The Divine Hunter Chapter 20: Split
In the countryside of Kaedwen, the cold wind of winter is coming quietly.
The branches are covered with white snow, and the forest is covered with silver.
A monster that was like a walking mountain of flesh scurried through the cracks in the snowy forest, and slammed into a lush pine tree. The trunk was instantly smashed into two pieces by the huge force, and fell to the ground with a click.
The branches and leaves are rolled up by the wind and snow.
Splashed on the faces of two men.
Wearing large cloaks and carrying long silver swords, they stood on the top and root of the broken branches.
The four eyes faced each other, one was as cold as ice, and the other had a smile on his lips.
They bowed their waists and bent their knees, holding the sword blades at their waists in a plowing position. They looked warily at the head covered with antlers, with fangs in its mouth like daggers, and hung with a foul-smelling slime.
The violent breathing between its mouth and nose formed a striking white smoke in the air.
"Reese... do you know what you are doing?" The smooth sword blade illuminated Anahad's cold side face and vertical pupils, "The order has always had the rule that entrustments are first come first served. Others are not allowed to Take action to **** it."
"I first received the commission from Blackwater Village to hunt this beast, why did I get involved halfway? If you are sensible, just leave as soon as possible."
"Boss Anahad, relax, don't be so excited... We are all brothers in the cult, so what if we fight side by side for once! The Juter monster is quite tricky. It is very risky to deal with it alone. It is easy to get injured and bleed. It is too late. Go home and have a warm winter."
Reese explained with a smile,
"If we cooperate, if this guy can't be caught easily, he won't reward you 7 and me 3!"
"Take the money, return to Mograg, and eat meat and drink wine together!"
Reese eagerly looked at the monster.
The latter was instantly angered by the contempt in his eyes.
The roar of rage shook the sky, and the back-shaped back feet of the monster made a series of circular hoofprints in the snow, rushing towards Anahad with a gust of fishy wind, and its antlers as hard as forked branches faced each other. Aiming at his chest, it seemed to penetrate the flesh and bones, fork him into a specimen, and hold him high in the air!
But the big man jumped up with agility beyond his body size. At the critical moment, he lightly tapped the antlers of the monster with his toes, and then performed a 360-degree forward somersault. The blade of the sword was close to his chest. It rotates with inertia and draws a silver circle.
Wow!
The thick gray-black fur on the monster's back opened a long **** opening.
Blood splashed and fell to the ground, and the white snow was dyed a dazzling bright red.
It whined and lost control of its body, hit a century-old pine tree, fell down, and buried its head in the snow.
"Pfft"
Reese's figure was like a bow, and he took the opportunity to shoot out, and stabbed the monster on the left side of the back with his silver sword.
Withdrawing the sword, drops of blood rolled down.
He stepped on the monster's thigh and quickly stepped onto its back.
The tip of the sword has beautiful silver dots.
A thunderous stab at the fragile back of the monster's neck!
"Bang!"
Gold and iron clash!
A sword strike knocked Reese's fatal blow away.
The monster took the opportunity to swing its body wildly, throwing the two confronting demon hunters off its back, and ran wildly under the snow-covered pine tree in the distance, breathing heavily.
The lantern-sized black eyes are full of fear.
This cunning guy knows he has messed with someone he doesn't want to mess with!
"Are you deaf or have you drunk too much yellow soup? Can't you understand people?" Anahad straightened his right hand, pointing the tip of his sword directly at his former colleague opposite the pool of blood, and spat on the ground slanderously, " Last warning, the commission belongs to me! I will not share the reward with anyone!"
"You don't have to think about it. For that ridiculous chivalry and morality, the remuneration you ask from the village is less than half of mine. Whose standard will it be calculated by? You still want to split the account with me! Get out of here!"
Reese's face turned blue and white, looking extremely ugly.
"Anahad! Do you regard us as brothers or enemies? Do you only have those cold, self-righteous rules in your heart?!"
"An unruly demon hunter is not worthy of talking to me as a brother!" The big man said coldly, glancing at the monster.
"Asshole! After Arzu and Mr. Cosimo left, did you consider yourself the leader of the cult?"
"Don't tell me about those two old men who abandoned the Order!"
Reese spat, "And you are narrow-minded and only care about immediate interests. You are a completely cold-blooded and ruthless executioner. You don't have any friendship or morality in your heart, and you actually attack your own brothers! Your magnanimity is not worthy of comparison with Boss Elan. !"
"Uh-huh", the expressionless Anahad abandoned the eying Jute Monster and rushed toward Reese like lightning.
Bang bang!
A series of gas explosions resounded through the forest.
The sparks from the clash of sword blades illuminated the dim air in the forest.
The sword light intertwined into a ball of silver arc.
Two figures hunting monsters were entangled together, jumping and spinning at high speed.
Alder rumbled, holes exploded in the snow, red Igni ignited the tall pine trees, and the magic aura flickered!
But the stalemate lasted only five seconds.
Pfft!
A large amount of steaming blood was splashed in the air.
Reese snorted, and his body trembled and turned to the left. A huge gap suddenly opened from his shoulder to his waist, and he rushed towards the Juggernaut with fearful eyes.
Anahad, who was uninjured, held a **** sword with a cold face, and he was about to finish him off with just a few ups and downs of his body.
The monster suddenly screamed, its terrifying roar bending the bushes in the snow! It went straight over Reese and rushed toward Anahad like crazy!
A hill-like shadow looms over the hood,
Having been blocked by this, Anahad stopped where he was, with a cold look in his eyes.
Amidst the sword light, blood spread everywhere.
The seriously injured demon hunter fled and disappeared at the end of the snow!
……
Pale snowflakes enveloped Mograg Castle.
In the courtyard, more than two hundred demon hunters gathered on a rectangular training ground covered with straw dummies and wooden stakes.
Jingwei is clearly divided into three camps.
Leaded by Elam, Aiga, Anahad and Ivar respectively. For safety and caution, there is a row of dummies in between.
But today, there is no such happy atmosphere as before in the winter when everyone was drinking, chatting, sharing adventure experiences.
Everyone's eyes were filled with anger, and the atmosphere was tense.
"Anahad!" Elan clenched his fists and looked angrily at the expressionless face. Beside him, Reese, who had a bandage on his chest, glared at him, "Reese is fighting with you. It is indeed wrong to grab the commission, but we are all members of the sect, so just talk and explain clearly, why do we take action? And you, at the expense of dangerous Jute monsters, severely injured your colleagues mercilessly, and even wanted to kill them Killed him?!"
“Forgot the iron law of the Order prohibiting cannibalism!?”
"Anahad is a madman!"
Behind Elan, a green-faced demon hunter looked complainingly at the group of compatriots with cold temperaments opposite,
"They used the wrong decoction and had no empathy! They kept a straight face all day long, and their mouths smelled worse than a cesspit, as if everyone was in debt to them!"
"That's right, there is no religious order, no responsibilities or brothers in their hearts, only themselves!"
……
"Shut up, Anaha's boss has obviously warned Reese, but he just didn't listen! Did he break the rules first?"
A demon hunter with cold eyes walked out from behind Anahad,
"The originally set remuneration standard is enough to keep everyone fed and clothed. But for the sake of that ridiculous chivalry, you have lowered the price again and again, and even helped for free!"
"Do you want everyone to drink the northwest wind in the future?"
"If Mr. Anahad gave in last time, will he have to work according to your wishes and make selfless contributions in the future?"
"If you don't make enough money before winter, who will feed the entire cult?!"
……
"Have you forgotten the original purpose of the organization?" Elan retorted righteously, "Isn't our existence just to help people clean up monsters and make the world safer?"
“We should have a beginning and an end!” There was a voice in the crowd that agreed, “Only by persisting in fulfilling our creed can we remain consistent.
"Ideal! Creed! Hoho!" A tall demon hunter sneered sarcastically, "This is the concept that Arzu and Cosimo forcibly instilled in us, and it belongs to them."
"But now..." He looked around, many people's faces became dark and depressed, faintly revealing the anger of being abandoned, "These two 'selfless' mages have abandoned us again for their **** ideals!"
"They summoned the Saliva Demon, destroyed half of Maribo, and brought us into disrepute on the mainland, but they themselves escaped to hell!"
"Arzu and Cosimo are no longer here!" More restless demon hunters began to respond, their eyes intertwined, "Why should we continue to abide by those pedantic and stupid rules that went against the times!"
"It's time for the Order to make changes!" Ivar walked out of the team, looked around, and his loud voice penetrated the crowd, "No longer live for others, no longer bound by 'noble virtues' or ridiculous creeds !"
"We will live a free life, not only have exciting adventures, but also be kind to ourselves and our comrades every day!"
The eyes of a group of people became fiery and they were ready to make a move!
"No! Arzu and Cosimo are still alive, and no one has found their bodies!" Aiga, who was watching from the neutral faction, suddenly interrupted.
"Two teachers, our leaders, have given us the power to protect ourselves and a healthy body that will never get sick, so that we don't have to die miserably in the wild like other nameless orphans! Everyone should be grateful, and Not complaining."
"They are no longer here, and you are still flattering the air!" Anahad shook his head disdainfully, "We gain strength with our lives and a lifetime of pain. How many brothers have paid a heavy price and left behind various sequelae. !"
"Not to mention how long it has been, ten years, and no news has come back!" Ivar answered.
"That's enough, don't go too far, let's get back to the center of today's topic. No matter what, Anahad must solemnly apologize to Reese and ask for his forgiveness in the presence of all compatriots!"
Elan's eyes are bright, and his whole body is filled with a chaotic energy that makes all demon hunters tremble. He is the only source of magic present, and the other demon hunters' seals are like juggling to him,
"I swear to everyone that I will not attack the same kind of people! This unexpected conflict has been solved!"
Ai Jia supported, "Don't let this bad start continue! If everyone fights mercilessly and fights for the commission, one day, we will die at the hands of the same kind!"
……
All eyes turned to the burly man with a stern face at the center of the struggle,
Elam and his followers were warned.
Aiga's group continued to plead and console in a gentle manner.
The crowd behind Anahad held their breath nervously.
The cold wind passing through the courtyard caused the broad and dark cloak behind the man to flutter in the wind.
"No apology..." He refused loudly, knowing that once he bowed his head, he would lose the trust of his supporters.
"I won't accept the apology either." Reese's eyes narrowed into a slit like a predatory snake, "I'm going to retaliate in kind!"
……
The conflict just happened.
Reese took the lead in releasing the Alder Seal to bombard Anahad's knees, seeming to want him to kneel down.
But Ivar's evil eye blinked, predicting it in advance, and supported the big man's body.
Anahad did not kneel down!
But his pride caused him to draw the sword blade and swing it at his colleagues.
At that moment, the old and new hatreds and past resentments of both sides came to mind.
The battle broke out.
In the beginning, it was just a struggle between the demon hunters led by Elan who abided by the knight's creed and the reformists led by Anahad and Ivar.
The neutral faction represented by Aiga, who accounted for half of the number, shouted to stop the conflict.
But the sword has no eyes, and the two sides with red eyes were involuntarily involved.
……
The battle got out of hand.
The light of swords, the light of magic, the sounds of fighting, and the shouts of killing filled the entire courtyard.
The four demon hunters, invisible to each other in the mist on the walls around the courtyard, sighed and watched the scene of cannibalism.
The fog is unpredictable, and as witnesses, they are powerless to change.
……
The battle lasted for a day and a night.
At dawn the next day, blood stained the cold bluestone ground red.
More than half of the more than two hundred demon hunters in the Order closed their eyes forever.
The faithful faction of Elam and the neutral faction of Aiga won the final victory.
Anahad led twenty like-minded followers and two mages, and took two unique grass trial formulas, escaped from Mograg, and headed south to the jagged Amer Mountains. Above the outline, the peak "Gorgon" is solemn and steep, with sharp edges and corners like an obelisk.
A zigzag-shaped city wall stands here from top to bottom. Four tall towers and some beautifully decorated small turrets are integrated with the city wall. The wall is covered with white frost flowers.
"Hain Kaweh Fortress!"
Anahad faced a group of witchers with sparkling eyes behind him and said decisively, "From today on, we live here. Although we leave the witcher order, we must develop, accept commissions, and recruit apprentices. ."
"We have to have another famous name!"
"We go straight, without any tricks. We only accept commissions for survival, and are not bound by ridiculous morals. We are the strongest warriors in the ice and snow."
"An iron will constitutes the strongest armor. Nothing can hurt us or shake us!"
"From now on, we are called the Bear School!"
Twenty-one demon hunters raised their arms and shouted, the mountains roared and the tsunami roared!
Only Ivar turned his evil eyes and expressed hesitation.
The group of ghost knights riding skeleton horses and soaring into the sky to spread war seemed to pass by again.
Will the Bear School go against those guys for them?
The cat vulture in the mist raised its eyebrows.
Leiso is in disbelief. He never knew that his Viper sect used to belong to the Bear sect!
Then the split will only be a matter of time.
Ivar and Anahad are not of the same mind!
……
Although the demon hunters who stayed in Mograg won the battle, half of their companions died from fighting among themselves, and Anahad took away another group.
Their original belief in firmly implementing the way to save the common people has been greatly impacted.
Elan was keenly aware that although some of the people who stayed behind did not say it explicitly, they were also complaining about the fight between themselves and Anahad in their hearts.
The atmosphere in Mograg became increasingly gloomy and tense, and glory quickly passed among the witchers.
Elan fully understands that this ideal fertile land can no longer return to the past.
And the entire world, because of founder Arzu's feat of destroying Maribor, the temple and the mages spared no effort to stigmatize it.
The situation for the witchers is getting more and more difficult.
Finally one silent night.
Elan left the castle with thirteen friends who had strong faith and a mage.
Anahad moved south, while he moved northwest, into the curved coast of Covel and Povis, to find another castle where Arzu and Master Cosimo had used to conduct their experiments, standing on Kaer Sirens on the coastal cliffs!
They have collected the corpses in this magical land.
Declared ownership of it.
"Fellow knights...do you still remember the training we received when we first became witchers?"
"When wielding the sword and releasing the seal, think more about the honor and creed of the demon hunters." Thirteen demon hunters with clear eyes and aboveboard said loudly,
This is the teaching of the former swordsmanship teacher, the knight errant Llewellyn.
The unswerving spirit of this man nicknamed the Griffin, combined with the lofty ideals left by Arzu, influenced the young demon hunter's life.
It is a pity that this old man is just an ordinary person and has passed away long ago.
"No matter how the times change, we will adhere to the concept of saving people! One day, people will be able to abandon fear and rumors and express respect and gratitude to us sincerely."
Gryphons are the most loyal and noble monsters, and at the same time, in memory of the "Gryphon" Llewellyn who taught them.
Elan laid the foundation in front of all members,
"From now on, this fortress, our home, is called the Griffin School!"
In the mist, a pair of excited three-color pupils were revealed.
Keen's heart was filled with excitement and he couldn't help humming the battle song of the Griffin School.
But he was the only one who could hear it.
……
After Elan left,
Another group of demon hunters embarked on a journey without a destination.
In the end, only Aiga and the twenty companions behind him who remained neutral were the only ones left behind Mograg.
They spent some difficult years in the castle, searching for their departed compatriots and waiting for the return of Arzu and Cosimo. ~IndoMTL.com~ I long for the former compatriots to be reunited!
Unfortunately, the enthusiasm eventually cooled down, leaving only disappointment.
One day five years later.
Aiga, and the twenty brothers who depended on him and never left him, headed northeast into the Blue Mountains of Kaedwen.
The long-abandoned ancient sea fortress Kaer Morhen was found among the mountains and on the wilderness.
They are not as profit-oriented and cold and ruthless as the Bears, nor are they completely selfless and dedicated like the Griffins.
"Brothers, we remain neutral and do not participate in politics or struggles between countries. We only accept commissions and only take action against monsters that harm human lives..."
"We are always united," Aijia glanced at his compatriots with sore eyes. "When we call back, our companions will gather behind us, like a pack of wolves! We will never walk alone!"
"We are called the Wolf School!"
Vesemir looked at his young self who was waving his fists after Edgar, his cloudy eyes dripping with shame, and shame welled up in his heart.
Grandmaster Aijia.
Sorry, I failed to live up to your expectations.
The wolf sect eventually withered...
Where no one notices.
A mutated half-elf in Styga Castle.
Leading a group of demon hunters who were turned into defective products to kill the mage
Join Ain Sheedy’s camp on the mainland.
Serve the elves wholeheartedly.
They come and go silently, with elegant postures and moody moods, just like cats, and call themselves the Cat School.
……
The golden age of witchers has begun.
In the flickering mist, Roy followed Arzu and Cosimo, who destroyed half of Maribo. After ten years of searching, he found the boundless Feilong Mountains.
A hidden valley.