The Journey of the Demon Hunter

"Well, maybe I can search here for news of the kingslayer first..."

"Sorry, excuse me."

When they stood at the gate of the camp, a tentative female voice interrupted the conversation. Zelin turned around and saw a woman dressed like a tavern maid standing four meters away from the camp gate. She was about to reach out her hand to say hello, but she seemed to be worried that such behavior would be improper. The raised hand was placed on his forehead again, and the headscarf was straightened.

"I just heard a soldier say that a demon hunter came in the camp, is it here?"

Chapter 1815: The Suspect of the Assassin

"Who are you, ma'am?" Zelin and Roche looked at each other, the latter shook his head and signaled that he didn't know each other. "You are looking for Geralt?"

"I'm just looking for a... Demon Hunter." The woman frowned slightly. "It's just a demon hunter. This morning, there were rumors from soldiers that a demon hunter came here to clear the ghost mist that filled the valley for King Hensett. Is he here? Hope I didn't go wrong. "

Zelin took a deep breath.

He didn't know why such rumors appeared, he hadn't even seen King Henset. However, a king who was busy dealing with affairs in the army would obviously not take the time to meet with a passing demon hunter. Perhaps when a soldier sees a demon hunter, he will subconsciously think of the fog of monsters in the plains and valleys in front of the camp. After all, the job of a demon hunter is to kill monsters and solve curses.

"You didn't go to the wrong place, ma'am, you just called the wrong name." Zelin stretched out his hand. "There is only one demon hunter named Zelin, yes, it's me. Who are you?"

"It's nice to meet you, my name is Mulisa." The girl with a simple dress lowered her eyes with deep black rims, as if she was not getting enough sleep. She cautiously stroked the ends of her hair hanging in front of her left shoulder, and after hesitating for a few seconds, she asked. "The soldiers did not allow me to enter the barracks. You were hired by the king. They must allow you to enter. My brother is in the camp. He is a soldier named Marek. I live in Akalide and I bring the same. Amulet, my father hopes he can wear it before going to the battlefield. Can you give this to him for me?"

With that, the girl took out a simple talisman and carved it into a lightning bolt from wood.

Zelin knew this kind of talisman, but it was rare.

This is a sign of Cliff Great God. The spread of this church in other places is not so widespread, but it is very popular in some places in Kodwin, Kevel and Nilfgard. The believers are usually soldiers and knights. Lords, merchants and adventurers. Cliff church pastors are usually known for their passionate preaching, but they are rare in number, because the Cliff church has extremely strict precepts for clergy, and it requires its followers to challenge themselves, eliminate their distractions and weaknesses, and fight against them. Evil. And "evil" means anything that threatens people's lives, health, soul and property. Therefore, most of the priests of the Cliff sect have the ability to exorcise demons. The followers of Cliff have been fighting against the admirers of the evil **** and the evil **** Lilith. And they also hate non-human races, such as Vilang and elves. Although Zelin never understood, what reason does this church have for including the long-extinct race on the unpopular list.

"Marek, isn't it?" Zelin took the talisman. The icy talisman was as cold as the wind blowing in the valley. . "I will find a way to deliver the talisman to his hand, don't worry. Um... when I see him, do I need to let him come out to see you?"

Mulisa thought for a while and nodded. "If you can, trouble you. I'll wait for him by the river beach on the left side of the camp."

Seeing the girl leaving from the back, Roche folded his arms across his chest, and a glimmer of appreciation flashed in his eyes. "The journey from Akalide to here is not that short, there are many monsters, she actually has the courage to come here."

"Perhaps..." Zelin sighed. "Roche, it happened that I was going to the camp. Since Schill is here, I will just meet her. Have you talked to her about the Kingslayer?"

"When I met Hensett, she was standing by. She knew the Kingslayer, and she was also guarding against the assassins with Desmo." Roche opened his hands. "I have a bad feeling. Everyone knows what happened. Everyone is investigating, but everyone is staying in place and making no progress. When you know that I am a squirrel party in the forest, I usually have the exact After the intelligence, what does it mean when there is still no clue?" Luo Qi approached Zelin and lowered his voice. "It means there is an insider here."

"Desmo?"

"No, Desmo is a bastard, but he has the lowest suspicion. His power and wealth come from Hunsett. If you say how many people in this camp are loyal to Hunsett, Desmo must be one of them." With that, Roche touched his chin. "However, there are rumors that if Hunsett dies, Desmo will become the ruler behind the scenes of Kodwin. You know this, Hunsett is the last blood of the Unicorn Dynasty. He is already forty. I’m five years old, but I don’t have a son yet."

"I know."

It is said that Hensett had a son with an unknown woman when he was young. No one knows who the woman is, but she is definitely not from a noble family. Maybe she is just a village girl in the countryside, and Hunsett has never revealed the identity of this woman. Only later, his son died in a hunting game. For more than ten years, Hensett did not choose a new queen for himself. Naturally, there was no prince or heir. There are rumors that he might think that he would make another. Son is a very troublesome thing. There are many people who want him to die, and any number two in the court wants him to die, so as to control the kingdom.

"Where's Schill?"

"Sill? I don’t have much feeling for the Sorceress, but I want to thank Triss. Without him, Her Majesty Foltest would be dead. She is a good Sorceress. But I think Sill’s suspicion might not be so. Big, she has no reason to assassinate Hensett. After all, compared with Kodwin, her energy is more on Kerviel. King Istria was assassinated some time ago, and Queen Zulka and Schill’s friends, She has been inviting Sear to return to Cowell to help her teach her young son. Hunsett’s death is not good for her. She is a foreigner. There is no place for her in the court of Kodwin, and if she wants to, she can be now. The Regent of Cowell."

"Or other generals? Knights with the army?" Zelin continued to ask. "You came here earlier than I did. Is there anything wrong with the people you contacted?"

"If you want me to tell, the whole barracks seemed agitated."

Roche looked around and walked to the stream on the other side. Stay away from camps and pink tents.

"What did you find?"

Standing on the edge of the stream, the sound of the trickling stream went away to the Cordwin Barracks where the calls in the pink tent mixed with various noises like a huge bee nest. Roche took out a golden coin with an advancing soldier engraved on it. Zelin knew that this coin was a gold coin that had been discontinued more than ten years ago by Kodwin. When every king came to the throne, he cared about when his head was printed on the coin. This is why Novigrad Krona is popular in the north. Krona has not changed for hundreds of years, and people don’t need it. I was worried that when the kings changed their coins, they would exchange their gold coins for silver coins, and they had to change them. After all, the use of coins declared annulled is a felony.

"Look at this."

"What is this?"

"Do you know that there was a military coup in Kodwin? Just the year before."

"I remember." Zelin nodded. "The coup was suppressed, and Hensett killed half of his officers. I heard about it in the castle at the time, but it didn't seem to have much effect? ​​No nobles supported the coup, and the rebellious officers failed to take it. Akalide."

The cause of the coup was that Hensett joined forces with Nilfgaard to carve up Aden in the Second Civil War. This incident made many Kodwin soldiers feel ashamed, although at the end of the war, Kodwin tore up the non-aggression agreement with Nilfgaard and sent the most elite brown flag battalion to join the Battle of Brenner. The land of Upper Aden occupied by the peace agreement was spit out again, but for many Kodwin veterans and officers who care about honor, it is a shame and betrayal that will be difficult to wash away in a lifetime.

"This time Ambassador Nilfgard came to the Kodwin Barracks, and many soldiers were dissatisfied with Hensett's allowing the men in black to enter their camp again. You can see that similar wars and similar people are easy to let People think of the shameful division back then." Roche put the coin away. "This coin is a token of communication between the officers of the military coup d'etat. In recent days, these coins have appeared in the camp again. Hensett was furious and ordered every soldier holding this coin to be hanged."

"Someone wants to mutiny?"

"Perhaps."

Roche said meaningfully.

That night, the group settled in the camp of the blue iron guard. Zoltan hated the Kodwin people, he chose to hide in the camp and slept, waiting for Zelin to find a way through the mist of the demon spirit, and then went to Fojian together. Zelin didn't plan to stay in the camp for too long, after all, there were two warlocks to protect it. As long as he is sure that the assassin is not on the side of the mist of the demon spirit, he will go to Fojian. Considering what happened to Baron La Valetti, the Assassin obviously likes to assassinate on the battlefield. Hensett is going to attack Forge, and he is likely to prepare in the city of Forge.

Dandrien soon became the most popular person outside the pink tent, and the officer invited him to the camp to play and tell stories for the soldiers, so as to alleviate the boredom before the war and prevent energetic soldiers from making trouble everywhere. , Geralt found several commissions of hunting demon hunters in the camp, of course, the most important thing is the book. When Geralt arrived at Vizima, he began to search for all books related to herbs, monsters, and beasts, and relearn the knowledge that he had forgotten when he lost his memory. If Zelin knew about this earlier, he would definitely bring the monster manual compiled in the castle. When Geralt fought against monsters in Vizima, it was no different from the past. Zelin thought he hadn't forgotten the relevant knowledge, but only now did he know that Geralt had relearned it again.

In the evening, when Dandrien entered the camp, he helped Zelin also get a pass, allowing him to enter most of the camp freely.

"Marek?" The two soldiers sitting around the campfire raised their heads. "Do you want to find Marek?"

"That's right, his family asked me to send something over." Zelin showed the Cliff amulet in his hand. "Where is he?"

"Did you see that way?" A soldier pointed to an open space surrounded by several tents not far away. In the clearing, three soldiers were punching and kicking another soldier who fell to the ground. "Yes, it's the crying wimp, it's him."

Chapter 1816 Little Sister

"Useless Marek~"

A soldier sipped. "Hurry up and show us to pee our pants!"

"Keep on crying, coward!"

As he said, the other person kicked Marrick again in the stomach.

The person who fell on the ground curled up and tried to resist more punches and kicks. Upon seeing this, the others laughed and spit on him again, mocking and insulting him continuously.

"Have you enough bastards? It's dark, give me back to your tent!" Before Zelin could walk over, a sergeant with a moustache walked towards them, and kept going. Waved. "Go back! Your majesty has ordered a curfew. Except for the patrol, anyone who leaves the camp in the middle of the night will be hanged! Go all back. It is not allowed to make trouble at night, otherwise I will put the noose around your neck by myself!"

The three soldiers whistled and ran away smiling. The soldier with blue nose and swollen face slowly got up, sat on the ground, panting, and rubbed his eyes vigorously. Soldiers nearby pointed here, and snickered from time to time. The sergeant sighed, took off the **** hat and held it in his hand, and wiped his forehead with only a few hairs left with his other hand. At this moment, he noticed the demon hunter who came by.

"Who are you?" The sergeant stopped Ze Lin. "I know everyone in this camp, but I don't remember your face."

"I just came here." Zelin took out the pass. "I came here to find Marek. His sister came from Akalide, but was blocked by the guard at the gate of the camp. She wanted to give him a talisman of Cliff God." He looked at him and shook his eyes. Akira stood up, preparing to pick up the soldier who was kicked into the mud pool with his hat. "He is?"

"Yes, he is Marek." The sergeant looked at Marek, who was tapping the mud on his soft leather cap with a little worry. "The others here have been making fun of him."

"Why?"

"He participated in the battle two years ago, the one in which Sabina killed everyone with magic. I also participated in the scene. No one who has seen it in person will never imagine it. Wait, You carry a griffin head badge and a jet-black blade. You are the demon hunter Zelin?"

"Yes, it's me." Zelin lowered his head, looked at the ebony blade hung around his waist, and then at the sergeant. "Do you know me?"

"Everyone who uses a sword knows that Zelin, a demon hunter, has an extremely sharp sword in his hand. No weapon can hold on to your sword. A priest said that you signed a contract with the devil and got it. A powerful blade, even sharper than the legendary Winter Blade. Is it true?" said the sergeant, and then he patted his forehead. "Oh, by the way, my name is Zevik. Knight Nathaniel told me about you."