The Divine Hunter

After leaving the White Rose Knights, Roy went to the remaining two murder scenes to investigate again.

The conclusion is consistent with the previous one - the murderer is coming and going without wind, leaving no trace, and deliberately torturing the victim.

There were special cave fluorescent mushrooms left at the scene, and he roughly determined the hiding environment of the high-level vampire.

Roy spread out a map on a rock beside the river, and marked the twenty-five villages and five sites in the crime area with charcoal. There was nothing special. He was in the north with more mountains. An area is selected.

"The Knights have launched the villagers to search the nearby five miles, so I will go further and find a cave."

At the moment, the witcher checked all the props and equipment on his body, most of which were sponsored by alchemist Kalkestein - vampire sword oil, advanced black blood potion.

Three anti-magic metal bombs, three clay bombs newly researched by Kalkestein... According to the alchemist, the special magical structure limited the explosion to a narrow range, and one was enough to seriously injure a petrified lizard.

In addition, there are twenty split crossbows made of anti-magic metal, containing vampire sword oil.

And a pair of sunglasses to detect invisibility, an enchanted ring that stimulates a powerful magic shield, and the gray enchanted cape that Roy is wearing.

The "silent cloak" plus the seal of Quinn and Helio can perfectly cover the body odor and footsteps, and even high-level vampires cannot easily detect the existence of the witcher.

Finally, there is a top priority, a coffin depicting dozens of sealing circles, which is used to hold the bodies of high-level vampires.

Kalkstein has emptied his pockets for this, claiming that he has paid all the impeccable boutiques of recent years.

And according to the magic contract, no matter whether the witcher can catch the high suction, as long as he tries his best, all these items belong to him!

In addition, the five star-shaped runes of the Arrondite and Guvisher swords are fully stocked and can be released at any time.

Roy felt a little more confident in his heart.

Reach out and touch, put all the props in the loot package, and go alone to the northern suburbs of Vizima!

Goerfin continued to track and monitor the movements of the Knights of the White Rose, and reported the progress of the case through telepathy.

In case of any unexpected situation, the witcher immediately recalls it,

Or teleport to Golphin yourself.

...

"Shh-"

A figure jumped down from a pine tree with a canopy like an umbrella, stepping on the ankle-deep weeds, galloping at a high speed, with a sturdy and fast body like a galloping horse, stepping out with four or five steps to catch up with ordinary people... Only one can be seen under the bright sky. Blurred shadows flickered.

After the occasional short and sharp sound of breaking through the air, the figure suddenly disappeared into the air, and reappeared more than a hundred meters away.

He crossed meadows, ravines, woods, bushes, rotting trees that blocked the road.

All the way.

Took about two hours...

When the morning sun rose and hung high above his head, Roy walked through a clearing between hazel trees and came to a dark and deep cave.

The witcher hunched over his toes like a cat, tiptoed closer, and opened his senses—suddenly, colorful "ribbons" appeared in his field of vision, twisting and twisting like tributaries of a river, converging toward the cave.

He moved his nose, most of the smell came from the wild animals he was familiar with, but in addition to the bloody smell, there was also a faint smell of carrion.

"Well, excluding high-level vampires...it should be some kind of ogre." Roy breathed a sigh of relief, and glanced into the cave, "But since we meet, naturally I can't let you go."

This time, Roy didn't apply sword oil or swallow the potion. He had to warm up in advance for hunting high-level vampires.

The five fingers of the left hand are continuously outlined on the chest, and the golden yellow and dark rays of light flow through the whole body.

He leaned against the wall of the cave and swam in like a gecko.

In the dark cave, a pair of eyes of different colors looked around.

Under the gray bamboo shoot-like sharp cones on the top of the cave, the space is quite spacious, with messy piles of stones, cobwebs, moss, and cave mushrooms, but not the kind of fluorescent mushrooms. Raw, bloody, and rotting corpses...

A minute later, he turned a corner in the cave, stopped suddenly, and hid behind a raised rock block against the wall. In the open space not far away, the dim light reflected three heads on all fours, standing on a pile of bones. A humanoid monster wandering before.

Two small and one big.

The contrast in body size is like two hyenas, guarding a tiger.

The skin of the two smaller ones was grayish-white like a corpse, and the body exuded a stench of carrion. Large bulging muscles could be seen on the limbs and back, and the connecting parts of the legs and feet were arched backwards, like the legs of a dog.

They have a black, thick mouth that reaches to the base of the ear, and the yellow rotten teeth in it are like maggots wriggling in feces. The pupils are black without any impurities, as if possessed by a devil, which makes people shudder.

And the largest one in the center has a large scorched black horny skin on the surface, and a black thorn that makes the scalp numb.

It paced slowly, sticking out its tongue like a dog, and making a screeching metallic "roar" in its throat.

Giant Ghoul

Age: 5

Life: 220

Attributes:

Strength: 20

Agility: 16

Constitution: 22

Perception: 8

Will: 6

Charisma: 2

Spirit: 5

Skill:

Plague Claws LV7: The ghouls carry various toxins, bacteria and viruses all over their bodies, and the targets injured by their claws will become feverish, weak, and the wounds fester.

Eat LV8: The giant ghoul can quickly heal moderate injuries and restore health by devouring flesh.

Madness (passive curing): Giant ghouls will store a considerable part of the flesh and blood energy they eat daily. When they are severely injured in battle and their health is less than one-fifth, they will activate this part of energy, quickly restore their health, and have strong power. , Sensitivity, Body +4, become more brutal and not afraid of pain, lasts for one minute.

Leader (Passive Solidification): The leader among the ghouls, ruling over ordinary individuals. Compared with its similar ghouls and bloodthorn ghouls, it has a higher IQ and can order the organization to launch attacks.

...

Silent cloak plus shield cover.

The three ghouls didn't even feel that there was a witcher not far away.

Roy grinned, showing his white teeth, and turned to the ordinary ghoul on the far left with a fierce look in his eyes.

Without saying a word, he abruptly drew his five fingers and made a complicated gesture.

The crimson spell flickered.

"boom--"

A dazzling light suddenly erupted in the dark cave, and the witcher pushed forward with his left hand, and the orange fireball spanned the sky, hitting the target instantly.

"boom!"

The flames sputtered around like broken glass, revealing three hideous and ugly cheeks, and the air shuddered under the heat.

Painful howls echoed from the cave, but the ghouls hadn't responded yet—a purple electric light shot out from the spell in the witcher's left hand, and the dazzling lightning plowed a deep ditch on the ground, countless broken pieces. Moss and clay danced in the air.

Lightning struck again the ghoul baptized by Igni Rageflame.

Its head, which was originally burned by the fireball, became even darker, its brain seemed to be scorched by electricity, and its mourning was weak.

But there was a burst of red light all over it, and the life that was on the verge of drying up began to recover quickly.

The two ghouls charged frantically towards the witcher's position.

"Whoosh-"

The witcher's right index finger pulled the trigger, and the crossbow arrow hit the ghoul's head. It seemed to be hit by an invisible battering ram, and its body flew backwards.

Rolled to the ground and returned to silence.

In the center of the unrecognizable ugly face that was burned and electrocuted, there was a large collapsed blood hole in the center.

It failed to fight back, and was directly taken away by the witcher.

"Kill ghouls, experience +100, witcher lv7 (3760/6500)"

...

The remaining two rushed to Roy less than five meters away.

He opened his teeth and danced his claws, exposing his bloody mouth, breathing out a foul stench, and approaching him from left to right.

Roy could even see the shredded meat on a mouthful of rotten teeth, but he didn't change his face, he pushed out the black spell he had outlined earlier with his left hand, and at the same time inhaled and shouted.

"coax!"

A loud and high-pitched roar erupted from the cave, and the surrounding chaotic energy was instantly ignited... The roof of the cave trembled, and the fragile stalactites shattered and poured down from above.

An aura of blue magic flashed in front of the witcher.

Another figure exactly like him jumped out of the void, waved Guvihir, and rushed towards the giant ghoul in the center, fighting it into a ball.

And Roy carried Arrondette, bent his knees and squatted, and jumped suddenly.

The figure fell vertically and crossed with the ghoul on the right...

"Crack-"

The blade separated flesh and bones as lightly as a feather, and a dazzling arc flashed in the dim cave.

When the light fades away.

The witcher landed smoothly.

A headless corpse behind him gushed blood and sank like a shipwreck.

Holding the long sword in his right hand, he danced a sword flower.

The left hand quickly outlines the purple spell.

A kaleidoscope-like halo appeared on the ground beneath his feet.

At the same time, the giant ghoul on the left smashed the entangled phantom into pieces with one claw. This time, the dense water element in the phantom was detonated, and a large amount of pale ice frost seemed to cover it like a cloud, covering the whole body.

It was like being frozen in ice and snow for an hour, and the dark horny skin was covered with ice slag.

Speed ​​and responsiveness have been reduced to half their original levels.

Roy turned around, swung down with his sword, and the dark blade engraved with the star-shaped rune slashed the neck of the giant ghoul. But its rigid bones blocked Fengrui.

The witcher retracted his sword and nimbly moved around the half-frozen monster to attack.

The silver sword swung around Roy, and he danced the dance of death.

Frozen plus Arden's halo, double deceleration, the giant ghoul is like an old man with half a foot in the ground, and the speed is not even as fast as a teenage child.

And the sword of the lake girl wielded by the witcher was as fast as dark red lightning, while dodging the attack of the ghoul's astonishingly slow minions, he skillfully slashed towards its injured back neck repeatedly.

Every time the blade made contact with its thick skin, it let out a mournful howl.

In the dim light in the cave, there was a monster the size of a calf, screaming constantly, and a figure around it handing out a sharp sword.

Ten seconds later.

A scarlet, blood-splattered tentacle emerged from the void behind the witcher, circling its body like a predatory serpent, swooping, entwining its limbs and lifting it off the ground.

"Shu——" The sharp sword took the opportunity to cut through the air from top to bottom, and swiftly chopped the skin, muscles, blood vessels, and neck bones.

The bloody head tumbled to the witcher's feet, the splash of blood bouncing off harmlessly by the Quinn's shield.

"Kill the giant ghoul, experience +240, witcher lv9 (4000/6500)."

"Huh..." Roy shook his wrist, threw off the blood on the sword, squatted down and began to skillfully dissect the corpse, harvest the spoils, and cut off the minions, eyeballs, and internal organs, all without a single one.

"This tactic has a good effect on ghouls... I hope it can also start to work on high-level vampires."

The whole process took less than thirty seconds, and even powerful skills such as shock and sword slash were not used.

It's hard to imagine that a year ago, he could kill a ghoul with all his cards, but now one-to-three, there is no pressure.

Even if one of them is a leader whose attributes exceed Tier 2, under the freezing conditions and the deceleration of Arden, he still looks like a weak child.

"Well... good guy, he also gave me a big gift."

The corners of his mouth curved, and he happily took out a fist-sized large red mutation inducer from the giant ghoul's brain, covered with vegetation.

The progress of the advanced witcher has increased a bit.

...

Roy searched the cave and found the remains of two unlucky ghosts in a corner. After hiding ten Oren's "rewards" from their tattered clothes, he mercifully found a piece for the two of them nearby. "Feng Shui treasure" buried.

Although he is sitting on a huge sum of 10,000 oren, it is by no means his true nature to waste it.

...

Throughout the afternoon, the witchers launched a furious sweep of the caves on the outskirts of Vizima.

I searched about ten caves in the east and north.

But unfortunately, no fluorescent mushrooms, or traces of high-level vampires were found, and no other monsters were encountered.

There was a grizzly family of three living in a cave, but they were happy and never attacked, so Roy spared them.

...

When the sun was setting and night was low, the witcher had made his nest in a large, leafy oak tree outside the hop village with dozens of wooden houses, and he had no intention of continuing at night.

Although high suckers are not afraid of the sun, they obviously enjoy the moonlight more.

In case of hitting the Universiade and meeting at night, the chances of the witcher winning will be a little smaller.

Goerfin, who was secretly monitoring White Rose and the sorceress, also successfully retired.

Brings back some interesting pictures.

After Roy left this afternoon, another amazingly beautiful lady joined Triss.

——Short and slender, with long straight straw-colored hair, walking on horned dragon leather high-heeled shoes, and draped in a translucent green tulle, the troubled body is looming, and Beatrice wears cooler clothes.

"Kyra Metz, it looks like they're determined to catch that 'Wolfman'..."

The witcher suddenly became worried - don't lead that thing out tomorrow night, or you don't know how many people will die.

...

On the other side, next to the Vizima Palace, is the second floor of a luxurious villa.

Inside a huge cedar wood tub with a fine texture and gloss.

"Wow!", crystal water splashed all over, and Kayla Metz splashed a palm of water at the red-haired beauty who was in a state of confusion.

"Giggle, Ms. Merigold, what are you thinking about? Do you fancy a knight of the Knights of the White Rose and want to end the long window?" Kayla took a handful of water and drenched it on her chest. With her white teeth flashing between her brightly painted lips, she uttered a name, "Fritz...do you admire his courage?"

As soon as she heard the name, Triss shivered all over, as if she saw something terrible, and wonderful ripples swayed under the water. "Don't be kidding... How is it possible for Fritz?"

She recalled what she had seen in the afternoon. After going out for a walk with diarrhea, the embarrassed knight seemed to be a different person, with a firm expression and confident eyes.

He just worked all afternoon with a bunch of dirty stuff. The words "The essence of a knight, experience."

Triss swore that she would never let Fritz come within two meters of her in the future.

She was looking for an extraordinary knight who could nourish and dry her heart.

Triss held the azure heart-shaped pendant set with silver and diamonds around her neck, her wet red hair stained her cheeks, her skin looked more delicate and lustrous, and she said, "It's nothing to do with men, I'm thinking. Tomorrow's action...hope to catch that evil beast!"

"Darling, why are you meddling?" Kayla Metz suddenly leaned forward, her pointed chin swept across the water, her thin and clean palms surfaced, and she caught Triss's chin." What kind of beasts and monsters have nothing to do with us."

"Don't forget that we are members of the Temerian Royal Household Council... Advising His Majesty Foltest on magic, instead of going to villages full of rat bugs and dealing with man-eating monsters for the villagers."

"I can't be with you every time, although I know you have good intentions - while tracking down the lady in the lake, I stumbled across the poor villagers suffering, so I reached out... but it's the sheriff and the witcher. Work!" She waded forward across the water, sat beside her companion, and put her soft arms around Triss's fragrant shoulders, "If you really can't see it, go to the bulletin board next to the city hall and post a notice."

Hazel eyes stared at the cornflower blue eyes, and Keira Metz gently stroked the red hair on her cheeks, as if comforting a little sister,

"How did Principal Tishaya warn us? Don't take risks and put yourself in an unforeseen and dangerous situation."

Triss pursed her lips stubbornly and silently expressed her firm stance.

The noticeboard request had been posted for a long time, but it seemed as if the witcher in Vizima had suddenly disappeared and no one had taken over.

She can only come by herself.

Triss also had a little little wish.

Tired of the cookie-cutter life, she was looking for a different kind of thrill and adventure.

"As I said," Keira suddenly smiled and narrowed her eyes, "If you really want to help, you might as well conquer Foltest first... If you get his favor and persuade him to send an army, then it's just a matter of catching the monster. easy."

Triss raised her chin suddenly, her blue eyes carefully scrutinized her companion's face, and mockingly said,

"Kyra of Carrias, I think you are having sex. You want to seduce the king?"

Kayla touched the silver cross of life inlaid with molybdenum on her chest, smiled, a moving red glow appeared on her face, she made no secret of it, and boldly expressed, "Of course! I am ready to talk to Foltest at any time. Spring supper all night. He looks very healthy, not like other big-bellied kingdom ministers, or a bunch of soft and disgusting guys!"

Kayla's hazel eyes cast a bird of prey out of the window,

"If His Majesty agrees, I can conceive his child at any time, even on a stone, no, on a hedgehog, I will!"

"When the time comes, you will be able to enjoy endless prosperity and wealth in your lifetime!"

Triss couldn't help being amused by her companion's exaggeration, and patted her on the back of the hand with a chuckle, "Stop daydreaming, Kayla Pregnant Lady..."

"First of all, we can't conceive children, and secondly, the king will live up to one-third of your life... Without giving birth to an heir for him, we will only be treated as a beautiful toy that is thrown away at will."

Kayla's face suddenly darkened, she leaned back by the tub, rubbed her stomach, put a touch of sadness on her face, and said to herself, "I'm just kidding... I know very well that the poor lady wants to Live well, you still have to support yourself!"

She changed the subject and grabbed Triss's little hand.

"But listen to me! Don't provoke those monsters."

She pulled Triss into her arms and stroked the back of her hair.

"Dear, be good, I don't want to see your mutilated body in the morning the day after tomorrow... Please, don't let me lose a good girlfriend."

"Then do me a favor and help me prepare these magic props..." Triss's voice was clear and gentle, but firm.

Gradually, the rising water vapor blurred the two beautiful faces, and the whispers of the ladies flew out of the window.

"Meow--"

A female cat stepped on the eaves and got into the depths of the night.