From Witcher to Lord of the Empire

In the woods, there were three corpses lying crookedly. They are all well-armed, but the enemy's knives are piercing the vitals around the gaps in their armor, precise and deadly.

Silent, like shrewd hunters, and these people have long been on the predator's diet.

A lot of torches were set up all around, and Lann's complexion was hard to tell under the reflection of the bright and dark flames.

"Their blood has not been drained, and the enemy is still around. Sir Earl, we can still chase..."

"No." Lan shook his head, "Let's retreat."

"But my lord..."

"retreat!"

The vice-captain might be upset, wondering why the earl, who was so brave during the day, has become so timid now. But Lan En had already guessed about the enemy in his heart.

A witcher, definitely a witcher. Lan can be sure of this based on the appearance and characteristics of the robbers' forced confessions.

Iconic twin swords. The witcher always carries a steel sword and a silver sword. The steel sword kills, the silver sword hunts demons. It is said that silver swords are effective in breaking demons and many magical creatures are sensitive to silver, but silver swords are too fragile and expensive to make, so demon hunters will prepare an extra steel sword for fighting with humans.

The iconic potions backpack strap. Demon hunters are also alchemists who configure potions. They can configure potions with various functions such as healing, night vision, underwater breathing, and power and defense. There are even alchemists who specialize in and configure potions. In addition to potions, a small amount of alchemy bombs can also be carried here.

And the iconic amber cat pupils, the eyes that every demon hunter will get after passing the alchemical transformation called "Grass Trial", which can give them the ability of night vision and powerful dynamic vision.

In addition to the above abilities, a demon hunter also has other abilities such as superhuman physique, spell casting, and so on.

If the team assembled for a frontal confrontation, Lann would not be afraid of the opponent, because whether it was in the novel or in the game, the demon hunters (except players) were quite weak in frontal combat against the army.

But now in the jungle, the enemy is in the dark, and the enemy is in the dark. It is the time when the traps, potions, tracking and many other demon hunting methods that the demon hunter is good at can be brought into play most. Given enough time, it might not be possible to wipe out the Centurion, but it would be possible to kill most of them before they returned to Cintra.

To put it simply, you can "fight" with a demon hunter, but you must never "make an appointment" with a demon hunter. Lane is now in the embarrassing situation of "making an appointment".

The deputy captain blew the horn to withdraw the troops, and the scattered troops slowly retreated to the campsite.

When counting the number of people, the soldiers sent another bad news: three more soldiers were missing.

The troops that rushed out to look for the missing soldiers gave the unknown demon hunter a chance, and allowed him to harvest three lives silently. Including the three corpses found before, a total of six people died, which was significantly more casualties than when they surrounded the bandits before.

The attendant Sward came over and handed Lan a water bag, and the irritable Lan drank it in one gulp.

"My lord, the leader of these robbers is strange."

"I know." Lan said, "That's a witcher."

"Demon hunter?" Sward and the vice-captain who heard it on the side exclaimed in a low voice, "I often hear them from bards and Gwent cards, and there is a poet named Dandelion who often creates hunters. A poem about a devil."

Sward said strangely: "I've never seen a real demon hunter, but don't they take hunting monsters as their mission? How did they become bandit leaders?"

Lan threw the water bag back to the attendant and said, "It turns out that there are exceptions among demon hunters, and we have encountered one now."

The question now is why this demon hunter insists on his soldiers.

In the original book, demon hunters are people who seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Except for the cat school, demon hunters will give in as much as possible to organizations such as the army and the knight order.

Even a cat school like a lunatic can't be crazy enough to want to hunt an army alone.

Suddenly, Lann thought of the magic crystal. Even if I rummaged through my family's collections and contacted half of the high society in Sintra, I couldn't find a single crystal of the source of magic power.

That's right, that's why there is a demon hunter here, and why a large-scale bandit group that is rare in northern countries can be gathered here.

What if that witcher came for this crystal? Even this gang of thieves gathered for this crystal? Those raids on passing caravans were nothing more than wild food they couldn't help but hunt.

This can also explain why this lunatic demon hunter stalked himself and the others like a provocative beast. He didn't lose his mind for revenge, it's just that his life was in his hands.

"Lord Earl, what shall we do next? Wait until dawn or..." Seeing Lan En's face changing, the deputy captain felt uneasy, and asked cautiously.

"No, don't wait." Lan said, "Scatter the people out."

"Ah?" The vice-captain who had called all the people back just now was dumbfounded.

"But this time in a group of twenty people, raise the torches to illuminate the surroundings, and don't spread too far to avoid being attacked. Don't go too far, and come back immediately when you hear my signal."

"Ah?" The vice-captain was even more stupid. This didn't look like a camp that went out to find people, but rather a temporary stroll.

Sward nodded in response. He didn't think as much as the vice-captain. Lane's order he obeyed unconditionally was: "I'll pick the troops that will be with you."

"No." Lan waved his hand, "I'll stay."

Sward paused, and said again: "Then I will choose the troops to stay with you..."

"I'm left alone."

After speaking, Lan didn't care about other people's reactions, walked to the fire and sat down, took out the crystal that had absorbed all the magic power, and looked at it carefully.

What he looked at was not the crystal that was worthless, but what he hoped to draw out with this crystal.

Now that you know the purpose of the other party, why go to the other party, isn't it better to wait for the other party to come to your door?

I was just worried that so many soldiers would make the other side throw a mouse, so I couldn't disperse all the people.

"I've been looking for you for a long time, demon hunter." Lann summoned the panel and looked at the rows of gray skills on it, "I can actually wait until dawn and let the troops protect me back to the city, but wouldn't that be What a pity?"

"Being in this world for more than a year, I spent so much time and experience looking for the demon hunter. I didn't expect you to appear in front of me now. It really didn't take any effort."

"It's all here, so you have to play a role... But don't let me down."