For Ciri, Semlia is an extremely mysterious world.
Whether it was the starlight tower that was hundreds of meters high and seemed to reach the sky, or the huge warship that looked like a mountain range in the clouds, they all brought unimaginable shock to Ciri.
Not only that, Ciri also got along well with girls in this world, such as Elfin and Laura. For Ciri, she hadn't had friends of the same age for a long time. Moreover, these girls were not afraid of her power like those in other worlds or her original world. On the contrary, they also had fighting power that was no less than Ciri's. This made Ciri feel very happy. She felt much better in this world than in other worlds.
No one would be malicious towards me, and no one would be afraid of me. I could chat and talk with girls of the same age, and even practice with them.
For Ciri, these were all very strange but reassuring experiences. The girls also told her the story of the continent of Semria and the stories of the other worlds they traveled through, especially the biohazard in Raccoon City. Ciri finally understood why they locked themselves up for observation. Imagine a city of a million people, because of a plague, most people turned into zombies... This scene is really scary.
After letting go of her guard, Ciri also told the girls about her world. She especially mentioned a profession called demon hunter. According to Ciri, there are many monsters in her world, but they are different from the pure monsters in this world. There are also monsters like vampires, werewolves, and vampire banshees hidden among the crowd. Demon hunters are people who specialize in hunting these monsters (Lara and the others think this is very similar to guerrillas). Ciri was trained as a demon hunter in a place called Kaer Morhen when she was a child. Her adoptive father Geralt is a demon hunter.
But according to Ciri, the situation of demon hunters in that world is not good. Not only are they discriminated against by others, but sometimes even after they risk their lives to complete the task, the other party is unwilling to pay them... Hearing this, the girls found it incredible. They could not imagine that such a thing would happen again.
"Why is this happening?"
Elise looked at Ciri in surprise and asked her question in confusion.
"According to what you said, Miss Ciri, aren't the people in that world generally ordinary people? They can't deal with monsters, so they ask the demon hunters for help. But they are unwilling to pay the demon hunters? This is too much... How can there be such people?"
"I can't really say. Anyway... Demon Hunters are not welcomed in that world. Perhaps people think... that Demon Hunters are not human beings at all."
At this point, Ciri gave a helpless smile, and the girls looked at each other in bewilderment. They were born in the continent of Semria and could not imagine such a thing at all. After all, according to Ciri, in the girls' opinion, demon hunters were not that powerful, they just had better physical fitness than ordinary people and could use some magical powers... They could do such things, or in other words, in the continent of Semria, as long as you have perseverance and quality, you can become stronger through training.
Because of this, when people in this world face guerrillas or extraordinary strongmen, they do not feel fear or panic, but respect and admiration. Therefore, they cannot understand why ordinary people in that world hate demon hunters so much.
As for not paying after killing the monsters... that's even harder to imagine. Ciri even said that many times the villagers not only didn't pay, but also wanted to kill the monster hunters... This made the girls feel extremely ridiculous. You can't even kill the monsters, and you actually want to kill the monster hunters who can destroy them?
Imagine if someone commissioned the Wind Sword Master to destroy the Warcraft, and then didn't pay him after the Warcraft was destroyed... Well, it's really hard to imagine.
What surprised the girls even more was that even if the villagers defaulted on their debts, most demon hunters could not do anything about them, because that world seemed to discriminate against this profession, so even if they went to the lord for arbitration, it would not work. Therefore, these demon hunters were basically helpless when the other party broke their promises and could only leave.
Because if they attack the villagers in turn, they will be regarded as wanted criminals. Of course, there are also cases where the witchers were attacked by the villagers after completing the task, and then the villagers killed the entire village. Although he felt relieved, this deepened the world's fear and anxiety about the witchers...
"Right, let's not talk about this anymore."
Perhaps sensing that the atmosphere was a little strange, Ciri smiled and changed the subject.
"The story of the demon hunter is not interesting. Let me tell you about the vampire."
"Banshee?"
"Yes, you may not know that in my world there are monsters called vampires. They will disguise themselves as beautiful women and wander the streets late at night, seduce men, and then suck all their blood. This monster will usually hide at night, and she will sing beautiful songs to attract prey to take the bait..."
Although Ciri herself had never encountered a vampire, any witcher would know the monster encyclopedia by heart, so she told the story of a vampire in a vivid way, and the girls who listened to it were covered with goose bumps.
"Oooh... How scary! I didn't expect there would be such a monster."
"By the way, Laura, Elise, I remember there seem to be rumors about vampires in your empire."
At this moment, Elaine seemed to have thought of something and looked curiously at her companions from the empire.
"Are the vampires in your empire like this too?"
"this……"
Faced with Ellyn's curious question, the girls from the empire were all confused.
"Well...I don't know."
"This is just a folk legend. I have never seen a real vampire, and I don't know if they are as scary as Miss Ciri said..."
“No!!!”
However, at this moment, Emma suddenly jumped up and shouted loudly, scaring everyone.
"Squad leader?"
"What’s wrong with you?"
“Ah… that…”
Noticing the puzzled looks from others, Emma blushed and lowered her head.
"Um... I mean, the vampires in our empire must not be like this. The vampires in our empire should be very... very friendly! The kind that doesn't bite people!"
“……???”
"Okay, let's go back too. It's going to be dark soon."
Looking at the looks of her companions, Emma quickly changed the subject. Today, the girls from the Martial Arts Department came out to assist the security team in eliminating wanted monsters as an "exceptional assignment", so they are now in the wilderness forest. It was precisely because of this scene that Ciri talked about the monster hunter.
"Yeah, okay."
The others didn't have any ideas, so they nodded and prepared to move forward. However, at this moment, suddenly, a cold wind blew, making the girls shiver.
"Phew...it's so cold!"
"Why is it so cold?"
The girls were quite surprised to feel the chill close to their bodies. Although the temperature in the forest would indeed get lower in the evening, it wouldn't be this low. It's summer now!
But soon, they discovered something even stranger.
"Look, it's snowing!!"
Looking at the snowflakes falling from the sky, Laura raised her hands in surprise, and the girls also looked up in confusion, looking at the white snowflakes falling from the sky.
"It's summer now, why is it snowing?"
"What's going on?"
The girls seemed extremely confused, but Ciri's expression changed drastically at this moment. She stared around vigilantly. However, at the same time, thin mist appeared from all directions, and the sound of horse hooves could be heard faintly in the air.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves, Ciri's face finally turned pale.
"Oh no, it's the Wild Hunt!!!"
"Wild Hunt?"
"What is the Wild Hunt?"
"They are here to chase me! Go away!"
As she spoke, Ciri drew out her sword, hoping to block the enemy with her own strength. However, she did not expect that the girls did not leave, but instead picked up their weapons and formed a formation around Ciri.
"In other words, they are the ones who are hunting down Miss Ciri?"
"How did they come to this world? How did they get here?"
"That's great. Let's show them how powerful we are! Don't worry, Miss Ciri. We are not to be trifled with!"
"this……"
Looking at the high-spirited girls around her, Ciri was somewhat at a loss. In the past, she was always alone on the road of escape, and even if someone helped them, they could not survive the pursuit of the Wild Hunt. Because of this, Ciri always kept a distance from others. After all, even her adoptive father and her friends were tortured to death by the Wild Hunt, so she naturally did not want to implicate others.
But... these girls...
Ciri had fought monsters with them before and knew how powerful they were. In Ciri's view, these girls were like a hybrid of warlocks and witchers in her own world. Not only did they possess powerful fighting skills and physical fitness that were not inferior to witchers, they could even cast all kinds of magical spells like warlocks.
Maybe they can really... help themselves?
"hiss--!!!"
Just as this thought was going through Ciri's mind, suddenly, accompanied by the sound of a horse neighing in the sky, everyone saw several figures riding war horses and wearing strange armor descending from the sky and rushing towards them! !