Chapter 4

Isabel and I were taken by Arthur and his accomplices to the witcher's lodging in the Alps near Switzerland, a small town near France and Italy, where there was a large farm with crosses and garlic hanging on the doors and windows to protect against vampires. There is a small church at the foot of the www.biquge.info mountain, and the holy water in the church is one of the indispensable secret weapons of the witchers. Listen to Arthur: The priest in the church, Joseph Francis, was also a witcher before, and now he only takes care of those who are oppressed by the vampires, and never participates in any war between the witchers and the vampires again.

Arthur invited us into his home alone, and Isabel, a purebred vampire, was not afraid of the cross on the door and the garlic, but was only disgusted by the pungent smell of garlic. Arthur calls her a good vampire, because good vampires are never afraid of crosses and garlic.

Homemade guns and bows and arrows hung all over the walls of the living room, and the creepy weapons exuded a murderous aura. On the wall in front of the desk are black-and-white photographs of red crosses of vampires that have been killed.

Arthur served us coffee, then sat down and said, "A few months ago, Sicily was attacked by a group of Dark Realm Order, and then the Evil Spirit Party also arrived in Sicily, and they fought for the same purpose, and the two organizations were inseparable. As the battle dragged on, one of the leaders of the Dark Realm seemed to have found something very important, I'm not sure if it was a Dark Elemental Fragment, which he packed into a small box and fled with his men. The Evil Soul Party thought that the inhabitants of Sicily had helped the Underworld Society, so they injected a virus called the Sixth Desire into many people's bodies, thus increasing the number of Evil Soul Party members, and the plague spread immediately. ”

After listening to Arthur's statement, I guess the Dark Elemental Fragment was taken by Schuster, and the next thing we have to do is find him, I think he is probably hiding in the nearby mountains, because he has nowhere else to go. Another possibility is that after obtaining the fragments, he will become greedy, betray the Underworld Society, and risk his lives with his men to live in exile.

I didn't mention the matter of the fragments again, but changed the subject: "I heard that you are fighting with the Underworld Society, the Evil Spirit Party, the Black Gold Maniac, and the Exile Master?"

"Yes, I know that the Underworld will be your people, but they are like a bunch of undisciplined scoundrels, doing everything they can, sucking human blood everywhere. The Evil Spirits are more like a plague, they don't simply suck the blood of people out like the Underworld, but in order to expand their ranks and make a large number of humans like them, they gather to expand their ranks and plan to create a global plague. I also have the bad news for you, and that is that the elders of the Evil Soul Party have resurrected the ancient blood spirit Baroque Truid, who died thousands of years ago. ”

"What? Baroque, Truy? Didn't he be crucified by my father with a stake thousands of years ago?"

"I don't know about this, but we have to face the reality, what I said is true, you must believe what I say, and the current situation is so complicated, no one dares to say who the final winner is, and the black gold fanatic has intervened again, which makes the situation even more complicated. ”

"Then why are you on our side? Why did you kill our countrymen and now you want to help us? ”

"We're going to join forces to stop the evil plans of Baroque Truid, stop the spread of the epidemic, what we want to stop at the moment is the ambition of the Evil Spirits, no matter what happens in the future, we will always be allies, I'm really glad to know you, I've already discussed with the other witchers and I'm ready to work with you to form a new organization and discuss how we can deal with the Baroque. ”

I was a little overwhelmed by Arthur's words, and it would be incredible if Baroque Truid were really resurrected. Baroque was once one of the most recognizable ancient blood spirits on Poppy Island and a dark magic fanatic with a keen interest in a type of dark magic called "sacrificial acid rain". He is also an excellent inventor, during the outbreak of the war on Poppy Island, he invented a lot of killing weapons, the most famous is the "Burst Thunder Pinball", which is a heavy throwing weapon, only a heavy trebuchet can be fired, once thrown, when it collides violently with other objects, it will produce a huge explosion effect, which is terrifying, due to the lack of materials, during the "Last War on Poppy Island", only eight were used. Now that the Baroque has been resurrected, it has undoubtedly added another great enemy to us. As for Arthur himself, I don't know anything about his true origins, how can I easily trust the words of someone I have never been in contact with?But in any case, Arthur has no hostility towards me, and I can see that I can patiently consider whether to cooperate with them, and the situation in front of me is so grim that our Dark Realm Society has fallen into a situation of fighting alone since leaving the Night Isle.

"I have to consult with my companions before I can make a decision. I said, "Trust me, I won't let you down." Arthur, we are both half-human and half-vampires, and I can see that you are a witcher born for justice, and you are a hero who can save many innocent lives. ”

"Now, what do I need to do for you? ”

"Now I just want to go back to my home in the Alps, where I have the things that impress me the most, the weapons we need, and the ...... Find my compatriots who have been scattered by the enemy. ”

He stood up, "I'll help you." ”

"Do you believe me that much?" I asked tentatively.

"I'll tell you the truth, you're tempting me. I see through your heart, and my mind-reading won't lie to me. ”

I was stunned for a moment, and at that moment, my body stiffened for a few seconds, "Please forgive me!"

"It doesn't matter, I've killed a lot of witchers before. Why would I do that? because they're selfish, they're greedy, they're fighting for money, they're not righteous, they can kill vampires for money, but they can also kill innocent people for money, and my people are top witchers, they're all elites, and they're going to fight to the death. ”

"Arthur, there's one thing I don't understand. Isabel said.

"What's the matter? ”

"How are you like Alex? How are you also a half-blood?"

Arthur was silent for a moment, "That's a long story. "It was in the autumn of 1938, when Czechoslovakia under the Nazis was bloody and horrific, and my father secretly joined the Czechoslovak anti-Nazi armed underground, poorly equipped to compete with the advanced SS. Later, a female vampire named Julia fell in love with my father, and since my father was a witcher, it was his duty to kill vampires, but he had to marry the vampire named Julia in order to have an immortal offspring and fight against the Nazis forever. A year later, I was born. In those years, there were always Nazi-loyal Bloods hunting witchers and anti-Nazi fighters. Later, the Czechoslovak armed underground successfully assassinated the Nazi Gestapo leader Reinhardt Heydrich. It wasn't until 1944 that the Nazi Gestapo quickly found out who my father really was, and the Gestapo, who were loyal to the Nazis, broke into my house one night and killed my mother, Julia, on the spot. My father resisted desperately, but thanks to his accomplices, I was able to save my life. From then on, I decided that I wanted to always be a witcher. ”

"I see. I said.

He then sighed, "It's all in the past, don't talk about it again." At the same time, his expression suddenly became alert, as if he had heard something.

I also feel like there's a sound outside.

Isabel couldn't sit still on the spot, she walked to the window and looked out through the gap in the curtain. I saw a glimmer of orange light outside the window on her face.

"Isabel, what's going on outside?" I asked.

"Oh my God!" her tone was shocked, "something is wrong. ”

I hurriedly ran over, opened the curtains and opened the window, almost half of my body leaned out, there was a lot of screaming outside, I was shocked by the scene in front of me, everything came so suddenly, we barely noticed, many houses were on fire, many people were fleeing in the direction of the church, some unknown vampires climbed on the roof, mercilessly shot at the fleeing people, some of them were drained of blood. The Witcher killed some of the vampires, which caused more vampires to rush in, and they completely suppressed the Witcher with their powerful firepower. One of the bullets hit the window frame above my head.

Arthur also hurried over, he couldn't believe the scene. He immediately picked up his weapon and went downstairs, kicked the door open, and strode out, and with his skillful marksmanship and agility, he easily took out several vampires.

Isabel and I couldn't just watch it, we also picked up our weapons and went outside to fight side by side with Arthur, several of Arthur's accomplices were accidentally killed in the battle, and I watched many innocent people fall in the battle. Hiding in a dark corner, Owen pulled out his beloved golden pistol and killed several infected people without mercy, and threw a self-made grenade at several vampires standing on the roof, and when the grenade exploded, some silver shards were inserted into the vampires' bodies, causing them to turn into dust in an instant.

I quickly climbed onto the roof, shot seven vampires in a row, and jumped to the ground again. Isabel and several witchers were covering some civilians to rush to the church. A man in a fur coat came up to me on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and he was Father Joseph Francis.

Joseph looked at me and said, "It looks like we have new friends." ”

"Hello, Joseph. "I greeted the civilian while covering him.

He took out two self-made grenades and threw them into the distance, the grenades exploded in the air, and the holy water of the church inside was sprinkled around, and all the vampires who were touched by the holy water turned to ashes.

Just as everyone was about to rush to the church, a woman's child was still in the house and I heard the cry of a baby, coming from a burning attic. Isabel quickly judged the baby's location, and she immediately climbed onto the roof and into the billowing smoke-filled skylight.

I took advantage of the chaos to climb up to the roof of the house and came to the window with the smoke billowing out. "Isabel. I shouted, "Where are you, can you hear me?" and she didn't reply, all I could hear was the baby's cry. So I desperately slipped into the window and continued to shout, "Isabel, Isabel." ”

"I'm here. She replied.

With my keen sense of smell, I groped my way through the flames to a room with a small fire. I saw her holding the baby in her arms and trying to get out of the window, but the beams were broken, blocking the skylight. So we went downstairs in the thick of smoke, and I kicked the door open and rushed out, and Isabel returned the baby to the woman safe and sound, and the woman was very grateful.

The Evil Spirits who had come to harass them were gradually retreating under the devastating weapons of the witchers, and they quickly withdrew, and we were finally relieved. Joseph took us and the surviving civilians into the church safely. In the church, the statue of the Virgin Mary is like a holy light in the candlelight, illuminating the hearts of each of us. People tried to calm down, sat in their seats and prayed that the disaster would not happen again.

Isabel and I sat in the last row of seats, and I saw the angel next to the Virgin Mary moving as if to convey God's message to everyone who was suffering.

Suddenly, there was a loud "boom", and the doors of the church were blown open, and the people here let out screams of terror. I saw an iron-masked man in black standing outside the church, and behind him stood many vampires. Several witchers secretly send the townsfolk to the basement, hoping to escape safely through the secret exit.

Joseph told everyone to stand back, and then walked forward with Arthur. "Who are you, do you know what this place is?" asked Joseph very forcefully.

The Man in Black did not answer.

"Are you deaf?" Arthur said to the man in black, "Didn't you hear anyone talking to you?" The man in black still didn't say anything, and Arthur fired several shots at the man in black in a fit of rage, and the man in black easily dodged all the bullets. "He's Baroque Truid. Arthur shouted.

"What?" Joseph was also shocked.

"Baroque Truid, you're not dead. I said as I took a few steps forward.

The man in black took off his mask, and when I looked at it, it was indeed Baroque, but I didn't expect him to be alive. It's just that he has turned into a wrinkled old monster, and his hair has become extremely thin, and that is because he did not drink the holy blood of the cross, and the wooden stake from thousands of years ago tortured him enough, so he became like this.

"Do you know me, half-blood?" Baroque asked me in his hoarse voice.

"Of course I do, I really didn't expect you to have two lives. I said.

"You didn't expect it, your father may not have known that there are still vampires with two hearts in the world, and he only killed one of my extra hearts, at the time...... Your father also said, "I'll settle accounts with him when I come back to life." He giggled and turned his gaze back to Isabel, "And you, little girl, thought that your father had joined forces to kill us, but I didn't expect that I didn't die, and the illusion of the Wallace family and the Kavazec family betraying the evil spirit party was also deliberately arranged by me, remember Scatter?"

"Of course I do. ”

Scat came out from behind Baroque and said, "Long time no see, my friend. "He's looking like he's recovering well.

"Scatter, I didn't expect you to recover so quickly, it seems that I didn't deserve to save your life in the first place!"

"Why don't you think about it, your father has done so many despicable and shameless things, how can I give up?"

"I should have listened to Frank's advice and killed you. ”

"But you didn't kill me. ”

"I regret it!"

"From the moment I proposed the election of the 'Oracle on Poppy Island', I knew that your father would be a very dangerous figure, but I didn't expect you to join forces with that poor group of witchers now. ”

"Beware of me punching you through the head. Owen immediately pointed his gun at Scatter.

"Who is this? Why are you so rude to the guests? I'm going to let you know three old acquaintances, who are already old acquaintances for you and Isabel. ”

I was alerted to a familiar face, it was Nikola Sinclair. How could he be alive? Wasn't he killed thousands of years ago? What the hell is going on? Does he also have two hearts?" I said, "Aren't you already ...... in that battle on Poppy Island?"

Then two old faces appeared in front of me, one was Alpha Franco and the other was Emily Olony.

"What do you think?" said Nikolai, smiling, "are we so vulnerable?"

"I didn't expect you to be alive. I said.

"Surprised? Let me tell you, the one who died was just a double who looked like me, and the one who killed me was Isabel's father, Green Siegfried. He pointed to Isabel and said with a hint of jokingness, "If it weren't for that war, I might have made you my bride." ”

"Dream on, there will never be that day. Isabel replied forcefully.

"Don't be like that, my dear, as you stand, like your father, an unforgivable rabble. ”

"Don't ramble with them. As he spoke, Joseph suddenly used his new water gun to shoot a stream of church water into Baroque's face.

Baroque quickly covered his face with his hand, but his hand quickly melted like wax under the power of the holy water. "Oh my God, my hands. He cried out in pain, "Hell, get rid of them." ”

We quickly dispersed and hid behind stone pillars and statues, the wounded Baroque was safely evacuated from the scene by Scat and Nikolai, and Alpha and Emily led the remaining Evil Spirits in a swrench, three times as many as us.

I hid behind a stone pillar, completely suppressed by the Evil Spirits' powerful firepower, and although the bullets they used were not liquid silver, if they were hit, they would be painful or even deadly.

The Witcher's tactics worked very well together, and each silver arrow shot hit the enemy in the heart, and due to the superiority of the enemy, we were forced to retreat to the entrance to the secret basement. Under the cover of Joseph, we entered the basement, and Joseph was the last to evacuate, and as he was leaving, he detonated the bomb that had been installed on the basement door long ago, and the power of the explosives caused many boulders to fall and seal the entrance.

Led by Arthur, we quickly came to the exit, and when we came out, it turned out that this was a corner of the Alps, and we finally escaped.

"My friend, we can only send you here temporarily, and I will also be responsible for arranging the refugees. Arthur said to me, "I wanted to help you find your people first, but I didn't expect it to hurt you." ”

"We can help you. I said.

Arthur shook my hand, "No need, your compatriots are still looking for you, and it will be dangerous to follow us." You're almost home, let's go, I swear that when I've arranged these refugees, I'll go to you, and we'll continue to work together. ”

"I'm afraid you won't find us. ”

"I also took a lot of effort to discover your castle, but I just didn't go inside. ”

I was surprised, "You really found it?"

He smiled but did not answer, "Don't forget to tell all your compatriots about our friendly cooperation." ”

"I will. ”

"Now, I'm going to settle these refugees. ”

"Alright then, hopefully we'll meet at the castle. ”

"Goodbye, my friend!"

"Goodbye!"