The Journey of the Demon Hunter

Among the soldiers, the reputation of the Baron Wieselard was obviously not very good. They were all afraid of him, but when faced with the mage and the demon hunter, the baron showed warmth and hospitality. Moreover, in front of Zelin, Baron Wieserard made no secret of his contempt for the farmers in the Willen area.

"You shouldn't rest at the Crossroads Inn here. Apart from hiccups and spitting, the dirty farmers are thinking about how to mix water in the wine and how to defraud the coins in your hand. I respect everyone who has knowledge. People who are educated and know what politeness is. Just like researchers and professors, these talents are the people who push the world forward. Also, please say hello to Professor Milo van der Beck for me."

Milo van der Beck is Rasty of Osenfurt College. At that time, Zelin, in order to find George in Willen, asked Rasty to write a letter to Baron Wieserard, asking him to find it in his own territory. George. Facts have proved that this is very timely, otherwise Zelin will lose a fellow student.

"Milo is very good now. I met him not long ago." Zelin nodded to Wieserad. "But I have never had the opportunity to meet you, George, thanks a lot."

"With a little effort, this Lord George cleaned up a green dragon that harassed the farmland and pasture for Willen, and he didn’t need any compensation. Even without Professor Milo’s letter, if I knew there was such a noble warrior in my house. When the territory is in trouble, I will find a way to help." Wieselard waved his hand. "There is a green dragon raging. Those farmers will definitely find reasons and make more unreasonable demands. Let me say that even if someone sees a black shadow flashing on the river at night, they will say that there are demons in the water the next day. , So there is no harvest or fish this year, and no taxes and grains can be paid. At this time, just ask the tax collector to go to their house cellar, which is absolutely full of grain and dried smoked fish."

"After the war, did Your Majesty Foltest not cut taxes?"

"Your Majesty Foltest? May the gods bless him, no, in fact, some taxes have been added, because Princess Yada is an adult, and Vizima will hold a grand ceremony this year. You know, Foltai His Majesty Stewart only has the daughter of Princess Yada, and maybe Tamoria's White Lily Throne will usher in the first queen in history." Wiserad cleared his throat. "Well, don't let us talk about these silly things anymore, you must also know magic well, Master Demon Hunter."

"Yes, magic, Lord Baron, this master demon hunter, like you, is also a passionate and generous patron of the cause of magic." The mage, who has been sipping fruit wine, interrupted, as if finally found a topic he knew. The same. "A colleague of mine, Kalkstein, who specializes in alchemy, was in need of help the most. This demon hunter provided much-needed research funds for his research. He is very famous among our mages, believe me, Your Excellency, if your territory encounters difficulties, this generous demon hunter will definitely help you. And I assure you that in him, you can find that most of the rumors about demon hunters in the world are Wrong."

Zelin held a glass of apple juice and slowly shook it in his hand, "Alexander, no matter how much you praise me, I can't sponsor your research based on my mood."

Alexander chuckled dryly. "No, no, Baron Wesselard is now my patron. He sponsored me to study the antidote to the plague."

Zelin looked at Wesselard, and the baron nodded. "Yes, I gave this tower to Master Alexander, hoping that he can develop an antidote. I heard that the plague of Sidaris has not been completely eliminated. If it breaks out again, Willen and Sidaris are next to each other. We will definitely suffer here. You say those farmers, when I charge them a coin, I will complain, saying that all the money I received is wasted, and they don't want to think about who hired soldiers to protect them."

It seemed that the baron had a lot of opinions on his own people, and he would complain to them from time to time.

"Maybe you can list what the tax is used for and post it at the Crossroads Inn to tell them." Zelin spread his hands. "You complain about not collecting taxes here, and the farmer guesses at home that he is unwilling to pay taxes. This is not good for anyone."

"Don’t you think I’ve done it? This group of farmers, as long as you don’t give them money every day, so that they can lie at home doing nothing and live on, they will complain. They don’t care about studying the antidote to the plague. How much does it cost to clean up the beasts that infest the farm or catch and hang those bandits."

The baron sighed when the soldier guarding the door trot up.

"My lord, Graham of Oriden is here with his fish. He wants to ask if you can accept his fish, my lord."

"Grahan? Ah, I know him." The baron rubbed the tip of his nose and nodded to Zelin and Alexander. "Please allow me to escape. This Graham's fish is fresh. I just caught it. I often buy his fish. If possible, please stay and taste it."

Before the baron stood up, a burst of aroma ran down from the third floor with the sound of footsteps.

"You continue to accompany the guests, father." Annabel trot down with her skirt. Zelin noticed that although her face was calm, there was a hint of happiness hidden in her eyes. "I'll just go and settle the bill with the fisherman. I will do this little thing."

"Okay, dear daughter, then hurry up." Veserad sat back and looked at Alexander. "Master, what did we talk about before?"

"Experimental body." Alexander sat upright. "I will study potions, but I need experimental subjects to conduct clinical observations, otherwise I don’t know whether the effects of potions are effective, or what needs to be improved. If there is no experimental goal, I cannot say that the potions developed are successful and No. And this plague has never been seen in the past. There was no similar case for reference in the past, and I must treat it with caution."

"Aren't the mice in the box okay?"

Zelin, who was pouring himself a new glass of apple juice, raised his eyebrows slightly. The boxes at the door were not moving necessities, but rats. The demon hunter didn't have much interest in apple juice, but Maria seemed to like this drink better, and the baron called his servant to the warehouse to get a new bottle of apple juice.

"Yes, those rats are my primary experimental subjects. I will first test whether the potion works on the infected rats, but I am making potions for humans, not animal potions, so at the end of the experiment, I have to Experiments on humans can ensure success. But experiments don’t need so many. I have a medical report by Marty Sodergren in my hand, which mentions various clinical responses to this plague."

After pondering for a while, the baron nodded, "I will send some executed prisoners, but I'm not sure if they are healthy." Wieserard tapped his fingers on the table. "I can't guarantee, because I don't know how many **** who should be hanged will be caught. Master, if you came here early, I caught a group of robbers some time ago, and their bodies are still in the crow's den. Floating on the branches on the roadside outside."

"Wait, do you plan to use the virus for in vivo experiments?" Zelin put down the cup and asked. "If I remember correctly, this is a magic that is expressly forbidden in the Novigrad Treaty."

"With those executed prisoners, master demon hunters, you are really a kind and good person, maybe because you often deal with monsters instead of humans, so you can't see what these humans do, but believe me, those executed prisoners It’s guilty to die, and letting them breathe a day’s air is a blasphemy against the gods. I have seen them commit serious crimes, robbed caravans, corpses thrown into the ravines, tortured captives to give them all their money , If you divide the body of a woman and hang it on a bamboo pole triumphantly, you might think it is cruel to use them for virus experiments, but if you have seen what they do, you will definitely support me. If there is not enough deterrence, These mobs dare to do anything."

"I don't think anyone cares about the life and death of this group of people who should have been hanged on the tree. The Order is busy negotiating with the kings and will not notice what happened to a remote Willen." Alexander shrugged. "By the way, the demon hunter, the soldier came before and said, what are you looking for with me, and why?"

"Yes, it is indeed a very important thing." Zelin put down the cup and said to Alexander. "I hope you can use magic to monitor this land. I got news that wild hunting may appear here, but I don't know the exact time. You happen to have a magic tower, so I hope you can help monitor the movement of magic here. ."

"...Wild Hunt? Wait, could it be said that someone paid you to get out and get rid of those demon spirit knights?" Alexander opened his eyes wide. "This is crazy. The mages who studied the demon spirit knights in the past have not come to any valuable conclusions. Those who want to deal with them have disappeared. The eighth floor is dead. It is not realistic to deal with wild hunts. And don't know what to do."

"Don't worry, it's me who is going to deal with wild hunting, and it's me who is going to fight them. All I need is you to help pay attention to when they will appear in Willen."

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ps: In the mission of the Witcher 3 Mouse Tower, you can find the record of the warlock Alexander, the first part, which mentions Marty Soderglin, the traditional translation is Marty Soderglin.

Chapter 1372 The Eye of Magic

"Two gentlemen, what dangerous topics are you talking about? Those cursed demon spirits?"

Baron Wieselard scratched his head in confusion. "You said the demon spirit will come up? Maybe we should go to the temple immediately and invite the pastor."

"The priest can't deal with such demon spirits. To deal with them, you need a silver sword and someone who knows how to use it." Zelin took off the silver sword on his back and placed it on the table. "Instead of inviting the priest, it is better to ask all the villagers to hide in their homes and not go out when there are signs of wild hunting. These monsters will kill everyone who stands in front of them."

Alexander stretched out his hand cautiously, touched the blade with his fingertips, and then quickly retracted his hand like an electric shock. "God, look at this sword. This sword must be very expensive. Looking at the arrangement of these runes, it can actually engrave the words of the runes so small, and it can fully display the effect of the runes. This magic sword It reminds me of the Winter Blade passed down by Skelliger. Legend has it that Skelliger’s demons will run away in the face of the Winter Blade. Which rune master made this? This is not any rune I know Master Wen’s arrangement of runes."

"It was made by a runesmith from Overhir."

"It must have cost you a lot of money."

"If something is related to your life, you will be happy no matter how much you spend." Looking at Alexander's eyes, Zelin opened his hands. "If you are willing to use your life to make money, you can also make a lot of money." Gold."

Alexander shrank his neck. "It is more appropriate for me to stay in the laboratory to study the subject. I will only make less than once when I fail, and my reputation will be damaged at most, but you will die once you fail. You said those demon spirits, when will they come? ?"

"I don't know, so I came to you. You are an expert in magical energy, and I am not." Zelin pointed to himself and pointed to Alexander. "The sooner the better, those demon spirits may appear at any time."

"Come on, my laboratory is above the tower, and the ritual field I want to set up to monitor magic will also be carried out there." Alexander stood up and patted his clothes again. When the demon hunter was talking with the wizard, the baron looked up the stairs below from time to time and saw that they were going to the laboratory upstairs. The baron also stood up, but not going upstairs together.

"Two gentlemen, since you are going to discuss professional issues, I will leave it alone. I will go outside and see why Annabe hasn't come back." Wieselard smiled apologetically.

When the baron went downstairs to see why his daughter hadn't returned for so long, Zelin and Alexander went up the stairs. The scale of the castle is small, and it can hold less than fifteen people in total. Rather than saying that this is a castle, it is better to say that this is just a tower. The Warlock’s laboratory is located on the fourth floor, and the stairs leading to the fourth floor are hidden behind a movable wooden door. After walking up the stairs with Alexander, the scene in front of him instantly changed from a place where ordinary people lived to a dark and damp laboratory with dark green and bright red potions reflecting on the walls.

"It took me a long time to transport my experimental equipment from the academy to here. On the way, my carriage was still stuck in the swamp. The villagers who were hired to **** ran away when they saw the wheel got stuck in the mud. There are my personal belongings inside. I can use magic to locate the truck, otherwise the group of idiots will never know how expensive they have dropped." The mage walked to the workbench and did not know where to click a few times. , The diamond-shaped crystal blocks on the four corners of the laboratory lit up with a soft white light. "If you study the plague, you must be careful not to let yourself get sick, otherwise there will be no point in having more doctors in the world."

The demon hunter knew this kind of magic. When he dealt with the plague in Novigrad, he solved the plague. When the demon spirit brought Amelia back to the medical camp in Rasti, Marty used this magic to check whether they were on their bodies. Carry germs.

But it was not magic that attracted his attention.

"What's the matter with this cage?" Zelin asked, pointing to an iron cage placed in the corner of the room. The cage is two meters high, and the gap between the fences is the width of two fists. At the level of holding rats, this cage is too big.

"Ah, this is the place to observe the effect of medical treatment." The mage turned his back to Zelin, mixing an unknown potion in his hand. "I have seen Marty Soderglin’s medical research, which shows that the patient’s attitude when receiving treatment affects the outcome of the fight against the disease. I need to observe that the effect of the potion cannot be achieved overnight, and the potion needs to be effective. It’s not an overnight process. I call it a healing process."

"I don't think putting patients in jail can make them feel better."

"Well, you also heard the conversation between me and Wieselard. I need healthy humans as experimental subjects, and he will provide me with death row prisoners in prison. They are death row prisoners! Who knows what they have done, I don’t want to know. As a researcher and a doctor, I must pay attention to my safety. It is safest to keep them in a cage. What if they attack me without paying attention? One of the most famous in the world will be lost. Infectious disease expert. Alright, I have finished preparing the potion and hope it will work."

As he said, Alexander walked to the middle of the laboratory and poured the pale white potion into the pottery bowl. His left hand with pterodactyl leather gloves stretched out his fingers, squatting down while dipping the potion and drawing the runes of the ceremony on the floor. .

Zelin looked around while the wizard described the magic circle. This laboratory reminded him of the secondary mutation laboratory that he saw in the ruins of Towsonte. If the strangely colored light can be ignored, it is very bright and tidy. All kinds of metal trays, and the shelves are filled with glassware—flasks, test tubes, sterilization kettles, round bowls, and a variety of utensils. A huge glass jar was erected on the wall. Zelin knew what it was for. The potion converged and blended here through metal pipes, and then flowed out through the tap on the side of the jar.

"Alexander, where are the experimental instruments used by you mages made?"

Many of the secondary mutation instruments are too old, and he wants to replace some parts, but if Francesca buys it, it would be too eye-catching, and he does not intend to disclose this matter. But if an ordinary demon hunter-like George-goes there, it will be regarded as curiosity at best, rather than having something important to do.

"These are all made in the academy. How can there be factories that produce these things? After all, we are the only ones who can use these instruments, and these instruments have a long service life. If there are such factories, they will produce them once. By the time work starts next time, the previous batch of workers may have retired. Okay! Come here, the demon hunter, this ritual needs you." Alexander stood up, put the potion bottle on the table, and carefully put the gloves on Take it off and throw it into the glass tray.

At this time, the wizard noticed the anti-magic metal plate on the shoulder armor of the demon hunter. "Oh, wait, take off the magic gold shield from your body and put it elsewhere, otherwise it will affect the effect of the magic ritual, and if it is serious, the ritual will fail."

So Zelin had to take off his armor first and put it in the castle dungeon. Only this distance could prevent the magic ritual from being affected by the magic gold. Fortunately, these magic golds have been specially treated by craftsmen with the blood of gliding lizards. The blocking effect on magic is not as good as the original anti-magic metal plate. This is to not affect the effect of the magic hunter's seal. Otherwise, Zelin estimates it will Leave the armor outside the tower.