Chapter 43: After the War
It's been more than a month since the earth-shattering battle of the Demon Gods, but Tristram still hasn't shaken off the shadow of death. Most of the inhabitants have fled their homes, some have gone to the ronin camps, some have formed groups to make their way to the far east, except for a few who have been frightened by the demons that roam outside, and a beautiful and mysterious witch, who remain in this broken land.
In this battle, the most heavy losses were the Rogers from the Abbey, who fought bravely and slay demons, but were killed by the evil magic of the terrible Diablo, and even the remaining Rogs and Blood Crow were tormented by the shadows and disturbed by fear.
Fortunately, when Liszt and his party entered the church, they passed through the prison built by King Leoric, and saved the imprisoned Liszt's grandfather Austin before he was about to be killed by the evil skeleton, otherwise, if something happened to Austin, he would have made Kane pay for it.
Aidan who sealed the demon god gradually became indifferent and alienated from his comrades, Liszt and Nolan knew that Aidan had lost all his family because of the demon, as well as his most respected paladin commander Rakdanan, and no one could help him get rid of the hesitation and confusion in his heart. After being denied help again and again, Liszt and others had no choice but to leave.
In the days that followed, Aidan often mingled with the beautiful witch named Adria, and Liszt and the others thought that Aidan needed some gentle comfort, but Kane was faintly uneasy in his heart.
Adria, a wealthy witch, took the initiative to give the healing potions she had brought to the wounded heroes after hearing about the exploits of Liszt and his party, and treated the seriously wounded, and she even gave some of the money to the Roges in memory of the warriors who died at the hands of demons. This made Liszt and them have a much better impression of Elelia, and they no longer paid attention to her mysteries and some wrongs.
After recovering from his burns, Nolan says that he can no longer follow Aidan and that he will go to his hometown of Kaigistan to find a way to fight the demons and report everything that happened to his teacher. The Blood Crow and the remnants of the Rogers prepare to return to the Rog camp after burying their dead companions. Just when Nataya wanted to go back with her, Liszt stopped her.
"Lady Nataya, please wait, I have something to tell you." Liszt stopped Nataya, who was packing up, "Very important thing. ”
Nataya actually wanted to talk to Liszt, but the two were not familiar with each other, and she was afraid that this powerful person would misunderstand, so she didn't take the initiative to mention it. She and Liszt had little chance to communicate because of the fierce battle on the road, but during the battle, Nataya could see that Liszt had also been trained as an assassin like her as Vizjata, but his fighting style was both a bow and arrow, and this familiar way of fighting reminded her of a person she was worried about but had not heard from.
"Ms. Nataya, you must know Li Yang and Mr. Kovaan, right?" Liszt asked.
When Nataya heard these two names, her hair stood on end in an instant, and she looked at Liszt vigilantly with a vigilant look, and said in a cold voice, "Who are you?" What is your purpose?! ”
No wonder Nataya is so panicked, for their special group of witchers, revealing their name means death, although the assassin is the nemesis of the mage, in the eyes of all mages, the assassin is also their mortal enemy. Once an Assassin's true name is revealed, he will inevitably be hunted down to death by the Mage Order. Nataya doesn't know why Liszt knows the names of her lover and friend, but she knows that Liszt is either a friend or an enemy, and there will be no third case.
Liszt was not surprised to see Nataya's vigilant look, he reached out and took out a thin diary from his underwear, which was the most important treasure he protected with his life, he handed this diary to Nataya, and said: "Lady Nataya, the answer you want is here, you should take a good look at it first." ”
Nataya saw this familiar diary and hurriedly took it, and when she saw the familiar words she wrote on it, love, the essence of life, her tears couldn't help but burst out of her eyes. Even though she already knew the answer, she looked at Liszt hopefully, hoping that Liszt would tell her that the bastard just had something to do and couldn't come.
But to her despair, Liszt just looked at her in a complicated way, then fell silent and shook his head gently.
"No!" Nataya cried bitterly, "You bastard! Have you forgotten our agreement? Have you forgotten our oath of the mountains and seas? How can you! How can you do this, leave me! Nataya cried so hard that Liszt couldn't bear to look at it anymore, he knew that it would take time for Nataya to heal the huge hole in her heart, he stopped bothering Nataya, and left silently.
Outside the house was the bloody black that looked at the room worriedly. Before, Liszt told her his life experience, and both of them tacitly agreed not to tell Nataya about Yang's bad news, but she always knew that Liszt finally told her the truth.
"She's going to be fine, right?" Blood Crow asked worriedly.
"No, witchers are never trapped by hatred and sorrow," Liszt shook his head, "Lady Nataya is a good witcher like my father, and she will only get a new target for revenge, the Triune Cult, and she will not be devastated. ”
"That's good, Rog's camp is empty now, we have to go back first, Liszt, take good care of Nataya." Xuewu heard this, relieved a little, and before leaving, he told Liszt a lot of words about taking care of her friend Nana, and then turned around and left.
In the past few days, Nataya has been staying in the house, not going out of the house, and not letting anyone approach, Liszt understands this mood very well, he did not bother Nataya, but went to Kane, who was chatting with his grandfather.
His grandfather had been imprisoned and tortured by the terrifying power of the demon gods of hell, which had weakened him in his old age, and he had been recuperating in Kane's hut these days, chatting casually with Kane and Zur, who had not left for a while.
Liszt found Kane, who was talking to Austin's grandfather in the house, and said straight to the point in front of Austin: "Kane, if what you said before is true, then how will Mephisto, the king of hatred of Curlast, solve it?" I heard you say that he is Diablo's brother, so will his power be stronger than Diablo? ”
When Austin heard the news, he was taken aback and hurriedly asked Kane: "Kane!" What's going on? How can there be demons in Kurast?! ”
Kane smiled wryly and took out the Book of Hradim left by his ancestors, and told Austin and Zur about the hunt for the Three Demon Gods more than 200 years ago.
"How so?!" Austin struggled to get up and said excitedly, "I must tell our Hakan the Great and our people about this terrible news, and I must not allow Kurast to become a living hell like Tristram!" ”
"Without further ado, Liszt, we must hurry up and stop the demonic rage!" Zur also said to Liszt solemnly.
"But my body may not allow me to do this," Liszt said helplessly, "The mysterious power last time was too huge all of a sudden, and my body had no chance to adapt to the growth of strength, although I killed Diablo, my body was also shattered by the impact, and I am currently unable to use elemental power, and now I have no combat power at all." ”
Kane looked at the helpless crowd and comforted: "Don't worry too much, since Mephisto didn't make a big mess in Kurast first, but sent his servants to rescue Diablo, it means that he has no ability to break away from the seal in a short time, Kurast is still safe at present, Liszt, you can recover well." ”
Zur frowned and proposed: "In this case, I will go to Kurast to find out the situation first, if the situation is not right, I will find someone to come and ask for your help, and Liszt will be with Uncle Austin to recuperate first." Leave the rest to me, my partner. ”
Looking at Zur's resolute gaze, Liszt had no choice but to agree, and he added: "Zur, don't be stupid, this time you have also seen the power of Diablo, don't go to Mephisto alone!" ”
"Don't worry, no, I'm not a reckless man." Zur smiled.
"Isn't it?" Liszt and Kane silently complained, "I don't know who the brute who wields a huge scythe and fights the butcher is?" ”