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At this point, Lanqi also chose the first option.
Hunting demons along the way.
[You continue to head south. Whenever you hear news of a demon along the way, you will take action to eliminate the demon.]
[The reputation of "Demon Hunter Randall" spread quickly. ]
[Originally, you should have become a knight praised by people. ]
【Something out of the ordinary happened.】
The south-central part of the Honing Empire, the Thalberg Province, the city of Salzburg.
Thick fog spread across the cobblestone streets, covering the ancient city-state like a heavy blanket.
The damp air was filled with a musty smell, mixed with the faint aroma wafting from a distant bakery.
A man in a brown cloak emerged from the mist, his leather boots ghostly on the cobblestones, doing nothing to break the stillness of the early morning.
The man looked like a traveling trader and was carrying a suitcase.
He walked slowly to the center of the square and stopped in front of a huge wanted poster.
The dim street lights illuminated the wanted poster, which read in bold black ink:
Wanted: Randall Reinhardt
"This government has learned that a dangerous person who calls himself "Demon Hunter" is rampant in the central province of the empire. This person creates demons and kills innocent people. He has no conscience. Randall Reinhardt, male, 29 years old, about 6 feet tall, strong physique, brown hair and green eyes."
"It has been reported that this person is good at deceiving people and has great magical powers. If you have any relevant clues, be sure to report it to the local garrison immediately. Remember, this person is extremely dangerous and you must not act rashly!"
"announce."
"Governor of the Province of Thalberg: Conrad Hoffmann"
"December 614, 12 Imperial Calendar"
Lanqi, dressed as a merchant, stared at the wanted poster with a frown.
He looked around. There was no one in the square, only fog rolling under the street lights.
A cool breeze blew by, blowing up the dead leaves on the ground, making a rustling sound.
He took a deep breath, turned and left, his cloak flying behind him, disappearing into the thick fog.
[You helped the local residents hunt demons, and then you were wanted on a larger and larger scale. The provinces claimed that you were creating demons.]
[You finally understand the current situation of the Horning Empire. ]
"You are obviously a demon hunter, how come you became the mastermind behind the creation of demons the next day?"
Talia said indignantly.
"It can only be said that the Honing Empire is not clean from the capital to the provinces."
Lanci replied, as if he had anticipated the worst.
[The government of the Honing Empire is not actively responding to the disaster caused by the possessed. On the contrary, they are the real leaders. ]
If anyone discovers any clues of the devil.
There are only two possibilities. The weaker one will be directly turned into a demon, and the stronger one will be slandered as the culprit who created the demon.
Anyway, whoever hunts demons will always have demons where they appear. This doesn't seem like a coincidence, and it's easy for people to believe that it's related to demons.
The vampires control the government and media of the Horning Empire, and it is easy for them to say white is black and black is white.
The view became clear from the fog.
The merchants came to an inn called the Golden Horn in Salzburg.
The three-story wooden building has a dark brown exterior and a rusty sign with a golden ram's horn painted on it hangs above the door.
He pushed open the heavy oak door and walked into the dim hall.
The boss looked up from behind the reception desk and regarded the guest suspiciously.
The merchant took out a few Horning silver coins and placed them on the table, and asked for a room on the top floor.
The boss narrowed his eyes, counted the silver coins, then took a copper key from the key plate behind him and handed it to the merchant.
The merchant walked up the creaking wooden stairs and arrived at the room at the end of the corridor on the top floor.
He opened the door with his key, walked quickly into the room, and then closed the door.
He walked to the window and drew the heavy dark green curtains, and the room suddenly became dark.
The merchant lit the oil lamp on the table, and the warm yellow light illuminated a corner of the room.
He took off his cloak and hung it on the coat rack, then placed his suitcase on the desk.
"We collected a lot of demon tissues during the demon hunting."
He opened the suitcase, and inside were a dozen glass bottles and jars neatly arranged, each containing a different tissue sample, some of which looked like internal organs, others that resembled skin or muscle tissue.
He pulled a glass jar containing an eyeball from his suitcase and held it up to the light for a closer look.
This eyeball is much larger than an ordinary human eyeball, the iris is a strange purple color, and the pupil is vertical like a snake's eye.
The trader frowned, put the eyeball back into the jar, and picked up a bottle containing gray tissue.
He studied the body tissues of these demons with great concentration, observing them through a magnifying glass, carefully separating different tissues with tweezers and a scalpel, and recording his findings in a notebook. Occasionally, he would stop, dip a quill into the liquid in the bottle, and draw complex runes and patterns on a piece of parchment.
[You studied the demon's corpse and found that it did not undergo any surgery similar to the one at the Horning Empire's test site. Instead, it seemed that it was poisoned by an invisible poison and was easily transformed into a demon.]
[You cannot determine the exact principle behind the demon's transformation. It may be a new type of improved technology. Even you, a survivor who has personally experienced the transformation of the Horning Empire's test field, cannot distinguish the cause and effect.]
[No matter which town you go to, you cannot detect the demons hiding among the humans. You cannot tell the difference at all. It is as if they are all demons, but you know that this is obviously impossible.]
"Unfortunately, I am not very good at this. Lanclos did not have much time to study these in the short few decades."
Lanqi couldn't figure it out.
"I can't see what's going on."
Talia observed from Ranchi's perspective.
Although Lanqi said that she was a talented woman in the demon world, she had her own expertise and was not very involved in the forbidden transformation experiments of the demons. Antanas, who used to be a doctor in the demon world, and Planai, who was a scholar, might know more about this than her.
"Perhaps only those demons in the current demon world who are most interested in studying forbidden transformation magic can find out some clues."
Talia sighed.
But now there is no time to bring the demon's body back to the demon world.
The Honing Empire is at the southernmost part of the continent, while the Demon Realm is in the north. Even though he is now at the ninth level, there is not enough time left to travel back and forth.
"In fact, there is no need to think about bringing it back to the Demon Realm. First, there is no time, and second, you can just go to Saint Trik and ask."
Lanci was not disappointed with the findings.
New words of the Mirror of Tiberius also floated on the glass bottles that he looked at.
[Although you have gained something, your intelligence gathering has reached a bottleneck, and you are getting closer to the southern capital of Saint Trik.]
You will choose:
A. Attack the Governor
[B. Head straight to the capital]
【C. Continue investigation】
[D. Personal intervention]
[Life remaining: 2 days, 19 hours, 55 minutes]
"Lanqi, are you going to take down the Governor's Office of Talberg Province?"
Talia was eager to try.
The ninth-level Pope Saint Polante can do whatever he wants.
This was a freedom she had never experienced before.
"It's possible, but there are only two days left. This may be the second-to-last option for this simulation. Let's go directly to St. Trik."
Lanqi didn't want to make too much trouble in the southern province of Talberg and alarm the vampires in the capital, Saint Trik.
Therefore, even the whereabouts of the "Traveling Merchant Randall" have been low-key in the past two days, and he has not shown any strength beyond the sixth level.
"Let's elbow!"
Talia can't wait to go to Bloodmoon City.
After Lanqi lightly touched the demonic words in the glass bottle, the sky became dark and bright.
Lanqi once again felt the sudden changes in the things around him and continued to fly south for a long time.
Until a day and night later.
He arrived at Saint Trique, the southernmost capital of the Horning Empire.
In the dim light of morning, the entire capital city of Saint-Trique slowly unfolds like a beautiful painting.
Looking down from a high place, you can see the winding Rhine River like a shining ribbon, dividing the city into two parts, and the reflection of the rising sun on the river is particularly dazzling.
Along the river bank, St. Terrick's Cathedral, which Lanclos had seen in his dream, stood solemnly in the morning light. In the nearby Horning Imperial Square, early risers were already strolling and chatting, enjoying the quiet morning time.
On the south bank of the river, the iconic Moonlight Tower reaches into the sky. The observation deck on top of the tower looks particularly magnificent when the sun rises, and the tower is coated with a layer of gold.
[After arriving at the capital city of Saint Trik, you have reached the human territory on the north bank, while the south bank is your final destination.]
[You didn’t rush to the South Bank, but found the street on the North Bank last time. ]
[Here, you have captured a space node that leads to Blood Moon City. ]
[You wait for the vampires to find you, repeating everything from the previous week, visiting the residents of St. Trik on the street and asking the same questions.]
"The blood clan has always been protecting us. There is nothing to be afraid of demons, haha."
The pedestrians on the road answered.
[When you mentioned the demon, the citizens responded to you so positively and kindly. ]
[“Is this really how you view vampires?”]
【You continue to ask calmly.】