God-level Demon Hunter

"My precious daughter, no one in Udvik Island is worthy of you." Krave Todaro smiled slightly, his eyes swept over his daughter's young and beautiful face, "I have considered it carefully."

"If you want, come with us to Novigrad and see the world beyond the archipelago. As a girl, the burden of inheriting the family mantle should not be on your shoulders."

"Family reputation is both an honor and a curse."

Yuna's small face was full of anticipation when she heard this.

……

"Tattoo..."

A burst of hurried footsteps broke the silence of the town. The eyes of the two father and daughter passed the curtain of the blacksmith's shop in unison, and looked into the distance. Under the lavender sky, a figure in a black cloak rushed towards him.

Oaks?

He was carrying a thin figure on his back impressively, with dry blond hair and a wide square chin that were quite familiar.

The two father and daughter couldn't help but look shocked.

"Clough, Yuna, come and help,"

"Farik? Freya bless, my brother is still alive!" Clough was surprised and delighted, and cooperated with the witcher to carry his brother back to the bed in the bedroom.

And Yuna excitedly called out the blacksmith Chamir's family who were sleeping soundly.

"God, it's good to be back!" Everyone in the Toda Luoqu family - two blacksmiths, a young girl, a plump woman in a cloak, and a five or six-year-old boy surrounded the sleeping man in the bed. man.

"Master Oakes, I don't know how to thank you! You saved an important member of Todalo!" Chamil grabbed the demon hunter's hand excitedly, his voice trembling.

"Is Uncle Fariq sick?" The blond boy said cautiously, "Why can't I wake up? I'll call the doctor?"

"Don't worry," Roy stretched, and ran for six or seven hours with a man who weighed hundreds of pounds on his back. He felt a little sore and backache. "He just passed out due to excessive physical exertion. If you don't believe me, you can check it casually."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Clough asked eagerly, "Is it only Falik, where is Ocala? And the warrior who went to rescue them?"

Roy shook his head, with a mournful expression on his face, which made people feel flustered.

"Unfortunately, everyone, he is the only living person in the mine, and the rest are corpses, a total of more than a dozen. The rescued warriors have all suffered accidents."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a pile of sparkling "memorabilia for the deceased" suddenly appeared on the round table beside the bed.

Clough recognized a badge of forged hammer and iron felt at a glance,

"Crest of Ocala?!"

"I recovered it from a frozen body."

Everyone at the scene turned red with grief, the woman hugged the teary-eyed boy into her arms, and Yuna grabbed her father's sleeve.

"Uncle Ocala is gone? What happened?"

"As you guessed before, something has attacked the mine." The demon hunter folded his hands and looked slowly across the faces of the five people, with a sense of scrutiny, "The next topic is quite serious, women and children Best avoided."

"I won't avoid it! In terms of courage, the women of the Todaloqu family are by no means inferior to any man!" Yuna raised her head and stared at the demon hunter, and said loudly, "I can bear it!"

And Chamil glanced at his wife, who entered the inner room with the child in his arms and closed the door.

The demon hunter nodded, and made a long story short, "I dived into the forging furnace at the deepest part of the mine, and found two ice trolls stewing meat there, and the ingredients used were... um... the remains of the warriors who went to rescue them."

"Ugh..." Yuna covered her mouth.

Clough and Chamil turned blue.

"Ice troll? A monster with a green face and fangs, and a body as hard as a rock?"

"Have you ever seen them? Anyway, they are very dangerous. One punch can crush people into flesh, and throwing a stone at will can smash bones."

"I heard from my elders that... the deepest part of the Udvik Mountains lived in the deepest part of the Udvik Mountains, where there were humanoid monsters covered in ice... and frost giants that were bigger than houses." Clough's face was heavy, and he clenched his fists, "We have been Following the precepts of our ancestors, we never stayed away from mining areas and forging factories, and went deep into the mountains, but I never thought that it would still lead to disaster.”

"That's unreasonable!" Chamil questioned, "Although the two ice trolls are strong, if a dozen of us go to the rescue, we won't fail to send a single message back! How did you escape from the troll's eyes and rescue me? Brothers?"

"You don't know, I don't need to run away..." The demon hunter smiled happily, and pointed to the floor of the room. A bloody troll corpse appeared in front of everyone. "I have avenged you."

Yuna's face turned white, but she forced herself to stare at the corpse.

The two blacksmiths swallowed their saliva, and glanced at the ice troll, who was more than [-] meters tall and whose arms were thicker than the waist of ordinary people. In comparison, the demon hunter could be described as "unbelievable".

How can human flesh and blood kill such a terrifying monster?They are much more powerful than killing Hekna!

The back of this witcher became taller than ever before.

"You're right about one point. The two ice trolls won't kill all the rescue team." The witcher changed his subject, "They have accomplices—I found traces of dire bears in the mine."

Dire bear?

At this moment, Yuna's face was blank, while the expressions of the two blacksmiths changed drastically for a moment, and then returned to normal.

"What did you say?"

"I think you must know something inside..." Roy made a judgment in his heart, and put a bottle of wine on the round table--mead mixed with human blood and mushrooms.

He took off the bottle cap.

Clough and Chamir smelled the sweet wine aroma and the slightly stinky mushroom smell, their faces tensed up immediately, and even their breathing stagnated.

"It took me a lot of time to find that giant bear. Until I accidentally found this bottle of wine..." The witcher stared at the faces of the two, exerting pressure word by word, "I handed the wine to Fari gram……"

"Stop talking! Master Oakes!" Clough suddenly yelled strangely, lowered his head and said dejectedly, "It seems that you know everything! If you have any questions, feel free to ask, we will tell you everything."

"But I guarantee that it was not Falik's intention to become a giant bear, and all the killings have nothing to do with him. It is another cruel guy, wreaking havoc inside him!" Chamil looked into the demon hunter's eyes and said sincerely , "There has been no accident for more than 20 years. We thought that the thing had disappeared, but we didn't expect that he would eat medicinal wine by mistake. He was also involved with trolls."

Maybe it's because they all love to eat people, have a simple mind, and like to get together to exchange food experiences.

Roy made a complaint.

"Didn't you just talk about trolls? What wine and giant bears are you talking about?" Yuna's pure eyes slowly swept across the faces of relatives and demon hunters.

"Quiet! Yuna, don't ask what you shouldn't! Go in and accompany your aunt!"

"No! I'm already 15 years old, and I have the right to know everything. What are you hiding from me?!" Yuna shook her head blushing, her ponytail rippling, and she slipped behind her father and hid behind the witcher .

Roy felt the girl's breath behind him, and shrank his neck. What's going on, you trust me so much?

If you don't leave quickly, you won't be able to leave in the future.

"Stop arguing! So, this Fariq is a Vilka and believes in Svalblo?" Roy asked, and a lot of memories flashed in his mind.

There are seven most powerful families in the Skellige Islands, including the deadly Clayte, Mundra, Tursek...

Most of the islanders live under the seven major families.

But in addition to the seven families, there is also a group outside the seven families, called the Wilkas.

The Vilka people are more warlike than any islander. They make a living by serving and fighting. They do not belong to any bloodline or family on the archipelago. They secretly sacrifice to the evil god Svablo, which has long been banned by the archipelago, and increase members through cruel rituals. .

And Svalblo likes to make believers use living people to carry out bloody and barbaric sacrifices.

The Vilka people received its gift and mastered the ability to transform into a giant bear, but they had to drink a special hallucinogen prepared with human blood, mead, and mulberry mushrooms first.

In Roy's memory, King Skelly Jabran died about nine years later.

At the banquet for the selection of the new king, a group of Wilkas entered the banquet. Under the scheming of Queen Bierna, they drank a special hallucinogen, turned into a giant bear, and started killing, destroying the entire dinner.

And Geralt followed the clues to find out the truth, punished Bierna, and allowed the new king to ascend the throne smoothly!

……

"He was forced!"

"how do I say this?"

Clough said bitterly and helplessly, "Farik became a master blacksmith at the age of 20, and his reputation spread throughout the Skellige Islands, and because of this, he got into trouble. A group of Velca kidnapped him to Big Skellige Island and forced him to Participated in the bloody ritual sacrifice to 'Svablo'."

"In order to survive, he killed his opponent in a ceremony, let the giant bear swallow him, and turned into a Vilka with dual identities of human and dire bear."

Roy remembered the outlines of the bloody ritual, which required two participants to fight to the death with their bare hands in a "ring of bears."

Those who survived covered themselves in lure potions and devoured maggot mushrooms, and then lured dire bears in the shadow caves, allowing the bears to tear themselves apart and eat them.

Then the shape of the bear began to change, the hair fell off rapidly, and human limbs changed, gradually turning into those Velca people who were devoured by them.

The Vilcar have another, more famous name - the "Berserkers" of the Skellige Islands.

Their leader is a fallen druid who has defected from the Jedruid Circle of Skelly.

Proficient in the art of beast transformation.

"After passing the ceremony, Falik was forced to have the power to transform into a giant bear, but he had to be under extreme anger or drink special alcohol."

Clough shook his head,

"He felt that there was an evil being in his body, and he hated it extremely. He always hated senseless and bloody killings. He hated Swablo, the Vilka god who provoked and fought everywhere! So one day he took advantage of The Vilkas didn't pay attention, escaped from the 'ring of bears', and returned to their hometown of Udvik by boat, and he told me everything!"

"Accompanied by his family, during the busy forging work, Farik has been in good control. He even gradually forgot that there is such a ferocious bear hidden in his body - until later, he completely lost the relevant memories of the Vilka people. ! We think this is Svalblo's punishment for those who betrayed him, to take back the power of the bear."

Roy frowned, forgetting his previous experience?

This is really a schizophrenic patient.

Clough took a deep breath, raised his voice,

"Believe it or not, in 20 years we've never seen Farik transform into a dire bear! He never thought of himself as having anything to do with the Velcans."

Roy nodded.

If they saw the giant bear, the blacksmith's family would have hated Huang Quan long ago.

The strange-colored pupils turned to Falik, who was calm and sleeping.

This guy is under the control of Axi's seal, but he is telling a fabricated lie. There is only one possibility. He regards the lie as the truth. He has a dual personality—the normal blacksmith Falik, and the ferocious bear Falrick.

Demon hunters can imagine that the ice troll broke into the mine and started a killing spree with Falik, who had mistakenly ingested medicinal wine and turned into a ferocious bear.

Falik subconsciously knew that there was a monster locked in his body, but he was unwilling to admit it, so he fabricated a warrior Iber from the Great Skellig Islands, and believed that the giant bear incarnated by Beir killed several companions.

He locked himself in an iron cage and refused to leave. It should be some kind of crisis defense mechanism of normal personality, afraid of hurting his family after turning into a bear.

But the monster was about to come out, and he couldn't stop it!

The little girl behind the witcher was stunned, and her mouth grew.

"Master Demon Hunter, please spare his life..." Chamil glanced at the bloody troll, "I swear on the honor of the Todaloqu family! I will take good care of Fariq day and night, let He no longer transforms and hurts people's lives!"

Clough dragged the dull-faced girl Yuna from behind the witcher to his side. "You rescued Falik, killed the troll, and avenged so many brothers. I should also fulfill my promise and become your full-time blacksmith! Let's pack up and set off immediately. How about returning to Nuocheng?"

"I wish for it, but don't worry, I still have things to do in Skellige." Roy shook his head, "Don't worry, I'm going to do it, and I sent him to see Goddess Freya a few hours ago."

"I have a suggestion." The demon hunter paused, his eyes flickering eagerly, "I can try to make him completely get rid of Svalblo's control and influence! Erase the mark of the evil spirit in his body!"

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Chapter 9 Purification

Dawn was approaching, and a holy white light appeared in the sky, inside the blacksmith shop of the Toda Luoqu family.

The candles were dimly lit, and the windows and doors were closed.

"Master, you're not kidding, can you really free him from the influence of the evil god Svalblo?" The blacksmith Clough's face was full of surprises, "It hasn't changed in the past 20 years."

"Svablo branded the souls of the Vilka people, so that they can give them the power of bears and influence their minds! This also means that the souls of the Vilka people belong to Svablo, and will be swallowed by Svablo after death .”

"And I happen to have a way to snatch the dominance of the soul and purify the brand."

As long as Falik's body and soul are stamped with his own brand through forced domestication, naturally there will be no room for Svalblo to dominate.

For example, a dove occupying a magpie's nest.

Now one of the mounts is bound to the Gryphon Griffin, and the other has been idle since the release of Aviel in Skyrim Province, and it just comes in handy.

It doesn't matter even if taming can't get rid of the evil god's brand, it's just an attempt.

He can terminate the master-slave relationship at any time and return Falik to freedom.

This is also Roy's deliberate approach.

As far as he knows, the Svalblo belief of human-bear fusion is only spread in a small area in the Skellige Islands, and because the sacrifice ceremony was too bloody, it was banned by the seven families many years ago.

Needless to say, Svalblo's strength is naturally inferior to Dagan, who was weakened by the goddess of the lake, and the lion-faced spider who is also an evil god.

And the strength of the demon hunter is not what it used to be.

It was just a brand, not a direct confrontation with it, and he dared to give it a try after fully recovering enough to protect himself.

"I have to pay a heavy price for using this method!" Roy lowered his face, pretending to be embarrassed.

"As long as you can restore Fariq to normal, feel free to ask for anything!" Clough gritted his teeth, "Our Todaloqu family will definitely do our best!"