The Journey of the Demon Hunter

"And there seems to be no place for Tamoria in Radovide's future plans." Tale spread his hands out: "Fucking nonsense, what great Northern Alliance was still talking about last winter, and the battle of Brenner was repeated. As a result, we began to calculate this year. Just after stopping the decline, we started to stabbing a knife in the back."

"So we have to take away his head before he stabbed him with the knife." Dikoscher made a cutting gesture: "Devil hunter, this time we call you to discuss whether you can sneak in. Thing about Dovid."

"Sneak attack?" Zelin frowned, "Wait, I thought I was going to trick him out."

"What should I do with an ant who is hiding in a cave and dare not come out? Of course it is to fill the cave with water, or set fire to smoke." Dijkstra's finger tapped on the tabletop: "I know what you have done. 。. Alone rushed into the castle and killed the leader of the White Rose Knights. In Vizima, he crossed the mutant army’s defense and defeated Jaques. Later, he controlled the battle in Forge. You are one of the best swordsmen in the north. No one is more suitable to do such a thing than you. If Ladovide is only guarded by more than a dozen soldiers, he is not safe in front of you."

"So what is your plan?" Zelin put his hands on his knees.

"Our spies in the witch hunter's group have sent information that every night at sunset, the witch hunters on the pier will have a shift, which lasts for about 20 minutes. When their defense is weakest, Ladooved will probably only be left by his side. Fewer than forty soldiers."

Dikoschi spread out the map and placed it on the table in front of him: "Yes, an attack, Radovide is hiding here. At Osenft’s wharf, he has a fleet in Novigrad, and downstream There are also two barracks in Willen across the river. He did not stay in the army. Perhaps he was worried about the soldiers' mutiny, but where he was, he could escape by land or water, and nearby soldiers could quickly support it. If by boat If, Novigrad’s flagship can reach Osenfurt within 30 minutes, we can’t deal with that battleship, the Battle of Willen in winter, the flagship’s ballistas and catapults have been killed. I don’t know how many black clothes. People."

"So when we act, there will be merchant ships docking on the river channel to help us buy time." Eofis stretched out his finger and drew a line on the river channel: "Those are all Frogn soldiers and squirrel party elves pretending to be Yes, the smugglers will help us. Of course, they all think this is a smuggling operation. The remaining archers will lie on the banks of the Osenfurt River just in case."

"The blue iron guard will enter Osenfurt and lie in ambush ahead of time. We have investigated and found that the pier of Osenfurt is a long street. There are only two intersections leading to the city. As long as you enter from the entrance, you will be able to Block Ladovide’s retreat."

"Then the people we arranged on the Osenfurt Long Bridge, they will block the bridge, block and lower the gate with barricades, and block the Redanian soldiers on the other side from returning to help." I clicked on the pier: "That's it. The pier is built along the river bank. The eastern part of the pier is full of bushes and sandy beaches. My people will lie in ambush there, and finally drive Ladooved to the western corner of the pier. It's over to you and Roche, Zelin. If no one is swinging the sword, Ladovide's head won't automatically fall off."

"If you don't want to bear the reputation of the kingslayer, you can leave it to me." Roche turned his head and looked at Zelin: "I am willing to do anything for the sake of Temalia."

"But wait until all this is over?" Zelin asked suddenly: "Then what are you going to do? Don't forget, the war is not over yet, it's just that Enhill seems to be overwhelmed. There is someone in Nilfgaard. You want to rebel. But if you solve Ladovide and the Nilfgaards attack again, what will you use to resist the men in black?"

"This matter has been negotiated long ago, Zelin." There was no hesitation in Roche's voice: "The northern kings will pay tribute to Emperor Nilfgaard and hand in tribute and hostages in exchange for peace. Emperor Nilfgad nominally He is also the emperor of the northerners, but that's all. Apart from that, Nilfgaard will not intervene in anything in the north, they will not send soldiers and officials, and the north will still maintain autonomy."

"The people of Nilfgaard gain face, and the north will not lose anything." Taler added from the side: "Except for sending envoys to the city of the Golden Pagoda every year to hand the emperor gifts and gold from the north, and A nasty greeting letter. And the north can have peace, as well as self-cultivation. In the past ten years, the war in the north has hardly stopped. If it continues, people will die. Look at the north now, women want There are more orphans than stray dogs than men. It will be no good for anyone to continue fighting."

Zellin thought of what Francisca had said to him on the boat to Lomune.

The northerners will find true peace under Nilfgaard's rule and form the largest coalition force in the empire to join the Senate.

"I understand." Zelin nodded: "If Enid asks me about this, can I tell her?"

"Who is Enid?" Taler asked curiously: "Don't tell the woman next to your pillow our discussion. Women like to talk too much."

"It's the elven queen Francesca, right? I heard this name at the Sunnid Island conference that year. It's an ancient name." Dijkstra explained from the side: "It's okay, Zelin, Fen Queen Beda is our ally, and she will be a very important member in the future Northern Alliance. After all, no one here is like an elf, bowing to the emperor so long."

"When do you act?"

"We will make arrangements in advance, Zelin." Dixie took a deep breath: "We will contact you in advance when we are ready."

Chapter 2575: Moving Bait

When Zelin was discussing with others in the theater square, Francesca, who everyone thought had left, met Philippa Ehart in the ruins of the underground elves in the east of Osenfurt. Francesca looked a little tired. She wore a brown robe to cover her figure. The remaining mud on the hem of the robe indicated that she had just returned from the wild.

"I think you contacted me not just to test the feasibility of the cult's secret communication plan?" Philippa sorted the blindfold with one hand, and put the blindfold in the correct position: "What are you looking for, Enid? It's not safe here. The witch hunter has searched this place. I don’t guarantee that they will suddenly think that they have missed some details and come back and search again. Where did you go? You seem to have just walked out of a mud puddle."

Combining the lessons learned after the coup d’état, the Order of the Warlocks specially prepared a set of codes and messages that can be communicated without relying on telescopes, as well as contact points distributed in different locations. In order to avoid the embarrassment of the coup d'etat. No one knows who betrayed the order, and no one dared to use telescope to communicate, so as not to fall into a trap and expose their position. It is very convenient to use magic to communicate with each other, but once a traitor appears, it is more dangerous than any contact method.

"How is the investigation of the Renegade Warlock progressing?" Francesca said unceremoniously: "What clues does Triss have?"

"She only knows that someone has recruited exile warlocks in Novigrad and claimed to protect them from the persecution of the eternal fire." Philippa's voice was unhurried: "It was not a successful raid on the enemy three days ago. Lao Lao? You didn't get the information you wanted?"

"The leading warlock was killed. I don't want to be stunned. When I came back to retrieve the body, they cremated the body while burying it." Francesca's voice was cold: "The remaining alchemists only know this. A warlock hired them to conduct fungal research underground in Novigrad, thinking that the corpses obtained were the corpses of death row inmates in hospital morgues and prisons."

"What about the search?"

"There is a letter in the laboratory. It is a report from the warlock to Ladovide." Francesca sneered disdainfully: "I don't believe in such simple paper evidence."

"Where is the Demon Hunter?"

"Zelin is very angry and very angry." Francesca lowered her eyes: "Three times and five times, for three consecutive years, every year, kings and careerists want to condemn the secrets of demon hunters. This time he really Angrily, he thought it was Radovide doing it, just as Radovide wanted to launch a coup to kill all the warlocks in Lomugne, because it was hindered last time, so Radovide wanted to kill all the demon hunters first. I I don’t know what Zelin discovered that made him feel such a serious sense of crisis..."

"A man who licks blood always has a sense of crisis. This is not surprising, Enid." Philipba turned her head impatiently and looked at the messy laboratory. She paced towards the telescope on the side, stretched out her hand, and stroked the bracket of the telescope: "I will not hide my hatred for Ladovide. He will deal with political opponents one by one, and enemies blocking his path. But he is too impatient. He should come step by step. Great kings are rarely young. He has no patience to accumulate strength. If he suddenly attacks his allies or uses warlocks on the battlefield, I won’t be surprised at all.”

"What's the matter with the information you handed over to the Warlock Cult?" Francesca narrowed her eyes slightly: "About the whereabouts of the large sum of money from Novigrad Bank. How did you get this information? "

"It was Triss who told me." Philipba turned her head: "When I first came here, she met with me and told me the news. Novigrad bank has a large amount of money transferred to it. Elsewhere, and the time just happened to be gentle when someone began to recruit exile warlocks."

"How did Triss know?"

"You should ask her, not me." Philippa shook her head: "Do you think Ladovide is innocent? Believe me, he does it all the time, and after so much evidence, he He cannot be innocent, he is responsible for many things."

Zelin didn't know what Francisca was thinking. He only wanted one thing, and that was to find all the people who knew the secrets of the demon hunters, and then they would never be able to divulge these secrets to others. If the renegade warlock really studies some kind of weakness that everyone can take advantage of, then the demon hunter will become weak and powerless in the face of a badheart.

This profession is likely to die because of leaked secrets. This is why, since ancient times, demon hunters have always been careful to protect their mutant formulas and processes, even the demon hunters of the cat school have not actively disclosed the parts related to it.

No one is willing to expose their weaknesses that put themselves to death.

In the past, no one had thought of studying the demon hunters in such a detailed manner, but now, such a thing did happen, and Zelin absolutely could not allow the research on the renegade warlock to continue.

"I'm leaving first, Amelia."

After the meeting, Zelin went to the Chameleon Hotel, packed up and said goodbye to Amelia.

Amelia, who was lying on Zelin's bed reading a book, raised her eyes, looked over the top of the book and looked towards Zelin, her unconsciously swinging legs stopped: "Are you leaving? Where are you going?"

"Osenfurt." Zelin put the package on his shoulders: "See you then, if you are not busy here, don't forget to write a letter to Joseph sometimes, or go back to see her. She has always missed you. ."

Dikoscher hopes that Zelin can go to Osenfurt, or visit friends around. Ladovide will definitely focus on a dangerous demon hunter, so that it can cover the work of others. So Zelin was going to visit the professors of Osenfurt. They were captured by Ladovide before. After Zelin rescued them, some people were unwilling to leave the college too far and went to the village north of Osenfurt, while the rest took a boat to take refuge in Kevel.

"Be careful by yourself." Zelin stepped forward and rubbed Amelia's white curly hair: "If you are in trouble, go to Triss. She knows how to contact Enid and me. No matter what, protect yourself first."

"I know." Amelia strained her mouth, raised her eyes and looked at Zelin impatiently: "Well... a good trip."

Chapter 2576: Red-Haired Medical Officer

Osenfurt, Zelin is not the first time to come to this town.

The pearl of the north, a gathering place for academics, ideas and art. The students inside are the birthplaces of future artists and scientists, doctors and lawyers. In the same way, the city was built on top of an elf ruin. Osenforte itself is a sandbar located in the middle of the Ponta River, divided into three islands of different sizes. The largest island is the small town of Osenfurt, followed by the college area connected to the town by a bridge, and the last is the slender sandbar to the east of Osenfurt, scattered with houses of workers and outsiders. The two stone bridges have become a channel for Ossenfurt to communicate with the outside world. Among them, the Western Gate Long Bridge can be said to be the essence of the architecture of Osenfurt College.

The height of the stone bridge is more than 20 meters, which can ensure that most cargo ships have tried under the bridge. There are high towers connected with iron cables on the left and right banks. When a ship passes by, the iron cables on the tower can pull the bridge up on both sides, allowing large cargo ships with masts more than 20 meters to pass.

This is the only suspension bridge in the north. It not only facilitates the travel of Osenfurt residents, but also does not delay the smooth flow of this most prosperous commercial river in the north. Standing on the edge of the bridge and looking into the distance, you can even directly see the towering Temple of Eternal Fire in Novigrad, and overlook the city of Osenfurt.

Dixie will take the bridge anyway.

Walking on the bridge of the western gate, Zelin stood behind the crowd, waiting to check his passport. This city does not accept refugees, but there are still many tourists who come here to visit the local area before the war has started. Archers stood on both sides of the long bridge, and the captain of the guard holding a binoculars looked at the river in the distance. Under the arch formed by the two stone towers, a table is placed next to it, and a soldier sits behind, using a notebook to record visitors entering the city.

It is said that since Radovide appeared in Osenfurt, the city has been under martial law most of the time.

Dikoscher hopes that Zelin can enter through the registered western gate to attract Radovide's attention. The demon hunter doesn't mind using himself as a bait. In his opinion, the best result is that Ladovide takes the initiative to take the initiative, and then he can take advantage of the trend to catch the renegade warlocks who are hidden in the shadows.

"Isn't this the demon hunter Zelin?"

Just when it was Zelin's turn to register, a familiar voice came to his ears.

Zelin followed the voice and looked over, just in time to see a woman with red hair and green clothes standing by the bridge.