The Journey of the Demon Hunter

"Oh?" Tancred showed an unexpected look: "Did your enemy hide in Corville?"

"It's not an enemy, in fact, you should know these people." Zelin paused: "King Assassin, do you still have an impression?"

Tancred's face instantly became very bad.

He slowly turned around, put his hands behind his back, and took a deep breath. After several seconds, I re-opened: "I will never forget that they assassinated my father. I thought the summit would give them trial, but after the summit in Lomune, I learned that they all fled the north. , And returned to his nest with their bonuses and rewards."

"Actually not, Your Majesty." Zelin said: "I got news that not only did they not leave the north, but they are now in Corville. I came for this."

Tancred pondered for a few seconds: "This is unbelievable to me, Master Demon Hunter. But since you brought the information, I will not ignore it. I will arrange for someone to investigate this matter. If you want to If you do, please stay overnight in the Wang's apartment. You are a guest of Kerviel, and you will be welcomed by everyone here."

"Your Majesty." The butler who had been standing behind him reminded him: "It's almost time to meet the Marquis of Targo."

"Oh, time flies so fast?" Tancred touched his forehead: "Excuse me, Master Demon Hunter, I must meet the Marquis of Targo on time. He is a staunch supporter of the Thyssen family, if not He, the one who rules Cowell today is still the usurper Edie."

"Please, Your Majesty."

Tancred arranged for Zelin to live on a floating island near the palace, which looked like a place dedicated to receiving guests. Zelin didn't refuse his kindness, maybe it was kindness. When the butler who received him asked him what he needed, he just said that he needed to be alone and meditate to restore his strength.

It can be seen that the Kewell people don't know much about the demon hunters. The butler just bowed to Zelin and told all the servants to leave the house and ordered them to come back until dinner.

Closing his eyes, Zelin knelt down on the carpet, listening to nearby sounds. After confirming that there were no other eavesdroppers nearby, he took out a telescope. He remembered that Francesca said that this telescope was the only safe way of communication.

"Enid?"

A hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of the wizard warlock on the other side of the telescope, and he didn't seem to expect Zelin to contact her at this time.

"...Zelin, do you need someone to chat with you?"

"No, why do you ask?"

"Tishaya and I are preparing for a divination ceremony. If it is not too anxious, we can wait three hours before talking."

"It's just one thing, I hope you can help me with a message." Zelin said concisely: "Help me tell Ignatz, it is the Ebin, I know that he has a property in Cowell, I need his help I'm investigating the Buren followers in Cowell."

Francesca was taken aback, and then nodded: "I see, after this magic ceremony is over, I will help you to tell the Ebin."

Chapter 2609: New Enmity and Old Resentment

If it weren’t for Kerviel, he would have almost forgotten about it—when he defeated the Knights of the White Rose a few years ago, the Church of Eternal Fire cancelled many anti-magical metal orders, plus the Rumors make people think that anti-magic metal is dying. As a result, several Kerviel mining companies that mine anti-magical metals are on the verge of bankruptcy. At that time, he asked the Aibin people to try to acquire one of them.

After all, he is not a businessman.

He originally thought that this would allow the Demon Hunter Academy to no longer lack anti-magical metal materials, and at the same time, it could also take the opportunity to sell some low-purity metal to the Eternal Fire Church, so that they could not use this thing to find the Demon Hunter. Trouble.

The Aibin people have always disliked that acquisition because it not only lost money but also looked unprofitable in the next few years. Because there is a lot of exploration for anti-magic metal, and people’s demand is difficult to increase, after all, not many ordinary people will buy expensive anti-magic metal plates that are similar to iron plates, so its price will inevitably be lower and lower.

But Zelin didn't expect that it would come in handy this time.

But it's not a commercial role, it's a search for intelligence. The Aibin is very comfortable with this. According to him, this is similar to probing the opponent's business intelligence. Arrange spies, gather information, and infer results. However, this is not investigating the renegade warlock, this cannot get the assistance of the warlock cult.

For two days in a row, Zelin did meet some visitors, mostly scholars from Lancaster University. Ess seemed to have told her colleagues that the Demon Hunter had come here, but it was also normal. Mrs. Ibina’s theater was in Novigrad, and Ess would definitely give the manuscript to the troupe.

But what Zelin didn't expect was that Sear would actually come to visit him.

"I have to say that for most of my life, I was the visitor when I met with the warlock." Zelin looked at the serious-looking Schill, who was not a person who likes to make friends. Before the meeting place invited her to join, she wouldn't even go to the Warlock Order's convention on Sinide Island.

So Zelin knew very well that Schill would not simply visit him.

"Have you visited many warlocks?"

"No, very rarely, because most of the time I am not a visitor, but a tiresome salesman. I took the materials I got after hunting monsters and knocked on the door of the laboratory to ask if I needed to buy it." Zelin looked at one. Ben Cowell's map guide was given to him by the two professors who visited yesterday. They hoped that the demon hunters could go to Lancaster University. Zelin was originally interested in that university. If they hadn’t said that they wanted to meet Zelin’s dean of the School of Biology: "I don’t know how to evaluate the current world. Monsters and demon spirits are rampant and people are displaced. Demon hunters have a backlog of commissions. In the ten consecutive years of war, there are more abandoned villages than inhabited houses, and the burned wooden beams are comparable to the scale of the forest, so every demon hunter can work continuously until the first heavy snowfall. , Go back to the castle and rest steadily."

"Isn't this the best time for demon hunters?"

"No, Schill, that's not the case." Zelin put down the book, raised his eyes, and stared directly at the dark pupils of the warlock: "The purpose of the birth of the demon hunter is to hunt down monsters and protect the innocent. The more demon hunters there are More, the less the number of monsters, and ultimately, the world becomes a world without monsters. People don’t have to worry about deer head spirits when walking on forest trails, and don’t have to worry about water ghosts emerging from the water when walking by the river. There is no need to avoid the demon bird flying overhead when you are on the mountain."

"Where is the demon hunter going?"

"We will disappear." Zelin said flatly: "This profession will disappear. Since we are no longer needed, why should we continue? As time progresses, any profession may disappear. Maybe one day, there are no more fish in this world, and the fisherman will disappear. If the field is no longer suitable for planting, the farmer will disappear. It's all that simple."

"Then what's the meaning of your establishment of the academy? Survival?"

Zelin opened his hands and asked, "Do you think there is no need for demon hunters in this world?"

Schell took a deep breath and said nothing.

On the side of the soup pot on the stove, the boiling broth was bubbling and exuding a mouth-watering aroma.

It took a while before Schell spoke again.

"When you are no longer a demon hunter, what are you going to do? Will you be a king's advisor?"

"Impossible, I really don't want to repeat it again, what a wrong decision to let a demon hunter enter the court." Zelin sighed: "To be honest, a few years ago, when I might have a home, it turned out. I still think that I am just a wanderer. When the mission is completed, I will leave the castle, continue to carry the package, ride the horse and take the earned rewards, and become a demon hunter wandering around the world again. Set up a place, follow the commission and the disaster. When you are tired, go to the tavern and lie down on a strange girl’s bed to rest. Regardless of the name or identity, walk out the door and forget what happened."

"I should write down what you said, there will definitely be a psychology professor who can't ask for it." Schell said stiffly.

"Whatever, that's your business." Zelin shrugged.

"Are you here for Tamoria?" Schill asked suddenly, "King Foltest hired you?"

"No."

"You came for Ridania and reached an agreement with Dijkstra?"

"No. I have repeated it many times, and I am here for myself."

"Then I think you may not have anything to do here." Schell stood up and said, "I recommend that you leave. Just like you said, continue to be your demon hunter, go all over the world, follow disasters and commissions. You remember when you were in Lomugne that you said that the disputes between the kingdoms will not destroy the fisherman, because after the peace, the king’s table also needs to grill fish, and he cannot eat people. So this will not be possible. It affects the demon hunters, and only after the war is the time when you are needed."

Zelin sighed.

"I know what you're trying to say, Schill." He said seriously: "The Burren followers are related to Kerviel, right? King Kerviel knows everything, and his spies are located in every corner of the kingdom. Anyone just wants to Set foot on this land, Tancred will be able to see the news within 30 minutes. Yesterday he told me that he didn’t know anything about it. I don’t believe the spies here would be so dereliction of duty. Tell me, The people in Buren should already know that I'm here, right?"

"They don't know yet, because Tancred doesn't want you to conflict with him." Schill did not hide: "He wants me to persuade you to leave, but I know that if you don't satisfy your curiosity, you won't leave. Yes, I will even go deeper into this matter. Yes, Kerviel hired Bren and his assassins. They are the best assassins, and no one is more competent than them. And all these are just some of the most common... ...State behavior."

Zelin was silent for a few seconds: "...I'm surprised. I'm not joking, Bren killed Tancred's father himself, and the king of Istria died in Bren's hands. He took Bren as a guest and hired him to work for himself."

"Because this is the most valuable for Kerviel." Schill frowned slightly: "Of course he didn't want to. If Tancred was just a person, he would definitely kill Bren, but he was the king, so he No. If it weren’t for Brun’s assassination of the Nilfgaard’s general in the winter, the man in black might have come to Tritog and Akalide. You are a demon hunter hunting in the countryside, and he is for Ko The assassin that Vale serves, Kervell will not send him to deal with you. In fact, Tancred hopes that you can train demon hunters in Kervell and protect the mining company in the Dragon Mountains."

"So you know why I just said that when the monster disappears, should we disappear?" Zelin said suddenly.

"Is there any relationship between the two?"

"Because we do not disappear, without the monster, the sword will kill people, and then we become another monster...just like Buren."

Chapter 2610 Transfer Attention

Two days later, the Kerviel Winter Palace--