The Divine Hunter Chapter 5: Sleepwalking
The weather has become sunny again, the bright sunshine has lasted for many days, and the climate has officially entered the rhythm of late autumn.
The witcher rode northwest for a week, getting closer and closer to the Pontar River. According to the original plan, they would arrive at the Barony of La Valedie east of Wellen, then take a boat across the Pontal River and enter Oxenfurt on the north bank, which would last at least a week.
After this week of hard work, the boy Carl barely adapted to life in the wilderness. He ate and slept with the demon hunter master every day, eating wild vegetables and barbecue to satisfy his hunger. In addition, after surviving the illness, his spirit improved a lot. The thin and somewhat sunken cheeks became rosy and plump.
But seven or eight years old is the playful grade, and his mind is immature. Karl cannot accept too rigorous and intensive training, so Flius simply taught him a set of cat-style exercises for physical exercise. Occasionally, I would use local materials to explain to him the physiological habits and weaknesses of the wild animals that appeared in the wilderness.
The Oakes brothers were quite critical of his training methods, but Furius was a stubborn guy in this regard. He did not allow others to take away the fun of training apprentices, and turned a deaf ear to the suggestions of the two brothers.
Brother Oaks even had a fight with him over this.
In addition, Roy has asked Furius for swordsmanship many times this week. The cat-style swordsmanship is more practical and has a more aggressive style. Furious has been able to control his weak point within a minute every time. , making him very frustrated by the defeat.
But this kind of high-efficiency fighting has made Roy's swordsmanship progress faster. He feels that it won't be long before his long sword specialization can be upgraded to level 2.
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That night, the demon hunters rushed to the border of Willen and set up camp in the middle of several strange-shaped boulders.
"Roy, can you let me play with Gorfen?" Karl ran over and looked at the witcher eagerly. The boy had been completely obsessed since he stumbled upon that cute little thing last time.
How can I put it this way? No matter male or female, there is no resistance to cute things when they are children.
Roy stroked his forehead helplessly, and felt a little funny at the same time. It was always the Gorfin who pestered him the most, but recently the Gorfin was so obsessed with him that he was a little frightened and even reacted abnormally. Faced with the most difficult situation, I don’t even have much appetite for the small dried fish I love to eat.
"Little brat, how many times have I told you this? Golfin is not your doll. You can't keep pestering it. And... don't look at me with that look. Girls are very well-behaved when they do this, but Boys will get misunderstood if they do this. It would be terrible if you meet some perverted nobles!"
Karl’s eyes were red, and his thin lips were suppressed.
"Crybaby! Do you cry like this in front of monsters and robbers... That's all, that's all..." Thinking that this child had just lost all his relatives, Roy still took it out of his hood with a desperate look in his eyes. , the meowing orange cat was stuffed to him.
"Golfing, be good." The boy held the struggling orange cat and gently rubbed its back with an excited expression. "Today, the teacher and I picked some sage. How about you try it?"
"Kid, I'm warning you, don't feed it those messy things. There's something wrong with Golfin. Let's see if I don't spank you!"
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Roy sat back by the campfire and began to process the roe deer, peeling off the skin and bones, sprinkling it with wine and spices, and setting it up on the grill.
During this period, after grilling all kinds of wild animals in the wilderness, his cooking skills grew rapidly. There seems to be something about to awaken in the template, but these are all side effects. His main focus is on the training of demon hunters.
On the other side of the bonfire, the Oaks brothers were boasting about something in high spirits. Words such as sorceress and high-level vampire could be faintly heard. Opposite them, Furius was wearing sunglasses and trying his best to look calm. His expression was cold, but the way he bent slightly to listen still betrayed his true thoughts.
He is also very interested in women.
"Stupid guy."
Leso muttered and sat next to Roy.
"Kid, I see you had a good chat with that boy. Are you interested and want to find an apprentice?"
"Do you think I can go out?" Roy rolled his eyes at the bald man. "I have no interest in that kind of crybaby."
"Are you a crybaby?" Lei Suo's pupils reflected the dancing firelight, and his eyes were a little distant, "It's okay, I haven't seen you cry in the past year, you don't look like a child of this age at all. ”
"Of course..." Roy brushed a layer of mustard powder on the marmot's skin, "I'm not an ordinary person."
"I know, Your Excellency the Prophet, who has the blood of the ancients, so what kind of disciples are you planning to recruit in the future?" Lei Suo took a sip of wine, enjoying the atmosphere of talking around the fire with his companions.
"I want to improve the mutation formula of Snake Pie, Coral can help me." Roy said calmly, "Then accept a girl as an apprentice."
"Are you serious?" The bald man frowned, "Girls are not easy to take care of..."
"I don't think so..." Roy suppressed his laughter and said seriously, "A male demon hunter paired with a female apprentice is the absolute happiness and the most efficient combination. No more waste. Time to go to pubs and brothels to have fun."
Amidst the lively discussions, the sounds of chewing food and swallowing drinks, the night became darker and gradually the camp became quiet.
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Roy was woken up by being licked by something. When he came back from his meditation, he saw a fleshy cat face in front of him. He pushed the face away and saw the bright moon in the sky, and the stars twinkling in the sky.
It was late at night, and the orange bonfire in the camp was still burning quietly.
"Golfen, what's going on, do you dare to disturb my rest? Be careful of starving you for the whole day!"
"Shh——"
The Cat Faction Demon Hunter came to Roy's side at some unknown time. He made a silent gesture with his index finger on his lips, and then pointed to the edge of the camp, under the huge rock.
The moonlight revealed a thin back. He stood upright, with his back to the group of demon hunters, his limbs stiff, his head lowered, motionless. Like a humanoid stone sculpture.
"Karl? What are you doing in the middle of the night?" Roy stuffed the Golfin into the hood behind his head and followed Furious as he walked slowly over.
The Serret brothers and Leisuo woke up early, and they were also observing Karl's condition.
Everyone walked up to the boy, only to see that he was expressionless and frighteningly cold, as if he had not seen the people in front of him at all, and his eyes were focused on the deep night outside the camp.
Sleepwalking!
Everyone exchanged glances and tacitly agreed to remain quiet.
There are many folk theories about sleepwalking, including the various sequelae that may be triggered by forcibly awakening sleepwalkers.
They didn't act rashly, but Karl suddenly moved!
The little boy rushed into the night, with the witcher closely behind him. To their surprise, the boy in a sleepwalking state transformed into an elk running in the wilderness and ran away like a chicken. More than an hour
The witcher chased for more than ten miles until the stars and moon dimmed and the sky turned gray. He ran from the wilderness to the edge of a swamp.
The water mist here is thick and lingering, and the shallow puddles are buried in pieces of sticky mire.
The boy stopped in front of a half-stump.
There was a **** dagger stuck in the cross section of the tree stump. The boy pulled it out and slowly placed it on his ear.
He bared his teeth and looked quite skilled in holding a knife.
"Shit!" Furius rushed over and knocked away the dagger with his sword, then hugged the boy's body and shook him hard, shaking him to pieces. "What's wrong with you, little monkey?" , possessed by the devil!?"
"Teacher, I...I..." Carl's pupils shrank for a moment, and then his face was confused, as if he had just woken up from sleep, "I don't remember~IndoMTL.com~What happened just now? ”
"You want to cut off your own ears, kid." Oakes cursed, "I've never seen such an idiot sleepwalker!"
"If everyone was like Karl, the sleepwalkers would have died long ago." Serret said.
"Guys, it's obvious that Carl is not sleepwalking!" Roy glanced into the deep swamp fog and said solemnly, "I think something in this Willen swamp is guiding him. Think about it. Well, he is just a little boy with the weakest willpower and the easiest to be confused by dirty things."
Everyone fell into silence. No one could have imagined that such an inexplicable accident would suddenly happen, and they had no clue.
If the witcher is not alert enough in his sleep, the horror will lead to irreparable consequences.
"Roy was right."
At this time, Leisuo, who was squatting next to the tree stump for inspection, suddenly raised his right hand and showed a **** ear between his **** to everyone, "This dagger and Karl's weird behavior are definitely not accidental sleepwalking attacks." ," the amber pupils shot out a cold light, "Something is causing trouble!"