Getting to the Blue Mountains requires crossing the Eastern Kingdoms.

John Quan was traveling, and two days after he left the royal capital, he found a place to rest.

Stuff a radish into Polo's mouth, the horse's favorite food is turnips.

Polo chewed the turnip slowly, and John split the flying bat with a sword.

He was in a cave at the moment, a shortcut to the Blue Mountains.

Once again, he wondered if there was some mysterious organization among the inns.

Even such shortcuts are documented.

On the other side of the cave is the territory of the Eastern Kingdom.

Wiping the blood off the sword, John glanced at the runes on it.

The four runes are still lit, and yesterday I met a magical creature that looked like a pheasant, and after slashing it, the fifth rune lit up a little.

If John doesn't go to the trial, he can collect other runes by slaying magical creatures.

Walking out of the cave tunnel, the temperature here is a little cold.

Polo snorted, his hooves stomping on the icy dirt.

A cracking sound rang out in the forest.

After walking a short time, he found a village.

The village was wary of strangers, and when they saw John, they all looked wary.

A middle-aged man walked up to John, first glanced at John's ear, and then asked with a smile, "Hello, is there anything I can do to help you?" ”m.

John nodded, and said, "My horse and I have been walking for a day and a night, and we hope to have a place to stay, and of course, it will pay a considerable fee. ”

A smile can often put people at ease, and John's smile makes those around him let down their guard.

The middle-aged man's smile was also a little more sincere, and it happened that he was also going to drink, so he led the way to a tavern for John.

"We don't have a hotel here, but Old Dan will be willing to provide you with a room."

The man's name is Sandy, and he's the head of the guard here.

However, there were only ten guards in this guard, and the old Dan in his mouth was a man with a top, and there were oil stains splashed on his clothes from making fried fish.

Hearing that John wanted accommodation, Old Dan showed enthusiasm.

Sandy whispered to John, "Don't try Lao Dan's fried fish, that taste ......"

Sandy pursed her lips, and it was obvious that it was not good.

As the captain of the Guard, Sandy has a good popularity.

This guard was formed spontaneously by the village.

Since it is still in the wild, there is no human civilization around.

Sandy poured John a glass of hot wine, took a sip of it, and said after dissipating the chill, "After winter, those guys are also active. ”

"Monsters?" John thought it was those magical creatures.

As a result, Sandy said, "Elf." ”

Genie?

This is a new thing.

John had never seen the elves yet, and during his time in the royal library, he had seen many accounts of the elves.

With pointed ears and a well-defined face, he has a very graceful posture and has a great talent for intelligence and magic.

"yes, those guys aren't extinct yet."

Sandy drank a few glasses in a row and said with a sense of wine: "Those guys sometimes scourge the crops and steal the cubs. ”

He hates elves, and even the guards are mainly guarding against them.

Humanity's hostility towards elves is not surprising, as many parts of this world were founded in the ruins of elven civilizations.

John took a sip of hot wine and said secretly, "When there are more different enemies, the power that belongs to the wizard becomes irrelevant. ”

Wizards are a force to deal with elves.

And the elves are the enemies of humanity, but they have calmed the internal contradictions.

The history learned here has been detached from the original world.

John held back the doubts in his heart.

Sandy was drunk, and it was Old Dan who sent him back.

John went to the stables, and Polo looked sideways at him.

"I'll leave tomorrow, and you can get some sleep first."

Hands on Polo's head to communicate with it.

Mind magic is still very convenient.

Pacified, Polo quickly adapts to the strange place.

John also returned to the tavern room to rest.

Old Dan's tavern is closed.

The village fell silent.

By the next day, the gloomy weather didn't seem to be the right time to rush.

John stood there, and Sandy changed her clothes.

There was still some alcohol on his body, and he held an oak shield, which looked more like a pot lid to John.

"You're leaving?" Sandy was surprised, "You may not know that it can snow heavily these days. ”

"I know, but I need to get to the next town." John took Polo by the hand and prepared to leave.

Although Sandy was a little pity, he thought this person was very good, but he still didn't force anyone to stay.

Seeing John leave, Sandy sighed: "This kind of life is enviable." ”

He was a little envious of the life that he could travel far away, but it was a pity that he dragged his family with him, and it was impossible in this life.

Half a day after John left, the village welcomed new people.

The sound of horses' hooves shook the frost on the trees, and a team of men and horses arrived.

"Have you seen this person?" The leader has a scar on the bridge of his nose.

He opened a portrait, and Sandy's jealous gaze swept over the group.

There were seventeen men in all, all with swords.

On the saddle, there is a wolf slaughter mark.

Sandy has been to big cities and heard about this sign.

Belongs to a group of organizations that call themselves the nemesis of the witchers, and wants to kill all the witchers.

It's called a hunting group.

In fact, it is a bandit group.

These people are very fierce, and there are also rumors of massacres.

Sandy didn't dare to offend and looked at the person in the painting.

Black hair wears a sword blade.

After careful identification, he shook his head and said, "No, I haven't seen it." ”

"Huh?" The man with the scar on the bridge of his nose frowned and asked, "Has anyone been here lately?" ”

Sandy said honestly, "There was only one person, but that man was not armed, brown haired. ”

Now it's the scarred man's turn to be confused.

They asked a few more people, and they all had one answer.

Just as Sandy was finished, Scar Man said, "We're going to rest and show me the way." ”

Sandy's heart sank, and in the face of those people, he could only hope that the other party would not cause trouble.

As soon as he sent the men to the tavern, he asked the other guards to take their weapons and take precautions.

There was the sound of drinking and fierce laughter in the tavern.

Sandy thought it would be nice to just be prepared.

They did not clash.

But he forgot what a group of outlaws would do if they got drunk.

When a guy with a strong smell of alcohol tears the clothes of the village girl, it means that disaster is coming.

...

Night.

Flames rose from the village.

The men screamed, the women screamed, and the slaughter resounded in the night.

Sandy's oak shield fell in the burning tavern, and Old Dan was disemboweled, with the pot in his hand.

The flames spread out with the tavern, the horses scurried around the village, the hunting group insulted the women, killed the men, and set the village on fire.

Sandy collapsed at home, trying to take his family with him, but was stabbed through the body with a sword.

As he lay dying, he saw a boy with pointed ears by the haystack.

The boy watched the horrible scene with horror, holding in his hand a sack of grain that he had stolen from an unknown family.

The guards defending the elves died at the hands of humans.

It's dramatic and ironic.

Sandy reluctantly raised his hand, and the frightened elf boy ran out of the haystack and rushed into the dark forest in the firelight.

Sandy just held her position and died.

...

Walked for another three days.

Horse's hooves drop cherry blossom marks one after another on the ground.

John looked into the distance, and the blue mountains stretched endlessly.

The snow adds a little more color to the place.

He had arrived in the Blue Mountains.

He uses Vientiane's altered brown hair to gradually turn back to black.

The runes on the sword flickered, as if guiding John.

"Hum—"

An arrow shot at John's head.

At the moment when it is approaching.

The arrow was caught by John with his hand raised.

He slowly looked sideways, and the blood-smelling men looked at John with greedy eyes.

"I've finally found you, Black Witcher."

The lead guy had a scar on the bridge of his nose that made him look like his nose had been cut off.

"Kill him and get a bounty!"

At the sound of an order, the hunting group accelerated towards John.

John slowly drew his sword, and the runes on the blade flickered for a moment, and suddenly stopped flashing.

At this moment, a dark shadow passed by in the sky.

Huge shadows reflected on the ground as if it were dark.

"Roaring ——!"

A lion's roar kicked off huge snowflakes, and the horses were frightened to their feet.

The people of the hunting group were originally hideous.

The black shadow fell, biting off half of a person's body in one bite.

The rumbling sound from the landing caused the hunting group to panic.

"It's a flying lion!"

I don't know who shouted, and the hunting group that shouted to kill the witcher was frightened.

The flying lion had the wings of an eagle, and its body was even larger than that of the demon in the forest.

Eating a person does not fill the stomach.

Another person is eaten, someone tries to resist, only to repeat the mistakes of the past.

The hunting regiment that slaughtered the village turned into prey in the blink of an eye.

It's ridiculous that the scarred man actually said to John: "Demon hunter, kill it quickly, isn't your duty to protect humans!" ”

John smiled.

He didn't move, and the scar man shouted, "Hurry up, you're a witcher!" ”

"I'm sorry," John said lazily, "witchers don't protect brutes. ”

The scar man wanted to say something, but the flying lion's bloody mouth had already eaten the person.

The rest of the horses were screaming and running, and John witnessed the Flying Lions slaughtering the hunting group.

In the distance, a pair of eyes were equally on this side.

A white-haired man with inquiring and thoughtful eyes.

...

Some people died, but not completely......