The Divine Hunter Chapter 24: Freya’s Enlightenment
A magical space, with the colorful Northern Lights flowing and jumping around.
The witcher stared at the golden-eyed woman not far away and fell into silence.
He had expected it. He was not a believer of God Freya, so he had to be rewarded for helping her, right?
This is in line with the way of a demon hunter.
"Dear Madam, I would like to confirm before asking any questions. Can I ask any questions?" the witcher asked cautiously,
"It must be within my reach, the area radiated by my temple and altar, the Skellige Islands, or coastal countries such as Sintra and Covir!" said the golden-eyed woman.
It turns out that God Freya is not omniscient and omnipotent.
"Where is Anaharo, the great master of the Witcher Bear School?"
The goddess said,
"Change the question."
Roy sighed, "You know everything about my actions after landing on the island. Can you tell me the whereabouts of the Archmage of Ortolan? I want to know what happened to him after he left Indarsfell Island. Where did it go?"
The golden-eyed woman nodded at him.
A picture suddenly flashed across the demon hunter's eyes——
The dark secret room, the six-pointed star circle with the body hidden underneath, and a telescope... were exactly the secret laboratory of Ortolan that he had visited!
But this time, Roy saw the figure - draped in tattered cloth, with an erect figure, hair as messy as a chicken coop, eyes bulging with bloodshot eyes like sandworms, and cheekbones protruding like those of an evil ghost. Mage Ortolan.
Puffing heavily, he suddenly pulled his chicken claw-like right hand, and a strong wind suddenly blew in the room.
A swirling dark space door appeared in mid-air. With the help of the goddess, the demon hunter could clearly see the scene behind the portal—a narrow alley.
Sewage flows across the ground, domestic garbage is piled up everywhere, and the walls are covered with moss.
And just far away from this alley, stands a magnificent palace. Next to the palace is a red-spire mage tower.
As far as he knew, there were dozens of cities like this in the entire world.
Based on its architectural style and exquisiteness, it should be an important city in the north, or even the capital of a certain country!
"Maribo!"
At this time, the goddess’s voice sounded in my heart!
Roy looked excited and clenched his fists.
"So the bases of Idalan, the Four Grand Masters, and Alzu are probably located in Maribor, the city that was once mostly destroyed by the giant centipede saliva demon? And that mage tower is Triss Merigold Tower!"
It’s easy to tell once you have the address.
Next, he should be fully prepared to at least pass the third Green Grass Trial and improve his strength further.
The fellow witchers are fully armed and move together.
Go to Maribo, find out the purpose of the four great masters, and take revenge on the four great masters, especially Anahad of the Bear School.
This time, he will never hesitate or show any mercy!
"Thank you for your advice." Roy put his left hand on his chest, bowed to the goddess, and exhaled.
With the news about the four great masters, the next step is to improve their strength as much as possible.
He said according to the plan in his mind, "I have already thought about the second question. I remember when you first called me, you called me the son of the ancient blood."
"As noble as you are, I have heard of the ancient blood, so I want to know how to continue to increase the power of this blood in my body?"
The tempering potion given to him by Master Mirror has expired.
He has to find another way.
The golden-eyed woman in the distance gives people an inexplicable feeling of joy.
It seems that the witcher's problem is playing into her hands!
"The blood of the ancients, the blood of the elves - the holy blood, the blood of the curse, the blood of the slayer, the blood of the savior, the blood of birth, the blood of death!" She chanted each line in obscure ancient language. Just one word made the demon hunter's heart beat, and twisted blood vessels appeared involuntarily under the skin of his cheeks.
Gurgling, gurgling, the blood is flowing crazily in it.
A shimmering golden sheen.
"This is not a great power that you can master... You are not the descendant of Laura Doron, and you are not even a natural Ayn El. And the ancient blood is recessively inherited in males... But As a male, you have mastered this power contrary to common sense!" The goddess said to herself, "What secret is hidden in your body? Through this way, you have captured the ancient blood, and even developed to this point?"
Laura Doran is the ruler of the elf kingdom of Ain El in another world and the daughter of the elf king Oberon Muhitazi. She has the power to travel through time and space.
She fell in love with a human mage in this world.
The combination of the two gave birth to Xili's ancestors.
The ancient blood flows down their family tree to this day.
The witcher was silent.
"You are the extra one! Your ancient blood is not a natural product. If you want to continue to strengthen it, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky."
"Even if you use and exercise it every day... it will take one or two hundred years to get it to the next stage and reach the level of Laura Doran..."
Roy's heart skipped a beat. Wasn't the ancient blood in his body already in the early stages of awakening?
It took less than ten years for Xili, who was also in the early stage in his memory, to completely control this power and surpass the primary stage.
Why is it so difficult to have a plug-in?
"Perhaps it is fate..." she said, looking at the sky with the changing aurora, her golden eyes full of brilliant colors, "I felt it not long ago, and now the storm is gathering, and the three ancient bloodlines, Cirila Feo Na Aeron Rhianlon, the child in the belly of Queen Calanthe of Cintra, and you, all appeared in the Skellige Islands, within the scope of my influence."
Roy immediately understood that Ciri had come to see Calanthe!
"The two of them will be the key to your progress to the next stage."
But what Freya said next made him shudder.
"As long as you seize the ancient blood from the two women of time and space! Of course, the higher the level of awakening, the more perfect it will be. You will further control the power of time and space!"
What? !
Steal their ancient blood?
The witcher couldn't help but think of what Wilgefortz had done.
A shockingly perverted blood-stealing plan.
If you have to hurt Ciri and her unexpected son, can you enhance the ancient blood?
So what's the difference between him and that perverted mage?
No!
He shook his head and forcibly suppressed this terrible thought in his heart!
"Witcher, it seems that you have a close relationship with them. Don't worry, you don't have to kill them and squeeze out every drop of their blood." She seemed to notice the look on the witcher's face. Shocked, his tone suddenly changed, "As long as they trust you 100% and are willing to surrender to you and the ancient blood in your body... you can easily take away one-third of their ancient blood without hurting their bodies. Life."
"And this is the best way to avoid tragedy!" she said meaningfully, "Why do you think the ancient blood is called cursed blood?"
"No one who owns it will die a happy death! The more perfect the bloodline evolves, the heavier this ominous fate will be."
Roy thought of Laura Doran and Ciri's mother Pavetta.
Two ladies awakened from the ancient blood. The former was hunted down by his own tribe, Ain El. After giving birth to a girl in the wilderness hills, she died of exhaustion.
The latter was killed in the Sedna Abyss by a plan carefully laid out by his husband, Doni/Emhyr var Emres, and Vigofortz.
And Xili, according to the original history, will also be displaced, tortured, and finally reach the end of her lonely destiny.
Hasn’t the cursed blood shown its power on yourself yet?
"The more powerful the ancient blood of Al, the more this world will reject you!" the goddess said, her high-pitched voice echoing in this mysterious space without any emotion, "The ancient blood, The blood of death will not only curse yourselves, but also bring catastrophe to this world!"
"Originally there were still more than ten years left, but now the time has moved forward. In less than ten years - the wolf will devour the sun, the moon will have a lunar eclipse, and the ouroboros will grab its tail again, completing the circle. , the cycle of time is completed, and then the world enters the White Frost Era, and the Wolf Blizzard descends! All life in this world will face a terrible winter!"
Isn't this the legendary cosmic disaster Hoarfrost, the terminator of countless planets and worlds?
According to Roy's memory, this disaster will come more than ten years later, but Freya claims that it will come early!
Combined with her advice, Roy had a terrifying realization——
Could it be that Ain El and the blood of the ancients attract **** frost?
Originally, there was only one heir of the ancient blood, Xili, in this world, so the white frost would come in more than ten years.
But now there is an unexpected daughter in Calanthe's belly.
Huge variables!
……
"The ancient blood is also the blood of the savior, and its owner will bear a fateful responsibility." Her voice interrupted the demon hunter's thoughts, "You have a responsibility, do you understand?"
"If you are willing to make sacrifices, you can end this disaster!"
"So are you ready, Roy?" the golden-eyed woman suddenly asked expectantly and walked towards him.
"What do you mean? Why prepare?"
"Observe with your eyes——"
He suddenly felt like the earth was shaking.
A huge force grabbed his limbs and torso, taking him flying off the ground, rising into the sky, and crossing the colorful aurora belt.
Come to the dark and vast vacuum of the universe beyond the planet.
Looking down at the tiny planet below.
This is the world of the witcher.
He couldn't help but hold his breath, and even his heartbeat stopped in an instant——
In the vacuum, there are densely packed and endless dark particles, like an army of locusts passing through the wilderness.
Blocked the sun.
The severe cold came, and the corner of the blue and beautiful planet suddenly reflected a terrifying ice-blue light.
Pieces of ice crystals spread like a plague, quickly covering the blue sea, green forest vegetation, yellow mountains and land...
The overwhelming frost and snowstorm froze everything and all life.
In the blink of an eye, the planet beneath my feet was frozen into a freezing ice ball, completely reduced to a dead zone!
And the endless gray particles continue to float and wander in the universe.
Flux to the next planet.
……
Standing in the void next to him, something moved, a woman with a curled up body, her hair, skin, lace dress, and plump body all covered in ice and snow.
And that pretty face is extremely familiar.
"The world will usher in the fate of destruction early. Are you ready?" Coral, who was about to freeze, asked softly, "Are you willing to sacrifice?"
Sacrifice?
Roy's face was stiff and he pursed his lips hesitantly.
Boom!
Amid the huge feeling of weightlessness, he fell rapidly!
Last for ten seconds!
All the visions before my eyes disappeared.
Roy returns to that mysterious place again.
He was stunned and silent, his mind still in a series of terrifying hoarfrost world-destroying illusions just now.
There is also a trace of anger in my heart!
The goddess Freya.
I just asked you a question, but you want to trick me into sacrificing myself and becoming the savior?
I'm not that noble!
Roy shook his head, but in his memory, the future hoarfrost was not impossible to deal with.
Even if the hoarfrost has to be done in advance.
At least eight or nine years left, right?
There is no need to rush now!
Ms. Golden Eyes shook her head and sighed, "Are you not ready yet? There is not much time left."
……
A long time later.
The witcher finally digested the ancient blood and the secret of hoarfrost.
"Now, let's stop with the second answer." She shook her head with some disappointment, "Go on."
"My third question is a little presumptuous." He took a deep breath to calm down his restless mood. "Why don't you personally punish Mokwag's thugs? Summon lightning to turn them into ashes, or Call in a sea storm to destroy their dragon ship before it reaches Inda Island?"
He has always wondered, could the legendary **** still be unable to deal with dozens of pirates?
Watching your most devout priest being slaughtered?
I am so humble that I ask a mortal to help me.
……
The golden-eyed woman’s voice became solemn.
"Your question is of great importance and exceeds the reward I promised."
"If you want to know the answer, you have to pay more."
"What do you want?" Roy sighed secretly, as expected.
"As my followers, patrol all the temples of Freya in the Skellige Islands for me, and help me punish all those who disrespect the gods and offend me. For a period of time-until the day when the world ushered in white frost."
Roy shook his head directly,
"Sorry, Ms. Freya, I can only live up to your high expectations. I don't plan to stay in the Islands for too long...My home is in Novigrad."
He doesn’t want to somehow turn into a god’s thug and trap himself in one place!
"In exchange, I have another suggestion...you might as well listen to it."
"Go ahead." The woman's voice was calm.
Roy closed his eyes and felt for a while. The ice giant Leviathan was lying on his back in a cave between the coastal rocks that was full of mud and half submerged by sea water. Sleep, "I luckily defeated an ice giant on Udvik Island, and it surrendered to me."
"If you are willing, I can let it help you guard the temple on the Skellige Islands and obey the orders of your priests... Of course, the period of frost coming is too long, I will give you one year at most."
"During this period, it will loyally protect your priests and deal with the blasphemers for you. But occasionally, when I encounter a difficult problem that I cannot handle, I will also use the power of the ancient blood to summon it. , do me a favor."
"The Ice Giant is much bigger, stronger, and more destructive than me! Even from its appearance, it is more intimidating, enough to deter those who are disrespectful to you!"
"At the same time, spread your brilliance and attract more believers."
Such a picture appeared in Roy's mind——
The hill-like ice giant lay dozing in the flowers beside the temple, while a group of chattering priestesses stood on him, bathing him and applying perfume.
The sight and smell are so beautiful.
……
"Two years, this is my bottom line, let your ice giant serve my temple for two years. In addition, the next answer is forbidden to be leaked to the outside world unless I give permission. You have to Swear with my soul! Then I will answer your question!"
"Then, deal!"
After Roy finished speaking, his body suddenly shook.
He felt like there was something indescribable inside his body.
The golden-eyed woman smiled at him and her attitude became gentler.
Dozens of miles away, the giant in the wet mud cave ground his teeth and turned into a commodity without knowing anything.
……
"Why didn't I take action against Mokvarg..." The golden-eyed woman turned her back, leaving the demon hunter with a lonely and helpless back, "It's not that I don't want to, but that I can't."
"What do you mean?"
"That's the literal meaning. Witcher, you can laugh if you want... The goddess who was once the ruler of the Skellige Islands, the faith of the coastal country, and could raise waves and storms with her breath, has become old and weak. As the sun goes down, I can only try to maintain my limited spiritual vision and prophecy abilities."
"As for the reason, it starts with the sudden convergence of the heavens and the earth fifteen hundred years ago..." The goddess waved her left hand, and an ancient picture scroll spread out in the gorgeous aurora beside her arm——
On the palm of the goddess's hand, several groups of planets are entangled and rotating in the chaotic darkness and chaotic universe, and countless catkins-like silk ribbons connect them.
One of the planets is the world of the demon hunter.
Through these connections, densely packed creatures flowed from one planet to another.
Interpenetrate and connect with each other.
Life from another world arrives.
Roy suddenly turned around and looked around at the rapidly changing scenes, wilderness, rivers, and mountains——
Never-before-seen new species came to his world through the "Silk Ribbon" passage, and began to work hard to find their own ecological niche and thrive in this strange place.
For example, ghouls and high-level vampires.
The screen changes again.
The entanglement between the planets came to an abrupt end, and most of the worlds disappeared into the void again, returning to their previous positions. Only the only planet was left, staying in place and slowly rotating.
Due to inertia, the endless, catkin-like energy band covered all directions and entangled the only beautiful planet left in the chaos, the Demon Hunter World.
It turned into a layer of kaleidoscope-like bright auroras.
The goddess’s golden fingers caressed this layer of aurora,
"Although the intersection of the celestial sphere has disappeared, the energy bands generated by the alternation of different worlds have remained."
"The world that envelops us cuts off my connection with the real world..."
"Your kingdom is outside the planet? Where do you live?" The demon hunter immediately thought of another world, the planet Nirn where the Skyrim Province is located.
The eight holy spirits of creation float in the chaotic universe outside the planet's atmosphere, forming the eight brightest stars.
To a certain extent, these eight stars can also be regarded as the kingdom of the eight holy spirits.
The divine kingdom of the goddess Freya is also located outside the planet.
A strange feeling arises spontaneously. The worlds are different, but high-level existences are quite similar.
"Not only me, but Meritelli is also trapped 'outside'..." She fiddled with the aurora belt beside her, her movements seemed a little weak. "As time goes by, this energy belt not only does not weaken, but gets stronger." The chaos is growing, and the faith and support our believers have given us have been wiped away by this greedy thing."
"Of course there are other reasons. Over the past thousand years, humans have developed and explored the world at an alarming rate. Many novel technologies and knowledge have begun to appear. Many new things have been mixed into the human world. Knowledge."
“Poetry, drama, sadness or joy, delicacies from all over the world, and all kinds of entertainment and pastimes occupy most of their time and energy.”
“My mind is no longer simply focused on work, rest, and reproduction.”
"The faith of the vast majority of human beings has become no longer pure. It cannot penetrate this aurora belt and is completely eliminated. This has led to an increase in the number of believers, but less support for us."
"I have been unable to make ends meet hundreds of years ago. The energy I have obtained is only enough to maintain the kingdom of God and the souls of its believers, maintain the magic in the hands of our most devout priests, and maintain a small range of spiritual vision. .I can no longer interfere in this worldly affairs."
"So in the past hundreds of years - Meritelli and I have never performed any miracles in the world."
She repeated, her tone full of deep helplessness.
“It’s not that we don’t want to, it’s that we can’t!”
Maintain the priest's magical powers, limited spiritual vision, and souls in the Kingdom of God.
The witcher thought of a scene he had seen in Vizima. The lake goddess Vivian transformed the souls of dead believers into water elves in the Vizima Lake area.
And Freya guides the souls of believers to the kingdom of God in the universe beyond the planet's atmosphere, which is undoubtedly more advanced.
Then another question arose in his mind.
“But after the convergence of the celestial spheres, other faiths and gods were born - Cliff, the father of the sky, Lebioda the prophet, the eternal fire~IndoMTL.com~The lion-faced spider, the evil **** Sva of the Skellige Islands Blot, Vivian the Lady of the Lake."
"These guys..." she shook her head, "cannot be called real gods, at best they are more powerful aliens. They are lucky, their core and domain are in the real world and are not affected by the aurora belt. But they Our potential is limited, and we will always be able to make small fuss and never achieve anything."
The witcher took a deep breath,
"Is there no way to solve this auroral zone?"
"Who knows? Maybe after the next celestial sphere converges, the huge energy generated by the collision of the worlds can destroy this auroral belt, or strengthen it, completely cutting off my connection with the world."
"But after the white frost comes, all this is meaningless."
"When the people who believe in and worship me disappear, I will naturally have no foundation for my existence!"
……
There was an uncomfortable silence in this strange space.
"Three questions already! That's all I have to say, Demon Hunter, remember the ice giant's agreement just now. I have to leave, tell those little guys for me that the soul of the sacrificed priest has entered My kingdom. No need to worry."
……
"Wait, can I still come to ask you to answer my questions in the future? Goddess Freya?"
"You are not my believer, so we make an equal exchange. If you have any doubts, recite my name and pray to me in front of my temple or altar, and I will judge for myself."
The woman's voice completely faded away.
The brilliant aurora disappeared into thin air.
Roy suddenly felt that he had entered a strong state of weightlessness. He shook his dizzy head, and the white light of the candle in front of him lit up.
He returned to the brightly lit hall.
The familiar face of Sigurdlifa came into view.