In order to make sure nothing went wrong, Zelin asked a few more helpers. Alfred, the blonde hunter of Yanan, and Paige of Losric. Of course, Paige never said where he came from. Qi rushed over immediately, as if he didn't want to stay in the picture scroll world guarded by ashes at all.

"Hmm..." Zelin scanned the map with his eyes, picked up the pen, and drew a check mark near the warlock camp. Several marks have been marked on the map. One is at the Tamoria camp and the other is at the gate of the city. Now, a sign has been added to the warlock camp. "Now there are only aqueducts, Camp Kodwin, Camp Rudania and Camp Aden, and near the civilian square... Frid, you go and notify Roche. Please ask him to arrange some manpower, just like the ambush at the time. It was like that in Lun, in case someone looted the square at night and provoke a riot."

Riot emotions will spread. Zelin has seen many massacres against non-human races, and these massacres sometimes started with peaceful demonstrations. When people's emotions become more and more excited because of anger and fear, they can no longer control what their bodies do, and will only drift with the current like driftwood in the rapids. Until rushing through the turbulence or crashing into the rocks.

"I'm going now."

Frid's figure disappeared with a breeze.

Zelin slowed his breathing and looked at the map carefully.

Suddenly, another wind appeared beside the Demon Hunter.

"Fred?" He raised his head unexpectedly. "Why are you back again."

"A gentleman will not call another woman's name in front of a lady." Maria's hands were behind her back, clinging to the back of the demon hunter. "Let's not be agitated when asking a lady to do something."

"Maria, it's you." Zelin coughed slightly. He suddenly realized that he didn't seem to have a sip of water for a day. "How's it going over the canal?"

"Why don't we make an exchange, you answer my question, how about I answer your question?" Maria had an unpredictable smile on her face. "It's fair and civilized. Only when the request and the reward are equal can the balance remain stable, right?"

"Maria, this is not the time to make a joke..." Noting the other person's eyes, Zelin swallowed the rest of the words back to his throat. In Maria's eyes, he didn't see a smile. She is serious, not joking. "Well, what do you want to ask?"

The smile on her face disappeared, and Maria looked serious: "How did you become the way you are now?"

The first thousand nine hundred and thirty-six chapters Mary's counsel

"Become? I don't understand..."

"You understand." The fingers wrapped in dark brown leather stretched out and put them in front of his lips. Maria stops Zelin. "You and I have the same mind. You can hide it from anyone, but you can't hide it from me. How long do you think you can suppress the passion in your heart? The character and elegance you developed in the past may help you for a while, but There is no guarantee that you will never do what you hated back then. When you look at the pointed ear ranger, I can clearly feel the disgust that flashes in your heart. You never had this idea in the past."

Zelin rubbed his forehead.

"Maybe it's because I've encountered too many upsets recently. I've had such annoying times before. When tonight passes and Lomugne's affairs are over, I can go to other places to relax."

"After this matter is over." Maria lowered her voice, imitating Zelin's voice. "'I will help Tamoria fight Nilfgaard’s invasion, find a way to repel the Imperial Legion, and then find a way to help Natalis get rid of those nobles who try to assassinate Aneth, whether it is in Tamoria Don’t even want to hurt her. Then it’s Redania. Roche said that Yada needs a few armed maids and she’s in trouble. I won’t let the last missed appointment happen again, even Ladooved. Don't even think about poisoning her cup. I should think about how to arrange several people in Redania's court.'This is your future relaxation plan, right?"

Zelin sighed heavily.

"I could have avoided the occurrence of Yada being poisoned." He held his forehead helplessly. "I should avoid Foltest's son dying in an ambush. Damn! I promised him. Once I could proudly say to everyone that I have never missed an appointment in my life, whether it is after I complete the commission. The employer had already slipped away with the pay, or the local lord took the accident rate and used me as a laughingstock! But I broke the appointment. His child was killed in an ambush near Lomugne. Last year Atha was poisoned in front of me. I know nothing! I..."

Maria's hand was gently placed on Zelin's shoulder. "It's not your fault."

"No, Maria, this is my fault." Zelin shook his head. "Yada was not wary of the box because I was a demon hunter, because I had an agreement with his father, and she knew about it. When Foltest participated in the Battle of Maribo, Yada is Vizima’s left-behind commander. So when Francesca gave her the cursed gift, she took it and opened it directly instead of passing it to Triss or some other wizard advisor. !"

Zelin felt a warmth, and Maria walked into his body. The candlelight only left a shadow, and a much softer voice than before sounded in the demon hunter's mind.

"In that case, why don't you express dissatisfaction and anger towards Francesca? You promised to protect Foltest's children, but the murderer who poisoned Yada lies next to your pillow, why are you angry? Where is it in the corner of your heart? You have anger, you can deny it, because you suppressed your anger so deeply that you didn't even notice it."

"I..." Zelin was speechless for a while. He sighed, turned his head, and looked at the brazier on the other side. The flames pulsated in his pupils, but the flames were not weakened by the reduction of firewood. "I really don't know how to be angry with her. I'm sorry, I'm just a **** who can't control myself. Maybe she suppressed a lot of anger in her heart? If so, let her vent. I'm fine. Help Yada get rid of the poison, and she will survive without incident, at least for now. If Enid becomes angry with me in the future, I will wait for her to die before considering how to compensate her."

"You think you made a serious mistake." Maria calmly analyzed. Perhaps only she can take such a calm look, because only she can experience the true feelings in Zelin's heart without using words. "But you have no power to change, so you decided to try to make up for the losses caused by your mistakes by all means. Did you know, Ze Lin, you have one of the greatest strengths and the greatest weakness."

Zelin took a deep breath and said nothing.

"You are always more lenient and strict in self-discipline. You have never realized what you have done for others, but what you owe to others will be accumulated in your heart."

Maria stretched out her translucent hand, hesitated for a few seconds, and pressed it under the pocket of the demon hunter's clothes.

"You are very painful. You make up for one, and you are making more mistakes. You make up for a gap slightly, but in self-reflection you think you have made more mistakes. That ring...it's taking advantage of your contradictions. , Use your introspection and self-blame, use your promise , Induce him to do wrong things that hurt the world. It will be a disaster."

Zelin hesitated, and slowly reached into his jacket pocket. After gently stirring his index finger and thumb, he pinched the ring, bit by bit, and took it out.

How long has this ring been lying in the pocket? Three months? Or five months?

Zelin stared at the cold silver-white ring in a daze, the ring gleaming in the light of the fire.

"You said... this ring is affecting me?"

"Maybe it's not just that." Maria said softly. "Think about it, what expectations do your changes meet? Your black blade, the true owner of the black blade, what would she want you to be?"

"...Mefara?"

Maria didn't answer, she just put her hand on Zelin and waited.

"It's the Ebony Blade and the Lord of the Rings," Zelin murmured. "They all want me... they want me to change."

"Your heart has too many cracks because of contradictions. Zelin. Do you want to know about the canal? I can tell you that the trouble in the canal has been solved."

Suddenly, Zelin raised his head because Maria had left his body and was sitting on the table in front of him, with her slender legs folded together, looking down at him.

"Don't postpone your rest until next month, next month, or even the next year after next year. You have made good arrangements." Maria pointed aside, and placed a box by the wall. "Put the black blade and the ring in the box. Then you think about it, and then make a decision, how do you face the mistakes you think you made."

"But tonight..."

Maria leaned down and kissed the corner of Zelin's mouth lightly, blocking the rest of the words.

"Trust the people around you, Ze Lin. Just leave the enemy to us."

Chapter 1937: War in the Shadows

Maria walked out of the tower with her head up, her leather shoes clattering on the ground.

Frid, who was waiting outside, was taken aback. She looked at Maria up and down, with a trace of confusion and vigilance in her eyes.

After a few seconds, Frid retracted his gaze and walked straight to the tower.

The moment she passed Maria, the latter turned her head slightly: "Don't bother him tonight."

Frid did not speak, she stopped, and turned her head likewise, looking at Maria from the corner of her eye. Waiting for her explanation.

"He is too tired," Maria said. "He needs a rest. Tonight, don't let anyone disturb him. Tell me what you know."

"Why are you?"

"Is this important?" Maria asked back. "Before daybreak, the matter will be solved perfectly. It is not early." She raised her head and looked at the bright moon above her head across the sky. The silvery moonlight was spreading on the ground. Frid noticed Maria's side and said There is no shadow. "Would you rather waste precious time on meaningless disputes?"

"...Roche has arranged manpower to guard the civilian square." Frid said coldly.

Maria pondered for a while, and she recalled the information she had obtained from Zelin in her mind. It is easy for her to comb through different things and draw conclusions.

"You can hide yourself, right?"

"Ask it knowingly."

"Come with me."

"Where to go?"