The Journey of the Demon Hunter

"The mark of the underground gang of Novigrad, well, if I were the mayor, I would definitely block this thing with a blindfold." Zelin's beast pupil swept across Larry from start to finish. "It seems that William of Bruno's record is indeed correct. , Novigrad, when it was still a forest, there were a lot of people living there, not just elves, but also a lot of secret society guests."

"Damn, I told you to shut up, did you hear that?!"

"They like forests and plateaus, but their ability to replicate made the first human residents who came here very uneasy, so humans began to hunt them in large numbers, and they did it very thoroughly, almost killing them all, and they have almost been seen now. Not in their presence. My friends at the academy complained to me more than once. He said that if people hadn't done it so thoroughly, maybe he could study the secrets of the secret society guests."

As far as Zelin is concerned, the hazards caused by the secret society guest to humans are not even as great as a few robbers who blocked the road.

"Devil hunter, I can hang you at any time now. There are more than fifty soldiers in the floating port. They are all good hands with weapons and will listen to my orders. You have two swords, but they have fifty."

"The secret society guest, or known as the shapeshifter, their copying talents tend to protect themselves rather than attack others, at least there has not been a case of the shapeshifter actively attacking humans." Zelin knew about the shapeshifter, he He even thought that he knew the identities of the two shapeshifters. In the summer of 1262, when he passed by Novigrad, he heard that Chapei of the Eternal Fire seemed to be completely reborn after a stroke. Not only did he reduce religious taxes, he even also reduced his religious taxes. Clearing most of the prisoners in the Witch Hunter Prison, of course, is not sent to the guillotine, but acquitted. The other is the famous halfling businessman Dante Biberfield announced that he suddenly had a cousin, as his agent, it seems to be Dudu, a very strange name.

However, most people now don’t know much about Shapeshifters, let alone distinguish them.

The Demon Hunter is an exception

Zelin put his hand on the table in front of the mayor, leather gloves, but with many silver nails inlaid at the joints. Larry retracted his arm, but the demon hunter was faster, and the mayor would inevitably be rubbed on his arm by the glove. So the skin of his arm that touched the silver nail began to change, flowing around like a liquid, and it didn't look like anything anymore.

No one knows what the shapeshifter looks like. Because they will always become a certain way, no matter who it is.

But Zelin did not take any further action. He spread his hands out, did not hold the silver sword, and did not punch Larry in the face with silver spike gloves.

"Actually, we don’t have to be like this. I’m facing the mayor Larry, not someone transformed by a shapeshifter. When I leave this wooden house, I will leave and forget everything here. Then continue to do my things, the money will not fall from the sky, nor will the food. In fact, I am also very interested in the bonus you offered." Zelin shrugged. "The number of monsters in the floating port can make me Work until the winter, make a lot of money, and then avoid the blizzard in the warm castle, and the low temperature that can make people freeze their ears."

Larry sneezed

"Then can you tell me where the real mayor is?"

"Mayor? No, no, I'm Larry" The mayor scratched his left cheek, the scar on his face made him look a bit fierce. "The floating port is indeed the border of Temalia, but who would want to be here? The governor, not Maribo, Brenner, Carrias, Badov"

"So a Larry who was a little famous in Novigrad in Liberty City went to Island and nominated himself." Zelin began to recall through the mark on the opponent, the gang of Novigrad. It's a pity that he doesn't go to the Free City very often, and he doesn't know much about the underground gangs there, so he shook his head and gave up the idea of ​​trying to find the roots.

After all, it has nothing to do with him

"Then he was thrown to this place where the birds don't shit" Larry stood up, coughed a few times, and his tone returned to the same as when he saw a demon hunter in the morning. "Like I just said, Let's talk frankly and honestly. You'd better leave here, the sooner the better, don't come back in a short time, and don't talk to anyone about how to hunt down evil spirits. You are an expert, and you must know how to be efficient. Kill them"

"I thought that as the mayor of a small town, I would definitely not like a bunch of monsters wandering in your territory." Zelin moved his shoulders. "Or did the accusation against a demon hunter of colluding with monsters be replaced soon?" Don’t forget, even if I leave here and don’t hunt monsters, you can look outside. Those who are attracted by the bounty are almost as many as the residents of the floating port, and they are waiting in town because of waiting. Angry. Do you want to tell them "oh~ dear fools, you can go away, I don’t allow you to kill evil spirits anymore, because I love them to death." I believe whether you are human or not, their anger Will overturn the entire town"

"No, demon hunter, this is the reason I let those young people leave." He puffed up his mouth and made an expression that would only be revealed by a person whose status was more important than him. "Actually, there is no bounty at all. Not a penny"

Chapter 130—All for Floating Harbor

A flash of light flashed across the dark sky, and raindrops hit the wooden planks of the roof with a rattling noise.

"It's not funny at all"

"I'm not kidding you, Demon Hunter" Larry spread his hands together. "I heard that there are dwarves buying building materials for you. You must know how expensive those things are. You think the logging farm outside was funded by me. No? No, of course not. It belongs to a trading company, Marathius and Glock. It is a company of Ridanians. The price is very expensive, but it is acceptable compared to buying wood directly from downstream. The dwarves of Mahakam are unwilling to sell stone to private individuals. I think you must know that even the mayor will not do."

Zelin nodded. This is one of the incomprehensible prohibitions of the dwarf elder Hogg.

"You need money for everything, money for food, and money for drinking. I want to expand the town. Every time I build a house, I have to pay taxes to His Majesty the King’s tax officer. Oh, yes, in Ridania, you also need to pay taxes when you use magic.” Larry walked to the window of the wooden house and opened the window. The blowing wind mixed with the smell of rain, river water, moss and silt. Opposite the house is the hotel. Candlelight is spilled on the ground outside. From time to time there will be some clamors. Those mercenaries attracted by bounty, young people seeking adventure, middle-aged people who hope to earn some money to support their families, They drank, played cards, boxed, and wrestled their wrists to consume the energy that had nowhere to vent.

"Do you think they can solve the evil spirits outside"

"Solve the rations of the evil spirits?" Zelin shrugged. "They don't know how to distinguish which are the traces of evil spirits and which are left by the Anderlag bug. They can't recognize the signs of evil spirits. , And don’t know how to judge whether there is an evil ghost's lair near the distance based on these traces. They don’t have silver weapons and don’t know how evil ghosts fight. The ghost is planning to attack from both sides instead of pounce. Many of them probably don't know what the evil ghost looks like."

"So you know, they can't solve the problem at all." Larry put his hands behind him, another lightning flashed, and the rain became louder and louder. "But they can also solve other problems. You have to know that floating ports are not on the coast. It is not inland. It is in the middle of the mainland. It is the Nimna Valley to the north and the Mahakam Mountains to the south. Only the Ponta River can connect the floating port to the outside world. When there are more merchant ships, the townspeople can make a lot of money. , But sometimes, for some reasons, like now, the war with the Nilfgaard Empire has caused many investors to panic. They are no longer willing to invest money in the river transport business, because the counterparts of the Yaruja River are in the war. The lost money is lost"

"The war is over"

"Yes, the war is over" flashes across the sky illuminate the ground, the tavern door was suddenly opened, and someone was thrown out. He struggled to get up from the wet ground and staggered towards the residential area. That’s a residential area for non-human races

Although the northern countries have not formally signed a peace agreement with the Nilfgaard Empire, everyone can see that the empire is unable to launch a new offensive, and the northern countries are even less likely to cross the Yaruga River and attack Xin. Terra's hometown. Now it’s just waiting for diplomats and ambassadors to negotiate, but the peace agreement will not exceed 1264 at the latest.

"But the trade conflict has started again. Tamoria and Ridania are vying to increase the tax on the river transport. The kings can earn a lot of gold from the treasury. But there are fewer and fewer cargo ships on the Ponta River. I think Build the floating port and make it a real city, not a remote, unattended small village. Did you see the trading post outside? Many people think of the Pontal Valley. It’s a trading post, not a floating port town." Larry raised his head and pointed at the river in the distance, letting the rain wet his sleeves.

"Do you know how the evil ghosts outside came from" Zelin walked behind the mayor

"I don't know what's going on with them, but I know what to do" The secret agent coughed fiercely. It stands to reason that the Transfiguration will not infect human diseases. "Now, everyone knows that there are many evil spirits in the floating port, and the mayor of the floating port intends to expand the town, and the floating port is very rich, just a evil ghost. Several Oren can be drawn out of your head. More and more people will know that floating port is a place of opportunity, a place where there is a lot of money to be made, we must attract immigrants and attract more people to floating ports Come, let them come to the floating port with coins and consume them. But what can attract others to the floating port? There is nothing here except evil spirits."

"So" Zelin spread his hands together, "Is everything a lie about the evil ghost bounty?"

"Everything I do is for the floating port, the demon hunter" The secret society guest stood up with an indifferent expression on his face. "People will make a lot of money, and the floating port can try to stop relying on river transport services Health, I can also receive a lot of taxes from it to fill the empty and poor vault, and then build more infrastructure in the floating port, so that this is no longer a place with only trading posts, lighthouses and gallows. Of course, of course, the premise of all this, as long as the evil spirits are still there, as long as their number reaches dozens of numbers, a good hand who can use weapons can't clean it up."

"So you won't tolerate a demon hunter who can solve the threat of evil spirits staying in the floating harbor, will you?" Ze Lin took a deep breath. The night air was very cold and cold. Indeed, winter is coming

"Yes, when they realize that they can't solve the monsters, they will come to you. You are a demon hunter, an expert in hunting monsters. You must know how to deal with evil spirits outside." Larry adjusted the blindfold. Location "Your behavior of hunting monsters will destroy this town, understand. Not just me, but other people in the town will think the same way"

"I thought that no matter how people hate demon hunters, they will never hate hunters who go to hunt monsters. It seems I was wrong." Zelin sighed.

The Demon Hunter has never changed

Times have changed

"That's it, Demon Hunter, I hope you leave the floating port as soon as possible, and never come back. Don't kill any monsters here in the Pontal Valley, let alone talk to people about the hunting of evil spirits, and , Tonight, nothing happened." Larry covered his mouth and coughed again. After a while, he said again, "The mayor of the floating port asked the demon hunter tonight, hoping that he could solve the evil spirits outside and save the town, but unfortunately, the price requested by the demon hunter was too high. The mayor was unwilling to let other adventurers lose everything, so he refused the request of the demon hunter, and the demon hunter left the floating port. That's it, do you understand?"

"To be honest, I didn't understand before. It seems that I am too young and sometimes naive. Thank you for giving me a lesson. I understand now." Zelin nodded blankly. "Tomorrow morning, early in the morning. Will leave the floating port"

"Very well, I am satisfied. Now, you can go."

Chapter One Hundred and Thirty One

The heavy rain stopped when the first rays of sunlight passed through the ridge and hit the floating port. However, the accumulated rain and dew on the towering branches from time to time caused pedestrians to evade. The cold wind is pouring down from the north of the river valley and the Nimna Valley. The chill in the air is becoming more and more obvious. The cold wind from the Dragon Mountain Range is about to sweep the continent. People began to put heavier woolen clothes and cotton trousers on their bodies. , The old people complained that the winter was getting colder and colder, and it came earlier. Although it is still autumn, there is no doubt that the temperature has long been similar to that of early winter a hundred years ago. Zelin has a deep understanding of this.

"What happened here".

The next day. Zelin came to the trading post in the floating port, where he was going to wait for a ship to go to Willen.

"An idiot did a stupid thing, the quasi-knight" old warlock Dole Garry leaned on his wand, slapping the water dripping on his shoulders. Several huge plane trees were just above the trading post, and the huge leaves were covered with dew and rain. The movers and travelers kept complaining about these **** trees, and the warlock was no exception.

"You killed a few octopus monsters yesterday morning. As a result, the idiot knight used the fishing nets thrown by the townsmen in the river as monster tentacles and hacked them all at once. As a result, the guy is planning to take a boat to other places. Those townsmen approached him. Claiming that each fishing net is two hundred Oren,” Dole Gare shivered.

"Are they all crazy?" Zelin accepted a commission in Temoria. Killing a pterodactyl will probably get more than 200 Oren, and almost 50 Oren after the evil spirits. Now, the fishing nets in the floating port. Like pterodactyl, it is more terrible than evil spirits.

"What's even crazier is that the mayor ordered Nathaniel to pay two hundred Oren for the broken fishing net."

"Damn... I suddenly don't want to be a demon hunter." Zelin rubbed his forehead. "Go and find one or two broken fishing nets and throw them into the river. As long as there is one same fool every month, I can stay at home. Live a stable life for a month without worrying about eating and drinking, not to mention whether it is better to buy food or repair equipment and weapons."

"Yeah, I think Nathaniel should be waiting for the boat to Aden. He said that Tamoli Asia is in danger and he wants to go back to Aden."

The trading post is surrounded by a flat ground, which is connected to the floating port town by a slope. The nearby weeds, barberries and thorns are densely covered, and it is an excellent habitat for birds. Goldfinch and Orioles squeaked, their voices echoed in the valley, and there was the dripping sound that made people keep raising their heads. Three trading ships are docking here. The captains seemed unwilling to let their sailors go to the floating port too much. Except for a cargo ship that was carrying cargo down, the sailors of the other two trading ships were sitting on the side of the ship or on the wooden boards of the trading station. Rest. No one wants to face a group of drunk subordinates.

"Where are you going?"

Dole Gare glanced at the cloth bag behind Zelin and the rapeseed he was holding in his right hand, and asked casually, but his attention was still on the wand in his hand. In most cases, sorcerers do not use magic wands, because there are very few magics that require the use of magic wands, and spells that require the use of magic wands are difficult for a sorcerer to cast in many cases. But thanks to the portrait of the most powerful warlock'Pure White' Lafarde holding a magic wand a hundred years ago and refusing to be crowned with the crown of Tamoria, many warlocks chose to imitate this powerful predecessor. Of course, the so-called magic wands were nothing but Decorations

"Go to Willen".

Ze Lin's words are concise and concise.