witcher of light

Chapter 2 The Witcher's Apprentice
In the [-]-square-meter hut, Wang Li had already changed into dry clothes, and was watching TV while waiting for his mother, Jiang Lu, to come back.

"Last night, three company employees fell into the lake drunk in a certain restaurant. When they were salvaged, their bodies were incomplete. It was suspected that they were bitten by fish in the water..."

That's terrible news, but the story behind it could be even scarier!

Wang Li thought so, and at the same time, he also counted the sound of seventeen cicadas singing less today than yesterday.

"Did it get eaten by a crow?"

He mentally counted the sounds of crows he heard around him, and found that it was still the 'family of three'.

The distraction made him pay attention to everything around him.

At this time, I heard the sound of the door opening in the downstairs corridor...

This time, it's mom back!
The sound of footsteps means that my mother has returned.

Oh, and the sound of chatting with the neighbor's aunt...it must be that my mother is back.

His attention was a little distracted, as if he was schizophrenic. It was obviously a very simple thing, but he needed to confirm himself in many ways.

The door of the house opened, and a middle-aged woman with elegant makeup and still maintaining a good figure pushed the door in.

Wang Li's eyes still did not leave the TV broadcasting the news, he just said indifferently: "Mom, I have already prepared all the dishes in the kitchen."

Jiang Yan changed into slippers at the door, walked over quickly, held his son's face in his arms, and kissed his son vigorously: "Do you miss your mother?"

Wang Li didn't even move his eyes and said, "It's okay. Actually, if you let me cook by myself, you can stay at the master's house now without coming back."

Jiang Yan was already used to his son's facial paralysis, so he got up and walked quickly to the simple kitchen while putting on a bib for himself.

She said: "That can't be done. If you let you do it yourself, I, as a mother, will have no sense of existence."

Wang Li propped his chin and said, "I have been supported by my mother for 19 years, and a mother is a mother."

At that time, Jiang Yan's heart trembled, feeling bitter for himself, a child who was so sensible and distressing, and for everything they had experienced in the past.

She quickly wiped the corners of her eyes and started cooking as if nothing happened.

Just two simple dishes and a bowl of soup: fried pork slices with celery, tomato and egg and seaweed soup.

She even hummed a song happily... As a mother, she used all means to convey an optimistic and courageous attitude towards life to her children.

Soon, two dishes and one soup were served in front of Wang Li, and the meal was ready.

"Eat quickly." Jiang Yan said, looking at him with a smile.

Wang Li looked away from the TV.

Quietly sandwiching vegetables and eating rice.

Jiang Yan asked: "By the way, how was your interview today?"

Wang Li replied, "Not bad."

Jiang Yan was surprised, but also very happy: "Tell me quickly?"

Wang Li thought of that homeless man named Lao Ma...

"He said I was pretty smart."

Jiang Yan asked happily: "Then, when will you go to work, Ah Li?"

Wang Li said, "At eight o'clock tonight, he invited me over to get acquainted with the situation first."

Jiang Yan sounded a little strange: "Night shift?"

Wang Li said: "Not always, it depends on the needs of customers."

Jiang Yan asked strangely: "What occupation are you applying for?"

Wang Li paused for a while, then lowered his head while reaching out to clean up the dishes, "It's a cleaning company, I can start as an apprentice there... Anyway, this is still a job."

Jiang Yan's face clearly showed a disappointed expression, she murmured: "You should continue to study in a private school, Mr. Song said that you are very talented, if you learn, you will definitely be able to stand out?"

Wang Li shook his head, got up and took the dishes to the sink and said, "Private schools require money. How can we have so much money in our family... Don't worry, Mom, now that I grow up, I can earn money by myself. When I earn enough You can go to a private school by yourself after paying the money.”

Jiang Yan hesitated to speak, seemed to want to say something but couldn't say it.

Wang Li pointed to the clock and said, "Mom, you should go. Your master invited you to be a housekeeper, but that includes cooking dinner."

Jiang Yan said helplessly: "Actually, you can go there with me to eat..."

Wang Li felt flustered when he heard this, and quickly reiterated: "I won't eat with strangers..."

Jiang Yan had no choice but to get up and go to the door, changing his shoes while saying: "A Li, you should get in touch with people more... Forget it, go to that cleaning company to do things, get in touch with people more, don't always left alone..."

Just like all mothers, Jiang Yan started to chatter.

After finally sending his mother away, Wang Li heaved a sigh of relief and sat down on the chair.

He looked at the button in his hand... soon the light of a six-pointed star lit up on it.

White bright light shone in this room, even if he turned off all the lights in the room, it didn't look dim.

The hexagram button was given to him by the old horse, saying it was a symbol of his apprenticeship.

The reason why Wang Li was willing was that when he focused his attention on the hexagram, the outpouring of spiritual power made him feel as comfortable as if his brain was receiving a spa.

His mental stress is too great and he needs this kind of relief.

And the 'demon hunter' that Lao Ma mentioned became the most suitable career choice at this time.

He often suffers from headaches due to mental stress, and perhaps being a witcher is a cure for this 'disease'.

……

07:30 in the evening.

Wang Li extinguished the brilliance of the hexagram on the button, and the whole person looked more energetic.

He walked out, and the agreed place was only half an hour's walk away from his apartment.

Then he saw an 'Old Horse Grocery Store' with mottled writing and no neon lights on.

Look inside again... the dust and turbidity that are visible to the naked eye... are there sure to be people coming to buy things in this kind of place?
"Boy, are you here?"

"What are you looking at, this is just a disguise, do you understand the disguise?"

"Well, after all, I'm about to retire. After retirement, there should be a property for the elderly, right?"

Lao Ma was talking drunkenly behind the counter, it seemed that he drank a lot while waiting for Wang Li.

However, his powers of observation were still sharp, his drunken eyes sharpened for a moment, and he said: "The spirit looks better than during the day... That's good, at least people in our line of work always work more at night."

Wang Li didn't say a word yet, but Lao Ma had already said a lot.

Then he got up from the reclining chair in some embarrassment, went to the door of the 'Old Horse Grocery Store' and lowered the shutter door...

Just when the rolling shutter door fell, there was thunder in the sky again, and then the downpour fell again.

"You're really lucky...the rainy season in Linjiang City is so annoying."

After saying that, the old horse turned around and walked into the inner room and said, "Come with me, I will show you what the world really looks like inside..."

Wang Li swallowed nervously, followed the old horse step by step to a basement at the back.

He could hear the water from the drainpipe next to him 'crashing', and there seemed to be a leak in the basement, dripping water drop by drop.

Coupled with the dirty and messy look in the grocery store... It can be seen how dirty and lazy the old horse is usually.

Wang Li almost walked down the stairs on his feet, feeling that his hands had no place to rest.

There is no way, because his mother is a housekeeper, and his home is always very tidy, and the scene in front of him has brought great pressure to him.

But while going down the stairs, he still saw something on the wall of the basement through the flickering light bulb...

On the three walls, there are pictures on the front... It seems to be a picture of a family: a husband, a wife, a son and a daughter.

On the left hand side, there are many inexplicable things, including awls, small hammers, even big knives and javelins!
And the right hand side is full of... guns!
Wang Li was surprised, and then asked: "Can firearms work against evil spirits?"

The old horse said: "Of course ordinary ones won't work, there are some tricks in it...I usually don't use firearms to deal with evil spirits, after all, bullets with spirit patterns engraved on them are needed to be effective...it's very expensive!"

Wang Li was sure at that time that Lao Ma was actually not rich.

He quickly glanced at the photo wall again, and said nothing more.

On the contrary, Lao Ma was a little surprised. He said, "I thought you would ask who they belong to."

Wang Li said, "I'm not curious about other people's privacy."

The old horse laughed: "I'm starting to like your temperament."

Wang Li immediately lowered his head shyly, as if he was not good at being praised.

The old horse patted him on the shoulder and pulled him down the last step, saying: "Come and see, if you can pass the apprenticeship period and become an official witcher, then after I retire, the things in this room will be You will inherit it all!"

Wang Li was surprised: "I... can I?"

The old horse sighed a little lonely and said: "I also want to find a genius to inherit my career, but I have been like this for a lifetime, and I am still just an old trash with a middle-level four-star. I can only find someone who can make me feel at ease." People are coming."

Intermediate-level four-star, is it the grading method in Demon Hunter?

Wang Li silently accepted the information.

As for Lao Ma's evaluation of him... To be honest, he was a little happy.

He felt it was a compliment to him.

The old horse paused for a while, then said again: "Come on, let me introduce my partner first..."

At this moment, a shadow flickered beside the old horse in the shaking of the light bulb above his head.

But Wang Li's pupils shrank suddenly, and he saw a figure quietly appearing in the shadow...

That is, a terrifying humanoid with sickles on both hands and feet!
But it has no head, and it looks like a deformed existence with four sickles spliced ​​on one torso.

This body, which seemed to be spliced ​​together with four sickles, slammed twice.

Wang Li subconsciously took two steps back...

There were already two deep scratches on the ground under his feet... There still seemed to be that incomparably sharp breath in the air.

But seeing that it stayed beside the old horse and didn't move, Wang Li calmed down.

"It...is an evil spirit?"

The old horse seemed a little dissatisfied that Wang Li was not completely frightened, and he said indifferently:

"It's called 'Flying Scythe'. It used to be an evil spirit, but now it's a spirit servant who obeys me!"

Wang Li finally couldn't hold back the exclamation in his heart: "It's amazing!"

In his mind, he instantly thought of the evil spider that had its four legs cut off and its head lost during the day... So, this flying scythe did it?
Really great!
The sound of the rain outside fell into his ears, and it made him feel like he was back in the daytime, when he faced that ferocious evil spider...

He squeezed his fist, and then lowered his head pinching the seam of his trousers uneasily... He was absolutely sure that he was longing for such power!
(End of this chapter)