Witch Hunter Rhapsody

"Hey! Look outside!"

Helena sat in her room, looking out the window. The noise outside made her turn towards the direction the crowd was clamoring to look.

Then, she couldn't close her mouth.

Several or even dozens of meteors streaked across the edge of the sky before crashing straight into the ground.

"What happened?"

What's in the sky? What are the stars? Wizards are always curious about these questions, and some will even try it out themselves before drawing their own conclusions.

Beyond the sky are countless enormous rocks, and beyond the sky lies an endless expanse; the so-called stars are simply rocks.

"Hey! Helena, they're saying there's something going on over there, should we go check it out?"

"Stop looking for trouble. Nobody's paying us, why are we going to join in? What if there's danger? We just lost Leon not long ago, do you want to send even more people away?"

After Leon's death, Helena spent some time downsizing the Knights Order. Although it was still larger than before the recruitment of new members, it was clear to everyone that the Flying Eagle Knights were preparing to be more conservative.

Helena needs some time to adjust herself, to learn what it takes to be a leader of the Knights, to gain everyone's trust, and to train the new recruits.

She didn't want her knights to take risks before accomplishing these things, which was also Vitas's advice.

Vitas Vitalius was a powerful knight, and even though he never appeared in public on horseback, people still believed he was a knight.

If he were willing to become the Grand Master of the Knights, everyone would definitely accept it.

Helena felt uncomfortable thinking that she had always been the vice-captain and fought alongside everyone, yet in the end, she received less trust than an outsider.

However, the moment she thought of Vitas, that Vitas, she instantly lost her temper.

He possesses an innate leadership quality, a heroic quality, and a quality that inspires others to follow him.

Helena could even clearly sense that Vitas was still in a period of decline. He should work harder and be more enthusiastic. Once such a Vitas appeared, who could resist following him into battle?

Helena sighed and then stood up.

Where is he now?

……

"That's a ghost."

The mercenaries finally arrived at the location where the meteorite had fallen. It took a long time, but when they saw the ravaged ground and hundreds of deep craters, they instantly felt it was all worth it.

"My God, what on earth happened here?"

"Damn it, could it be that it's not actually gone yet, or is there some danger?"

"Be careful, we have to be careful!"

The mercenaries searched the area, but there were no corpses, no flesh and blood, nothing that should be present on such a brutal battlefield.

These passionate young people were ready to enter a larger world and witness even more brutal and greater wars.

But the scene before them left these people at a loss.

"Sigh, let's go tell the lord first. I heard his hair has turned quite a bit white recently."

……

"We still have a lot to do."

"I know, I know, cleaning up this mess won't be easy."

"Yes, and those necromancers too. I wonder how many necromancers are still around here."

Vitas was taken back to Declan’s laboratory, which was much larger than expected, even larger than the laboratories of the wizards Vitas had killed before combined.

To be honest, Vitas had already sensed that Declan's identity was somewhat different from others.

"There shouldn't be any more. If there are still necromancers in this city, they should have appeared when I was fighting Maximus, or when Raphael was about to be killed by Alistair."

Declan had already told him what happened while Vitas was away.

"What you said makes sense. Although necromancers are selfish, they don't have to be like this. Besides, necromancers are affiliated with a cult. If there were other people here, they should also appear for the benefit of their cult."

"I never expected that wizards would care so much about collective honor."

Declan pulled out a book and began writing as he spoke.

"No, wizards are definitely selfish, but our wisdom allows us to discern what kind of selflessness will bring us more benefits."

Vitas nodded.

"Okay, in that case, we can make use of it a little."

Declan beckoned a new servant and ordered him to bring two glasses of wine.

"If possible, it's best not to use such scheming against me."

"I would not harbor such malice toward beings that are not enemies."

"I thought you would consider all wizards as enemies."

"You're a smart man. If you appeared before me as a wizard, I would never cooperate with you so easily. But you're not, and at least I know you're someone I can cooperate with."

Vitas took the wine cup offered by the servant, removed his helmet, and took a small sip.

"The way you drink is very different from ordinary people, and so is your armor. You're a nobleman, right? Vitalius, I've never heard of that name before. Which family are you from?"

"I cannot disclose that information."

"I've heard of such mysterious families that exist all over the world. Although I'm very curious, for my own safety, I'd better not ask any more questions."

Declan felt slightly relieved when he saw Vitas remove his hand from the hilt of his sword.

"Very smart."

"Alright, let's get back to what we should be talking about. Draco will probably send someone else over next, perhaps another leader. But it's not necessarily because of the two of them being killed."

"Why is that?"

"Viya's Legacy"

"Wasn't he already killed?"

Declan shook his head.

"No, that's not the case. At least as far as we know, Viya has something even more important in her hands, which could potentially threaten Delacroix's position. At the very least, both Viya and Delacroix value it highly."

"you?"

"Hahaha, of course it's my teacher. Only those who have received instruction from a master can be called true wizards."

"Who exactly is Viya?"

"have no idea."

Declan then added.

"However, she should be a very important person. I even personally feel that Viya was Drak's successor before she made the mistake."

Vitas is now completely confused.

"I heard it's because of her collaboration with Nectus."

"That's one reason too. Oh! In that case, Drak wants the technology she got from Nexus."

"What kind of technology is it exactly?"

Declan shrugged and said, "How should I know?"

After all, Viya and Nexus have a direct collaboration.