The Divine Hunter Chapter 27: Interlude

The morning sun casts a pale golden morning glow in the alder forest, like a dance for Gawain's house.

Five shirtless boys leaned under the wooden piles and looked at the dancing light and shadow with smiles. Even the catkins, crops and weeds in the farmland danced in time.

In the alchemy workshop, classroom, blacksmith shop, and fields nearby, the remaining children are "working" in their respective fields.

A griffon glided happily across the blue sky.

The noisy chirping of cicadas circled around the woods and yard, drifting into the conference room.

Ten witchers and a sorceress sat around a rectangular table, welcoming a guest with disheveled hair, a sharp mouth, and a blue robe that looked like pajamas.

"Brothers, allow me to solemnly introduce to you. This is the alchemist master Kalkestan from Vizima, the undoubted authority in the field of alchemy." Roy pointed at the man beside him, his eyes slowly Scanning everyone, "I have reached a cooperation agreement with the master. Starting today, he will serve the Demon Hunter Brotherhood for one year...help us improve the Trial of Green Grass!"

"Friends, welcome to Gawain's House!" Lambert waved with a bright smile. He felt that this guy must be an interesting person.

"Nice to meet you!" Cat Vulture nodded to him unwillingly, but his eyes were a little suspicious. Kalkstein looked like a mental patient. Except for his stinky face, everything else was different from him. A far cry from the memories of mostly well-dressed and well-maintained warlocks.

"Master Kalkstan, I, Vesemir, hope that in the next year, we can all work together happily and make progress together." The old man smiled and stretched out his hand towards the alchemist, who hesitated for a second and then Give him a gentle shake.

As for the two alchemy madmen, Leisuo and Kaiyan, their faces clearly showed excitement and joy. They will definitely benefit a lot from being able to communicate with an alchemy master.

The others nodded quietly. They had to take a moment to examine the second warlock who joined the Brotherhood, although they believed in Roy's vision.

"Everyone, don't tell me that the so-called alchemy room is the simple 'kitchen' in the yard... That place completely does not meet my standards. Most experiments cannot be performed, and research based on it is almost inefficient!" Alchemist Complain without mercy.

Roy chuckled and said, "The professional laboratory is in Novigrad City. To put it bluntly, the equipment there is no inferior to your private collection. I will take you to see it later. Now let's take a look. Let me first introduce to you the colleagues who will work with you in the future..."

"You don't need to come..." On the left side of the demon hunter, holding one of his arms, a sorceress in a purple lace dress stretched out her hand towards the alchemist and smiled brightly, "Master Kalkstein, I have long admired your name. It's Rita Nieder from Aretousa. I heard about your glorious deeds when I was at the academy... You are indeed well-deserved."

The woman's blue eyes glanced at his slovenly clothes, sloppy goatee, and greasy and sparse hair. "You are definitely a master who is obsessed with the professional field. I can't ask for more cooperation with you. From now on, I will ask you to Please give me some advice."

Kalkestein shook his head, and even in the face of a beauty, he did not show any pretense. He pinched his beard and solemnly warned, "Guidance is out of the question, but Ms. Rita Nied, please don't hold me back."

"In the next year, you have to keep up with my research progress, otherwise...if you still have some self-respect, you should..."

These words full of gunpowder instantly froze the sorceress’s beautiful smile,

And Roy quickly squeezed her little hand comfortingly, "Coral, don't mind, the master is such a straightforward person...speak straightforwardly."

"It doesn't matter to me. People with outstanding talents are always a bit arrogant, especially in the fields they are good at." The woman shook her head, but quietly turned her face away, and the nails on her index finger and thumb pressed hard against the demon hunter's. His arms were spinning.

The corner of Roy's mouth twitched, what did I do wrong? Why punish me? !

"Zhangzi, I like it!" Lambert looked at the alchemist with admiration, "It's better to be venomous in front of someone's face than to stab him behind your back! But you smart-talking boy, I'm very curious, how did you do it? You can actually do it? You fooled such a... um... amazing big shot!"

All the demon hunters turned their eyes, waiting for his explanation.

Why can he repeatedly create miracles?

"What is deception?" Roy glared at him displeased. He risked his life to trick the alchemist over.

"No, no..." Kalkstein unexpectedly said a good word for the demon hunter, "I am willing to go to Nok City because Master Roy has done me a big favor. Apart from him, I believe that there are no other hunters." The devil, including everyone present, is powerless."

"Oh, what amazing challenge has this kid accomplished?" Now the bald man's curiosity was also aroused.

Roy's expression changed, and he was just about to cover up a few words as planned.

Unexpectedly, a soft hum came from his ears.

The sorceress was keenly aware of his intentions, and before he could speak, she covered his mouth with her soft little hands, and gave him a shut-up look with her eyebrows raised.

"Uh...uh..."

"Master Roy," Kalkstein said to everyone, ignoring the two flirting people around him, "single-handedly hunted a high-level vampire and gave its body as a reward. Got me."

"I have never seen a demon hunter as powerful as him."

……

The temperature in the conference room dropped sharply.

It seems like the hot summer has entered the cold winter in an instant.

The wind blowing from the window carried a chill that made people shiver uncontrollably.

The conference room was silent.

A long time.

Serrit shook his head, "Master, don't be ridiculous, I was the one who started Roy. With his three-legged cat swordsmanship... he is the weakest among all the guys here, how is that possible?!"

"Are you sure you are a high-level vampire, not Katakaan, Blood Demon, Bat-winged Brain Demon... Vampire Banshee..." Geralt stared at the alchemist's face and kept talking.

Kalkistan did not explain when faced with doubts. With a wave of his hand, a coffin covered with a transparent crystal glass cover and engraved with complex magic circles appeared on the rectangular table.

"Here, take a look, everyone, you can definitely tell its species with your eyes! But don't open it, otherwise I will have to process it again."

Suddenly, a pair of beast-like vertical pupils gathered at the coffin, looking at the man with his hands clasped on his lower abdomen, pale skin and a peaceful expression.

"Either it's a human..." After a long while, Eskar concluded,

"Either he's a high-level vampire..." Kyaen added angrily.

"It may be a shape-shifter. I can't measure it, so I can't be sure at the moment..." Furius pushed his sunglasses below the bridge of his nose, thoughtfully, "But looking at this kid's squirming eyes, I believe in alchemy. According to the teacher’s statement, this is a high-level vampire!”

"Then here's the question..." The bald man grabbed the back of the student's neck with his palm like a cattail leaf, like an angry beast holding a cub in its mouth, "Kid, are you going to keep it secret from us? Or should you be honest? Explain?"

"How on earth do you do this?"

"How many times is this? You always hide from us, but we, as your strongest backers, are kept in the dark. Do you consider us brothers?" Seret's face was filled with disappointment and anger. "Do you have to face danger alone? Don't you know how to call your brothers and let us fight side by side?"

"Are you a member of the Brotherhood?" Geralt asked in a calm voice with flying white hair.

"High-level vampires are nearly immortal... I have lived for three hundred years and I have never seen any demon hunter kill this thing, including the first generation of demon hunters." Vesemir asked, " Roy, how on earth did you do that?!"

"Uh...uh..."

"Ms. Rita, can you let go of your hand first... Your love is too strong and he can't bear it." Lambert interjected jealously.

"Ah, I'm sorry, this guy is really annoying!" The sorceress let go of her hand in embarrassment, stepped on Roy hard with her mink high heels, and gouged him out.

"Huh..." The young demon hunter breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling a pair of sharp knives with scrutinizing eyes.

He sighed,

"Guys, I didn't intend to hide it, but Coral has been..."

"Huh?"

"No, I was totally wrong. I should have confessed honestly and frankly from the beginning..." Roy gave the alchemist a look. He believed that the other party could understand him. "I am not going to defeat that horse alone. As a high-level vampire, I used the silent cloak and a bunch of enchanting props newly developed by Master Kalkstein - a bomb powerful enough to kill the dragon, and blew Gao Sui half to death first."

The sorceress couldn't help but nod, her face brightening slightly. This strange alchemist's talent in the field of explosions was well known, and it was not surprising that he posed a huge threat to Gao Sui.

"Under various favorable conditions, I got a bargain. Even so...I..." Roy pursed his lips and glanced at everyone's eyes sincerely, especially on the faces of Leisuo and Coral. Staying for a long time, "Everyone knows that I have the ability to recover from injuries."

"Almost like a second life."

"I spent this 'life' to barely get it done."

He looked frightened,

"If it were an honest duel, I would have turned into a skeleton in the cave."

The sorceress twisted her eyebrows, while the bald man had a look of surprise on his face.

"As for why we had to fight alone..." Roy could only reluctantly explain, "Because the situation was urgent, and that thing kidnapped an innocent person and was about to brutally kill her."

"I happened to bump into it. As a demon hunter with a sense of justice and conscience..."

Leso silently shook his bald head in protest.

"I really don't have time to contact everyone, so..."

The witcher paused for a moment,

"Why can I kill him? Maybe there is something special about me."

"Boy, don't try to fool yourself..." Lambert put his hands on his hips and raised his eyebrows, "You must tell the truth today, what's so special about it?"

"Everyone here is my own, so I will tell the truth. If I cut it into pieces, its soul will also break and disappear...so the guy in the coffin becomes an empty shell." Roy was half serious. He said half-jokingly, "Lambert, especially you, it's best not to offend me or anger me in the future."

……

"Is this the reason?" The demon hunters were silent for a moment, thinking of all the abnormalities that had happened to the Brotherhood's chief prophet.

The blood of the ancients, predicting the future, rebirth on the verge of death...they are a bit numb. If they add another one that can kill high-level vampires, it is not unacceptable.

After all, it is undoubtedly a good thing for your own people to become stronger.

They reluctantly accepted the answer.

But looking at Roy with mixed eyes, curiosity, helplessness, envy...

No matter how much this guy tries to hide himself or be self-effacing, he cannot change the fact——

The two weaker men in the brotherhood, such as Aiden and Lambert, have been left behind by this young junior.

While everyone was relieved, their chests were slightly sore and a little depressed.

As members of the brotherhood, they also need to make progress and keep up with the collective pace.

Roy calmed down the anger and felt the hand holding his arm soften. He breathed a sigh of relief and immediately changed the subject.

"The master came to Nuo City this time. In addition to improving the herbal medicine, he also planned to study the body of this high-level vampire with everyone. Using ready-made 'materials', create a... um... simulated high-inhalation of certain A special decoction or potion."

"Aren't you interested?" He looked at Leisuo and Keyan.

"Kid, don't change the subject in a hurry..." The bald man punched him in the chest and said solemnly, "I'm letting you go today, but I'll give you an ultimatum... next time you encounter danger , If you continue to remain silent and hide this from the guys... Well, on behalf of all the fraternity members, I will expel you from your membership!"

"That's right...boy, when the time comes, go and see the gates of Gusweder and Kaer Morhen!" Seret patted the back of his head lightly,

A group of people complained and stretched out their caring palms towards him, twisting his hair into a ball and turning his face red.

"Be your bum!"

"Pretend to be your prophet!"

"Swim in your cesspit!"

"Fool other idiots!"

Geralt put his palm in front of his chin and thought for a second with a straight face, "Go to sleep with your sorceress!"

"..."

"I'll give you a warning too!" Rita Nied grabbed his collar and suddenly pulled him in front of her, with her tall chest pressed tightly against her chest, nose to nose, blue eyes Her eyes stared into his strange-colored pupils, and her fiery red hair playfully scratched his cheek, "Next time you seek death without telling me, it will be over between us!"

"I don't want you anymore!"

After speaking, the soft and hot lips launched an attack.

"Hmmmm..."

"Ahem, please pay attention to the occasion."

"Cough, cough!"

A series of coughs broke out.

But the sorceress was so selfless that Roy couldn't break free.

This situation reminded Geralt of the unbearable past again. He turned around and saw a few little heads sneaking under the window sill.

"You little bastards, do you want to become a girl again?"

Only Kalkstein was unaffected in the whole scene. He was stroking the coffin, his face was shining, his eyes were gentle, as if he was looking at his beloved girl.

"Master, I don't understand the issue of improving herbal medicines, but I am good at mixing decoctions and potions..." The bald man and the scarred cat-sect demon hunter came to him, "I think we should focus on research. Super strong rebirth ability."

"On the contrary, the ability to fly and become invisible is crucial to combat." Keyan retorted with a voice as hoarse as a file.

"Why not combine the three? This body is perfect and has enough materials. We can find the best ratio!" The alchemist put his head close to it and started a heated discussion with the two on the spot.

Five minutes later.

The sorceress let go of the witcher with satisfaction and wiped his lips with her fingers,

"Just wipe it, little scoundrel, you're so rude, it's all stained my lipstick."

She grabbed a small round mirror and a lipstick from the void with her slender hands. She turned around and started to touch up her makeup, humming a song happily.

Roy wiped the coral lipstick on his mouth with dull eyes, and suddenly thought of the Collamp Seal. It was time to teach her a lesson.

"Boy, do you realize your mistake?" Seret raised her head towards him.

"I was wrong." Roy faced everyone, the frivolity on his face gradually faded away, replaced by solemnity and seriousness. The people in the hall stopped making noise again, and he said sincerely, "Brothers, and Coral , I promise that next time there is danger, you will definitely notify my most solid backing first!"

Everyone nodded.

"That's right, young man," Vesemir patted him on the shoulder, "Don't always want to be a hero alone. Maybe your starting point is good, but in fact, it is an act of escape. ."

"You have to bravely accept the possibility of imperfection..."

"Well..." You can't keep excluding your companions from the action just because you are afraid of casualties.

The old man paused, a wrinkle appeared on his forehead, "By the way, have you seen that guy."

At this moment, Geralt, Eskar, and Lambert all looked over, looking nervous.

"Sorry..." Roy shook his head regretfully, "When I arrived in Vizima, he had already left for two months and traveled abroad..."

The old man nodded, with a look of disappointment on his face.

"I will go look for him next time I have a chance, and I will bring him back one day!" Roy suddenly reached out and waved his hand on the table, and a bulging linen bag appeared out of thin air, "There is something else on this trip. Harvest, do you still remember the Church of Virtue and the Lady of the Lake? I reached a verbal agreement with them... Now they are considered allies of the Brotherhood."

"You kid, you managed such a big thing without saying a word..." Seret picked up the linen bag and shook it. Hearing the crisp and sweet sound of coins clinking, Seret burst into laughter.

"Dear Treasurer," Lambert smiled flatteringly at him, "Give me some wine money?!"

"Shut up, don't move a penny. How do you know that money is hard-earned if you don't care about the accounts? In such a big school, the daily research expenses, the food, clothing, housing and transportation of everyone and students, where does the money come from? Do you think it comes from? Is it a pumpkin growing out of thin air?"

……

"Okay, today's meeting ends here..." Reso said, "Ms. Rita, you take the master to the laboratory first, and other guys should go back and take care of those naughty eggs!"

The sorceress hugged Roy~IndoMTL.com~ and whispered something in his ear, and led Kalkstein out of the conference hall with a smile.

The crowd dispersed quickly, laughing and joking.

There were only three people left in the room.

"By the way, Oakes and Dandelion haven't come back yet?" Roy asked,

"As you can see, these two guys are still enjoying themselves in Toussaint." Geralt shook his head.

"Why didn't you see Cohen today?" Roy asked again.

Vesemir looked at the setting sun outside the house and shook his head, "Young people are easily trapped by love."

"There seems to be something wrong with the relationship between Cohen and Igesena. They haven't been home for a few days."

"Young people have more topics to talk about. When will you have time to comfort that slender head."

"I'm not in a hurry... Anyway, there's still a year," Geralt agreed. "Go and enlighten that guy first, and use your cleverness to pick up girls!"