The Divine Hunter

"Damn it!" Ignatius gasped violently, and retreated like a snake and scorpion, until he retreated to the corner of the wall, his face still full of horror, "Why is there such an extremely evil thing in the mirror left by the great grandmother?"

At this time, Ignacio wanted to understand some key points, no matter how slow he was, "Master... Master, is the spellcaster in your mouth is Jennifer Veliris, who cursed her family?"

Roy shook his head and sighed, "Most sorceresses can't reproduce. If your great-grandmother was a sorceress, it is very likely that the Veliris family would no longer exist, and there would be no you today."

"Not her? That's okay..." Ignacio sighed in relief, but the next second, the witcher's words made him nervous again.

"Jennifer may not be a spellcaster, but she casts the spells of the Villaris family!"

"What? Even mortals can curse!?"

"Be quiet, ser!" said Roy coldly, "no accident, the secrets of your great-grandmother, the mark on your head, the doom of the Williere family, all the answers are in this book. After saying that, the witcher turned to the bald man who was stunned,

"You know what I thought? Leto."

The big man's fingers stopped in the air and did not continue to flip down.

"What do you mean kid?"

"Look at the name, The Book of Bones. Bones mean death. This book reminds me of a forbidden witchcraft - necromancy."

As a witcher, why do you know this forbidden witchcraft?

Roy once curiously collected information about the Heart of Stone, Ogierd's summoning of the abyss gatekeeper, cats and dogs, and then accidentally discovered a whole new world - Summoning Magic (Demon Summoning)

Witchcraft in this world is divided into various schools, one of which is explicitly banned by all wizarding colleges, and researchers will become the public enemy of all college wizards on the entire continent. It is called black magic.

Black magic included evoking magic, as well as necromancy, which he thought was recorded in this pamphlet.

Leto raised his eyebrows, "Where did you hear this?"

"You forgot my bloodline ability? This is a piece of knowledge I accidentally spied on."

"Keep flipping,

Or are you afraid? "Roy's eyes swept across the bright red warning, and his scalp felt numb.

"What is the use of this warning to us that witchers cannot reproduce?"

After Lesso finished speaking, he turned to the second page. The second page was not the content of the book of bones, but a yellowed piece of paper inserted in the middle, covered with graceful handwriting.

"This is... Jennifer Valerie's statement?"

"Leaving it from my ancestors?" Ignacio leaned over, pinching his nose.

The eyes of the three people were condensed on this thin piece of paper.

"The more beautiful you are when you are young, the more miserable you are when you are old!

I used to have silky smooth skin, a look and figure that amazed the world and obsessed, but now it's a nightmare. Youth passed away, beauty faded, and I became a wrinkled, bloated old woman.

Although my dearest John, my children still love me, I cannot accept myself. I'm suffering inside, I'm going crazy!

I can't tell if it's an illusion, I can see the ridicule in the eyes of the young maids around me almost every moment.

I can not be reconciled! I pray to Goddess Meritelli, the most devout of faith, but she won't give me an answer!

I asked the most famous alchemist in town for help, and he mentioned the beauty elixir, but the blood of the sun was missing.

I was so desperate that I didn't even dare to see people locked in a room all day long, feeling my body wither like the pot of chamomile on the windowsill. My world has turned grey, and I… live rather than die.

But sometimes accidents happen unexpectedly...

Looking down from the window sill, I saw him... He was dressed in shabby clothes, and his appearance was unremarkable, like an ordinary country businessman, but he had all kinds of strange and magical methods that I could not describe in words. "

He offered me a deal to teach me how to stay young forever, but at a high price... And I, a drowning man, desperately grabbed the ropes... I said yes.

He gave me a book with a 'toy'... taboo witchcraft? I didn't know what it meant at the time, but I was willing to pay anything to stop facing that old wrinkled face—

Even if you fall into the abyss forever! "

The narration ended here, and what followed was the sound of Ignacio swallowing hard, but his lips moved without opening, and his eyes continued to follow the witcher's fingers.

On the next page, at the very top of the skeleton book is written a row of striking black characters in standard common language:

"Mortals don't live as long as elves and dwarves, but they can also enjoy long life and youth!"

- "Necromancy: Reincarnation"

The handwriting is no longer blood-like red, but pure black. The rows of distorted fonts are also mixed with dense and uneven fine particles, and in addition to the disgusting smell of rotting flesh and blood on the first page, there is a faint smell of ashes.

"The paper of this book..." Lesso's face was tense, and his fingers lightly stroked the pages of the book, "It is made of ren-like skin, and the writing ink is mixed with ashes."

Ignacio folded his hands together, closed his eyes and muttered, "Human skin? Ash ink... God, was this book written by a demon?"

"Devil?" Roy pondered the word, and then thought of Jennifer's self-report before, a special sense of familiarity emerged, "Who is the person who bewitched Jennifer? What price does he need Jennifer to pay?"

"This is White Orchard... The Book of Bones is hidden in the mirror... Why does it feel familiar... but I can't remember it."

The memory seems to be sealed... Roy scratched his hair a little anxiously, his face was gloomy, and cold sweat appeared on his forehead. There is such a touch of inspiration that is elusive, always retreating into the darkness when he is about to capture it.

Leto suddenly patted him on the shoulder, "Little brat, if you can't stand the stimulation, don't look..."

Roy shook his head, emptied his complicated thoughts, and returned his attention to The Book of Bones.

The book is thin, only five pages in total, and everything in the book is devoted to the sorcery of Necromancy: Reincarnation.

"Verbena, aconite, parsley leaves, celandine... Crush, dry, and make a mixed solution."

"Water Ghost Brain, Evil Spirit Dust, Crow's Eye, Ghost Needle Grass Mushroom, the blood of the caster... Configured as a tattoo potion."

"Abstinence for four weeks."

"Bathing and cleansing the body and soul of dirt with the herbs that have been formulated."

"On a night when there is no starlight and the moonlight is also obscured, drink the mixed solution and use tattoo medicine to print sacrificial talismans on the left and right wrists, abdomen, left and right calves, and the skin on the top of the head..."

In addition to the complicated text explanations, the book is also equipped with vivid illustrations: anatomical diagrams explaining the structure of the human body, diagrams of the relationship between the human body and magical energy...

The more Roy looked at it, the more frightened he became. As early as in the Temple of Meritelli, he had heard from Coral that almost all spells needed magic as a medium to be cast. For mortals, even if they learn a certain spell, the whole process cannot be released, but necromancy breaks this iron law, and it can even be said that this "Necromancer: Reincarnation" is specially created for mortals.

Wizards have long lifespans and beauty transformed by magic, and they don't need this spell.

"No wonder necromancy is called forbidden witchcraft."

Magic power is not used in the process of performing the spell, as long as a literate mortal can follow the records in the book of bones, step by step to the end.

"Look at this sentence..." Lesso pointed to a row of words in the book of bones, "After the witchcraft is over, a direct descendant who is blood-related to the caster and the spouse will appear on the body of a sacrificial amulet. The sacrificial talisman continues with the direct bloodline."

This can explain the birthmarks on Ignacio and his relatives, and the sacrificial amulet appeared on Sarah, the only daughter of Jennifer's three children.

"After the caster dies for a period of time, the bones are transformed into demon spirits, and they will instinctively search for blood descendants with sacrificial talismans in order to occupy their bodies."

"So that's it." Roy suddenly realized, turned his face and said to Leto, "I went to the tomb of Viriles to confirm it in the morning. As you guessed, the remains of the three women's coffins disappeared... Now it seems that this is because they turned into demon spirits and returned to the castle to steal the bodies of their descendants after they died. The three piles of evil spirit dust on the ceiling are the evidence."

"Seize... offspring... flesh...?" Ignacio, who was listening next to him, licked his dry lips. "What do you mean by that, Master?"

Roy turned his head and looked strangely, "It means that after your great-grandmother died, he took your great-grandmother's body, and after your great-grandmother died, he took your grandmother's body..."

"Women are in power, not to commemorate the merits of their ancestors, but to Jennifer Valerie's rules to maintain her rule over the family."

"Why did your mother, Mary, risk giving birth to a daughter? Because you have lost fertility and have no daughter, she can only come by herself. As the object of rebirth!"

"The source of the curse of the Williere family, the caster, is your ancestor, Jennifer Willieth!"

"Stop!" Ignacio raised his hand in a panic to stop the witcher's words, sweating and trembling in his voice, "Grandmother... Mary... how could it be... Master, are you scaring me?"

"Accept reality, ser," Roy's voice was cold to the bone, "Villiers family, the women of your line are all one person from beginning to end, all of your first ancestors - Jennifer Willis Reese!"

"No!" Ignacio shouted, hitting the wall, and slumped on the ground, his face bloodless, with a look of ashes.

"Look at this passage again, Roy." There are a few remarks at the end of the bone book,

"If the performer is a woman, you can only take the body of a female descendant. If the performer is a male, the same is true."

"It's a bit strange...Is it okay to change gender after reincarnation?" Roy complained, "Could it be that the soul has something to do with gender?"

"Who knows?" Leto said. "You can ask Rita Ned if you can."

"Anyone who wears a sacrificial amulet will coexist with bad luck. Accidents and diseases may take their lives at any time. The caster also circulates here."

"This means..." Roy pondered, "If the caster dies without descendants, he can only become a demon spirit forever."

"The closer the descendant's bloodline is to the caster, the more memories will be retained after reincarnation."

"Then, the Willis family has intermarryed with foreigners from generation to generation, and the bloodline is getting weaker and weaker, and Jennifer's memory should be less and less." Roy thought, "Is it possible that after a certain reincarnation, Will she forget all about necromancy?"

No one can answer this question except Jennifer.

This is the end of the Bone Book.

It took the two witchers a lot of time to digest the huge amount of information.

And Sir Ignacio also recovered a bit of reason from the shock, but when he thought of the mother who raised him, the body was occupied by the family ancestors, and with himself... He felt an indescribable uncomfortable and uncomfortable feeling in his heart. despair.

"At least... I have figured out the source of my family's misfortune... The next step is to destroy him completely!" Ignacio wiped the cold sweat on his face and asked cautiously, "Master, this book... you guys What are you going to do with it?"

"This is a relic of your ancestors, of course I have to give it back to you." Roy threw the bone book to Ignacio.

"Don't, Master, don't be kidding..." Ignacio wiped his cold sweat and refused, "I don't want such an evil thing, I'll give it to you... Yes! Do whatever you want!"

"Alright," the two witchers exchanged glances. "Then I'll keep the book for you first." Roy said and put the book of bones into his personal space. He actually didn't plan to keep this hot potato.

"Wait until it finally burns down."

"There is the biggest problem right now," Leto said solemnly with his arms crossed over his chest. "The source of the curse is in your ancestor, Mrs. Jennifer. As long as she is solved, it will definitely be able to break the doom of the Veli Leis family. But she became The banshee disappeared..."

"According to the records in the Book of Bones, after she left the tomb, she would search for her female bloodline for reincarnation. But she did not return to Amavit Castle. Sir, do you have an illegitimate daughter outside?"

"No..." Ignacio screamed as if he was suddenly stung by a bee, "I've never met another woman! My children have died, and I have no children or sisters now."

"Think about it again..."

"I'm sure!"

"Otherwise, let's ask Steward Grant, Sir, you are often drunk, and maybe one day you can't control your body."

The witcher found the butler, and the latter pondered for a long time after listening,

"Master's illegitimate child...I'm not sure..."

"Not sure?" Ignacio said in surprise, "Did I ever mess around after drinking?"

"Have you forgotten, sir?" Grant looked at the jazz carefully, and said respectfully, "more than a year ago, you were drunk and broke into the wedding of a resident of White Orchard, and told the wedding The bride forcibly exercised the right of the first...night. But I think, once...they won't be hit."

The witcher also remembered that Grant had mentioned it to them after being hypnotized.

"Who is the bride, and where is it?!" Ignacio's voice was fierce, his expression was mad, and he was overjoyed. He suddenly realized that he might have descendants.

"God bless, finally did not let the Williere family end!"

"It was the villain who took care of the master. I happened to remember that the bride was the wife of Bram, a farmer in White Orchard... She lived in the house east of the village." Grant recalled, "She is a widow now, and her Her husband Bram has died of illness."

"Brahm?" Roy on the other side fell into deep thought when he heard the name.

"Master has heard of this person?" the butler explained patiently, "Brahm is the cousin of Brina, the proprietress of the White Orchard Inn."

"Isn't the White Orchard Hotel the White Orchard Tavern, Brena..." Roy hugged his head in pain, and the next moment, the temperature of the surrounding air plummeted, and the bone-chilling chill enveloped his body and froze his heart.

"I remember!"

What I saw in the White Orchard Tavern, the drinker who was sitting by the window drinking and drinking, and finally disappeared inexplicably. A previous inspiration for the Book of Bones was also captured by him.

The person who made the deal with the first ancestor of the Viriles family, the person who taught her the book of bones, was not a wizard, and it was no coincidence that Jennifer also hid the book of bones in the mirror.

"A hundred years ago, the white orchard, the ordinary country merchant, and the tavern's lodging guest, could it be - Master Mirror Gaunt Odim?!"