Chapter 3: The Banshee of the Woods

"I don't know when the rumor that Balotto is the hometown of vampires has spread throughout the north, and the most widely rumored is that in the Earl's domain, a woman in white can be seen in the forest at night, and those who see her will never survive the next night, and the blood will be sucked dry, this is the nonsense of drunkards, the forest on the other side of the Voffield is full of poisonous swamps, and there are some bloodthirsty monsters, only those drunks will rush into the forest desperately, so there are no vampires in the forest, and there is only a group of fools or outlaws who spread rumors to prevent the countess from exterminating themBut the Duchess loves the people like a son, how can she be willing to bury the lives of her soldiers for a few thieves and monsters? I suggest that it is better to spend some gold coins and let the bounty hunters do it, and the Countess has praised me, it may be that I have pleased the Lords, and she is so beautiful when she laughs, may God bless her to become younger and more beautiful. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½ā€

- The Diary of Tanzan, the Butler of the Castle of Vamenis

Several townspeople, wine tables, Prancing Horse Tavern, Brett Town, Balotto.

"I heard that no one has disappeared in the past few days, could it be that the main god has appeared?"

"You still believe that, I think the bounty hunter did it, aren't they all monsters? ā€

"I'm afraid there's a lot of money, look at his money bag. ā€

"I don't want to fight monsters for money, I think my life is good, haha, look at him, I dare say he's not that good. ā€

"Be quiet, you idiot, look at him, it is said that a long sword on his back is dedicated to killing monsters, but if you look at the dagger on his waist, it is dedicated to killing. ā€

"I don't believe it," the townsman staggered toward the bounty hunter, Fayol, his companion not stopping him, as if to see what was going to happen next. He walked over to Fayol's table and slammed the glass on the table, "Hey, freak, did you kill anyone?" Fayol ignored him and picked up his glass, but the man snatched the glass and put his face close to Fayol, "Do you dare to kill me?" Fayol got up and pushed him away, and the man fell to the ground at once, and his companions all stood up, and Fayol looked at them, and several of them were immediately stunned, and the most horrible thing they saw was his wolf-like eyes, which glowed under his hood, in addition to the horrible scars on his face. They just watched Fayol and didn't dare to make a move, Fayol threw a few coins to the boss, opened the door and left, and bumped into Senjie and Robin head-on, Senjie looked at him in surprise, Fayol didn't look at him, and left directly.

"Senjie, you find a place to sit first, and I'll go get wine to warm up. ā€

Senjie chose the corner where Fayol was sitting, and a man passed by, still cursing some freak, the bounty hunter, but as Robin said, the tavern here didn't care so much about strangers, not even the people who watched him. It rained this morning and the weather seemed to be getting even colder. What's more, after returning to human society, neither of them has much money, although Robin has some savings, but they are all in Gerry, and the money on them can't last long, and both of them are thinking about how to make money. But the most important thing at the moment is to warm up the body, and when Robin brought the wine, Senjie immediately took a sip.

"I had good luck today, but I didn't expect to meet a bounty hunter when I entered the door. Robin said to Senjie.

"But it seems that the townsfolk don't like them very much. ā€

"Because you always have to spend money to do things, who would sincerely give the gold coins in their pockets to others. And it's also a strange-looking person. Especially those eyes. ā€

"And do they all have glowing eyes?"

"No, at the beginning, they were also ordinary people like you and me, but they were just trained harshly, ordinary people are indeed not their opponents, but in the face of witchcraft, evil spirits and monsters from the northern wasteland, human beings always have limits. In order to break through the limits, they also did everything they could, they also began to learn spells, and even turned themselves into monsters. As for how it became like that, it's a secret. ā€

"How could Mr. Robin know this? ā€

"When I was in Gerry, a bounty hunter stole business with me, but the patron was a scumbag, and the two of us together gave him to the lord for trial, and we were both money chasers, so we became friends, and he told me all this. ā€

"These people are really desperate. ā€

At this moment, the door of the tavern opened, and in came a figure in the shape of a chief, followed by two heavily armored soldiers, and the people all lowered their glasses, stopped the noise, and saw what the man had to say.

"On the orders of Lord Bavelka, it is hereby announced that there is a banshee in the town of Durden, and many men have been killed, please everyone, especially you drunkards, be careful not to go out at night, if there is a capable person who can solve the banshee, there will be a heavy reward, and those who are interested will go to the mayor's mansion of the town of Durden for an interview. The sign is posted at the entrance to town, do you hear me? ā€

After the man left, Robin and Senjie immediately paid to go to Durdon Town, they were in such a hurry for the bounty, because they knew that the bounty hunter would definitely go, and they couldn't give him the opportunity, although Robin was not as experienced as the bounty hunter, but Robin, who combined the abilities of a time traveler and the mind of a detective, and a wizard to deal with a banshee should not be so difficult.

When they arrived at the mansion of the mayor of Durdon Town, several people were coming out of it with their heads down, it seemed that these people wanted to try their luck, but they had no real talent to learn, and they were directly driven out.

Robin and Senjie enter the mansion, and the soldier takes them to the mayor. The mayor sat down at the table and said loudly, "Those who want to cheat the bounty urge you to leave immediately, I have no patience to listen to your nonsense. ā€

Robin smiled with a smile on his face, "Sir, we are professionals, and we won't ask you for a deposit, but we want to know the specific situation before we work, and we need some information." ā€

Mayor Mare snorted, "It's still a look." This banshee is completely different from the man-eating monster that appeared in Brett, in fact, she has been here for a long time, we often hear the singing of women in the woods, although I don't know what they are singing, but they have been safe, after all, no one is stupid enough to go into the depths of the forest, just a week ago a rogue poet who claimed to be from Barot City said that he wanted to meet the owner of this beautiful song, but I didn't expect that since he entered, Durden has suffered, and now men are missing every day, that bastard, make us uneasy. ā€

Robin pondered for a moment, "Has anyone seen this man ever seen him?"

"Go to the basswood inn in town, the hostess knows everything. That's all I can tell you, get to work, I don't have much more to tell you. ā€

Just as Senjie and Robin turned to leave, the mayor stopped them, "If you don't report the results in three days, I think you're dead, I'll ask Gao Ming, you hurry up." ā€

When the two of them walked out of the mayor's mansion, Fayol was standing in the doorway, his black hood covering his face, and only the smile on his lips could be seen.

"Professionals?"

Robin didn't expect the hunter to hear their conversation with the mayor, it seems that the bounty hunter is really unusual, "I'm a detective, of course I'm a professional, but maybe a little worse than you." ā€

"Whatever you want, you have no business to do, so you have to find a home, take care of the two. Without waiting for Senjie to speak, Fayol mounted his horse and walked away.

Robin patted Senjie on the shoulder, "Little assistant, get ready." Senjie looked at the bounty hunters who were far away, looking at this powerful existence among the human race, they slay demons, regardless of life and death, what they pursued should not be just money, maybe just to survive like himself, Senjie hopes that one day he can also have the strength to return to his hometown to fight against demons.