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Their unanimous opinion is: it’s all here, and it’s not too late.Anyway, the druid is in the forest and won't run away.

Having said that, the demon hunter, the leader of the team, has nothing to say.

However, at a later time, he deeply realized what a wise and correct decision it was for them not to go to the forest immediately

The town of Ledbruney, located at the bend of the Nevi River, doesn't look that big.

Most of the population lives outside the town, in the surrounding area of ​​huts, huts, huts and caravans.

This is a civilized, bustling town filled with immigrants from all over the place.

But the air full of dung smell made the members of the team frown slightly.

In the town, Nilfgaardian soldiers in black armor can be seen everywhere.

According to one of the beekeepers' guides who grew up here, the soldiers are stationed here, but not for long, to hunt down guerrillas operating in the "box of the north."

When they settled down in the hotel, Lu Qi came to the tavern together with the witcher and the poet, intending to have a drink or two and inquire about the news. A group of soldiers in black uniforms with a sun symbol on their epaulettes came to the door. :

"Are you the witcher named Geralt?"

"Yes," the witcher hesitated a little before replying, "I am."

"The governor wants to see you, come with us."

"Governor? I don't know your Governor. Why does he want to see me?"

"I am only responsible for carrying out the order. As for the reason, the governor will explain to you."

Looking at the other party's serious look that if they don't go with them, they will draw their swords and start doing it, the demon hunter winked at Lu Qi and the poet, pretending to be relaxed and said:

"Okay then, take me to see the Governor. Alex, Dandelion, go back and tell the others to do whatever you want."

Lu Qi originally thought that the demon hunter had gotten into some trouble again.However, only an hour later, the witcher returned to the inn again.

However, returning with him was a young girl with messy straw-colored hair, a pair of dark brown eyes, and an unruly expression.

In addition to knowing the girl's name, Angulan, from the deep voice of the demon hunter, Lu Qi and others learned more news:

A gang of robbers named "Nightingales" were hired by a half-elf to intercept the witcher on the way;

And these robbers knew that there were three more people traveling with the witcher.A dark-haired man with a large wooden cage, a bard with a lute, and a young woman with pigtails and a bow and arrows.

Moreover, they also know that they plan to find Druid.

In the end, the demon hunter reached an agreement with the new governor of Ledbruni. As long as he helped him solve the problem of "Nightingale", the governor would not talk about them with the Nilfgaardian intelligence department, and he also gave a gift gave him a message:

The druid is not in the oak forest, but through the Sansreto valley in the south, to Toussaint!

Chapter 562 Undecided, Magic Mechanics

Outside the town, in a clearing outside the forest.

The girl-hunting team and a new female bandit were sitting around the campfire, talking while warming the fire.

When the demon hunter finished talking about all the information he had received from the Governor's Mansion, he listened quietly, not letting go of a single detail of the vampire, and quickly concluded:

"We are five, not four. We have been five since the end of August, and we were five when we crossed the Yaruga River. It was also a week ago that Milwa braided his hair. But Angu It's strange that only four people are mentioned in Lan's story."

"Is this the strangest part of the whole story?"

"Not to mention, the town of Belhaven, where Nightingale intends to lay an ambush, is located deep in the mountains, and the town can only be reached by crossing the Nevi River and Theodora Pass."

"We never thought of going there!" The witcher continued, "Three weeks ago, when the half-elf hired the nightingale gang to assassinate me, we were still in Anglin and were about to go to Cade Dou forest, we didn't even think about crossing the Yaruga"

"However, we have known from three weeks ago until now that we are going to find Druid!" Lu Qi said the most crucial point.

"This mysterious half-elf set up an ambush on the way to where the druid is, and firmly believes that we will definitely go that way. This shows that he knows where we are going better than us."

"That is to say, this half-elf used some means to know our route in advance. The most important thing is, how did he know?"

"You can only ask him. This is why you agreed to assist the governor, isn't it?" After a pause, the vampire glanced at the female bandit sitting beside Mirva, and said lightly:

"Also, have you considered the possibility that your blond female apprentice is lying?"

"Hey! Uncle, don't make such unprovable accusations, okay?!"

"I'm not your uncle, dear."

"I'm not your dear either, uncle!"

"Angulan, shut up!"

The girl who had just escaped from the guillotine and the gallows after being drank by the witcher immediately softened her attitude, mumbled something, and obediently closed her mouth.

At this time, the poet, who finally couldn't stand it anymore, said:

"Let me sum it up, the girl you willingly accepted, was a criminal and a robber. She deserved it, but in order to protect her from punishment, you decided to cooperate with the Nilfgaardians, not just you, but all of us to help the Nilfgaardians apprehend and execute a gang of local bandits."

"I can't sum it up right. This was my personal plan, and I don't need anyone's help. I can do it alone"

"Haha, you are still the same Geralt who likes to lie in muddy water"

Letting the demon hunter and the poet fight each other, sitting by the campfire, Lu Qi, who seemed to be thinking, was still thinking about how the enemy could predict their route and purpose in advance.

After thinking about it, he only came to one conclusion:

magic!

Indecision, Magic Mechanics!

Thinking of this, he suddenly said:

"Geralt, Regis, you guys know something about magic, so you should know, is there any kind of magic that can monitor our whereabouts from a long distance, or predict our movements in advance?"

Hearing this, the demon hunter stopped bickering with the poet, bowed his head and thought for a while before replying:

"Where are we, what are we doing, which way are we walking, and what is our purpose? These can all be explored through scrying spells. For a wizard or sorceress who is familiar with magic, it is necessary to locate someone from a distance and detect them. Surveillance is actually not that difficult."

After a pause, the demon hunter seemed to have thought of something distressing, and his brows furrowed unknowingly:

"As long as the person was close enough to them to form a lasting psychic connection, they were able to model the spell. As I said, the wizard or sorceress who was trying to spy on us from afar made a mistake. , thereby exposing himself."

Frowning, Lu Qi said, "You mean, he guessed our number wrong?"

"That's right!"

As soon as the words fell, the vampire took over and continued:

"Like other vampires, I cannot be detected by detection spells. Analysis spells can be used to find nearby vampires, but if the distance is too far, even positioning spells and tracking spells will not be effective. This is only for wizards and female vampires. Warlocks will make mistakes. Because our team originally consisted of four people plus one vampire."

Hearing this, Lu Qi nodded and said meaningfully:

"In this case, we can be sure that the person who is using magic to monitor us is an old friend we are familiar with."

"Yes, although I don't want to admit it, there is only one person who can be close enough to one of us to form a lasting spiritual connection, a person who was once very close to me"

"You mean, Yennefer?" Dandelion hesitated to say the name.

The witcher was silent and did not respond.However, this appearance is equivalent to answering this question.

"I think another warlock is more suspicious."

"Who?"

"Vigofortz!"

Hearing this name, the demon hunter's expression paused a little.

"Geralt, you should know that this guy wants Ciri too, and hates you enough that he has enough motivation to do these things."

Looking at the meditating demon hunter, Lu Qi shrugged, picked up a branch, and threw it into the campfire:

"Of course, there's no need to jump to conclusions yet. Who sent the half-elf to kill us? We can dig it out from his mouth ourselves."

Hearing this, the poet, who was unwilling to get involved in this kind of fighting, immediately looked at Lu Qi:

"Huh? You mean, you really intend to obey the orders of the Nilfgaardians, to kill those robber gangs, and then capture the half-elf who hired them, and let him name his employer?"

"Yes. However, not everyone will go. It's just a gang of robbers. The witcher and I are enough to handle it."

Knowing that a group of notorious bandits was planning to intercept and kill them, Lu Qi didn't feel any disturbance in his heart, but wanted to laugh instead.

Because, he has long wanted to find someone to try the sword skills he learned from the demon hunter!

Isn't this just the experience baby delivered to your door? !

Angulan, who used to be part of the "Nightingale" gang, scoffed at Lu Qi's strong self-confidence:

"You are very kind, but you have no idea what you are doing. There are 24 people in Nightingale's group, and they are also very kind, but they are not so easy to be intimidated. Even if you add demon hunters, it is impossible to deal with 24 people." personal"

"Honey, believe me, he knows exactly what he's doing," the vampire on the side explained to his companion lightly.

"I'm not your dear, uncle!"

"I'm not an uncle either, you can call me Regis."

"Angulan, shut up!"

"Oh."

After stopping the girl again, the demon hunter on the side immediately said:

"I agree with this plan. I, Alex, and Angulan, the three of us will go to Belhaven and meet the so-called Nightingale. Regis, Dandelion, and Milva, you will go directly to Sansley Trust the valley, go directly to Toussaint!"

Chapter 563 I still need you to teach me how to do things

Before dawn, the group was awakened by the high-pitched and sad cry of the nighthawk.

Lu Qi also noticed that when he woke up, the demon hunter's face was pale, and his head was sweating slightly, as if he had been awakened from a nightmare.

He knew that the witcher and Ciri had a certain bond of fate, and would dream of each other from time to time.

Therefore, he approached Geralt and asked in a low voice:

"Dream about Ciri again?"

The witcher didn't speak, but nodded solemnly.

"It seems that she is not in a good condition"

Nodding again, the witcher muttered:

"We need to hurry up"

Of course, the demon hunter didn't tell Lu Qi that in his dream, he saw Ciri's face covered in blood.

. . .

Although the poet showed abnormal resistance to Toussaint, he would rather go with him to hunt down the robbers than go to that fairyland-like principality.However, under the compulsory order of the demon hunter, he still reluctantly followed Regis and Milva along the Navi River to Sansreto Valley, where he waited for news.

Lu Qi, Geralt, and Angulane, one of the former members of the "Nightingale", left the Navi River and took a shortcut to cross the mountains.

Along the way, Angulane, who turned from darkness to light, behaved like a young female robber who was almost hanged not long ago-using vulgar words and full of curiosity about everything.

Even so, she still revealed to the two that she was the illegitimate daughter of a nobleman, but eventually became a female robber.

It's not that Lu Qi didn't think that Angulan was an undercover agent specially sent by "Nightingale" to lure them into an ambush.

However, with enough awareness and confidence in his own strength, Lu Qi didn't care about these details at all.

After all, any conspiracy, in the face of absolute power, is nothing more than a trick

The three of them crossed the mountains, crossed the valley, and approached the "Devil's Peak" Mount Gorgon, and soon came to the vicinity of Belhaven.

Under Angulan's proposal, the three of them did not plan to ride into Belhaven ostentatiously, but took a detour to a mine at the mouth of Sansreto Valley to inquire about news.

At night, beside the blazing campfire, the girl did not forget to continue her unfinished story:

"This is my life. If it weren't for you, the soldiers who beheaded my comrades would have pinned me to the ground and forced me to spread my legs"

Before the girl could finish speaking, the witcher interrupted her:

"enough!"

"Witcher, I know how to say thank you, if you want"

"what?"

The demon hunter and Lu Qi at the side both guessed the following content from the girl's voice.

"Angulan," the demon hunter, who was agitated by the nightmare, said in a deep voice, "Stop saying it, not a single word!"

"You really don't want me? Not at all?"