It turns out that this is the true purpose of the witcher.
They are not here to hunt down the "Countess of the Red Moon" that no one dares to provoke, nor are they here to prevent Vivian's resurrection. Their real purpose is to prevent the crazy disaster Hao Ren will cause after Vivian's resurrection.
It is not known to what extent the demon hunter of Corpus pays much attention to Vivian, but now it seems that it is obviously a step further than what he knew and guessed before, and even if Vivian disappears for more than a certain period of time, it will trigger
Corpus' early warning mechanism: Hasselblad and the hunting group he led are obviously part of this early warning mechanism.
There was just one thing that Hao Ren couldn't understand: Demon hunters have always been indifferent to other races. Apart from being obsessed with their endless hunting, they actually didn't care about the life and death of humans at all, let alone going through fire and water specifically to protect humans.
, their limited "offensive and defensive alliance" with humans is entirely based on the premise of hunting. Once they lose the sole goal of "hunting", they will not pay attention to any suffering suffered by human society.
So why did Hasselblad lead a group of warriors here to protect the human city?
In previous investigations, Hao Ren has roughly determined that except for Vivian's sleeping place, there are no other aliens active in this area for a long time. There are only one human city and a few villages and towns. For demon hunters,
In other words, the biggest consequence of Vivian's violent awakening is the suffering of the human beings here. And Vivian herself is not the hunting target of the demon hunter, so why is Hasselblad leading people here?
It is definitely not for the group of witches led by Lady Mary. A mere group of witches cannot attract such attention. One or two experienced hunters can take care of them all. And Hasselblad himself said just now, he is
Came here specifically for Vivian.
Hao Ren thought for a while, organized his words and said casually as flawlessly as possible: "To stop Countess Red Moon's madness, even if it is just a temporary delay, it will cost a lot. To be honest, I think this is a bit more than the gain is worth the loss. Here is
There is nothing of value except human beings.”
"Of course not for those humans," a demon hunter said. "You have been hunting for too long. I am afraid you don't know what the countess did after she woke up three thousand years ago. She suddenly appeared in a wilderness in Northern Europe.
After being beaten and smashed, she couldn't vent enough, so she rushed straight towards Corpus. If a battle group hadn't just returned from the Nordic battlefield and encountered her, I'm afraid Corpus would have faced
The most serious local attack. Since then, we have summed up experience. After Vivian Ancesta falls into madness, someone must attract her attention and let her consume excess energy and physical strength, otherwise she will definitely rush.
To Corpus."
Do Vivian’s evil thoughts still have this tendency? Will they rush towards Corpus?
There was no change in Hao Ren's expression, but his heart was in turmoil. He had dealt with evil thoughts so many times, but he had never heard of such an attribute!
Even Hasselblad, who participated in this operation six hundred years ago, did not tell anyone about this in the days to come.
Of course, Hao Ren can't blame Hasselblad for concealing information. Hasselblad is an "outsider" after all. His understanding of evil thoughts and dream planes is extremely limited. He didn't even know that there were "evil thoughts" until the 21st century.
There is such a thing as "body", and the last time he dealt with Vivian's evil body was this time. It was still six centuries before he met Hao Ren and his party. He had no idea about an action six hundred years ago.
How important the hidden clues are to Hao Ren.
Various restrictions made it impossible for him to connect this crucial clue with what Hao Ren and his party were busy with.
But it doesn't matter, because Hao Ren is already here, and he has personally entered the history that would have been buried forever. Now he has the opportunity to pick up the details that were unconsciously ignored by the parties involved.
At this moment, he realized again that his trip back to history had another meaning: not only did he want to recover Vivian, he also wanted to recover the lost memories of Vivian, as well as everything related to Vivian.
secret.
After suppressing his initial surprise, Hao Ren began to think about another question: Why did Vivian's evil thoughts rush towards Corpus?
Is it because Vivian still remembers in her subconscious that she was once the fourteenth saint of the demon hunter? Or maybe she subconsciously wants to find her old friend, who was killed by her moonlight and was accidentally killed in future generations.
The first saint who was reincarnated as a dog?
These two possibilities were quickly thrown aside by Hao Ren, because those who rushed towards Corpus were only evil thoughts. After confirming some details with Hasselblad and several other demon hunters, he confirmed this: those who rushed towards Corpus
The "Vivian" to Corpus always appeared after the real Vivian woke up, and would take the initiative to "leave" after a scuffle. The witcher thought it was the countess who suddenly regained consciousness.
, but Hao Ren guessed that it was taken away by the intervention of Raven 12345 in history.
Since they are evil thoughts without any sense, then they could only rush towards Corpus for some simpler and more direct reason: there is something there that is attracting them.
Hao Ren instantly thought of the God-Killing Sword: throughout history, the God-Killing Sword was kept in Corpus, and there was no doubt between Vivian's evil body and the murderous weapon that was once full of negative power.
There is a deep connection.
The divine power of the Creation Goddess and the dark force that opposes it. These two forces are so inseparably entangled, entangled in the God-killing Sword, and entangled in Vivian. In the end, they are so wonderfully connected.
together.
Hao Ren also thought of that little weakling who was confused all day long. Although she was very weak, she was also a real evil mind. However, she had no tendency to go to the North Pole. The reason was very simple: the little weakling was "born"
"The God-killing Sword had already been purified... and the little weakling had no tendency to go to the North Pole, which confirmed Hao Ren's entire guess from one aspect.
"Are you distracted?" Hasselblad's words suddenly came from the side, finally awakening Hao Ren from his thoughts. The latter quickly corrected his expression and said calmly in the doubtful eyes of the old hunter: "I just thought of Corpus.
It’s been too long since I’ve been back. Apart from being obsessed with hunting, I’m indifferent to everything. I didn’t even know that Corpus was almost raided once.”
"Hunters who have been fighting monsters in the dark for thousands of years are also worthy of respect." Demon hunter Lockheed said, and this compliment immediately made Hao Ren feel even more embarrassed for this honest man...
"By the way, haven't you tried destroying Vivian while she was sleeping? This can solve the problem once and for all." Hao Ren considered his words and asked a question that he had been concerned about for a long time. When he raised this question, he
It still feels weird.
"Are you kidding?" Hasselblad glanced at Hao Ren in disbelief, "Dealing with the sleeping countess is more difficult than dealing with her when she is awake. It can even be said to be a hundred times more dangerous: even if the awake countess is in a state of madness, it is only temporary.
Yes, as long as she regains her senses, she is harmless to humans and animals, and even if she breaks out on fire, she may not be able to summon the red moon, but she is sleeping...not to mention that the soulless guard army she created in her sleep is enough to kill her.
Most of the intruders will automatically create a red moon if she is attacked while sleeping!"
Hao Ren suddenly thought in his heart, "Fuck, Vivian, you are so powerful when you are sleeping?!"
Seeing that the suspicious expression on Hasselblad's face was getting deeper, Hao Ren knew that he had asked enough inappropriate questions, so he quickly changed the subject perfunctorily: "I just heard about these things, I didn't expect it to be true.
It’s scary, I take it for granted... Let’s talk about tomorrow’s actions.”
Fortunately, Hasselblad was only a little surprised by Hao Ren's whimsical ideas, and did not question the latter's identity itself, so the topic was quickly changed, and the demon hunters began to discuss the plan to hunt down those witches.
Soon, the discussion came to an end. The demon hunter team captains left the long table one by one to go to their subordinates to explain the battle plan. Hasselblad also stood up and stretched his muscles, apparently ready to rest. Hao Ren looked at this
The old hunter from six hundred years ago was making a quick decision in his mind.
There are evil thoughts sleeping in the castle. Hesiana, Lily and their party must be warned immediately, and the subsequent awakening plan must also be modified.
We can't continue to waste time here and the information the witchers can provide should only be so much.
Hao Ren made a bold decision.
"Sir," he called to Hasselblad who was about to leave, "Actually, I discovered something."
Hasselblad raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"
"Please come with me," Hao Ren looked around and finally landed on a place in the north of the cemetery. "Those witches performed a strange ritual in that place. I hope you can come and see it in person."
"Is this a ritual that even experienced hunters don't recognize?" Hasselblad smiled, but did not have any doubts, because it was normal for younger hunters to ask questions from an elder like him.
Hao Ren took Hasselblad to the edge of the cemetery, where he could avoid the sight of night-watching hunters.
Hasselblad didn't seem to notice this at all. He just looked at the opened tombs in front of him curiously: "Does the strange ritual you mentioned refer to these opened tombs?"
Hao Ren silently recited the name of Raven 12345 in his heart, then quietly moved behind Hasselblad, and quietly took out something from his portable space: "I have something good to show you."
Hasselblad turned back inexplicably: "Ah?"
A metal brick made of battleship alloy, almost twice the size of an ordinary brick, quickly enlarged in his sight...