The Divine Hunter

Mayena.

North City Prison.

In the office on the second floor, the dim oil lamp illuminated a man with a bald head and a bushy beard like the bristles of wild boars growing on his face.

Sheriff Lit's tall body leaned in front of the iron window and looked at the sparse pedestrians on the street below. In just five minutes, he saw several townspeople turn around and spit in the direction of the refugee camp outside the city.

Disgust and disgust are palpable.

He could understand most of the townspeople's opinion - the camp was like a tumor on Mayena's emaciated body.

Stealing the nutrients that are inherently deficient, making the health condition worse every day.

Especially after the disappearance of Ambassador Ainz some time ago, the shortage of food, to be precise, the shortage of cheap food, became more and more serious.

His Majesty Foltest of Vizima issued a large amount of pensions after the war, and he was helpless.

Mayena's public treasury funds are almost bottoming out, and the Mayor is as anxious as ants on a hot pot every day.

Anger has nowhere to express.

Little was always worried that he would be fired by the mayor tomorrow.

If you don't have a job, what can you do to support your family?

Fortunately, the "culprit" was found...

Litt's calloused palm punched the tar table hard!

The day after tomorrow, the merchants and witchers were tied to the streets and hanged to quell the mayor's anger.

Let the people know who stole their food!

But it's like drinking poison to quench thirst.

Without money, Mayena will end sooner or later.

...

"Da da!"

Heavy footsteps and metal crashing came from the corridor.

A heavily armed young soldier knocked on the office door.

"Sir, someone is asking to see you!"

"I don't see anyone except the missing honorary ambassador during working hours!"

"The doctor from the camp brought Ainz's servant, Mateo,

"The soldier insisted that he had been treated by a female doctor to save a knee," and that she had new clues about the disappearance of Ambassador Ainz. "

"Where is Ainz?" The sheriff rubbed the top of his bald head, the flesh on his face shaking, showing a hint of embarrassment.

It is difficult for Druids to be bound by the law. If they commit crimes and hide in the vast forest, no one can catch them.

What's more, this doctor is very popular among the people, and the locals and refugees in Mayena have more or less received her favor.

I really can't provoke myself!

"Then let me see what kind of fame she has!"

...

Outside the glass window behind the iron fence, a dark cloud suddenly floated across the sky, blocking the bright sun.

What followed was the roar of thunder, and the silver snake-like lightning.

Tick ​​tock!

A drop of rain falls from the sky!

Roy the witcher looked back.

Witness Mato, along with the red-haired Visenna, sat with him on a bench in the office against the wall, behind which hung a tapestry depicting the flaming eternal fire.

The bald man slowly paced around the desk, his eyes swept across the faces of the three of them like torches.

"Honorable lady, and these two people. The facts are in front of you, and there is no way to quibble. A week ago, a Livia businessman, Yurga, and Geralt, the bodyguard, invited the honorary ambassador Ainz to the suburbs to kidnap and kill... um... And destroy the corpse!"

"Dozens of pairs of eyes saw them go out of the city together and hurried back alone, there is no other possibility!" The sheriff said solemnly, "Ma'am, I hope you understand that the next negotiation must be based on this premise. conduct."

"Lord Ainz, innocent people should not be punished!" The female doctor's eyes were clear and her voice was sweet and firm. "We have witnesses, enough to completely disprove your assumption!"

"Yes, my lord!" Mato stood up suddenly. He changed into clean, neat linen trousers.

The horse's face was thinner, with a morbid blush, and he was having a fever,

"I've served Master Ainz for ten years, and I've negotiated with him a week ago to understand the whole process...I swear to the gods," he raised a hand with a reverent expression.

"Yurga never kidnapped or killed Ambassador Ainz, and the witcher wasn't in the woods at all, let alone murdered my master! Ainz died for other reasons, he—"

"Shut up! Mato, remember your identity!" The bald-headed man grabbed Mato's collar, staring at his twinkling eyes with fierce beast-like eyes, and lifted his toes off the ground. " How dare you lie in the name of the gods? Are you really afraid that your family will be killed by lightning?"

"Have you forgotten?" The sheriff's spit spit on Mato's face frantically. "You are already a wanted criminal, an accomplice of Yurga and the white-haired guy. Your testimony is not convincing!"

"Be patient." The red-haired girl's voice was full of calm strength, like a gust of wind blowing through her heart, the sheriff's anger was instantly calmed down, and the big gripper-like hand let go of Mato, who was about to be suffocated.

Roy's eyes were full of light, and Druid's soothing technique was much more concealed than the witcher's seal.

"Lord Lit, can't you finish the hearing first?"

"Then he will talk!"

Matto stroked his chest and took a deep breath, "Ainz-sama and Yurga-sama failed to reach a cooperation that day."

The sheriff snorted lightly, and this was not a motive for murder.

"We passed a forest on our way back, and there was a dazzling and dangerous red light inside!"

"Again this flawed cliché! Are you really taking me for a fool?" the sheriff interrupted him angrily, "You can't even see the red light of your so-called murder!"

Litt still remembered the scene he described to the mayor back then. The mayor was so furious that he was like a provoked bull, and he scolded him so badly that he almost didn't fire him directly.

"I'm here to testify!" Visenna stood up, her green eyes looking directly into the sheriff's eyes, "I'm not just a doctor, I'm also a Druid, I understand nature, every change in the woods on the outskirts of Mayena, Can't escape my eyes."

"I checked it!" She raised her voice. "At the location described by Mato, the natural magnetic field is distorted, and the animals and plants that live in the vicinity have become unusual!"

"I promise with the honor of Druid! That red light did exist, and now it has disappeared, but its traces and energy left in the forest, in my eyes, are like the footprints left by the murderer at the murder scene, The smell is as striking as the blood!"

"If anyone doubts, I will argue with him face to face!"

...

Li Te swallowed his saliva with a look of embarrassment on his face, but he did not dare to beat and scold the noble female doctor, "Ma'am, I have accepted your help, and naturally I believe in your character and reputation. How? Without evidence, the Lord Mayor and the townspeople will never believe this absurd statement! It's not even you!"

"Who said there was no evidence?" Roy waved to the open space in the center of the room, and a wolf corpse with the size of a calf and bloody blood appeared out of thin air!

The sheriff was taken aback,

"What the hell is this?"

"My lord, this is the mutant animal radiated by that red light!"

Lit squatted down and carefully touched its huge head, its fluffy back, and its measuring-like claws.

Could not help but look surprised.

"Everyone, don't you think this is inconsistent? The honorary ambassador was burned to ashes by the red light in your mouth. But why did these wild animals become strong, aren't they life?" Ainz smiled at Madam Druid. , there was a hint of pride in his pupils, "In the eyes of Druids, aren't all creatures, humans, animals, and plants equal?"

"The same reason! Yurga and Mato are both bathed in red light, so why are they intact? Only Ainz got the trick?" , don't be full of loopholes!"

...

"It is the truth that all things are equal, but the differences between species cannot be denied." Visenna said meaningfully without changing her face.

"I have a reasonable explanation, my lord!" Mato added anxiously, "You haven't seen that red light before, as long as you see it once, you will understand that it is no ordinary light. It has wisdom and can screen targets!"

Mato choked, his face trembling, his eyes terrified,

"It's the punishment of the gods! It only burns people who have committed serious crimes, damn it!"

The sheriff caught his breath.

"Beasts, their intellect is not yet opened, their minds are at the lowest level!" Roy continued, his pupils gleaming in the light, "What is sinful about working hard for survival all his life? And the wisdom of plants is more elementary. So Instead of harming them, the red light nourishes them."

"Humans, there are people with justice in mind, such as Ms. Visenna, Lord Mato, Lord Lit."

The sheriff's face was faintly flushed, and what he did on weekdays could not be called justice in any way.

"There are also demented sinners who like to base their happiness on the suffering of the innocent! And Ainz, the Honorary Ambassador, is one of them!"

"You!" Little faltered, pointing at the witcher.

He worships the eternal fire, too disregarding the facts and turning black and white to speak.

He knew it from start to finish.

Ainz did something to help the refugees with food, and he couldn't say that he was a good person.

But so what?

He can provide the cheapest food, some to eat, and a bad stomach is better than starving to death.

Even his immediate boss, Lord Mayor, has no opinion.

In Leeteuk's view, Ainz's evil was only a small evil.

"Ainz-sama's mistake is far more than giving the refugees food that was moldy, spoiled, and mixed with sand and sand." Mato's face flushed red, his expression grim, and he said with great distress, "He also deceived the refugee camp. Lots of pretty ladies."

"They used to be clean, washing people's clothes and trying to survive. But Ainz took a fancy to their looks and coerced and seduced them..." Mato took a deep breath, his expression was very painful, as if he was enduring something, "surveillance, stalking and harassment. , constantly seduce them with food and beautiful clothes and accessories, and even promise to take them into the city in the future and marry them as wives."

"I, I participated once as a bodyguard." Mato covered his face, sobbing slightly in his throat, "I saw Ainz play with their bodies and emotions with my own eyes, and then abandoned them after they got tired of playing. ."

"He killed a woman who was pregnant with his flesh and blood, and two other women became crazy women in the camp, and two became prostitutes."

Li Te heard the words, but his face did not fluctuate much.

How long can women in refugee camps live without selling themselves?

In his opinion, the relationship between a woman and Ainz was nothing but what they wanted.

Not a felony.

Blame the woman for being too naive and greedy.

"Any other 'sin'?" The sheriff yawned boredly.

"Ainz... Ainz..." Mato stammered suddenly, unable to straighten his tongue, clutching his chest, gasping for breath.

"Are you okay, man?" Roy pressed his shoulders,

When Visenna touched his forehead, it was hot to the touch, "Don't talk about it, rest for a while."

"I can hold on, let me finish." Mato shook his head, "Ainz, you're still killing people..."

"In the past ten years, he cooperated with a group of robbers on the outskirts of Mayena and robbed hundreds of small businessmen with little wealth!"

"First, he will pick a target to sign a lucrative trade contract, and wait for the target to bring the goods he needs and the money for the goods from him to the outskirts of Mayena, when the band of robbers in ambush suddenly strikes!"

"Money, goods, and life are all spared, and finally the corpse is destroyed."

"Ainz made his fortune from this business, growing from a small businessman to an honorary ambassador."

The sheriff's face finally turned serious.

The crime of killing business travelers is the most hated by city managers!

This means that the business climate deteriorates and municipalities miss out on a lot of tax revenue.

This crime was enough to kill Ainz dozens of times!

Not even the mayor can forgive him!

"Yurga is also one of his chosen targets?"

Roy asked.

"This is the first time Ainz has met a businessman who refuses temptation." Mato nodded with admiration in his eyes.

"In the past six months, he has smelled the breath of war and believes that material trade is more profitable."

"I started to buy and sell expired materials again... I made a lot of money." Mato suddenly made a vomiting action, which frightened everyone.

Visenna supported his shoulders, opened his eyelids, and the bloodshots in the pupils were as dense as sandworms!

"Is there any evidence?" the sheriff asked recklessly. "You can't name an honorary ambassador casually!"

"Ainz has a compulsive habit of recording his daily income and expenses for more than ten years." Mato muttered, "There must be clues in the ledger. Search his mansion and you will be able to find it!"

"Well…"

"Hmm..." He hissed in his throat, the veins on his neck were abrupt, and his face was so red that he was about to bleed.

He was suddenly relieved.

"I'm done..."

The hideous face became relieved.

Roy withdrew the finger that outlined the Axifa seal.

"Ainz has committed countless crimes, so he was burned to ashes by the red light." Countless thoughts ran through Lite's mind, and he seized the flaw in his words, "You are his accomplice, and so are you. Confessing that he killed women in the refugee camp. Why are you okay?"

"My lord didn't find out just now? I was affected. The red light tortured me in my body, but the crime I committed has not reached the limit."

"I feel that the gods have given me a chance to repent and let me make atonement for what I have done in the past, so today I come to see you." Mato stared at the sheriff's face, with a resolute expression of redemption in his expression. Especially for it.

As a sheriff for so many years, he had only seen this expression on the faces of executed prisoners with nooses tied around their necks.

Suddenly repented.

He believed Mato's words.

"Gods, here are the sinners!" Mato suddenly broke free from the hold of the witcher and the woman, and fell to his knees, staring at the tapestry on the wall depicting the burning eternal fire.

Put your hands together and pray aloud,

It's like being burned out by a high fever and hysterical.

"I take your teachings to my heart, I know that I have sinned deeply, and I repent... I beg your forgiveness."

"forgive me!"

His voice was hysterical.

"Set me free! Free from fire and pain!"

"You have completed your self-salvation, man." Roy took a deep breath and patted his shoulder comfortingly, "If there is a god..."

"Uuuu...but I still feel uncomfortable."

"It hurts...it's hot."

"Lilyn...wait for me," he muttered in a hoarse and dry voice, his eyes flushed, "I'll marry you when I go back!"

Tears streamed down his cheeks, no longer colorless and transparent.

A bright red.

Scarlet flames like blood!

"Boom!"

The heat was so hot that it melted the skin.

Visenna, the sheriff, and the witcher suddenly changed their expressions, and couldn't help but retreat.

In the blink of an eye.

Straws of scarlet flames emerged from the eye sockets, mouth... seven orifices of the person who was kneeling on the ground, and wrapped around his skin!

Wrap him completely.

The dazzling change took only half a second.

The weird scarlet flames seemed to be alive and madly jumping, casting irregular reflections on the wall!

Before the three could react, Mato's upper body was directly sublimated by the high temperature and turned into a red gas.

Only the remnant below the chest and abdomen fell to the ground, burning quietly.

As Yurga once described, this red flame burns the flesh and blood, but does not produce smoke.

"This, this is the red light of murder?" The bald sheriff was dumbfounded, trembling against the wall.

Visenna's fingertips shot out a jagged magic aura, and several water columns poured down towards Mato.

But it can't extinguish the raging flames.

"This light doesn't give people any room for regret!"

"It was by no means God's handwriting."

Once hit, the red light is a sword of Damocles hanging overhead!

A sense of enlightenment rose in the witcher's heart, his face twisted,

The blood of the ancients is boiling!

Asshole!

Want to rob someone in front of me again?

"I care what you are!"

"Mato!"

"Don't die!"

The sheriff's face was horrified, and Visenna, who was concentrating on casting spells, saw the witcher point her finger at will!

Fingertips seem to light up a planet.

The round and hazy mask instantly expanded, covering four people and half the room.

The blood of the ancients boiled violently, and the power of time erupted!

"Shh-"

all of a sudden.

Kneeling to the ground, the upper body of the man whose upper body was vaporized, his flesh and blood were full again, his chest and abdomen, linen clothes, neck, head, eyes, top of the head...returned to their original shape!

The scarlet flames vanished.

Mato regained his breathing and heartbeat, his eyes bright, and his mouth opened and closed.

His hoarse statement echoed in the room again.

It was the scene twenty seconds ago——

"Ainz has a compulsive habit of recording his daily income and expenses for more than 20 years. There must be clues in the ledger to search his mansion, and he will definitely be able to find it!"

And Vissenahe was completely unaware of the time rewind and listened intently.

The horrific sight of the cremation of the living seems to have been completely forgotten, their memories disappearing as time goes backwards.

Roy outlined with five fingers and directly gave Mato an Axifa seal.

The latter's voice was interrupted, he closed his eyes, and fell to the ground softly.

snored.

"Witcher, what do you mean?"

The sheriff asked.

The witcher was silent.

Twenty seconds later, Mato was still sleeping quietly, and the scarlet flame was no longer lit.

He wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Didn't you find out? Mato's condition is very bad, continue to say that there will be a big mess, let him rest." Roy gave the two of them a hearty smile, "I will be responsible for the next thing, I have already told him in advance. know everything."

"I'll help you solve your immediate needs. As long as you clear Geralt, Yurga, and Marto!"