The Journey of the Demon Hunter

"Hey, are you an assassin"

Before the demon hunter could speak, the soldier lowered his voice and said nervously to him

"Could you please discuss, you can save people as soon as possible, just as if I didn't see you, how, you didn't see me, none of us saw anyone."

The fighting on the street continued, but the first few gunmen either fled or turned into corpses. Only a few patrols attracted by the riot joined the battle, but looking at their appearance, it is impossible to be in Ezio’s How long does it last under the offensive. The scene was very strange, as if Ezio had surrounded these soldiers alone.

"Your colleagues are all fighting. Is there really nothing wrong with your approach?" Zelin walked to the child and made a gesture to relax his tense nerves. "You belong to the Pokia family." Soldier, serve the Pokia family, isn't your duty to deal with the assassins?"

"Don't be kidding, I just want to make money. There is no need to take my life for more than 20 ducats in a month." The soldier looked more nervous than the injured child, as if there was a choice standing in front of him. Monsters eaten by humans "Just pretend to be invisible, anyway, your target is the big people, right. Only the new fool will go around looking for you assassins stupidly."

"In this way, you seem to be a smart person." Zelin shrugged, another person with a different lifestyle. Bend down to support the young man on the ground, his father should be still nearby waiting for rescue. "So, none of us saw anyone, because today's sun is too dazzling."

"Yes, the sun is so dazzling, it almost blinded my eyes. Oh, no, I'm blind now."

"Well, my eyes are a bit painful." The demon hunter helped the frightened child and left the scene as soon as possible. If Ezio finds that the people here are missing, he will probably get out as soon as possible. But only half of the fright that this child received seemed to come from the battle and the corpse. Instead, Zelin's dialogue with the soldier made his eyes visibly dull.

"Hold on, don't worry. It's just the knee. I have hurt my knee before, but I can still take the risk."

Chapter 170 Another Big News

"Thank you for your help."

"Nothing, I just brought people out."

Bypassing the winding alleys, the clothes of the demon hunter really made him receive attention from the pedestrians, which further strengthened his idea of ​​preparing to change his clothes. Someone told him that Zelin looked like a Frankish from hundreds of years ago. But no matter how old he looks, the drunks sitting against the wall in the alleys are not interested in it. They don’t want to move their ass, whether it’s facing an old-dressed person or a Bogya family. Soldiers, the soldiers of the Pokia family were blocked by them when they chased into the alley.

"Let's go back to the hotel and talk about it. It's not safe." The other person with Ezio was La Borpe, who was mentioned before. "There is no time to waste now. I will go to the headquarters soon." Shouted to the father of the injured child, "Let Teresina prepare to take care of the injured, hurry! Remember, don't show up during this time, and wait for our people to tear down their prepared wanted warrants."

"Thank you so much, sir." The father bowed thankfully, and then quickly disappeared into the crowd with the child on his back.

"Oh, I have caused another big trouble. Since the last time you burned the tower of the Poggia family, your wanted notices have been posted everywhere in the city." After confirming that the pursuers have been thrown away, La Bolpe To Ezio complained, "This time there is another big news, two in three days. It is estimated that the people of Pogia will put the wanted warrant on the face of every Roman resident. It is you." It was to Zelin, "I haven't seen you. Are you from another thieves' guild? Milan? Romagna? Somewhere else? Don't tell me it's Florence. I was the boss there not long ago."

"I think Ezio will introduce me." After a few blocks, the sound of iron boots stepping on the stone road disappeared. The pedestrians here are as usual, rushing, chatting, and busy with the things at hand. The street vendors greet the guests without noticing them at a distance of more than a thousand meters. There are many corpses lying on the ground. It's not just them, the Pokia soldiers here are all shaking and sleepy, and only when the officers on horseback pass by will they show a jittery look.

"Zelin, he is the mercenary who helped me in Monteriggioni." The introduction was simple but comprehensive.

"Really?" Half of La Borpe's face is hidden under his hood, and he may be looking at the Demon Hunter. Compared with Ezio, he is more like an assassin. "Thank you for helping out again in Rome."

"Your Machiavelli gave me a map. He helped me, and I helped you. That's it. We owe nothing to each other." Zelin shrugged. "If there is nothing wrong, I will leave first. Ezio, you recommend The hotel for me is not bad, I am now at the Sleeping Fox Hotel."

Who knows, after hearing Zelin's words, La Bolpe's face changed slightly, "Did Machiavelli give you the map face to face?"

"Of course not. A man dressed like a soldier of the Pokia family found me in Capitol Hill and said that Machiavelli asked him to give it to me." Zelin was a little strange, and he looked at me. Ezio, but the latter just gave him a wry smile without giving him an answer.

A carriage filled with weeds and wood squeezed past the crowd, people dodged, and there was a smell of cow dung floating on the nearby road. An obese man in a white robe was standing on a wooden plank, preaching loudly to the people around him, some peculiar nouns, such as indulgence coupons, were introduced into the ears of the demon hunter.

"Anyway, I would also like to thank you for saving Hercules." The surrounding smell made La Borpe frown. "Since you help the Brotherhood, let us speak clearly. Be careful of Machiavelli, this The guy was a special envoy of the Holy See and a guest of Caesar. He left the night before Monteriggioni was attacked, but the next day Poggia’s army surrounded it."

Holy See? What's that again? The court of kings and nobles?

"Well, Gilberto, I know what Machiavelli is like." Ezio couldn't help interrupting the thief leader's words. "Although we have seen it, I still have to say, there is no need to doubt He, we all know what kind of person he is."

"Be careful, this guy is quite cunning." The thief seems to have a deep prejudice against Machiavelli, but considering Machiavelli's character, perhaps he is not so likable. "If you still insist that Machiavelli It's a member of the Brotherhood" Borpe said to Ezio, "Then I will trust your judgment for the time being."

In the end, Ezio and La Borpe returned to the Sleeping Fox Inn first. They seemed to have something to discuss, and Zelin planned to continue to be interrupted by the riots. The nearest ancient Roman city ruins, on foot, probably Can arrive before night falls. Do some investigation, if you can find the Romulus believers, it is best, if not, then return to the Sleeping Fox Inn as soon as possible.

Bolpe’s warning gave Zelin a very useful message---Machiavelli was a guest of Caesar. The map he gave to the demon hunter was either of high value or just a trap. He had to be careful. .

As the sun slanted to the west, the shadow cast by the building on the ground stretched to the east. Because this area is located on a sloping hillside, many old buildings are not above the ground, but sink into the ground. It can only be said that the buildings in this area are too old, so that Zelin came to the map of Machiavelli. When marking the place, he was found to be standing in a clearing. Nearby was a residential area surrounded by more than a dozen houses, and the marked place was in one of the two-story, square-shaped houses.

This attic looks like an abandoned building from the outside, but it has not been abandoned for a long time, with only dust and cobwebs, but the wall building is generally intact. Perhaps the residents inside do not want to continue to live in Rome, but this does provide a lot of convenience for the demon hunters, and there are risks at the same time.

The gates of the surrounding residential buildings are closed, and the residents may not have returned yet. Zelin didn't go straight to the target house, but circled around to investigate whether there were any footprints that shouldn't exist on the ground. The difference between the iron boots of the Pokiah soldiers and the cloth shoes and moccasins of ordinary residents is very easy to distinguish. If La Borpe’s suspicion is correct, groups of soldiers will inevitably leave obvious marks on the ground.

Unless they would think that only five or six soldiers could ambush a demon hunter with weapons and ropes, then Zelin would let them know what was so wrong.

A quinn seal was formed, just like a person who would subconsciously lift a shield in the face of unknown danger, the demon hunter went to a place that was specially standardized.

Chapter 171 Opportunity

In this square courtyard, there is an iron semicircular door that is the same as Trajan's Baths. Perhaps it is because Romulus needs to ensure that this place is not discovered, so that the citizens who originally lived here abandon their houses by other methods. There are no soldiers from the Pokiah family, which makes the map of Machiavelli more credible.

Going through that door, but unexpectedly, this is not a sewer entrance to the underground, but directly leads to the interior of a huge double-storey building. There are tall windows on the walls of the houses, and there is a dome window every ten steps above the head. Although the weather in Rome is dry, most of the furniture remaining in the house still smells of dead wood. Many wooden chairs are well preserved with only the gilded parts, and most of the rest are disassembled into wooden pieces, which are traces of man-made damage.

Obviously, this is not the residential house Zelin envisioned at the beginning, it should be a place similar to a temple or a more serious place. But I don't know why this place was abandoned, so the contents inside were looted until it fell into the hands of the new owner.

The interior of the building is seriously damaged. Zelin can directly see the windows on the second floor from the first floor, because the top of the first floor looks like bread eaten by rats. The leaking hole can even allow two carriages to pass side by side. The ruined walls have formed one barrier after another.

Unfortunately, or luckily, his appearance did not alarm any Romulus believers. Maybe the believers who worship the wolf are now hiding in the safe underground stronghold, licking their wounds because of what happened that day. The buildings on the ground were temporarily abandoned by them.

After a rough search, Zelin almost showed the general structure of the building in his mind. This large building is divided into two parts by a load-bearing wall. The outer part looks like a concave shape. There are doors on the left and right sides, which should be a way to leave here, but they have been completely sealed by falling stones.

The demon hunter touched the stone, and it is estimated that the stone can be cleaned up with Alderfayin, but who knows what is going on outside, it is a deserted area? Or is there a few Pokia family soldiers standing at the door? Although there are windows on the walls, the windows are full of strange paintings, coupled with the dirt-like dust and the dim light outside at dusk, you can't get any information when you look out through the windows.

There is nothing worth noting on the outer part. Even if Romulus believers are active here, they are definitely not people who like to deal with dust. A wooden door about two meters high crossed between the demon hunter and the inner building. He knocked on the door and responded with dull buzzing sounds. The wooden door, like the furniture, has long been decayed, but it is locked, and the lock seems to have jammed the door because of rust. It is estimated that even if there is a key, it is impossible to open the door in a normal way.

So the Demon Hunter used Alderfa Seal to solve the problem.

Passing through this door, Zelin's vision suddenly opened up. Inside is a giant temple with a height of more than seven meters. An iron cross with a height of almost five meters stands on the inside of the room. Body statues. It seems that the people here worship the cross. Compared with the worship of the wild wolf, the cross makes the demon hunter somewhat difficult to understand. He has seen some people with crosses on their necks. He thought it was just an ornament, but now it seems that it is not like that at all.

Worship of the cross, what is it then? Perhaps like eternal fire, it belongs to abstract worship. Zelin circled around this place, which should be an abandoned temple, or church, and then his discovery made him throw speculation about faith aside. Behind the cross, in an artificial iron fence, there are several red leather boxes. Zelin was very familiar with these boxes. Thanks to them, the demon hunters had enough accommodation, food and clothing during this time.

The Romulus Order didn't seem to expect that this place would be invaded. When they left, they didn't even transfer their belongings. They just locked them behind the iron fence, thinking that the iron fence would protect their belongings.

The demon hunter decided to teach them an unforgettable lesson. Perhaps the iron fence can block most people, just like someone who wants to come here, it is estimated that they have to climb the wall and detour through the broken wall on the second floor to enter, but the demon hunter does not need to care about this at all, because he can use it. The power that people in this world cannot use to solve problems.

Excluding a key that you don't know what it is for is a valuable gain. It’s a pity that although this place is the same as the hiding place under the Trajan Baths, it has not found anything that can make the Griffon badge vibrate again, but it is more likely that the last event made them alert, so the really important The things are taken away.

When Zelin returned to the outside along the original road, the sky was once again dominated by the bright moon. There were a lot fewer pedestrians on the street, and the only people left rushed back home. The horse that the demon hunter rode during the day is still in place, bowing his head and eating the weeds at his feet. One advantage in Rome is that you never have to worry about spending money to buy fodder for your mounts, because there are weeds around the abandoned buildings. Of course, these weeds are certainly not good fodder, but it is better than nothing.

"You ransacked the stronghold of the followers of Romulus?" La Bolpe was a little surprised. "Did the map of Machiavelli really allow you to find their stronghold?"

"I just said, old friend, Machiavelli is loyal to the Brotherhood." Ezio is still helping Machiavelli to excuse Machiavelli in front of the Brotherhood's thieves. "Friend, you just came back. This is thirty ducats." , And the remuneration we said is far worse, but I should pay you a portion first."

"Well, I accept it." Zelin tied the small purse behind his waist. There are not many people in the Sleeping Fox Hotel, but one of them is particularly eye-catching. He is wearing clothes like a scholar and holding a pen to write and draw on paper. There are also men who look like workers around the table. Drinking and chatting, "Are you planning to sell the hotel?"

"Of course not." La Bolpe shook his head. "The hotel is going to be renovated. Before this, it really didn't seem like a place to attract people from the Poggia family. If they don't come, it's not convenient for us to inquire about the news. This is a guild. Although the previous boss of the thieves’ guild made him stabbed in the brothel, I don’t intend to let it go unused. Renovated into a higher-level hotel, we can also take advantage of the opportunity to make a profit from the Bogia family. Why not do it for a sum of money. Since you are also fighting for the Brotherhood, there is no need to hide this kind of thing from you."

Zelin shrugged. He did not refute La Bolpe’s words of demon hunters fighting for the Brotherhood, but Zelin’s keen nerves made him realize a great opportunity. "I think you need someone who can attract Something from the people of the Poggia family who came here, right?"

"Yes, so we plan to renovate it into a high-end tavern and hotel."

"No, no, it's definitely not enough." Zelin waved his hand, and then touched the leather bag on his waist. "I have something that can be classified as a way of gambling, which can make people like it and never leave it. No matter how urgent the situation is, just tell them one sentence, one sentence related to this thing, to make them forget everything, forget everything, no matter how urgent it is, even if you are inquiring about their confidential information."

"Is there something like this?" La Bolpe raised his eyebrows with interest. He thought about it, and then nodded. "If you can achieve half the effect you said, then try to promote it here. Anyway, we No loss."

Chapter 172 The Priceless Things