The Divine Hunter

Francis

Age: 35

identity:

coroner

(Proficient with needle, thread and scalpel, working with corpses in a dark basement.)

poet

(His poems have neither rhyme nor beautiful words, nor can he find the slightest artistic conception. To others, it is equivalent to noise and can only be used for his own amusement. But he is so enthusiastic that he never tires of it.)

Hide your identity? ? ?

(You are acutely aware of his suspiciousness, he has other identities)

Health: 80

Attributes:

Strength: 6

Agility: 10

Constitution: 8

Perception: 8

Will: 6

Charisma: 7

Spirit: 6

Skill:

SurgeryLV10

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"Boy, I have to warn you? Staring at someone for too long... rude and disrespectful." Francis' face was gloomy and dripping.

"Sorry, I was distracted by some things just now, so I'll leave." Roy instantly disappeared the strange color in his eyes, and left the basement with the dwarf pretending to be nothing.

As soon as he walked into the white light outside, his vision widened, and the weight on his heart faded, he couldn't help but ask, "Kramer, are you familiar with Francis?"

Several attributes of this coroner surpassed the level of ordinary people, which did not match with his gentle, unarmed feminine appearance.

There are a lot of doubts all over his body, and what is even more suspicious is the hidden identity. There are very few objects that have been so emphasized in the observation.

But Roy wouldn't be stupid enough to reveal it on the spot, startling the snake and angering this guy.

"It's just the last two months..." said the dwarf, "I used to be in charge of guarding the palace, and I didn't have much communication with him. But after getting along with him, I feel that although he always says something out of place, his actions are never ambiguous. , there is no problem in terms of professionalism. The Knights of the White Rose are responsible for the daily security of Elland City, and they often run here, but they are very familiar with him."

"By the way, why are you suddenly interested in him?"

Roy touched his nose, "Ask casually." Then he changed the subject and said, "I want to confirm again, is the murderer Leto with you ambush a human? Not other human-shaped monsters, there is nothing different from the appearance of ordinary people. feature?"

A trace of fear flashed in the dwarf's copper bell-sized eyes, and he recalled, "Master Leto specially explained it at that time, and we waited for him to walk in front of us before we shot. Besides, I have also experienced crossbowman training, and my eyesight is good. "

"By the moonlight at the time, I could vaguely see that it was a six-by-three-inch (1.9-meter) tall man with a strong build and long arms. His facial features were blurred, and I only remember bulging cheeks. Skills... not very good. like a person."

"Could it really be a monster?" The dwarf whispered suspiciously.

"This possibility is not ruled out." Roy looked at the sky in the distance, "Can you tell me the home addresses of the six deceased and the location where the bodies were found."

"With all due respect," the dwarf stroked his beard, "Roy, you are wasting your time. The people of the Knights have already investigated all the locations countless times, and even launched the local gangsters to find some unreliable news channels. ."

"I can tell you clearly that there is no connection between the six deceased people, and there is no intersection in their lives. I think the murderer should be a pervert who randomly chose the target to commit the crime."

"Then do you think he will continue to commit crimes?" Roy asked.

"Yes! But with the skill of Master Lesuo, that guy will definitely not be able to please him. We should at least have some buffer time."

"So it's better to find the killer before he recovers. The investigation must continue!"

Roy got the information from the dwarf as he wished.

The two separated when they agreed to see each other again. The dwarf went back to the palace to protect the prince, while Roy went directly to the grocery store in the city to buy a map of Elland City.

Following the method Leso had taught him when he was investigating the deer head on the Mahakam, he marked all the dead bodies on a map with charcoal, and then tried to connect them in chronological order.

Soon a symbol that was close to a circle appeared in front of him, but he racked his brains and couldn't find any information about this symbol in his mind.

A meaningless symbol.

"Am I wrong, is the murderer really picking the corpse at random?"

When the road failed, he changed his mind.

Instead of rushing to investigate the scene first, he returned to the "Pot Belly" pub.

The Sea Scorpion Acrobatic Troupe was already empty, and the tavern had returned to its former cleanliness. The owner was bored in front of the counter, smoking a pipe and smoking.

But the boy doesn't care about that now.

"Boss, let me ask you a personal question."

Hearing the words, the greasy middle-aged man sprayed a puff of white smoke on the boy's face, a philistine flashed in his eyes and asked, "Which grade of room do you want to stay in?"

"If you can answer, then I'll stay in the store!"

"Well, if the guest asks anything, old Tom will answer to your satisfaction."

"A few days ago, did a bald man with unique eyes live in the store?" Old Tom took a deep breath, his eyebrows twisted into a ball, and then suddenly loosened,

"You mean the taciturn witcher with the steel sword on his back? It's upstairs in room 4, but this guest checked out three days ago."

Sure enough, Roy was overjoyed, "Did he let you give someone a message?"

The boss shook his head.

"Then I will book 4 rooms."

Going upstairs, pushing open the door, the room has been cleaned up by the staff in the tavern, and there is no trace left by the previous tenant. However, Roy walked around the room, twitching like a snout hound, keen Smell some residual odor.

"Dwarven spirits...sweet rancidity, this is—" He found some residual powder in the cracks of the wooden floor of the room.

"Blood of ghouls."

"Lesso checked potions in this room before."

"Using these materials as the base for alchemy." Although he couldn't make a potion, he knew a lot of formulas, and his brain was spinning rapidly. Roy quickly came to the conclusion "Higher Black Blood."

The witcher used to concoct the high black blood in this inn.

With this discovery, Roy's originally vague thoughts were instantly clear. Humanoid creatures that are powerful enough to evade crossbows and damage witchers, in his opinion, are nothing more than those kinds.

"Gorefiend, Vampire Banshee, Kathakarn, Shapeshifter, and—higher vampires."

And the higher black blood just can let the blood of the witcher restrain ghouls and vampires.

"So is it possible that... the initiator of this series of serial murders is a vampire."

And it is a high-level vampire, because other vampires have too low IQ, it is difficult to survive and hide in a big city.

On the contrary, high-level vampires can change human form and are not afraid of sunlight. Garlic, flames, stakes all don't work.

The thought made him nervous.

In the Witcher world, if all creatures are to be divided into strengths and weaknesses, the strongest creature he knows is Gaunt Odim, the master of the mirror... No! The strongest creature was the owner of the pair of golden pupils that Roy saw in the Temple of Meritelli, who was suspected to be a god.

The Mirror Master came in second.

Then in the third place is the king of the vampire tribe - the shadow elder.

The high-level vampires are second only to the shadow elders.

Their appearance is no different from that of human beings, and there is no difference between them in terms of physical habits, and blood is not necessary for survival.

High-level vampires are also much stronger than ordinary wild vampires. Their ability to regenerate is far beyond imagination. Even beheading and pulling out their hearts cannot kill them. Nor are they afraid of holy water or any symbols.

Not only that, but they can perfectly avoid all magic detection, and even witchers can't tell the difference between high-level vampires and ordinary mortals.

The vampire friend Regis of Geralt the Witcher was almost turned to ashes after being killed by Wilfgoz, and could be resurrected with blood by another vampire, although it took years to complete.

As for their combat power - a few high-level vampires cooperate with each other, and can even slaughter a small city with a population of thousands. Ordinary witchers cannot kill a high-level vampire as lightly as in the game.

"Could it be that Leto really suffered an accident?" He was not sure that the big man could defeat a high-level vampire head-on.

"Calm down. Everything is hypothetical now, let me deal with the cause and effect again." Roy rubbed his cheeks and forced himself to calm down.

Roy sat cross-legged on the simple wooden bed, maintaining a meditation posture, complicated thoughts flashed through his mind like waves of water, and a thousand thoughts were gradually sorted out by an invisible big hand.

High-level vampires are rare high-level species. They have the same rational emotions, joys and sorrows as humans, and some individuals are even more sensitive and affectionate than ordinary people.

From a human point of view, there are good and bad among them.

For example, Regis, a pure "vegetarian" who refused to drink blood, and Delav, who was coaxed by Sylvia Anna's sweet words, belonged to the kindness faction.

The Peace Sect is willing to live in peace with human beings, the well water does not violate the river water, and if they are not provoked, they will never do anything harmful to human society.

In contrast, the remaining part of the higher vampires belong to the hunting faction and are "evil".

They regard human beings as four-legged sheep and high-grade food that satisfies the desires of the tongue. Because they have different opinions on the method of "raising" human beings, they also make mountain-releasing pie, cage-raising pie, and human-waiting pie.

It is impossible for them to talk about feelings and reason with the "food" of human beings.

So, assuming that the high-level vampire who fought Leto three days ago was a high-ranking vampire, which faction would he belong to?

Can we communicate?

First of all he lived in the big city of Errand.

With the murderer's fighting power, he could have killed all the soldiers in ambush, including Kramer, but he didn't do that. Instead, he fled to the dark alley to engage in a small-scale battle with the witcher.

Don't want to completely expose your identity in front of ordinary people, and deliberately avoid accidentally hurting innocent people?

This vampire might be a philanthropist.

"Hopefully, so Leto has a chance of surviving even if he loses."

In addition to the six dead, Roy has not heard of anyone else who died as a result of this series of serial murders. Even the soldiers who tracked down the murderer were all intact.

"The murderer didn't kill easily, which doesn't conform to the unscrupulous character of the Hunting faction. So assuming that the murderer is a high-level vampire of the Kindness faction, under this premise, he will randomly select an innocent target as the murder victim?"

The witcher shook his head, "There must be something in the victim!"

The knights investigating the deceased's family information apparently left out some hidden information about the deceased.

"The murderer's motive is hidden in these missing clues!"

Then his attention returned to the question about the identity of the vampire, and the strange Francis came to mind for the first time.

With the identity of the coroner, it is quite convenient for this guy to do something.

"In Kramer's description, I didn't see the murderer's face clearly, but the murderer was more than six years tall, much taller than Francis, who is the same height as me."

"And this guy doesn't seem to be injured in the slightest. If he can really capture Leto unscathed, the combat power is too strong... The black blood is enough for a high-level vampire to drink a pot."

Francis is suspected, but he currently has no evidence and does not know the other party's motives.

Recklessly rushing up to identify yourself is killing yourself.

Roy also didn't think that a new demon hunter could send a higher vampire into a state of suspended animation.

That's right, it's fake death. The witcher's conventional means, the silver sword pierced the heart, cut off the head, and the seal was charred and burned to ashes, could only make the higher vampires temporarily fall into a state of suspended animation.

Only the same kind can put an end to them.

Fighting high-level vampires is the last option.

Although he can't wait to save Leto, he won't rashly approach the suspect and anger him until he has a certain degree of confidence.

He must find out as much as possible the murderer's motives and scruples.

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