Chapter 31: Reluctantly Leaving (Part II)
"Who the fuck are you? I talk to my daughter, what's your turn?" the baron scolded the church members who had seduced his daughter and taken her away from him.
"What a vulgar fellow, exactly like the rumors. The man smiled, unfazed by the baron's ill words.
"This is my commander, and I'm joining his squad of witch hunters under his leadership. Perhaps deep down still vaguely accepting her father, Tamara opened her mouth to introduce Philip to the man's identity.
"Witch hunter, Tamara, why are you with them to hang your father with these madmen?" the baron felt a pang of grief when he heard his daughter confess to joining the subordinate forces of the Church of Eternal Fire.
"You're no longer my father, and I don't care what happens to you. Tamara stubbornly raised her little face and bit her lip to say the above words.
The man looked at Geralt and the two, looking at the silver pendant of the wolf head on the white wolf's neck, and the mask on Luo Xian's face that was half-covered, "Two witchers... I didn't expect a dignified Imperial Baron to degenerate into hiring monster killers to solve the problem, isn't there no soldiers in the Crow's Nest?, however, I've heard of this white-haired name, and it seems that he has some skills in tracking. ”
Luo Xian interrupted the conversation of several people, "Guys, don't forget, our goal here is to find Anna, not to chat. ”
The leader of the witch hunters folded his arms and nodded, "Finally someone who understands and can barely communicate." Witcher, will you help us?"
"If I didn't want to, I wouldn't be here. "Roson interface.
"Search the village!" the man waved his arm, and several of his men began to search the surrounding buildings, while the rest were busy treating their injuries, making stretchers, and packing their bags.
The baron frowned, now was not the time to quarrel, finding Anna was the most important thing, he also reached out and made a few gestures, and some of the soldiers also stepped forward and joined the search team.
"I've lost five of my men in this swamp, and I don't know what the hell is going to happen in this damn place, it's all for our new member, Tamara. Hopefully it's all worth it. Seeing that several of his subordinates scattered with the help of the soldiers, the man breathed a sigh of relief and complained.
"Tamara has joined you?" asked Luo Xian.
Although her name has not yet been reported to the church, this is also her first mission. When the mission is over, based on her performance, I will mention her in the character report when I go back. At that time, she was officially a member of the witch hunter team, and I hope it was all worth it. The man said.
Hearing that his daughter was about to leave him, Philip couldn't help but reach out to Tamara's arm, but Tamara threw him away, "Don't touch me, you bastard!"
At this moment, when the atmosphere at the scene was a little awkward, someone suddenly shouted, "Someone has been found!"
"Found it!
Everyone turned their heads to look, and saw that from a wooden house, two soldiers came out with an old woman on their feet, and from a distance it seemed to be Anna.
Philip, father and daughter, did not care about the quarrel and hurried over.
"I wiped them clean. Hey, all stand back, you stinky thing, my gingerbread has just come out of the oven. ”
"What? you want to eat? take it, clean... It's fresh... If you want to hit me, hit me, I only took a small bite, trying to see if it was soft enough. ”
"Oh, it's tasted good, but it's still not fluffy enough... Spare me. ”
As soon as Anna, who had been helped out of the cabin, was put down, she curled up and muttered words that no one understood, and it was evident that the mistress of the crow's nest had gone mad.
Tamara cried and fell to her knees, trying to hug her mother, but Anna would only hide and resist.
Philip pounded the stake with his hand in pain, as if to blame himself.
"Mom, how did you become like this? It's me, you don't know me?!" Anna's voice looked helpless, trying to escape from her father's castle, and her mother, the only one who could rely on her, was dragged into the forest by the monster. When he came back to find the future of his life after all his hard work, he got a mother who seemed to have lost her soul.
With this series of blows, she was about to collapse.
"Spare me, please, I said I'd do anything. I'm going to find a brush right now, and I'm going to paint the floor again and clean it. Anna's mouth was still chattering.
"What the hell is wrong with Mom?" Tamara looked helplessly at her leader.
"She's crazy," the man shook his head, indicating that he couldn't help it.
"In order not to have the child in her womb, your sister, she made a pact with the witch that the child should disappear in exchange for becoming their servant. The witch used a special method to fulfill this agreement, which was beyond Anna's expectations, so she wanted to escape from Willen. And the witches sent monsters to capture her and repay the agreement, and it seems that the witches still abused her. Geralt intends to tell the truth, and blindly hiding Tamara will only make the misunderstanding between their father and daughter deeper.
The truth of the matter is still up to him, an outsider, to find out, even if it is resentment, it doesn't matter, the demon hunter itself is a cursed shell, and everyone treats them as monsters and demons.
"You're lying, it's impossible for mom to ruthlessly abandon her own flesh and blood!" Tamara was instantly hit by Geralt's words, and loudly denied it, "She's so sad, it's impossible, it's impossible~" It's just that her voice is getting quieter and quieter.
It was Luo Xian who muttered to himself, "In this case, the "Jizo Ben Wish Sutra" mentioned that it was taken by someone~"
Geralt's ears were tipped, and he suddenly asked, "Luo Xian, do you know about Anna's situation, is she still saved?"
Luo Xian nodded, "In everything I've learned, this situation has been mentioned. There is a belief in my world that people have three souls and seven spirits. Three of them are born, even in the womb of the mother. The soul represents the origin of a person, and is composed of three types, namely the heavenly soul, the earth soul, and the life soul..."
"The heavenly soul refers to the nature of human beings, which is your original heart and conscience, the deepest thing in the soul, and where your origin lies. The earth soul refers to your surname, where it comes from, and who you naturally have an intimate and blood relationship with, representing a natural social relationship. The life soul refers to your good and evil, connecting the past and the future, connecting the past and the present, and usually accommodating all karma, which is the root of right and wrong. ”
And the seven spirits, simply put, are the seven emotions that govern people, joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, evil, and desire, which are born after tomorrow and are indispensable. If they lack it, they are common idiots or imbeciles, and it is because they lack one or more of them that they become abnormal people in people's eyes. Anna's current situation is in line with this characteristic, she was originally a normal person, but due to the great shock or fear factor, she lost part of her soul, which is abnormal. If you want to return to normal, you have to find a way to get her lost spirit back, supplemented by a certain period of recuperation, and she can recover. ”
Although Luo Xian's words were explained clearly, none of the people present were Huaxia people, except for Geralt who accepted Luo Xian's spiritual power warfare method, and had a little understanding of the Daoist theory of otherworldly civilization he mentioned, the other people listened to Luo Xian's words, it was completely like an illiterate listening to a magic book, and they didn't know what they were talking about.
"Don't say so much that I don't understand, you tell me directly, is it possible for Anna to get better?" The baron rushed to Luo Xian in a few steps, wanting to reach out and grab Luo Xian's clothes and ask well, but he held back, it was better not to offend this mysterious man first.
"Yes, yes, but my ability is not enough to use it. Luo first told the matter, he is just a newcomer to the Dao, and the spell of soul transfer and soul summoning is still not enough, and he must rely on the help of his master to control the "Book of Good and Evil" to see if he can find Anna's lost spirit.
Anna's situation is very short, and the meeting a few days ago is fine, that is, what happened in the recent time, and there is a great hope of getting it back. If it is lost for more than ten decades, it will be difficult, I am afraid that it can only be reshaped, and it will require extremely precious natural treasures.
There was a deep disappointment in everyone's eyes.
"We have church magicians in the Eternal Flame who may be able to communicate with the underworld and recover your mother's lost things. "Although I didn't understand what this demon hunter said, I also understood that this was probably something involving the soul level.
All souls are in the hands of the great gods, and some of the magicians in the upper echelons of the Church specialize in related spells, and may be able to get some answers.
"Really? If I could heal my mother, I would be willing to give everything I had for the church, even my life. "Tamara's face is holy, and she will not hesitate to save her mother.
Seeing his daughter getting farther and farther away from him, the baron crouched down in pain with his head in his hands, and after getting it, he lost it again, was this his punishment?
At this moment, several huge beast roars suddenly sounded on the outskirts of the village.
The voices of several women wafted over the village.
"You've ruined our meal, and I want you all to be in fear!"
"Mortals, we will chop you up and boil you into a good pot. ”
"Hmm... Muscles, tendons, fat... What's coming delicious... Snoring, it's so good to drink. ”
"It's the voice of a witch!" the witch hunters and soldiers immediately reacted, shouting one after another, and immediately drew their weapons and stood on guard.
I saw that in the dense forest outside the village, several black whirlwinds swept quickly, and then the thick black fog wrapped the entire village periphery, and everyone was trapped on the flat ground of the village.
The whirlwind almost disappeared when it reached the flat ground of the village, and dozens of figures jumped out of it.
Water ghosts, ghouls, and swamp banshees poured out one after another, and several huge figures inside were particularly conspicuous.
What a tall stature it was, already surpassing the griffin and the petrified chicken snake, and it was more than eight meters tall just by standing, giving Luo Xian the feeling that a truck was standing in front of him.
The sudden attack caused one or two team members to be injured and die instantly. The wails of the wounded before death caused the team to panic a little, and in the face of enemies several times their size, everyone couldn't help but gather together, wrapped in heavy steel shields outside, and the crossbowmen inside were shooting, and the rest were preparing to pull out alchemy bombs and attack.
The crossbow arrows from the crossbow were blocked by the strong body of the deer head, and the arrows that could pierce the iron armor could not even bring a trace of blood on their bodies. Although the flames from the Alchemy Bomb can ignite the mane on the back of the deerhead, they are quickly extinguished by the water magic summoned by the swamp banshee.
The shortcomings of ordinary people's lack of preparation when faced with organized monster attacks are exposed.
Although the human beings have set up a defensive array, in the face of the repeated impact of several deer heads, their physical strength is consumed extremely quickly, and they can no longer hold the shield under several attacks.
Speaking of a deer, Luo Xian felt more like a cow, except for the fan-shaped root-like antlers on his head, and the steamroller-like sturdy figure with the sprint of four hooves. After a few contacts, he threw two soldiers with sore-numbed arms and half-steel shields into the air.
When the soldiers who were knocked out of the air fell to the wail, they were greeted by the water spirits, the ghouls' fangs, and the swamp banshee's sharp claws, and they were caught out of the heart in three or two strokes.
"You guys defend well, leave it to us!" Geralt saw that the soldiers couldn't resist the monster's attack at all, and immediately shouted for Luo Xian to take action. Immediately after, a huge samurai no less than the body of the deer head spirit condensed behind him, and with a swing of the long knife, he rushed forward to meet the head of the deer.