The Journey of the Demon Hunter

"I lost contact with Alexander after the Nilfgaards came." Vesselard sighed distressedly: "Alexander has been dealing with his rats. What did he say that the Catriona plague is related to rats? ..... I didn’t understand what was coming from the adenoma. I wanted to hide in his tower, but after thinking about it, I really don’t want to sleep on the mouse’s den. I don’t know Nivel. Did the Gads attack his tower?"

Zelin remembered this incident. When Xili was traveling around the world, she passed by a city called Genoa. As a result, a flea carrying a plague landed on her, and then she was taken to a port of Nilfgaard, and finally infected. The Catriona, the merchant ship Nilfgaard, eventually spread the plague to the north with the ship. This happened about four years ago, when he was still in Novigrad to help Chapei block the plague ship.

Kaduin and Dole Gare provided help during this period, and collected the dust of the plague demon spirit as materials, and gave it to Alexander in the Ben Ade Academy for research.

"I remember she went to West Willen once, near the Lake Tower?" Zelin thought about this: "Don't worry, Lord Baron. I'm going to West Willen next time, passing by Oreden. At that time, I can help you inquire about your daughter's whereabouts."

"That's great, Master Demon Hunter." The baron exhaled long, "I'm going to the nearby village to find out. After I find her, I must put her in confinement and not allow her to leave. Half a step here!"

Chapter 2289: Willen's Tower in the Lake

With the help of Youer Xika and Felianuoer, Gwendelin took care of this wide swamp very well. In addition, previous followers like Feilinor's maid Sheila have also arrived here, and it is rare to see a steaming scene in a place full of war and chaos. Gwendelin is very satisfied with the local villagers. They are a group of self-interested bastards, but they are also the most satisfied and effective people. Zelin believes that as long as they can provide them with shelter and benefit, they are willing to offer their faith and loyalty to anyone.

"Thank you for telling me about this shelter." Margaret stood on the edge of the square and bowed to Zelin: "Although the conditions here are average, it's much safer than outside. God, I'm in Gossway. Lun has lived for so long, but he has no idea that there is such a sect retreat. When did this sect appear? I have never heard of the beliefs of these three ladies."

"It's been a long time." Zelin didn't lie. According to Rodland's time considerations, the faith in Gwendelin has existed for many years: "Anyone who is even more knowledgeable may also encounter problems that they don't understand. This is normal."

"How is Tysaya's situation?" Margarita asked, still wearing the dark green suspender dress from the college, with golden curly hair hanging down her shoulders. After the warlock's ability reaches a certain level, the external environment will no longer affect their feelings. The clothes are just mere decorations: "How is the environment in Novigrad?"

"I'm here to tell you about Novigrad."

Zelin told Margarita what happened in the past half a month after arriving in Novigrad with Tisya. After hearing that Xier was arrested and put in jail, she couldn't help showing an unbelievable look. .

"How can a witch hunter do such a thing? Even if they wear anti-magic metal, Xi'er cannot be caught as long as he is not raided within five meters."

"There is a warlock traitor, Margarita, so you have to be careful next. When you see an unfamiliar warlock, you also have to be vigilant. But don't worry, Xier is safe now, and Tishaya rescued her. , They should have arrived at Kerviel by now."

For the rest of the time, Zelin told Margarita the location and signal to communicate with the Corvier ship. She can send more than 30 female warlock apprentices here in batches to the designated location, and then evacuated to the safe Kerviel by boat. These apprentices cannot stay in the swamp for too long. The biggest problem here is insufficient food. There are deserted mountains and mountains and monsters living in it. Gwendelin has been cleaning up the monsters, but this large forest has almost always been removed from Willen. It spreads eastward to the Vizima border, and southward is close to the Brocline jungle. Such a wide woodland has always been a paradise for monsters. Humans have not conquered it for hundreds of years. No one knows how many powerful and terrifying monsters are in the depths of the forest. There are rumors that this is the territory of the demon race, but no one has confirmed it so far.

Therefore, more than 30 apprentices of female warlocks are influxed at a time, it is difficult for them to live for a long time, and the food will not last the end of the war. People like Gwendelin do not need to eat, and the villagers' tribute can only provide for the believers and followers of the temple.

"This is really great." Margarita nodded. "I will send the apprentices away in batches. This is really a bad age. By the way, the Demon Hunter, do you know about Ciri? Gods On the above, I always thought that she was married to Emperor Enhill. Wasn't the armistice agreement signed five years ago because of the marriage between Queen Hinterland and the Emperor? But she is still here and... "

"Some people just need an identity. True or false is not that important." Zelin shook his head: "Don't tell me about this. Not many people know Xili, and even fewer people know her current situation."

"I understand." Margarita nodded, and she scratched her left face with her right hand: "I won't talk too much."

Zelin stayed in the Whispering Swamp until the evening, and Gwendelin told him again before leaving, if he thinks the black cultists around him behave unusually, immediately inform him.

With the sound of the wind whistling in his ears, Zelin flew across the sky on a griffin in the dark, like a dark shadow across the moon-shrouded sky.

"Did you hear anything, Dan?" The witch hunter holding the torch raised her head and looked to the sky. The moonlight is cold, Willen’s night is always so cold, the bright moon seems to have just rained, and the wind blowing in the forest seems to carry a disgusting rancid smell. No one who lives in Novigrad wants to come here, even if they are separated by the Ponta River. Only businessmen chasing profits and a few people with a purpose will appear.

When the benefit exceeds the danger, someone will take the initiative to Willen.

"Maybe it's a monster, Bobby." Another witch hunter murmured, rubbed her chest, and touched the talisman inside through her clothes: "Bless the eternal fire, this talisman given by the bishop does not work in the fuck. ?"

"Who knows." The man called Dan shrugged, "Okay, leave it alone, let's go quickly, and we'll be in a village ahead. Have you seen the spooky people here? I bet you It's not that Lao Tzu owns this sword. They will never answer obediently. How much do you think we have to spend?"

The two witch hunters had swords hanging from their waists, but they did not wear the uniforms of witch hunters, but the blue linen clothes and brown trousers of ordinary farmers.

"Take money? Ha, not even a point." Bobby laughed loudly: "This is the money the king gave us. His Majesty Ladovide is generous, much better than the stingy Heimfa. Besides, here is the money. Do you need money? You just need to tell them that there is a place with a lot of money, and the rich person is not only defenseless, but also **** mocking them as a group of poor people. In this way, they will immediately rush to tear up the target. Broken, we only need to get the things that His Majesty requested and leave as soon as possible."

"What do you think your Majesty is looking for in this wasteland?"

"How do I know." Bobby clasped the talisman on his chest subconsciously, and the talisman was glowing with anti-magical metal luster: "Your Majesty said that when you see it, you will know it, it must be a very strange thing. Hurry up and go, I It always feels like something is staring at us in the bushes."

The two witch hunters walked towards the village shrouded in shadow in the distance. The lake slapped on the shore, and the tall tower on the distant island was shrouded in mist, and only the candlelight from the window could be vaguely seen.

Chapter 2290: Kayla's Mission

Oridun is located on the shore of Lake Willen. The village relies on fishing for a living. There are only about 30 households. Unlike the villages near the Ponta River, most of the villagers in West Willen did not escape, and the army did not enter the land. Both the Redanians and the Nilfgadians chose to avoid this difficult forest to march. , Only the people in black sent a few patrols here. Passing by the village entrance, Zelin noticed a notice posted by a man in black stating that the patrol was missing. Anyone who found a trace must immediately report it to the local commander.

There was no light in the village. Every villager closed the door tightly and put out the candles, as if there was no one in the village. Zelin did not choose to go to the village first, but went directly to Alexander's magic tower. It is meaningless to go to Oriden to inquire about the news now. It is estimated that no villager will open the door to strangers at night.

A circle of wooden stakes was erected on the periphery of the magic tower. Bubbles can be seen from time to time in the surrounding swamp, and the figures hiding in the shallows are running back and forth in the moonlight. There must be many water ghosts and more advanced monsters in a lake of this size. Silver threads can drive them away. These monsters don't like silver items.

Contrary to Zelin's expectation, no magic traps or incantation puppets for warning were seen behind the wooden pile fence. Bright candlelight was streaming from the windows on the top floor of the tower.

In the magic tower, Alexander already has a new guest.

"How come you will come here, Demon Hunter? According to the information I have received, aren't you with Enid in Baihua Valley now?" Keira Metz held the goblet in one hand, the crystal glass in the candlelight. Reflecting a gleam: "Did you leave the castle and start looking for a commission again? I heard that Enid not only used up all the savings on hand, but also spent all your savings. You have sold the castle? Then? It should be all the money you have saved over the past few decades."

Alexander, who was sitting across from the square table, cast a curious look.

"I want to know." Zelin sighed: "Why does every warlock ask this after seeing me?"

"Do you think you and Enid are not well-known? Please, you two have always been topical characters, okay?" Kayla shook his head, and took a sip of Willen's rare Tousant dry red. The demon hunter dare to say that this is definitely Willen’s only bottle of Tocente: "I bet with Marty before, guess when you two will break up. The identity gap between you two is too big, how could it be possible? Finally came together. But Enid did this by hand. If you use up all your savings, you can't leave her."

"It's really bad." Alexander shrugged, drew a fork over the steak, and slowly cut the corners with his other hand: "I will never find such a lover in the future. But I don't understand, she is a queen, you It’s a demon hunter, you just need to stay in her court and you don’t have to worry about any problems for the rest of your life. How could the savings of a demon hunter be comparable to the wealth accumulated by an ancient race. I heard that you sponsored the study of Kalkstein, If every prince in the north can be like you, the magical civilization will be more prosperous than it is now."

"This is probably the self-esteem of a man." Kayla rolled her eyes: "How can it be better than the woman next to her? Otherwise, it will be very uncomfortable in bed. You men are like this. You don't want to admit that women are only equipped with laundry and washing dishes. The era has passed."

Zelin rubbed the corners of his eyes: "Let's stop talking about it. Keira, why are you in Willen? I thought you should clean up the palace in Lomugne."

"If it weren't for the order of the Order, I wouldn't have come to a remote country like Willen." Kayla put down the wine glass and plucked a grape with water droplets remaining on it: "There are rats, fleas, monsters in the forest, and Fools who don’t know anything about civilization. The Dole Garé of Ben Ade informed the Council of the Order of the Catriona plague a few days ago, so the Order sent me here to check the progress of the plague research. And make sure that the plague does not fall into the hands of other people. Yes, I'm here to help Alexander move."

As he said, Kayla raised his chin confidently: "And now I am also a member of the council."

"If it were when the Order was still in power, you would have almost the same power as the countess, but now you have at most one baron bowed to you without kissing your hand." Alexander coughed softly: "However, Not bad too."

Only the Duchess can be worthy of the kiss, which is what many female warlocks want. After people who came from ordinary people have learned a lot of knowledge and possess abilities far beyond ordinary people, naturally they will no longer be willing to bow and kneel to people who have achieved nothing but blood.

"This will not last long. The Order will soon be restored to its former appearance. When this war is over, the Order will continue to send resident warlocks to various places. At least Aden and Frjan have already expressed this aspect. Willingness, the war has lasted for so long, and there is no resident warlock to protect their towns and maintain the weather. A drought can put their country into famine." Kayla’s tone was full of optimism: "Maybe the priest will protest, but I don’t I think that what the Church of Eternal Fire can do, this world will still be a warlock sooner or later, and maybe later generations will be able to canonize people who protect the knowledge of magic during this difficult time in the history books."

"Then you have to spend this time first." Zelin heard other meanings in Kaila's words: "The cult has decided to stand on the north side? I thought you would choose neutrality."

"The emperor does not give us a chance to be neutral. To be precise, the Order will not stay in a territory completely ruled by an emperor who is hostile to the warlock. Enhill’s Northern War has already failed twice. The opposition forces will not let him stay on the throne after the third defeat." Kayla spread her hands out: "Nilfgard's expansion war will not stop. Only in this way can we feed the insatiable group of greedy people. Merchants. Only by letting them understand that it is not so easy to get benefits from the outside, at this time, they will shift their targets to the civilians and slaves in Nifoga Germany. It is much better to make the empires unlucky than ours. "

"So the order has been decided?"

"Yes, the white Lafada could have become a king back then. The warlocks supported him and the people supported him. At that time, King Tamoria was a dementia again. He refused and declared that the warlocks would never become a leader. Back then, he nodded at the court council, and now the north should be a parliamentary magical country, not like it is now.” Kayla’s tone was filled with regret: “It’s a shame. People who have real talents and learners will never be better than nothing. People who were born into a good family in Shanghai, right? Every sorcerer graduates through 20 years of education, studying mathematics, alchemy, astronomy, geology, history, etc., as long as he has a good surname, A madman can be a king, and a fool will call the lunatic mountain long live and accuse us of why we should do magic research instead of farming with them."

"You're right, so I can't wait to leave Willen for a long time." Alexander swallowed the steak and wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief: "There are always people who say why they should study the plague vaccine when they are not full. I am. I am very happy to go back to a civilized place and keep the research results in a safe place until a vaccine is made."

"Have you found the vaccine?" Zelin was a little surprised: "I remember the plague. Almost all the villages on the outskirts of Vizima were left with dead people."

"Yes, according to my research results, a small drop of plague colony diluted with 100 quarts of pure water is enough to cause infection. Without medical assistance, the disease will have a fatality rate of 93%. If medical assistance is provided, the fatality rate will be 93%. It’s 89%, but the survivors will have immunity and will never get sick again.” When it comes to professional issues, Alexander immediately became excited: “So I did experiments on mice and found those who survived after help. Rats. It’s just that those viruses still need to be studied and cannot be injected into the human body rashly."

"If the Catriona plague can be resolved, everyone in the world will remember your name."

"Forget it." Alexander waved his hand: "Those common people don't remember me. They only know that we can drink red wine and eat steak, and they won't care what effort I put in to get this kind of life. Visera Baron de Baron said before that he provides sponsorship and hopes that after I have developed a vaccine, I will use the vaccine on his citizens first, but he seems to be disappointed."

"Why the cult is so anxious?" Zelin asked.

"Because this research can not only save people." Alexander cleared his throat. "I found that this virus can use magic to control its active time, about 12 hours or more. This means that after infection, the virus will break out within twelve hours and then lose its activity. The active time will be diluted according to the dilution. The degree is gradually decreasing. Think about the consequences of a sudden outbreak of a plague on the enemy’s defense line before the army attacks? The most important thing is that as long as there is a caster, you can ensure that the plague infection is within control."

"A weapon as powerful as a forbidden curse." Kayla added: "And as long as you don't consider the consequences, any ordinary person can use it."