our family is gone

Chapter 309 Inhuman Monster
And with Junia's magic, the cover-up magic was directly broken, and the cult priest who had been hiding in the dark was also exposed.

A similar black iron mask, but with more clothes than those, and an animal skin with complex runes draped around his waist.

These are not important, what is important is the staff in her hand, what ritual is being communicated.

"Quick, interrupt her, don't let her complete the magic trick!"

Without any hesitation, Geralt rushed forward with his sword, but his purpose was too obvious, and those believers were not stupid, and immediately wanted to stop him.

Facing the believers blocking the way, they directly raised their hands to flick Alder's seal away, but another one came up in the next second. They were completely sacrificing their lives to hold him back, and Geralt felt a little helpless for a while.

Tardiff also did not expect the first encounter to be so difficult, and the strength of these cultists was stronger than he had imagined.

But he takes money to do things, since he takes on this task, he will do his best to complete it.

Finally he found a chance, a left uppercut knocked the believer's head to one side, and just as the enemy was staggering, he cut him on the neck with an ax and killed him.

And it just so happened that he noticed that the magic spell broke the magic spell, and the cult priest showed his head and was marked by Geralt.

Although he didn't seem to be a bit lonely when he didn't integrate into the team before, he knew very well when he needed to cooperate.

Taking advantage of Geralt attracting the attention of most of the cultists, he touched it directly. The target was very clear, which was the cult priest.

That head was a bounty to him.

And now he's collecting the bounty!

Tardiff rushed up so fast that the believers didn't even have time to react.

But the priest himself has reacted, and has rushed in front of him, can he not react?

Looking at the menacing enemy, the priest did not dare to bet on whether his neck could hold the axe. After all, he was not one of those bastards. He who mastered divine arts could not die casually. Only being alive would be of greater use to the Lord. .

Almost instantly, she realized that her safety was difficult to protect, she was forced to interrupt the ceremony of preparation and turned around to escape into the darkness.

It's just that the person who hunted her down was a bounty hunter~
"Hmph! Want to escape?" Seeing this, Tardiff reached out and pulled out a hook chain from his waist, and threw it out after turning it around a few times to complete the acceleration.

This unique skill accurately hit the priest's shoulder, Tardif pulled the hook hard, bit it deep into the bone, and pulled him over.

If it was an ordinary woman who was pierced into the flesh by the iron hook and then pulled, she would definitely not be able to withstand it, but the priest did not feel pain at all, and this little flesh injury did not affect her.

However, he also hated this guy who suddenly interrupted his ceremony, and immediately turned around and raised the staff in his hand to cast the sorcery. Black mist, which is difficult for ordinary people to detect, condensed on the staff.

Tardiff had never seen this method before, and he couldn't see the thick black mist rushing towards him, and he was still swinging the axe.

But in the next second, he froze immediately. No one knew what was the reaction under the helmet, but it was very strange from the drooping arm and the inexplicable sound.

Disma was also a ruthless person back then, and suffered countless injuries, but he almost collapsed after being hit.

Tardif is no exception, and the body that fell down along the way shows the situation.

The reason is very simple, these ordinary people have no way to resist this kind of soul attack at all, they can only resist it forcefully.

Geralt and the others also noticed this situation. At first they were a little lucky that Tardiv interrupted the priest's spellcasting, but they fell on the murderous sorcery in a blink of an eye.

Seeing this, the priest didn't pretend anymore, and murmured inaudible words, wanting to repeat the trick and kill Geralt, the main force.

Seeing this, Geralt and the others were of course very disturbed, and they didn't know if they could stand it.

The priest also noticed their reaction, and seemed to feel the Lord's gaze, and the words in his mouth became more passionate.

But she made a serious mistake of underestimating Tardif too much.

"Add money...add money..."

Tardiff's nerves slowly recovered from the pain, and his strong will prevented him from forgetting his mission. He kept muttering in his mouth, but his hand holding the ax was getting tighter and tighter, until the moment when the paralyzed Tardiff burst out suddenly. , picked up the ax and slashed at the priest.

"Add more money, I'll blow your lungs!"

Although the consciousness was not clear, the muscle memory of a bounty hunter made him aim at the neck. The ax that he had carefully maintained before nightfall showed extraordinary power, and directly chopped off the head of the unsuspecting priest.

When the head fell to the ground, you could even see the lips that were constantly opening and closing. The body standing still didn't even affect the normal hands, which seemed very strange.

However, the blood gushing out from the fracture finally drained the last trace of vitality, and the body collapsed.

This situation reversed the situation in an instant. Seeing the priest's death, those believers immediately abandoned Geralt and the others as if they were going crazy, and rushed towards Tardif

People with extraordinary talents are very rare no matter where they are, and being able to become a priest is naturally one in a hundred, so the identity of the priests inside the Ascension Sect is very different from these believers.

Their mission is to protect the priests, and now that the priests die, unless they can kill the enemy, they have no meaning of existence.

Tardif suffered a heavy blow just now, and it was because of his tenacious will that he managed to kill the priest, but now how could he stand up to these crazy believers?

The Ascension Cultist didn't care about this, and rushed over with staggering steps, and the iron claws stretched out to stab straight.

If Tardif hadn't been recruited, he wouldn't be afraid of these guys at all.

It's a pity that he was already in a bad state, and the ax just now caused severe pain in his brain, and he didn't notice the iron claws that stabbed him in a trance.

"clang!"

The sound of metal colliding sounded, and Geralt swung his sword to block the iron claws, and these people also liberated him who was restrained.

It was obvious that Geralt wouldn't watch his companions get into trouble.

Without saying a word, Geralt rushed up and fought with the cultists, but defense was the most difficult, because there were weaknesses, especially when the opponent was so crazy, he would rather be injured than break through.

Not to mention that there were more than one of them, Geralt could block one or two, but not all of them.

Seeing a believer break through and rush towards Tardif, a roar rang out at this moment.

"Get back to me!" Barristan charged forward with his shield in hand, waved his shield to block the blow, and stood in front of Tardiff, "Don't be afraid, they can't pass me!"

At the same time, Junia launched a divine spell, and a flash of light poured into a believer's head, causing him to pause. Geralt seized the opportunity to strike his head with a sword.

The appearance of Barristan directly liberated Geralt from protection, and a master witcher with no weaknesses would show them what fighting is.

There were not many of them, and when the most threatening priest died, the remaining believers could not be their opponents, and they were quickly killed.

When the battle was over, even Geralt couldn't help panting.

How easy it is to go on a mission with the lord, even if the lord is knocked down by a sorcery, when he stands up again, the cult will be resolved as if it were destroyed.

Now the few of them are proficient in fighting anyway, but they are also in such a mess. If Tadiff hadn't risked his life to kill the priest just now, it would have been even more difficult.

Geralt breathed a sigh of relief as he glanced around to make sure there were no more questions.

"Everyone, check to see if you are injured."

"No." Barristan was wearing armor and holding a shield. If he was easily injured, then all these years of his life would be in vain.

"Me neither." Junia was also wearing armor, and she did poke herself a few times just now, but the armor blocked it, and it was true that the armor was a little damaged.

So everyone set their sights on Tardif, and it goes without saying that he was hit.

"Let me heal him." Junia cast a magic spell without saying a word, but it was obvious that there was not much reaction.

Barristan had heard some of it from Lance, and explained it to them in passing.

"My lord said that these sorceries involve the soul level, not ordinary physical damage, but mainly psychological pressure, and the emotions will be disturbed. As long as the will is firm, it will slowly recover."

No one present has tried it, and they can only hope that Tardif can handle it by himself.

"I'm fine..." Tardive also struggled to get up, Geralt hurriedly ordered Junia to help, as for him, he had to face these corpses.

"Junia, help him go over there to rest for a while, and Barristan and I will deal with these corpses."

"How to deal with it?" Barristan only realized now that the flesh and blood of the corpse will strengthen the power of the evil god. After all, the lord used to deal with it directly, so when did he need to worry about it.

"Burn it, the lord has already told me when he came, but they need to check their bodies first."

Tardif was helped to sit aside, and soon a pile of bonfires were lit, which was the old camp here. Enough dry firewood could be found, and even some of the dilapidated barracks were demolished.

The exuberant flames reflected the entire camp, and the smell was a bit strange at the beginning, and the burnt smell gradually mixed with the smoke and rose into the sky.

"Our location seems to be exposed, do you want to transfer?"

"It's still late at night, and it's probably more dangerous to act rashly. We still have a certain degree of initiative by staying here, and we had a big battle just now, and everyone used up a lot of energy, so it's not suitable for transfer." Geralt is also aware of this risk, but He chose the safer method and waited until dawn.

Barristan also has no objection to this, "Just now you were exhausted, and now I'm here to watch for the rest of the night, you guys hurry up and rest."

He wasn't talking nonsense, he was the one who consumed the least amount of energy just now, and Geralt as the main force consumed a lot of energy beating three people in a row, not to mention Junia's magical spells, and it was impossible to watch the night in Tardiff's state.

The camp calmed down again. After being tired for a long time and being attacked at night, everyone felt a little exhausted. After a simple treatment, they lay down and rested.

As for Tardif, it also recovered a little bit, and the strangeness was indeed weakening as time went by.

As far as the situation just now is concerned, he actually still has consciousness, but it seems that he has been stripped of his body, but he can perceive the surrounding situation.

To be honest, he didn't expect that several people would try their best to protect him. He was jailed only after being betrayed, so he didn't believe in those friendships, only gold coins were real.

But the reactions of the few people just now really made it difficult for him to adapt. Once upon a time, he was also a...

Speechless, Tardiff turned over and tightened the ax in his hand and fell into sleep.

Barristan didn't have Geralt's inhuman senses, so he could only focus on what was going on around him.

And because of the huge bonfire on the other side, the fire is full of light, which can be regarded as glowing and heating to illuminate them.

Watching the night is hard, Barristan has always known, but he can't help but remember that when the lord led the team, he always took the initiative to take on this task, guarding them at night.

This is not something a noble lord can do. Your lord is indeed the savior and the last hope of this world.

Being attacked at night was already outrageous, but Barristan thought everyone would be able to sleep peacefully in the second half of the night.

It's just that it didn't take too long to come here, and there was movement outside again, an undisguised sound.

Barristan carefully looked outside, and soon saw an extremely terrifying scene, and quickly woke up the others.

Geralt and the others were not in a deep sleep, they were awakened with a slight push, and Barristan's extremely serious face was facing them.

None of them made a sound, but looked outside in the direction Barristan pointed out.

Although they didn't move the camp just now, they also changed to a more secret location. Their place is still some distance from the bonfire, and it is covered by ancient masonry ruins. The other party didn't find them in the first place.

And now they finally saw what it was with the light from the burning bonfire, and everyone, including Geralt, couldn't help showing a look of shock for a moment.

Because it was not human beings who disturbed them, but a group of indescribable monsters.

The proportion of the monster's body is not human at all, with dark skin and strong muscles. The exaggerated muscles are even more exaggerated than those cultists who have accepted the flesh and blood ritual just now.

But this is not the strangest thing, because these monsters have a head like a pig's head, the upturned fangs have even exceeded the protruding pig's nose, and there is no hair on the head, but a bristle.

The structure of the monster's hands is a bit similar to that of a human, but the lower body is more like a pig, with short legs and pig's feet.

But it is really strange that such a body proportion can stand up and walk.

These pig-like monsters are not ordinary, because they have learned to wrap cloth around their bodies, and they still have a heart shield tied around their waist, a chain hammer in one hand, and a serrated meat cleaver in the other.

If it weren't for these guys still wearing animal skins, they would even doubt their iron smelting technology.

　Thank you [Justice Nemesis] for the 500 reward, and thank you [Porridge Loves Reading] for the 100 reward.

　　
　
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