Although it is impossible to determine the exact date and location of the current location, Hao Ren can still roughly deduce the "landing site" of his current backtracking from the style of the surrounding buildings and Vivien's codex records - if the guess is correct, he and Lily should now be between the 14th and 16th centuries, and judging by the accents of passers-by, it should be in France, but it is impossible to determine which city it is.However, being able to roughly determine the date is already very convenient, at least Hao Ren can determine what kind of identity he should be operating in the current historical period: a nomadic demon hunter who acts independently hidden in human society.Before setting off, he had learned more about the witchers from Hasselblad and White Fire.As the most powerful influence in the entire mythological era, the Witchers are a group that Hao Ren is destined to have to deal with frequently throughout his historical journey, and their information is the most important information for this backtrack.After cramming, Hao Ren learns that even in the most intense years of conflict, the witchers are not a group of crazy hunters incited by fanaticism and hatred, and although they are indeed driven by fanaticism and hatred, their actions and organizational structure are always full of sanity and discipline.In addition to the Saint Order, which is the ruling body, and the Elder Order, which guards the North Pole and almost never sets foot in the present world, the forces of the Demon Hunters in the human world are mainly divided into three categories: the first type is the "Holy Cult Army" equivalent to the frontal legion, also known as the "War Band", this organization was very active during the mythological war period, they appeared in thousands of frontal battlefields, directly destroyed all the mythical kingdoms in ancient times with strong force, and were the promoters of all "Ragnarok", but after the end of the mythological era, This front-line corps lost its relevance and gradually disintegrated and reorganized into the second and third types of troops; The second type of force is the "hunting force", also known as the "hunting group", they are an elite combat unit composed of a small number of witchers, usually ranging in number from dozens to hundreds, mainly active in the late period of the mythological age and the dark ages after the end of the mythological age, when the armies of the "gods" have collapsed, and there is no longer an epic battle like the one that swept through the Great Plains of Gret, but the exiled sects and small cults of heresy that remained after the collapse of the "gods" are still breeding in the dark, The so-called hundred-legged insects die but do not stiffen, and these exiled sects can often control one or two towns even if they are weak, and the "hunting group" is used to deal with these professional squads of stragglers; The third group of troops can no longer be called troops, they are actually a completely fragmented armed force, called "hunters".Hunters are usually solitary witchers, or occasionally formed in small squads of two or three, these combat elites are active for about the same period as the second type of troops, they are masters of independent combat, after the alien "gods" have lurked in the cracks of human civilization, these lone combat elites have tirelessly played the role of sweepers, in the countryside and savage places that the hunting group cannot take into account, is where the nomadic witchers show their skills.The two armed sequences of hunters and hunters are not completely separated, and under certain conditions, they are actually one, or can be transformed into each other: if the elite hunters in the hunting group pass certain tests, they will be qualified to go out hunting alone, so that they become hunters, and in the event of an emergency (such as the discovery of a group of heretical gods somewhere), the hunting witches who are operating in the vicinity will also be immediately summoned to form a hunting group to participate in the battle.Hasselblad had told her that the organization of the Witchers was indeed full of discipline, but even the most coherent groups would have their loopholes, and the easiest way to exploit the Witchers' combat sequences was the third type of troops: the solitary and secretive Hunting Witchers.In the wilderness where the alien "remnant" is still strong, the connection between the Hunters and the Order will be extremely weak, and they will even go deep into the heart of the enemy for the purpose of hunting, unable to communicate with the outside world for half a century, and they will even completely change their appearance in order to track down some extremely cunning prey, and even maintain a stealthy identity when they come into contact with other witchers - this may sound strange, but under the premise of the phenomenon of "innate hostility", everything can be explained.Regardless of whether the witcher or the alien, when they face each other, they are accustomed to judging whether the person in front of them is "not my race" through their hostile instincts, as long as they see each other and do not have the urge to draw a knife and cut people, then the identity of the enemy can be ruled out, so the process of confirming the identity of the two witchers after meeting is actually not as strict as imagined, especially between the nomadic witchers.Now an "outlier" appears in this time and space, and that is Hao Ren: he is a complete "outlier", but he will not cause innate hostility in front of anyone, which makes it easy for him to exploit this biggest loophole.The insurance identity he set for himself was that of a nomadic witcher.Just as he could, he borrowed a full set of Witcher disguises from Hasselblad before he set out, all of them were real people, Witcher-style equipment that only the enchanters of Corpus could make.Take this set of things to ancient times, even if you run into a demon hunter elder, you don't have to worry about being seen as fake.However, he is now only equipped with the Holy Silver Short Sword that can symbolize his status, as well as some amulets and charm cards, because a Safari Hunter is not fully armed at all times, and disguised as an ordinary person is their usual method.The towns of France in the Middle Ages, like everywhere else in Europe of the same period, were enveloped in a dark and gloomy atmosphere, especially at night: curfews forbade people to go out during these hours, witch hunts were so vigorous that entertainment was almost non-existent at night, and the inhabitants did not even dare to make loud noises in their own homes to prevent the informants from being exposed as "witch practitioners": a cemetery-like silence hung over the streets of the town at night.Only the night watchmen and cavalrymen who patrolled the town dared to swagger through the streets at this time.The flame of the Renaissance has been kindled in the cities of Italy, but it is far from reaching a small town in the middle of nowhere, where darkness has long reigned.Hao Ren and Lily weave through the empty alleys, keeping an eye out for the troublesome Night Watchmen while concentrating on the sights of the gloomy owls that might be hiding in the darkness: the latter being one of their targets."
It stinks everywhere," complained Lily, who had torn off a hem of the long dress that had made her very uncomfortable, but its length was still very uncomfortable for the husky girl, who still had to carry the skirt when she ran, and the skirt was just that, and what was even more unpleasant here was the smell of the streets that could never be avoided, "Anyway, I had only seen it in books before, but I didn't expect medieval European towns to really stink." ”"Even big cities don't have much awareness of public health these days, let alone this kind of town that I don't know if it's a city," Hao Ren was also unhappy about the smell around him, but he was glad that his nose was not as sensitive as Lily's, so it wasn't intolerable, "If it weren't for the frequent plagues caused by this environment, the witch hunt wouldn't be as serious as that." ”"Anyway, landlord, do you have any ideas?"
While enduring the smell around her and trying to distinguish the possible alien smell from the smell, Lily asked Hao Ren in a low voice, "How do I feel so difficult to find Vivian's sleeping place in such a dark place......"
"Of course there are ideas," Hao Ren has actually been confident, "First of all, ours" The 'Drop Point' will definitely be near Vivian's sleeping place, so there is no need to worry too much about it geographically, and secondly, there will be abnormal paranormal phenomena around Vivian's sleeping place, and these supernatural phenomena will inevitably attract some guys: alien survivors seeking power and inheritance, or witchers who come to us by smelling the smell, and the latter two will lead us to the right place.So our first step is to find out the situation, see if there are any legends of demons and monsters in the vicinity, preferably recent events, and then go to investigate as an exorcist......
Anyway, it's the best I can think of.Of course, if this method doesn't work, I still have a follow-up plan, which is to make a big fuss, so that there is a good chance that the ** will attract the witchers over, and then I will change my appearance and find a way to blend into the team of the witchers, and see if I can steal their local surveillance records, which must have valuable clues.However, the second option is very dangerous, and more importantly, you must not be exposed to the witchers, so at that time, it is best for you to go back to the 'safe house' and stay......"
The "safe house" in Hao Ren's mouth is the hunter's hut embedded in the boundary of time and space, by luring the locals to do the test, Hao Ren has confirmed that the hunter's hut can only be seen and entered by him and Lily, and it is a well-deserved safe base."
I think it's better to be the first one," Lily, of course, didn't want to stay in the static black and white hut, "don't worry, landlord, I'm not afraid of even meeting witches......
Oh, it's definitely not stupid to fight them head-on, can't I run if I can't beat them?
I have a special bloodline, and even if there is an innate hostile factor left in this 'old body', its hostile reaction is not so strong, and it can easily slip out from under the nose of the witcher.And if it doesn't work, I'll pretend to be the 'prey' you caught......
If you encounter an alien, you pretend to be the prey I caught, and if you think about it, the combination of the two of us is simply invincible, huh?
”Hao Ren: He doesn't know if the "......" combination is invincible or not, but this dog's logic is really invincible!
At that moment, Lily suddenly stopped."
Wait," she said to Hao Ren in a low voice, "there's someone up ahead......
I smell potions. ”