Chapter 114: Witch Hunter
Jiang Xia spent the rest of the journey comfortably in the carriage.
He chatted with the baroness and collected as much information as possible about the new world.
The Baroness's name is Hela Ben Helford. She is the last descendant of this generation of the Helford family. Her family does not come from the Old World.
It is said that they were already a prominent family in the new colony hundreds of years ago.
After the monster disaster, the Baroness's family generously accepted many refugees and dispersed them across their own territory to allow them to recuperate.
That's right.
The entire Fuxi County is the territory of the Helford family.
Miss Helya, who looks weak and frail, is actually the second generation of a wealthy family with mines. Because of the generosity of the Helford family, they have a very close relationship with the Vaslo Witch Hunting Society.
As a result, Helya's father, Sir Fleming, joined the witch hunting society and became a master witch hunter. He also found the lady of his dreams in the witch hunting society.
He was a countess from the Old World. They were a perfect match, fell in love, and had Helya.
Unfortunately, Helya was born with a serious family genetic disease.
She didn't say what the disease was or what could be cured, and Jiang Xia didn't ask. Their relationship was not close enough to share secrets.
However, Helya showed Jiang Xia the family letters that had been passed down.
It was indeed as she said. Five or six hundred years ago, Helford's ancestors encountered visitors from another world, namely explorers from the Mohist sect in Kumu Realm.
According to the records in the notebook, they had a very pleasant conversation with the explorers, but at that time, the world had no spiritual energy and was not worth exploring.
So the Mohists did not stay for too long.
He left behind a star array and returned to his own world.
And Helford’s ancestors were rather…superstitious.
That era was still the Dark Ages, and people at that time were superstitious.
In short, they regard the star array as a family inheritance and an incomprehensible glory.
And kept properly from generation to generation.
I still stubbornly believe that the visitors from another world will return to this world in the future.
Although it was not explicitly stated in the notes, Jiang Xia could basically guess that the initial rise of the Helford family must have been closely related to the Mohist family from more than a hundred years ago.
Although Miss Helya is weak, she has been brought up in an aristocratic lifestyle since childhood. She is very knowledgeable and has heard many strange stories from her father.
In her description, Jiang Xia sketched out her first impression of this world.
Its development trajectory before the outbreak of the monster disaster was almost exactly the same as the Earth in Jiang Xia's memory. There was nothing supernatural that could be proven.
It is a world that has developed completely according to the progress of science until the 19th century. The steam engine is still the mainstream, and new things like trains are said to have just appeared.
Even the topography of the world is very similar to that of Earth.
Helya provided Jiang Xia with a world map drawn by travelers before the monster disaster, which clearly showed the location of the old continent where the monster disaster broke out.
Equivalent to Europe and Asia on Earth.
This new colony was the African region and the undiscovered American continent.
The secretive butler Saen also said that there was indeed a refuge area like the new colony in the east, but there was the Old World in between and the monsters were spreading around the world, so there was no connection between the two sides.
As for the spiritual energy of this world, Jiang Xia guessed that it should have appeared when the monster disaster broke out decades ago.
This is a transformed world.
The aura does not last long, so its concentration is relatively low.
According to Jiang Xia's perception, the concentration of spiritual energy in this world is only about one third of that in Kumu Realm.
Although it is enough for a half-cultivator like Jiang Xia to absorb, Liu Hui also said that this world has already suppressed its power to some extent. If someone from a higher realm comes in, it will probably be very uncomfortable.
In other words, the most powerful force that this world can currently bear should be at most the realm of spiritual cultivation.
Once your realm is higher, coming to this world will be like coming from a place with abundant supplies to a barren desert, and the same experience as Liu Hui in the wasteland will happen to you.
The vast spiritual energy in the body will be absorbed by this world.
In the terms of the Qintian Temple in Kumu Realm, this is an absolute "small spiritual world".
"Little girl, take your medicine."
In the bumpy carriage, Jiang Xia took out a porcelain bottle from his waist bag, poured out a soul-gathering pill, and handed it to the drowsy baroness opposite him, as if he was coaxing a child.
To the Baroness:
"Look at how thin you are, as thin as a kitten. How pitiful."
"Father said that we should not eat anything given by others."
Helya took the pill handed to her by Jiang Xia. She looked at the round pill in front of her with suspicion, which exuded the aroma of herbs. She then watched Jiang Xia throw several pills into his mouth like he was eating candy beans.
"Eat it, it's not a bad thing."
Jiang Xia chewed candy beans...
Uh, no, pills.
He winked at the alert girl and said:
"If you eat this, you will feel more comfortable. This is a magical method, do you understand? It is the magical power recorded by your ancestors."
The baroness hesitated.
But still put the pill in your mouth.
After biting it, a fresh fragrance bursts in your mouth.
Soon, the warm feeling flowed through her whole body, making the girl who was suffering from the genetic disease feel extremely comfortable, just like soaking in warm water.
Her body also relaxed, with heat flowing through it, dispelling the coldness from her body and causing her to let out a comfortable moan.
But his mouth was immediately covered.
Her cheeks also turned red.
A lady should not make such noises.
That's so rude.
The old butler driving the carriage also looked back at the carriage with a strange expression, but he had the ability to eavesdrop and knew that nothing impolite had happened in the carriage.
“Hahaha, it works, right?”
Jiang Xia found the lady's impoliteness very interesting, so he handed her the porcelain bottle and said:
"Eat a few more. The sound you made just now was quite nice."
"No."
The baroness became even more embarrassed. She lowered her head and did not look at Jiang Xia. She thought that this stranger was a dirty guy and must be a bad person who enjoyed playing tricks on others.
"Boss, they started a war!"
Just as Jiang Xia was teasing the lady, Su's voice also sounded in the communication, saying:
"Those witch hunters have broken down the gates of the manor and have begun attacking the monsters. Should we join them?"
"Yes! Of course."
Jiang Xia sat up straight at this moment and said in the communication:
“Collect as much as possible of the ashes. They will be our important commodities in the next stage. I have already made an agreement with Baroness Helford that all the ashes in the manor will belong to us.
Let those 'hard-working' witch hunters get it for us first.
Let Huck and Hanhan go kill the monsters, you stay on guard outside, and you will have to block the road later. Listen to my signal, Liu Hui is on her way back.
It will probably be in time for the final harvest.”
After saying that, Jiang Xia knocked on the wall of the carriage to stop it. He threw the porcelain bottle in his hand to Helya, jumped down with the pistol in his hand, and straightened his windbreaker.
He took his rifle from Hanhan and followed the group of witch hunters towards the manor built on the mountain in front of them.
Just as Su said, the witch hunters have already started to work hard, relying on their large numbers.
Helya said that after her father left, horrible things happened in the manor, and no one has lived there for more than ten years.
It was bound to fall into disrepair, and the monsters gathered here would not take the initiative to repair it.
The closed door was covered with rust, revealing its desolation.
There were also black vine-like plants wrapped around the iron gate, like ivy, but without branches and leaves, and with thorns sticking out, more like the tentacles of a monster in a nightmare.
The walls collapsed in a disastrous manner.
Look at the collapsed bricks and stones, which looked like the remains left by a dozen wild boars, and the tattered strips of cloth hanging around the dead trees.
Perhaps when the manor was prosperous, it was silk brocade with the Helford family crest hanging on it, representing the wealth of the nobility, but now.
Those strips of cloth fluttering in the wind look like prayer flags.
Are you mourning the dead?
No.
Maybe not.
Jiang Xia was only half a cultivator and could not sense any demonic or ghostly aura.
But now, standing in front of the gate that was blown open by the detonator, he had a feeling that the abandoned manor covered with weeds in front of him was like a ghost with its sharp teeth bared.
Waiting for the ignorant to offer sacrifices of flesh and blood.
“Don’t…don’t go.”
Niu Hanhan, who was always pure, was standing behind Jiang Xia. He clenched his fists, which was unusual for him. When he saw Jiang Xia was about to go in, he stretched out his hand to stop him and stammered:
"Danger... There is danger!"
"I know."
Jiang Xia turned around and smiled at Hanhan, saying:
"But if it's not dangerous, then what are we doing here?"
He looked back again and saw the carriage parked outside the manor. Butler Saen was holding a rapier in his hand, and behind his exquisite tuxedo, he also had a very tough double-barreled shotgun on his back and was wrapping his bullet belt around his body.
"Hey, old hunter."
Jiang Xia lit a cigarette and asked vaguely:
"You hired so many people with varying abilities... Are they sacrifices?"
Butler Saen stopped moving.
He glanced at Jiang Xia, neither answering nor denying.
"There's a big guy in there, right?"
Jiang Xia asked:
"That's your and Helya's goal. I don't really care, but does this act of sacrificing human lives for hunting conform to the principles of that witch hunting society?"
The old butler still said .
He had made all the preparations, and took out two large-caliber revolvers from the carriage box. He walked forward in his exquisite hunting boots with his back straight.
At the moment of crossing Jiangxia, Old Sarn suddenly whispered:
"Stranger, what do you think a witch hunter is?"
“These young people, they think that by classifying monsters into different levels, they can be safer when hunting. How foolish!
To an old guy like me, monsters are monsters, and every one of them is very dangerous.
If you want to win, you have to be well prepared.
Their lives, and mine, are sacrifices for victory!
As you said, there is a reason why the manor was abandoned. There is a real big thing inside, the kind that would make ordinary people's souls collapse at a glance.
If you detect malicious intent...
You can wait here. The lady hired you, but she is still too young and trusting. I don't think you will fulfill the agreement honestly.
I've seen people like you before.
More than once.
Although you always have a smile on your face, you are much more dangerous than those immature witch hunters who pretend to be cool.
But it's okay this way.
That makes me want to hire you, too.”
The old butler raised his head and glanced at the manor in front of him with nostalgic eyes. He whispered:
"If I fail in this last hunt, if I can't come back, take the lady away, leave this world where hope is annihilated, and bring her to you."
"Hey, old man."
Jiang Xia took the cigarette from his mouth, flicked the ash, and said:
"If you hire someone, you have to pay them."
Old Saen nodded, looked at Jiang Xia and said seriously:
"I don't have anything good to give you, but if you need it, after I die, my ashes will belong to you. Those are the ashes of a monster lord that my master gave me.
But it's really good stuff.
I think it should be enough to exchange it for the lady's future."
"etc!"
Jiang Xia suddenly stretched out his hand and interrupted the old housekeeper. He looked at him strangely and said:
"After you bloodline witch hunters die, will there be ashes left?"
"hehe"
Old Sane laughed in an ambiguous tone and repeated what he had just said.
"What do you think a witch hunter is?
After the death of every witch hunter, the most precious legacy of his life will be born. Through this legacy, the warrior's will will be reborn in future generations.
Every witch hunter has a different starting point, but they have a common destination. Every witch hunter is destined to embark on this path of inheritance and glory.
The ashes of every witch hunter represent a certain power, which is the last backbone of this world."
This is probably the old hunter expressing some kind of philosophical fatalism.
Unfortunately, Jiang Xia didn't care at all and didn't even try to stop.
With his eyes shining, he turned his head and changed the command in the chip communication.
explain:
"Liu Hui, stop playing with those weak monsters and come back quickly! Come to my place, there are big babies waiting for you."
"Su, switch to lethal fire. I don't care about ordinary people, but I will shoot those bloodline people if they dare to provoke me! Uh, no, they have already provoked me before, right?
very good!
Skip the troublesome communication process and start searching for the target now. If you find any unusual movement, kill them directly!
They themselves are the most valuable treasure."
