The Journey of the Demon Hunter

The weather today is very good. The sun is high in the blue sky, just like this half a month. It is obviously autumn, but the weather is still so dry. Legolas squeezed the money bag in his hand. There were forty ducats in it. This was the money he got when he patrolled the Pantheon in Rome with a team of ten under the sun last month, if not The Poggia family is always so easy to pay for their wages. He has long planned to leave Rome to find a better job elsewhere, whether it is to go to the docks in Genoa or Venice to help the merchants.

You can feel the texture of metal through the cloth, and thinking about what these coins can bring to him, Legolas' pace can't help but speed up a bit. But he must be careful not to let his chief find out, because they can’t take a break from doing things for Pokiah. They are all rich people. He heard from other colleagues that only Pokiah’s bankers can buy it. A team of hundreds of mercenaries, and all of them are good players, know how to use weapons to make the opponent suffer, so he must be careful to keep his job, but there are many people who like the feeling of commanding rather than being commanded. .

The shanty town is the most chaotic and dangerous place in Rome. He did not know once heard complaints from the citizens. When they walked through the shanty town, their whole bodies seemed to have been washed with water, but it was not dust that was washed away, but gold coins on their bodies, instead of them. Dirty black handprints. Those thieves, one by one, are dangerous and deadly, Legolas doesn't want to deal with them. Besides, their commander gave the order to catch the assassin! Leave everything else alone!

Only the assassins, yes, only the assassins, who knows who the assassins are, no one knows where they are, because everyone who knows is dead. Legolas certainly didn't know where the assassins were, so he was still alive.

Avoiding the outstretched arm of the beggar and avoiding the infectious patient lying on the ground, Legolas walked through the narrow alley with his nose in his hand. Danger, not just thieves. Recently, a new infectious disease spread from the waters of Genoa. People who are ill will have pustules on their bodies and eventually ulcerate their whole body. The Italians call this a French disease, but no matter what it is. He is definitely not willing to contract this disease unexplainably.

In the end, Legolas stood in front of a place that looked like an inn, and the sleeping fox was dangling on the wooden sign. The paint on the walls is bright and bright, the windows are spotless, and the new blinds are lined with embroidered curtains. The new sign of the tavern was hung upright above the gate, with a young male fox painted on it, still looking asleep but obviously not dead. His appearance makes it difficult to laugh in the heart, and it is a blockbuster beast if it doesn't scream. The hinges on the double doors of the pub gleamed. The door is kept open so that people can stand outside to have a panoramic view of the neat and beautiful courtyard in the tavern.

Legolas couldn't help but sigh for how helpful he was. He had worked in Rome for half a year. He had never heard of such a good place before. Thanks to a colleague's introduction, otherwise he might have missed such a helpful place. But during this time, the reputation here has begun to spread among some people in Rome.

When he walked into the tavern, his eyes were immediately attracted by the beautiful maid next to the counter who was wiping the glass of wine. Although she looked almost thirty years old, the plump curve still made many drinkers fanciful. Of course, this is a high-end place, and the guests all behave like a gentleman, not like the drunks in the shantytown, at least to make people look like a gentleman.

But Legolas didn't come here to drink, he went through a door in the courtyard, walked through the corridor, and finally came to another door.

Raphael’s private room.

Well, it is indeed a private room, and the two seemingly guarding people at the door make the name more convincing. But regular customers all know what's going on. Although Legolas, who has been here a few times, can’t talk about regulars, this tavern has only been open for a long time, right?

There is also a private Uffizi room next door. Who knows what it is? Maybe it is another room of the same type as the casino, but who will have the time to inquire about the news? Why bother for yourself.

Shaking the card in his hand to the two guards, Legolas entered it smoothly. Although he is no longer used to the feeling of being interrogated long ago---because he interrogates others---but here he still has to constrain, like a gentleman.

Several people who often played cards with him looked at him and laughed, "Legolas, you're here again!" Legolas ignored him, and shouted at the people inside, "Come two cards! A north Domain, no monsters." Nine big coins were discharged.

They deliberately shouted again, "You must be going to lose money again!"

Legolas widened his eyes, "Why do you underestimate my card skills..."

"What card skill? I saw with my own eyes the day before yesterday that you didn't have any pants left and you were hanged."

Legolas blushed, the blue stripes on his forehead bloomed, and he argued, "A handicap cannot be counted as a loss!...A friendly match, can it be counted as a loss!?"

Seeing the joyous air in the casino, Zelin shrugged and looked at La Bolpe inquiring, "Now you should believe it." The demon hunter helped the thieves’ leader devise a set of perfect rules, Aiji One of O’s artist friends, Leonardo da Vinci, he is a gifted painter, he can easily draw the hands of Zelin, and these beautiful hands are obviously more attractive to gentlemen who like to come here. A dice that anyone can play.

Those who want to come to play have to show at least 20 cards in their hand, and after losing their hands, they have to surrender a card until they are below twenty, and they have to continue to spend money. And those who win the card are naturally the smart people under La Bolpe. I have to say that this thieves’ guild is not really a gathering place for thieves. Many of them are former craftsmen. They lost their jobs because they didn’t want to bend and flatter Borgia. Many people showed their variety. Various skills make this place more like a real tavern than the headquarters of a thieves’ guild.

"I never thought there would be such a thing." La Bolpe shook his head. "They all came here to gamble with money from the Pogia family, and then gave us the money. Now Pogia seems to be giving it to us. We send money the same. Can you be sure they will keep losing?"

"Your people learn very quickly, and I believe that not many people can beat me in this respect."

For this hotel, Zelin doesn't need to care too much, he just provides a suggestion, how to use it is La Bolpe's business. The thief leader agreed to use a small part of the money earned in the casino as a reward for the demon hunter. Although it is not much, Zelin can be sure that as long as there is no problem here, he will not need it for the next two months. Consider the cost of living again.

This had to make the demon hunter feel a little surprised. When he came to Rome, he did not accept any commission from the demon hunter, but did some trivial things in his eyes. It was just a trivial job, which allowed him to earn more gold coins than the commission by the demon hunter. Perhaps dozens of ducats might not be as good as the gold coins earned by killing the bat-winged brain demon, but again, he does not need to consume expensive potions and decoctions.

The duty of a demon hunter should be to hunt monsters. There is no doubt about this, otherwise they have no meaning at all, but the experience of the past few days has made Zelin realize one thing, why must the demon hunter rely on hunting? How about monsters to sustain all their livelihoods? Tie Zezhong never said that to do other things would be apostasy. Perhaps one day, the monsters brought by the confluence of the celestial spheres will disappear completely, or, like a troll, will gradually be accepted by humans and become like this world without monsters that threaten the survival of mankind. At that time, How should the demon hunter survive?

Of course, these things are too far away from Zelin, even for a demon hunter who can live for hundreds of years before beginning to show signs of aging, it is too far away. What he has to do now is still very simple. If he can make enough money in this world, then when he returns to the world he is in, he won’t have to work hard all day to make money, especially since he is from Romulus. After counting out several valuable diamonds among the trophies of the believers.

These diamonds can be sold at a good price of hundreds of crowns, and then the demon hunter can take these crowns to Temoria and exchange them for Oren. Ridania’s expenses are too much, and the prices of Tamoria are so cheap compared to it. A long time ago, Zelin learned to make money in expensive places, then go to cheap places to buy. Food storage, especially when the exchange ratio between Krona and Oren is approaching from 1:3 to 1:4, it would be too stupid to take Oren to the vicinity of Novigrad.

Ann's birthday in the Sleeping Fox Hotel these few days is completely comparable to that of Camelot. This kind of worry-free life made him hard to believe, but he still remembered that he was a demon hunter, and there was an academy on the other side of the portal waiting for him to rebuild. But when dealing with Ezio's brotherhood, the demon hunter got not only gold coins, but also something more precious than gold coins.

"Your brotherhood is fighting against Pokia and the Knights Templar?"

"That's it. You provide us with help. I think I should let you know what kind of risks you will face. You have the right to know these."

Zelin didn't say anything, he didn't have much interest in the Knights Templar and the Pokia family, he just stayed in this world for two months, nothing more. Even if the two organizations in Ezio's mouth are angry, Zelin is not worried about the impact on the profession of the demon hunter. They cannot spread the rumors to another world, let alone another. The world will hunt him down.

"I see you are training the civilians recruited from the city, but there are only dozens of them, and dozens of soldiers cannot fight an army. Unless you still have money to hire an army." Zelin had seen it once in Monteriggioni. He didn't think that the thieves and the citizens recruited by Ezio in the city could fight against them. Ezio has always said that he can make the oppressed citizens of Rome stand up against Poggia, but the citizens, what fighting power they can have, Zelin really cannot understand the idea that he wants to rely on the citizens to seize the city.

"No, they are assassins. On the other hand, they are an army, but not the army you imagine." Ezio shook his head. "I train them how to be an assassin, let them remember the creed and learn how to fight. The minions of the Knights Templar are all over Italy and beyond. When there is a need for assassins, I will send them."

"I thought you would send them out after their training is over, look everywhere for the trail of the Knights Templar and the Pokia family, and then carry out the assassination." Organizations similar to the Brotherhood, the same in Zelin's world Exist, in fact, before Kyle Morhan was breached, the Demon Hunter was almost the same as the Brotherhood, but only before the end of the training. When the training is over, the new demon hunters will leave Kyle Morhan and hunt monsters all over the world. Only in winter will some hunters return to the castle. The same is true for the Order of Warlocks. When the warlocks graduate from the academy, they will leave, and they will not return to the Order and Academy unless a rally is held.

In fact, the original demon hunter was exactly that. After being trained, he went to the place where the monsters were the most to hunt. Although the monsters are no longer like before, the demon hunter needs to ask for information everywhere to determine where he can get a commission. Earn bread money. But if the Pokia family and the Knights Templar were compared to monsters, Zelin couldn't help but start to compare the differences in the behavior of the Brotherhood and the Demon Hunters in his mind.

Don't forget to think with your brain while fighting with a sword.

"Of course not, my friend, the Brotherhood is a close organization. If you want to defeat the Templars, you must unite more closely, rather than fight alone."

"Let me think about it." Zelin tightened the reins and stopped. Ezio intends to visit his mercenary friend on the outskirts of Rome. He thinks it is necessary to introduce this friend to Zelin, who is also a mercenary. Zelin is just wondering whether he can see him in a mercenary camp. The idea of ​​a cannon, that weapon, is really unforgettable.

"The Brotherhood trains assassins at the headquarters, and then when other places need you, you will send assassins to where they are needed, right?"

"Yes." Ezio nodded. "Any questions?"

"No, it's nothing."

Regarding the operation of the Brotherhood, the Demon Hunter did think of another possibility that he had never thought of. Although I only have a general vague concept, he will stay here for a while. Time may bring a turn for the better. Zelin feels that he can catch an important thing, an invaluable thing.

Sometimes, a word, a vigilance, and a thought are far more valuable than weapons and treasures.

Chapter 173 The Fist of Wrath: Rome

"The Pogia family built their towers around Rome to monitor the entire city. They even put the towers outside my barracks, and my Bianca will teach them a good lesson!"

"Don't be impulsive, Bartolomeo, their strength is increasing day by day, we must find a way."

This is a mercenary camp, similar to the world where Zelin is. A mercenary army, although not common, is not unique. The daring King Ladovide III sent four thousand soldiers to conquer Corville, but was defeated by the 25,000 mercenaries hired by King Godovius with a large amount of gold. The generals would not mind hiring some mercenaries. To solve the trouble, it's just that no king or lord would ever allow a mercenary army to be stationed near the city, not to mention that this mercenary army is also equipped with siege equipment, such as cannons.

"Hi, your friend is very interested in artillery." Bartolomeo pulled Ezio over and asked in a low voice. "He hasn't seen him before. Do you know where he is from? Poggia is everywhere. People of the family, and now that Caesar has formed an alliance with the French, who knows what those hypocritical Gallic chickens will do, in this snake's nest, it will take a few more thoughts."

"Don't worry, since Monteriggioni was destroyed, he began to help us fight the Poggia family." It can be seen that Ezio's trust in Zelin mostly comes from Monteriggioni's affairs. The Demon Hunter may not have access to the Brotherhood. Rather, at that time, he might have to consider how to find something still usable under a pile of ruins, instead of making a lot of money in Rome as it is now, and having spare time in other people’s barracks. Look at their siege equipment.

"If you insist, so be it." Bartolomeo's laugh was almost heard by the entire barracks. His figure was like a bear, and the way he spoke and acted made him more similar to the bear. Quite a few "Come on! Come on! Let them come in and talk, and I want to show you someone!"

Ezio wants to talk to his mercenary allies in the war room, and Zelin focuses on the two small cannons. Compared with the cannons on the walls of Monteriggioni, they are much smaller in size. Even the demon hunters who have only been in contact with the catapult of the ballista know that the smaller the siege equipment, the less power they produce. . But the advantage is that it is convenient to transport, especially in the jungle and mountains. Small things always have certain advantages in some sense, whether it is siege equipment or monsters.

The barracks are distributed in a square shape, surrounded by towers about four meters high, and the nearby high wall is at least three meters long. The passage above allows two soldiers to walk side by side. The camp can accommodate more than a hundred mercenaries. This is by no means a temporary camp that can be built within a few days. It's not so much a temporary camp, it's like a small city. Presumably this is the base camp of this mercenary. Zelin even saw that the entrance was a sling iron gate. Coupled with the cannons and the items stored in the camp, these mercenaries can at least withstand the same number of enemy attacks in the camp for several days.

The Brotherhood of Ezio is very strange, not only his assassins, if the thieves can be classified as assassins, then these mercenaries will be difficult to get involved with the assassins anyway. Although they are the Brotherhood of Assassins, the members are not just assassins. It is not the first time that Demon Hunters have been surprised by their membership. It is estimated that it will not be the last time.

"Come on, it's open! It's open! Betting on who wins!" At first, Zelin had no interest in boxing and gambling behavior of mercenaries. , You can earn bread money on your own, and it’s not illegal. This is different from killing robbers. When people see a demon hunter kill a robber, they will only remember how powerful the demon hunter killed people. , But when people see a demon hunter who has won a boxing match, they will only cheer for him, and then add more energy and jealousy to tell others about what they have seen. By the way, they can also mention the possibility of entrusting the demon hunter. Sex.

But the next sentence made him **** up his ears.

"The winner will get a Gwent card from the Thieves' Guild!"

He thought that people in the thieves’ guild would like Gwent cards because they are citizens themselves. Most of them are bankrupts caused by the Pokia family, but these mercenaries, how can they like to play cards, Demon Hunter Believe that the sieve is more attractive to them, but he still sits by the cannon, forcibly ignoring the suspicious gaze of the mercenaries around him, while studying this weapon, while considering whether this can persuade more rural casinos to abandon the old sieve Way.

After all, most of the people who can afford Gwent cards are urban citizens or rural taverns, but in some places, such as floating ports, Zelin can’t find anyone who can play with him, because there are Most people cannot afford cards.

"You cannons are pretty good." The demon hunter casually said to the mercenaries around him.

"Yeah, they are all good things. They can blow the enemy into the sky from a long distance." The mercenaries pouted. "But Pokia and the others don't know when they got better guns and cannons. Let's fire one. They can fire two shots with guns. So are the guns. Their guns are much better than ours. As a result, we always lose out when we fight with them."