Tang Qi Tan

The town of Tomindo, more than 30 miles away from the southwest of Avignon, is bathed in the April sunshine that is gradually turning from warm to hot.As the morning breeze blows through the town, the old stone houses covered with ivy and flowers, or the brick and wood buildings, appear extraordinarily peaceful and quiet.

And outside the town, on the side of the road full of cornflowers, lavender and irises, there are large pastures/corrals for cattle and horses, as well as scattered citrus and vineyards on slopes; The drawn vertical and horizontal ditches were divided into different sections.

And a conspicuous ancient aqueduct in the center, with moss mottled across the town, finally merged into the town square at the other end, a large cistern transformed from the ruins of an ancient theater; Against the background of the low hills, it particularly highlights the pastoral flavor.

It's just that this tranquility was broken by groups of Free Army soldiers.They surrounded the town and began to search and take away every resident they found; and the old hunter Ajax, who was the chief instructor of the special service company of the Free Army, also stood on a high place, carefully watching the town with a monocular mirror. situation.

It's just that his mind was faintly flying away into the sky.Because just after the castle of Bolarero, the follower of the Freedom Army marched for more than half a year; he has found and eliminated at least 100 different species; both hidden in the crowd, and born in the wild of.

Among them, there are even ignorant villagers who regard the deerclops/heteromorphs hidden in the crypt as the ancient gods who can bring fertility; and use various reasons to lure passers-by to participate in the absurd Midsummer Eve sacrifice, and then wait for them to get drunk After sleeping soundly, they are tied up and thrown into it, serving as bait for feeding other species.

There is also a town priest who has fallen into madness, and even secretly imprisoned a blood demon; from time to time, he abducts and kills children from neighboring villages, while feeding them with flesh and blood; he also mixes his blood with the wine for the communion ceremony Forged miracles in the bread and bread, and gathered a group of fanatical believers.

Another group of frenzied local nobles accidentally discovered several ghouls while hunting; they were then captured and locked in iron bars as a private game of beast fighting.First, big hounds and some ferocious animals were used; later, living people such as debtor tenants, wives and daughters were simply used as fighting animals.

And hidden under the troubled times, there are scenes full of ugly human hearts; this also makes Ajax, who feels well-informed, fully feel the truth that the lord said: sometimes the human heart is more terrifying and sinister than demons and ghosts.But in any case, he eliminated more aliens than the first half of his life combined.

But this process also made Ajax involuntarily feel a certain kind of confusion and doubt; could it be that the first half of his life he fought for was actually wasted and wasted in disguise because he didn't know what to do.You must know that when he was young, he often spent several months and half a year looking for a different kind.

Then, it will take a lot of work to find the target you are looking for from the complicated and various news; finally, while trying to find its lair and kill it as unobtrusively as possible, It is necessary to prevent the panic caused by the local people, officials and lords.

Because many people are absolutely unwilling to believe or admit the fact that there were aliens under their own governance or among the people around them before seeing the culprit suffering from it with their own eyes; and the hunters who will hunt and kill aliens, Regarded as an ominous omen like a crow reporting mourning; expelled or imprisoned.

There are even individual local dignitaries who are heterogeneous or have a close relationship with heterogeneous; they will use their power and wealth to deal with and kill hunters; even in the name of the church and the government, they will be identified as murderers and hunters. Criminals, and mobilize everyone to hunt and kill.

Therefore, for a long time, the existence of hunters has been declining and the inheritance has been cut off. The secret strongholds and training places that were once used had to be abandoned and sealed up. In the end, even the stable organizational structure could not be maintained; moreover Many people walk the world as mercenaries.

Then, under the lure of unsustainable poverty in reality and the affluent life brought by money, he slowly gave up his original responsibilities and inheritance as a hunter, and became a pure mercenary, killer, assassin, and even a servant of the rich and powerful. Guards and followers.Just like the same kind he met outside the inn.

But the cognition about all this was completely subverted and changed after Ajax met the adult.As the first initial member of the Freedom Army, he not only got the corresponding status and daily salary and annuity, but also had more subordinates who could be driven to run around.

They often have a variety of specialties and abilities, and even experience in related fields; they can create a variety of customized weapons and armor for him, and provide sources of news from various teachings; Support and suppression by force and projection of firearms.

The adult even allowed him to teach the use of various weapons and experience in field activities in the free army; select some young people with qualifications and potential to rebuild the inheritance of the hunter faction to which Ajax belongs, and support and assist in the free army Next, continue to hunt and kill the aliens that continue to exist in this world.

In the words of the leader of the Legion, whose origin is a mystery and full of various doubts, one of his missions at this time is to suppress and eliminate these aliens that should not have appeared in the world.So if necessary, the hunter's organization can even be rebuilt.

Of course, according to the private conjecture of a certain priest in the army when he was preaching, this very capable leader of the legion may be a higher existence than those ancient human saints; apostle.Like Yves Saint Laurent who rescued all peoples from darkness and wildness.

Because of this, he also understood why those of the Snake School like to cling to the powerful; and the former master of the Cat School, even with some disciples, became a peripheral member of the Royal Confidential Bureau and played the role of the Royal Assassin; It is too easy and convenient to act with power.

The hunters who are feared by everyone and kept at a respectful distance don’t need to come forward and work hard in the market to inquire and buy news; they only need to appoint a postman to and from the village; Say everything they know.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, as a member of the special service company, as long as the census and household registration enthronement are being promoted according to the places where the Freedom Army has passed, and the frequent disappearances in a certain place are determined, you can find the outliers in every possible way. Existence, and the probability of its accomplices making waves.

Then, dispatch enough army soldiers to block and surround, and then search and transfer ordinary people one by one; finally, the hidden aliens are forced to have nowhere to hide.When the full-time members of the secret service company are able to complete the capture or task; there are also people responsible for the aftermath of the display and publicity.

Even while cleaning every battlefield, a special labor team led by the clergy is responsible for burying and disposing of various remains in the wilderness where corpses are exposed along the way, so as to prevent excessive resentment and remnants from accumulating and attracting adulterers. A group of beasts, the probability of producing heterogeneous and beast distortions in situ.

Just like this time against the town of Tomin.First, the special service company's special cartography and analysis personnel, based on the distribution points of missing people in many places on the map, finally delineated a rough range of activities.Then, reverse the center point of the radius from the edge, the town of Tomindo.

That is to say, there has never been a central blank area where missing persons have never occurred.Then, investigators under the cover of itinerant traders were dispatched; more signs were gathered.The Freedom Army dispatched two garrison companies to carry out a surprise search directly on the grounds that there might be remnants of the Royalist Party.

As a result, Ajax, who has always been used to being alone, can't help but feel some kind of sentiment; maybe he can't do without all of this.However, just as he was slowly recalling the series of articles, while observing the town, the search and screening process step by step; a hoarse voice sounded next to him again:

"Teacher, Lord Legion, with that special existence, has also arrived at the scene."

It was another hunter, Jeter, who was rescued from the secret dungeon of Midone and has basically recovered. He had two swords on his back and was wearing a leather armor full of weapons and props of various sizes. The tied bun has completely turned into a frosty white like Ajax.

It's just the shocking large red scars on his arms and legs, from his chest to the bottom of his neck; he still remembers and demonstrates the painful experience and torture he has experienced.But he still survived by relying on the hunter's special physique, and also regained his ability to move through cruel training.

It was also he who disguised himself as a beggar and lurked in the town of Tomindo for three days. He justifiably found some human skeleton fragments in garbage dumps and sewers; only then did he finally determine the place where there might be aliens. A nightingale-infested neighborhood, and a mansion in the center of the town.

Ajax was slightly startled when he heard the words, but replied with a normal face: "In that case, let us go to meet them together."

Then an undecorated carriage, surrounded by a group of armored cavalry clearing the way and gun-wielding sergeants, slowly drove into the town where most of the buildings had been emptied.Finally, it stopped at the largest square in the town; as the door was quickly opened, Jiang Tian led down a petite figure holding a parasol.

"There, there and there, two small groups and one large group, and one is very big." It was a little girl with silver hair and a lace headband, holding an ugly doll in her arms, and she pointed impatiently away. Chu said: "Mother is still waiting for me to go back, please hurry up..."