Hao Ren turned his head expressionlessly, and looked at the wizard who kept his face hidden in the shadow of the hood. He couldn't see the whole face of the other party clearly, he could only see a thin, unshaven chin coming out from under the hood. along the exposed.
"What do you mean?" Hao Ren said calmly.
"I'm very good at observing people's hearts," the wizard tilted his head slightly, his voice seemed to have been magically processed, so it sounded like a hollow echo, "I can see that you are not eager to seek a place of refuge, so you don't care about those The 'City of Shadows' mentioned by the witches are of no interest, you're approaching them for something else."
Hao Ren looked curiously at the wizard who suddenly came to talk, and suddenly shrugged: "Whatever you say, anyway, everyone is here for their own benefit, and no one has any secrets these days. The reason and process It doesn’t matter, as long as the results meet expectations.”
"You're right," the hooded wizard seemed to chuckle softly, "the reason and process are not important, as long as the result meets expectations—so Madam Mary and the others don't really care about your origin and purpose, they just need you It's just the power of your partner."
Hao Ren felt more and more that the wizard was weird, so he asked straight to the point: "Isn't that why you came to me to talk about it?"
"Have you ever heard of the Vigil Knights of Harron?"
Hao Ren was taken aback for a moment, feeling that he had heard a completely unfamiliar word, and it seemed that the wizard in front of him had misunderstood something: Did he regard this guy who appeared out of nowhere as a colleague in a certain field? Or as someone with the same goal as him
Hao Ren wasn't sure if the "Night Watch Knight of Harrown" was related to Vivienne's sleeping place, so he was vague and perfunctory: "This question is very important?"
"No, it seems that you don't know about this," the hooded wizard ended the topic simply after seeing Hao Ren's reaction, "Well, maybe you are not the 'traveler' I imagined, sorry for taking you time - but it was still a pleasure to be able to talk to a powerful wizard."
After saying this, the weird wizard turned his head and was about to walk away. Seeing the situation, Hao Ren hurriedly called out from behind: "Hey wait! I don't know your name yet—I can't keep calling you around." hat?"
The hooded wizard paused for a moment, and his voice drifted over after a while: "I'm walking outside, so it's inconvenient to reveal my real name, you can call me Bahn, this is an alias I often use in the world of black magic, and it's also the name I told the witches. name."
Hao Ren curled his lips after this Bane walked away: "Tsk tsk... I was thinking that I'm already an acting school... The most annoying thing is to deal with this kind of guy who knows everything. Why are you so smart?"
"Landlord, I'm full!" Lily jumped over without warning, but the husky girl got a lot of happiness during the eating process, and looked at her greasy face at this time, "Hey, landlord, you have a good expression Strange, what happened?"
"It's nothing, I'm engaging in a prize-free quiz with a mysterious guy," Hao Ren shook his head, and then suddenly thought that although the husky in front of him didn't understand anything, he had lived for at least a century, and he usually behaved in a mess. I have also read a lot of books, and I might know some anecdotes, so I continued, "By the way, do you know an organization or term called 'Haroun's Night Watch Knight'?"
"Harrown's Night Watch Knights? It sounds like someone's thug team." Lily thought for a while, then shook her head flatly, "I don't know. Why are you asking this, landlord?"
"Nothing, just a random question, but let me know if you hear anyone talking about this."
The husky girl nodded vigorously, and happily agreed, without thinking too much, Hao Ren immediately felt at ease when he saw the girl's appearance: it's better to deal with the heartless...
Because he was not familiar with the witches yet, Hao Ren didn't ask anyone to find out about the origin of Bahn. Anyway, his purpose here was quite simple, just to find Vivienne's sleeping place, so he didn't know the ins and outs of the irrelevant people. Too lazy to ask clearly. Next, he plans to find out more information about "Hessiana" from Mrs. Mary, so as to confirm whether it is the brat little bat spirit he knows, although he doesn't think that with Hessiana's ability, It will be caught by a group of human exorcists, but who knows what happened for thousands of years, there is no guarantee that the little bat has such an experience of capsizing in the gutter in the past, and then she put it away because she felt ashamed Erxue hid, no one knew...
But just when Hao Ren was about to talk to Mrs. Mary, a sound of flapping wings suddenly came from the night sky, interrupting his actions.
When the witches heard this voice, they all stopped their conversations and looked up at the sky in unison.
The fog that enveloped the entire cemetery opened a gap, and a white owl that was particularly eye-catching in the night sky passed through the night and landed steadily in front of the witch Helen. There was a white feather on the owl's head, and there was an expression in its eyes. Revealing the aura like a human being, it is obviously also a magic pet.
"Rom!" Helen shouted immediately when she saw the owl, "Why have you been away for so long? What news did you find out?"
The owl called Roma flapped its wings and sighed loudly in a thick baritone voice: "Ah—this lonely and cold night is like my lonely and sad heart. Poor Roma shuttles through the darkness, But it can only deliver news that is more sad than the darkness, listen to the cool night wind, there are weeping words in the wind, poor Roma, what disturbing news did you bring this time... "
Witch Helen raised her leg and stomped on the table, her toes brushed against the owl's head and fell down: "Zhan Ru Niangqin (paraphrase)! Get to the point!"
"The witch Heatherana was sentenced to be burned at the stake for practicing black magic with solid evidence and pleaded guilty. The roasting will start at noon tomorrow..."
Hao Ren went crazy on the spot. Didn't he realize that this beautiful witch who looked the most kind had this side
Then he realized something more important: Tomorrow, the city will publicly execute and burn that witch named "Hathianna"
This news caused the other witches to immediately stir up a commotion. The sickly-looking witch was the first to stand up: "We must act immediately."
Madam Mary also stood up: "Humanity has finally decided to do something—Hessiana's departure from the dungeon of the church is our best and last chance to make a move. We must rescue her before the execution at noon tomorrow!"
A witch questioned: "But the witcher is coming soon..."
"So we have to finish all this before those demon hunters actually arrive." Madam Mary looked over with a sharp gaze, "Humanity chooses to do it tomorrow, which gives us a chance. The demon hunters will not come so soon Yes, before they arrive, we have time to rescue the messengers from the City of Shadows and evacuate safely."
Several witches nodded slightly after hearing Madam Mary's words, but there were still people with hesitant expressions on their faces: the "information" that Hao Ren brought about "the witcher is coming" obviously shook the courage of these people. They may have made a sound plan before and were full of confidence, but when the variable of the witcher appeared, their confidence seemed a little insufficient.
"An easy life will not fall from the sky. If we want to live a free life in the paradise of black magic, we must take a little risk in advance, otherwise we can only continue to live in hiding. And even if there are demon hunters So what? The wizard Hao Ren has proved that the demon hunter is not invincible. Now that we have such a powerful wizard and a werewolf to help, coupled with the strength of all of us, the demon hunter is no longer invincible. No matter how scary! But—" Madam Mary said, her voice gradually cooled down, "if there are still people who want to withdraw, they can say so now, and I will 'satisfy' this request."
Helen coughed twice and looked at Hao Ren: "Wizard, can you roughly estimate the number of those demon hunters?"
"Didn't I say it before, the exact number is not clear. But I can be sure that there are not many of them, at most a team of three or four people."
Hao Ren hastened to talk less about the "demon hunter" in his fiction at this time, because he was afraid that the group of witches would be frightened by the witcher, so they would just give up the mission and go home. If the "Hessiana" who was going to be burned to death in the city was not the little bat spirit he knew, where would he continue to look for clues
Hearing this news, the witches really seemed much calmer.
Madam Mary looked at the situation in front of her with satisfaction, and raised her arms: "Very well, then we will start at noon tomorrow, the specific action plan..."
Hao Ren listened to the witch's explanation of the action plan for the "robbing the law field" tomorrow, and his thoughts spread as he deduced the next day's actions in his mind.
Could that "blood mage" named Hesianna be the little bat spirit he knew? Or just the same name? If it was really her, how could she be captured by a group of humans? And why is it considered a "blood mage"? Although blood mages also use blood magic, they are two completely different concepts from vampires. What happened in between
While the witches were hiding in the cemetery and planning a big operation, beside a dirt road far away from the city, a group of walkers dressed in black were setting up a bonfire in an open space and resting temporarily.
Their horses were tied to dead trees beside the road, and gleaming holy silver swords hung beside their saddles.
A tall leader stood up from the bonfire and looked towards the direction of the city: In the night, there were only very faint sporadic lights in the direction of the city, and it was almost impossible to see any details, but the leader was absorbed in it, as if he had already seen the distant city. Everything in sight.
A young deputy stood up after him: "Elder, is this small place really worth your attention?"
The leader glanced back at this inexperienced junior, and then turned his head: "A qualified hunter will never underestimate any hunting, and...you have no idea how dangerous she is, especially when you are about to wake up..."