Dick slowly took back his sword and asked solemnly, "What on earth is going on? Where have the others gone?"
Seeing Dick put away the long sword, the monsters of this family were temporarily relieved, but they did not dare to get up without Dick's order.
The middle-aged monster began to explain slowly:
"Ten days ago, a young man led a group of officers and soldiers to come here with a catapult. On the pretext of war, he asked for money and food and stayed here permanently.
"The villagers didn't agree, so they all killed them. Only our family obeyed the order and was responsible for burying the bodies, so we survived by luck."
"What does that young man look like?"
The middle-aged monster described the young man's appearance in detail. After listening to it, Dick said angrily:
"It turned out to be Brownie. I didn't expect him to be ambush here."
Then he said softly, "
You all get up, I won't kill you. But I'm curious as to why you turned into monsters, was it Brownie who did it?"
"It turns out that man's name is Brownie. No, Master Demon Hunter, it's not him.
"You have to know that it's freezing cold now. We have almost no food while the officers and soldiers are stationed. All the food has been taken away by the soldiers.
"Even if they left yesterday, our family is so weak that we can't even walk, so we can only wait to die in this small town.
"However, a few hours ago, two men came here."
"Huh?" Dick was moved in his heart and asked, "Two men? Can you tell me what they look like?"
"One of them has a ring blade on his waist, which looks a lot like you."
"Looks a lot like me? How does it look like?"
"He has cat eyes like you."
"The ring blade... the cat's eye... turns out to be Kayn! Why is he here? What about the other person?"
"The other person..." the middle-aged man's tone trembled, "He wore a black hood and was thin. He gave us several bottles of medicine, and we became like this after drinking it."
"It's Alexander, he and Kayn are together. So, it was he who forced you to drink the magic potion that made you become like this?"
"Is that potion called a magic potion? No, Master, we drank it voluntarily."
"What did you say? You drank voluntarily? Why did you voluntarily become a monster?"
"Master, when we met the Alexander you mentioned, he said that he had food, but he would not give it to us for free. However, there is another way for us to survive."
"Can you survive by turning into monsters?"
"Yes, Master."
The man looked at his family tenderly, and then turned to Dick, "We now know that we have become monsters, but look at our feet."
Dick Looking in the direction of his finger, there were forked tree whiskers under his feet.
The middle-aged monster pointed at Treebeard and smiled:
"In this case, as long as we stick our feet into the soil, we can absorb the nutrients and our family can survive.
"Even if you become a monster, as long as the family can stay together safely, what does it matter?"
Dick Hearing this, he felt an invisible force hit his chest heavily. He took two steps back in disbelief, looked at the family in front of him, and was speechless for a long time.
"Master, you... you won't kill us, will you?"
The middle-aged man spoke again, and his wife and two children also looked at Dick, their eyes full of fear and pleading.
"I won't kill you.
"But you'd better find a place to live away from the crowd, otherwise others may not be as tolerant as me. By the way, have the bodies of the dead villagers been disposed of?"
"It was dealt with. After they killed people on the first day, they burned all the bodies. After that, our family buried all the remains."
"That's good."
Dick turned around and left, and behind him came the whole family's thanksgiving chorus. "Master, please walk slowly."
Since obtaining [Extreme Leap], Dick has always felt that his legs are light and strong, but after hearing the experiences of the townspeople today, he feels that his legs are as heavy as lead.
He shouted loudly, forcibly dispelling the heaviness, and ran towards the distance along the dark red dotted line.
After running wildly for thirty minutes, Dick stopped in front of a forest.
In front of him, he saw a figure with his back to him, playing with two ring blades in his hands, his posture unruly.
Dick gasped, his chest heaving violently, and he suddenly pulled out the black sword from behind.
Kayn turned back leisurely, with a slight curve at the corner of his mouth, as if he wanted to say hello to Dick with a smile, but Dick had no time to pay attention to this, and asked loudly:
"Where is Alexander?"
"Dick, when I see your senior brother and I, am I just like this?" Kayn gently rubbed his chin while squinting at Dick.
"I don't have time to talk nonsense with you now, and I don't want to care about why you hang out with Alexander."
Dick just wants to find Alexander as soon as possible and doesn't want to waste time on these trivial matters.
Kayn seemed not to have heard Dick's words, and continued to speak on his own:
"Dick, you really survived. You're a lucky kid. It's worth it that I'm here to guard you.
"I had already planned it. If you don't come in another day, I will go after Alexander."
"So, you were the one who solved all the knights Brownie before?" Dick asked.
"Uh-huh." Kayn smiled wildly, "Besides me, who else would be so 'concerned' about you?"
"What about Brownie? Where did he go?"
"He ran away early. I let him go on purpose." Kayn shrugged and said nonchalantly,
"I am planning to do a big business now. Such a powerful guy cannot be easily offended yet.
"However, those Black Cat Mercenary Company guys who wanted to burn me to death before, huh, I didn't let go of any of them. I tortured them to death slowly with one knife after another.
"As for Alexander, he has disappeared long ago, so don't waste your efforts chasing him."
"You actually want to protect him? Don't you know how many unforgivable crimes he has committed?"
"So what? I'm not a gentleman to begin with."
Kayn curled his lips nonchalantly, "He and I are kind of like each other.
"He is like a useful dog to me now.
"Dick, I have a plan, a grand plan."
As he said that, Kayn retracted the ring blade and stretched out a hand, suppressing a smile with a sincere expression, "Now Kaer Morhen is finished, and all those old rules and antiques are finished.
"I plan to create a new school of demon hunters-School of the Viper.
"As long as Alexander fuses the Grasses Decoction formulas from the three schools, we can come up with a more powerful School of the Viper prescription.
"When the time comes, I will be the leader of this school, and you will be my deputy. How about we go to Free City to do some business together?"
"School of the Viper?" Dick snorted coldly, "No, I'm not interested."
"Dick." Kayn's face instantly darkened, "Are you rejecting me?"
"Yes, I refuse. Kayn, Witcher Order are not dead yet, Vesemir, Geralt, Beier, Aode, and those little demon hunters are still alive.
"I came out this time just to get rid of the traitor Alexander and get back the formula of School of the Lynx."
"So that's it, you really let me down." Kayn seemed to have a headache and touched his head.
"I'll say it again, Alexander is my dog now. You'd better think carefully before touching him. When you hit a dog, it depends on the owner!"
With that said, he took out the ring blade from his waist again, and Sword Qi was already covering it.
"You want to stop me?" Dick stared hard and held the black sword in his hand tightly.
"That's right. I also heard Alexander say that you also mastered Sword Qi.
"However, don't think that you can defeat me like this. I am an experienced demon hunter and you are still a little green.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you, but I have to teach you a lesson to let you know who is stronger.
"Maybe after this fight, you will change your mind and follow me, a strong man." Kayn said provocative words with a smile.
"What I want!" Dick shook the hilt of the sword, and the sword body was also covered with Sword Qi.
Kayn took rhythmic steps and slowly approached Dick.
Just when he was about to take action, his eyes fell on Dick's right shoulder, whose outline was obviously missing due to the wind blowing in the cloak, and anger emerged on his face:
"Dick, your right arm... which bastard did it?"