God-level Demon Hunter

"Master Demon Hunter... Please forgive Ed's stupidity and recklessness." In just a second, the soldier forced a dry smile on his sneering face, "I didn't know that you knew Lord Verelard beforehand."

In order to thank the demon hunter for helping Princess Adda lift the curse of the bloodthirsty demon bird, Foltest rewarded the demon hunter with a large amount of money. Before leaving, Adda asked for this letter of guarantee for them. Written by the mayor of Vizima, Virelad, and printed with the official seal of the mayor.

The letter guaranteed the identities of Demon Hunter Roy and his companions so that they could pass through the major cities of Temeria smoothly.

As the chief executive of Temeria's capital, Virelad is still a bit thin-faced. The demon hunters have his letter of guarantee. As long as they don't take the initiative to commit crimes and trigger the law, most lords and barons will do it. a convenience.

"So we can go in now?" Oakes folded his arms and said with a half-smile.

"Of course!" The soldier Ed lowered his head and handed over the envelope respectfully. As a lowly soldier in the baron, there is no need to offend a mayor of the capital. Knowing... he will naturally welcome everyone to visit."

The witchers exchanged glances.

"What about the White Bridge, can this 'pass' allow us to pass through the White Bridge?"

"Anytime..."

Ed winked at the soldiers behind him, and immediately separated the two staggered halberds blocking the city gate, revealing a passage.

"One more question..." Before entering the city, Roy paused and said, "Just now you said that the Baron ordered the closure of the White Bridge and the whole city was under martial law. Why?"

Ed's face changed, he hesitated for a moment, "Come this way, I will explain to the masters in detail."

As he spoke, he led the demon hunters to the corner behind the city gate, and slowly stated,

"More than a month ago, Mrs. Louisa gave birth to the baron's second daughter. This was originally a great joy..."

"You mean the old baron's daughter?"

Ed nodded and continued, "It is Baron Baron La Valette, our lord. This year is 54 years old, and the old woman is naturally regarded as a treasure. In order to celebrate the birth of his daughter, the adults even pardoned some of the prison's crimes. light prisoner."

"He named the lady Anais la Valetti."

A faint joy appeared on Ed's face, and he was sincerely happy for his master.

Roy carefully observed his expression and confirmed that there was no trace of sarcasm, sarcasm, or teasing. He seemed to believe that the girl was the baron's own flesh and blood.

"It doesn't make sense..." The witcher couldn't help wondering, even the two drunkards in the chicken coop tavern in the suburbs knew about the scandal - Anais was born by Mrs. Marie Louisa and that "big man" after having an affair. illegitimate daughter.

Why were the soldiers in the city kept in the dark?

In addition, in the future that Roy knows, Louisa will give birth to a young son for the big man in a few years.

"You go on..."

"A few days after Miss Anais was born, Lord Baron's eldest son, Master Aryan, suddenly fell ill with a strange disease and fell into a coma. It has been a long time since the illness has not improved, and there is no sign of waking up..."

The soldier sighed slightly, "After investigation, the baron found out that it was a foreign acrobat who cast the spell on the young master to sleep. The nearby witch doctors and doctors were helpless after diagnosis."

"That's why the baron put the whole city under martial law and blocked the White Bridge, in order to catch the culprit who cast the curse and wake up the young master."

Speaking viciously, Ed suddenly pointed to the wall on the side of the city tower not far away. On it was a wanted poster, which showed a man of medium build, wearing a brown turban, a white silk robe, and a hooked nose. Thin lips, dark face.

The facial features have an exotic feeling.

Pedestrians entering and leaving the city gate will be searched one by one by soldiers referring to the portraits, and even checked whether they are disguised.

"The Baron issued an order. If the murderer is not caught, Baiqiao will be blocked for a day. If anyone can report clues related to the murderer, or cure Master Ariane's illness, he will be rewarded."

It is doomed for the demon hunter to enter the city, and Ed's tone has also changed, "The five masters are remarkable characters at first glance. If you are good at tracking or healing spells, you might as well give it a try..."

"I still have to teach my disciples, I don't have that much time..." Fliers refused indifferently.

"Anyway, we're going to stay in the city for ten days and a half months. When Roy recovers from his injuries, why not take advantage of this time to get some work?" Oakes put forward the opposite opinion.

And Lei Suo stared at the arrest warrant, and said doubtfully, "This guy looks familiar, have we met somewhere?"

Soldier Ed's heart trembled when he heard that.

"Oh...sorry, I misidentified the person..." The bald man noticed the hidden eyes of the disciple, so he laughed and waved his hands, "This big nose and deep eye sockets are quite similar, and there is no similarity in other places ...the mouth is too big, the eyes are too narrow..."

"Let's take a closer look..." Ed suggested, "If you're really not sure, why not go to the square, the murderer's accomplices are currently being tortured."

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The group continued to walk in and entered the center of the territory of the La Valetti family.

From the outside of the city gate, there is a boundless, tall, thick, yellowed marble city wall, but inside the gate is another world. If it is simply called a castle, it is a serious misnomer or a joke.

More precisely, it is a giant fortress built by the La Valetti family after several generations of expansion around a main castle more than 20 meters high and countless cylindrical towers. The central territory of La Valette, which Yi had learned before, was much larger.

A circle of tall houses with earth and stone structures was built against the city wall. The gable roof has a sharp and straight ridge. There are no extra decorations on the outer layer of the house, and most of them are grayish yellow, which looks very simple.

The most impressive thing is their solid walls, which make one wonder if they were made of the same building materials as the city walls.

The streets are full of people and horse-drawn carts and bullock carts pulling heavy goods. The ground is only covered with a shallow layer of cobblestones and yellowish river sand, with footprints and ruts all over the place. There is a water well, and there are excrement and urine left by livestock every now and then on the road, which mixes a strange smell into the air.

The air was still noisy, full of men's laughter, women's soft voices, and the sobbing of babies and children, interspersed with loud shouts from patrolling soldiers.

To sum up, La Valetti Fortress is simply dirty and messy, far less neat and clean than the Vizima trade zone.But it is full of vitality and a kind of vigorous vitality that comes from the market.

The demon hunter looked in the distance, and in the distance on the city wall close to the Pontar River, there were faint outlines of a few huge trebuchets and guard crossbows. Nigerian threat.

They wandered through the crowded pedestrians and turned a few corners. The city was also divided into several areas by the tall city walls: the living area, the trading area, and the monastery in the east, and the tower where the barons lived in the north.

About a quarter of an hour later, they came to a circular square, full of voices, and all the passers-by stopped here, pointing at a high stone platform in the center of the square.

Roy looked across the fountain adorned with the statue of Skyfather Cliff, and across the four stakes on the high platform.

"Hiss—" When he saw the prisoner on the stake on the far right, he couldn't help but feel his heart sink—a ragged lady with beautiful features, a slim figure, and pointed ears. It's hard to hide that bright and moving demeanor.

Next to her was another woman with a mohawk haircut, bronze skin, and a body like a leopard, and to the left was a middle-aged man with a short stature like a dwarf and an ugly face.

Apparently, all three had been tortured, covered in bruises, looking tired and desperate, struggling between fainting and sobriety.

"He's really an acquaintance, the wanted criminal at the gate of the city," Lei Suo crossed his arms and his eyes flashed a flash of understanding, "Isn't he the Gwent performer of the Sea Lion Acrobatic Troupe, Amos!"

"It's the Sea Scorpion Acrobatic Troupe." Roy sighed, and the cursed man who was willing to sacrifice himself for his children flashed in his mind again.

The prisoners tied to the stake are the few remaining members of the sea scorpion acrobatic troupe: Evelyn the elf dancer, Kantila the knife expert from Zerikhan, and Froz the clown.

The one next to Froz, who was supposed to belong to the fire-eater Corinth, turned into a dark, cold, and ugly scorched corpse at this moment.

He died at the stake.

Roy took a deep breath, and the wound on his ribs began to ache again. Inadvertently, with a slight murmur, Aveline opened her eyes, and her empty eyes met the dark golden eyes in the crowd. .

Chapter 3 Maleficent

In a trance, Evelyn saw a pair of beast-like eyes, the emotions contained in them were very complicated, which awakened her from the abyss of pain.

A little life appeared on Aveline's face.

The young people in the crowd gave her a subtle sense of familiarity: eyebrows, nose, lips, all seemed familiar, but there was a big difference from the impression in her memory, and she couldn't remember the identity of the other party for a while.

In fact, the last time she saw the demon hunter was more than half a year ago. At that time, Roy had not yet passed the grass trial. Now, after the rapid development of the grass reagent, the appearance and shape of the demon hunter have undergone significant changes.

Not to mention that her height has increased a lot, her facial features are more angular, her skin is more delicate, she is more elf-like, and her temperament has become calmer.

Who is he?Evelyn frowned slightly.

Several big men appeared next to the young witcher one after another. When Evelyn glanced over the tallest man with a shiny bald head, her face suddenly revealed...

Lei Suo, the snake demon hunter Lei Suo, then the familiar young man beside him is his inseparable apprentice——

"Roy..." Evelyn's red lips moved, and she murmured imperceptibly, as if in a lifetime.

The boy who once called her Sister Evelyn, a quarter-elf.

"He's grown so big..."

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"Little devil," Lei Suo whispered to his companion's ear, "What are you going to do? Do you want to intervene?"

The bald man swept over the three prisoners on the stake, and said considerately, "Although that fellow Amos is annoying you, but I remember that Aveline has a good relationship with you... all the way... ...reluctantly parting..."

"Aaron's two sons and daughters were also sent to the Temple of Melitelli by her. I don't know how those two little guys are doing?"

This elf girl who was once delicate and beautiful like a flower has now become like an eggplant beaten by frost, losing her vitality.

The friends around her were also in a panic: Candella, a wild swordsman girl, bowed her head in silence, while the clown looked numb, like an empty shell that had lost its soul.

Although they are so miserable, from time to time there are onlookers throwing rotten vegetables and garbage on them, while speaking obscene language.

Sinners, freaks, witches...

No one stopped, everyone was watching a joke.

How could the Sea Scorpion Acrobatic Troupe be reduced to such a state?

"Do you want to shoot?" Roy whispered to himself, after all, the one who suffered at the stake was an acquaintance who had been with him for a while, and he couldn't do it if he was to stay out of it completely. "I really am a nosy person."

"Roy, do you know these poor people?" Brother Oaks cast a curious look,

"It's a friend..." Roy pursed his lips, but Aveline just had a good relationship with him and had nothing to do with others. He had no reason to ask his companions for help.

"Then why dawdle?! Roy, do you want to just ignore your friends?!"

Without saying a word, Oakes strode towards the high platform.

Everyone followed.Including the cat sent the witcher, holding Carl's little hand, his gray-green eyes flickering coldly.

The members of the Snake faction helped him in Waylon, and when it was his turn to act, he was unequivocal.

In front of the stake, the leader-like officer tightened his black leather whip, shaking his wrist to make a move, when five big men suddenly appeared in his line of sight, his expression changed slightly, "Wait... who are you guys?" , Do you understand the rules? If you want to join in the fun, just stand aside!"

Several soldiers around the officer immediately surrounded him, holding down the sword on his waist and confronting the demon hunter.

The onlookers didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, they screamed and screamed again and again, as if they wished that the two sides would have a life-and-death duel immediately!

"Don't be nervous, soldier, we don't want to cause trouble." Oakes frowned, stopped, and spread his hands to indicate that he was not malicious. "Can I have a few words with the prisoner?"

The officer gave a disdainful smile, "What are your identities, what do you think of the execution ground as a place, a bathhouse or a tavern? The felons on death row are the ones you can see right away? Don't make trouble for me, get out of here!" The officer waved away impatiently. , and slammed the whip into the air.

With a crisp sound of "snap", the whip flashed across the air like lightning, and a pair of hooks like millipedes flashing cold light spread out from the abdomen. The three people on the stake instantly tightened their bodies, their faces were terrified, and they were obviously terrified of this Impressive root whip.

Roy gritted his teeth, and could almost imagine that the whip ruthlessly swept away the flesh and blood of the three of Aveline again and again.

"Your Excellency Dylan, if you don't let us get close, how can we serve the Baron?"

"Young man?" There was a trace of solemnity in the officer's eyes, and then he asked in surprise, "How do you know my name?"

"It's not important..." Roy turned and glanced at his companions, and everyone nodded encouragingly, "What's important is that if you want to catch the criminal who hurt Master Arrian... you must talk to these three witnesses. "

"Sorry, I haven't received any definite information about who has accepted the baron's commission, so I can't let you go." The officer still stubbornly stood in front of the demon hunter.

"If you really don't believe it, come with me to visit Baron Baron's head office later?" Roy paused, looking at the densely packed soldiers, "Or are you worried that I will snatch the prisoner under the eyes of so many soldiers? "

The officer was stunned for ten seconds, until the witcher approached him, the envelope from Bai Baihe from Temeria.

Only then did his expression change, he slowly moved aside to get out of the way, and let Roy go, "Since you have an adult from the capital as a guarantee, it is of course no problem to chat with the prisoner. But hurry up and let me go Be honest, if you dare to do anything wrong, we will have to send you to the coroner, understand, witcher?"

"Of course..." Roy said to the people around him, "Everyone, take care of Wilt for me, I'll go back as soon as I go."

The soldiers began to drive away passers-by, and Roy came to Aveline alone.

This elven girl was tightly tied to the stake with a rough and hard cable. The rope penetrated deep into the flesh, causing her slender figure to be slightly deformed.

The witcher remembered that in the past, Evelyn exuded a faint fragrance of flowers, but now there was only a strong and pungent stench mixed with sweat and blood.

Aveline wore a goose-yellow coat for an unknown amount of time, and it was damaged into strips by whips and other instruments of torture. She was almost naked, showing large areas of bruised skin, and clusters of ugly scars: skin torn Fresh wounds, old wounds that have dried and scarred.

The only thing that was intact was her pretty face, but at this moment, it was covered with dust and stains, making it extremely dirty.

Roy looked into her eyes and said seriously, "Evelyn...you have suffered a lot during this time, and I will find a way to save you."

"Roy...I...didn't expect to meet on such an occasion..." Aveline seemed to have not eaten for a long time, her voice was weak, and there was a flash of shame in her eyes, as well as a touch of gratitude.

When Cantila, who was tied next to her, heard the movement, her dark eyes also turned around, wondering, "Are you that boy? It's only been a while, why have you changed so much?"

"I have passed the trial, and my growth and development are different from ordinary people..." Roy explained, "How do you feel now, what do you need me to do?"

"Water would be great!" Cantila said bluntly, licking her chapped lips.

Despite being tortured for quite a long time, this Zerikan woman who hunts giant beasts is still full of vigorous fighting spirit and desire to survive.

Roy lost his tongue again, and then took some clean water from the Cliff fountain in front of the high platform, secretly mixed some calendula potion, and fed it to the two women.As for the clown Froz, he didn't respond during the whole process, only occasionally opening his eyes and staring affectionately at the charred corpse next to him.

"Forget about Froz, Roy." Cantila sighed, "Let this poor man be quiet, since his lover was roasted alive, his sanity has become abnormal, and he hasn't spoken for more than half a month gone."

Roy stared at the sluggish and numb face of the clown Froz, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. He had always been prejudiced against this pair of same-sex couples who supported each other, but now he had to admit that there was indeed true love between them, and this same-sex love also Quite unforgettable.

"Cough, cough... What's wrong with this world?" Evelyn lowered her head and sighed quietly, then looked directly at the exquisite full-body statue in the fountain, "Under the witness of the great father of the sky, what happened Atrocities tormenting innocents..."

"Then tell me, Sister Evelyn, Cantila..." Roy observed the expressions of the two carefully, "What happened during this period, why did the baron tie you up and punish you in such a humiliating way?" You. Ammos really hurt Ariane La Valetti?"