The Divine Hunter Chapter 21: Before leaving

The first day after the rain.

The rainbow bridge with distinct seven colors spans over Mayena, casting a dreamy and gorgeous gauze over the dense building complex.

The square in Mayena, which had been peaceful for many days, was suddenly crowded with people.

Hundreds of townspeople gathered here, with strange eyes and discussions.

On the wooden platform used for executions, there were Yurga, Geralt, Matto, Druid Visenna, the bald Sheriff Lit, and a human skeleton with mangled flesh, rotten maggots, A huge wolf corpse that remained intact was arranged horizontally.

"Dear fellow citizens, after eight days of repeated and meticulous investigation and evidence collection, my colleagues and I have thoroughly investigated the cause of death of Honorary Ambassador Ainz." Lit said loudly, his face completely gone from the usual depression and Anxious, but satisfied with one's ambitions, and one feels refreshed when happy events occur.

Immediately someone below shouted with a red face,

"Businessmen of Rivia teamed up with demon hunters to kill Ambassador Ainz!"

"Are we going to hang them now?"

"Execution! Hang them up!"

"Light the fire! Light the fire!"

"Idiot, not a witch, light a fire!"

A group of people started shaking their fists and booing.

The crowd was furious, the fat businessman looked timid, but Geralt remained calm and crossed his arms over his chest.

My eyes drifted to Visenna involuntarily.

"Quiet, everyone listen to me! The investigation went astray at the beginning. In fact, Ainz was not kidnapped, he died in the mouth of this beast!" The Sheriff pointed to the huge wolf carcass.

The eyes of everyone in the audience immediately moved up, and they gasped.

"Lebioda, is the end of the world coming?" A man with dense freckles between his nose exclaimed, "I have never seen such a terrifying wolf in my decades of life!"

"It's you who are ignorant!" Another man with a fat belly and a shiny face said disdainfully, "There are giant beasts in the Dragon Mountains in the northernmost part of the mainland!"

"This guy was in the bushes behind the wooden bridge in the canyon in the north of the city, waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack the townspeople passing by!" Lite looked around at the crowd gathered in the audience, "On the day of the incident, Ainz and Yurga were on their way back. Until it makes a sneak attack!"

"Ainz died on the spot, and most of the body was eaten by it. Many of our soldiers were injured before they found the mutilated body and killed the beast. Yurga and the others were frightened at that time. How dare you talk nonsense when you return to the city!"

"What evidence is there?" shouted a man as thin as a stick in the audience. He, like most people, prefers conspiracy theories.

Death by kidnapping and assassination by a fellow actor is completely different from dying at the mouth of a wild beast!

"Ainz's servant Mato is the witness! And our beloved doctor!"

Visenna, who was wearing a green dress, took a step forward, nodded to the crowd below, and smiled gently. That sweet smile instantly cured all restlessness and doubts.

"I checked and found that this body belonged to Ainz. The wild beast mauled him to death. I also found undigested body parts from the wolf's stomach!"

"The doctor is right!" A young man with a cane shouted loudly in the audience, with an expression as pious as a believer.

"The doctor said this, it must be true!"

The townspeople unanimously agreed that they had all been treated by Visenna to a greater or lesser extent.

There were also a few skeptical voices, but they were quickly suppressed by the crowd.

"So, Geralt, Yurga, and Matto are all innocent!" the Sheriff yelled at the top of his lungs,

"Free them!"

"That's right! I will give them their freedom now. I declare that their kidnapping charges will be wiped out, and Mayena will give them appropriate compensation!" The Sheriff walked around on the platform with his head held high.

"Idiot!" a boy of 12 or 13 years old mocked, "it took eight days to make a big joke!"

The crowd then burst into jeers.

The Sheriff's expression changed and he restrained his anger again,

"This is not stupid! This is God's arrangement, this is the will of the eternal fire." Lite said righteously, "It was precisely because of the initial mistake that we discovered when we investigated and collected evidence. Ainz’s hidden secret!”

"What secret?"

"As a distinguished honorary ambassador, Ainz not only did not care for his feathers, but instead committed many heinous crimes based on his power! First, he bought moldy and spoiled food to fool the refugees!"

Everyone in the audience suddenly exclaimed.

"No wonder!" A short, fat man with a pockmarked face complained, rubbing his belly. "Every time I receive the food distributed by Ainz, I have diarrhea for a whole day."

"Good guy, how dare you pretend to be a refugee?!" His friends ridiculed him.

"You're not tempted by the free food? Don't tell me you're not!"

"Shut up! I haven't finished speaking yet," Leeteuk continued on the stage. "Second, he forced more than five women in the refugee camp to serve him! He made a promise but always abandoned it. !"

"Bastard!" The crowd became angry now, "You look like maggots in the toilet, and you dare to play with women just because you have some bad money?"

"You bastard, you deserve to be bitten to death for being rich and unkind!" The men's voices were full of jealousy and pleasure,

"This is an advantage for him! According to me, he should be hung up and castrated in public!" A sissy said viciously.

The man with an honest face and plain clothes lamented, "God is unfair. I, a serious person like me, have lived for thirty years without ever holding a woman's hand!"

"That's because you are poor!" The little noble looked contemptuous.

The Sheriff was very satisfied with everyone’s performance, and the focus of public anger finally shifted to Ainz,

"Third, in the past ten years, Ainz has teamed up with criminals outside the city many times to rob and kill merchants who signed contracts with him, get free goods, and even kill people. No fewer than a hundred merchants died at his hands !"

A soldier walked up to him in a few steps and handed over a large, dark and thick book.

"This is an account book that was found from his luxurious mansion. Every illegal income is recorded in it. The evidence is irrefutable and he can't deny it even after he dies!" Lite shook it towards everyone with difficulty and continued to stir people's hearts. , "Do you know what this means? By robbing merchants, Ainz enriched himself."

"But Mayena has lost a lot of business and tax revenue, and your job opportunities and your income have been affected in disguise-" The bald Sheriff was like a conductor of a symphony orchestra, and he drew a graceful downward movement with his hands. semicircle,

"Reduce, reduce!"

"Bullshit!" A young nobleman wearing a green scarf spat **** the ground and folded his arms in front of his chest. "Things are getting more and more expensive and incomes are getting lower and lower. It's all because of this bullshit." Of!"

"That's right!" Lite said loudly, "Ainz is like a blood-sucking insect parasitic on everyone. As long as he is alive, the living environment of the Mayena people will get worse and worse!"

"Heartless capitalist!" a bald man roared.

"Devil in human skin!" the farmer shouted.

"Good death! Good death!" A little girl sitting on her father's head smiled and clapped wildly.

Everyone in the audience cursed.

"His death is a punishment from the gods, and it is also an opportunity for Mayena to change! Our wise and wise mayor, Lord Scorpius, decided to make adjustments accordingly."

Leet paused, his face flushed red, and the words of encouragement from his immediate boss rang in his ears again. He announced emotionally, "From next month, Lord Scorpius will no longer care about anyone. Cost-effectively stabilize prices and promise that prices will never rise again and will gradually fall back to normal levels within the next six months!"

"The mayor will post the specific measures on the bulletin board next to the city hall. Everyone is welcome to check at any time!"

"Lord Scorpius is wise!"

"Long live the mayor!"

The people in the audience who had been waiting for a long time finally cheered when they finally heard some tangible benefits.

What's more, this time they openly and openly scolded an honorary ambassador who was usually aloof and arrogant.

I have to say that it greatly vented the negative emotions accumulated in my heart.

The series of events triggered by Ainz’s death have come to an end for the time being.

……

"Eugenie...if you encounter any trouble in the future, you can go to the dance hall in Novigrad's business district and report my name, and I will help you if I can."

"Ox...Oh no, Master Roy, I don't know how to thank you."

"Don't forget, you have also done me two favors in the past few days!"

……

"Mato, didn't the Sheriff give you a compensation? I have a suggestion, take Lilin and move away from Mayena immediately! Only by leaving this sad place can you get rid of the memories of the past. Don't go Think about them, try to divert your attention, and consider having a child."

"This is a matter of life and death, do you understand?"

……

"Bang!"

The three glasses collided heavily, the aroma of malt filled the air, and the crystal wine foam reflected the intoxicating light.

"Haha, thanks to Master Roy's help this time, we were able to escape from death!" The businessman, who had changed into low-key and loose linen clothes, narrowed his eyes with a smile and patted his chest, "Follow me Go home, and I will give you a son directly. You can train him to be a witcher as you like!"

Roy looked at the excited businessman and couldn't laugh or cry. It was the first time he saw someone taking the initiative to give away a baby, but there is no shortage of children in Gawain's house now.

"How old are your children?"

"Nedbersulik are twelve years old."

"Sorry, I'm a bit older and it's more dangerous to participate in the Green Grass Trial." Roy refused decisively.

The little black dog at his feet, who had drunk some dwarf liquor, kept shaking his legs comically while listening to the cheerful lute in the Slug Tavern, as if he was possessed.

Yurga looked regretful and said tangledly, "They are twins, there is no distinction between elder and younger... If you are not willing to take one away, wait until they are a few years older and will soon start a family and start a business. Property distribution will be a big problem!"

"If you love them equally, don't favor one and divide it equally!"

"That's right. Anyway, I can make a lot of money this time back! The Sheriff didn't know if he took the wrong medicine or something, but he suddenly became more talkative - to compensate for the week I spent in jail. , actually willing to exempt me from transaction taxes for two years in Mayena!" Yurga's face was filled with surprise when he mentioned the business.

Roy smiled, Li Te was quite sensible, he turned to the white-haired demon hunter,

"Geralt, what compensation did the Sheriff give you?"

"Two hundred orens." Geralt took a sip of beer and wiped the stains from the corner of his mouth. "A few painless whips in exchange for such a large sum of money is not a loss!"

Roy slammed the glass in his hand against Geralt's, with piercing eyes, "This is your private matter, and outsiders shouldn't interfere, but I'm still curious, how was your discussion with Visenna?"

As soon as the question came up, the heated atmosphere became stagnant for a short time.

In Roy's original memory, Geralt was in a state of serious injury when he met his mother Visenna. Visenna kept running away, and Geralt asked but got no answer.

In the end, the woman "escaped" while he was in a coma, and until the end of Geralt's fate, he could not see his mother in his memory again.

But this time, because of his intervention, Geralt took the initiative. He didn't let Visenna escape easily.

If after the conversation, the mother and son are still far apart and have no contact with each other.

It is regrettable.

"Man, do you think I'm ridiculous?" Geralt suddenly let go of the wine glass, leaned back in his chair, and looked at the magic lamp on the ceiling of the tavern, "Becoming a witcher means saying goodbye to the past. His life is completely separated from his original family."

"Vesemir has warned me this countless times. Eskar and Lambert also followed this rule, or this path of destiny, and never contacted their families."

"But I have always been obsessed with her. Ever since I was a child, I have always dreamed of meeting her. This is so un-witcher!"

"Gulu gulu!" He drank a large glass of beer in one breath, a blush appeared on his pale cheeks,

"Get it clear, there are no such inhumane rules in the Demon Hunter Brotherhood!" Roy said loudly, "The Demon Hunters are advancing with the times, and our mutation methods, working methods, and operating principles are all changing. ."

"The way of getting along with my family is different from before. Take myself as an example." Roy asked seriously, "I have been a demon hunter for three years, and I have stayed away from old Moore and Susie?"

Geralt shook his head.

"Did their lives get better or worse under my influence?"

Quite moisturizing.

Geralt thought.

You also gave birth to a younger brother, Xiao Mino.

"For demon hunters, being separated from their families and burdened with the fate of loneliness, misery, and desolation is a thing of the past!" Roy smiled proudly, "We should have new goals and ideals, our existence is no longer It’s to help humans hunt monsters and save others from dire straits. Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer monsters, and we can’t do it!”

"Our ideal and motivation for our actions are only one - to change the fate of ourselves, our relatives, friends, brothers and lovers -" Roy raised his voice, his tone full of contagion, "Let everyone be happy. !"

Yurga opened her mouth wide when she heard this, unable to believe that such nonsense came from the mouth of a demon hunter.

It sounds rhetorical, but it is inexplicably motivational.

It's not just witchers, many humans are striving for this goal.

"Visenna is your family. She left you for a reason. She has always missed you in her heart."

"It's human nature for you to want to get close to her!"

"So... I'm right to keep in touch with her?" Geralt looked at Roy and asked.

"No need to ask!" Roy patted him on the shoulder suddenly, "It would be puzzling if you left without saying a word! It's pretentious and childish!"

Geralt had a stern look on his face, he did have this idea at first.

"It's hard to pick up the long-lost family affection again, don't let it go easily." Roy encouraged,

“It’s enough to put some effort into running it. You don’t need to pay attention all the time. It’s enough to visit and contact each other every once in a while to let each other know that the other is safe and sound.”

After hearing this, Geralt's sad face suddenly disappeared, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he patted the head of the little black dog at his feet easily.

The leg shaking stopped for ten seconds.

Then it jumped even more joyfully, and even began to howl softly, catering to the cries of the drunkards on the dance floor.

"Man, I just like to listen to your analysis. You can always speak to my heart and give me a fatal blow, no matter if you say good or bad things!"

"My words are not that cheap, they are prophecies!" Roy smiled brightly, "You should be grateful to me. Anyone who hears my prophecies will be happy."

"This...master..." Yurga rubbed his hands and asked with a smile on his face, "Can you give me a prophecy?"

"You will be a dad again!"

Yurga's face changed drastically and she opened her mouth. The wine lingered in her throat and she immediately spurted out.

Roy covered the businessman's mouth with lightning speed.

It wasn't until his face turned red and he swallowed the drink back in his stomach that he let go.

"It's just a joke. Anyway, you will have a surprise when you get home."

The businessman hiccupped and his eyes were full of resentment. It took him a long time to calm down.

"Two masters, how about leaving tomorrow? I plan to do some shopping in the afternoon and bring some gifts for Christida and the two children!"

Geralt was silent. He proposed the unexpected law to the businessman just on a whim. He had no intention of taking away one of the businessman's sons, a handful of pickles or a salted fish that was drying in the yard.

"I have to find Ciri, so Yurga, I'm sorry, I can't go home with you."

"Do you have a better place to go?" Roy smiled at him, "Man, the law of accidents is not just nonsense, she has the power of destiny."

"You yourself said that if you survive this prison sentence, you will pass the test of fate!"

"Now you won't accept the gift of fate?" Roy said meaningfully, "Maybe what you want is there - Outer Livia is not too far from Mayena."

Geralt suddenly felt a surge of expectation in his heart and stopped refuting.

"It's settled!" Roy drank a toast, his cheeks flushed with excitement, "Let's set off with Yurga tomorrow!"

"There is still one thing I can't figure out." The businessman patted his big belly, and the wine was sloshing inside. "What on earth is that red light? If we just ignore it, will there be any big problems?" ”

"You were exposed to the red light for five minutes and didn't feel any discomfort?" Roy asked without answering,

"On the contrary, I feel a lot more relaxed, and my body has become stronger. The red light seems to have cured my rheumatism for many years, otherwise I would not have been able to survive so many days of dirty and cold prison life!"

Good people are rewarded.

"Perhaps the red light is really the magic of some higher being, specially used to punish evildoers? Anyway, I went back to the woods to search twice and found no clues."

Roy's eyes showed fear. He would never forget the scene where Mato was burned to ashes by the red light, and there was an indescribable feeling of familiarity.

"The druids of Mayena have begun a sweeping search. I will be notified when the results are available."

"Who will inform you?" Geralt raised his eyebrows.

"Beautiful Ms. Visenna, I also exchanged contact information with her." Roy casually took out a telescope crystal, ignored the white wolf's blue face, and said longingly, "Maybe I will often Ask her for advice on the ways of nature."

Find a way to get her into the Brotherhood's laboratory.

"Boy~IndoMTL.com~, when did you get into Lambert's disgusting bad habits. I warn you - don't try to take Visenna's idea, otherwise, believe it or not, I will complain to Ms. Rita and let her She will punish you severely!"

"Uh...I'm just kidding, Geralt, you know, I'm all about pursuing power, and I'm not interested in women older than two hundred years old..."

……

On the other side, just outside Mayena.

In a field of gorgeous mountain flowers.

A druid draped in thick bearskin, with a wreath of antlers and mistletoe on his head, and a face covered in wild tattoos, moved a mountain flower from his forehead.

Finished sorting out the language of plants in my mind.

The pupils are like burning forests.

"The second energy field, fifteen dead people."

"Who is doing experiments on our territory!"

"You will definitely pay the price!"