon retains common sense, his ability to think independently has been weakened.

Of course, Victor did not think that Rhine and his woman would be disadvantageous to him. They had previously revealed their demonic identities in battles with monsters, but becoming evil was obviously a heavy burden for the female witcher. But if they don't use the evil power of the demons, they won't pose much of a threat to Victor.

Victor and the witcher are not hostile. They just need to be wary of each other. There is no need to show excessive hostility.

This is also the reason why Victor sent all the alchemical demons to the camp. He wanted to create a relatively relaxed conversation environment with Rhine instead of a tense confrontation.

"My friend, you need a bowl of hot broth now." Victor personally poured a bowl of broth from the pot to Rhine. He showed his kindness by sharing the food, but did not share it with the three witcher ladies. .

They were dressed in rags, with only their vital parts covered with torn skirts, but they were all in high spirits and radiant.

If the witch-hunting ladies were all cold and stunning beauties before, now they are like spring elves, charming, plump, tender and well-behaved around Rhine.

In contrast, the tall and burly Rhine looked languid. His face was green and his mouth was white, and he looked listless, as if he had been drained of energy.

Rhine felt that Victor was making fun of him, but he had no evidence, and Victor acted very sincerely. So, he took the bowl of broth, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "We demon hunters are not good at dealing with ordinary people. Fortunately, you are not an ordinary person either, and you should be able to understand the importance of the secret ritual of companionship to us. "

"Actually... I don't understand." Victor shook his head and said, "I know very little about the secret ritual of companionship."

Lain couldn't help but be stunned and said: "You are a direct bloodline of the famous Golden Nightingale family...Okay, let me tell you the truth. When you killed the big demon, I saw you control the strong wind like a blue-black giant axe, and directly hit The demon split in half... Only the Moon Dancer of the Golden Nightingale's noble family has the power of the storm."

He paused and continued: "Besides, I know you are on the run... The new patriarch of Golden Nightingale is openly hunting for the direct bloodline of the former patriarch. But I can promise you that I will never betray you."

"The new patriarch of Golden Nightingale is known as the strongest hero of the Disa Alliance. Even the famous Golden Wing clan can't do anything against him, but our Demon Hunter Guild doesn't care about him at all." The demon hunter looked at Victor levelly and said proudly: "We are the Dragon King Palace. Effectiveness.”

Dragon King Palace? !

Victor was shocked. As far as he knew, the Disa Alliance, the Blackfire Orc Tribe, and the Goblin Kingdom were collectively called the Kingdom of Dragons. The three mutually hostile races of half-elves, half-orcs, and goblin orcs were actually all Subjects of the Kingdom of Dragon. However, the Dragon King Philumat does not care about political power. He usually only sleeps and hunts for treasures. However, there are servants from three major clans under the Dragon King, and these servants from various clans who serve the Dragon King call themselves the Dragon King Palace.

There are three Dragon King Palaces among the three major clans. The Dragon King Palace mentioned by Demon Hunter Rhine naturally refers to the Half-Elf Dragon King Palace.

There is no doubt that the Half-Elf Dragon King Palace has huge influence and transcendent status in the Disa Alliance, so Rhine is confident and can ignore the authority of the new patriarch of Golden Nightingale.

Victor now has emerald eyes, an affinity with the water element, and a sinister and sophisticated personality. He did not show surprise, but brought the topic back to the original point, "Do you think that because I come from a famous family, I should be proficient in the secrets of companionship?"

Rhine was a little disappointed. He stated that he also wanted to recruit Victor to join the Demon Hunter Guild, but the other party seemed to have another trump card. He didn't care much about the oppression of the new patriarch of the Golden Nightingale, so there was no need to join the Demon Hunter Guild.

"This matter has to start with the two of them."

Rhine pointed to Ruth and Jessica playing outside the camp and answered Victor's question: "When I first saw them, I suspected that you were my companion... As you can see , the combination of demon hunters includes one male and multiple females. We are comrades-in-arms and close companions.”

Victor lowered his head, poked the bonfire with a wooden stick, and said, "I'm listening, please continue."

Rhine nodded and said: "Well, female witchers are called Lady Silverblade. They control the evil power of the devil and are also cursed by evil. The important responsibility of male witchers is to take care of Lady Silverblade and pass the secret ritual of companionship when necessary. , use the divine power of the Earth Mother to calm down the evil agitation of the Silver Blade ladies and prevent them from becoming completely evil.”

"Of course, our companion mystery is unique, and it involves the origin of the Silver Blade Lady."

"In fact, the Dragon King Palace orders professional female slaves from high goblins and transforms them into silver blade ladies. Because high goblins have some strange abilities, they seem to be able to confuse intelligent creatures and turn intelligent creatures into idiots. This is very convenient. Easy to engage in slavery.”

"The key is that idiots who are bewitched by hobgoblins can eventually recover their minds, and there is no damage to their intelligence or body!"

"The Demon Hunter Guild needs this kind of 'idiot' female professionals who can restore their sanity. They are like blank containers that can contain the evil power of demons, and their blank minds will not go crazy in the process."

"Next, the witcher will perform a companionship ceremony with them. After that, the Silver Blade Lady will quickly regain her consciousness and establish a very close connection with the witcher."

When Victor heard this, he pointed at Rhine and asked in shock: "Let the hobgoblins turn female professionals into 'idiots'. Isn't this cruelty? The so-called secret ritual of the witcher's companion actually enslaves them. A key step, right? Also, don’t tell me that Ms. Silver Blade is all voluntary!”

Rhine was silent for a moment and said: "I also hope that they are voluntary, but this is simply impossible... You are right, but I was not the instigator of these crimes of mutilation and slavery. Why should I feel guilty about this?"

A female witcher with short brown hair saw through Victor's intentions. She hugged Rhine tightly and said softly: "Mr. Victor, you don't have to sow trouble between us and Rhine. Although you are handsome, powerful and mysterious, But Rhine is the best in our hearts, please don’t slander our lover.”

The other two ladies also agreed. Just looking at their mental state, Victor could be sure that their personalities had been reversed. Even if their previous memories were restored, it would not matter. They were unlikely to betray Rhine.

The results of the test show that what Rhine just told is most likely true.

Rhine said bluntly: "If our witcher guild is forced to do this, then the nobles are really going too far. They also purchase female professionals from high goblins, and even send young and beautiful female servants to the great goblins. , they turn the female servants into idiots, and then bring them back to perform the secret ritual of companionship, and obtain a private slave girl who is completely obedient to their will."

Victor understood now that Ruth and Jessica were captured by the hobgoblins on their way to escape and turned into "idiot" goods, ready to be sold, but they were rescued by him again.

Rhine saw Ruth and Jessica in Water Snake Town and guessed that he might be a colleague of the Demon Hunter Guild, so he tried every means to test them.

This is all a misunderstanding.

Victor smiled and asked: "Ruth and Jessica, can they regain their sanity and memory without having to perform the secret ritual of companionship?"

Rhine nodded and said: "The hobgoblin's confusion and intelligence can last up to half a year, and at the shortest two months, they can dispel the confusion on their own and regain their consciousness and memory." After a pause, he tried to ask again: "You, really don't Are you going to make them your personal slaves?"

Victor shook his head and smiled: "I have no mission to hunt demons, nor do I have the bad habit of playing with the same kind of people at will. Why should I take advantage of others' danger and abuse two poor, innocent ladies?"

"I estimate that they will regain their consciousness and memory soon... When the time comes, I will invite them to join my team as followers."

Victor looked at Ruth and Jessica not far away and said calmly: "If they refuse my invitation, then I can only kill them. This is a last resort."

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