The Void Pathfinder from the Demon Hunter World

(Recommended background music for this chapter: "Welcome, Imlerith" Source: The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Original Soundtrack.)

Before dawn, there was silence in the wilderness. The woods and shrubs cast ferocious shadows in the dim moonlight. Cold wind blew in through the broken windows, and the bonfire inside the house flickered and licked the hanging kettle.

Amavit sat cross-legged by the campfire, chewing dried meat and looking at the two prisoners being held down by the guards.

He pointed at the man in red and said: "This one, take him to the next door for custody first. Interrogate him separately."

The guards took away another prisoner. His Royal Highness looked at the demon hunter and asked, "What do you call a demon hunter from the Cat Sect?"

The demon hunter was held down by the guards and knelt in front of the prince. He looked quite unwilling, but he really had no strength after losing too much blood.

Amavit took the water glass handed over by the guard and said: "The one who stands at the end is the winner. Isn't that what you cat pies say? We've reached this point now. Stop struggling and save some dignity for yourself."

The prince waved his hand, telling the guards to let go. In the current situation, he was sure to kill the demon hunter within 5 seconds without using a sword.

The witcher said: "Give me some water and food first."

"Haha, Demon Hunter, you should know by looking at my sword and my fighting style that I know you very, very well, even better than you think. I will not give you any additional information before I achieve my goal. Make sure you stay weak. Give up those little thoughts."

"What do you want to know?"

"First, who hired you? What are the specific purposes and requirements for hiring you? Second, do you and your employer know my specific identity? Third, who disclosed my whereabouts to you?"

Most demon hunters with extremely dull facial nerves have facial paralysis and rarely have intense expressions.

"What would you do if I told you? Let me go?"

"Hey, man, don't think of me as one of those aristocratic young men who have never been out of the city. Let go of a cat-sect demon hunter who has a problem with you? Forget it. There are very few people who are qualified to ask me to lie, at least you are not among them. .So, you will definitely die, the difference is the way you die.”

"Aren't you afraid that I'll lie? Or don't you say anything? Your torture methods are nothing to me. Besides, Mao Faction won't let you go."

"Pfft, hahahaha..." Amavit suddenly laughed and spilled most of the water glass in his hand.

"Cat Faction? Avenge you? Ha, is this your annual joke? Don't you laugh when you hear it? They are just a group of rats who have given up their faith. The Wolf Faction and the Gryphon Faction are demon hunters, and the Bear Faction You can barely be considered a witcher. You, the cat sect, don’t want to call yourself witchers. How long have you been hunting monsters? You are just a group of thieves and killers without any foundation.”

Amavit drank the water in the cup and said gloomily: "Listen, I know about the Trial of Grass, the Trial of Dreams, and the Trial of Mountains. I know more than you think.

So, put away your little tricks and stop challenging my patience. You now have two options.

Tell me what I want to know, die easy, and let me get into trouble with your employer. Or, continue to resist. I have some mage tricks that will make your death very pleasant.

After I spread your portrait throughout the north, countless people will come to trouble everyone you know.

Oh, by the way, I have another prisoner. He is not as powerful as you, so your stubborn resistance will be worthless. Now, take your pick. "

After 2 minutes of thinking, the demon hunter gave up. He tried hard to recall all the details of the business, as if he wanted to use this method to take revenge on his unreliable employer.

The general process of this business is as follows.

After the May Festival, a mage apprentice from Ban Ad Academy who called himself Uncas sent a well-paid kidnapping commission in Ban Ad City.

There were about 5 waves of people meeting the client at Ben Ad.

In the end, the cat-sect demon hunter and a mercenary group who called themselves "Casron of Soden" were selected. Another prisoner is Enzo, the leader of the mercenary group, from Keville.

The "employer" Uncas said that the target was a noble boy who was preparing to go to Arethusa College through Velen. He also described the number of people, their clothing, and the appearance of the target person, which completely matched Amavit and his party.

The employer requires that the noble child be captured alive and brought to Ben Ad before the target enters Arethusa Academy. The witcher Kasron also described in detail the appearance of his employer Uncas.

They traveled day and night from the city of Ben Ad and inquired all the way through Velen before catching up with Amavit and his party at Crow's Nest.

The prince and his entourage left their horses in the tavern to go out on errands to ensure that the target had not left, so they set out early to ambush on the road.

In the end, they chose this small courtyard with a very suitable location as the ambush location.

Demon hunters and mercenaries dislike each other, so they don't communicate much. Because the remuneration was generous and part of it had been paid in advance, the two parties did not fall out.

"You don't know that I can do magic?" Amavit asked for details.

"I know, but I didn't know you were so powerful." Demon hunter Kasron said angrily: "Hell, we always thought you were just a noble young man who was good at showing off. Shit, he didn't say you were Temori. Prince Ya.”

"Haha, the employer is afraid that you won't accept it. It's understandable. In fact, I'm surprised that you know my appearance. Your employer is not simple. After all, I rarely go out."

"Your Highness, let me understand clearly. How did you know that we would ambush here?"

"This house has been abandoned for at least a few years, but the broken wood indicates that you have only been here in the past few days, and the cleaning of the ground is also very sloppy."

"Just because of these?"

"These are enough, there are too many coincidences. Although I am still young, there are still people who want to make trouble for me. So, I will always be very careful."

"Damn it, how can you still be so smart?" The demon hunter exhaled and said, "Okay, do it. You promised to give me a quick death. Heart, it will be fast."

"I have a faster way. Demon hunter, don't resist. I keep my word." Amavit put his hand on the top of the demon hunter's head...

"Ding!"

[Hint: Discovered a living magical creature (without active resistance consciousness), do you want to submit? 】【Yes】【No】

Definitely choose yes.

The demon hunter kneeling on the ground disappeared in a "whoosh".

[Hint: Submission is successful, reward strength +1, constitution +1, perception +1. 】

[Hint: The submitted creature is detected as a controllable mutant human, and it matches some existing knowledge, and will be integrated into the professional inheritance. 】

[Fusion progress 0%]

[Fusion progress 22%]

[Fusion progress 45%]

[Hint: Fusion has been completed, the completeness of the Demon Hunter occupation inheritance is 45%, and this occupation inheritance is judged to be medium, and the free attribute points are awarded +5. 】

Great harvest!

The guards have already resisted the drama of changing people into living people, and they did not show any abnormality. Of course, even if His Royal Highness is there, he doesn't care.

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The mercenary leader, whose hair was mostly burned and the red robe outside the chainmail was tattered, knelt in front of the prince. He is now dejected and bruised. It seems that the guards have carried out some necessary work in advance.

"Enzo from Kovir, right?" His Royal Highness was a little sleepy, and the boy who was forced to stay up late to work overtime was already impatient: "Do you want to ask yourself or do I ask?"

"Fuck, I know that the damn demon hunter is not trustworthy...ah..." The mercenary struggled and cursed, and was kicked to the ground by the guards, and then pulled up and knelt.

"Listen, mercenary, I'm very sleepy now and I don't have much patience." The prince pressed his temple to prevent sleepiness from affecting his thinking.

"Let me explain what you will experience in a while, and then you can consider whether you want to continue to play the tough guy."

Amavit picked up a stone that broke out of the broken wall and held it in his hand. The stone was gradually wrapped in ice, and the color became whiter and whiter, and finally it was frozen into a lump of ice.

Bang... The ice was crushed into pieces and fell down.

"I will make your legs as brittle as this stone, and then let you watch them being smashed piece by piece with your own eyes, and then your arms. If you can still hold on, then you will be free. We still have about 2 hours, I hope you can hold on. You have 10 seconds to think."

The mercenary didn't seem to get any useful information from this description, and stared blankly at the boy opposite.

"Time is up. Go and block his mouth and get his posture right." The prince waved his hand, and the guards dragged the captive to help their own prince.

"Ah~" The mercenary began to struggle desperately, but was held down tightly. He finally knew what to say: "I said, I said, no..."

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The version of the mercenary Enzo is roughly the same as that of the demon hunter. The difference is that Enzo provides more details.

One of Enzo's men found the residence of his employer Encas in Ban Ade, which was not a tavern room but a long-term residence, and gave a clear address.

In addition, the bartender of the Crow's Nest Tavern provided the information, and of course, Enzo paid for it.

The mercenary Enzo is just an ordinary warrior, who is good at using swords and shields, and his ancestors are not mages. Kill him normally and bury him with other bodies.

While the guards were dealing with the follow-up, Amavit sorted out the current clues.

Ban Ade, mages, academy, people who are able to get the prince's appearance and itinerary from the capital of Vizima, and people who want to capture the prince alive.

First of all, Ban Ade and mages, these two points basically exclude the king's opposition in Temeria. The proud mages will not do dirty work for the nobles.

Another group of suspects are Kaedwen spies, among whom there are also some magic apprentices from Ban Ade, but there has been no conflict between Kaedwen and Temeria in recent years. This possibility is relatively small.

Secondly, the mastermind behind the scenes who can plant such a deep nail in the capital of Vizima is obviously an old silver coin.

Finally, capturing Amavet alive is either for the prince's identity or for the blood of the ancients.

For the academy mages, the prince's identity is useless. At present, the mages are not as enthusiastic about the rights of the kingdom as in the later period.

Then, Amavet, the mastermind behind the scenes, is 90% sure. Vigfortz accounts for this 90%, and the remaining 10% is for Kaedwen spies.

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At least one of Vigfortz's parents is a warlock. This magic source warlock was abandoned when he was young and was picked up from the sewer by the druids of the Korvir Druid Ring to be raised and educated.

Vigfortz followed this group of druids and wandered around the continent for more than ten years. During his wandering, a wizard invited Viggoforts to join the Warlock Brotherhood, but he rudely refused.

A few years later, Viggoforts left the druids and embarked on his own legendary path. He worked as a soldier, mercenary, and spy.

Later, when he was desperate and fled, he fell in love with a female warlock for a short time and joined the ranks of warlocks for a short time. Then Viggoforts disappeared, and no one knew where he went and what he did.

Until he appeared again, he joined the Warlock Brotherhood with profound magical knowledge and powerful spellcasting ability.

The following is what has not happened yet, and it is the embodiment of the true ability of this legendary warlock in the original book...

During the First Civil War, he led the wizards of the Brotherhood of Warlocks to participate in the Battle of Sodden Mountain and defeated the army of Nilfgaard, which directly led to the end of the war and facilitated the truce and peace talks between the North and the South.

This action made Viggofortz extremely famous, and gradually showed the old silver coin side besides the military value.

Viggofortz began to study the ancient blood a long time ago, wanting to take this powerful blood power for himself. He has the most complete blood map of the ancient blood in the warlock world.

Time goes back to before Nilfgaard began the Northern Expedition. When Emhyr Enreth was young, Nilfgaard coup d'état, his father King Fergus Enreth was overthrown by the rebels, and the rebels became the new king, cursing Emhyr into a monster with a hedgehog head and named him "Ucheon".

At this time, the unlucky Emhyr, also known as Ucheon, was favored by Viggofortz. With the help of Vigfortz, Urcheon escaped from Nilfgaard and fled all the way to Cintra.

Under Vigfortz's plan, Urcheon used a full-cover helmet to cover his hedgehog head, aliased Donny, saved the distressed Cintra king Rognar of Ebing, and asked to pay with the accident rate.

The so-called accident rate is a common way for demon hunters to recruit apprentices, that is, I want to take something you already have but don't know about.

After returning to the country, the king found that the queen was pregnant. A few months later, a baby girl was born and named Pavetta. This is what Donny wants, or this is the woman Vigfortz asked Donny to marry.

Vigfortz wanted a baby girl with ancient blood who had been under his control since childhood. Throughout the process, no one knew that there was such a hand controlling everything behind it, and even Emhyr himself knew very little about the person who saved him.

15 years later, Donny, wearing strange armor, came to the Cintra Palace and asked to marry Princess Pavetta. In fact, as early as a year ago, Duny had won Pavetta's heart with his intelligence and excellent eloquence. The husband of Cintra agreed out of fear of the variables of fate.

There is a very popular saying about the accident rate: the more you fight against the accident rate, the more severe the punishment of fate will be. The upper class believed it at the time.

The Queen of Cintra, the lioness of Cintra, Calanthe, invited the demon hunter Geralt to get rid of Duny (Amavit's sister Fiona is the grandmother of Queen Calanthe). Geralt, with good intentions, helped Duny lift the curse.

Duny, or Ucheon, turned back into a handsome human youth, and he still called himself Duny.

The wedding was held smoothly. Duny was very grateful to Geralt, and Geralt also asked for a return in the accident rate.

In the same plot, Princess Pavetta was pregnant before marriage, and the baby in her belly was Ciri (also translated as Cirilla), one of the protagonists of the Witcher 3 game.

Since then, Ciri has become Geralt's unexpected child, and the fate of the two has been closely linked.

Similarly, since then, Vilgefortz's ancient blood cultivation plan has encountered unexpected situations.

Shortly after the marriage, Duny disappeared.

In fact, Vilgefortz, who wanted to gain more power, let Duny return to Nilfgaard in the form of a prophecy.

A few years later, Emhyr Entreth, who used his real name again, miraculously counterattacked and killed the usurper and regained the throne. Since then, Nilfgaard has started a decade-long war of conquest. Ten years later, Nilfgaard unified the south and became an empire.

Emhyr Entreth became the emperor and was called "the white flame dancing on the enemy's grave" (the white flame dancing on the grave?)

His Majesty Emhyr Entreth, who had supreme authority in the empire, expelled Vilgefortz and only agreed to a limited alliance.

Vilgefortz was ostensibly the leader of the northern warlocks, but in fact he had colluded with Nilfgaard long ago.

The first Civil War broke out, Nilfgaard captured Cintra and launched the "Cintra Massacre" that shocked the world. In fact, it was His Majesty Emhyr Emreith who wanted to find his daughter and use Ciri's Cintra royal identity to legitimately conquer the entire Cintra.

It was Geralt again who rescued Ciri, who was only a teenager, from the war.

Vigfortz and Emperor Emhyr both wanted to capture Ciri for their own reasons, and the two sides cooperated briefly.

During the coup on Thanedd Island after the Battle of Sodden, Vigfortz defeated Geralt with two sticks and broke Geralt's leg. Afterwards, Vigfortz lost half of his face and one eye due to an unexpected magic explosion, and the first plan to capture Ciri also failed.

The second time, Viggofortz captured Ciri and trapped her in his own castle for a blood exchange experiment. Geralt, Yennefer and the senior vampire Regis came to rescue. Yennefer was easily defeated, and the undead Regis was burned into a pile of glass. Geralt escaped with the help of magic props and fought back with difficulty.

This is the general outline of the fight between Viggofortz and Geralt's family in the normal timeline.

In order to realize his huge ambitions in strength and power, during the Civil War, Viggofortz planted countless nails and spies in the middle and high-level of the northern countries and the Nilfgaard Empire, and gathered a group of powerful and ambitious subordinates. Note ①

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Fortunately, the current Viggofortz should have just joined the Warlock Brotherhood not long ago, and is still cultivating his interpersonal relationships in the warlock circle. This old silver coin should currently be a professor at Ban Ade College.

Perhaps due to his limited strength and the level of old silver coins, Viggofortz can only try to kidnap Amavit by hiring people with money.

This can be judged from the task requirements revealed by the captives, "before the target enters Aretuza College". Vilgofortz is currently unable to snatch people from Aretuza College.

The original Amavet killed himself when he was just an adult in the capital of Vizima, so Vilgofortz didn't have time to take action; Princess Fiona never left Vizima, so he had no chance and no ability to take action.

Perhaps because he didn't know the specific information about Amavet now, this time Velen's kidnapping may be a try. It would be better if he caught him, but if he couldn't catch him, he didn't think anyone would be able to associate him with him.

The clues only stopped at that mage apprentice. If nothing unexpected happened, the mage apprentice who called himself Encas should have disappeared soon.

Based on the existing clues, Amavet determined that this was planned by Vilgofortz.

Now it seems that the idea of ​​​​preparing is correct. When I grow up, SHI will play it for you. What level, just take the initiative to reach out!

It's a magical medieval world, who will tell you the evidence?

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