The Journey of the Demon Hunter

"What is this?"

"The protesting crowd." Du Du frowned. Nearly a hundred people were gathered around the church, waving the signs in their hands, protesting against the harm caused by Chapei's blockade of the pier to the city, and demanding that the eternal fire immediately lift the blockade. Let life in the city return to normal.

"Is the harm caused by the blockade of the dock so great?"

"No, believe me, even if all commercial activities are stopped, the grain brought in from the farms around the city and the goods brought in by land commercial roads can still guarantee the normal operation of the city. What impact do you want to say? It is the recent increase in the price of goods on the exchange. Some people want to make a fortune by hoarding raw materials before the terminal is blocked. Now the price has basically quadrupled. You know, Novig Raw materials such as iron ore are not produced near Switzerland."

"When Chapei used threats and extortion methods to manage Novigrad, no one dared to say anything. Now when he uses gentle methods to manage, people are starting to trouble him?"

"You can say that."

Du Du rubbed his hands. His current name is Du Du Bibberfield, a businessman who cooperated with Eternal Fire. He led the demon hunter around the protesting crowd. The temple guard looked at Zelin and opened a side door for them.

On the second floor of the church, Zelin met the well-known Chapei.

He wore a white coat, which was decorated very ornately with delicate mosaic patterns embroidered with gold and silver threads. His eyes were horribly cold, his forehead was pale, covered with sickly beads of sweat, and his cheeks had irregular blushes.

"Du Du, why are you here at this time? There is also a demon hunter." Cha Pei raised his head. There are no temple guards or personal guards here. "I don't remember to hire a demon hunter recently, but I still welcome you to this city as long as you know how to use your sword."

"Don't worry, Chapei, this is the demon hunter that Larry said. He is a good man, and he also brought a very bad news."

"What news?"

"Plague, a plague ship is approaching the dock in Novigrad."

This kind of thing is difficult to be convincing. There has never been such a situation in the past, but there has never been a plague in another world or an intervention with the evil **** in the past. Of course, Zelin can only stop talking about some things.

After listening to Zelin’s account, Cha Pei rubbed his forehead, "Plague Ship? Maybe we can destroy him before it approaches? Novigrad has the largest fleet in the north, and the eternal fire controls the strongest in the city. A large armed ship. You can sink it before it approaches."

"I hope so. But I also want to be ready to destroy the failure." Zelin nodded, if they could destroy the ship and burn it before it docked, they would be able to solve the source of the plague once and for all, but The demon hunter didn't believe it, it would be that simple. He did not believe that Dagon would sit by and watch the controlled ship burn down in the open sea.

Zha Pei scratched his temple. "If anyone came here and told me that there would be a ghost ship of the plague like in the story, I would never believe that there have been too many people staring at the prices on the blackboards of ports and exchanges recently. But I can’t think of what a demon hunter has to do with all of this.”

On the second floor of the church, you can clearly hear the protests coming from below. Zha Pei leaned forward and folded his hands together. "If the plague ship is really as dangerous as you said, I will block Novigrad. The coast, but you have to understand that this is not an easy task. You have to know that the plague, compared with hundreds of thousands of Krona coins, may be more important in the eyes of a few people."

"And unfortunately, these few people can influence most things." Zelin nodded with a comprehension. "When I came from Temoria, this ship had already appeared on the sea. I suggest you do it as soon as possible."

"I will, Demon Hunter, when this plague-spreading ship is resolved, I will be able to reopen the dock, which will make the city prosper again. Believe me, I value this matter more than you."

Through the window on the side, Zelin looked at the excited protest crowd below, "There is a problem with the way you manage the city, Cha Pei."

"Problem? What's the problem? I make this city more prosperous, and make people friendly to others under the guidance of the eternal fire. In the future, this city will not only be the jewel of the north, but will be called the jewel of the world. Novigrad is the only city without non-human settlements among all the cities in the north. I hope that every town where the eternal fire will be in the future will be like this."

The demon hunter was silent for a while.

"Well, Chapei, I am waiting for your good news."

The first thousand and ninety-three chapters disappeared acquaintances

If there is anything commendable about the Eternal Fire, it is their efficiency.

The next morning, while Gnaiya was still sleeping on the bed, Zelin was already dressed and standing on the window sill, gradually waking up in the cool sea breeze. The demon hunter always thinks that he wakes up very early. The sun has just appeared on the other side of the sea level. The market not far from the hotel is still deserted. Few people know that the shops and stalls have not yet opened, only two. The tabby cats ran after each other.

But at this time, Zelin noticed that on the pier, three three-masted sailboats had already set sail in the morning light, heading out to the sea off Novigrad. Novigrad is a city with high and low differences. On the balcony on the second floor of the hotel, he easily saw the mark of the eternal fire on the sails. There are two assault ships and a double-decker warship. Novigrad is a pure free city in name. Countries will not intervene here. The city is managed by the city council and it is not allowed to have military forces other than the city guard. But only a fool will stupidly comply with terms that obviously restrict himself.

Without sufficient influence and self-defense ability, the city would have been annexed by Redania long ago.

The previous afternoon, Zelin and Chapei had a conversation in the temple. They only took one night to figure out the matter, and their influence must have bypassed the city council. If this matter is thrown to the city council for discussion, it is estimated that after the plague ship arrives in Novigrad, they may have just gathered for a meeting. One after another boring meeting, Zelin never liked this.

"Um...Is it dawn?"

On the bed, Gnaiya raised her arm, half-squinted her eyes and asked in a daze.

"Not yet."

"Ah... call me for breakfast." She lay down for a while, fumbled and pulled the quilt on her body, and soon fell asleep.

When Zelin went downstairs, he found that Amelia was awake, sitting in the hall, as if studying something. Next to her desk, there was a poster of a big bet.

"What are you doing?"

"Considering after we win, I will do something with this huge sum of money." Amelia put away the things in her hand, and she moved so fast that Zelin didn't even see what she was hiding. She grabbed the poster and shook it. "Look, this time the prize money is 10,000 kronor and 10,000 kronor gold coins. I heard that some Nilfgaards are attracted by this huge sum of money."

"Ten thousand crowns?"

Zelin bent down and took the poster from Amelia. "You mean, is the total prize money of all the players 10,000, or 10,000 for the champion?"

Amelia pointed out the propaganda rule on the poster with her finger outstretched. "Of course it is the champion, in fact, only the champion has the bonus."

Ten thousand crowns of gold coins can buy a huge castle. Zelin’s own academy castle cost only one kilogram at the beginning, plus the subsequent expansion and renovation costs, which add up to less than five thousand. Krona. The concept of 10,000 kronor is probably a comfortable manor, a large field, basically equivalent to worry about food and clothing for the second half of life, and it can even make people spend a long time, or directly buy all the shops in Novigrad’s most prosperous market. . It is no wonder that it is indeed a temptation to attract the empires from the south to come here.

To be precise, this is simply the temptation of the devil.

Zelin took a deep breath.

"If I don't have any money, I will definitely participate this time."

If he didn't go to the Lonely Mountain and got a piece of the Lonely Mountain Treasure, 10,000 kroner would definitely attract him to try his luck.

"But there is another restriction here, that is, participants must pay a registration fee of one kilogram."

"One kilogram? The price is higher than in the past." The demon hunter raised his eyebrows unexpectedly. , There may be exceptions. "Well, no wonder the bonus is so high, the registration fee of one kilogram, as long as more than a dozen people sign up, they will earn it."

This is like a gambling contest specially prepared for those who can be named. Of course, there may be gamblers who think that they can earn 10,000 kronor with one kilogram of savings. This is not the same as the big bets in the past. As long as it is not private sponsorship, the gates in the past will not be so high. If they cannot attract enough people to participate in the competition, the organizers may not make money.

"You sign up with me, and we can catch up with breakfast when we come back."

"Good idea, let's go."

Novigrad in the morning is the only time when the city will appear deserted. People who are active at night have begun to go home to sleep or hide in their nests, but those who are active during the day have not yet woken up. At the junction of night and day, only a few pedestrians can be seen on the street. They are either off late work, yawning and ready to go home to sleep, or they need to work overtime in the morning, or they have a stern boss who must get up and go to work when the **** croaks.

The work of the guards never stopped. Two city guards were dragging a few hacked corpses out of the alley. This was obviously the result of the gang fighting last night.

But some of them are looking for it, and the big casino in Novigrad hasn't opened yet. The window with the big gambling billboard was still closed. Zelin and Amelia looked at each other, and the latter sighed. "Don't mind waiting with me in the cold wind for a while?"

"Of course not, but I hurry you are indeed a little too excited."

"When we first met in the past, you were more excited about this thing than I was."

"Please, I didn't have the experience of coaxing little girls at that time, especially to enlighten someone who might commit suicide at any time. You looked like you were going to bite your tongue in the next moment and commit suicide. And at that time I thought, I should There is a tool that can adjust the atmosphere and open up the topic."

Suddenly, Zelin stopped talking. They leaned against the fence on the side of the street, and the ears of the demon hunter just heard a familiar voice from behind the fence. The identity of the owner of this voice was a bit unbelievable when he thought of it. He turned his head uncertainly, raised his head and crossed The towering fence and the flowerbed behind the fence looked towards the people on the street next door. There were three men standing there, and one of them was an obese man in a pale yellow jacket was talking to the other two.

"What's the matter?"

"You wait here for a while, I seem to have met an acquaintance."

"Can't I go there together, your acquaintance?"