Chapter 4: The Uncanny Valley
"What happened to the Demon Hunters?"
Lorenzo hesitated at first, for he it was a story he didn't really want to recall, and maybe the robin was aware of it, and he continued.
"Can you tell us how your Demon Hunting Order hunts demons?"
The problem was subdivided again, robin continued.
"For example...... Rather bizarre demon hunting. ”
In recent years, the Purifier has not encountered many demons, and there are not many battles that are too strange and complicated.
"Bedtime ghost stories?"
Lorenzo was happy, I didn't expect the robin to want to know this.
"You're not wrong to understand that...... In fact, the Purifier and the Demon Hunting Order are very similar organizations, but they are fundamentally different. ”
"It is science, formulas and theories that establish the purification mechanism, but it is theocracy and faith that implements the Demon Hunting Order. ”
"It is even said that we are similar and at the same time completely opposite. The robin voiced his confusion.
They can be considered to have the same goal, but in a completely different way, they grow iron branches that resist the darkness.
"Yes, even if you hide deeply, the Demon Hunter Order has not been aware of your existence. ”
Lorenzo stared at the fireworks in the fireplace, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was reminiscing about the past, but the once clear past was a blur in his mind, making him a little confused.
In fact, this situation has appeared since the resurrection of the dead, and Lorenzo is like entering Alzheimer's disease in advance, and his fragmented memories are chaotic.
"The Demon Hunting Order has always used the power to fight against demons and use it as capital to threaten the countries, and Invig did not want to be checked and balanced by it, so he developed in secret, and even did not hesitate to trade with Jiuxia with steam technology. ”
Like the power of a closed weapon, the Evangelical Church monopolized it all until the forces of the Far East intervened, broke the stagnant pool, and stirred up a wave.
"According to the Evangelical Church's way of doing things, you will be considered heretical, and then the witchers will come in and crush your immature technology once again, ensuring supremacy in the fight against demonic power. ”
But at this point, Lorenzo suddenly sneered.
"It's a good thing they've played to death, otherwise a few of us might be facing each other right now. ”
Every time he thinks of this, Lorenzo has a deeper understanding of the alchemical death that Merlin said, that the mysterious power will eventually be eliminated from human life, and must not be dominant, and without the "Revelation", the secret blood technology of the Evangelical Church will be locked up, which is a wake-up call for the purification mechanism.
A denunciation of the Evangelical Church was much more acceptable to Lorenzo, and for him it was a beautiful but cruel time.
The long night was long and boring, bringing the topic back, Lorenzo said slowly.
"That'...... Listen to it as a strange demon hunting story. ”
The memories grew clearer, and Lorenzo continued.
"This is the most memorable and special mission in my memory, I can't remember the specific details, but I can still talk about the overall situation. ”
Seeing that he was serious, the three of them looked at Lorenzo by the fireplace quietly, and no one could stop their curiosity about the mysterious demon hunting order.
Lonely castles, cold winter nights, fireworks that burn silently, and a group of people who have a connection to the darkness...... It's the best atmosphere for storytelling.
"But before I tell this story, I need to make a few points. ”
Lorenzo said.
"Actually, when it comes to the demon incident, our Demon Hunting Cult and the Purification Agency are completely different plans of action, and we don't have any plans, nor do we have any prior plans. "Different branches of witchers perform completely different functions, so although they are called witchers, most of them are not on the front line of fighting demons. ”
"For example, I'm a Demon Hunter of the Medanzo Branch, and all we have to do is guard the Cathedral of Santa Nalo, and we rarely even go out of the Seven Mounds. ”
"But before we actually take on the role, we do a period of hands-on training...... In fact, no matter what branch of the demon hunter is dragged out, cut down a few demons and come back, just like a work internship. ”
The three of them had strange eyes, and only a neurotic like Lorenzo could describe such a terrible thing as an internship.
"Unlike you, you invented the Geiger counter to detect demonic erosion, but we rely mainly on the local church and the Chandal Demon Hunter's foresight. ”
"Sounds backward...... Possessing top power, but scouting in a primitive way. Joy said.
"So the Evangelical Church is a relic of the old days...... Lorenzo said, "because of the scarcity of witchers, many times they patrol in small teams." ”
"Because there is no efficient means of detecting demons, many times the reports reported by the local church are wrong, and those people report strange things as demons. ”
"So actually, we don't often encounter demons, but that case was very complicated, very complicated. ”
Lorenzo frowned, recalling the incident.
"Our team received the news and arrived in a small town in the middle of the valley, which was very remote and had very little communication with the outside world, and we got a postman from there.
He was terrified, as if he had been corrupted by demons, and his spirit was on the verge of a breakdown, and after leaving the town of the valley, he was discovered by a nearby traveler, and the incident was noticed by the priests, who then got a report about the town from his mouth, and then the witchers entered. ”
Lorenzo looked at the three of them, his speech slowing down, the cold wind roaring like monsters outside the walls, and they seemed to be the only ones left in the silence.
"When we arrived in that town...... It's a microcosm of Old Dunling. ”
As Lorenzo slowly narrated, he himself felt as if he had returned there, that long past.
"The town is in a valley, it's very difficult to get around, the buildings seem to be hundreds of years ago, the valley is foggy, like the old Dunling, but it's even worse there, the tall mountains completely block the light, and sometimes you can't even tell the difference between day and night. ”
He couldn't help but put his hand into his arms, but he felt empty, and then Lorenzo remembered that his cigarette case had not come back from the dead, and after a brief moment of silence, he continued.
"We witchers are very sensitive to the existence of demons, and even say that we are a Geiger counter, and many times the task is that when we arrive at the scene, we can distinguish whether it is related to demons or not.
But this time is special, we don't notice any erosion, but we can clearly feel the weirdness that pervades the town. ”
Lorenzo recalled the gray town, which seemed to maintain its eerie gray color day and night.
"It was precisely because of that inexplicable weirdness that we did not evacuate, but chose to find out the truth. ”
Lorenzo's voice paused, and then he said.
"We named that mission ...... Uncanny Valley. ”
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