The Journey of the Demon Hunter

"No problem, I don't think I will have many opportunities like this in the future. This time it's because I met a past... spy leader. His secret location happened to be there." Zelin bent down and picked up the dragonborn. The coat on the ground, patted the clothes. "Let’s get dressed first. Let’s eat below. Oh, yes, I also reserved a bottle of the world’s best red wine for you. If there is no accident, we will wait until Amelia’s affairs are completed. We can return to Mahakam together."

Gneia snorted after taking the Towson red wine.

"Forget you remember me. Go and get me a basin of water. I want to wash my face and rinse my mouth."

"Okay, I'm going now."

The first thousand and ninety-six chapters of emergency

Everything seems to be developing in a good direction.

After burning several cars of corpses, no new cases of infection finally occurred in the city. Not only Zelin, but the doctors in the hospital also breathed a sigh of relief. During this time, the vicinity of Novigrad Hospital has become a forbidden area. However, the city now has only three hospitals, which is obviously not enough to deal with the medical care needed by this city of 30,000 people.

Dole Gare came to Novigrad with the news of Sidaris. The action against the plague is proceeding in an orderly manner, everywhere, blocking roads, burning corpses, and flames are always the best way to fight plagues and diseases. But this plague has caused a lot of casualties, and many villages in the wilderness have been completely burned, because there are no survivors inside, only raging rats. Scavengers emerged from the ground in the blink of an eye. Traces of ghouls can be seen everywhere in the hills and grasslands. The crows circling in the sky formed dark clouds. Some people say that the crows have eaten too many corpses. All turned red.

What Zelin didn't expect was that Dulle Gare, the Master Ban Ade, who went around to protect endangered animals all day, had a two-story villa in the most prosperous city of Novigrad. According to him, many mages have real estate in this free city, especially after the coup in Sinide Island, this free city, which is independent of the northern countries and can accommodate different races and professions, is particularly affected by the mages. Favor. After the coup, many mages chose to come here to avoid the limelight.

However, Dole Gare did not stop. After learning that the Eternal Fire had begun to work on the Plague Ship, he decided to set off for Osenfurt. His colleague in Ben Ade, Kaduin of the Blue Mountains, was about to arrive. Here, and brought the tools of Ben Ad College to study the plague.

Before leaving, Dulle Gare gave Zelin the key to his villa. He had barely lived here. Zelin lived here and helped him clean up the dust. This is also true for Zelin. A good thing, at least this time the demon hunter can not have to endure the musty smell in that old and old hotel, and will not be awakened by the rat's teeth grinding at night when he goes to bed.

Meritelli Church is helping to take care of patients and distinguish diseases in the countryside. These nuns and priests are nurses, clerks, and doctors. With them, Zelin doesn't know if the plague can be contained in the western part of Temalia, but it shouldn't spread so quickly.

"A few days before they start the game? I kind of want to go back. I can't find anything to do in this city."

Zelin and Dragonborn stood by the dock in Novigrad. Indeed, as the Dragonborn said, they had nothing to do now, and the only thing they could do was wait. Waiting for Chapei’s news, waiting for Amelia’s news, but fortunately, Zelin can follow up during the big gambling, but because of the incident a few days ago, Gnaiya strongly urged her to get an invitation letter too. So Zelin issued another thousand crowns. He didn't have that much money with him. Fortunately, there was a branch of Vivadi Bank in this city, but I didn't know what Francesca's expression would be when he suddenly found out that his name had been loaned out for a kilogram.

"It's coming, it should be two days later. Oh look, she's back."

Zelin first saw Amelia walking over, and she went to get a special invitation letter. Only with this kind of invitation letter can she go to the venue to participate in the big gambling game. Demon hunters have participated in big gambling games before, but that has been a matter of years ago. Because of the war, the fixed sponsors in the past have long been let go, and this time the big gambling game is nominally held by the city council. But anyone who knows Novigrad's innermost knows that the city council is just sending their representatives to areas where the interests of the underground gangs and the chamber of commerce are in conflict.

"Hi, this is yours." Amelia walked over and handed Zelin a blue note with her name on it, then took out another one and handed it to Dragonborn. "This is yours."

"Only this thing is worth a thousand gold coins. Talos is on it. This is enough to buy a good enchanted weapon or two enchanted accessories." Gnaiya looked at the admission ticket in her hand and couldn't help but Rubbed his forehead. "It's a crazy world. Every time I think I can adapt to the customs and life here, it always brings me surprises and surprises."

"Don't mind, Gnaiya, even if I have lived in this world for almost a hundred years, I can get a lot of surprises. Let's go back. I think Zha Pei should give me accurate information soon."

Although Tamriel is the same as here, there are many human lives, but the same is human, and different worlds will cause big differences in life.

Just when they were about to go back, the sound of iron boots running on the dock not far away attracted Zelin's attention. People on the road stepped aside, and a group of soldiers with the eternal fire emblem on their chests ran past them and ran towards the pier.

Gnaiya frowned slightly, "What's the matter?"

"I don't know." Zelin shook his head. "I didn't see any ships coming back from the dock."

An ominous premonition could not help but feel in the heart of the demon hunter.

After they went back, Gnaiya went upstairs to prepare to change clothes and wash away the dust from the day after running outside. Amelia quickly returned to her room and began to study new decks and tactics. , He looked like he was bound to win, but before Zelin sat down to take a break, the rush of running from outside the door attracted his attention, and the sound of footsteps came to a halt quickly from far to near. Then there was a knock on the door.

"Who?"

"Eternal Fire, Your Excellency Cha Pei wants to see Zelin the Demon Hunter." A sharp drake voice came from outside the door. "Your Excellency Chapei asked Zelin, the demon hunter, to go to the temple on the Temple Island to meet him as soon as possible."

Zelin glanced upstairs, then at the door. He walked over, opened the door, and a priest of eternal fire was standing outside waiting.

"What's the matter?"

"I don't know, this is your request." The priest said sternly and meticulously. From his face, Zelin couldn't guess what happened, but if the plague ship's affairs were resolved smoothly, Cha Pei would never need to see him overnight.

"Okay, I'll go now, and wait for me to change clothes."

"I'm waiting outside the door."

The priest stepped back sternly and pushed outside the door. Zelin shook his head. He couldn't see the good or the bad from the priest's face, but if it was a good thing, why did he send someone to look for him so late. But in any case, when he arrives at the temple, he will know the purpose of Chapei.

The first thousand and ninety-seven chapters of the bad news of the Temple Island

Temple Island, Eternal Fire is located in the base camp of Novigrad, connected to the city by the St. Gregory Bridge. The altar of eternal fire isolates this city from the city, and the buildings on the edge of the cliff stand like daylight. There are walking temple guards everywhere. Although no one has ever counted them, many people believe that the number of temple guards in Novigrad is no less than that of city guards. Here, he felt a tense atmosphere. Several priests were praying around the altar burning with a bonfire, and some looked as if they were going to escape from here in the next moment. Something must be out of control, so that they feel uneasy.

In the temple, Zelin saw Cha Pei. As usual, there were no temple guards or personal guards in his room. He held a report in his hand. Seeing Zelin appear, he seemed to be relieved. He stood up from behind his desk and welcomed Zelin.

"Devil hunter, you haven't left Novigrad, great, we are in trouble." Cha Pei put down the report and wiped the drops of sweat on his forehead. "I think this matter may need your help to resolve it."

The fireplace in the temple room was designed to look like an altar of eternal fire, placed in the middle of the house, making this temple built on the high cliffs by the sea look warm and comfortable. Zelin walked around the brazier and walked to Cha Pei's desk.

"What's the matter? I saw you sending temple guards to the pier this afternoon. What happened to the plague ship? Has it been resolved? Or is your ship killed?"

"Let's say one by one." Cha Pei waved his hand, motioning Zelin to sit on the chair at the desk. The chair is designed to be a bit shorter than Chapei's chair, so that the person sitting here just looks up at the owner of the room. It must have been designed by Chapei in the past, and they probably like the feeling of being looked up. However, his height allows him to look at each other well.

"The three ships we sent are missing."

"Missing? How to say?"

"For six days, for six consecutive days, there was no news. Before they set off, I gave them an order to make them patrol near Novigrad, and if they found any ships, they would intercept them immediately or sink them directly. , And then give me an inspection report within three days." Cha Pei took a deep breath. He looked a little irritable. This is not something that ordinary people can encounter. Anyone will feel at a loss.

"But in six days, I didn’t receive any reports. Do you know what six days of sailing time means? Those three ships can reach the pier in Kervi, the Far North, or the Skellig Islands, but now There is no news, I can only speculate with the worst possible possibility - these three ships have sunk."

"And there are no survivors yet?"

"No."

"What's the matter with the port?"

"I don’t know when those ships disappeared, let alone at which pier it will appear. I have to arrange guards on all the piers. I will send another group of ships. I hope you can travel with you, no matter if it is the sea. The blame or the evil spirit, you demon hunters should be able to deal with it."

Zha Pei bent down and took out a roll of paper from the drawer of the desk. He unfolded the paper and spread it on the tabletop. This is a chart near Novigrad, with several routes and the names of trading companies occupying the routes.

"Your plan is not good, Chapei. We don't know who the enemy is. In this case, we rushed out, but we sent the remaining armed ships to the bottom of the sea."

Chapei's plan is like a reckless hunter who just sees the eaten corpse in front of the cave when he doesn't know what kind of monsters are in the dark cave. Generally speaking, such people in hunters hardly exist, because some people have already gone into the stomach of monsters, but in other industries, they don't need to face the price of being eliminated at any time.

"You are doing a lot now, arranging lookout posts in coastal urban areas. What you have to do next is to send patrol boats to guard near the shore instead of sending them to the open sea. At least we can be sure of that. It’s just that this ship hasn’t arrived yet, otherwise the plague would have spread long ago.”

Chapei thought for a while and nodded. "You are right. Now do what you said. But there is one thing you said wrong. Even if the ship hasn't arrived, our situation is already bad enough. Temple guard Several corpses were found in the alleys and garbage dumps near the pier, with the same symptoms as the corpses who died from the plague."

"You mean, someone is spreading the plague on purpose? Are they crazy?"

Zha Pei sighed and touched the drops of sweat on his forehead. "Everything is uncertain now. You just said that you need to find the location of the plague ship first. Do you have a way?"

"No." Zelin shook his head. He knows little about the ocean, and he rarely goes to villages by the sea to accept commissions. A fisherman may know more about the ocean than he does.

The temple fell silent for a while. It seems that they can only wait for the ship hidden in the sea to appear, but by the time the ship has arrived, it will be too late.

Zelin looked down at the chart. Suddenly, he thought of something. The fairy in the lake mentioned a dreamer named Tilly.

"Novigrad, is there a dreamer named Tilly? Or an astrologer? A fortuneteller?"