The Divine Hunter Chapter 15: The call of the 10-character intersection

The cool morning breeze blew from the delta, dispersing the **** smell that lingered in Oxenfurt Academy Island for most of the night.

At this time, Linus Pitt was walking through the rare zoo with the witchers, doing the final cleaning work.

"The operation of several masters last night was a great success. They confiscated a large number of weapons, drugs, ships and other tools for committing crimes, and both people and stolen goods were recovered. The criminals have no way to deny it. They are now in prison."

"Have the results been released?" Roy asked, "How long will they be imprisoned?"

"The judge is still interrogating, and there will be a result in about three days, but believe me, not a single member of the Wild Boar Army can escape." Niubu scholar said with an excited look, "They have committed more than just killing Niubo students. , stealing the property of the college. They are also related to many cases of robbing caravans several years ago, and they are responsible for many lives."

"Several crimes are punished at the same time. The leader of the Wild Boar Army headed by Vladimir will inevitably die. Even if the remaining members can survive the punishment, they will be imprisoned in a dark prison and spend most of their lives. ."

"So Mr. Nares, do you still think I'm too harsh?" Furius asked, holding his student's hand.

"How could it be?" Scholar Niubao explained with a slight panic, "I am only grateful to these masters. Thanks to your help, the animals in the garden were unscathed, and I also benefited from this group of desperate people. He escaped with his life."

His eyes flickered and he tried not to look at Furius's cold face.

This evil star is cruel and ruthless, and to some extent is too bloodthirsty. There were about forty wild boar soldiers who smuggled themselves to Academy Island last night, and seven of them died at his hands.

Roy and other snake sect demon hunters spared some effort, allowing more than 20 wild boar soldiers to survive.

"Mr. Linus, after last night's incident, the rare animals have been completely exposed, right?" Reso asked curiously, "I'm afraid you will have to deal with a lot of trouble next."

Nales Pitt said, "It is better to be exposed than to have it taken away."

"Although this situation may attract more unscrupulous people, it is not all bad. Just now, all the teachers and students in the Department of Natural History submitted an application to me to jointly protect rare animals. Their enthusiasm is beyond My imagination. It made me realize that I might have been too cautious all along."

He shook his head and smiled happily, "I don't know, the Rare Animal Protection Association conceived by Master Dorregale and I will take this opportunity to be officially established."

"Leave aside the issue of animal protection for the moment, Mr. Linus, are you sure that all members of the Wild Boar Army have been captured?" Roy interrupted the scholar's reverie, "Did any fish slip through the net during our operation last night? ”

"To be honest, there are indeed three members of the Wild Boar Army whose whereabouts are unknown, and two of them are ordinary farmers, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

"Where is the other one?"

Hesitation appeared on the face of the Oxburg scholar, "His name is Olgierd Everek, Vladimir's brother, another direct member of the Everrick family. It seems that he took advantage of the chaos in last night's battle. Escape. But he can't escape for long. Oxenfurt's soldiers have posted wanted notices all over the city. As long as he is still in the city, he has nowhere to hide!"

As he spoke, Linus Pitt looked sad and said, "There is one more thing I forgot to mention. According to the investigation, the Everrick brothers owed a large amount of debt outside. This time they took risks to hunt rare animals. The idea was completely driven by this debt."

"As expected, the Everrick family estate will be auctioned by the court at the end of the month to repay the debt. The Everrick family was once a great family, and the scale of the family estate was one of the largest in the entire surrounding area. If several masters If you are interested, I can recommend you to join the auction."

"The demon hunters don't have that much money..." Roy rejected the proposal. Oxenfurt was by no means an ideal base location.

He had another thing on his mind,

"According to the normal chronological order, shouldn't the auction of the Everrick family estate be a few years later?" Roy thought for a moment and then suddenly realized.

He and Leisuo, the group of demon hunters, are a huge variable.

If the group of people had not come to Oxenfurt and got involved in the rare zoo, then the Wild Boar Army's plan for Linus Peter would have been successful, and the Everrick brothers would have gained a fortune from this transaction. A huge sum of money will allow the family to continue for several years.

"But what can Olgierd do now? Years in advance, that existence will intervene?"

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Outside the town of Oxenfurt, there is a green space beside the stream.

"Huh, huh..."

Ogierd's chest heaved violently, breathing heavily like a broken bellows.

After being pushed into the water by the witcher's seal last night, he swam to the shore in a daze and fell asleep.

As soon as I woke up, I appeared outside the town of Oxenfurt, and it was noon the next day.

Ogierd was in a terrible state, his clothes were wet and wrinkled, his eyes were bloodshot, his fatigue was obvious, and his hair and beard were stuck in bunches.

And his face was rosy and hot, and he was running a low fever.

"Why are we in this situation? What did I do wrong!"

The cunning mutants have already seen through their self-righteous plan, and last night's action was a complete trap.

And he took his brothers with him and foolishly rushed in and threw himself into the trap.

Remorse and anger filled Olgierd's chest.

In fact, not long ago, he planned to go into the city to find out what was going on, but found that all entrances to Oxenfurt were guarded by soldiers, and his face was clearly painted on the wanted notice beside the city wall.

What made him even more desperate was that the Everrick Manor was also surrounded by soldiers, and he could not return home.

He understood that Oxenfurt College must be putting pressure on him from behind, so the soldiers acted so quickly!

But Olgierd has another place to go.

He barely supported his body and walked slowly northwest of Oxenfurt like an old man in his seventies or eighties.

After several torturous hours, Olgierd, who was tired and hungry, finally arrived at a remote manor. Hidden in the lush green vegetation, the environment is quiet.

This is the home of his fiancée Alice, the Billwitz Family Manor.

Alice's parents are famous businessmen in Oxenfurt and have strong financial resources. It would be great if they were willing to provide themselves with a hiding place.

It’s just that after the decline of the Everrick family in recent years, the old couple became more and more interested in breaking up him and Alice.

It is more likely to add insult to injury to him.

But Olgierd had no choice. With a faint hope, he washed his face in the small pond outside the manor, tidied his clothes a little and came to the main entrance of the manor.

"Stop! Who is it? Tell me your identity?" Two strong servants stopped Olgierd at the gate, looked at his messy clothes, and frowned, "Come to Billwitz Manor. What are you doing?"

"You two are new here, right? It's normal if you don't know me." Listening to the tone of the two people, Olgierd felt secretly resentful, but now the terrible situation forced him to restrain his temper and pretend to be gentle. He said, "I am your uncle. I am here to visit my fiancée Alice. I have something important to see her, so don't block the way."

"Are you Olgierd Everrick?" The expressions of the two guards changed when they heard this, and they quietly held down the swords at their waists, "I'm sorry, just this morning, the master has terminated the engagement, and now You no longer have any involvement with the Billwitz family!"

"Please leave immediately, you are not welcome at Billwitz Manor!"

"Disband the engagement? Damn it, the old man is going too far!"

Ogierd's heart trembled, and he suddenly realized that his father-in-law and mother-in-law already knew about the wrong things he had committed, and he was trying to distance himself from the relationship.

"If you want me to leave, fine!" Olgierd suppressed the frenzy in his heart, "As long as I see Alice one last time, I will leave immediately!"

Even in this desperate situation, he still couldn't forget that beautiful figure.

"The young lady was taken to the city by the master..." The guard gradually lost his patience and showed a fierce look in his eyes, "If you are wise, please stop harassing her, otherwise don't blame us for being rude!"

"To tell you the truth, Olgierd." Another guard said, "If it hadn't been for the lady's special instructions, I would have called a group of brothers to kidnap you to the town in exchange for a reward."

"Hurry up and leave as far away from Oxenfurt as possible. This is your last kindness to you."

"Based on your current status and situation, you are not worthy of Miss Alice! Do you want to take her to the end of the world with you?"

"Not worthy?"

Ogierd's eyes were in a trance for a moment, and the anger in his heart seemed to be extinguished by cold water. He thought about his situation - lost his brother, lost the family estate, was in debt, and was wanted.

"What dignity do I have to come to Alice? Why should I ask her to take risks for me, instead of being a well-behaved daughter of a wealthy family, and living a life of fear with me?"

Ogierd shook his head mockingly, trembled suddenly, and finally took a deep look at the manor.

Turn around and leave.

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Ogierd was desperate.

He lost his mind and walked aimlessly in the wilderness. After an unknown amount of time, despair and confusion completely eroded his sanity, and the crazy nightmare began to reappear in his mind.

This time he no longer questioned. Like a drowning man desperately grabbing the only life-saving straw, Olgierd walked resolutely towards the scene in his dream, the crossroads.

The moon is at the top and at the middle tip.

A man tortured by hunger, fatigue, and illness came to a forked crossroads. His low-grade fever worsened into a high fever. His vision became blurred, his chest was tight and he felt like vomiting, and his brain felt like it was stuffed with mush.

Everything around him became grotesque. The sunflowers, bamboos, and low shrubs beside the intersection were like monsters, twisting their limbs crazily at him.

The chirping of insects and the roar of the wind are slowly being peeled off, sometimes far and sometimes close, sometimes loud and sometimes small, like the crazy ravings of a mental patient.

In elusive sounds and lights.

Only one thing is clear, becoming clearer and appearing in front of my eyes.

A mysterious man shrouded in a black cloak stood at the crossroads, stretched out his withered palms like chicken claws, and waved to him.

"Soothsayer?"

Ogierd could no longer tell whether the scene in front of him was real or illusory. Like a walking corpse, he came to the old woman sluggishly and exhausted all his strength and fell at her feet.

The other party slowly opened his hood, revealing an ugly old face covered with chicken skin, a huge nose, a pointed chin, and weird oil paint on his face.

As scary as the wandering witch in his dream.

"Deliberately enter my dream to remind me of today's events?"

He asked blankly.

The wandering witch shook her head, "My name is not worth mentioning. As for your dream, I happened to pass by you that day and saw the confusion and worry in your heart, so I showed you one of the possibilities."

The old voice was as harsh as a rasp and had a special rhythm.

"Why did you lead me to the crossroads? Are you looking at my joke?"

"Ogierd Everec, your current situation is an unsolvable problem for most people, but I give you a choice, look around you."

The wandering witch's voice seemed to contain unpredictable magic. Olgierd couldn't help but follow her words and looked around. He saw several intersecting roads leading to unknown depths.

“The crossroads is a magical place, just like human destiny. Different directions represent different choices.”

"Now is also the turning point of your destiny, you need to make a choice..."

The wandering witch pointed to the left, "Taking this road, you can stay away from Oxenfurt, escape to a remote place in a poor country, and live in anonymity for the rest of your life."

And pointing to the right, "And this road can help you solve your current dilemma!"

"Solution, how to solve it?!"

Ogield murmured to himself, stood up suddenly, and turned to the path on the right without hesitation. He saw an opened tome and a dark dagger.

"According to the knowledge recorded in the book, great beings can be summoned, and they can realize all wishes."

"A great existence? A devil? Can all wishes come true?"

In the past, when he was sober, Olgierd would only regard this statement as a joke.

But now, dreams have become reality, what else can’t be believed?

He could no longer care about authenticity or cost, so he just held the book in his arms and asked, "What should I do?"

He opened the book with difficulty, rubbed the tight parchment pages with his fingers, and looked at it carefully under the strange moonlight. Unfortunately, this book was not written in common language, and he could not understand a word.

In addition to a huge magic circle, the six-pointed star is located in the center, and the outer circle is engraved with obscure runes.

"Jiejie, don't worry, young man, I will teach you slowly..." The wandering witch let out a sinister laugh, seeming to be satisfied with Olgierd's performance, "Use your blood to outline the magic on the ground. Formation, and then recite the incantation..."

Without any hesitation, Olgierd cut his wrist with the dagger. The severe pain made his face distort, but he did not cry out. Instead, there was a trace of pleasure and relief in his expression.

"If this is a ridiculous dream, then let me, a loser, leave this world in a dream."

Blood quickly seeped out of the skin and splashed onto the ground.

The rough and yellow ground gradually bloomed into a bright and dazzling flower of blood.

After the entire magic circle was outlined, Olgierd began to feel dizzy and starry-eyed due to excessive blood loss. He could only kneel in the magic circle and cover his wrists with the clothes he had torn off.

"You have done well, and the great will definitely take care of you... Now read after me..."

“bloedeblethecold’yaebldicedwimmer…”

“easnadhevellienngeashav’caaren…”

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As the blood from his wrist continued to flow, Olgierd felt the heat continue to disappear, and his vitality flowed into the magic circle in front of him uncontrollably. He felt very cold and couldn't help but shiver, but he still followed the witch stubbornly. Chant that awkward mantra.

As the spell progressed, the wind blew violently at night.

There seemed to be some invisible substance in the air, and it began to stir.

Then, the magic circle outlined with blood in front of him emitted a dazzling light as if it was ignited by flames.

Ogierd's epileptic patient fell down in the magic circle, his eyes turned white, his hands and feet twitched, but he continued to repeat the spell in his mouth.

A certain moment.

A "pop" sound sounded in the air, and all the visions disappeared.

The twitching Olgierd relaxed all over and fell to the ground suddenly. He came back to his senses and looked around anxiously and eagerly.

"Haha..." A strange man's laughter sounded in the air, followed by a long sigh.

Ogield felt a gust of wind pass by in front of him. He raised his head nervously, only to find that a slovenly man in trousers and with a leprosy head suddenly appeared in front of him.

The man stood quietly under the moonlight, the space around him rippled like water waves, the light refracted in it, and was strangely sucked away without any trace left.

He seems to be integrated with the shadow, he is the darkness itself.

Seeing this, the wandering witch bowed respectfully to him, retreated into the bushes and disappeared.

The man opened his arms to embrace the air and took a deep breath. For a moment, countless broken light spots flashed on the dark body surface.

It was as if the cracked porcelain had been forcibly stained again.

"Ogierd Everec...your actions are just in time, and I have decided to give you an extra reward!"

"Who are you, Your Excellency?"

Ogierd stammered, holding the white cloth on his wrist tightly, fear and excitement mixed on his haggard face!

This strange existence that seems to be born from the void is the so-called devil? !

Fulfilling human wishes? !

"You can call me the Mirror Master...a businessman who travels around the world." His voice was hoarse and low, full of seductive magic.

"I responded to your call and now tell you your wish... Then, we sign a fair agreement and complete a deal..."

"You are not worth that much! But this time, I will make an exception and allow you to make three wishes..."

"Whatever wish?"

"Speak and I will judge."

Ogield was stunned for several seconds in disbelief, and then a burst of ecstasy surged in his heart.

Wish? Three wishes, so he is the legendary devil?

It’s worth it! It's all worth it!

He shrugged his shoulders and covered his face, with a sour lump in his throat, sobbing and laughing.

He was laughing so hard that he was out of breath, and his face was covered with sticky sweat. The first thing he thought of was his brother who was tortured by the demon hunter and whose life or death was uncertain.

"I——"

Ogierd opened his mouth wide, but his voice suddenly stopped. Some strange coincidence, some ancient legends, horror stories from books and markets flashed through his mind - the devil's wishes are never free, then -

"It's a price, Mirror Master, three wishes, what price should I pay you?"

"I only charge one currency, and that's soul!" Hearty laughter echoed in the air.

Ogierd lowered his head, his throat was dry, his head was dizzy, and his heart was pounding.

Soul?

After losing his soul, what is left for him? An empty shell. What is the meaning of what he seeks?

In the end, all you get is nothing!

But he must give up this easy opportunity, his brothers, his lover, and his family.

He can't do it!

Ogierd gritted his teeth, and his **** palms suddenly clenched into fists.

"Don't want to? Man, I don't have that much time to waste with you!" Mirror Master said impatiently, "If you continue to delay, the transaction will be cancelled!"

"No, I...I have a wish, I say!"

Mirror Master turned his anger into joy, "Then I am all ears,"

"The first wish is that my good brother Vladimir must appear in front of me intact and healthy."

"The second wish, I want a powerful immortal body!"

The scene of the demon hunter, the bald villain, killing gang brothers with ease is vivid in his mind.

If he has power, then wealth and power will be at his fingertips, and the woman he loves most will eventually come back to him.

"No problem, I'll satisfy you after signing the agreement."

"You...how are you going to realize your second wish?"

Ogierd asked tremblingly, "Can you be more specific?"

"Give you a heart full of magic and as hard as diamond. From now on, no one can kill you, and you can even master many strong and powerful skills. Are you satisfied?"

Ogield nodded heavily, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

Excited and scared at the same time.

Once the third wish is spoken, the contract between him and the devil is fulfilled. Soon, his soul will be harvested, and he will not be able to enjoy the wish he has made for a few days. But if... you don't make a wish.

"Third wish?" The hoarse boy was erratic. ~IndoMTL.com~ As the cold night wind blew, Olgierd shivered all over and regained some consciousness. However, he couldn't think of any good ideas for a while. "I haven't thought about whether I can keep it..."

"Haha... Olgierd, don't be so naive and fool me like a fool. If you never make a wish for the rest of your life, then won't I never get paid?" Mirror Master applauded and sneered,

"No, it won't be long." Olgierd said nervously.

"You must have a time limit for your consideration. You must make your third wish within a month. Before that, I can only fulfill your first wish. When you come up with your third wish, the remaining The bets will be honored one by one."

"Look carefully at the terms of the agreement. It is clear what can be mentioned and what cannot be mentioned." Master Mirror paused, stretched out his hand, grabbed a bright golden parchment roll from the air, and wrote It’s a dense agreement, but there’s an empty line in the middle!

"If one month expires and you have not made a wish, then it will be regarded as voluntary giving up. Your soul will belong to me!"

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