Chapter 211 I'm Not Acting, It's a Showdown
There was no rest for two consecutive days. In the shaking carriage, Sigmund quickly fell asleep. When he opened his eyes again, the sky was already slightly bright, but the carriage was still galloping.
"Take a break, I'll replace you. If everything goes well, we should be able to reach the deserted village before it gets dark in the afternoon."
The deserted village that Marek mentioned was the destination of their mission this time, and the third-tier witcher, Childe, who stole forbidden items, had shown his tracks there.
Following this lead to investigate should be rewarding.
According to the data, a large iron mine was discovered at the location of the barren village, and the village gradually took shape because of the need for work. But again, the iron ore was dug out, and the population was lost, and the place would soon be abandoned.
It is estimated that the only ones left there are old and frail miners and old women, and it is not clear why that guy ran to such a place.
Having eaten something, Marek rested for a while, Sigmund pulled the reins, and o followed his lead.
It didn't stop until the sun deflected in the afternoon, and Sigmund gradually slowed down to wake up Marek who was resting in the carriage.
"Over this mountain, the destination is ahead, we should at least disguise it properly." Sigmund suggested.
"Indeed, especially with your current face, although not many people know you in Liam City, you still need to pay attention." Marek glanced at Sigmund.
Then he saw Sigmund turn his back, and when he turned around again, he had already changed into another look.
"Henrik, how did you do it? Why do you look exactly like that guy?" Marek smiled, and then suddenly thought of something, "You said that if you pretended to be Henrik and approached Juana, then A night of ecstasy and drunkenness..."
"Tsk tsk." Marek circled around Sigmund twice, "I can't see any flaws, they are exactly the same, and you are similar in stature, I guess she will be able to detect it only when you are close to each other."
"But it's not good, Sigmund. If you really do this, I won't let you go." Marek warned seriously.
But at this time Sigmund smiled awkwardly, "Captain, I am Henrik."
Marek was stunned, and after a long time, his eyes suddenly widened.
"You pretended to be Henrik!?" He roared angrily and kicked Sigmund with his leg.
"Misunderstanding, this is all a misunderstanding. I got something in the cave, and my level has increased very quickly. I was worried that I couldn't explain it to you, so I concealed it."
"You know what happened later, Juana said that in front of everyone, how dare I reveal my identity in public." Sigmund said that he was also a victim.
"Does Juana know who you really are?"
"I don't know." Sigmund could only lie. Marek's side was just bragging a little bit, which was harmless, but once Juana's side was pierced, the matter would explode.
This is something Sigmund cannot admit anyway.
"You really didn't come to lie to me together?" Marek was still a little strange.
"It's absolutely true." Sigmund patted his chest.
"It's ok, one identity actually deceived us around, come, come, let's talk about the story of that outstanding young man under me, Sigmund."
"Captain... I have no other choice."
At the beginning, Sigmund pretended to be Henrik and Marek bragged a lot about himself. At this time, the retribution came. After revealing his identity, Marek felt somewhat uncomfortable.
"Don't you like to hear me tell about Sigmund?"
Before he finished speaking, he rushed forward and punched Sigmund in the chest.
"Really?" Reading the meaning in Marek's eyes, Sigmund didn't retreat, and threw his fist with his right hand at the same time.
The moment their fists and faces met, they simultaneously chose partial hardening, like two iron bars hitting each other, their figures receded slightly, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.
"You kid!" Marek screamed strangely.
"If it wasn't for the hunter contract that I personally branded for you, I would suspect that you are the favored person of the evil god."
Sigmund didn't dare to reveal his full strength, because he was promoted to the third level through Amidala's arm bone, which was his core secret.
It was just to maintain a general impression in Marek's mind.
What surprised him was that when he withdrew his right hand, Sigmund felt numbness in his palm, and this weird force spread all the way up to his forearm.
"Your attack can paralyze my body? No, this is obviously your hammer..." This ability was originally unique to Marek's rhythm weapon, but now it is added to normal attacks.
"Captain, are you Tier 4?"
"So fast!" Sigmund was surprised.
"It's not too soon. It's just going through the process again. In fact, I could have been promoted a long time ago, but I haven't been able to make a decision. To be honest, this time it's because your matter has strengthened my mind."
"because I?"
"That day at the cross street, my metrical weapon was shattered by Bellegarde, which was almost a devastating blow to the witcher."
"At the third level, the role of the Metric weapon is to help us bear part of the chaos caused by negative emotions such as killing. Once the weapon is destroyed, these hidden and suppressed chaos will all affect the weapon holder."
"The chaotic value has increased sharply in a short period of time, and the possibility of losing control has greatly increased."
"Is there any solution, to rebuild a weapon?" Sigmund asked.
"Yes, but this is only the most conservative approach. There is another way, which is to guide the surge of chaos value, and solidify part of the characteristics of the rhythm weapon in your body."
"Use your own body as a weapon."
Once successful, after being promoted to the fourth level, the mental threshold will be greatly increased, and even embark on a completely different path from other hunter contracts.
Normally, the promotion of the hunter contract is to constantly improve ourselves. Although this can allow us to adapt to battles in many situations, the patchwork of extraordinary abilities will also make us lose our original characteristics.
There is no end to this road.
And like I said, choosing a chaotic fusion will open up a new branch on the basis of the original path. This path is difficult and very few people take it.
I was a little hesitant at first, but the shattering of the weapon became the best thrust.
"Your teacher, is that Lord Duke the leader of this road?" Sigmund asked.
"Yes." Marek nodded.
"The teacher said that the hunter's contract is a contract for fighting. Finding order in the chaos is what we should do. If you can control the chaos, you can control everything."
"Chaos value, strength." Owning the nightmare carriage Sigmund, he has a deep understanding of this. He had a vague feeling that the way he had chosen for the duke he had never met before was the right one.
"If you want to choose this path, do you have to destroy your rhythm weapon?" Sigmund asked again.
Mine is very hard and cannot be broken.
"No, the shattering of the Rhyme weapon caused a surge in chaos value, but because of the special nature of the weapon, we can mobilize this part of energy."
"That's just a means, not an end."
The specifics are very complicated, and this path is not something everyone can try, and it must be affirmed by the teacher.
Just as Sigmund was about to ask more details, a carriage drove up from the end of the road in the distance, and slowly stopped when it approached the two of them.
"Henrik!"
Accompanied by a voice of surprise, the vigorous figure rushed towards Sigmund.