The Executor of the Heavens: Beginning with the Watch Dogs

Chapter 789
"Uh...uh...Master Margarita, I almost lost sight of you...uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

Ten minutes later, the woken up Clive bit his lip on Margarita's majestic chest and wept in silence, while Margarita could only silently pat her on the back to comfort her.

On the other side, Chapela, who was still in shock, was still trembling, hugging herself and whispering to Geralt.

And Xie Yuan sorted out some interesting ancient Chinese materials in the bookcase, and put them in his pocket.

Looking at Ke Li and Chapela who lost their composure, everyone patiently healed their pain—this is already a mental state that has gradually eased after surviving a catastrophe.

You must know that when they woke up, they would scream out loudly. Fortunately, the experienced Geralt and Xie Yuan immediately covered their mouths and passed Geralt and Margaret. Their respective acquaintances came to appease them.

It wasn't until now that they knew that they had finally saved their lives.

But even so, no one dared to express their emotions out loud - just because they were still in danger.

However, just when Xie Yuan was about to take out the water bag and take a sip, Chapela walked over with a limp.

"Thank you, venerable warrior," he said sincerely. "If it weren't for you, I would indeed be burned to death today."

"Although you are not a human being... after all, you are always kind to others. I heard that before Manji Xiake came, the reputation of the temple guards was quite good... This should be your credit."

As he spoke, Xie Yuan stroked Chapela's shoulders, looked at her gloomy expression, and comforted him: "But now the world has changed, and a good reputation cannot be exchanged for actual benefits, so your resignation is inevitable—it was found to be a The doppelganger was just a surprise surprise for Manji."

Changelings, this is a particularly strange species in this world, rare in number, but very distinctive.

The doppelganger can also copy the person's voice, way of thinking, acting style, expertise skills, etc., because - in Geralt's words - it can copy the victim's brain characteristics and mind, or, soul.

As for the principle of this deformation, neither the warlock nor the witcher can give a satisfactory explanation.In principle, they belong to a harmless species, and generally only use their transformation ability for self-defense, and will not further murder other people's lives.

But even so, humans and even other humanoids hate shapeshifters to the bone—

According to Geralt, although most shapeshifters are very kind and would not harm others maliciously, this ability has attracted the hatred of most people.Therefore, humans once launched a large-scale hunt for doppelgangers, causing their numbers to drop sharply. In his era, many people even thought that doppelgangers were just legends.

As the chief guard of the temple, Chapela's Primarch is actually similar to Manji, but after an accidental death, Chapela replaced Chapela's Primarch by chance. Under the circumstances, Novigrad's tolerance for magic and non-human races became more and more open, which also made Novigrad more prosperous.

Unfortunately, the arrival of the war really destroyed everything.

"In the future, you may have to change places and live a low-key life for a while." Xie Yuan comforted, "Although it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality, it is really not always good-hearted and capable people who will come to you again A handful."

"I know..." Chapela nodded helplessly.

After being autistic for a while, Chapela looked at Xie Yuan and Geralt: "I will transform into an animal later and leave immediately. One less person will reduce the risk. Is there anything else you want to know from me? ?”

The two looked at each other, and immediately got excited—Chapella, as the chief guard of the temple, was just like a living dictionary of the entire Novigrad. It could be said that he knew many secrets.

For example, Novigrad's general power ranking: Sigi Luwen, "The Beggar King", the dwarf "Cliff" and Hawthorne II are the four giants of Novigrad's underground world.

Together with the temple guards, he is in charge of all the rules and regulations of Novigrad.

But from what Chapela said, the so-called Sigi Luwen is actually Dijkstra, the intelligence chief of the original Redania. one sight.

After all, from Hawthorne II's memory, he and Manji coerced Dandy Lane into doing something about Dijkstra - robbing him of his treasure.

In a sense, the rotting forest, the old lair of the "Beggar King", is a safe haven for many mages and even those implicated in mage affairs at this time, and the leader of these loose organizations is Triss.

And speaking of Triss, Geralt naturally wanted to know where she had gone—Geralt even found a bouquet of what it said was a "memory rose" here.

But it now appears that roses have also become dried specimens.

It's just a pity that when Triss began to disappear from this villa, Chapela basically became a prisoner, not only the news was blocked, but also lost power.

Geralt, who could no longer ask for any information, finally shook hands with Chapela to say goodbye. The shapeshifter slowly twisted into a black cat that was no different from a stray cat in front of Xie Yuan's wide-eyed eyes. .

The black cat was covered with scars, but he still raised his forelegs, waved to Xie Yuan, Geralt and Margarita, and after saying goodbye, he jumped out of the door, and then several vertical leaps After that, the figure completely disappeared.

"Okay," then Xie Yuan turned his head to look at Margarita and Ke Li, "Can you still walk?"

But what is strange is that this still intern tried it, but it was not successful... Although her clothes are still intact, the same countless bloodstains and scorching marks show that Fei Lixia has obviously suffered a lot .

"That way," Xie Yuan casually took out a polished metal bottle from his backpack, which was very unlike today's style, opened the rotating lid, poured out a soft capsule from his hand, and handed it to Felicia Keli. "Take this oral sleeping pill and get some sleep first. We'll find you a temporary shelter."

"This..." Curly hesitated for a moment. Emotionally, she had just survived the inevitable death on the stake, and she really didn't want to lose control of herself so quickly.

But on the other hand, she also knows that she is a burden now that she has lost the ability to move. Instead of picking and choosing for the sake of security, it is better to hold Margarita's thigh tightly and listen to her orders - utilitarianly speaking, As the only recent graduate of the Sorceress Academy, I might get Margarita's wholehearted guidance.

Having said that, she immediately turned to Margarita for consultation, but the latter's performance surprised and shocked her even more.

"Follow his orders." Margarita instructed seriously, "I believe he will not harm you."

Felicia Keli's eyes widened when she heard the words, she looked at Margarita and Xie Yuan curiously, and then swallowed the medicine without hesitation, and the effect of the medicine took effect quickly... Soon the drowsy Keli So lethargic.

Then Xie Yuan went downstairs immediately, and when he came up again, he climbed up the stairs with his arms around a white cabinet that was one person tall.

The other two already know that this is the so-called stasis chamber, which can freeze the dying person to delay the passage of life.

However, Geralt was still shocked by Xie Yuan carrying so many stasis chambers: "How many of these things do you carry?"

"There are at least ten of them..." Opening the hatch with ease, Xie Yuan picked up Feilixia Keli by the waist, then gently laid her down inside the stasis cabin, and put her hands away.

Then the hatch was closed, and the internal energy supply reaction was activated. The two of them saw a sudden white frost in the cabin again, and they could only see Felicia Keli's peaceful face through the transparent hatch window.

This is Xie Yuan's fifth stasis chamber requisitioned. Fortunately, the current three are only for short-term use—they will be awakened or dealt with soon.

Then Margarita and Geralt got up and walked downstairs in a tacit understanding... This is also one of Xie Yuan's hobbies that they have learned after getting along for many days: never use space equipment or means in front of others.

Of course, this didn’t take much time for Xie Yuan, and soon he followed him downstairs, waiting for Margarita’s outer camouflage cloak to be put on, and when Geralt came out of the outer door, Xie Yuan and Margarita Take advantage of this pass and follow closely.

They are going to visit the "Beggar King".

……

According to Chapela's introduction, Hawthorne II's memories, Geralt's additions, and Margarita's investigation to fill in the gaps, Xie Yuan also roughly understood Novigrad's underground government—Syndicate.

Syndicate is the master of Novigrad's underground world and even the entire city. It is an alliance formed by gangsters, religious groups, and spy agencies in the city with the common goal of money. It controls the lifelines of the city and influences extended to the entire north.

The Syndicate is composed of six parties, namely the Dark Alley Gang led by the Beggar King, the Ghost Face Gang led by Hawthorne II, the Black Gold Society led by Cleaver, the Wave Treader Gang led by Gudrun Josdottir, and the Eternal Warriors. Archbishop Cyrus Helmfart and his zealots, and finally Sigismund Dijkstra, the former head of the Redanian Intelligence Service, aliased as Sigi Leuven.

Among them, the Church of Eternal Flame has turned into a ruler on the surface, and often has to contact with official forces; while Gudrun Josdottir only took over the transportation work of the entire dock, she only needs income, regardless of general affairs and city affairs. interest disputes.

As a result, there were only four people in Novi Lia who really had something to say—the Beggar King, Hawthorne II, Cliff and Sigiluven.

So the Beggar King is one of the big princes of the four giants in the Novigrad underground order.

His real name was Francis Bellan, and he managed a group of thieves, beggars, homeless and street orphans all over the city. They named the group "Dark Lane Gang" by themselves.

This group of eyeliners allowed him to always hear the latest rumors and the most valuable news, and the taxes he collected on the income of "subjects" also allowed him to have a considerable income, which allowed him to maintain the "court" in the rotten forest.

The men of the Beggar King are distinguished by the yellow-red checked pattern and the yellow-green matching clothes.

As for why you define yourself as the "beggar king"?
This is because Novigrad, the free city, has not been ruled by a king for nearly 200 years. Francis Beran should have considered this before proclaiming himself the beggar king. While mocking the red tape of the court, he also stole some use.

His lair is in Rotten Forest, which is located in the Yushi District, similar to a Kowloon Walled City, but with strict control over imports and exports.

The Beggar King hated fanaticism and discrimination equally, so warlocks who wanted to escape witch hunters often sought his protection. Naturally, this pragmatic king would charge a certain favor fee.

When King Radovid V of Redania launched Operation Prey, the Dark Lane Gang became the patrons of fallen mages.If Felicia Keli wanted to find a place to settle, she couldn't avoid this person; and if Triss was still free, she had to find this person to contact her if she wanted to do anything.

Therefore, the Rotten Forest is the place that the next three must visit and contact.

Because of Chapela's help, Rotten Forest was located very quickly, and it was just like what it described as a stronghold in the city, but the exit was tightly sealed - the freight gate and the personnel entrance and exit gate were on the other side blocked.

If you want to communicate, you must knock on the small air window on the entrance and exit gate.

"Boom, boom, boom!" Xie Yuan came to the door and knocked regularly.

"Swipe!" Soon, the transom inside the door was pulled open, revealing the impatient face of a fat middle-aged man, who looked at Xie Yuan warily.

Obviously, he didn't know Xie Yuan, so he asked impatiently, "What do you want to do?"

"I want to go in and find a special artist to do something."

"Ha!" The middle-aged man sneered, "Do you think this is a Ji.yuan? This is not the place you are looking for."

As he was about to close the transom, Xie Yuan immediately replied: "I just came to the Rotten Forest to find someone who was accepted for asylum, and she should be inside right now."

"Where's the password?" The middle-aged man stopped joking, and everything was just business-like, "You can come in with the password."

Xie Yuan's solution was very simple. He widened his eyes, and turned his will into the eyes of the middle-aged man and said something with a bewitching ability: "I have already told you the secret code just now."

The words were faint and the voice was inaudible, but after a while, the middle-aged man agreed with what Xie Yuan said: "Very correct, welcome to the Rotten Forest!"

Seeing that a small door was opened that happened to be entered and exited by one person, the three of them looked at each other, and then walked into the interior of the rotten forest one by one led by Xie Yuan.

However, Xie Yuan was a little disappointed... The style of Rotten Forest really doesn't seem to have any characteristics - neither the whole environment is dirty, nor is it very grand, it's just a village in the city.

It's just that in this small alley at the moment, there are many expensively dressed, elegant looking guys... who are selling products to punks and hooligans!
Sven sweeping the floor...Of course, Sven really can't be eaten as a meal.However, it seems that these sorcerers look calm, so they don't know whether they are really living in poverty or just pretending.

But the three of them had no time to take care of it, because when they approached the Beggar King's office, they heard a middle-aged man and a young woman talking lightly.

Obviously, they are arguing, one is doing things with ease, and the other is a dead duck...pretending to be strong.

But Geralt and Margarita could feel the trembling slightly when they heard the woman's voice... They guessed that this should be their mutual acquaintance, Triss Merritt.

She is indeed here.

(End of this chapter)