"A bunch of idiots. ”

Looking at the five charred corpses in the swamp, the magician belonging to the Kirk family let out a mocking sneer.

The pillar of fire that the red-haired witch had lit before she left was far more majestic than any before, and soon the rest of the team of magicians found the location of the flames, and when the raging fire was dispersed, five male corpses appeared in front of everyone.

The wizards of the Kirk family wandered around several corpses for a while, and found one of the male corpses wearing an iron ring on his right wrist, which had not been melted even in such heat.

This is a bracelet issued by the Wizards' Association to official mages, forged from a special metal with a casting technique unique to halflings, and does not change its form even when exposed to heat and extreme cold, usually as a symbol of the status of magicians, but at this moment, it is a judgment for them to identify the corpse.

"Found it, this is the corpse of that McCarthy idiot, who seems to want to take the witch for himself, but he has been defeated. ”

The other magicians and knights gathered around, but Noyce was not among them, and he didn't seem to have any trouble coming at once.

"There is no doubt that they died at the hands of the witch councilor. "The wizard of the Kirk family immediately made his own judgment - it didn't even take much thought to think about it, it was all burned to a pile of charcoal, could there be a second explanation?

The other people's expressions were as usual, and they agreed with his statement.

However, not far away, there was the sound of horses' hooves, and two horses galloped into the swamp, the black horse carrying Noyes, and the brown one carrying a man whom he did not know, he was half of his face wrapped in a dark cloth, his hair was not long, and it was almost white, but the skin in the corners of his eyes did not look like an old man, and his burly figure was dressed in clothes half leather and half chain mail, and two long swords were carried behind his back.

It is actually strange that neither soldiers nor knights carry their swords behind their backs, which are not easy to pull out, and are usually tied around their waists and equipped with only one sword.

Don't believe in the flow of two swords and two swords, thousands of years of war have proved that holding a sword in both hands is the most powerful way to hold it.

He flipped off his horse in a beautiful and skillful posture and landed steadily on the mud, his boots splashing a lot of mud, and the necklace with the wolf-shaped badge hanging around his neck dangled a few times.

It was then that the magician of the Kirk family noticed his eyes, which were absolutely very human, they were actually yellow-brown vertical pupils! like cat's eyes, but they were even more strange compared to cat's eyes, and the divergent pupils were like the burning sun.

Twin swords on the back, wolf-shaped badges, and eerie eyes, only one kind of person would have such characteristics.

The wizard of the Kirk family spat at the ground with a look of contempt and said in a disdainful tone, "Witcher, why did a monster like you come here?" ”

Demon hunters, who hunt monsters to get bounties as their job, travel around the continent. They used to be human, but now it's hard to say, each Demon Hunter has gone through a challenge called "Grass Trial", which has mutated their bodies, and although they have gained great strength, they have lost their human emotions, and it is difficult to be called human no matter how you look at it.

They are classified as mercenaries, but few people regard them as real people, and only think of them when they need help, and on weekdays, witchers are no different from monsters to others, and it is too late to dodge, so how can they take the initiative to contact them.

The dismounted witcher was not enraged by the magician's words, and after many years of travel, he had received more cold eyes and insults than this, and he did not care, and as he walked towards the corpse, he said, "I am only entrusted by men." ”

"Stop, you monster, you're not welcome here!"

The witcher ignored it and continued to walk towards the corpse.

"I'll let you stop!"

The magician held his staff, and the knights drew half of their swords from their waists, which was obvious that if they went any further, they would have attacked.

"Stop it. The majestic voice resounded throughout the audience, and Noyce, who was one step slower than the witcher to dismount, was slowly approaching, raising his hand to signal everyone to lay down their weapons.

"My lord, he's a witcher!" the Kirk magician, still holding his staff, shouted at Noyce.

"He's also a friend of mine. Noyce waved his hand again, and the magician looked unwilling, but he did not dare to disobey Noyce's command, and angrily put away his short staff and stepped aside.

Unhindered, the witcher walked incredibly smoothly, and in a few steps he walked up to several corpses and crouched down to take a look.

Noyce walked up to him and waited for a moment before asking, "How is it? Can you see something, Viselmir?"

"Hmm...... The heat of the flames had almost wiped out all the useful clues, and the only thing that could be seen was the cause of these people's deaths. ”

"Demon Hunter, you're wasting your time, anyone can tell that these people are dying in the flames. The Kirk magician couldn't help but scoff.

"Is that really the case?" Viselmir didn't even lift his head, and opened McCarthy's throat with his hand, and although the outside was hard char, there were many places on the inside that had not been burned, and Viselmir picked a piece out of the whitening throat tissue to show the others the bloody part.

"If he was really burned, there would have been marks in his trachea, but the current situation is that this person only has a clotted blood clot in his trachea, and there are obvious penetrating marks throughout the larynx, indicating that the magician has been pierced in the throat before being burned by the flames. ”

"And the rest of the people, one of them is in almost the same condition as this magician, one has his heart cut open, and the remaining two have lost half of their heads, will the flames burn half of their heads?"

The Kirk magician opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak.

"You're saying they weren't killed by witches?" Noyce asked.

"Unless the witch has some kind of quirk and likes to play with these people with a dagger before burning them. Viselmir continued to examine the corpse, and added, "The person who did it should not be tall, the wound in the mage's throat is slanted upwards, and only someone who is at least a head shorter than him can cause such a wound. ”

Holding his chin, Noyce remembered the little boy McCarthy had asked his priest to treat, and he asked the knight of the family, "What about the boy next to McCarthy, is he still in the makeshift cabin?"

"My lord, no footprints have been found in the makeshift hut. ”

"Immediately rush to Pana Castle and ask the others in the castle for news about the boy. ”

"Yes, my lord!"

Noyce turned around and asked, "Is there a way to track the murderer's footprints?"

"Let me see. ”

Viselmir stood up, walked around the marsh a few times, and suddenly smiled: "Oh, clever boy, you have thought it through. ”

"How?"

He shook his head, "He made a few circles around the swamp so that the footprints overlapped, and I couldn't tell which one was the last." ”

Noyce took a deep breath, took out a money bag from his waist, and handed it to Viselmir: "This is the agreed payment. ”

He flipped the money bag in his hand, opened a small opening to determine the color, and nodded at Noyce with satisfaction: "Thank you." ”

Then he rolled over his horse and quickly left.

After he left, the wizard of the Kirk family approached, frowned, and said, "My lord, just let him go?" That bag of gold coins is not a small amount. ”

Noyce's voice was low: "That bag of gold coins was used to hire him to hunt the witch, only the witch's silver sword and magic seal can block the witch's ability, the reason why you don't act alone is to get the news, that witch councilor is likely to be the rumored "phoenix", so she has the ability to be reborn, she was going to use the witch hunter to capture her, but she was ruined by this greedy McCarthy, damn it!"

"And now are we?"

"When word comes back from Pana Castle, a wanted warrant will be issued to find the boy, who is the only person who can help us find the witch right now. ”

Noyce's chest heaved and he lowered his voice: "I hope I can find him......"