Baptiste
When Lily called out the name, Hao Ren's first reaction was to be stunned on the spot. He vaguely felt that the name sounded familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember exactly where he had heard it, until Lily immediately stabbed him. He poked his arm and murmured the word "purgatory" before he remembered who this wizard named "Baptiste" was.
The Purgatory Planet in the past, today's "Gate of the World-Watch World Monitoring Center", this incredible planet that was once stuck on the wall of reality and was named "Purgatory" because of the terrifying environment in the upper crust, was originally It came into Hao Ren's sight because of the activities of a wizard named Baptiste.
This Baptiste, who was active in France during the Middle Ages, disappeared mysteriously for hundreds of years later. He swallowed a human town with magic, and used the power he swallowed to open a portal to purgatory. He did not hesitate to turn himself into an immortal cursed creature, but also to find the "mentor" who fell into purgatory due to a magical accident in the early years, who was also his lover.
In an instant, all these information flooded into his mind, and Hao Ren was finally able to connect the mysterious wizard in front of him with the Baptiste he knew six hundred years later. At the same time, he also understood that What is the purpose of the series of actions of the wizard with the pseudonym "Barne", and how Lily guessed the real identity of the wizard.
I have to admit that the husky girl's intuition and occasional flashes of inspiration are really powerful.
Although it has little to do with the fundamental goal of his backtracking journey, Hao Ren felt that he had solved another mystery by accident.
No wonder a mere human wizard can master the method of opening an interstellar portal. No wonder he is still inextricably linked with Vivienne. It turns out that the root cause lies at this moment.
On the other side, "Barne", who had always been very calm after being told by Lily, finally couldn't help being surprised. His hood quickly turned in the direction of the husky girl: "You know me?"
"Do you know him?" It was Hessianna and Hasu not far away who yelled in unison.
Lily thought for a while, and her ears perked up vigorously: "Ah! Guess right?"
Everyone: "..."
"Ahem, I've heard about this guy." Seeing that the husky girl had no way to smooth things over by herself, Hao Ren could only break the deadlock awkwardly, "I see... I see. Baptiste, I didn't expect you to open the gate of purgatory. That's where the key was found."
The wizard Bahn... No, Baptiste finally gave up his disguise completely. He lifted his hood, revealing a thin and gloomy face: "Who the hell are you? How did you know I was going to open Purgatory?" door?!"
"Ah? You want to link to Purgatory?" Vivienne, who just woke up and was a little confused this time, was surprised, "You didn't tell me this!"
Hesiana was a little crazy: "Master Vivienne, you didn't even know what this guy was going to do, so you gave him the crystallization of power!?"
"He told me that he wanted to find someone, and that person happened to be a little follower I had disappeared in the early years, so I just helped out." Vivienne said with an innocent face, "I didn't know that he would find that person. In purgatory! Hey, boy over there, Baptiste, right? Let me tell you, if you open the door to purgatory, then we have to renegotiate. Opening the door to purgatory is not just a few wizards It can gather energy together! And even if you really open the door, there is no guarantee that something will come out from the other side of the door, don't be crazy... "
Baptiste didn't expect that an ancient blood like Vivienne would have such a nagging attribute. Originally, he guessed that an ancient ruler like the "Countess of the Red Moon" should have that kind of indifferent and ruthless temperament. He doesn't pay attention to the life and death of ordinary people, nor does he care about the survival of a city or a country. Even if he wants to open the door of purgatory, he won't attract the slightest attention from this mighty man. The old man actually planned to go back on his word!
Baptiste's brain was running fast, and countless negotiation plans were quickly simulated in his mind. At the same time, he began to consider the possibility of escaping, but before he could take any action, a swift black shadow suddenly killed him from the side. Coming over, a long whip was wrapped around his arm.
Heatherana looked at the human wizard who showed annoyance but no fear at all: "Tsk tsk, I'm sorry, you can't leave for the time being."
Hao Ren watched this unexpected episode, but out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed Vivienne who was looking over here curiously.
Vivienne was not only looking at him curiously, but also at everyone around him, including those witchers.
"What's going on here?" Our Countess frowned her beautiful eyebrows, "Why do so many irrelevant people appear in the place where I sleep? I wanted to ask just now... Demon hunter? What do you want to do?" Well? The guy standing over there is Hasselblad—when did you take the initiative to come to me to make trouble? The werewolf girl over there, and the guy with two black swords in his hand, where are you from? Why don't I know you?"
Her first few questions were fine, but when Hao Ren and Lily were asked, Heatherana's expression changed immediately.
The little bat spirit immediately stared at Hao Ren suspiciously: "Didn't you say that you and Lord Vivian are friends?!"
"Friend?" Vivienne shook her head after hearing this, "I don't know them two."
"I can explain this!" Hao Ren quickly raised his hand, "We must have been forgotten by Vivienne again! Everyone here knows that Vivienne has a problem with her memory..."
While controlling Baptiste's actions, Heatherana still looked suspicious. Obviously, although Hao Ren's explanation was an undeniable possibility, this matter itself had already made her feel suspicious of Hao Ren and Lily. The identities of the two people had great doubts.
Vivienne nodded in amazement, "Oh, it's possible."
Heather Anna: "Master Vivian! Don't give up on your memory so quickly!"
Vivienne looked indifferent: "But my memory is really not very good, this is an indisputable fact."
"You two guys! It's better to come up with something that can prove your identity quickly! It's better to remind Lord Vivian to think of you two!" Heatherana has nothing to do with Vivian, but she can Turning the finger on Hao Ren and Lily, "If you can't get it out, then I can only temporarily regard you and this Baptiste as the same liars and conspirator! Especially that Hao Ren over there—you're going to Where is the bat in the picture? Take it out and let Master Vivienne verify whether it is fake or not!"
What was regarded as "ironclad evidence" by the little bat spirit before, is now suspected because of Vivian's own words.
Hao Ren raised his hand helplessly: "Okay, okay, I have other evidence, I have something to show Vivian."
As he spoke, he took out an object from the portable space, but was about to walk over to hand it to Vivian, but Hesiana stopped him: "Wait a minute! Let me hand it over—to prevent you from cheating on the token Lord Vivian."
Hao Ren just wanted to ask, "What will Baptiste do if you come here?" when he saw the body of the little bat spirit shake suddenly, and then a person who looked exactly like her, but with a weaker breath and a slightly dull expression. Heather Anna" stood up from her shadow.
This magic clone came to Hao Ren quickly, and stretched out his hand: "Give it to me, I'll hand it over."
Hao Ren shrugged, and handed the thing to Heather Anna's avatar.
That is the key medium for awakening Vivienne in this false space-time: the house key.
After the magic avatar received the key, it did not hand it over immediately. Instead, it looked at it curiously for a long time, and even tested it with a few small magics. Not far away, Heatherana's main body showed a suspicious look: "This is the key. What? A strange little piece of metal?"
"Leave it to Vivian to see it." Hao Ren showed a mysterious expression, "Anyway, you can detect it. There is no magic wave on this thing, and it is not a dangerous item."
"Hmph, you don't even dare to measure."
The little bat spirit snorted, and then let the clone come to Vivian holding the key.
Vivienne took the key and curiously lifted it up into the air to look at it.
And Hao Ren noticed that the collapse of the entire Moonlight Grassland had gradually subsided at some point.
The wriggling dark boundary stopped hundreds of meters away, and the edge of the earth that was constantly flying out into fragments also became a picture that was no longer moving as if the pause button was pressed. The moonlight in the sky became brighter and brighter, and in this world , everything is rapidly being covered in gray and white.
Including the witcher hunting group led by Lockheed.
Including Baptiste who is being subdued by Heatherana.
Even Heatherana herself and Hasselblad standing not far away—their bodies were also stained with gray representing "dream fading" for a short time.
As for Hesianna's magic avatar, it vanished the moment the change happened.
Hao Ren and Lily looked at each other and nodded in unison: Although some unexpected situations happened, everything went as planned.
Vivian finally looked away from the key, her eyes quickly became clear, and finally focused on the two faces she was familiar with: "Hao Ren... and the big dog? Why are you here... Hey, let me go here Why is the bear boy here!! Where have I been?"
The last time she saw Heather Anna who was standing not far away.
Lily scratched her hair and muttered a little unhappily: "So I have to explain it all over again every time."
Hao Ren smiled, and did not respond to the husky girl's complaints, but walked towards Vivienne.
"A lot happened, let me tell you slowly."