Chapter Seventy-Eight: It's a Big Loss
"What are you doing, Ciri?"
"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, and don't think I don't know what that woman is thinking. Besides, didn't you see her take a notebook? ”
"Of course I saw it, I've told Geralt about it, he knows what to do, but what's wrong?"
"Nothing! If you look like you, go for it! ”
Looking at Ciri's model, Josh really has a headache, and he doesn't seem to have done anything hurtful when he speaks, right? I just want to try something new, and I don't look like I'm a human being.
Well, in a way, Josh really isn't human now.
But Josh won't bother with these things, he doesn't bother to bother with them, if he doesn't go, it's not a big deal anyway, compared to Kayla, Josh still thinks Ciri is more in line with his own concept of provincial beauty.
Although Ciri is now covered in Josh's magic and her appearance has completely changed to Daenerys's appearance, this is Josh's own magic.
Josh can see the most real people through this magic, so what Josh sees has always been the most real Heri.
After Geralt had Kayla done it - not just slaughtered her, of course, the three of them went straight to Novigre.
To be honest, the closer they got to Novi Gree Josh, they felt a strong religious atmosphere.
The atmosphere was very frenetic, but Josh knew very well that these guys had no faith at all!
To be precise, there is no object of faith, and what they believe in is nothing more than some illusory thing, and they define these things as fire!
What is fire? A holy object that gives human beings the light in the darkness, and makes human beings change from animals to human beings in the true sense of the word!
There's nothing wrong with believing in fire, Josh thinks it's a gift from nature to humans, but the problem is that their faith is actually very problematic.
They're just saying, 'I believe in these holy and eternal fires,' and they're crazy about taking power for themselves.
Of course, this is the practice of those at the top of the Eternal Flame, and most of the guys who live at the bottom are joined for a living, and these people have all kinds of characters.
Such a cult-like thing, no matter how it looks, can spread wildly in Novigre, and even begin to resort to even more fanatical violence, capturing the city's warlocks and burning them at the stake, as well as burning academic books that they deem harmful.
There is one guy who is indispensable for this, and that is King Radovid V of Redania.
In the face of Enhill's strong invasion, Radovid V was in great need of support from all sides, and this cult-like eternal flame became the object of his wooing.
Of course, there is also the reason why the eternal fire rejects the heathen. Radovid V's jealousy and hatred of the sorceress had something to do with his somewhat tragic childhood, where he was raised as a child.
Then the sorceress made a deep and indelible impression on him, and even when he succeeded to the throne, almost all the nobles did not follow his orders, but the sorceress who raised him, which made Radovid V hate such people who had mastered the power of magic.
Now that the Eternal Flame has done so many things in his place in front of him that he does not dare to do now, then it is only natural that Radovid V will nurture them and even indulge them!
It is because of this that the current Novigri has become a hell on earth, a hell with order but also incomparably chaotic.
"To be honest, I still think it's better for this guy to rule better. Although he is very cruel to the outside, at least he can still be 'his own people'. Look at it now, these Eternal Flame guys are exactly 'I think you're a heretic, you are', it's disgusting. ”
"That's right, but the question is whether you can just burn them to death, screaming for a long time and really torturing my ears."
Sitting near a tavern about to arrive in Novigree, Josh sat bored on a griffin and complained as he watched the pale golden flames burning not far away, but the guy who couldn't die.
Geralt, on the other hand, had a look of annoyance, and the screams of the burned and dying men were even more uncomfortable than the strange spirits he had encountered.
"Aren't they the eternal fire of faith? Wouldn't it be nice for me to give them more faith? ”
"Can you burn their vocal cords so I'm at least comfortable, or can you just do a soundproofing spell on me?"
"Alright, alright, let's go."
"It's long overdue."
Josh glanced at these guys lightly, directly increased his magic power and turned them into dust before turning away.
Speaking of which, these guys are also arrogant, first because of Ciri's current appearance, they want to be wrong, and they were beaten up by Ciri.
I thought that this was the end of the matter, but Josh didn't expect them to come directly to someone, and announced that they were heretics and wanted to deal with them in the name of Josh riding a griffin. Well, to put it simply, it's going to take Josh back and burn him alive.
Hearing them talk nonsense, Josh was directly annoyed and funny by them, so Josh simply let them experience what it was like to be burned alive. Of course, this process was slowed down by Josh countless times, otherwise they might have turned to ashes when they touched those flames, and Josh didn't want to be so cheap for them.
"Do you have any plans to speak?"
"I'm going to pay a visit to my old friend Triss, she might know something about Ciri."
"Wow, isn't that your old lover? Don't look at me like that, I can understand it, man, and I don't want to worry about you.
Well, you go find your old lover, I'll take Dani to find a tavern to sit down, take this, enter the magic and you can find us. ”
"I see."
Geralt took the crystal from Josh and put it away and turned away, as for why Josh didn't say how to find himself?
Geralt didn't need to worry about this, he was very confident that Josh would be able to find him if he wanted to, even if Novigre was very big.
Watching Geralt turn away until he disappeared from sight, Ciri turned to Josh and asked, "What's next?" Where are we going? ”
"Of course, it's to find a place to rest, and to be honest, you're almost ready to use your real identity, how does it feel?" Josh smiled slightly, "By the way, do you know where the Vanilla Tavern is?" ”
"Yes, come with me." Ciri nodded, and then began to walk in the direction of her memory, saying as she went, "As for how I feel?" Geralt is a good father, and you're more of a hooligan. ”
"Hey, why am I like a hooligan anymore?"
"Aren't you tempted by Kayla's invitation? Don't think I don't know what's going to happen to you, I don't have anything to do with it but I'm disgusted. ”
"Really? Well, dear Ms. Ciri, didn't I give up just because of your words? ”
"Ha, didn't you go if I didn't open my mouth?"
Ciri gave Josh a blank look, then shook her head. Novigre is still the same as the Novigre in his memory, with a desperate chaos in this order, not to mention that the city is very peaceful and peaceful, but the fact is that this place is surging.
The Eternal Flame and their doglegged witch hunters frantically targeted the warlocks of the city, even the herbalists.
At the same time, there are a lot of gangsters here, who control a lot of territory and protect the magicians of Novigre to some extent.
Of course, their actual purpose is well known - to put it bluntly, they want to gain control of the land through the help of these magicians, even underground! Of course, they can also be regarded as trying to overthrow the Eternal Flame Church.
"Josh?" As he walked, Ciri suddenly opened his mouth and shouted.
"Huh? What's wrong? Josh looked at the girl quizzically.
"Were you kidding last night?"
"Last night, kidding? Oh, of course not. ”
"Are you sure? Don't you think they're ugly? ”
"Of course, I think they have a very special charm."
Josh smiled, he knew what Ciri was talking about. Last night, inside the Elven Cave, Josh had said that he preferred girls with scars on their bodies. Although it is said that Josh was flirting with Ciri at the time, in fact, Josh slowly felt the same way.
In particular, these scars on Ciri's body do have an indescribable charm.
These scars are the testimony of her own desperate efforts, and they are also the traces left by her days and nights of running, these injuries seem very frightening, but they prove the strength of a girl.
"Charm?" Ciri smiled, then looked at Josh with a special look, "What if, I let you meet them properly?" ”
"Huh?"
There's no way Josh can't hear Ciri's words, but Josh is now savoring the meaning behind Ciri's words. Josh found himself very attractive, but he didn't think he could attract this strong girl so quickly.
Then her words will naturally have the meaning she should have, Josh doesn't like to figure out people's hearts, but this does not mean that Josh can't understand.
To put it bluntly, that is, Ciri is really very disappointed in this world, coupled with the promise she promised Josh before, then her departure from this world is basically a fait accompli.
And Josh's conversation with Geralt and even Viselmir never hid from Ciri, who naturally knew that the witcher wouldn't stay here.
Coupled with the persecution of the Eternal Fire, it is unknown what the outcome of the Civil War will be, and it is natural for those magicians to follow Josh under Josh's call.
And Josh often flirts with Ciri intentionally or unintentionally, which makes Ciri have a concept of 'Josh has thoughts about himself', coupled with Muya's concept of marriage and 'in order to make this world's life better in another world', so Ciri will say this.
After figuring it out, Josh couldn't cry or laugh, he directly put his hand on Ciri's shoulder, and whispered despite the girl's unnatural appearance:
"Okay, I'll take a good look at it tonight. Also, if I don't, I'll treat everyone who goes to my territory, idiot. ”
“!!!” 8)