Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 3 The Deer Head Demon
At some point, the residents of this land discovered that there was some kind of powerful creature in the forest.

It drives animals and manipulates forests, and its inhabitants fear it.

Residents kept it at a distance at first, but over time, they also came to worship it.

The inhabitants and the creature get along fairly well, they offer tribute, and it restrains the beasts from attacking the village.

Both the village and the monster benefited, the village was able to ignore the threat of wild beasts, and the monster was very satisfied with the offerings from the villagers.

However, sometimes it will do some unbelievable things for the residents, such as slaughtering livestock or something. The residents can't figure out what it is thinking, so they can only serve it more cautiously.

In the final analysis, what it is thinking is difficult for humans to understand, but this does not affect people getting along with it.

But everything was broken with the arrival of the army in black.

The slave owners of Nilfgaard captured most of the people in the village as slaves, the village was burned, and the survivors escaped the Yaruga River, and the totem was thus forgotten.

But it will not disappear because of forgetting, losing its offering, it becomes more and more manic.

Of course Herme didn't know this, but now, looking at the totem, he felt extremely troublesome. Just looking at this thing, he knew that he was in big trouble.

The soldiers looked at the totem in awe, not daring to get too close.

They just looked at the totem from a distance, discussing what they encountered in groups of three or four, and their flustered faces showed how flustered and restless they were.

Don't think too much about it, maybe you just misread it, and deer head essence is not so common.

Herme comforted herself like this, indeed, deer head spirits are not common.

Such a powerful celestial sphere fusion product can't be seen everywhere, maybe it's just an ordinary totem.

It's just that the glimmer of light emitted from the totem dispelled his illusion.

There is no doubt that this thing has magic power, so it must be the deer head spirit totem.

Damn, it's really unlucky to encounter this thing.

"Knight Herme, let's go quickly."

Jerry said, "Let this kind of thing stay here, it has nothing to do with us."

The sergeant major’s words were full of fear. From his and the soldiers’ point of view, it’s better to stay as far away from such things as possible. In country stories, people who get close to these things never end well.

This is the simple life wisdom summed up by the people. For these weird things, stay as far away as possible. People who play with fire often die miserably.

If you really can't leave, you have to worship wholeheartedly, and bet on what kind of mentality the existence behind it has, anyway, you only want one life.

Herme was thinking, thinking about what he should do with this thing.

It is impossible to destroy this thing, not to mention Lu Shoujing's revenge, the team under his command has to make a fuss first.

Because of the operation of his predecessor, his control over his subordinates is not strong at all, obeying orders is only because of his identity, not surrender from the heart.

But without destroying this thing, what should the deer head spirit keep chasing and killing them?Selchik mentioned that this thing will also attack northerners.

They will always be active in the forest, and they can't leave the forest. If they go out of the forest rashly and expose themselves to the black-clothed army, they are courting death.

The totem is the key to the resurrection of the deer head spirit. If the totem is not destroyed, this thing can be resurrected continuously.

Of course, this deer head spirit may also be played in another way, that is, to mark a certain person in its territory, and rely on consuming that person's vitality to achieve resurrection.

Just as Herme was thinking hard about how to solve this troublesome problem, he suddenly noticed that Jerry was listening to a soldier's report.

The soldier was their scout. Hearing what he said, Jerry's face changed several times, and then he looked at Herme who was throwing a questioning look.

"A team of men in black is coming, and they will be here in ten minutes at most."

"It's true that misfortunes never come singly, um... But that's okay, let everyone hide first, and see how many Nilfgaardians are there."

When Hemei heard the news, he felt relieved for a moment. The man in black came just in time, and he didn't have to make difficult choices here.

After the order was issued, Herme's subordinates responded very quickly, and they hid in the hiding place smoothly under the command of the sergeants.

Concealment is nothing new to them, the battle on the border is all kinds of ambushes and raids.

Jerry also took people to roughly clean up the traces of activity. After a while, the clearing in the forest looked like it had never been inhabited.

Hemei pulled out the long sword and put it beside her so that she could pick it up at any time.

He was surrounded by soldiers who used bushes to hide themselves, and all of them squatted to hide their figures.

Several crossbowmen put their bowstrings on their weapons, and they could shoot at any time as long as they were ordered.

As time passed, the voice of the Nilfgaardian came, and the sound of armor colliding, and Herme became nervous uncontrollably.

Soon, the Nilfgaardian appeared in front of them, led by an officer wearing a feathered helmet and a golden sun engraved on the black plate armor.

There are a large number of low-level soldiers behind them. They are wearing iron helmets. Some helmets have horn-shaped decorations, and others have flying wings. The equipment standard of the Imperials is obviously more uniform than that of the Northern Army, and the sun emblem can be seen everywhere.

The man in black obviously had a clear goal, and he came directly to the totem and got busy around the totem, while some people lit a fire on the ground.

These are well-trained soldiers, Herme noticed that they only had simple communication, and immediately began to complete their respective tasks.

"Look at this? The man in black plans to overthrow this totem?"

Jerry whispered next to Herme, the noise made by the Nilfgaardians was loud enough for him to dare to speak.

Herme nodded, without speaking, and continued to look at those Nilfgaardians. The important thing is to know what the southerners are going to do.

They were busy tying the rope to the stone, while the other Nilfgaardian soldiers looked around the forest warily, as if there were enemies hiding there.

Well, they are going to destroy this totem, it is really fierce, it is really reckless enough for the southerners, but that's okay, let the Nilfgaardians be unlucky.

Herme slandered, thinking they were messing around.

But he thought about it again, these people have found the totem, which means that they are not as messy as they seem, and there must be someone who knows how to guide them.

And just when the men in black tied the rope on the stone and were about to start pulling the totem, they escorted out a prisoner with the jeweled emblem of the Kingdom of Sodden on his body.

His smock hadn't been washed for some time, and it was full of dirt. The man was also quite embarrassed, with an unnaturally thin body.

The black-armored soldier forced him to kneel down, and the man was pressed down like a walking dead, and then the Nilfgaardian chopped off his head, and the blood gushed out crazily, forming a pool of blood soon.

This made the crowd led by Herme completely unable to understand what was going on. After thinking for a while, Herme suddenly realized something.

Is it a possessor?
He thought this way, this is another way for the deer head spirit to revive, that is to mark a person in its territory and resurrect it by absorbing his vitality.

He was engaged in totems and possessors, and he was even more sure that these Nilfgaardians were instructed and came prepared.

Just as Herme analyzed the reasons for what the Nilfgaardians did, the men in black began to pull the stone violently, and as they shouted and pulled, the stone collapsed.

Subconsciously, Herme put his hand on the sword, and he felt a chill. Everyone present, whether it was the man in black or the lurking northerner, they all felt that way.

"Damn it, it's really here."

This feeling told Hermi that he thought the thing was coming, and it did.

At some point, a tall figure appeared in the forest.

The figure was four or even five meters tall, and its body and limbs were made of dead wood and branches.

A pendant made of animal skulls shakes on it, making a crisp sound.

Its head was the skull of a stag, and for some reason the dark eye sockets seemed to burn with rage.

The sky was suddenly filled with crows, and they croaked and screamed, making the atmosphere extremely terrifying.

Then they landed on the tree and looked at the people in black.

"They smell death."

Jerry muttered with fear, while Herme nodded subconsciously. Yes, these crows are still waiting for the banquet to start.

The wolves also appeared beside the deer head spirit, just like the courtiers protecting the monarch.

Fortunately for the northerners, the monsters did not show up in their hiding places, and they did not need to be cannon fodder for the men in black.

Herme felt that the deer's head spirit must have discovered them, but the Nilfgaardians were its main target now, so it didn't attack the northerners.

The people of Nilfgaard exclaimed when they saw the appearance of the deer head spirit, and many people retreated subconsciously. This is the normal reaction of many people to the monster.

Under the scolding and actions of the officers and a group of apparently fearless people, the soldiers quickly organized to fight against the king of the forest.

Soldiers with halberds and spears immediately stood on the front line, archers lit their arrows with flames that had been raised in advance, and many warriors with knives and axes raised torches.

It seems that the Nilfgaardian planned to fight the deer head smartly from the very beginning.

Herme watched all this with great interest, which just happened to let him watch the scene, the monster and the man in black were fighting, it was dog eat dog.

The deer head spirit is obviously smarter than ordinary monsters. It raised its hands made of dead branches, and suddenly disappeared into a group of crows, and then it appeared among the Nilfgaardian archers.

The Nilfgaardians seemed to have encountered this trick before. Those archers were all wearing heavy armor and subconsciously drew their swords, but this was useless against monsters.

The strength of that seemingly thin dead branch arm was terrifying, and with just a light wave, several people were sent flying, with unbelievable expressions on their faces.

The deer's head spirit made the man in black panic immediately, and the simultaneous impact of the wolves and the bite of the crow made the chaos even worse.

The battlefield turned into a melee in an instant. Humans fought against monsters with swords and flames, but they were at a disadvantage.

Originally they were supposed to use a tight front to deal with these monsters, but now they are forced to fight like this.

Lu Shoujing swept through the crowd like a crashing car, and no one could stop him.

Suddenly someone was torn apart by huge vines that suddenly appeared, and fear spread with the bloody scene.

However, human beings are not completely defenseless. The deer head spirit was ignited several times during the melee, and the Nilfgaardians still bravely counterattacked and besieged the huge monster.

Although the flames were quickly extinguished, the burn marks on the monster's body undoubtedly showed that it did not have an easy time.

As for the wolves and crows, they were still too powerless in the face of the heavily armed Nilfgaardian soldiers.

It is difficult for the wolf's teeth to bite through the steel neck guard, and the pecking and biting of the crow can only serve as a nuisance. It is still too difficult to dig out the eyes of the man in black.

So the Nilfgaardians quickly recovered from the initial panic, and besieged the monsters in an orderly manner.

They obviously had a plan to fight against the deer's head spirit. They kept throwing the rope on the monster, and then began to pull it desperately to restrict its movements.

While others greeted this guy desperately with torches and rockets, their swords kept slashing at the monster's wooden body.

The deer's head spirit's body became more and more dilapidated, and the wolves and crows driven by it also dispersed after leaving a lot of corpses. It was only a matter of time before its demise.

During the period, the Deer Shoujing used the trick of turning into a group of crows again, but this trick obviously couldn't span too far, and the men in black immediately besieged it again. They were obviously determined to deal with this monster here.

Finally, as the deer's head spirit's entire body was engulfed in flames, the southerners cheered wearily.

And Herme knew that it was time for them to perform.

And how could the Nilfgaardians have never imagined that a northern army has been waiting for them for a long time, and now they are planning to move.

Some Nilfgaardians cheered feebly, while others sat weary on the ground, throwing their weapons aside like trash.

They lost a lot in this battle, at least thirteen comrades were killed by that guy, and several people didn't know their lives, but they managed to kill the monster.

It's just that when they were about to rest and pack up the battlefield, they suddenly heard such a shout:
"Death to the man in black! Long live the North!"

Then it was discovered that a group of northerners rushed out from the opposite direction from where the deer head spirit came from. They were holding swords, guns, swords and halberds, with gold and red coats of arms on their bodies, and they were the troops of the northern countries.

Under the officer's slogan, the Nilfgaardians quickly organized a new front, which showed that the imperial army was well-trained, but it was a pity that this was of no significance to changing the situation of the battle.

Herme rushed to the front to set an example for the soldiers. He took the lead in piercing the eye socket of a Nilfgaardian before he realized what happened.

The battle was like Herme's assault. There was nothing to say. The Nilfgaardians were in a very bad state after the bloody battle with that monster. The Aedirians had an extraordinary advantage.

Soon, the Nilfgaardians fled. The previous battle with the deer-head monster had exhausted their physical strength, and they encountered this sudden battle again, so they were defeated after a short battle.

In comparison, the Adian people lost only three people, and all three of them were accidentally killed out of carelessness.

They didn't pursue the Nilfgaardian, because Herme had ordered in advance, and more importantly, they collected available things from the dead, and then left as soon as possible.

The men of Aedirn took several captives, including the officer in command.

Even though his subordinates were all defeated, this guy still stood firm on the front line, so he was swarmed up and brought down by the Ardians.

The officer's winged helmet was nowhere to be found, and the beautiful black armor was full of scratches.

It's just that even in such a mess, he still maintains the arrogance of the imperial people.

Herme wanted to get some information from him, but this man refused to talk to the "barbaric northerner". Seeing that he couldn't get anything, Herme directly ordered him to be executed.

Carrying prisoners behind enemy lines is just adding trouble to himself, and Herme doesn't want to spend too much time on stubborn guys, so it's better to kill them directly.

And after the example of this officer, the others obviously had to cooperate more, and those few Nilfgaardian soldiers poured out things in their unskilled common language like pouring beans.

During the period, a guy wanted to delay time by stammering the common language on purpose, but his acting was too clumsy. Herme directly ordered this guy to be dragged down to solve it, and then the others would be honest.

It turns out that this deer head spirit has caused troubles for the army in black for a long time. It seems that it was influenced by the emotions of the people who worshiped it. The deer head spirit not only attacked the men in black who entered the forest, but also left the forest.

It caused trouble for the Nilfgaardians outside their camps, where many Nilfgaardian scouts were chopped to pieces by thorns.

Because of the existence of the deer head spirit, the Nilfgaardians did not dare to enter the forest, which undoubtedly provided a "safe" corridor for the northerners, and they were much less likely to be attacked than the men in black.

In fact, the Nilfgaardians have already killed the deer head several times. After all, it is still easy for the army to kill the monster, but the price is higher.

It's just that this guy kept resurrecting and continued to harass the imperial people, and then under the guidance of the warlock, they understood how to solve the problem.

The first is to know the location of the totem through the captured local slaves, and then let the warlock use the corpse left by the deer head to measure the location of the possessor, that is, the unlucky Solden soldier.

These Soden people have been hiding in the forest, and they were not attacked by the stag's head spirit precisely because of the location of the possessor.

The Nilfgaardian warlocks also took advantage of this and found their location.

In the end, it was this battle. The imperial people were indeed able to eliminate the deer head spirit, but they never thought that a northern army oriole was behind.

After hearing all this, Herme walked up to the ashes of the deer's head, and he looked at the scorched skull of the deer's head.

I really didn't expect that there were so many things behind this incident.

But that's good, at least I don't have to look for any Soden people anymore, I already know that they are finished.

"What should we do with..."

Jerry didn't know when he came to Herme's side. From his expression, it could be seen that he was determined to come forward.

Because the other soldiers stood far away, for fear of getting involved with the monster that turned into ashes on the ground.

Herme didn't speak, just made a cutting gesture, the captives must not be kept.

Jerry hurried to carry out the order. This was not a new job for him. Carrying out orders was better than standing in front of this pile of dangerous things.

With the problem resolved, Herme's team set out on the road again.

They walked to the depths of the forest. Now that there were no monsters, they could go there naturally.And Hemei also knew that there were few other monsters in the deer head spirit's territory, so there was no need to worry about being attacked.

Everyone moved very quickly, because they didn't know when the imperial people would appear.

And in this clearing, only a pile of stripped corpses and the charred deer skull remained.

(End of this chapter)