God-level Demon Hunter

Will the eternal flame be the lighthouse that once saved him from confusion and pain?

"Master Bishop..." A young guard who was searching for the magistrate suddenly changed his expression, "Master Chapelle...he...he..."

"Don't call him my lord! What's the matter with him?"

"He didn't carry holy silver!"

"Okay, Chapelle, is this how you practice the rules of the eternal fire? Take the lead in violating the iron law of three centuries?!" The old man staggered down the steps, walked up to him, and grabbed his chest The front of the skirt, the eyes are about to burst into flames!

Every finger of his hand could not be stretched straight, and the inside and outside were covered with calluses. The whole looked like a small rake made of branches, nailing the sheriff in place.

"Your holy silver?"

"In the bedroom." Chapelle poked his neck, pretending to be calm and said,

"You, go and fetch his things!" The old man gave an order, but suddenly changed his words. Some cataracted eyes shot out a sharp light like a falcon, and repeatedly looked at the sheriff. The latter looked at him calmly, but agreed. Cold sweat dripped from the palms on the back of the waist,

"Wait a minute, seven of you, have you seen this guy wearing holy silverware on weekdays?"

"My lord bishop, what you said..." The seven people looked at each other, with strange expressions on their faces, and shook their heads, "In the past two years, I have never seen..."

"He also recently started making friends with non-human races?!"

"Yes." The young guard who had been following Chapelle had a complex expression on his face.

The Archbishop instantly thought of a possibility!

His pupils constricted even more, his breathing was heavy, his trembling palm reached into the burqa around his neck, and he took out a necklace in the shape of a torch that shone with silver light.

"catch him!"

A blush suddenly gushed out of Chapelle's sickly and thin cheeks, his expression froze, and he took a step back involuntarily.

The fear in the metallic eyes flashed away!

However, the three guards of the Eternal Flame were all aware of the problem, and firmly grabbed his two arms, controlled his waist and legs, and made him unable to move at all.

The bishop's right thumb and index finger pinched the silver torch and pressed it on the sheriff's forehead.

"Zizzi-"

In an instant, Chapelle emitted thick white smoke and colorful light all over his body. His skin and bones swelled and contracted like boiling water.

The normal human features on the face disappeared strangely, like mud and flour that had been kneaded repeatedly.

"Zizi-"

Two seconds later, under the watchful eyes of everyone.

The middle-aged man with a thin figure and a dignified face disappeared, and was replaced by a strange humanoid creature.

Wearing a pair of baggy suspenders, he is about the size of a dwarf, but he has a surprisingly big head, with crowded features, yellow eyes the size of rice grains, a round nose, thick lips, more than elves. Stubby pointed ears.

His face is still wrinkled like a 80-[-]-year-old man.

Going down, there is no obvious neck, and the chest and abdomen are connected into a ball.

His limbs were as long as a spider's—

The two arms are like chimpanzees, hanging down to the knees, and the palms are half the size of ordinary people, and the backs of the hands are covered with black hair.

A pair of big feet twice as big as ordinary people, and the insteps are also covered with black hair.

"Transformers! Heretics! Creatures of blasphemous gods! How bold!" The bishop's eyes, which were covered with white shadows and looked like jade with worn surfaces, shot out the color of extreme hatred.

"Bang!" He kicked the soft abdomen with all his might, knocking the shapeshifter to the ground.

The latter let out a miserable howl!

And the guards, whose faces were filled with extreme shock, immediately set him up again.

Take out the holy silverware in their respective clothes and cover his skin completely!

"Take him to the temple square!" The archbishop sat on the stone ladder, panting heavily like a blowing bellows, supporting the stone ladder with one hand to barely maintain his body, issuing orders in his mouth, his eyes full of disgust, wishing to eat his flesh and blood !

Anger had consumed his sanity, and he ordered without thinking,

"Call all citizens and believers!"

"Pile up the firewood and set up the stake!"

"I want to burn this evil bug to death in front of the whole city, and avenge the real sheriff, my innocent Chapelle!"

"Obey, my lord bishop!"

……

On the other side, two knights with outstanding appearance and sunny temperament left the Nuocheng Song and Dance Hall with regrets on their faces.

Looking at the streets with people coming and going, and the flowers blooming in vases outside the store, I fell into a daze.

"Master Dandelion, the owner of the dance hall, is away... It's too unfortunate, what should we do now? Geralt's clues have been interrupted." The black-haired knight looked at the blond knight next to him questioningly,

"Dude, we're all in Nuocheng anyway, so why wait any longer?" Grimm smiled openly, "Wouldn't it be worthless not to visit this bustling metropolis!"

"Let me teach you another truth, the more glamorous the city on the surface, the more heinous the crimes behind it, just like our uncontested, paradise-like Toussaint also has a night demon who secretly seduces men. Grim touched the slashing sword at his waist, his pupils beamed with excitement ready to fight, "Novigrad's crimes will only increase."

"It's our turn to play!"

He patted Cassirer's shoulder heavily, "Purify the evil, and practice the great chivalry!"

"It's exciting to think about it. Criminals in a city will become our sharpening stone!"

"Grimm, you always proclaim the spirit of chivalry, but along the way, you have done countless good people and good deeds." Cassirer followed him and walked into the street, "When will you be big?"

"Have you heard of the legend of the lady in the lake? When the lady in the lake shows up and bestows on us the honorary title of Knight of the Five Virtues, we will be consummated!"

"But let's at least go to a place with a lake? Isn't Nuocheng a sea port?"

"Don't worry, when the time comes, what's the difference between oceans and lakes?"

The two walked away while chatting, and suddenly stood upright.

The two of them suddenly saw crowds heading north of the city, and the bridge leading to the Temple Island gathered at an extremely fast speed. The old, weak, women, children, merchants and peddlers all rushed over.

At the entrance of the bridge, a group of men wearing black coats with a fire emblem inlaid on their chests walked through the street, shouting and greeting everyone.

"All the folks and elders of Nuo City, go to the Temple Island!"

"The guards have captured a vicious doppelganger!"

"He's masquerading as Constable Chapelle!"

"My lord bishop will preside over the burning ceremony!"

"Everyone go to watch the ceremony!"

Grimm and Cassirer looked at each other.

Meteors rushed over in strides.

……

at the same time.

At the entrance of a dark alley in Gildorf District, Reins and the sorceress wearing a phantom mask headed for the villa of the collector Gawain Samsa, disappeared in a flash.

……

The young demon hunter noticed the crowd quickly gathering towards the island of the temple, and his expression changed drastically after hearing the shout of the temple guard. He quickly found a secluded alleyway and contacted his companions in Gawain's house through the binoculars crystal.

Chapter 36 The Beginning

Temple Island Square, a sacred place where believers and pilgrims exchange experiences on weekdays.

At this moment, however, there was a turmoil of people, and the huge square was crowded with shouting citizens.

The focus of the crowd's attention was in the center of the square. On the stake set up by the temple guards, a dwarf-like, strange-looking creature was tied up with a stick, and his hands and feet were locked with silver handcuffs and shackles.His wrinkled face was bloodless, and he lowered his head so deeply that he couldn't see his facial expression.

Dry firewood piled up underfoot formed a hill.

Men in black clothes and hats, wearing Lamian whips are pouring oil on the pyre.

An old man wearing a white jacket, red sleeves, and a red stripe on the collar, like a robe like a burning sun, with gray temples, swept his majestic eyes across the crowd—outside the human wall composed of temple guards, the crowd There are more than [-] people, including farmers, businessmen, minor nobles, and members of the city council, including all classes in Nuocheng.

In addition to humans, there are also non-human races - elves, dwarves, half-blood elves...

People don't forget to draw a clear line. Elves stay with elves or half-breeds, and many of them are new faces that have never appeared in Nordic City.

Armed to the teeth, muscular and hairy, the dwarves of Butcher Cleaver gathered around their own people, accompanied by halfling farmers of similar stature but with baby faces.

All nonhuman races keep their distance from humans, and vice versa.

Humans also have their own small circles. The nobles look at the merchants and peddlers with contempt. Soldiers and mercenaries with weapons gather together. The peasants have the largest number, but they gather quietly on the outskirts of the inconspicuous square.

"Everyone! Here today, in front of everyone, I want to announce something!" Bishop Cyrus' voice was old but thick, piercing through the crowd, making the noise disappear at once, "The law and order of the Great Eternal Flame The officer, the real Lord Chapelle, was killed by this evil shapeshifter two years ago. He has been wearing Chapelle's skin and stealing the authority of the magistrate! He has done all kinds of bad things in Nuocheng! "

The crowd resumed their tumult.

The merchants pointed at the doppelganger and whispered, while the farmers looked fiercely. They had heard all kinds of bad rumors about the doppelganger. They hated this kind of monster that took away other people's lives. They looked around as if looking for something to hand Smash that ugly thing.

There are also reasonable intellectuals who keep looking at the monster. From their point of view, in the past two years, Nuo City has been developing in a good direction as a whole, which doesn't look like the actions of an evil creature.

The half-elf Schirrup, who was in the crowd, patted the thin middle-aged woman's trembling shoulders, and gave her a calm look.

The two outstanding knights, Grim and Cassirer, showed surprise on their faces. It was the first time for them to see a living shapeshifter, and they disguised themselves as vigilantes of the church, and they had not been discovered for two years.

Is this the so-called darkness under the lights?

They tried to strike up a conversation with a relatively normal-looking, well-dressed aristocrat next to them.

"Who is the doppelganger captured by the Eternal Flame? What crimes did he commit?"

"Oh, sir," the male nobleman stroked his beard and shook his head, "I can't figure it out even if you ask me that. What crime did he commit? Chasing down murderers? Fighting criminals in the streets? Perhaps the biggest mistake he made was As a shapeshifter."

"Since ancient times, the Eternal Flame has been hunting down this 'monster'."

Grim frowned.

"Thanks to the warning of the Eternal Flame, we have revealed its true colors! Stop him from committing more heinous crimes!" Bishop Cyrus continued,

Gigi, the doppelganger on the stake, stared numbly at the bishop's back.

"I invite everyone to witness that it was my negligence and mistake to allow this beast to live two years longer."

The archbishop looked remorseful and full of self-blame.

"Fortunately, blessed by the Eternal Flame, he hasn't made a big mistake yet."

"Today, the immortal flame will continue to guide all beings, dispel the mist, and purify evil!"

Immediately, hundreds of believers in the audience folded their hands on their chests and bowed their heads in prayer.

The bishop held up the gleaming torch-shaped holy silverware on his chest, and began the trial with awe-inspiring righteousness.

"Look at this ugly shapeshifter, a blasphemous creature, every crease on his face represents an innocent person whose identity has been replaced by him."

"Burn him!" cried the crowd.

Jiji, who was tied to the stake, glanced at everyone with yellow eyes, sighed, and the brilliance in her eyes dimmed.

This is the city where he has devoted two years of hard work and cared for the people for two years without selfishness.

"My lord Bishop Cyrus!" A red-faced, burly blacksmith wearing an apron opened his mouth outside the guarded walls of the temple. He had been observing just now, but unlike the excited farmer, he looked at the deformed There was a trace of pity in the strange eyes, "So far, we can only hear your big and broad words, but you just don't go into details, what crimes has this shapeshifter committed? In addition to replacing the former sheriff Sha Pele! Who saw him kill the sheriff?"

"Blacksmith Darph, I remember that the Archbishop personally baptized you on the day you were born. Are you denying Lord Cyrus' words?"

A guard of Eternal Flame as tall as a hill walked up to the blacksmith with a long sword at his waist.

"I didn't deny anything, I just wanted to know the truth!" The brawny man spat on the ground, wiped the sweat from his palms on his cotton skirt, and raised his voice, "I'm just speaking as a Nuocheng person My doubts, in the past two years, our city has obviously become better. In the past, the wooden barrels and tools I carelessly placed outside the blacksmith shop must have disappeared after overnight. But in the past two years, this kind of thief has never happened again A small touch phenomenon."

"And the business of my shop has improved a lot. I can't even recruit two apprentices! This in disguise shows that the number of tourists visiting Nuocheng has greatly increased."

"People's choices are the best evidence. Will everyone rush to a city with a bad public security environment?"

Many people lowered their heads.

Start to think seriously about the changes in the past two years.

"Darph's right!" another bony farmer interrupted. "My poor Tina was only playing in the fields for a while, and then she was caught by human traffickers and almost sold to the Skellige Islands. Sweet islanders for wives! Thanks to Sheriff Chapelle's relentless pursuit."

"My daughter was rescued safe and sound and now she is feeding the chickens at home."

"If the doppelganger is evil, why is he doing good?!"

Hearing the words, the shapeshifter Jiji breathed a sigh of relief, with a hint of relief on his face.