Hunter’s Blade - Chapter 18

[Demon Hunter’s Blade Chapter 18]

A shadow passed over Ciel’s face.

“Your family forced you to do this.”

“Yeah, they have raised me for so many years, I should repay them, and my brother and brother have a lot of money to spend. If I keep eating at home, I will not be able to open the pot.” Alicia turned her back to Ciel.

“My parents sold me to human traffickers.” Ciel felt terrified when he recalled that day, and the person he knew the most suddenly became unfamiliar, “For ten gold coins.”

“Then you’re worth at least a bag of gold, I’m nothing,” she said dejectedly. “I’m having a period, and I can’t even entertain you. I’m so stupid, I’m really incompetent.”

“No no—” Charles stammered back, hating himself for being clumsy and unable to say anything more beautiful, “I think you’re the best.”

“So stupid, we just met.” Alicia didn’t look back and kept her back to Ciel, “You don’t know many girls… I can’t serve you anymore, you can find other sisters.”

“I want you, I just want you.” Charles said firmly, “I’ll come back to you when you’re healed.”

“Leave me alone.” Alicia turned around with a tired face, “Okay? Unless you give me money.”

Ciel counted out a few gold coins from the purse, her eyes widened.

“Are you an idiot? I haven’t done anything yet, so you pay.”

“If you can’t get the money, it will be embarrassing… Those who book your first night, how much are you bidding? I can bid more than them.”

“Ah, what’s your name?”

“Charle.”

“Charle… I’ll leave you my first night. Come and pick it up when you’re free.” She took the three gold coins, tilted her head and smiled, then suddenly hugged Charles tightly and kissed his face.

“Oh, it’s disgusting.” Gladius shivered. “There will never be a demon doing this in hell. We cut off each other’s heads to express our feelings.”

Later, Ciel stepped out of the tent.

“How is it?” a tall and thin woman asked with a narrow expression, “Are you satisfied?”

“I want to take her away, how much is it?” Charles said.

“We can’t be the master, you go to the Ash Tree Hall to find our boss.” She replied, then frowned, “She is worth a lot, child, she is our future cash cow, you have to use a golden shovel to get rid of it. She went to the roots.”

“I know how to get money.” Charles bowed his head and walked away.

He returned to the tent where he was staying, and Prox looked up to see Ciel.

“God, are you in love?”

Chapter 23 Tracking the Devil

Ciel was half asleep and half awake, and his mind was filled with many hazy thoughts. Demons wandered, mortals were in flames, kings and nobles were rotated, and merchants and pawns wandered.

He saw the seniors who died in battle, the girl who kissed him, and the Blade Demon God Gladiu who kept laughing at him, with sharp horns on his head.

Get out of my soul…

“You need me, you need me,” a voice kept repeating. “No matter how much you hate me, you need me. I am the executioner who killed all your companions and the savior who brought you back from the brink of death. I am Your most terrible curse, and your most reliable ally. Do you wish to be destroyed? To survive, you must accept me—”

Charles woke up from his dream.

“You’re dreaming about something messy.” Gladiu’s voice sounded from his heart.

“It’s nothing.” Charles was a little dazed.

“Ah, I’m going to teach you a lesson. The noble, beautiful, and beautiful woman you promised, ended up eating you to death by any prostitute.” Gladiu scolded.

“Don’t you think she’s beautiful?” Charles said in his heart.

Gladiu held back for a long time, and then responded: “…Yes. But why don’t you know that people are using you and want to use you to get to the sky, get out of the sea of misery, and use you as a tool?”

“To shut up.”

“Can’t you be a heartless and strong man, ride her until she is tired, and then find a wild horse.”

“Why can’t you just stop?” Charles cursed.

“Why?” Gladius was heartbroken, “because I’m so bored! You don’t know what it’s like to be in your tattered body, because you’re weak and your brain is limited, so I can only think like a mortal Come to think of things.”

“What’s wrong with that? Isn’t my brain enough for you?”

“Think about what it’s like to put an adult in a child’s clothes, no, it’s like to put a lion, a million swords into a child’s clothes… that’s what I’m going through. .And you refuse to even talk to me!” Gladio growled.

“Tell me how to make you quiet.”

“Get some souls, please, please,” Gladiu said. “I’ll be quiet when I’m full. Human beings are the best. You see there are hundreds of soldiers around, and they won’t find one missing.”

“What if I say no? The stronger you are, the more dangerous I am.”

“I will only be very disappointed in you.” Gladiu’s voice was sharp and casual, but now it became low and hoarse, like a fire bursting silently in magma, “We can become the most powerful partner by working together. , the whole world will crawl under our feet. If you think I’m just trying to kill you, you’re too pathetic.”

“It’s still not convincing enough.” Ciel disagreed, “Let’s each give in, and soon you will have a soul to enjoy, but it’s not human.”

but another demon.

The whole army marched westward, searching for traces of the winged demon.

Ciel set off with the main force, and after walking a few miles, he looked back and noticed the wreckage on the hillside, full of rubbish and dirt pits.

Although the soldiers all set off, they left quite ugly marks on the spot, and the entire hillside was ruined beyond recognition by these hundreds of people.

If it is a noble war between lords, thousands of people are stationed in the camp, I don’t know what the landscape will be.

Charles carefully observed the operation of the army, and he was accustomed to paying attention to the details around him.

In the middle of the army is a carriage full of baggage and supplies, and the female family members and logistics also stay on it. In this way, once the enemy is approached, as long as the carriage is stopped in an orderly manner and lined up a little, the soldiers in front and behind can gather in the center, using the vehicles as the center. Rely on defense.

The soldiers looked full of energy and eager to try. In their eyes, there was no difference between demons and ordinary beasts, and they could be handled with steel.

Rocher divided the troops into hundreds of corps, each with a flag officer, and flags and shouts were used to convey information between the ministries.

The knight is at the forefront, and the flag bearer beside him can dispatch the entire army by simply waving the flag.

“Speed up!” A cry came from far ahead, and then Ciel saw the flag at the front swaying forward twice.

“Hurry up!”

“hurry up!”

The flag officers at the rear also waved the flags in their hands and responded loudly to the semaphore.

These flags are all printed with hyacinths on a green background, which can be seen from a distance, and those who are young are not afraid to fight the idea of the army.

The family crest is an important symbol to distinguish the noble family of Lohmann. The symbols of ancient families are usually classical, traditional and conservative, and look solemn and elegant.

Emerging nobles can only use those more rare and exotic family emblems.

Six months ago, Charles saw a knight who painted two naked men kissing each other on his shield. Etienne told him at the time that this was a tactic, so that no one dared to look directly at his shield in a duel.

After the order was given, the sound of armor rubbing and swords colliding became more frequent, and the soldiers moved quickly.

There were many farmers and countrymen in the fields, who stopped to watch the army approach, they were just beginning to lean on the implements, their eyes were complicated and fearful, and they sighed from time to time.

But soon, they saw Rocher riding in the front, and they burst into cheers from the heart.

“Oh oh oh!”

“Lord Rocher!”

Ciel couldn’t see what Rocher looked like in front of him, but he could guess that the knight’s face must be calm and focused on the road under his feet.

The Lomans respect knights. The so-called knights are the lowest among the nobles and the origin of all honors. The commoners can also obtain canonizations by accumulating merits.

Charles used to fantasize about whether he could one day gain recognition and become a knight, so that he could own hereditary estates and shade future generations, but now that he has taken on the duty of a demon hunter, worldly authority does not hold much appeal to him.

Prox straddled a horse and rode from the front to Shire’s side.

He wore a nose helmet, tied his beard with a rope, and carried a cavalry axe.

“Hey!” he greeted Ciel. “How are you feeling?”

“Very well, but I can’t ride a horse yet,” said Charles.

“No problem, you’re young and you learn fast, I’ll teach you how to ride horses when I have time.” Prox said lightly, “Riding a horse is just like riding a woman. It looks difficult, but it’s actually easy, and men are more comfortable than men. like.”

“Okay.” Charles hasn’t tried either, so he doesn’t know if it’s true.

“Lord Rocher is looking for you.” Prox pointed forward.

They probably found something, and the whole army stopped at the flag.

Ciel and Prox turned away from the road and came to an open field.

On the grass lay a dead cow, or part of it that was once.

Charles saw a bull’s head that had been cut open in the middle, as if something grabbed the bull’s upper and lower jaws, tore it with force, and ripped its head away. The white-flowered bull’s skull was sticking with black and red flesh and blood. Together, it was quite terrifying. The brains inside were completely sucked out, and there was nothing left, only the bull’s eyeball the size of a fist was left alone.

Further away from the bull’s head, the blood was thick and thick, and the taste was disgusting.

The hooves, tail, and bones of the cow were thrown on the ground at will, probably a very greedy creature, eating frantically, wiping the whole cow, leaving only such a little residue.

“Is this caused by the devil?” Rocher walked towards Ciel with a long sword in hand.

“Yes.” Ciel was determined, and at the same time inquired with Gladiu about the situation in his heart.

“I can smell it.” Gladiu whispered, “It should be a winged demon, it may be the subordinate of the sky king, the creation of the demon god of the sky, or the servant of the dragon demon, or else it is gliding. A follower of the prince. Not at the level of a demon, but not weak.”

“Far from your opponent.”

“Hey, in the whole hell, there are only a handful of people who dare to fight the terrifying Blade Demon God. But it’s too late for you to start flattering me now. Think about it, why is it eating so frantically and quickly?”

“Because it’s hungry, it needs food, it needs soul.”

“You have begun to understand the devil.” Gladiu said approvingly.

Rocher checked the scene again.

“It’s not far.” She said to the mercenaries in the distance, “We are about to have an encounter with the devil, please prepare as soon as possible.”

“Of course.” Tibbert greeted his men and asked them to draw the ballista.

However, the horse let out a harsh neigh and did not dare to approach the scene after being attacked by the demon.

Looking at the strange appearance of the two horses, the mercenaries looked a little bad.

Tibbert frowned too.

After all, if such a heavy ballista cannot be pulled by a horse, how can it be transported?

But animals are very afraid of demons, and their nature warns them to stay away from them as much as possible.

Charles sighed inwardly.

“It’s weird,” murmured Tibbert, to Rocher. “They don’t seem to have a good temper today, but that’s okay, just wait for my people to appease them.”

“There’s no way.” Ciel shook his head. “Horses are afraid of demons. You have to take them farther away for them to be normal.”

“Oh, Mr. Demon Hunter is really a genius.” Tibbert asked the horse to take him away. Sure enough, just a little away from the wreckage of the attack, the horse immediately returned to normal and led the ballista back to the road.

“Don’t be weird, just say you’re worried that I’ll steal the bounty.” Ciel went straight to the point.

“How can I be ‘worried’, why should I be ‘worried’?” Tibbert shrugged, “Isn’t it obvious who is stronger and who is weaker here?”

“Really? Lord Rocher, I heard that the earl offered a reward. Whoever kills the winged demon will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins.” Ciel said calmly.

“A full one hundred Loman gold coins, bearing the head of Lavigne III, were neither made up with ancient Godel gold coins nor deceived with light money scraped off the relief, or the count himself counted one from his property. Hundred, prepare for the hero who kills the devil.” Rocher’s voice was even and impartial.

“Okay, Tibbert.” Charles raised his head, “This money is definitely mine.”

“Fool.” Tibbert cursed, “Let’s wait and see.” Behind him, the mountain mercenaries gave Ciel a vicious look.

Ciel, who had been humiliated before, had to make it clear that he was not the type to be bullied.

Rocher turned his head to look at the scout riding in the distance.

The scout wore a light leather armor, four feathers on his helmet, and a golden beard all over his face, like a wild man from the north, with a javelin and a spear on his back.

He said a few words aloud to Rocher in an exotic dialect, and Rocher responded in an unfamiliar language.

“Do you understand what they’re saying?” Charles asked Gladius.

“Conversing in the northern dialect of your world, ‘We found traces of winged demons flying high in the wilderness’, ‘I understand, how is it’…boring things like that, your communication style is very backward.” Guerra Diu listened slowly, “Wait a minute, what do you think of me?”

“I’ll make it up to you.” Charles fooled it, “help me translate first.”

“It looks laid back and doesn’t notice us at all,” said the savage scout.

“You think it might be a trap?” Rocher frowned.

“I didn’t say that. Whether it’s a trap or not, we have to be careful,” the scout replied.

Demons are always cunning, it’s part of their pattern of behavior, and one has to beware.

Charles thought to himself.

Humans have always been tricked by demons, but will humans be able to trick the demons one day?

[End of This Chapter]