Afterword: The Village of Wailing
Not many people make more and more difficult choices than a witcher. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info because their half-demon bodies prevent them from simply looking at monsters on the opposite side.
However, are all these choices really good?
Or is there a greater hidden danger behind a brief period of joy? No matter what, there is no turning back on any decision.
Every decision made after hesitation will forever affect the direction of the entire timeline. The people in it are like stuck in a fog, unable to see the future.
However, by turning the wheel of fortune, we can clearly see the impact of all choices. There is no right or wrong choice, it just leads the future to uncharted territory.
There are many timeline engravings on the Wheel of Fortune...... Now, we can see what would have happened if Carnet hadn't made this choice in the canonical timeline.
This is knowledge from parallel worlds...... Mortals who do not have the ability to foresee cannot always walk on the right path.
...... Or, there is no happy ending.
Small choices can have terrible consequences.
First of all, please be clear: in the event of "Village of Wailing", Canette will enter Dahl Village and infiltrate the kitchen anyway. And it won't be discovered until the monster appears. And as long as you fight a monster, you will definitely kill it with your own hands.
Important choices that Carnet will greatly influence the timeline are as follows. In parentheses are the selections of canonical histories
A: Do you choose to come out to fight the blue-eyed lizard? (Yes)
B: Do you want to meet the little monster (yes)
C: Do you see the little monster and leave directly? (No)
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So, what would have happened if Canette hadn't come forward to fight the big lizard?
Forget it, what's the matter? Canette suddenly felt quite relieved, choked his breath, and secretly left the village: You don't welcome demon hunters so much, so deal with monsters yourself?
Carnet took enough dry food with him, and then left the village without looking back. A few days later, he crossed the Mavidar Mountains and reached the town on the other side of the mountain.
A week later.
The town of Jinmei on the east side of the mountain has posted a notice on the bulletin board: We are the villagers of Dar Village, and we sincerely invite demon hunters to go to Dalcun in the valley area of the mountain to hunt monsters. It entrenched itself in our village, killing all the villagers except us. And prevent anyone from approaching. For more information about the monsters, please come to the riverbank near the village office to find us. Remuneration is negotiable.
However, they couldn't wait for the Demon Hunter to come and collect the commission. The baby of the giant lizard has been rescued and has survived by being cared for by returning to its mother. The village of Dahl became a nest of these monsters, and soon attracted more people to live there. Soon, the village was completely crossed out from the local map and labeled as a "monster's lair".
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B: What would have happened if Canette hadn't gone to see the cubs?
After killing the monster, Canette hesitated, but did not choose to go to the cabin to see what monsters were kept: there was no need to look at it now. That's all self-inflicted.
Thinking like this, he stayed where he was, looking at the villagers who were hurrying back to the village. Most of them ran to put out the fire, but a few of them ran up to Canette excitedly and began to scream and yell at him in a stiff Eurasian language.
Canette relieved the village of its crisis. The villagers thanked him for this and gave him dry food and a few carters (one cart is equal to 100 fars)
。 Although the reward was a little less, Cannet, who did not want to continue to have contact with the pretended friendly people, stayed overnight and left, heading to the town across the hill. He wisely didn't ask about the cub again, and pretended not to notice that he was causing trouble in the province.
After all, everyone knew that Carnet had already understood what was going on under the village after seeing the blue fruit tree on the back of the big monster. So the departure of the witcher is also something they can't ask for.
Within a dozen days, the cub was dead. However, it continued to wail for a few days before its death, eventually attracting its own race. The people in the village were slaughtered by the monsters, causing a tragedy.
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C: What would it be like if Canette saw the cub and left without doing anything?
Despite the pity for the cub, Canette knew he shouldn't be nosy, so he climbed the ladder and left. But after going up, he was blocked by the villagers who came to check.
Even though they knew that Canette would have guessed what was going on underground even if he hadn't descended the elevator, they were terrified of revealing the secret. After all, Canette had seen fruit trees grow from sick, festering, filthy little monsters. Once it is spoken, it will affect the sales of blue fruits, and people will also point the conversation to Dahl Village. So someone was dizzy and suggested that Carnet should be killed just to be on the safe side.
However, the witcher had read their minds, and in order to avoid fighting, he claimed that he would not say it. It also provides the right way to heal the little monster and delay its life.
But the villagers were terrified and wanted to kill him. Half-dead by the anger of the gang, Canette drew his silver sword and fought back, directly hacking the proposer to death, frightening the gang to flee in all directions. Then, in a rage, he turned around and walked away, chopping to death five villagers who had attacked him and shooting an archer with a crossbow to kill an archer who tried to stop him, and then left the village when finally no one dared to stop him.
After a few days, the cub was slightly better thanks to the treatment provided by the witcher, but eventually died due to the entrenchment of the disease. The villagers who lost their blue fruits instantly turned back into poor eggs, and had to lament that they had returned to their original poor life, but they could not adapt for a long time.
Because the hope of curing the baby lizard was taken away from it, which is the most frustrating.
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At the end, the epilogue of the canonical history is presented.
A year later.
Tugging at the reins of the Dire Pony called El, Canette turned his head and looked at the sign.
It says the village of Dahl.
Heh, Dal...... Recalling that night a year ago, Canette couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic: it was impossible to get into the village. It's okay to take a look at it from the side.
Let's check it out...... Pulling up the reins, the Demon Hunter manipulated the Dire Horse and galloped towards the village: "Al, let's go!"
In a few moments, the village appeared before the witcher. The village is no longer fenced, but the most unusual thing is that in the middle of the village there is a group of hunters drying animal skins.
It seems that the villagers were forced to abandon their unearned livelihood and began to hunt and become self-reliant...... Suddenly feeling extremely relieved, Canette smiled and turned the horse's head.
The gang seems to want to get out of the way. Maybe they will hate me, but it doesn't matter - people always need to find someone to resent the pressure. Of course, it's nice to be able to see reality.
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Demon Hunting Blood Pupil Series Extra: Village of Wailing (End)