Late at night, by the river near the road, Hu Yong squatted down, scooped up a handful of water and washed his face, relieving the fatigue of recent days. If the town was not far away, he really wanted to lie down on the side of the road and have a good rest.
But thinking of the soft bed that he hadn't felt for a long time, and the grass that was a bit prickly, Hu Yong decided to go to the town and sleep in a comfortable hotel.
It’s better to keep moving forward. After washing my face, I was about to stand up and continue moving forward.
There was a strange sound of flowing in the water, and then the water surface was broken.
Along with the sound of splashing water, a figure with dark green limbs jumped out and grabbed Hu Yong.
Faced with the sudden attack, Hu Yong did not retreat but advanced, hitting the attacking figure's temple with his right elbow, then leaned forward and hit the figure's chest with force, knocking the attacking figure back into the water at a faster speed.
He took two steps back and looked vigilantly at the monster that crawled out of the water and shook its head.
The monster looked like a corpse fished out from the bottom of a pond. Its entire body was blue and green in color, with mucus and mud oozing from its pores, and it exuded a sour smell of decay.
It had creepy gills on both sides of its cheeks, densely packed irregular scales on its back, dark green limbs with scarlet claws, and it kept shaking its head, looking like it was a little dizzy from the attack it had just suffered.
Immediately afterwards, two monsters of similar appearance but different heights crawled out of the water.
Looking at the familiar monster appearance.
Water ghost?
Hu Yong started detection.
[Water Ghost (Corpse-eating Creature)] Intelligent Creature: No (not smarter than fish) Constitution: 8-11/Armor Value: 4-7 Spirit: 1-2 Strength: 9-12/Sharpness Value: 8-11 Agility: 7-9 Resistance: 9-13 Aquatic Constitution: Strength increases by 30% and agility increases by 50% in water.
Corpse Physique: Immune to most toxin effects, immune to blood loss effects.
Three water ghosts gathered together and approached Hu Yong. Hu Yong took a big step forward and got in the middle of the water ghosts.
The silver sword was unsheathed with a crisp sound, and a silver light flashed in the darkness. The next moment, the sword tip had pierced into the eyes of the water ghost opposite before the water ghosts could react.
The sword turned, stirred in the water ghost's head and then was pulled out. He took a step back and turned to the right to slash at another water ghost.
The other water ghost reacted when he saw the silver sword slashing towards him, and wanted to retreat. Unfortunately, Hu Yong's current strength and agility were no match for the water ghost. His head fell to the ground just as he raised his foot. At this time, the water ghost whose brain was stabbed also fell to the ground.
Hu Yong turned around and held the sword in his right hand in front of his chest, with the tip of the sword pointing at the last water ghost. Only then did the last water ghost react. In just a few seconds, one of his companions had been stabbed to death and the other had his head chopped off.
He screamed and turned around to escape to the river. Hu Yong followed closely behind him, and the tip of the sword stabbed forward in an arc through the chest and abdomen. The force reached the tip of the sword, but the blade did not touch the body.
Quick attack.
A silver light burst out and instantly pierced the back of the fleeing water ghost's head. The water ghost fell to the ground in a panic.
Hu Yong ignored the body of the water ghost and looked sideways at the seemingly calm river, guarding against the unknown monster that had just arrived.
They remained in a stalemate for a moment, waiting until the monster hidden in the depths of the river was completely away from here. Then he sheathed Toharne and turned to look at the bodies of the three water ghosts.
The water ghost brain in the game can be used to make water ghost pheromone potion, but I don't know if it can be considered as alchemical material in reality.
Hu Yong originally wanted to dig out the water ghost's brain to see if it had any value, but then he looked at the disgusting sticky blood oozing out of the head and a pungent smell of rotten sourness rushed into his nose.
He moved away with a grim look on his face, and after hesitating for a while, he finally gave up the idea. After all, the Water Ghost Brain was not very useful in the game, not to mention that in the current situation, there was no extra space to store such disgusting material.
While finding reasons and excuses for himself, he left the river bank and returned to the road. He continued to move towards Kovag without looking back, unconsciously speeding up his pace.
…
Kovag is located on the Coen grassland at the border between the Northern Wilderness and the Kingdom of Savoy. Its current lord is Marco Corral, the current head of the Corral family, a hereditary earl family enthroned by Savoy VII. Under the painstaking management of several generations of Corral people, Kovag has changed from a small village when it was first enfeoffed to a medium-sized town with an area of 240,000 square meters and surrounded by 8-meter-high stone walls. Relying on the superior conditions of the Coen grassland, it has developed animal husbandry and established commercial exchanges with part of the territory of the Kingdom of Savoy.
At dusk, in the town of Kovag, the stalls making ropes, saddles and leather at the city gate closed, and the streets were empty.
The city gate was about to close when a figure outside the city wall approached the gate at a rapid speed. The guards guarding the gate quickly took up a defensive position, holding their spears high at the approaching figure.
The figure gradually approached, and in the light of the fire, the guards could see the figure clearly. He was wearing a coat, carrying two long swords, and had short black hair. The most eye-catching thing was his pair of brown eyes like a wolf.
The leading guard nervously held his spear and shouted at the stranger, "Stop!
Stop over there! "
Hu Yong paused and stood outside the city gate. He looked at the guards who were nervously hiding behind the chevaux de frise at the gate. He sighed and half-raised his hands to show that he had no hostility.
The guard leader breathed a sigh of relief, held the spear in his left hand, and with his right hand, touched the corner of his clothes where no one else could see, wiping the sweat from his palms.
He took two steps forward and said to Hu Yong.
“Who are you?
Where did it come from?
Hu Yong ignored the guard's small movements and said lightly.
"Witcher, I came from the other side of the Korn Grassland. I can't stay out in the wild at night. I want to rest in Kovagr."
The guard leader heard the strange accent and complained to the guards behind him in a low voice, "Another bounty hunter and adventurer with a strange name. Ever since the lord issued the bounty, there have been people who are not afraid of death coming. I don't know how many people this is."
He turned around and pretended to be discussing with his men, and shouted to Hu Yong, "Hunter, we have discussed and allowed you to enter the city. Go straight to the tavern and turn left at the first crossroads. You will see it after walking for a while, but remember!
Don't think about causing trouble or committing crimes in the city, because someone will be watching you, a foreigner."
With Hu Yong's hearing, it was impossible for him not to hear what the guard leader and the guards said. Hu Yong nodded to the guard leader to show that he understood while thinking.
It seems that there are no witchers in this world. Instead, adventurers and some bounty hunters are doing the job of hunting monsters. No wonder it feels that the monsters in this world are more numerous and common than those in the wizarding world. It turns out that there is basically no one specializing in dealing with them. It seems that I will have a lot of life in the future.
Hu Yong watched the guards standing on both sides of the city gate looking at him warily. He stepped into the city gate helplessly and walked into the street under the guards' vigilant gazes...