Seeing Aode's anxious look, Dick said slowly, "I... understand. Let's do this, you guys..."
He patted Aode's hand gently, and then began to tell everyone, "You stay here for the time being. Of course, if something happens, run away quickly. Although there is a small possibility that there will be enemies."
"And I'm going to follow the traces to see if I can catch the traitor Alexander. He should be the one who took the formula away."
Everyone nodded, and Beier warned in a serious tone, "Dick must be careful. If you die, we Witcher Order really have no hope."
The rest of the people also looked over with concern, vaguely regarding Dick as their backbone.
Aode burst into tears again. Dick smiled and joked Aode:
"Stop crying, you are no longer handsome if you cry all over your face. You still want to sing and dance with beautiful women. After these things are over, I will take you to Firstfall Bay to have a good time."
Aode forced out a smile like an orange peel, "Then you'll treat me."
"Well, I'm treating you."
Dick found a cloak to wrap his arm that had not fully recovered to its original shape, and then left quickly. He took the horse from the stable and came to the outside of the castle. After dismounting, he began to carefully examine the injuries on the dead knight.
After a while, Dick found nothing and shook his head in disappointment.
A breeze blew by, and the smell of blood wafted along the breeze from a hundred meters ahead.
"Huh? Why is there still the smell of blood there? It's obviously not a battlefield, could it be..."
Dick led the horse and ran forward immediately.
Then, he found a broken black cloth, stained with some blood, hanging on a weed.
He slowly picked up the black cloth and looked at it carefully, "Well, it's the robe that Alexander wore in the past. As for the source of the blood smell, did he escape to No Man's Land? What was he doing there?"
Without thinking too much, he concentrated on turning on Witcher Senses, and a light red dotted line snaked forward along the bloodstain of Alexander.
After galloping on horseback, a quarter of an hour later, Dick had arrived at the edge of No Man's Land, but saw that the energy stones on several surrounding stone pillars were still emitting a faint light.
No matter how Witcher Order changes, this magic formation still sticks to its mission, even if Nekker in it was completely destroyed by the demon hunters after bringing Kaer Morhen before Ruiwen.
Dick saw the red curve winding through it. He was about to step in when he suddenly remembered what Ruiwen said, "If the formation is not lifted, entering rashly will result in random teleportation."
"But Alexander is a sorcerer apprentice, and he has no ability to dispel this formation." Dick said to himself again.
"That is to say, Alexander was teleported away randomly.
"Should we call Aode... No, he is old and frail. He was too frightened today and his body can no longer tolerate it.
"Ruiwen also said that the teleportation position of this formation will only change once a day. It's just dawn now, so we should be able to catch up."
Dick no longer hesitated, patted Spotty's strong butt, and then said, "Go back to Lynx Fort and don't worry about me."
Spotty couldn't help but let out a long hiss with some reluctance, spinning around in circles, refusing to move.
"Be obedient." Dick said softly.
Spotty After shaking his horse's mane, he hissed and ran back the way he came.
Dick stepped into this magic formation without hesitation, and his figure disappeared from the world in an instant.
The moment he stepped into this place, Dick felt the space around him shaking violently, and the dazzling white light made him immediately close his eyes.
He felt that he had drunk several kilograms of strong alcohol on an empty stomach, and his body felt so uncomfortable that it seemed like it was about to fall apart. He wanted to vomit, but could only spit out a few mouthfuls of bitter water.
Fortunately, the discomfort only lasted for a few breaths and then disappeared.
Dick slowly opened his eyes and found himself squatting firmly on the ground. He stood up unsteadily.
After looking around, he said to himself:
"It turns out that the place we teleported to is not too far away from Kaer Morhen. Isn't this the town Nameless that Harden and I found after killing Forktail? We also spent the night in a warehouse here.
"So, Alexander should have escaped from here too."
Then, Dick concentrated on turning on Witcher Senses, and a faint red dotted line snaked towards the widest road in the far center of the town.
"Alexander indeed passed by here, my judgment was correct." Di
Ke immediately ran forward, but stopped suddenly after running a few steps.
At this moment, he realized that the town was too desolate and dead:
There were no sounds of chickens and dogs, no people coming and going, it was no different from a forgotten dead town.
Dick Suddenly felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up. He turned around suddenly and followed his gaze. There was no one at the corner of the eaves, but there was the sound of shuffling footsteps.
"Don't be afraid," Dick shouted as he ran towards that side, "I am a demon hunter and I will not hurt you."
At the same time, his left hand was holding the black sword tightly, just in case.
With the blessing of [Extreme Leap]'s talent, Dick took huge strides with every step and reached the back of the eaves in an instant.
The moment he saw the embarrassed figure in the distance clearly, he narrowed his eyes, shook his sword, activated Sword Qi instantly, and then continued to sprint forward.
Because, he discovered that it was not a human being, but a dark green monster covered with dry bark and with branches growing on its body.
Although it has legs, several tree root tentacles covered with soil branch out from its lower legs.
"Is this a subordinate of Leshen? I have never seen such monsters. Could it be that they killed all the people here?"
Dick rushed forward in a few steps, and the monster quickly turned to another corner of the eaves, hiding its figure.
In this visual blind spot, Dick held his breath and turned on Witcher Senses again.
In an instant, he discovered that there were four red marks in the corner that were changing rapidly in light and dark.
"The fact that they are with this monster means that they are also monsters, and looking at the frequency of their heart beating, it means that they are very nervous." Dick thought to himself.
He walked slowly towards the corner, and when he approached, he suddenly jumped out and raised the black sword high in the air with one hand.
Sure enough, the same bark monster was hiding in the corner.
But just when his sword was about to strike, it suddenly stopped, and the tip of the sword stopped in front of the monster's forehead.
All the monsters behind it were seen kneeling down, their bark-covered hands clasped together, and they knelt down to him.
Dick was full of suspicion, took two steps back slowly, and asked, "What kind of monsters are you? Can you understand me?"
These bark monsters nodded one after another. The leader of the monster spoke human words, and his voice sounded like a middle-aged man:
"Master Demon Hunter, although we are monsters now, we were ordinary people in the past. Please don't kill our family, please."
Immediately afterwards, the two smaller bark monsters hugged the tree beards under the middle-aged monster, grinned their trunk-like mouths, and uttered a sad prayer in their young voices:
"Don't kill my dad!"