Chapter 31, Night Talk (Part 2)
The sorceresses in the Gloria Council have always had a relationship with the demon hunters. It is said that many of the council members have ambiguous relationships with the master demon hunters. People always like to joke that the demon hunters are Only do three things.
Clean up the corruption, destroy the evil, and ascend the sorceress.
Ryan knew that there was a basis for this. Sparks easily flew between the women of the Gloria Council and the demon hunters. In addition to complementing each other in battle, there was indeed an important reason because they were attracted to each other.
"More than a hundred years ago, the great savior His Majesty Ludwig led the coalition forces of Order to repel an army of 500,000 Chaos in the Fasha Plain. However, after repelling the Chaos army, what was left to Ludwig was, In addition to the desolate land and countless destroyed towns and farmland, there is something even more terrifying."
"That is the corruption and religious beliefs left by Chaos. Corrupted beliefs spread everywhere where Chaos passes. Mutated Chaos creatures and Chaos believers are lurking inside the empire, corrupting the world all the time, trying to wait for Chaos. comes again."
"In this dark age, what mankind needs is not heroes, but experts, some experts who specialize in eliminating chaos."
"This is the predecessor of the Witcher."
"The origins of demon hunters are very complicated. Almost all of the earliest batch of demon hunters were people who lost their relatives and friends in the Chaos War. They regarded the creation of Chaos as their eternal enemies. They were under the control of the empire and major churches. Under cooperative training, these people attack everywhere, burning their lives. The swift, cunning and deadly demon hunters will ruthlessly judge all those who believe in Chaos. Even if a Chaos believer appears in a village at that time, the demon hunter will One can reduce an entire village to ashes.”
"It's just that more than a hundred years have passed, and most of the demon hunters of that year have died. Also, because the threat of Chaos has decreased, the world has become less corrupt, and the number of people who are willing to take the initiative to accept cruel training has gradually decreased. The demand for witchers has also gradually declined, so most of the new witchers come from orphans in the war, abandoned babies of the villagers, villagers who can't survive, and soldiers and mercenaries who are eager to go further."
"After professional training, demon hunters will know how to prepare simple potions, carry holy water and holy objects with them, and be proficient in the skills of fire guns, rapiers, and long swords. Their rich experience can quickly identify those who are Followers of Chaos, and will burn all who are suspicious."
"As for those vampires, although they are enemies of the demon hunters, in most cases they will not take the initiative to attack each other. Generally, when traces are discovered, the vampires will leave on their own initiative."
After Ryan finished talking about the long history of witchers, his mouth felt a little dry, so he opened the kettle and took a swig of water. The sorceress nodded seriously: "Then, how do these witchers who have been in contact with the creation of chaos all the year round avoid being corrupted? ?”
"Three methods. First, witchers wear long cloaks, long coats, wide-brimmed hats and buckled tunics all year round, as well as thick gloves. This kind of thick clothing can avoid their injuries to a certain extent. The skin is in direct contact with the creation of chaos, and these clothes are changed regularly.”
"Second, as I said before, demon hunters always carry the church's holy water and holy objects with them. In addition to using these things to cleanse corruption, they also regularly drink holy water to fight against the corruption of Chaos."
"As for the third... this is the patent of a small number of demon hunters, that is, for those demon hunters who obey the leadership of the church and have extraordinary abilities, the church regularly asks priests to cast magical spells on them to protect them from the erosion of chaos. This is also the most effective of the three methods.”
"I have seen these three prevention methods in the library of Sky Castle. I mean, besides these superficial methods, are there any other methods?" Teresa took off her black-rimmed glasses with butterfly patterns. Next, a pair of silver eyes looked at the man sitting next to him quietly: "You must know, right?"
"Okay, what I want to say is that choosing a good boss is very important." Ryan also relaxed and sat with his legs straight: "For example, the demon hunters under the Justice Church will receive silver swords blessed by the church. This kind of silver sword is very effective in killing Chaos. Another example is the Church of Life. The Church of Life will issue a small amount of the Fountain of Life to its demon hunters. This precious spring water can also effectively purify corruption. There are also people like the Lord of the Dawn and Believers of the Moon Goddess can pray under the sun or moonlight, and the power of the gods will dispel the chaotic energy in them."
"It is because of this kind of contact with chaotic energy for many years, repeated elimination and confrontation, that the demon hunter's body will become somewhat different, which is the kind of situation mentioned in medical books where minor illnesses continue and serious illnesses do not occur. This kind of situation The changes in the body will attract you Gloria MPs, and they will easily develop a favorable impression of the demon hunters." Ryan thought to himself, isn't this just a virus antibody? But Theresa would definitely not understand it, so he used an allusion from the elf medicine book.
"So that's it. No wonder, Sofia and Emma have that kind of relationship with many demon hunters." Teresa leaned on the soft velvet pillow and said in a faint tone.
"You too?" Ryan said casually as he gathered the remains of the food together.
"I didn't!!!" Unexpectedly, Teresa suddenly turned over and sat up excitedly, with a very bad tone: "Didn't I tell you before? Today is the first time that I have been alone in a room with a man..."
Her shoulders were held down by the man. Ryan gently pressed the woman's shoulders to let her lie down, helped her put away the corners of the quilt, and then smiled nonchalantly: "Okay, okay, I was just joking. , why are you so excited?"
"A lady's chastity is not a joke, Mr. Knight of the Kingdom!" For some reason, Teresa felt angry when she saw Ryan's indifferent expression. She had never let any stinky man touch her.
"Okay, okay, I apologize." Ryan was a little surprised at Theresa's cleanliness, and his tone was much more serious: "How much has your body recovered now?"
"Don't change the subject!" Teresa said angrily, but she still answered Ryan's question: "When you get up tomorrow morning, you will almost be 70% recovered."
"Let's continue the previous topic, what will happen if a demon hunter falls?"
"There will be trouble, big trouble." Ryan bit into the rabbit meat and frowned: "Take Belt as an example. The master demon hunter has mastered many secrets of the Nord Kingdom, including rarely-known ruins, including The secret stronghold of the church, as well as the weak areas of the kingdom's defense line. Bert has been a demon hunter in the Kingdom of Nord for decades. After being fully trusted, he will definitely betray these to Chaos in the hope of receiving a reward after his fall. That’s why Archbishop Innocent is so anxious.”
"In addition, once the former expert in dealing with Chaos falls, it will be a nightmare for other demon hunters. Just because he is too familiar with them and understands them too well. Most of their actions will be expected by Belt. He is too He knows what these former colleagues will do next and what their next move will be in the battle. This is also the fundamental reason why several consecutive demon hunting masters died in his hands. According to general experience, after falling, The strength of the fallen hunter will break through at least one level. Belt has been a master demon hunter who has been at the beginning of the legendary level for several years, so..."
"So even if we catch up with him in Marienburg, we will still have to face at least a legendary mid-level fallen hunter?!" Ryan's words finally attracted Teresa's attention.
"Hey, let's not talk about the distance, let's talk about the near. Whether we can reach Mjordenhaven safely is unknown. Theresa, have you noticed? This road has been abandoned for a long time, and as long as there is no problem with the road, It is impossible for Velarde to sit back and watch a trade route be abandoned for no reason, and no one in the huge Kalzenhaven is willing to serve as a guide for our huge caravan. Do I need to explain the reason? You actually still So calm?"
The woman's face turned red and she whispered, "Is there anything I can do to help?"
"I don't know yet, so let's do this for now." Sparks appeared on Ryan's hands. He directly used his spiritual power to burn all the food residues with fire, and then returned to the sorceress: "Then you can sleep in the inner room. I'm sleeping outside, just call me if anything happens."
"You are more verbose than my mother. What time is it now? You are a legendary strongman, and your extraordinary physique makes you full of energy, right? Come chat with me again!" Who knew Theresa stopped him from leaving: "I The carpet is laid out, so the inside is warmer and big enough, isn’t it?”
"As you wish." Ryan had no reason to refuse a better environment. Although he could accept sleeping in the open air, it was best to be more comfortable, so he sat down again, with less than half of the room between the two of them. meters distance: "There should be another battle tomorrow. There is a Goblin tribe nearby. Although it shouldn't be too strong, there will definitely be another battle."
"You believe it just based on the bandit's words?" The sorceress took off her white lace gloves, revealing a pair of slender jade hands.
"No, do you remember that mushroom we saw before? The disgusting one?"
"Can we not mention that?" Teresa showed a disgusted expression. It seemed that the disgusting thing left a lot of shadow on her who loves to be clean.
"I don't mean to disgust you, I mean, do you know why the Blood Shadow Mushroom appears there?"
"You said that was the work of the goblins?" The sorceress reacted immediately. She had always been very smart.
"Exactly, every Blood Shadow Mushroom has the soul of a Grot." Ryan began to tell the story about the Blood Shadow Mushroom: "As we all know, there are three types of green skins, the highest level is the Orcs, and the second is the Orcs. It’s the goblins, and then there are the grats. The grotts are the lowest status among the greenskins. They are both the slaves of the first two and their food.”
As Ryan said, green-skinned creatures simply subvert human common sense. It is a creature made of green spores. It can perform photosynthesis and is an autotrophic creature.
That's right, the green-skinned guys are autotrophs. As long as they can get sunlight, these creatures have no basic food needs.
In other words, the greenskins don't need logistical support at all.
But just because they don’t need logistical support doesn’t mean they don’t like to eat. Meat and fungi are their favorite meals.
Among the greenskins, the lowest-ranking farts like to eat fungi the most. They like to eat delicious mushrooms and fungi. But there is a problem here, that is, the farts are too weak, and they themselves are made of plant spores. Composition, so after eating too much fungi, their bodies will gradually be assimilated, their bodies will become stiff, and they will no longer be able to move.
"At this time, the goblins will 'plant' these gretts, which have gradually become fungi, into the ground and wait for harvest. The grots will take root and grow in the ground, and finally become a blood shadow mushroom. .”
"Blood Shadow Mushroom is the greenskin's favorite meal. After the greenskins harvest this mushroom, they will only eat it during major victories or important days!" Ryan said, shaking his head.
"Wait, could it be that the face on the Blood Shadow Mushroom..." Teresa immediately realized something, and the sorceress's face turned pale slightly.
"That's right, that face is that of a goblin." Ryan nodded: "Now, do you know why I can be sure that I will meet a goblin tomorrow, right?"
"Okay, okay, please stop saying those disgusting things, okay?" The sorceress felt uncomfortable in her stomach. She leaned on the soft pillow and looked at the kingdom knight with her wonderful eyes.
The blue pupils of the Kingdom Knight also looked at her, and the man's expression remained unchanged.
"You...why don't you want to be my partner?" After a while, the woman finally spoke.
"If you have any tasks and you want to cooperate with me, you can, put forward your price, and we can negotiate terms. If you want to become a long-term partner, no." Ryan said calmly.
"Why not? Don't we get along very well? Since we get along, are of similar age, and have similar abilities, wouldn't it be natural to become partners?" Teresa said strangely.
"Are the conditions for becoming a partner to be compatible and similar in age and strength? I don't think so. You may have found the wrong person, dear Theresa, or what is your purpose?" Ryan frowned. He always felt that this was the reason. Indescribably strange.
This is not an aristocratic blind date.
The woman also thought of it, her pretty face flushed, but she didn't speak.
"Oh? Is that so? Why don't I think it's different?" Teresa retorted, her silver eyes swept around Ryan, raised her eyebrows and blushed: "Is this how you find excuses? Make it up? Specious excuses to convince yourself?”
"..." Ryan's eyes flickered. He wanted to laugh it off but couldn't. His expression was frozen.
A man and a woman looked at each other with blushing faces for a while. Finally, the woman couldn't bear it anymore and turned her head: "Okay, I understand. There's no need to rush this matter for the time being. I'm going to bed. Good night."
"Well, good night." Ryan stood up and planned to leave.
"Ryan!" The man was called as he was about to go out.
"Um?"
"Soon, you will become my partner willingly."
"Oh? Really? Then I'm looking forward to your performance."
This chapter briefly introduces the background of the Witcher.