The Journey of the Demon Hunter

"I want to know the source of the plague. We are trying to solve it. It spreads too fast. Is this something to do with Dagon?"

The fairy in the lake did not respond, she walked to the edge of the pond and stopped, and called on Zelin.

"You have a lot of questions, this will tell you the answer."

Zelin sighed lightly, as if she really knew everything. At the edge of the pond, Zelin noticed that a few pebbles gathered to form a natural pool. The pool is very small and looks like a round mirror. The water inside was extremely clear. After Zelin approached, he realized that it was not empty, but that the water inside had no waves or impurities.

The slender fingers of the fairy in the lake gently stroked the surface of the water, "Look, these, things you should see."

With fingertips stroked, waves appeared on the water. The demon hunter looked at the fairy in the lake with some bewilderment. She just smiled slightly—perhaps it should be a smile for her—and made a gesture of looking down. So Zelin lowered his head and stared at the water like a breeze, wanting to see some doorways from the water. The fairy in the lake will not do meaningless things, and perhaps more unexpected things will happen.

Soon, there seemed to be some impurities in the water. The number of impurities is increasing, just like dropping a drop of black ink into the water and gradually spreading out. It didn't take long for these black substances to gradually converge, Zelin narrowed his eyes slightly, and a moving picture emerged on the water in front of him.

"Hiri?"

Zelin raised his eyebrows in surprise at the moment he recognized the characters in the picture. Seeing Xili was running on the dark horse named Kelpies, her face was full of fatigue and horror. She looked back from time to time. Zelin couldn't see where she was. There was a depressing white mist around her. Perhaps Xili couldn't see what was around him, but when she was escaping, subconsciously. Turned his head to see if there were any tracers.

The demon hunter looked at the image in the water. He didn't understand why the fairy in the lake would want him to see this. He wanted to know the source of the plague. He and Hiri had met once in Camelot. At that time, Hiri looked obviously and The source of the plague has nothing to do with it, even when fighting against Wigwarts in the castle. But he did not speak, and continued to focus on the screen.

But one thing is certain. The fairy in the lake knows about Xili's journey through the world, maybe she also knows the truth about the portal controlled by Zelin.

Maybe she is not the only one who knows.

The surrounding fog dissipated, Xili made a jump on her horse, and then she landed on the hard slate ground. The fog receded, revealing the scenery of a harbor. Xili stood on horseback by the dock of a port city. Not far from the water, large ships and small boats lined up criss-crossed, and their masts and sails were densely intertwined.

Xili seemed to be relieved by the peaceful environment here, but the next moment, she screamed in horror. Because beside the door panel painted with the cross sign with white powder, the ragged and scrawny man fell to the ground, and the rag-like clothes could not hide the black lines caused by the bleeding on the skin. Rats, dead dogs, and disgusting garbage mixed together, and her palms were stained black in the blink of an eye—her hands were full of black fleas.

Xili slapped her arm frantically, scratching her hair and collar, she looked terrified and disgusted. In the blink of an eye, Kelpie made a jumping pose again. Did she disappear in the same place, and the nearby picture blurred, but before the picture disappeared, Zelin saw the signboard with the name of the place by the port.

Genoa.

The next place was still a port, but Zelin recognized it at a glance. This was his world, because not far from where Xili was, the black sun flag of Nilfgard was flying. Xili also saw this scene, so she didn't stay for too long, so she jumped again.

But the picture did not continue to follow in Xili's footsteps. A black flea stayed on Xili's body. Before she jumped again, she jumped to the back of a nearby man standing by the corner, as if waiting for someone.

"This **** plague comes from another world?"

Zelin raised his head suddenly, this was indeed beyond his expectation.

"In fact, this plague shouldn't have happened."

The fairy in the lake flipped her hand, and the picture turned into a ship sailing on the high seas. This ship is old and old, a standard Nilfgaard cargo ship. On the port side of the ship, the name that was about to lose paint could barely recognize the name of the ship—the Catriona.

The picture seemed to understand Zelin's mind, and it moved into the ship. The demon hunter didn't know what adjectives to use to describe the scene in front of him. This gray ship seemed to be coming from hell. There were dead bodies lying down on the corridors and decks. Some of the corpses had even begun to decay, giving off a stench. The plague killed everyone on the ship, and the sails of the ship had already become fragmented in the last wind and rain, hanging down like thin strips. The whole ship was drifting in the wind on the endless sea, the sky was densely covered with dark clouds, and the lightning that passed from time to time reflected the ship of plague to terror.

Normally, it is estimated that it will not be long before the ship will fall apart under the beating of wind and waves, or hit the reef on the shore, and become an ornament under the steep rock wall just like the missing ships.

But things did not go on like this.

Several tentacles rushed out of the water, pierced the bottom of the ship, and controlled the ship, moving in a direction completely different from the direction of the wind.

"Dagon, it found this ship."

The picture changes again, and the ship has been sailing on the sea for a long time. In the end, the outline of another port city appeared on the horizon of the sea. At first glance, Zelin recognized the city.

"This ship is in Sidaris City?"

The fairy in the lake shook her head, and she waved away the image.

"Two days ago, this ship was under control and continued to drift north. Its destination was the first port city north of Sidaris."

Zelin had already understood the map, and he immediately thought of the next location of the Plague Ship.

"Its target is Novigrad!"

The first thousand and eighty-eight chapters chasing time

Novigrad.

The pearl of the north, there are more than 30,000 permanent residents in the city, and the combined population of the villages and manors near the city can almost exceed 50,000. As the only free city in the world, Novigrad is famous for its commercial activities. Someone once said that if the ships entering and leaving the Novigrad terminal every day are armed, they can form a fleet that cannot be underestimated. I don’t know how many merchants from all over the world visit here every day, not to mention that the war has just ended, and various celebrations in the north are held in Novigrad, including the big gambling game that has just begun.

"This is impossible. There is news that there are signs of plague in Novigrad. Maybe this ship has left Novigrad and continues to go further north?"

"This ship has only reached the Sidaris Peninsula and has spread the plague to the Vizima area." The fairy in the lake said calmly. "I can assure you that this ship has not yet arrived in Novigrad, and you still have a chance to stop it before the plague causes more damage."

"What does Dagon want from this plague?" Zelin didn't understand why a **** in the water would use the plague to deal with the land. But the problem of the demon hunter was only the shook of the head of the fairy in the lake.

"It doesn't need a reason for what it wants to do."

"Well, please allow me to say goodbye, goddess, I really hope that time can be on my side."

The fairy in the lake reached out to Zelin, her fingertips lightly nodded on the forehead of the demon hunter. A moment of thoroughness of coolness passed through his body, making him extremely comfortable in the hot summer.

"I give you my blessings, and may this be helpful in your battle. When you see Shilia, convey to me, tell her that Nimiao is waiting for her on Black Seagull Island, and Tilly Together."

Zelin remembered the names of these two people and nodded. "I will tell her if I can meet her."

Novigrad.

It takes about a few days to get from Vizima to Novigrad. The demon hunter’s horse was still stored in the city of Vizima, and the King Fisherman sent him away from Black Seagull Island. The ferry that helped Zelin to get here sank due to an attack by the half-mermaid, so the King Fisherman sent him directly. Near the side of the Vizima Dam. A dozen city defense soldiers gathered on the shore, looking towards the direction of Nidi Village, but none of them noticed the small fishing boat that was gradually docking on the other side.

The horse stayed safely in the stable of the inn. After Zelin handed over the storage fee to the innkeeper, he immediately led the horse out of Vizima's gate. He rode across the long bridge outside the door and headed towards Willen. It is more convenient to get from Willen to Novigrad than to go north from Vizima, passing through the Baron La Valetti and then into Novigrad. Rasty and the others were investigating the peninsula near Sidaris in Willen. Zelin spent three days traveling day and night. It was not until the morning of the fourth day that he arrived near Willen's Hanged Ghost Alley. According to information received from nearby villages, at noon on the fourth day, the demon hunter found the medical tent built by Rasti and his team in the nearby village.

"Lasty? Marty?"

The smell of disinfectant in the camp made Zelin frowned slightly, as if hearing the sound of horseshoes, the curtains of a tent were picked up, and Marty walked out of it.

"Devil hunter? Are you back? Wait, wait, don't come in yet!"

Marty raised her hand to let Zelin wait outside, and trot with her skirt to the low wooden table in the middle of the camp. She picked up a strange box with magic props, and shook it at the demon hunter and the horse behind her. A lavender light shone on Zelin. Zelin raised her arm to block the dazzling light.

"What are you doing, Marty?"

"Make sure if there are any insects carrying infectious diseases hidden in your body. This thing can find any tiny insects. It was originally used by the students in the college to catch mice... Oh, well, come in. Me and Dole Gare can use magic potions and amulets to heal himself and resist the plague, but Rasti and that lovely schoolgirl can't."

"She's called Xiao Ai Ruola." Zelin reminded.

"Okay, Little Aila. We have been in the nearby village these days, cleaning up the rats for the local village, and distributing magic potions that can cure diseases. Come in, put the horses outside, and Dolgaray has set up some A barrier that insects can’t enter. These animal researchers always have strange ideas and magic, right?"

Zellin tied the reins of the horses to the place where they parked the carriage, and Rasti was in the main tent, making potions with the help of Dolgaray. Over the years, alchemy has been developing at an extremely rapid rate. Formalin is one of the results. There is a strong smell of alcohol in the tent, and some alchemical wines that have been blended are placed on the nearby table. Decades ago, some alchemists discovered that a certain proportion of wine can have a very good effect lower than infections and infectious diseases, but unfortunately, the price of spirits is destined to be something that ordinary people can use.

"Zelin? Are you back? Is there any result?"

Seeing the demon hunter enter the tent, Rasty stopped his work. Little Elora took the wine bottle and carefully covered it with an oak cork.

"Yes, I saw the half-murloc priest. I can be sure that this plague did not come from the half-murloc." Before they showed the disappointed expression of the clue disappearing, Zelin continued, "But I found the source of the plague. , Is a merchant ship sailing from Nilfgaard. The ship was infected with a plague at sea. The plague killed everyone on the ship, and under the influence of the sea breeze, it drifted to the vicinity of Sidaris Peninsula. Now, that The ship may have drifted towards the dock in Novigrad."