Chapter 69 Victor's peaceful life
When life is on track, Victor's time is no longer measured in units of morning, noon and evening, but jumps forward day by day. To put it simply, he goes to Vizima Cemetery every two days to sweep away the ghouls. , and headed to "Longing for Lags" to take a shower afterward.
On days when he didn't go to the cemetery, the mercenary went to the swamp forest to look for the five missing villagers. He first found three sets of damaged clothes of the villagers at the remains of several magic trees, which could prove that they were eaten by monsters.
The other two villagers, after questioning, the "Squirrel Party" admitted that they had done it, and the bodies had been buried long ago. Victor had to exchange two sets of new clothes at his own expense with the elves for the old clothes they had stripped off, and then took a total of five sets. Rag to complete the village chief's commission.
Originally, the young man thought it would be a scene filled with loud crying, but to his surprise, the "former widows" only had slightly red eyes when checking their clothes, and then their attitude returned to calm and they left.
After finding an old friend, the bald broker, to understand the situation, he realized that because there were so many monsters and there was little room for survival in the wild, the disappearance of civilians in this era would soon be considered death, and the widow's grief had been vented earlier.
In fact, most of them were newly married last week. There are many "happy lumberjacks" who are willing to settle down in Marsh Forest Village. It is not unacceptable to become fathers.
Shaking his head and lamenting his lack of experience, the young man took a boat again the next day to settle the wolf hunting contract. With the help of the Scoia'tael, he easily solved the problem of ten wolf skins and sent the down-and-out nobleman Mr. Champagne away happily. Marshwood Village Tavern.
Victor didn't care what he had to do with the wolf skins. He cared about the two hundred orens and some good reputation.
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The wolf skin is sold, the wolf meat is digested by the elves, and the scraped wolf fat is mixed with dandelions instead of dog fat to become an important consumable for carnivore bio-oil, which is applied to bear traps to build positions for advancement.
With sufficient supply of supplies, the Corleone defense line in Vizima Cemetery to prevent the invasion of ghouls had already advanced from the periphery of the catacombs to the entrance of the catacombs on the fourth night when the apprentices started working.
The next day, after repeated assurances and a generous reward for the brave man, Victor hired blacksmiths and workers to enter the cemetery during the day, and used a strong iron gate to firmly block the intrusion passage. At this point, the ghoul spread crisis in the cemetery was under control.
As for the internal exploration of the catacombs, there was no strong incentive or complete certainty, so he decided to at least wait until Angouleme returned to the team before considering it.
Besides, the Gongyang Gang would naturally have to do something after receiving his medicine. Although the amount of explosive powder is not as large as in "Ban Ade", which can be purchased in large quantities, Dancing Star's inventory has finally been slightly replenished.
The boy's speed of making bombs has also improved due to his mental improvement. From the original two bombs in eight hours, the time has been slightly shortened to two bombs in seven hours.
"It takes too long" is his biggest trouble with using incredible alchemy now. A slightly complex or powerful alchemy product can easily take up to six hours. Fortunately, exquisite food or furniture, because of the deep-rooted impressions in his mind, can easily create time. Compressed into two hours.
Finally, regarding the alchemy materials for the Blizzard and Thunder potions, the Ram Gang promised that if any traces of "Qiqimo" or "Andraeger Zerg" were found, they would immediately notify the witcher apprentices.
So the young man lived a more comfortable life. Apart from making delicious food every day, going to the Hairy Bear to drink, taking a bath on his longing lap, and occasionally sending Shani home, he devoted himself to his favorite research and experimental work.
The flow of time in a leisurely life became even more exaggerated, leaping in units of "one week", so before Victor was aware of it, the fifteen-day deadline agreed with Angouleme had arrived.
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During curfew time, according to the instructions Angouleme pressed on the table, he walked through the quiet and deserted streets and came to the embankment beside the city wall. According to the message, choosing this place to talk could prevent the walls from having ears.
Under the starry sky, the girl is wearing armor and carrying a sword, with her hands folded across her chest, leaning on the battlements and looking up at the sky. Katharine, the falcon, is looking at Zixiong. From a distance, one person and one eagle look like characters in a painting.
It's a pity that the premise of this chic scene appears to Victor to be silly. "Am I saying you are a fool? If you find someone to talk to by the lake in the middle of the night, you have to avoid walls with ears and we have a basement!"
With that said, Angouleme angrily walked up to Victor and stared at him, remaining silent.
Victor was amused for a while: "So what did you want to say when you called me here?"
"The fifteen days are up. I have investigated the matter of 'Mikul' and now I have to report to the group leader." She said loudly.
The brown eyes did not move as smoothly as usual. On the contrary, they looked bright and lively. You can feel a kind of determination from it, which is the look in your eyes that takes responsibility for what you are about to say and do after on-site investigation.
But for the young man, because Mikul was transferred to guard other city gates, and he went in and out of the south gate several times without seeing anyone, his brain circuit had automatically forgotten him in a corner.
So until now, the young man realized that fifteen days had passed, and yawned: "So that's what happened, okay, okay, Miss Angouleme Corleone, please start your performance and let us listen. The story of Mr. Mikul!”
Angouleme ignored Victor. The girl had developed considerable immunity to those special words that belonged to the town of Bell, east of Serikania, which he took pleasure in and giggled happily every time he finished speaking.
Katherine stood firmly on her gauntlet, her expression solemn and solemn, and she looked at the boy with a hawk.
Feeling embarrassed to be seen, he put away his frivolous expression and attitude, "Okay! I'm ready to listen to your report." Victor said again, this time his tone became much more serious.
"Let me tell you the conclusion first. My opinion has not changed. I'm going to get rid of him." Her tone was very calm and firm.
Victor sniffed, "I understand. Then, let me hear the results of the investigation and your final plan."
Angouleme was silent for a while to organize his words, "Mikuel was born in the suburbs of Dongmen. He is lustful, gambling, and lazy, but he is widely respected in the suburbs because his profession as a gate guard gives him power. The townspeople generally believe that he is worthy of respect and is one of the outstanding citizens in the village."
Victor remembered that when he was blocked outside the city gate, the priest of the Eternal Fire seemed to ask him to obtain the recognition of several outstanding townspeople. If he really went there, would he meet this Mikuel in advance?
Angouleme continued, "There is a villager in the suburbs who claims to be a witch. After communication, it was discovered that she was actually a herbalist named Abigail. She said that a woman named Ilsa was raped by Mikul. According to her testimony, I found the remains of Ilsa who was unwilling to be humiliated and committed suicide by taking poison in a tomb in the suburbs."
"Wait a minute," Victor frowned and interrupted Angouleme's statement, "Who told you to go to the tomb? Don't you know that there are ghouls recently?"
The girl covered her mouth with embarrassment, because the leader had stipulated that it was not allowed to go to dangerous places. Although the ghouls were in the cemetery in the city, the tombs in the suburbs were not safe either.
"Uh... Few people have died in the suburbs recently. I chose to go down to explore during the day. I also felt that there was no danger in advance. There were indeed no monsters in it..." She explained in a low voice.
Waving his hand, Victor signaled her to continue. What had been done had been done, and the account would be settled after listening.
"The next victim is Hera, who is said to be the daughter of the Eternal Fire priest. She was raped by Mikul and others and unfortunately became pregnant. The priest believed the perpetrators' words, saying that his daughter's misconduct seduced them, and angrily drove her daughter out of the house and left her to live on the streets."
"..." The boy recalled the priest's old-fashioned and stubborn face. He might really give up his daughter for the sake of face. He also thought of Tomila, the herbalist in the White Orchard, and the pain of being expelled by her biological parents...
"What happened to this Hera later?" Victor couldn't help asking.
Angoulême shook his head: "She is missing. She was driven away with a big belly. I don't know where she went. I suspect she has died in the wild..."
"The next one is..."
"The next one is..."
Angoulême talked for a long time, and Victor listened patiently. The conclusion after integration was: Mikul was suspected of being involved in many gang rapes, but they were all just spread by word of mouth and he was not actually convicted, because the victims he chose were mostly women who were concerned about their reputation and did not want to make it public.
The method that Angouleme used to send him to death was customized according to his living habits. It was normal for a night gambler to fall into the water. After listening to it, the boy suddenly understood why Angouleme chose to report at the embankment.
Because as long as Victor nodded in approval, now is the right time to go out and solve the problem.
After thinking about it, Victor said: "Angoulême, I don't have your intuition, so I never agree to use "strong disgust" as a "motive for action", but I have indeed witnessed how intuition works on you several times.
So half a month ago I allowed you to investigate, and the result this time is also very obvious. The world will not get worse without Mikul, and it will even get slightly better, and the design of your plan is also complete.
So... I agree...
You can go to implement the plan now."
Hearing the permission, Angouleme showed a look of surprise on her face. She originally thought that she had to explain more to convince the leader to allow her to take action, but she didn't expect that he agreed after listening to the narration.
"But I must warn you," Victor said seriously, "The Phantom Troupe is a ranger, and only a ranger... Don't get the illusion that you represent justice. We are not much closer to justice than Mikul."
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