Chapter Forty-Four: The Night's Watch, and the Bone Whisperer

Ciudad Venta Tavern, House of Elk.

The large plates of meat had to be sent one after another, because of the gold coins that the adult had taken before, the boss thought that he could make a lot of money, so he was very courteous, but as the plates beside Shi Yinghu were raised layer after layer, the smile on the boss's face gradually dimmed.

Fortunately, after all, there is still something to be earned, and this professional is obviously not easy to mess with, so the boss does not dare to slack off and cut corners on food.

The chef's skills in this tavern can only be described as average, but the texture of the steak is very good, and the chef has a lot of ingredients, so the sauce steak has a strong flavor and a rough and rich taste.

Although he loves sweets, Chubby is a carnivorous creature after all, and after eating a strawberry cream cake that weighs almost the same weight as it, he began to devour the meat again, holding a large meat chop cut by Shi Yinghu with both paws, and attacking from all angles with three heads, biting and devouring.

Interestingly, sometimes its three heads will attack each other, protecting its own meat...... Please, didn't it end up in the same stomach?

After devouring the twelfth plate of stewed pork hind leg meat and scraping the gravy off the bottom of the plate with thick slices of bread, until the plate was so clean that even wild dogs would not look at it, Shi Yinghu reluctantly regained his composure as a mage, and he took out a clean white silk from his sleeve and wiped the corners of his mouth.

The dark red furry three little fat dogs are still trying to eat, overeating is instinct for the creatures of the lower plane, because after this meal is eaten, the next meal does not know when it will be eaten, so that Shi Yinghu took a while to finish eating, and then exposed his uncivilized things to Shi Yinghu with a meaty and round belly.

Don't look at this guy at this moment, harmless to humans and animals, just like a little ragdoll dog, in fact, some time ago it turned Shi Yinghu on his back to harm Fenrir, and I don't know if it was strong, or half-pushed, or wishful thinking, in short, the scene was a mess when everyone found out.

Since then, Shi Yinghu didn't dare to meet Wei Del anymore, this little bastard in his own family gave trouble to the eldest girl before he was a minor, no matter what, he was the first to blame on his side, licking his face and making trouble unreasonably and even beating him upside down, Shi Yinghu really didn't have such a thick face.

Especially this scumbag dog is also ruthless, and after he succeeds, he no longer has the enthusiasm to hang around with people's buttocks.

Shi Yinghu has been taking it away for a while, and this scumbag dog doesn't miss Fenrir at all, or is it that the creatures of the lower plane are generally this kind of racial consciousness that does not care about breeding, right?

"A good life should be full of expectation, goodness and gratitude!"

"What are you talking about, O seawater?"

"It's an eternal question. ”

"Sky, what are you answering?"

"It's eternal silence. ”

"Thank you for the flame for giving you light, but don't forget the man who bears the lamp, who stands stoically in the darkness. ”

"Grass, your steps may be small, but you own the land under your feet. ”

"I was reminded of the many times that floated in the river of life and death, and the time that was finally forgotten, and from this, I felt the freedom to leave the world. ”

The bard in the tavern played the piano and sang again after a short break, only this time he was using the pan-continental lingua franca, so Shi Yinghu understood.

Being idle is also idle, so I listened to two sentences, and I probably understood that this is a song in praise of the demon hunter, called "The Night Watch".

The first sentence is to say that human life should yearn for light, freedom and happiness, the third sentence of the second sentence corresponds to the fifth sentence of the fourth sentence, which should be for the sake of rhyme, and the sixth sentence is the literary node of the song "Night Watchman", revealing the theme, sublimating the artistic conception, and covering the content. ”

The seventh sentence refers to the relationship between civilians and demon hunters, using grass as a metaphor for civilians, although they usually do not have the power to help demon hunters, but because of you as the foundation, there is the appearance and existence of demon hunters: because of this sentence, the pattern of this poem is not like the traditional similar themes, only focusing on the perspective of depicting heroes, blacksmiths swing hammers to build equipment for the brave, scholars give advice to heroes and think about tactics and strategies, The artistic conception of the farmer who does not hesitate to starve himself but also treats the soldiers with the best food is also reflected, although it is limited to only one sentence, but it can still make ordinary people feel resonance and inspiration.

The last sentence is the end of the whole poem, which faintly contains the composer's desire to break free from the world and get rid of the world.

The idea of Buddhism is: everything outside is completely and don't care about it, self-cultivation and diligence are the first, and all external demons are easy to get to the Tao, which is not only a kind of detachment, but also a kind of high-spirited diligence.

This is how the United States of America on the earth rose in those days, and its territory was beyond the world war, and it itself was high-spirited and diligent, and finally seized the world hegemony without causing any war, and surrendered without a fight.

In the plane world where Buddhism really exists, this is indeed an excellent way of thinking, even in the dark world, if a professional can stand in the dark world, but transcend the dark world, it will be a very powerful existence.

Listening to the bard's songs, drinking fruit wine and rinsing his mouth, a song, many demon hunters in the tavern applauded, and rewarded money, Shi Yinghu also followed and invested two gold coins, but he is not short of money now, Dacrim recovered the battle, too many demons and witchers died, Shi Yinghu got the storage ring again, brought out a lot of loot, after selling most of it, there were more gems worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins left on his body, and even there were many equipment boutiques, Shi Yinghu did not sell.

"Help me open the best and most comfortable room. After listening to the song, Shi Yinghu instructed the waiter to get up at the same time and prepare to go down to rest.

However, at this time, Xiaopang suddenly turned over and barked at the corner of the tavern, its cry attracted the attention of some professionals around, but after scanning the high-level robe on Shi Yinghu's body and the heavy weapons on his back, most of them turned their eyes away, but Shi Yinghu raised his eyebrows faintly, so Xiaopang usually does not howl and scream.

The whole elk house is quite spacious and elegantly furnished, and in addition to the central area, there are some relatively private spaces on all sides that are covered by curtains.

Shi Yinghu looked at the barking little fat, then looked in that direction, strode forward, lifted the colorful curtains, and saw a familiar figure in a group of professionals sitting together.

"Get out of here, get out of the way for me......"

I saw a long-legged Amazon girl with loose hair and red face struggling to kick a barbarian professional, but she was obviously a little too drunk, and four or five professionals around her deliberately surrounded her, so Finney couldn't struggle at all.

At this time, the drunken Finney saw Shi Yinghu and the little fat who had just climbed on Shi Yinghu's shoulder, she subconsciously blocked her face, not wanting Senior Kate or even Chubby to see her embarrassed appearance at this moment, but after a block, she slowly put her hand down again, anyway, she had already seen it.

Therefore, when the high-level necromancer appeared, the people around him were also stunned for a moment, and they were struggled away by Finney, who was fully awake, and ran to Shi Yinghu.

"Senior Kate...... I...... I've not had a good time since I left, do you still hire someone?I sold all the equipment you gave me, but the bow hasn't been sold, I can still help you cook, help you take care of the little fat ......" The more the Amazon girl talked, the more aggrieved she became, after cooperating with Shi Yinghu for a period of time, it was always easy to shoot others when she teamed up with other people, because when she joined forces with Shi Yinghu, there was no need to worry about attacking him, and normal demon hunters, even if they were melee professionals, often couldn't guard against a cold arrow that suddenly came from behind.

It's like throwing a person from a height of tens of meters, which can basically be considered murder, but if it's an acrobat performing a trapeze act, it's a normal fit and a wonderful performance.

Shi Yinghu can make sharp arrows pass through his neck and rub his skin without hurting himself, while ordinary professionals may be fighting, and an arrow suddenly appears from his chest, and what's more, Finney's arrow is highly poisonous!

After listening to Finney recount his experience during this time, Shi Yinghu sighed softly, for Finney, Arletta, Akdis, these little girls, he often treats them with a height and perspective close to his father's generation, if he is also a young man in his twenties, at this moment Shi Yinghu definitely brushed his sleeves away: What does it matter to me whether you mix well or not? Lao Tzu is worthy of you, and takes you to do tasks and give you equipment.

But from the perspective of his uncles, Shi Yinghu looked at Finney and the low-level professionals behind her, but after all, he couldn't bear a little girl with a pure nature to stay with some low-level gangsters.

"Let's go. He didn't say anything, Shi Yinghu whispered and said so.

............

"Hey, who are you? The people in Lao Tzu's team, you said take it away?"

On the one hand, it is the natural bravery of the barbarians, on the other hand, it is the effect of alcohol, but more importantly, it is the unwillingness to fly out of the mouth of a large piece of lamb meat, that Amazon girl is obviously a chick who has not graduated for a long time, such a little girl, after coaxing for a while, may be able to get it.

(Grandma, what about high-level professionals?, can a necromancer beat so many of us in the tavern?)

However, the thought of the barbarian professional was abruptly shattered with the gray-robed man's turn, he leaned back, and then slowly sat down with a pale face, listening to the tugging and whispering of his subordinates around him, but he seemed to be separated from another world.

"Boss, boss, be careful. That man, Kate Bryan, was a high-ranking necromancer who had just saved Darkrim and refused to be awarded a medal from the Trister Federation...... It is said that he is now known as the 'Whisperer with Bones', and is praised by the Sage of Kane as the new generation of necromancers who is most likely to impact the legendary realm within twenty years...... We can't afford to mess with such people, and we can't fight for them at all......"

The whisper of the skinny monkey assassin beside him, the pale barbarian listened intermittently.

At this moment, all that filled his mind was the fierce and hideous look that the man had just looked at sideways, the black and white, but the eyes that were filled with the breath of endless death.

On the other side, Shi Yinghu took the Amazon girl Finney to the counter and opened another room for her.

The art of witnessing, even in a world without extraordinary power, a senior mercenary or killer, who has experienced a rain of bullets all year round, killing and being killed, is an ordinary thing, over the years, the murderous aura accumulated on their bodies is extremely considerable, often just a look, can make ordinary people who have not experienced the baptism of the battlefield shudder, and even directly lose the sense of resistance.

And a martial artist who has cultivated to the realm of Shi Yinghu, if he wants to, can even break the spiritual will of that barbarian with one look, so that when he sees battle and blood in the future, he will tremble with fear and completely abolish it.

This method is very useful, but unless there is a huge gap between the two sides and it is determined that the other party's mental willpower is not high, it is also very impractical, because a person who is strong enough, after being witnessed by a powerful person, on the one hand, he has a certain chance of sinking and will no longer be able to continue his cultivation, and on the other hand, he may slowly overcome and digest this psychological suppression, and instead digest it as the driving force for his own spiritual progress.

At that time, this kind of sighting/psychological suppression will become a kind of disaster technique, because after the other party completes the psychological breakthrough, he will inevitably find a technique to prove it.

Therefore, unless it is used as a means of control on a frontal battlefield, it is at other times a weak ability. Of course, a small punishment and a big commandment, it is not a big mistake for a young man to pursue a girl, and with Shi Yinghu's status, he did not choose to completely destroy the spirit of the barbarian, he just forced him back, really, he was too lazy to entangle with them.

"Brother Kate, don't you leave me and go by yourself, okay? I, I promise not to mess around in the future, just follow you. On the corridor on the second floor of the tavern, Finney, who was walking with Shi Yinghu with his head down, suddenly said...... It can only be said that women, especially Amazon girls, have a very keen sixth sense.

“......... No, Chubby will give you a hug and get a good night's sleep. Looking at the blonde girl who was about to cry, Shi Yinghu thought about it and handed her the three little fat dogs in his arms, and it was not until this moment that Finney broke into tears and laughed completely relieved.

Returning to his room, Shi Yinghu did not sleep directly, but after taking a bath, he turned on the lamp and looked through the necromantic notes left by Wei Xin.

His way of learning and comprehension is rather strange, not just reading and watching, but taking out a pen and notebook from the storage ring, constantly copying, and then writing down his understanding and judgment in the process.

Thinking about it until midnight, Shi Yinghu sometimes stood up suddenly, then walked to the bed, and with a wave of his hand, took out Wei Xin's body from the storage ring, because the purgatory contract was made with the soul, so although Wei Xin was burned by the fire of purgatory, his body itself was not damaged, but the soul was pulled into the lower plane by the chains formed by the fire of purgatory, and even the soul binding stone was also burned.

The fire of purgatory has extremely strong properties for the soul and a strong destructive power for matter, but what really makes Shi Yinghu feel terrible is its super controllability, which is obviously such a fierce and unrestrained energy, but it is controlled like an arm, almost perfectly controlled.

Of course, in a way, this result is a great deal of cheapness for Shi Yinghu, the soul of the completely demonized Wei Xin has not been completely sublimated, but its physical body has been completely promoted to the legendary level, and even if he wants to, Shi Yinghu can extract the source blood of the lower plane world, the high-level demon bone demon, from the corpse in front of him.

As a demon blood that Weixin made a deal with the fallen nobles of the lower plane, he did not hesitate to fall to obtain it, of course, it is extremely powerful, and it is extremely compatible with the necromancer profession.

After being transformed into a bone demon by a human, it not only has a strong increase in the two major systems of spells of summoning, toxin and white bones, but also almost perfectly makes up for the limitations of the necromancer's weak melee combat, and can control the growth of bones as an offensive and defensive weapon, and those bones are stronger than steel, and the physical resistance is excellent while even the spell resistance is extremely strong.

The corpse of a legendary creature, even if it is left there, will not be easily corrupted for years or decades, and will not spread its magic power (being in an ectopic plane will accelerate this process), not to mention that Shi Yinghu also carried out antiseptic-related treatment for it as soon as possible.

At this moment, Wei Xin lay there like a living person in a deep sleep, telling Shi Yinghu that he had comprehended and studied all the necromancy.

(I won't implant the blood of the bone demon, the human body in this world is different from the human body on the earth plane, and then continue to be alienated?)

(However, I could use it as a petri dish for raising Abomination or Death Knights, which is a bit of a tyrannical thing, but it's in my best interest.) Shi Yinghu's research is destined to be completely different from other necromancers, although there are some references between each other, but the meridians and knots that Shi Yinghu is looking for many times are almost inexplicable and unheard of for the necromancers of this world.

However, this is also a normal phenomenon, and it is equally difficult for everyone to understand the Qi and Blood Martial Arts system in the True Qi Martial Arts World.

This is just like talking about faith civilization in the world of technological civilization and scientific and technological civilization in the world of magic civilization, everyone has absolute self-confidence in their own civilization system, and subconsciously will reject and dislike other choices.

As for Shi Yinghu, he has experienced it personally, so it is relatively easier to accept.

Cutting corpses, collecting blood, looking for the devil's tricks, and then recording them with paper and pen one by one, for now, Shi Yinghu can't find a trick with great accuracy, and it's not easy for humans to find it, let alone the lower plane of the demon, but it can summarize the rules, and you can repeatedly reverse the rules in the human immortal refining method, determine the key points of the demons' several tricks, and continue to accumulate experience, so as to prepare for the day when you use it on yourself.

That night, Shi Yinghu pondered and studied for half a night, and although he gained a little, it was not enough to promote the further leap in his cultivation strength.

In the second half of the night, Shi Yinghu packed up the relevant things, and then fell asleep on his own.

...........................

For Shi Yinghu, yesterday was a very ordinary night, enjoying food, enjoying the night, enjoying rest, working hard to study knowledge, and integrating it with his own learning system.

But for Finney, yesterday was a long time ago, the first night he could sleep peacefully, holding the fluffy and very warm three-headed chubby, Finney took a deep sleep and slept until dawn.

However, when the lazy girl gradually woke up and opened her eyes, she found that she was empty in her arms, and the little dark red hair ball was gone.

Thinking of a possibility, the blonde girl got up suddenly, but the next moment she found that the three-headed dog Chubby bit a food bowl, staggered and jumped on the bed, and then threw the bowl in front of her, waiting to be served with a proud face.

It also seems to be able to distinguish who is the master and who is the servant.

However, this scene of the dog's fight made the Amazon girl laugh angrily, she reached out and rubbed her little fat hard, and seemed to laugh angrily: "Even you bully me and look down on me!"

Twenty minutes later, Finney, who had prepared food for Chubby, was washing, when the door was pushed open outside, and the man had some clothes in his hand and threw them on the bed together.

"Put them on, get dressed up, and in ten minutes, go with me somewhere and meet some people. ”

"Ahh "Just got forgiven, Finney is in the stage where he doesn't dare to say anything, he doesn't dare to ask anything, although he is confused, he still hurries down, for fear that the senior will be unhappy and drive him away.

After Shi Yinghu went out, Finney began to look at the clothes he was wearing when he got up, not the expected armor, but a lady's suit and skirt.

"What are you doing in such a suit?" About twelve minutes later, Finney, dressed in a ladies' suit and high heels, ran down, and at this time, at the door of the tavern, there was already a luxurious carriage waiting.

looked a little awkward, Finney came out, even Shi Yinghu nodded slightly, Finney was originally a very brilliant beauty, tall and long-legged, at this moment, wearing a knee-length skirt, high heels, and gold-rimmed glasses, she was more temperamental.

As for her not being used to wearing high heels for a while, this is nothing, with the adaptability of a professional, it will take ten or twenty minutes to adapt.

"I'm sorry, senior, but this is the first time I've worn it...... It's late. ”

"Don't waste any more time, get in the car. With that, Shi Yinghu opened the carriage for her, and then walked up with Finney.

Horse-drawn carriages existed on the earth in Shi Yinghu's time, as a tool used by nobles and wealthy people to fill the pomp, but in this dimensional world, in this era, horse-drawn carriages are still the mainstream means of transportation, although gas cars already exist, but they have not yet been fully promoted.

"Senior Kate, where are we going?"

"Go negotiate with some old guys and make some money by the way. Shi Yinghu sat in the carriage, and he took off the storage ring on his finger and threw it to Finney.

"In a moment, you can just hand over the documents to those people. You don't have to worry about anything else. ”

Finney took the ring and put it on his finger with some excitement, this is a piece of equipment that only high-level professionals can have, and it was given by the senior.

First of all, I took out a few documents from the ring, and Feeney looked through them, which read: "Miracle of Life", "Human Potential" and other words, and also attached some photos, some data.

"Senior, although I'm not qualified to participate in the periphery, didn't you just make a big vote? Isn't it the time when there is no shortage of money?"

Receiving the task, completing the task, and then receiving the reward to sell the loot, or spending all day drinking or doing other things, in short, this is the life of a demon hunter, at least the life of the vast majority of demon hunters, Finney also knows that Senior Kate has completed the task of recovering Dacrim City, not to mention the rest, it is just the bonus awarded by the Trist Federation, which is the savings of many low-level professionals for more than ten years, not to mention other benefits.

"There is no shortage of money, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, I really do not lack it. But hundreds of millions and billions, I don't have them, and research work, if you don't want to die of exhaustion, is actually a very, very money-burning thing. Shi Yinghu looked at Finney and smiled, he was different from the natives of this world in this plane, Shi Yinghu, he knew too well what commodities were the most valuable.

The sumptuous carriage drove into a huge manor house, the domain of the local baron Hustanbull, who was also a great merchant, or one of the most successful merchants in the whole of Winda.

"Mr. Kate Bryan has arrived, and according to him, to tell us about a big business, and I don't know what kind of business, is worth inviting the richest people in the entire Trist Federation, and I would not have accepted such an offer if it had not been Mr. Brian. "The capital of the Triester Federation, because of the strong political atmosphere and the large number of nobles, the richest businessmen of the Trist Federation are mostly gathered in the city of Wenlta, which is the most important economic center of the entire Trist Federation.

"What great business can a young necromancer, even if he is brilliant and has been praised by the Sage of Kane, offer us all the best of us? ”

In the room on the second floor, except for the Baron of Houstanbull, almost all the people present were fifty or even sixty years old, although they were far from the age when they should retire because of aristocratic maintenance, but in this era when the average life expectancy was only thirty or forty years old, they were busy with their respective family business on weekdays, and they really did not have time to spare time to party.

At this moment, they still didn't care about the young man who came in in the carriage below, and they would never have imagined that someone would use a trick to pull out their coffins.

"Oh, great Mr. Brian, welcome to you, even Mr. President has not been able to invite you, and it is a great honour for you to be present at my banquet. When Shi Yinghu walked in from the red carpet on the front with Finney, Baron Hustanbull walked down the stairs on the second floor in a formal suit and greeted the wizard in front of him with his hands raised.

Of course, this is the moment when Darkrim has just recovered and Kate Bryan's reputation is at its highest, and if Kate Bryan has nothing bigger to do in a few years, then this hot trend will fall.

"Oh, beautiful lady, your beauty darkens the morning light, are you Mr. Brian's female companion?"

"Ah, I'm the senior's assistant, hello Baron, my name is Finney. "Professional witchers naturally have a kind of overlook in the face of ordinary people, so although Finney is only a low-level professional, a rookie witcher, she does not appear to be so weak in the Baron of Houstanbull, in fact, Finney's life is only in front of that man.

Although he was anxious to make money, Shi Yinghu was still calm after all, after all, Baron Hustanbull invited more than a dozen of Wenerta's biggest financiers according to his own words, whether it was to repay the favor or repay the favor, Shi Yinghu attended the cocktail party with a lot of face, and in the process, he got to know those business tycoons one by one.

After more than an hour, everyone was tired of playing, Baron Hustanbull wanted everyone to a room, this is to make a scene for Kate Bryan, he also knows that Kate Bryan wants to make money, but he doesn't know how the other party wants to make money, this Mr. Bryan gives himself face, so he will also make a scene for the future legendary mage, as for whether he can make money, how much money he can make, it's none of his business.

Holding a wine glass and looking at everyone present, Shi Yinghu smiled, and then asked, "Do you know why we drink red wine?"

“......”

"............" was full of silence, I'm afraid no one has seriously thought about this question.

"Of course, because red wine tastes better than water, Mr. Brian, what is the problem?" said an obese old man in the wine business.

"Hehe, that's a really boring question. Then I'll change to a more interesting question, Your Excellency, do you know how long you can live?" Shi Yinghu shook his wine glass, walked up to the fat old man, leaned over, and said with a smile.

As soon as this question came out, the audience fell silent. Especially the obese old man, the smile on his face gradually retracted, and his expression became a little terrifying.