Chapter 144 Ivan's End

The episode did not disturb Dick as he continued on his way, and two days later he arrived at a new city - Raven City.

As the capital of the Northern Territory, looking from a distance from the open city gate, it is not as prosperous as Dick thought, but instead has a sense of solemnity.

The mottled and thick city walls prove that this place has a history of hundreds of years.

However, there is no charge for the gatekeepers here, and passers-by just walk into the city in an orderly manner.

Dick did not reveal his identity. At the same time, he lowered his head to prevent others from seeing his obvious cat eyes, in order to reduce unknown troubles like Brownie.

Just like this, he led the horse and slowly entered the city.

Looking on both sides of the spacious street, there are stone buildings on the left and right, which look ancient and vicissitudes of life.

The streets were crowded with people, and no one showed any obvious sadness or anxiety on their faces. It seemed that the residents here were living a good life.

A few minutes later, Dick arrived at a huge circular square with a six or seven meter tall statue erected in the center.

The statue is of a female knight wearing armor, holding a sword in her hand and pointing to the sky. Dick carefully looked at her appearance and found that this resolute-looking knight was Queen Maeve.

Following the sound of 'ding, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong_dang_dang_dang_dang_dang_dang_dang_dang_dong does not sound', Dick turned left. A hundred meters later, he saw a man outside a shop with his head lowered, seriously hitting a sword blank with a steel hammer in his hand.

The man's face was flushed by the fire, and big beads of sweat kept falling.

The muscles of his bare arms were tangled, he must be a professional blacksmith.

But what surprised Dick was that the blacksmith's ears were very pointed, and he was obviously not a pure-blood human:

Why are there mixed elves here?

Isn't he afraid of exposing his identity?

With this question in mind, Dick walked to the blacksmith shop.

"Boss, can you smelt weapons?" The man didn't even raise his head, "Wait a moment, I'm busy."

Dick didn't rush when he saw this. He glanced left and right, tied the horse to the stone pillar outside the house, and returned to wait.

The boss quickly smashed the sword blank with the steel hammer in his hand, put it into the cold water aside, and stirred up a large amount of steam.

He threw the sword blank on the iron workbench aside, and then he took a deep breath and looked at Dick.

Looking up, the boss was obviously surprised in his eyes.

Dick whispered: "Yes, I am indeed a witcher. Is there any problem?"

"It's no problem. Queen Maeve is not taboo against humans, half-elves, dwarves, etc. As long as they admit that they are residents of the North, they can get the right to live there.

"If a mixed-blood elf like me can live in Crow City, you, a demon hunter, can naturally come here too.

"But you came at the wrong time. By the way, what did you say you wanted to do?"

"I want you to mend my broken silver sword."

With that said, Dick handed the wrapped broken sword to the blacksmith, who took it, opened it and took a look.

"The fracture is too obvious, so we can only resmelt it, but it will also take three or four days. You came at the wrong time."

Dick heard the blacksmith say twice that he came at the wrong time, and he couldn't help asking: "Why do you say that?"

"Because one of your witchers was publicly beheaded a few days ago, and now the officers and soldiers are always spreading bad things about the witchers. They always say that the witchers have committed too many crimes and have been listed as the worst in Raven City. Popular people.”

Dick was shocked: "What was the name of the beheaded demon hunter you mentioned?"

The blacksmith frowned and thought for a while:

"It seems to be called Ivan. He was beheaded on the other side of the square two days ago. His head should still be hanging under the gallows."

"Why, Witcher, you don't know that poor guy, do you?"

Dick did not answer, but asked: "Did Queen Maeve personally give this order?"

"No, after Queen Maeve and Duke Amara and other nobles defeated the Cato army a few days ago, they went to the Cato grassland to continue chasing them, preparing to teach them a harsh lesson in one go, so that these evil Cato men The ghost did not dare to invade the northern border again in the next few years.

"And now, Queen Maeve temporarily handed over power to her brother, Prince James. Then Ivan was beheaded in public trial by Prince James himself.

"So..." The blacksmith looked around again and saw that no one was paying attention here, so he whispered:

“I advise you to get out of here before you are discovered.

"If Prince James knew you were here, he might give you any crime?

"Hey, if Queen Maeve were here, my business wouldn't be as deserted as it is these days. There are always soldiers patrolling the streets these days. Business is not doing well these days. I have even considered moving to other countries."

Dick thought to himself:

Although I don’t know what happened now, the so-called Prince James has indeed killed Ivan of [Coyote School].

And judging by what the blacksmith in front of them said, they were promoting the theory that the witcher was guilty.

Someone is trying to muddy the water!

It seems that I have to leave quickly.

"Then my silver sword can't just be repaired?"

"It's possible, but if you fight with monsters, it will easily break again.

"As a businessman, I want to do this business with you, but as a professional blacksmith, I can't lie to you and am responsible for your safety."

Seeing that Dick looked a little confused, the blacksmith whispered again:

"After the witcher named Ivan was beheaded, his armor, weapons and the small ornaments on his neck were sold to me privately at a low price by the executioner who beheaded him. I can sell them to you now. He also happened to have a silver sword. Of course... the price will be a little higher."

"The small ornaments..., the witcher badge!"

"I want the armor, silver sword, and witcher badge. They are well preserved, right?"

"Of course they are. You still want the steel sword."

"Take the steel sword too."

"Please follow me, witcher."

Then the blacksmith turned around and opened the door of the shop, and Dick followed him in.

The blacksmith quickly closed the door again, "Wait here first. "

Then he walked into a room, and after a while, he laboriously took out a large pile of items and placed them on the table beside him.

This pile of items was the [Demon Hunter Armor of the Coyote School], as well as two long swords, and a small wolf head badge - the Demon Hunter Badge of the [Coyote School].

Dick was delighted to see that the Coyote School armor was intact:

The armor he was wearing was given by Kobe before, and after several battles with monsters, it was already a little tattered.

Even the previous cloak could not be used after being repaired, so he had to throw it away.

Now it is just right to change the whole body into a new set of equipment.

"I want all of these, how much?"

"To be honest, when I bought it before, it cost me 300 kronor. How about selling it to you for 450 kronor?"

"It's a bit expensive. You see, although my armor is a little tattered, it is also made of top-quality materials.

"I'll give you this armor, and you can waive another 50 kronor."