Hunter’s Blade - Chapter 60

[Demon Hunter’s Blade Chapter 60]

Charles shook his head.

“This business is not for you,” he judged. “You are too young.”

“You’re not much older than me!” Luo Dan shouted.

“So don’t you have to follow the detour I took,” Ciel explained, “Can you make sure you have enough courage now?”

“I promise!” Luo Dan emphasized, “I promise!”

“I’ll give you a task, you’ll come back after you finish it.” Ciel thought for a while.

“I can do whatever you ask me to do.”

“Yesterday there was a demon attack, the castle was destroyed, some people went crazy during the attack…the posture became similar to the demon, I asked the guards to take them away, you go to the guard tower and visit them in my name , Take a good look at the appearance of those poor people, make yourself aware of becoming something similar… and then go back to the sanctuary. If you feel that it is not possible, even if it is only a little shaken, you can honestly go back to Durham Village.” Charles said.

“Ah? Uh—” Luo Dan stood up from the steps, “I won’t let you down this time.”

“Go.” Charles sent the half-eldest child away.

Luo Dan ran out briskly.

“Are you still recruiting people?” Alicia probed her head.

“Sometimes I’m trying to figure out a way not to fight alone.” Ciel walked in from the front door, the door was not closed, revealing a space for one person to come and go.

After entering the hall, he saw a man sitting on a bench in the hall with a long sword on his back, meditating on the statue of Edvar in the center.

It was amazing that the angle of the sunlight was just right. It came in from the hole that had been smashed by the winged demon before, and was falling on the statue, causing it to emit a dazzling white light, which was extremely holy.

Hearing footsteps, the man turned his head.

Because of the shaved beard, the other party’s face was clean, with gray eyes, a wide forehead, short brown hair, and a straight face, not as sloppy as others.

“I’m sorry.” He stood up and greeted Ciel, “I’m Hugo of Ashtree Hall, a swordsman who used to be active as a mercenary.”

“What do you know?” Charles asked.

Hugo’s eyes dimmed.

“I’m not a very good swordsman, nor a good mercenary. I’m not as good as the people behind Your Excellency.”

The two people sent by Caluson remained silent. Even when they heard the compliments, their eyes did not change. They just continued to carry out their tasks to protect Sirin’s safety.

“Answer my question head-on,” Charles said.

“I know how to use a sword, I guess I know how to use it,” Hugo explained. “If I meet an enemy in an alley, I will fight him.”

“Are you afraid of demons?”

“Devil? I’m not afraid, as long as it’s the kind of monster that fights with me in an upright manner… I’m more worried about those who will scare people.”

“Why did you join the sanctuary?” Charles continued.

“Because I was eliminated from the previous mercenary team, I was a bit at a loss. I had to find a new job. Demon hunters and mercenaries should be similar, right? We accept commissions and then destroy demons? Is this model?”

“Yes or no, we have to take action now.” Charles nodded, “Follow me.”

“I don’t know your name yet.”

“I’m Charles.”

They entered the dining room under the side tower, where Duvin was wiping his lockpicker with a cloth at the table.

“You’re back?” Charles noticed him. “How’s it going?”

“I stepped on it a little bit, I touched it a little, I didn’t dare to go too deep, and I will go there in the evening.” Du Wen thought deeply.

Madden ran downstairs wearily, sweating.

“What are you doing?” Ciel glanced at him, covered in dust, exhausted, and rolled in some mud puddle.

“We…” Madden lamented, “We pack the library.”

“The library still needs to be cleaned up? What’s it like inside?” Ciel was a little strange, “Haven’t the thieves never been in?”

“Although I haven’t been in it, people who go to the library in the past don’t seem to have the habit of putting books back where they were.” Madden stumbled to the table and fell down, “So when we entered, many books were piled up. It’s a mess. That woman… I think the books are messed up. She just forced me to put all the books back in their original places and put them in different categories. I don’t even know a few words.”

“That’s good, have you cleaned up the library?” Charles looked up and heard Ines walking down.

“It’s only half, anyway, let me continue in the afternoon.” Madden wanted to complain, but when he saw Ines, he immediately fell silent.

“Our library is very big.” Ines told Ciel in a tone of approval. She didn’t seem to show any strength. Her eyes turned to a few people behind Ciel, “A new recruit?”

“This is Hugo, who claims to be a swordsman. He is in the assessment period. When you rest well, you will take turns to compete with him with a sword. I want to know who among the four of you has the best swordsmanship. The winner will be In charge of training the others,” Shire said.

“I can’t use a sword,” Madden complained.

“That’s why you have to learn. But you can use a harpoon,” Ciel explained.

“It should be a wooden weapon, I don’t want to hurt anyone.” Hugo sighed.

“Who can you hurt?” Ines demanded aggressively. “You think you can beat me?”

“Look at the others first.” Ciel introduced them. “This is Alicia, my girlfriend. This is Celine, the daughter of an important person. The two gentlemen are mercenaries responsible for her protection, and I still don’t know your names?”

“Kryushi,” said the mercenary, whose beard was so long that it was tied with a rope, “Kryushi of the West Coast.”

“Dylan of the West Coast.” Another mercenary with crossed scars on his face was accustomed to standing behind Kliushi and didn’t want to show his face.

“Have lunch now?” Alicia was eager to try, “Who will do it?”

“Until the chef is recruited, whoever wants to do it can do it.” Charles said, surprisingly, people seemed to be very positive, got up and walked towards the kitchen.

Well…because it’s a start-up, a makeshift group, everyone can use a beautiful vision to maintain momentum, and there are not too many requirements, but they can’t let everyone do their best. Ciel thought about it, and the goal is the middle of next month. Before giving everyone a little money to maintain morale.

Chapter 76 The Library

There was a country poet, Kevin of Qinghe, who wrote a famous poem that Charles once heard and remembered.

“The pot, the stove and the roasting fork next to it, the roasting fork and the meat on the fork.

Form everyone’s table together with milk, forever, forever!

”

At once, the four cuisines of Loman were summed up—soup in the pot, bread in the oven, meat on the fork, and milk and other dairy products. The Lomans could not live without these four foods every day.

Madden is a warm-hearted person. He is constantly busy, and because he is a fisherman, he takes the initiative to deal with fresh fish.

He knocked hard twice, knocking out the struggling fish, and then began to scrape the scales. His hands were very fast, and the scales did not collapse everywhere. The knife pushed in from under the scales, and when he pushed it, a piece of scale came off, making a rattling sound. .

After that, he removed the fins, took out the dirt in the gills, and quickly stabbed the knife into the belly of the fish to clean out all the internal organs. Finally, he threw the cleaned whole fish, radishes, onions and garlic into a pot and cooked together .

Hugo left his rather ornate sword outside, took off his gloves, and stirred the large soup pot with a spoon, looking like he was doing it with ease.

“You still cook?” Ciel was a little surprised.

“When I was a mercenary in the North Woodland,” Hugo scooped up a spoonful of soup and observed the quality of the soup, “I had to provide food to fifty or sixty people a day. That’s when I realized the complexity of the food in the stew pot, and I put the food at hand. Put all the food you can find in one pot and pray for it to taste good – it’s not possible, have to understand the flavors that the various ingredients will produce, mix them together, use sea salt to lighten the flavor , use seaweed to add umami, ginger to remove the fishy smell. When the smell in the pot inevitably goes morbid, cover it all with rosemary. This is a rule of thumb, but there are still people who will argue that we are forever It can’t satisfy everyone.”

“The North Woodland is very close to the territory of the Frostfallen. Are you hired to fight the barbarians?”

“Yes, those blond barbarians from Frost Falls are divided into countless tribes, they believe in those northern gods, and mysterious priestesses lead them. Our task is to detect and avoid the infiltration of barbarians. The situation is getting worse every time. Our The losses were so bad that we couldn’t make ends meet, people were dying so many times that we had to disband, I searched for a job again, and I ended up here. I have to say, the next Frostfall invasion is not far away.” Hugo recounted in a calm tone Terrible fact.

“We will fight back as before!” Madden said affirmatively, “The lords of Upper Loman and the lords of the West Coast are united…”

“Of course the local lords have to protect their territories, but what about the king? What about the joint council of nobles? What about the Duke Protector? Money, or women.” Du Wen suddenly spoke, changing the tone of the matter.

“We can protect ourselves.” Madden said firmly, “When will we need the help of the West Coast.”

“During the Grey Rain War, the barbarian priestess miraculously reproduced the torrential rain, which washed away our army and led to the fall of the whole of Upper Loman. When I was young, I only thought it was a poet’s joke, how could there be such supernatural power. But we are in the forest. Neutralized the real priestesses, and their power is as unrivaled as the history books describe.” Hugo shook his head.

When the cauldron was on the table, people approached following the aroma, each took a piece of bread, dipped it in the pot one after another, soaked the bread and ate it.

The bread dipped in fish soup is very delicious. The umami, salty and cereal flavors are mixed together, making people unable to resist eating a few more pieces.

When Shire saw Shirin, she was sluggish and often needed Alicia’s reminder to know what to eat. Alicia fed her with bread.

“Open your mouth, okay!” Alicia was very happy.

Celine smiled at Alicia.

“What’s wrong with her?” Ines noticed that Xilin was in a special situation, which caused her to ask again and again.

“It was the devil’s attack that affected her.” Ciel explained to everyone, “Similar things will happen to each of us, so be sure to stay calm and cautious. I’m trying to find a way to treat this symptom. You can find similar things in the library. books?”

“There are some manuscripts about demonology. I flipped through it and felt a little unhappy.” Ines frowned.

“Not fast?”

“It’s…a creepy feeling, like a demon is nearby.”

The atmosphere at the dinner table was silent for a while.

“Indeed.” Madden lowered his voice, “The library is very gloomy.”

“This is the hunter’s sanctuary,” Ciel shook his head. “We must muster our courage and wait for me to go there and see for myself.”

Thinking about the library, Ciel swallowed a little, and then hurried upstairs, followed by other people who were interested in the library. Ines returned the silver key to Ciel, and he walked up to the The library on the fourth floor of the sub-tower, push the door open.

It was very quiet inside, and Ciel was not afraid of demons at all, but he hoped that a demon would jump out and let him cut him down. The people behind were infected by his aura.

Ines led him to the area where the demonology manuscripts were stored. It was a small bookshelf. It was located in the corner of the library, in a dark place. It was quite gloomy. It was divided into two layers. with some manuscripts and parchments.

Ciel’s fingers stroked the spine of a thick book with the words “Traditional Demonology” imprinted on it. He pulled out a copy with no decoration on the cover, just the title of the book. The author was Enzo from the West Coast.

“It’s this book.” Ines’ voice was a little nervous, “I felt uncomfortable after reading a few pages, other books are fine.”

Ciel opened a page of the book, the author’s font was very gorgeous, as if he had written it down by a professional copywriter.

“There is an academic officer of the Yamauchi Empire, the so-called Marijan Karon, who has been approved by His Majesty the Emperor Calendius II Charlous to write this article in order to record the so-called dark and evil things since the founding of the Empire. The knowledge, data, analysis and discussion of the ‘devil’, everything should be in line with the style of the mountain empire. The empire is rich in products, far away, and densely populated, far from being comparable to Loman. However, the empire’s obscurity is deep, and it is not the point. , This book is too detailed, and the viewers have demons in their hearts, so there are many crazy people who circulate them. Although they have made great contributions to demonology research, they have been repeatedly banned and cannot be seen in the sun. This chapter is translated into Loman language, but only for three benefits. First, to preserve the valuable achievements of scholars in the Yamauchi Empire; second, to develop the exploration of demons in our Lohman Kingdom, to protect people’s livelihood, and to protect the purity of the gods; Yu Yiwen has practiced his writing skills and improved the level of translation between Shannai and Lohmann.”

He read the first page and turned to the second page.

Ciel frowned, and a demon image was suddenly drawn on it.

It was a ferocious demon with a pair of blunt goat horns on its head, scarlet eyes, exposed canine teeth, slender ears, and a vicious demeanor. , referring to the fact that this demon was captured and executed in the Imperial Court in 133 of the Second Age.

“I know it.” Gladiu was very interested, “It is a vanguard of the King of Slaughter, why did it fall into the hands of humans in this world, it killed a lot in a tundra world before, and its military exploits outstanding.”

“Humans are not so easy to deal with.” Ciel muttered.

“It’s terrifying.” Ines was a little disturbed. “There are similar things behind.”

Charles turned to the next page, which detailed the process of the battle between the imperial soldiers and the demon. It was mentioned that the demon was invulnerable and violent. An imperial centurion smashed the demon’s body with his heavy halberd. After being defeated, the black mist continued to flow out from the demon’s body, and finally dissipated.

After the battle with the demons, many soldiers who participated in the war fell into the illusion of massacre, mistakenly thinking that they were in the slaughtered city, panicked and cried and died.

“It seems to be an evil book with a demon hidden in it.” Madden complained, “Let’s not read it.”

“Wrong, just to see.” Ciel flipped through a few pages, “This is your will test, do you want to learn the hunter spell?”

“think!”

“Of course.” They were intrigued by the well-known Hunter’s Charm.

“I set such a rule – after reading this “Traditional Demonology”, only those who have a calm mind, no nightmares, and no long-lasting illusions in their hearts are eligible to learn hunter spells.” Ciel said .

“Oh…” Madden changed his fearful expression, “I’ll see first.”

[End of This Chapter]