God-level Demon Hunter

"Take me to Edelsberg and leave it alone? What does that mean?"

"We will prepare grass potions and other necessities for you, which will cost a lot of money. At present, there are still several rare medicinal materials and monster mutation organizations that have not been found." Lei Suo was not angry when faced with the question, and patiently explained, "You didn't Feel? The training for you now is different from the century-old tradition of Viper School."

The thick palm of the big man gestured clumsily in mid-air, "If you continue to maintain the tradition, of course you will be able to provide food and clothing. You will have to be imprisoned in the closed and cruel training of Gerswald for several years. Life is not enough. There is no fun at all. I agree with Oakes and Serritt that being in this state for a long time will weaken the will of the trainees to survive. It has nothing to do with the fact that no one has been able to survive the trial in the past 20 years."

"Before the Viper School completely perishes, it's time to make a change... In the past, the demon hunters all passed the trials and left the academy before accepting entrustments to support themselves. Now this has become one of the contents of the trials. .Feed yourself with your hands and understand that life is hard-won, so you can enjoy and cherish it.”

"Only by forming a deep enough bond with the real world can one resist death in the Grass Trial." Lei Suo made a concluding speech.

Roy was silent for a while. The other party's words were obviously heresy, but he felt that it seemed reasonable. The two ways of training apprentices were like stocking and captivity, but he still had objections in his heart.

"When the time is spent on work, where is the spare time for training?"

"Didn't you do well along the way?" Lei Suo patted him on the shoulder. "Little devil, I believe you can find a balance point. Don't forget that the knowledge you have learned is enough for you to survive."

"Is this a challenge?"

"If you want, you can take it as a challenge, or a trial."

Roy compromised. After the initial annoyance, there was actually a hint of excitement in his heart.With his personal ability, can he survive in such a big city as Edsberg?

"Are you going to abandon me?" Roy asked, he felt a strange smell from the other party's tone.

Lei Suo said, "Don't worry, I'm just away for a while. I have to find the ingredients of a predrug. The location is more dangerous, and it is more efficient to act alone. So you have to seize this rare opportunity. When I come back, you Only through the Trial of Green Grass do you have time to be alone."

Roy smiled wryly, so he was too weak to be left behind.

"And what do you mean by prodrug?"

"Before taking the grass potion, a less toxic adaptive potion. It is a necessity and can slowly increase the body's resistance to poison. Think about it, you can't take the highly toxic grass potion from the beginning , otherwise no apprentice can survive."

Now Roy can almost understand the decision of the witcher,

"How long? I haven't learned new things during this time?"

"One or two months at most, wait a moment..." Lei Suo took out a black notebook made of unknown animal skin from the saddle bag, "You know a lot about herbs, it's time to start working on it The refining of potions. There are more than a dozen potion formulas in this book, and the characteristics of some common monsters are also recorded, which is enough for you to study for a period of time."

"Ordinary people use potions, and demon hunters use magic potions and decoctions. This is also a good foundation for learning alchemy in the future."

"Little devil, that's all for now, I have to hurry up..." Lei Suo patted him on the shoulder, "You are a self-disciplined person, don't let me down."

"Wait, do you still have the Dragon Dream you used to deal with water ghosts last time?" The bodyguard left, and Roy had to find some way to protect himself. "You're not around, I need something to defend myself."

Reso considered for a moment, then handed Roy another green glass jar.

"You don't know how to use the Igni Sign, and you can't use it with the Dragon's Dream. The Dancing Star is more suitable for you. Once this thing is broken, it will immediately ignite a flame with a radius of [-]... even under the water. It can burn for a long time." Lei Suo warned, "Be careful when using it. Also, this is the last can of stock, and the material cost alone will cost hundreds of crowns. If it is not a last resort, it is better to keep it as a killer .”

"I know it in my heart. By the way, how will I know you're back?"

"As long as you are still in the city, I can find it."

The handsome figure of the witcher disappeared from sight, and Roy put the Dancing Star into the storage space, finally feeling a little more confident in his heart.

……

However, when he opened the black leather and old notebook, the densely packed tadpole-like words made him have one head and two big ones.

He realized a fatal problem. He knew no more than 100 words in the common language, including the names of Old Moore and Susie, and dozens of herbs that Nalesso taught him. How could he learn by himself?

Chapter 15 Outside the city

Roy did the math. In a big city like Edersberg, the inn is not for ordinary people. The daily cost of board and lodging is about 3 crowns and 40 copper coins. If Lei Suo leaves for a month and a half, he will spend more than 100 crowns , Carrying money is very reluctant.

Not counting other expenses, including learning common characters... He plans to find a place to study during this time, he can't be illiterate all the time, it's too inconvenient.Knowledge and books are expensive, especially in a big city like Edelsberg. If you want to learn some culture, it is estimated that it will cost a lot, right?

……

Roy returned the high-rent guest room and laid out the plans one by one in his mind.

First of all, rent a cheap house, preferably no more than one crown a day, and there must be a spacious and secluded place nearby to maintain daily training.

He didn't plan to go to the dwarf wine merchant for help, after all, he just rejected the other party's second request, and he was too incompetent to do so.

Secondly, to find a short-term job that can earn money, you can't just go out and not get in. He has to be prepared for a "long-term battle".

In the end, he had to find a reliable teacher to learn common characters, and the tuition fee had to be kept as low as possible.

Throughout the afternoon, Roy asked five residents in Midtown who had the idea of ​​renting out rooms. Most of the homeowners bullied him because of his status as a foreigner. , not including food...

Roy realized that it was unrealistic to find a room with a suitable price in the city, so he went straight out of the city gate of Edsberg and asked the surrounding residents. He did not expect that he would find a suitable room before the sun set. The place.

Behind the south gate of Edelsberg.

A man in his 30s, with a thin body and a short beard, dressed in white and wearing a white bonnet, led Roy across a golden wheat field to a huge water mill and several in front of a house.

He is Henk, the owner of this water mill.

At this time, the light of the setting sun covered the four houses near the mill with a layer of golden clouds, and the smell of wheat ears and the breeze covered the grass and fallen leaves in late autumn.

Amidst the running water, the water wheel turns slowly, and the mill by the river is like a dynamic oil painting, which is too beautiful to behold.

Roy followed the miller, admiring the leisurely pastoral scenery around him, when his eyes shifted to the livestock pen not far to the right of the mill, he suddenly froze.A young girl in a white apron with her brown hair tied back was bending over with her back to them, holding a dustpan in one hand and feeding chaff to the chickens with the other.

Her figure appears petite.

But these are not the focus of Roy's attention. The focus is on the shockingly high bulge of the girl's back.

She is a hunchback.

The miller noticed his gaze and smiled apologetically, "Little brother, my daughter is seriously ill and looks rather ugly. Does she scare you? I'll drive her away right away!" People who dare to rent the vacant room of the miller, no matter how low the price is, it is useless. Today, he finally got taken advantage of, and he was a very talkative half-year-old boy. Henk didn't want to miss this income.

"Don't." Roy shook his head. He is not the kind of vicious person who laughs at other people's shortcomings. "I don't mind this kind of thing. Just take me to the room and have a look."

While talking, the girl by the chicken coop heard the commotion, turned around and took a look, and then ran into the nearby barn to hide. Her posture was awkward when she ran, her legs were one long and the other short. The shoulders are uneven, causing the body to sway from side to side as it moves.

Reminiscent of a lame old woman who is seven or eighty years old.

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The rented room of the miller's house is simple and unadorned, except for a straw mat and a blanket, there is nothing in it, and the floor is quite clean.Compared with the inn suite with velvet quilts, exquisite furniture, floor-to-ceiling windows and full-length mirrors, it is much simpler.

But Roy spent a period of time sleeping in the wild with the witcher, and never disliked any bed.

Since coming to this world, his requirements for living conditions have been compressed to the extreme. Fortunately, the original owner is not a spoiled and picky owner, so he can quickly adapt to this hard life.

Only the living environment of nobles and magicians can be close to the former world.

What he was most satisfied with was outside the mottled wooden window, a spacious open space next to the pond beside the water mill, which could be used to practice crossbow shooting skills.

There is also a free dinner here, and Roy simply paid the whole month's rent of 15 crowns, which is 50 copper coins per day.

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After nightfall, Roy saw the miller's family at the dinner table. In addition to the thin Henk, sitting next to him was another fat woman with swollen skin, a gaudy long skirt, and blood-smeared lips.

"Roy, let me introduce you. This is my wife, Oona... She usually stays at the mill as a helper."

The woman smiled all over her face, "No wonder I heard magpies calling early in the morning. It turned out that a distinguished guest came to the door! Little brother, you have a good eye. I guarantee that there is no other house like ours nearby. It is cheap and clean, so you can rest assured." Stay here, you'll be satisfied."

The woman covered her mouth and let out a hoarse smile from time to time while speaking, the fat under the long skirt surged like waves, Roy couldn't help but glanced at the miller.

With such a "beautiful wife", it is no wonder that the miller has lost so much weight.

"By the way, little brother, your face is very strange, and your accent doesn't sound like a local. Where do you live, what's the important thing here?" Mana picked up the roasted golden pig on the dinner plate Elbow, greedily licking the grease off his fingers.

"I come from a small village in Lower Posada. A relative introduced me to work here, saying that he would show me the world, but when I entered the city, he disappeared." Roy pointed Sighing deeply, he unceremoniously picked up another pork knuckle and chewed it.

"Oh, how can there be such an unconscionable relative!" The fat woman wiped her big oily mouth with a napkin, and a trace of pain flashed in her eyes, "But don't worry, little brother, Edsberg is a big In the city, as long as you are willing to endure hardships, there are many job opportunities. I believe you will gain something soon."

"Do you two have any good recommendations?" Roy turned his eyes on the miller and his wife,

Under the dim light of the fireplace, Henk shook his head and looked serious, "The butcher's house opposite... No, he can't give a lucrative job to an outsider... Apprentice executioner? No, it's too bad luck. Bring bad luck to the whole mill..."

"Little brother, let me tell you, the first job in a big city should not be too high-spirited..." The fat woman helped, "Henke is also your age, he ran away from home when he was thirteen or fourteen and came here Worked, struggled for ten years, and only saved some money to rent the mill. He did all kinds of dirty work at the beginning... moved the slush, kept the vegetable pawn, I think you...you can try it...中There's a ton of unfilled jobs around the city market. But I have to warn you, be careful with some guys."

Miller Henk took up the conversation, "Mana is right, if you meet those guys who make revolutionary announcements, stay away and don't listen to their nonsense. What's wrong, go make a revolution, Sooner or later, the head will be removed."

"Aren't they trying to lower farmers' taxes?" Roy quietly wiped out the whole pig's knuckle, and licked his lips. The dinner at the miller's house was indeed delicious, fat but not greasy, and added a little With a little honey, the barbecue skill is no worse than that of Lei Suo, but there is too little.It is estimated that it was so rich on the first day.

"You don't know about this, Baron Tavik has already compromised once... According to me, the revolutionary army should stop as soon as it is good, but their leader disappeared inexplicably, and the baron must be blamed, threatening to let the baron Give me an explanation. Isn't this nonsense?"

Roy knew that the leader of the revolutionary army was still bathing in the wine barrel of the dwarf wine merchant, and the baron was indeed being taken advantage of.

"Little brother," Henk went on, "besides the Revolutionary Army, you have to watch out for the Sparrows in Edelsberg. These guys are full of bad water in their stomachs. They do all kinds of crimes. Don't go downtown. That's the Sparrows. They especially like to play tricks on outsiders... You are a young, bully-looking, good-looking boy, you must be careful." The miller suddenly smiled strangely. "Some aristocrats like that tune."

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"Thank you for reminding me." Roy nodded and filled another bowl of potato soup. "By the way, Uncle Henk, the girl I saw before is your daughter, why don't you eat it together?"

As soon as Roy finished speaking, the atmosphere at the table that was originally hot became condensed.

The fat woman who was eating meat until her mouth was full of oil suddenly choked, blushing and patted her chest, and Henk also put down the fork in her hand.

"Little brother, it would be too disgusting to call her here. You can just eat at ease, she has her own place to go."

"Hmph!" The fat woman finally recovered, her fat face changed from cloudy to cloudy, "Don't mention that ugly girl in the future. How to treat her is a family matter between Henke and me, and you don't need to worry about it." The fat woman He didn't hide the disgust and hatred in his tone, "Give her a meal and a place to live, it's not bad, don't even think about serving it."

"Then what's her name?"

"That ugly monster, you can just call her Toya."

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After the meal, Roy saw a thin figure sitting in front of the threshold of the barn in the cold wind at the corner of the mill, eating dinner with a plate.

This time I finally saw her appearance clearly. The firelight hanging on the wall revealed a small and round face with small facial features, thin brows and cherry lips, and a faint blush on both cheeks. Just looking at the face, She was only thirteen or fourteen years old, as delicate as a flower.

The little girl was very sensitive, and Roy stopped and looked at it for two seconds. She noticed it again, turned around and ran away like a frightened little animal.

"Am I a devil, so scary?"

Roy cursed in his heart, and walked over to take a look. Compared with the rich and oily dinner in the living room, the food on the dinner plate left by the girl was simple and monotonous—a pile of yellow-brown mashed potatoes that were sparse.

He wondered why the miller's family treated their daughter so unkindly, just because she was deformed and unattractive?

But for the first time, Roy is not good at directly interfering in other people's family affairs, so he can only wait for a little familiarity before making plans.

……

Under the bright moonlight, on the open space by the pond, a thin but tall figure with black hair and black eyes was kneeling on one knee, holding a hand crossbow in both hands, aiming at a crooked tree 50 meters away.

The body is centered, the shoulders are level, the left leg is bent and the sole of the foot is on the ground, and the knee and front of the right leg are on the ground, forming a solid triangle support with the left leg.

The buttocks sit lightly on top of the right heel.The elbow of the left hand holding the body of the crossbow is placed on the left knee.

While aiming, Roy took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly. When his exhaled breath became heavier, the right index finger pulled the trigger instantly.

"Whoosh—" The crossbow arrow hit the target impartially.

Immediately, he made a series of dizzying movements with his hands and feet, and within four seconds, he pulled the string and set the arrow. Roy sprinted a few positions to the side, stabilized his body again, and switched to a standing shooting position to shoot at the target.

After such non-stop sprinting, sudden stops, changing positions and shooting postures, picking up arrows, and shooting more than 500 arrows alternately, three hours passed quietly.Roy, with sore muscles and panting, finished the boring and tedious crossbow shooting training.

Night Breeze was as cold as a knife, but his heart was burning with fire.

You unlock a new skill:

Unnamed Lv1: After careful guidance and thousands of shots from the master demon hunter, you have initially mastered the use of long-range weapons hand crossbows and crossbows. When you use similar weapons, your shooting accuracy, effective range, power and penetration Lidu will receive a 5.00% bonus.

You can actively activate this ability, the shooting bonus effect is doubled, but the physical energy consumption is also doubled, and your own movement speed is halved, and this state lasts for at least 30 seconds.

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Roy heaved a long sigh of relief, and a smile could not help showing on his sweat-covered face. After a long period of hard training, he finally mastered his weapon skills.

"Untitled" became "Crossbow Specialization".

Penetration and damage bonuses are only 5.00%, but including the Lv2 slaughter skill, the bonus will become [-]%.Because the three peasant armies were killed before, humans have entered the hunting range of the killing skills, and the applicability of the skills has greatly increased.Then actively activate the skills, the power is quite impressive.

Roy plans to have a chance to get a crossbow. The pocket version of the crossbow Gabriel is not enough now.

Chapter No.16 Bazaars and Bullying

At four or five o'clock in the morning, the sky was still dark, and most people were still asleep. The market in Edelsberg had become very lively, and the hardest-working people in the whole city were sweating here.

There are coolies with bare arms, chanting slogans and struggling to drag a cart full of fruits and vegetables through the market; young men with shaggy chins brushing spices on forearm-thick skewers in the smoke of charcoal and the smell of barbecue; Animals are negotiating prices with customers whose faces are flushed from the cold.

Roy struggled to squeeze through several large boxes of green parsley and watercress that had just been picked from the field and were still stained with mud, and came to a stall selling herbs.

The stall owner is a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a thick felt hat and wearing a gray cloak, rubbing his hands in the sleeves facing each other rhythmically, his honest face covered with wrinkles like orange peel, black and There was a bit of businessman's shrewdness in his cloudy eyes.

"Little brother, what do you want to buy?" The peddler's eyes turned to Roy's childish and delicate face, and he rubbed his fingers mysteriously and wretchedly, "Medicine for hemorrhoids and anal fistula?"

Hemorrhoids and anal fistula?Why did you say that? Roy was taken aback for a moment. Didn't he think that I... suddenly showed an ugly expression as if I had eaten a fly, "I'm not here to buy herbs... My name is Roy, and I just came to Edsberg Soon, I wanted to find a job, but I heard that there was a shortage of people in the market, so I came here to ask."