Chapter 2 2. The Accidental Child
The intersection between Lan En and Bordon was an accident.
In other words, it was an accident that he came to this magical medieval environment.
A college student with healthy parents and healthy mental and physical growth.
After inexplicably passing through the endless void, I came to a savage and dark world. This kind of thing makes no sense.
There is magic here, but it is not prosperous, at least not to the level that it affects the course of society.
So in a backward social background, human life is like a piece of grass.
In the woods of Willen, as long as humans dare to walk a few dozen meters, the shadow of death will already wrap around their bodies.
Starved to death, died of disease, were killed by wild beasts or monsters, or were simply bitten by unknown bugs and poisoned to death. Most of the people in Velen have become numb to the death around them.
Modern college students have only heard about life in ancient times from a few pages in history books.
He knew that apart from magic and monsters, the life of the Velen people was the life of ancient civilians.
But Zhigui knew that it was still difficult for him to accept when this cruel and heavy life that had long since left him was vividly placed in front of him.
Death is all too common.
As a great writer said, this is an era when "people want to be dogs but cannot".
What is not good luck or bad luck is that Lan En cannot be regarded as a civilian.
——He became Bordon's "accidental son".
He was "made" into the same kind, that is, a demon hunter.
The "Law of Accident" is an unwritten law that is generally recognized and abided by in the world.
Its origins are as old as human history.
Its content is: People who save others can, in accordance with the law of accidents, offer rewards to the rescued person, and ask for the first thing the rescued person sees when he returns home, or a Something that the rescued person does not know but already possesses - usually a child who was acquired when the rescued person left home. Such children are called "accidental children".
Even in the magical Middle Ages, supernatural power was still a scarce resource.
Having the opportunity to master supernatural powers should be a fortunate thing for a modern college student who is frightened by the cruel living environment.
But
“What is our goal this time?”
Lan En’s handsome yellow face looked around and carefully steered the old horse to avoid it. A section of tree trunk walks in front of Bordong.
This big man with hair as thick as a brown bear would not trust him to stay out of sight for a long time.
The thick beard had a crack in the middle, which was Bordon's lips.
"Maybe it's two or three small fog monsters gathered together, or a fog monster that's old enough. The range and magic power of the fog are within this category."
"Can't even determine the quantity? This preparation is too much."
Lan En's body did not show any emotional fluctuations, but there was a slight frown on Bordon's invisible face.
Demon hunters are stronger than ordinary people, but in terms of basic quality alone, it is basically impossible to beat the combined strength of five ordinary people.
The reason why witchers dare to hunt monsters is because of their skills, knowledge, and most importantly - experience.
Accurately detect the type and quantity of prey from clues, use your own knowledge reserves to learn the prey's abilities and weaknesses, and then fight an "asymmetric battle" with complete preparations.
This is how a witcher works.
If Bordon's pre-war preparations were at this level, then he would have no chance of growing such a beard.
When he was still a young boy, he should have died in some wasteland!
Lan En actually already has the answer to this in his heart.
The ice-like gaze climbed up Lan En's back and spine, and a tone as cold as the gaze came.
"You take the lead and make good use of Quen."
This is not a discussion, but an order.
Demon hunters of the Bear School generally have no emotions, and therefore lose even the most basic verbal concealment when sending people to death.
Lan En nodded calmly.
If he hadn't been used as cannon fodder to save hunting costs, he would have been lucky to have this pair of cat eyes.
And it was right next to the field bank that the two of them passed by just now.
The farmer who survived the catastrophe humbly bowed his waist and pointed at the pool of blood in his field to the four soldiers wearing Temerian armor.
That was left behind by his loyal family dog.
The farmer was chattering, and the soldier was a little annoyed. The iron glove was raised in the air, as if it was about to hit the farmer's face in the next second.
After scolding a few times, the farmer pointed out a direction.
The four soldiers looked in that direction, tilted their heads and spit out thick phlegm, cursed and got on their horses.
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Because of some things, Bordon is now wanted by the lord of Velen.
But it is conceivable that the level of law enforcement is equivalent to that of the Middle Ages. Therefore, although the witcher intends to hide his traces, he does not intend to stop the demon hunting mission that involves food and expenses.
And he doesn't even plan to pay a bit of the "cost" of hunting!
Lan En and Bordon were already standing in front of a valley depression formed by the intertwining of hillsides. In the depression of the valley is a vague pile of rocks.
The reason why it is vague is because there is a layer of yellow-yellow-green mist that suddenly covers a large area of land.
The wind cannot blow, and the water vapor cannot sink.
Lan En glanced at the roaring bear head necklace around Bordon's neck. The delicate bear head was trembling slightly.
It senses the magic in the mist.
Judging from the degree of tremor, the magic power is not very strong.
His stomach growled because of hunger, but Lan En still moved his body seriously.
The loyal dog had finished eating, and Bordon left him a dog's head.
It’s not much meat, but Lan En has adapted to it.
The man did not starve Lan En intentionally out of spite. In fact, he could not derive pleasure from evil deeds at all.
But for a person who does not secrete emotional hormones, you cannot expect him to care much about his "tools".
Bordon didn't want Lan En to starve, but he didn't care whether Lan En was full or not.
Witchers are very tolerant and therefore very hungry.
While Lan En was moving his body, he did not see Bordon take out the potion from the potion bag, nor did he see him pull out the two swords on his back and apply sword oil.
Generally speaking, these two things can significantly increase the witcher's advantage over monsters.
Other than expensive and toxic, there are few disadvantages.
As the main player, Bordon is obviously not willing to spend the money this time.
Then as a forward and a spy, Lan En must bear the risk for Bordon's saving.
This is exactly how Bordon used him.
"Now, move forward."
After the horse was tied up, the bearded man pulled out one of the two swords behind him amidst the low sound of metal friction.
A half-sword shining with cold silver light.
And the way he looked at Lan En's back was as warm as the sword light.
It was a kind of coldness without any fluctuation.
In front of the young man were an unknown number and strength of mist monsters.
It or they can create fog, become invisible, and the smarter ones can shape the fog into phantoms.
This gray-skinned humanoid scavenger monster has sharp and sharp claws, and its skinny arms can remove the heads of dogs or sheep when waved. The cotton armor will be torn into pieces in front of them like paper.
An ordinary farmer's stomach would be cut open within five seconds if he was full of vigilance, and his intestines and stomach would flow all over the ground.
Not to mention the ability of this monster, which is the type that is good at sneak attacks.
Behind the young man, a demon hunter who had hunted an unknown number of monsters and could move freely wearing an armor weighing at least thirty kilograms, pulled out the silver sword behind him.
Silver can restrain monsters and is soft in nature. But it was a sword with an iron core covered with silver, so it wouldn't be a problem to cut people.
Lan En seemed to have no feeling at all, and his delicate face seemed to have lost all emotion and remained motionless.
Just tightened the cotton armor tightly on his hands again, and stared blankly into the void.
On his retina, there was a clear and concise view.
“Name: Lan En
Race: Demon Hunter (Magic Transformer)
Skills: Bear School Swordsmanship (Practice plan has been formulated. Instructing - interrupted. Reason: Insufficient computing power)
Potion knowledge (Recording. Preparation guidance - Interrupted. Reason: Insufficient computing power)
Quen's Seal (Practice plan [Elementary] has been formulated. Instructing - interrupted. Reason: Insufficient computing power)
”
The knowledge about the life of the witcher has been List them one by one
Swordsmanship, potions, and seals. But in the end, there are always four big words in black and bold, "Insufficient computing power."
A series of "insufficient computing power" are clearly marked with a series of arrows, indicating the whereabouts of this precious computing power.
That is a bright red progress bar marked "Parsing" that is almost finished.
The eyes behind him became colder and colder, while Lan En remained calm and turned off the projection on his retina with his mind.
Time to get to work.
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(End of this chapter)