Witch Hunter Rhapsody

Fifteen days have passed since the undead invasion. The burned houses have begun to be rebuilt, and funerals are taking place throughout the city, though the number and scale of the funerals are far less than expected.

According to the investigation, just as Vitas realized at the last minute, after the necromancer infiltrated the city, he entered those poorly managed and extremely closed communities, wreaking havoc and creating a large number of undead.

"It's really cruel that no one is going to hold a funeral for them."

"If you can't bear to see it, you can help them with a mass funeral. I think there are many people in the city who want to do the same. If you take the lead now, I think many people will respond."

Vitas shook his head.

"Forget it, this is too much of a waste of time. There's still a lot of cleanup work to be done. Let's just leave these people be."

"All right."

Vitas and Ethera's destination was the Flying Eagle Knights' inn, as today was the day the Flying Eagle Knights were recruiting new members. With the capture of Guros, the siege of the monster Via, and the fight against the undead tide, the Flying Eagle Knights, already small in number, were now reduced to only seventeen or eighteen.

"You've finally arrived, Vitas! I'm going crazy!"

"Helena, didn't you make any preparations for potential casualties?"

Helena looked quite tired.

"No, we are a local mercenary group. The first group of people were brought back from the village. We expanded once afterward, and they are basically all friends or relatives of everyone. To be honest, I have no clue how to handle these follow-up matters now."

The group walked together toward the hotel.

"You should prepare in advance and recruit some reserves, whether they are bodyguards, attendants, or even those for transporting supplies, to increase your numbers first. It is certainly convenient to ask others to handle these tasks, but when you need to replenish your ranks, you will have fewer good candidates."

Vitas recalled his past process of recruiting new people, and it was truly an unforgettable time.

Because the Knights of Sin had a large number of members, at the beginning, there were only a little over a thousand pure combat personnel, and the remaining nearly half were reserve and logistics personnel.

During the long training and battles, these reserve and logistics personnel gradually joined the front line, and the logistics tasks were shared by everyone.

In fact, Vitas originally planned to expand his knightly order once again, following this model, after establishing a stable cooperative relationship with Nexus.

"I know, but this is just too much trouble!"

"This is an inevitable trend of development."

As the three talked, they walked to the inn's small square, where there were still quite a few people. None of them looked like qualified warriors. Vitas asked with some surprise, "Are these the new recruits you're planning to recruit?"

"No, they just heard we were recruiting new people and came to participate in the selection process. To be honest, we haven't even figured out the selection process yet. Vitas, can you give us some advice?"

"I was prepared that you were just an inexperienced mercenary group, but now, your performance has forced me to consider you a rabble."

"Please, stop cursing, stop cursing."

Helena had no other choice but to keep begging.

"Please, I will study hard!"

"Ugh."

Vitas's appearance has already drawn the attention of those around him.

Vitas breathed a sigh of relief.

"Seriously, there's nothing I can do, everyone's eyes are on me!"

Everyone turned around and looked at Vitas, who was not wearing armor.

"Now, everyone line up. No shouting, no pushing. What kind of behavior is this, making noise like this!"

Vitas was more cautious this time. Leon, who was arguing with someone in the distance, finally noticed Vitas's presence, immediately stopped talking, and jogged over.

"Commander, have you prepared the selection procedures?"

"We're going to do a physical fitness test first."

"Okay, what about the venue? What kind of test? What are the standards? How many people are you planning to recruit? How many will you weed out? How will you conduct background checks...?"

"Cocoa, Cocoa, this..."

Leon was also stunned; he hadn't considered these things. He noticed Helena's gaze.

Helena definitely wanted Vitas to show off first, but she didn't believe that Vitas was fully prepared.

"Are you ready?"

"What do you need to prepare? Do you need to prepare for that question? Shouldn't you have a basic, workable idea within five minutes?"

Leon was speechless; this was all he could do.

"Alright everyone, let's register now and leave your names. We need to record some basic information!"

Leon finally made his move.

"Looks quite serious," Vitas said, turning to Helena and Ether.

"See, I told you you weren't that weak, Helena. You need to understand your people better and have more confidence in them."

"Leon can actually do all that? He really seems to have grown up."

"Hey! We want to follow Mr. Vitas! Who are you?!"

Just when things seemed to be going well, a hothead appeared.

He suddenly shouted and stood up, and the people around him all looked at him with approval.

"Huh? You've tied me to you?"

No! Absolutely not!

At this point, Ether interrupted.

"But Vitas has been working with you all along, hasn't he? If you haven't specifically clarified this, aren't you just tying yourselves to Vitas?"

Helena retreated in fear, while Vitas held his head in his hands.

It's not a big deal for the Flying Eagle Knights to want to use my reputation; I can just explain it. Besides, I'm helping out with my own money, so in a way, I'm a member too.

The most important thing right now is the guy who spoke.

"Hey! What's your name?!"

"I am Anthony, sir."

"Are you a fucking orphan? What's your last name? Who gave you the right to call me that?!"

"But, sir, I..."

"Vitalis, that is my surname. It is more important than my first name, more important than your life. Are you insulting me?"

"No, no, no."

Helena watched as Vitas walked toward the unfortunate man, and she whispered to Ether.

"Isn't this a bit of an overreaction?"

Ether shook her head in fear.

"No, I think Vitas is really angry now, and he's not putting on an act."

During the time Aethera spent with Vitas, some unpleasant things occasionally happened.

Vitas has a good temper and he doesn't get angry over trivial matters.

But when Etherra was learning to write Vitas's name and misspelled his last name, the expression on Vitas's face was one of annoyance and anger.

Even for a fleeting moment, Etherra could feel fear.