Chapter 1548: Witch Hunt
After leaving the Holy Healing Church's headquarters, Su Xiao returned to the Lok Hotel. Melody didn't dare run away, firstly because of the "bomb" in her stomach, and secondly because Amu was "guarding" her.
As soon as Su Xiao entered the hotel room, he saw Melody sitting and shivering in the corner. The bed and wardrobe in the room were gone, and Amu was holding a wooden stool in his hand.
If he had come back a little later, Amu would probably have eaten him as well.
— Help, help, " Melody said immediately, clearly shocked by Amu's behavior.
She felt like this bull could eat up the entire hotel.
After realizing what had happened, Su Xiao threw Amu a bag that contained various kinds of food, including meat and various vegetables.
— Have you become a witch hunter? Melody asked when she saw the ring on Su Xiao's little finger. She recognized him immediately.
— Right. From now on, you will hunt witches with me. As a reward, you will receive a quarter of the reward for the witch's head.
Such an offer was not low. The witch hunters of the Church of Holy Healing only received half of the specified reward for a witch's head. The other half went to the church as a tax.
But even though they only got half of it, they still got a lot more than if an ordinary person came for the reward. In addition, they did not need to spend money on maintaining their weapons and armor, they did not need to spend money on food, plus the church also reimbursed travel expenses, including food and accommodation outside the "home».
Moreover, it also provided various benefits.
The witch's head bounty was more of a nice bonus than a basic salary.
Yes, witch hunters lived on a knife's edge, but poor witch hunters didn't really exist.
— Two quarters, " Melody said immediately, and Su Xiao placed a parchment in front of her with a reward for the head of a witch.
When Melody opened the parchment, her pupils narrowed.
— Three... three silver coins... " Melody muttered to herself in disbelief, then smiled awkwardly.
Usually, 20 to 40 gold coins were given for a witch's head, the biggest reward of 7,000 gold coins was offered for a rank 5 witch's head, and since the reward for her head was huge, even the church's hunters would get all 7,000 coins instead 3 500.
What could a person do with 7,000 gold coins? For example, recruit a thousand militia members, buy them weapons and armor, build a castle and eventually become a full-fledged "king" of a small territory.
True, the exact location of this witch was unknown, but she was last seen in the west.
All the orders Su Xiao took were for the central plains or the west. These territories belonged to the Church of the Holy Healing. The Church would obviously be very happy to get rid of these witches. As for the south, this territory now belonged to the witches, and if the witch hunters set foot there, they would be the ones being hunted, not them.
— But why? Why am I only worth three silver coins... " Melody muttered to herself, after all, she was a rank three witch, but there were only three silver coins offered for her, such a reward was too embarrassing, any other witch hearing such a reward would definitely laugh.
— Quarter. As for additional motivation, if you can earn a thousand gold coins with me, I'll help you realize your one wish.
— I don't want to, three silver coins sounds good too...
— Moving out.
— Right now?
— Yes, right now, " Su Xiao replied and left the hotel with Bubtni and Amu. Melody hesitated for a moment, but eventually followed him as well.
As soon as Melody left the hotel, she saw a carriage. This carriage was made entirely of metal and was several times larger than a normal carriage. The carriage was pulled by horses, though not quite ordinary ones, but rather a hybrid of horses and rhinos. There were three of them in total and these creatures were called "Doken". Each tamed doken cost approximately 150 gold, but this was more than offset by the cost of servicing this animal, for example, to travel 100 kilometers, it only needed to eat a handful of grass.
This carriage was custom-made by the Church of the Holy Healing. Witch hunters could rest in it, and this carriage also had everything they needed.
Su Xiao opened the cabinet at the back of the carriage. There were various hooks and locks on both sides of the cabinet. At the bottom of the cabinet were three shotguns of various sizes, and on either side of them were diamonds and gunpowder.
In addition, there was kerosene, a strong tear gas created from a large amount of pepper, acidic liquid and chili extract, and other similar useful things..
Grabbing the diamond, Su Xiao shoved it into Melody's mouth under her helpless gaze.
— Well what?
— It smells weird.
— …
Experiments showed that the witch did not care about the diamond as long as it did not come into direct contact with her blood, and as soon as the diamond came into contact with the witch's blood, it immediately broke her connection with the incarnation and significantly weakened it.
With a clang, Su Xiao closed the cabinet and walked to the side of the carriage. The carriage's interior was about two meters wide and three meters long. Considering the folding seats, it was very comfortable to rest in this carriage.
Amu sat at the front of the carriage and was the coachman. In fact, he didn't need to urge the doken on, since Melody could politely ask them to pull the carriage in the right direction, and since these doken were tamed and docile at the same time, they would immediately obey the order.
After sitting down, Su Xiao took out a stack of parchment from under the seat next to him. This stack, according to the most conservative estimates, consisted of a dozen different sheets, and all of them were compiled very recently.
In addition to all this, he also received a map, and a strategic level map. The Church of Holy Healing even had a rule that the hunter had to destroy this card first, and only then could he die.
This map showed 60% of this world, and it was compiled 6 years ago. Given the technological development of this world, it was, in fact, a very new map.
The carriage moved slowly through the streets and soon arrived at the city gate. When they saw the coat of arms on the carriage, the city guards immediately let it pass, even though their crystals told them that there was a witch inside.
Melody poked her head out of the carriage window and smiled at the captain who had caught her earlier, but in the next instant, a hand grabbed Melody by the collar and pulled her back in.
The captain's mouth twisted at the scene.
The destination of Su Xiao's trip this time was a gathering place 30 kilometers away, this area was ruled by the white witch. Of course, she paid a huge tax to the church every year, but according to the latest news, a black witch appeared on her territory.
Su Xiao handed Melody the parchment and asked, " Do you recognize this witch?
— Of course it's a holiday witch, Kate. Every witch knows about it, and it has a very bad reputation. This old woman likes to eat human flesh, but rumor has it that she likes the flesh and blood of white witches the most.
— We're going after her now.
— You don't mean — " Melody muttered, and swallowed.
The witch hunt has begun.
Right now, he was a "white" witch hunter, a hunter of a level that no witch was afraid of.
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