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Chapter 3: Blaney the Witch Hunter

In the evening, two uninvited guests arrived in the slums outside the Nordland territory of the Sekas Empire.

The leading man was about thirty years old, wearing tight leather armor, a long sword on his waist, and dark blond hair draped behind his head. He looked out of place in this dilapidated and decayed slum, and naturally attracted countless malicious glances at the first moment.

The hungry mobs and thieves lurked in the dark, scanning the two men with their sharp eyes like knives.

When they saw the holy light mark on the two men's clothes, these prying eyes immediately withdrew.

In the Sekas Empire, some people may not recognize the flag of the empire, but there is no one who does not know the Seal of Holy Light...

This is the symbol of God's messenger!

Aside from the clergymen wearing temple robes, the only ones with the mark of holy light on their clothes are witch hunters!

It is rumored that every witch hunter has been blessed by the gods and possesses skills far beyond those of ordinary people. No one would want to provoke such a target.

Noticing that the figure hiding in the dark had disappeared, Andre smiled disdainfully, but the faint stench coming from the dilapidated streets soon made him frown.

"Sure enough, Bishop Anluik is right. These wizards are like rats. They like to hide in such dark and smelly corners." Andre looked at the stains and feces left in the dark corners of the street, and couldn't help but cover his nose and complained.

"We'd better be more vigilant, Andre. The character we need to deal with this time is not an ordinary one." The leading man was somewhat dissatisfied with Andre's ostentatious attitude and could not help but remind him.

A few days ago, a major event happened in the Dukedom of Nordland. A wizard named Colu attempted to seduce the Duke's second daughter. Fortunately, she was discovered in time by the stationed guards, thus preventing the Duke of Nordland's young daughter from being bewitched by the devil.

The brutality of that encirclement and suppression campaign is still vivid in our minds.

In order to capture this daring wizard, the Duke of Nordland dispatched two battalions of guards to hunt him down, but even so, he still suffered heavy losses. In the end, if the Bishop of the Holy See had not arrived, the Duke of Nordland would have lost all his face!

Their target this time is the opponent's apprentice, who is also a wizard!

"Don't worry, Blayney." Andre sneered. "This time we are dealing with a wizard apprentice who has only been exposed to magic for a few months. These people usually only know one or two tricks. Believe me, a farmer with a hoe is more difficult to deal with than them."

In the more than half a year since he joined the witch hunting team, he has participated in several hunting operations against wizards.

At the beginning, Andre was terrified of the legendary wizards who were inspired by the devil.

However, after actual contact, Andre found that those wizards were not as scary as he had imagined. Most of them were not a threat. Their magic power was limited, and some were not even as reliable as siege weapons and swords.

As for those apprentices who are not skilled enough, they can only be described as waste. Once they are distracted, they cannot cast magic in battle and can only be slaughtered.

What made Andre most satisfied was that the bounty for capturing these wizards was very high, and the Duke of Nordland was even more generous. If one captured an apprentice alive, he could get six Secas gold coins, which was enough for them to spend lavishly for a while!

Of course, if it is killed, it is only worth half the price.

Blainey glanced at Andre and didn't refute, but he didn't let down his guard.

In his impression, those witch hunters who believed in intelligence usually didn't live long...

The slums outside Nordland were not very large, and there were very few people moving around. Relying on his identity as a witch hunter, Andre confirmed the target's hiding place from a homeless man with just a little threat.

It was a building that could hardly be described as a house. The red brick walls were full of potholes and covered with green vines. The door looked shaky, as if it would break open with the slightest push.

The target they were looking for was right before their eyes, but neither of the people present had any intention of taking action immediately.

Andre glanced at his partner, cursed in his heart, then took the initiative to step forward and put his palm on the door. His calloused knuckles pulled the bolt hard, but the seemingly shaky door did not move. It was obvious that someone had used something to prop it up from behind.

Andre became furious and kicked the door with all his might.

There was a loud crash and the door broke open, revealing the scene in the inner room.

The narrow house looked messy due to lack of maintenance, with garbage piled up in the corners.

There was a candle lit on the wooden table nearby. Perhaps disturbed by the sound of the wind caused by the violent breaking of the door, the faint candle flame flickered twice and then went out.

The room, which had been bright, suddenly became very dim. Only a little light came in through the wide-open window. One could vaguely see the worn blanket on the bed being dragged on the ground, extending to the window.

Blaney followed in and looked around the house, and his eyes were quickly attracted by the note dropped on the ground.

Andre, who entered the door first, also noticed this. He bent down and picked up the crumpled note. After reading the contents clearly, his face turned very ugly.

"Damn, it looks like we're late. The kid has already gone to join up with other apprentices!" Andre said angrily. Combining the environment inside the house, he immediately imagined what had happened.

The target they were looking for, the wizard apprentice, had received the news before they arrived, and had fled before they had time to pack their things.

However, judging from the candlelight that never went out and the residual warmth on the bed, the other party should not have gone far.

Thinking of this, Andre became extremely anxious and wanted to leave immediately. These were six Secas gold coins, and he couldn't just run away like this.

Once the other party joins up with other wizard apprentices, it will be difficult to capture him. Of course, in comparison, Andre is more worried that the target will be got there first by other bounty hunters.

"and many more……"

Just when Andre was about to climb out the window to chase him, Blainey reached out to stop him. Seeing Andre's impatient expression, he pointed to the desk beside him.

Andre turned his head and looked over. Besides the extinguished candle, there were a dozen copper coins and manuscript paper with strange characters and patterns scattered on the table.

After a little thought, Andre quickly understood what his companion meant. If the wizard apprentice left after receiving the message, it would be impossible for him to leave behind the coins that were easy to carry, not to mention these "precious" magic manuscripts.

Andre, who had experience in hunting wizards, knew very well that most wizards would rather die than protect their so-called research notes.

This means that the other party is likely still hiding in this room...

Andre sneered. The dragging marks of the blanket on the ground, the wide-open windows, and the dropped note all suggested that the other party had escaped.

It was obvious that this wizard apprentice had played a good trick, trying to mislead them to another place. It might be a trap, and he almost got fooled.

At this moment, Lin En, who was hiding in the darkness, was sweating profusely. His spirit became more and more excited in this fatal crisis, and his scattered spirit continued to spread around under the influence of magic.

He could even affect the flow of air to a certain extent, thereby extinguishing candles, and his breathing made no sound. Thanks to this, he was able to hide from the eyes of the two witch hunters.

Blainey ignored Andre who had come to his senses, and looked around the room, soon looking at the dark red cabinet next to the vertical window.

The cabinet was only shoulder-high, covered in dust, and very close to the wide-open window. It was inconspicuous in this shabby, drafty little house, but it was big enough to hold a curled-up adult man...

Chapter 4 The reckless die from recklessness

Blaney imagined in his mind that if he searched the cabinet without knowing it, the other party could use the clothes as a cover to launch a surprise attack. If he failed, he could jump out of the house through the window...

This is undoubtedly the best hiding place in the whole house!

Realizing this, Blayney drew his sword without hesitation...

The sound of the sword blade passing through the scabbard echoed in the house...

Almost instantly, the silver-white sword pierced into the wooden cabinet like a knife into butter, and then the sword was pulled horizontally, and the closed wooden cabinet was cut open!

Sawdust and rags were scattered in the air, but the expected blood-gushing scene did not appear...

Blaney frowned slightly, somewhat surprised. Was his judgment wrong? Was the target simply careless and left these things in the house?

Andre, who was standing by, was startled by his companion's sudden sword drawing. He was about to laugh at Blainey's misjudgment, but suddenly a dagger stretched out from the dark shadows in the narrow gap between the bookshelf and the wall and chopped towards Andre's neck!

It was Lin En who did it!

The moment Andre and Blainey discovered the coins and manuscripts on the table, Lynn knew that he couldn't escape this time.

The narrow gap where he hid had no obstruction and he relied solely on shadows and visual dislocations as a means of hiding.

This was undoubtedly an extremely dangerous place, but the two of them came too quickly. Lin En, who had just experienced a time travel and whose mind was extremely confused, had no time to find a more suitable place, let alone time to make arrangements. He didn't even have time to pick up the parchment scroll that fell on the ground.

Once the two men discovered that there was no one hiding in the closet and started searching the house carefully, they would soon find themselves.

So Lin En took action without hesitation!

Considering the lethality, Lin En did not use the [Ice Blade] that he had already mastered and improved. The lethality of the dagger within three steps is far more reliable than the "magic" he mastered!

The timing was chosen when Andre saw the flying sawdust and relaxed his mind!

However, this sword that was destined to succeed missed the target. The moment Lin En made his move, a strong sense of crisis surged into Andre's heart.

Before joining the witch hunting team, Andre was a notorious mercenary who had been walking on the edge of life and death for many years. This feeling that was deeply rooted in his bones was something Andre was very familiar with!

His keen intuition apparently saved him again. At the moment when the dagger was about to chop down, Andre managed to turn his body and avoided being separated from his head.

But Lynn's attack came too fast. Even though Andre tried to evade it at the first moment, he couldn't avoid it completely. The sharp dagger scratched his neck, leaving a deep blood mark!

Fresh red blood continued to flow out from the wound. Andre was shocked and angry. The pain from his neck warned him that he almost died!

"Bastard!" Andre was so angry that he swung the knife with his right hand, trying to cut Lin En in half from top to bottom.

The knife's force was so fast and powerful that Lin En could hardly react, but his body naturally made a blocking movement. As the swords clashed, the teeth-grinding tearing sound echoed in the house.

Before this, Lynn had never had the experience of drawing a sword and chopping people, but fortunately, his original body, Carl, was well-trained and the muscle memory of his body still existed.

It was with his excellent swordsmanship that Carl intimidated those malicious neighbors in the slums!

However, this time his opponent was not an untrained bandit, but a ruthless witch hunter who had taken the divine potion and whose skills were far superior to those of ordinary people...

Andre's swordsmanship was completely unsystematic, but each move was fierce. After only three collisions, Lin En felt a sharp pain in the palm of his hand, and he could hardly hold the dagger in his hand.

"Die!" Andre roared and swung his long sword to push away the dagger. He stretched out his left hand and tightly grasped Lin En's throat with his thick knuckles.

Lin En, whose neck was being strangled, turned red in the face and his consciousness quickly became blurry.

[Warning, the target of the agreement is under serious life threat. According to Article 37 of the Federal Smart Management Law, the nearest law enforcement officer will be automatically contacted...]

The reminder sound that suddenly rang in his mind pulled Lin En's consciousness back from the abyss of sinking, and a glimmer of hope for life rose in his heart.

[Warning... No signal... Warning... Not connected to the network... Please go to the highest point nearby as soon as possible, search for satellite signals, and call the federal emergency number in time...]

Hey!

Lin En cursed inwardly, then he remembered that he had traveled through time and space, and he couldn't even be sure if he was in the same universe.

Damn it, he should have saved the money for buying a new ship and upgraded the intelligence of this broken thing...Where can he find the satellite signal now?

Even if it is possible, do I have to ask federal police to come and rescue me in a spaceship?

But at this moment, Lin En had no time to regret. The hand around his neck was tightening little by little like the god of death.

[Warning... No signal, emergency plan activated, maximum survival probability analysis, based on user agreement, will automatically connect to the neural network...]

The reminder sound in his mind became more and more urgent, but Lin En could no longer hear it. At this moment, he only felt that his brain seemed to explode, and his soul seemed to be separated from his body, looking at the world in a strange state.

Lin En's dissipated spiritual power continued to extend like ripples, and his perception of the elements became clearer and clearer...

……

"Brown hair, black eyes, it seems I found the right person." Seeing that Andre easily subdued the target, Blainey loosened his hand on the hilt of the sword and turned to look at Lynn.

"You're very capable, little mouse. Since you're so good at hiding, it would be better to cut off one of your hands and a leg..." Andre said with a grim smile.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he vaguely felt that he was having difficulty breathing, and his anger was rising.