Chapter 69: The Witch's Request
Xu Yichen is a halfway monk demon hunter apprentice, even if you count the days of running away with the demon hunter, although he learned quickly, the time to become an apprentice is not half a month.
After listening to Xu Yichen's explanation, the witch looked at him with complicated eyes, as if she had regretted the promise she had made before.
"Well, I don't have a choice anyway." The witch sighed, and Xu Yichen heard the vicissitudes of time in her voice.
He felt that the witch in front of him might be like his teacher, who had experienced all kinds of things in the world in his long life, and the cynicism in his daily life was just a mask.
"Young apprentice, I never thought that one day, I would give a lesson to a demon hunter and tell us about our history." The witch rose from her limp and snapped her fingers.
Xu Yichen keenly found that the whole space was full of astringency, as if the air was heavy, and the female warrior Vittoria seemed to be pointed, standing stiffly in front of the shelf, still holding the model of the cat in her hand.
"What did you do?" Xu Yichen cautiously opened the distance and prepared for battle.
"Relax, young apprentice, the conversation between us is not suitable for others to hear, I just block her perception, and when we are finished, she won't even feel the passage of time." The witch waved her hand, signaling Xu Yichen to calm down.
"From the ancient time of the confluence of the celestial spheres, our world began to be eroded by chaos, not only in the material realm, but also at the soul level." The witch poured herself and Xu Yichen two cups of pink hot drinks.
"Taste, it's a rose dew I made myself." The witch pushed the teacup in front of Xu Yichen and continued: "Some people are naturally more sensitive than other people of the same kind, and from their childhood, they will show a unique talent. ”
"In the old days, they were called warlocks, witches. Now, they call us the children of calamity. The witch's voice seemed even more ethereal in the heat.
"Because we are more sensitive to power than others, we are also more susceptible to the temptations of chaos." The witch seemed to be recalling a painful memory, and even her voice was a little distorted: "Such a powerful power, we can reach it without sweat or blood, as long as we indulge ourselves, we can obtain it." ”
"Many people have fallen into chaos and become slaves to their desires. In the end, those who thirst for blood are bathed in their own blood, those who indulge in lust become neither male nor female, those who hope for eternal life are reduced to a puddle of flesh that will never die, and those who are calculating are thrown into an endless maze of intrigue and lose themselves forever. The gods always like to see this kind of drama play out. After the witch finished speaking, she was silent for a while, and Xu Yichen did not interrupt her.
"Some people, resisting the temptation, began to study the nature of chaos in hatred. But their kind have hurt the world so deeply that they will never be forgiven. The witch suddenly raised her head: "However, those innocent children, those children who have just awakened, they have not done anything yet, and they should not bear such a sin!" ”
Speaking of this, the witch paused, and Xu Yichen could feel the cover of the hood, and the witch was peeking at his reaction.
"I understand you, wars always involve innocent people." Xu Yichen organized the language: "But since you want me to help you protect a few innocent children in your mouth, you'd better use the most objective language to introduce the black ship that will appear next." ”
"Even the innocent people today have the potential to become a window to chaos." The Demon Hunter Apprentice said with awe-inspiring intent: "In my hometown, those who believe in it would rather kill three thousand by mistake than let one go!" ”
The witch's hand on the soft collapse clenched slightly: "You really deserve to be Gangze's apprentice, and you always seem unkind in front of the big right and wrong." ”
"The Black Ship is a large ship used by the Sisters of the Heart of the Sincere to transport the newly awakened seeds between the Old and New Worlds. That's what they call us, seeds, as if we were all alchemical bombs about to explode. There was a deep hostility in the witch's tone.
"Tell me about the Sisters of the Heart." Xu Yichen's tone like interrogating a prisoner made the witch snort lightly.
"The Sisters of the Heart of the Sincere, every time they appear, they walk the world in the name of the Witch King, searching for all the seeds of new awakening." When the witch introduced the organization, there was a hint of trilling in her voice: "The witch kings are the rulers of the New World and the masters of the Sisters' order. ”
"Those terrifying Witch Kings, after the Chaos Erosion Event, recruited those women who were full of hatred in their hearts, trained the most gifted of them into Silent Nuns, piloted the black giant ship, and offered enough seeds for the Witch King."
"They burned countless innocent people, mostly children and young people, to death in the Witch King's square, in the name of protecting the world from chaos, to dedicate their strength to the Witch King." When the witch said this, she paused: "What I need you to protect are the three children who were caught on the black ship. ”
Xu Yichen looked at the witch with idiotic eyes: "Although I don't know what kind of power the Silent Nun and the Witch King behind them are, judging from what they did, although it was a little cruel, but from a macro point of view, it was not wrong. And I can't do what you're talking about alone. ”
The witch took a deep breath: "They are definitely not the same as the camp of the demon hunters! They are not on the same side as everyone else, they only have the Witch King in their minds! I don't need you to break through the defenses of the black ship, we have enough manpower to act, the day after tomorrow, the black ship will arrive in Antony Harbor for supplies, I need you to help us hide those three children after the deed is done, for a month! ”
"Don't be too busy turning me down, I have one more thing besides your stolen goods that you can't refuse!" Before Xu Yichen could speak, the witch stretched out her slender fingers, and a necklace-like thing hung down from them.
The same thing as the [Broken Pendant] in Xu Yichen's hand!
"I'm sure you're interested in this thing, and besides, we witches have always had a good relationship with the moderate faction among demon hunters, and you can check this with your teacher." The witch's hurried tone made Xu Yichen sure that she had no other choice but herself.
I'm afraid that if I don't come to her to sell the stolen goods this time, the witch will take the initiative to come to the door.
More importantly, a hint from the system:
"The Witch's Request": The witch's sudden request leaves you deep in thought. On one side is a witch who works well together, and on the other hand, a powerful enemy that has never been in contact with you, and you are a little caught off guard after the departure of the experienced Sir Gangze. Should we help the forces represented by witches? (Note that the choice you make in this mission will affect your faction relationship, so please choose carefully)
Difficulty: Unknown (updated after making a selection)
Quest Reward: Unknown (updated when selection is made)
Xu Yichen didn't expect that the task given by the witch would involve the choice of camp, obviously, the witch society represented by the witch and the Sisters of the Heart of the Sincere represented by the black boat, Xu Yichen must choose one side as an ally and be hostile to the other.
Or, if you don't help each other, stay out of the way.