Chapter 276: Sewer Fright
The incited people are just calling out loud. They all have their own work and life, and it is impossible for them to surround the hotel all day long.
The only ones who can truly pose a threat to Xin Sheng and others are those full-time witch hunters, especially the leading Fiery Rose Knights.
After receiving the support of Radovid V, the already dying Knights of Flame Rose were reborn.
They changed their appearance and became the leader of the witch hunting operation, and wanted to capture innocent people in various parts of Redania and Novigray.
Anyone whom they call a warlock, no matter what his true identity is, will be tied to the stake and burned to death.
The stupid people who were motivated by the Eternal Fire surrounded the stakes and shouted loudly, without considering that once they offended the Flame Rose, they might be burned to death as a warlock in the future.
Xin Sheng left a password letter to Silvie recording their whereabouts, and asked her to forward it when Avarak returned.
At 3 a.m., the ignorant people around the White Rose Hotel had already gone home to rest.
Only a small number of witch hunters were still guarding outside the hotel door, dozing off while monitoring the hotel's situation.
Xin Sheng and the other two walked out without swaggeringly.
With the help of Silvi, they quietly left the side door of the hotel where they moved the goods.
Cities in the Wizard World will enforce curfews at night, prohibiting anyone without permission from traveling at night.
Due to the recent witch hunting trend, there are occasional conflicts between warlocks and witch hunting teams at night.
Even though it was already midnight, there were still many temple guards patrolling back and forth on the streets of Novigri.
From time to time, you can also see the witch hunter team who have obtained night tour licenses to shuttle between the streets and alleys in a hurry.
As the largest city in the north, Novigre's underground drainage system is very complete.
In order to avoid the large number of witch hunters on the street, Xin Sheng and the other two were guided by Silvi to a sewer entrance.
"Vomit~"
When Xin Sheng removed the heavy stone slab covering the entrance, Natiya immediately turned blue and made a dry retching sound. The witch hunter's overly sensitive sense of smell made her roll her eyes by the stinking smell.
Xiri's condition was relatively good. Although she covered her nose and looked disgusted, she did not react as strongly as Natiya.
Not to mention them, even Xin Sheng was a little nauseated by the strong smell coming from his nose.
‘Fortunately, I didn’t release the rhubarb, otherwise its sense of smell would have been ruined by this strong stench.’
It is better to endure the stench than to beat it all the way.
With Novigre's defense against the "warlock", once the war begins, the enemy will only fight more and more.
Xin Sheng temporarily closed his sense of smell and said to the two in a whispering voice with a nasal sound: "I'll go down first, you guys follow you later."
"Natya, overcome it, you don't want to be caught back and go back to the barbecue."
Natiya gritted her teeth angrily: "Okay! But I will get this account back sooner or later!"
“There will be a chance.”
Xin Sheng took the lead in jumping from the sewer entrance, and Xiri and Natiya followed one after another.
The subordinates sent by Silwei to lead the way began to finish the work, and he struggled to cover up the heavy stone slabs again to cover up the traces of Xin Sheng and others leaving.
...
"Igni."
Using the flame seal to ignite the torch that had been prepared, Xin Sheng handed it to Xili.
This torch was not prepared for Xin Sheng and Natiya.
After drinking the cat-eye potion, the two of them could maintain a good view in the dark sewer.
But Xili couldn't do it. She had never received the green grass trial, did not have the night vision ability of the witch hunter, and could not tolerate the toxicity of the witch hunter potion.
"Buzz~"
The witch hunter badge hanging on Xin Sheng's chest began to shake violently.
Before entering the sewer, Xin Sheng and Natiya made some adjustments to the witch hunter badge they wore.
Xin Sheng adjusted the badge to a special mode for reconnaissance of monsters. Once there are monsters nearby, they will start to vibrate, and there will be different vibration dynamics as the target approaches and distances.
Natiya's badge was debugged to detect magic fluctuations. At this time, her badge has not yet responded, which means there are no magic creatures and magic traps nearby.
Xin Sheng and Natiya are both aliens among the witch hunters, and neither of them uses the witch hunter's standard equipment.
However, in order to deal with the endless monsters in the wild in this world, Xin Sheng made some adjustments to his equipment.
Considering that the silver arrows are too soft and the scrap rate is too high, Xin Sheng did not choose to make silver arrows, but instead coated a layer of silver on the surface of Hepal's sickle blade.
Natiya also followed suit and plated silver on the spearhead of the Golden Spear to ensure that she could maintain enough lethality when facing monsters.
Shortly after entering the sewer, the three of them encountered a very common aquatic monster.
Water ghosts belonging to the family of corpse-eating biology.
Xin Sheng first encountered a water ghost when he entered the wizard world. At that time, because he was not equipped with a handy device, it was not easy to kill a water ghost.
But now it's different.
Water ghosts have strong scales on their bodies and move around in places with water all year round, and sewers are places where they often gather.
In the past, Novigre often hired witch hunters to enter the sewers regularly to clean up monsters, but with the development of the witch hunting movement, no witch hunters dared to wander around Novigre blatantly.
They began to retreat to Temolia, who was more gentle to the warlock.
If it is not cleaned up for a long time, the number of water ghosts will gather more and more. If it cannot be dealt with in time, Novigre, who is immersed in large-scale witch hunting activities, will sooner or later cause a big mess.
"Oh!"
When they found a living creature approaching, more than a dozen water ghosts surrounded the three of them in groups.
"Natya, I'm left, you're right."
"Ciri, be careful behind us and don't let us be encircled."
"superior!"
The surface of Hepal easily cut the scales of the water ghost. Xin Sheng first cut off the head of a water ghost with a sickle blade.
Natiya was not willing to be outdone. After Egis's shield blocked the water ghost's pounce, the golden spear immediately stabbed out from behind the shield and pierced the head of a water ghost.
Water ghosts are not considered powerful species among corpse-eating creatures, the only thing worth noting is their number.
The sound of war spread in the open sewer, and more and more monsters began to move in the sound.
"Bang!"
Using his left arm armor to block the attack of a water ghost's sharp claws, Xin Sheng raised his sword and cut it over to the ground.
The blade turned upside down in front of the fallen water ghost, and Xin Sheng pierced its head without hesitation.
"This is the last one. Speed up the transfer and don't be surrounded by monsters."
Without the cleaning of the witch hunter, the demons danced in Novigre's sewer.
The crying and howling of ghosts underground made the guards patrolling the streets watch everywhere.
"Where did the sound come from?"
"It seems to be under your feet?"
"Damn it! Those monsters are starting again."
"There's no way, who can't let us hire the witch hunter now?"
"I'll report this news to the above tomorrow. I hope the monsters in the sewer will not rush out to attack passers-by."
One of the guards in red spat in dissatisfaction: "They went to OO's witch hunting, but they were having a party. All the mess they left behind must be left to us to deal with."
At the same time, Xin Sheng, who was leading the way in the sewer, suddenly stopped.
His witcher badge was shocked with unprecedented intensity, and there should be troublesome monsters nearby.
‘Hawkeye, open.’
Xin Sheng's Hawkeye soon caught a creature with strong hostility behind the corner ahead.
Its size is several sizes larger than the water ghost, and it is lying motionless in the corner of the wall, as if waiting for Xin Sheng to approach before launching an attack.
Xin Sheng began to recall the characteristics of various monsters in his mind.
‘Where to ambush means that you have a certain intelligence and a huge body... a big ghoul?’
Chapter completed!