The small episode did not disturb Dick and continued on his way, and two days later he arrived at a new city - Ravenstern City.
As the capital of Northern Kingdoms, looking from a distance outside the open city gate, it is not as prosperous as Dick thought, but instead has a sense of chill.
The mottled and thick city walls prove that this place has a history of hundreds of years.
However, there is no charge for the gatekeepers here, and passers-by just walk into the city in an orderly manner.
Dick did not show his identity. At the same time, he lowered his head to prevent others from seeing his obvious cat eyes, so as to reduce unknown troubles like Brownie.
Just like this, he led the horse and slowly entered the city.
Looking on both sides of the spacious street, there are stone buildings on the left and right, which look ancient and vicissitudes of life.
The streets are crowded with people, and there is no obvious sadness or anxiety on anyone's face. It seems that the residents here are living a good life.
A few minutes later, Dick arrived at a huge circular square with a six or seven meter tall statue erected in the center of the square.
The statue is of a female knight wearing armor, holding a sword in her hand and pointing to the sky. Dick looked at its appearance carefully and found that this resolute-looking knight was none other than Queen Meve.
Following the clanging sound, Dick turned left directly. A hundred meters later, he saw a man outside a shop with his head lowered and seriously hitting a sword blank with a steel hammer in his hand.
The man's face was flushed by the fire, and big beads of sweat kept falling.
The muscles of his bare arms were tangled, he must be a professional blacksmith.
But what surprised Dick was that the blacksmith's ears were very pointed, and he was obviously not a pure-blood human:
Why are there mixed-blood elves here?
Isn't he afraid of exposing his identity?
With this question in mind, Dick walked to the blacksmith shop.
"Boss, can you smelt weapons?" The man didn't even raise his head, "Wait a moment, I'm busy."
Dick saw this and did not rush. He glanced left and right, tied the horse to the stone pillar outside the house, and returned to wait.
The boss quickly smashed the sword blank with the steel hammer in his hand, put it into the cold water aside, and stirred up a large amount of steam.
He threw the sword blank on the iron workbench aside, and then he took a deep breath and looked at Dick.
Raising his head, the boss was obviously surprised in his eyes.
Dick whispered, "Yes, I am indeed a demon hunter. Is there any problem?"
"It's no problem. Queen Meve is not taboo against humans, half-elves, dwarves, etc. As long as they admit that they are residents of Northern Kingdoms, they can all obtain the right to live there.
"If a mixed-blood elf like me can live in Ravenstern City, naturally you, a demon hunter, can come here too.
"But you came at the wrong time. By the way, what did you say you wanted to do?"
"I want you to mend my broken silver sword."
With that said, Dick handed the wrapped broken sword to the blacksmith. The latter took it, opened it and took a look.
"The fracture is too obvious, so we can only resmelt it, but it will take three or four days. You came at the wrong time."
Dick After hearing the blacksmith say twice that he came at the wrong time, he couldn't help but ask, "Why do you say that?"
"Because one of your witchers was publicly beheaded a few days ago, and now the officers and soldiers are always spreading bad things about witchers. They always say that witchers have committed too many crimes and have been listed as the most unpopular people in Ravenstern City."
Dick was shocked. "What is the name of the beheaded demon hunter you mentioned?"
The blacksmith frowned and thought for a while:
"It seems to be called Ivan. He was beheaded on the other side of the square two days ago. His head should still be hanging under the gallows."
"Why, witcher, you don't know that poor guy, do you?"
Dick did not answer, but asked, "Did Queen Meve personally give this order?"
"Not really. After Queen Meve and Duke Amara and other nobles defeated the Jatu army a few days ago, they went to Jatu Plains to continue chasing them, preparing to teach them a harsh lesson so that these Jatu Demons would not dare to invade Northern Kingdoms again in the next few years.
"And now, Queen Meve has temporarily handed over power to her brother Prince James. That Ivan was beheaded in public trial by Prince James himself.
"So..." The blacksmith looked around again and saw that no one was paying attention here, so he whispered:
"I advise you to leave here as soon as possible without being discovered.
"If Prince James knew you were here, they might give you any crime at random?
"Hey, if Queen Meve were here, my business wouldn't be as deserted as it is these days. There are always soldiers patrolling the streets these days. It's hard to do business these days. I'm considering moving to other countries."
Dick thought to himself:
Although I don't know what happened now, the so-called Prince James has indeed killed Ivan of [School of the Coyote].
And judging by what the blacksmith in front of me said, they were promoting the theory that the demon hunters were guilty.
Someone is trying to muddy the waters!
It seems that I have to leave quickly.
"Then my silver sword can't just be repaired?"
"Yes, you can, but if you fight with monsters, it will easily break again.
"As a businessman, I want to do this business with you, but as a professional blacksmith, I can't lie to you and am responsible for your safety."
Seeing that Dick looked a little confused, the blacksmith whispered again:
"After the demon hunter named Ivan was beheaded, his armor, weapons, and trinkets around his neck were sold to me privately at a low price by the beheaded executioner. I can resell them to you now. He happened to also have a silver sword. Of course... the price will be higher."
"A trinket... a witcher badge!"
"I want the armor, the silver sword, and the witcher badge. Are they still intact?"
"Of course it's complete. You still want the steel sword?"
"Take the steel sword too."
"Please follow me, witcher."
Then the blacksmith turned around and opened the door of the shop, and Dick went in.
The blacksmith quickly closed the door and said, "Wait here for now."
Then he walked into a room, and after a while, he took out a lot of items and put them on the table beside him.
This pile of items is exactly [School of the Coyote's Demon Hunter Armor], two long swords, and a Tiny wolf head badge - [School of the Coyote] Demon Hunter Badge.
Dick felt happy when he saw that School of the Coyote's armor was intact:
The armor I was wearing was given to me by Kobe before. After several battles with monsters, it was already a bit tattered.
Even the previous cloak was no longer usable after being mended and had to be thrown away.
Now is the perfect time to change my whole body into some equipment.
"I want all of these, how much does it cost?"
"To tell you the truth, when I purchased it before, I spent a full 300 Kelang. So, can I sell it to you for 450 Kelang?"
"It's a bit expensive. You see, although my armor is a bit tattered, it is also made of good quality.
"I will give you this armor, how about you take away 50 Kelang."