The Witcher: Darkness Falls

"Okay, the high fever has subsided. You can leave when she wakes up." Leon said as he looked at the little girl sleeping soundly on the bed.

He prepared some more herbs, packaged them and gave them to the old woman, asking her to go back and continue to boil them for the little girl to drink.

"Once every two days will be fine. Also, just let her get enough rest and there will basically be no problem," Leon added.

"Thank you! Thank you very much! Leon, you are such a gentle gentleman." The old woman said gratefully.

Leon was stunned. Gentle gentleman, was this describing him?

He had never heard it described like this.

Ever since he escaped from Sicori's clutches, the most common descriptions he heard were negative comments like "dirty bastard" and "cold-blooded executioner."

The few positive comments mostly come from my human-like friends.

But it was the first time he heard of a gentle gentleman.

For a moment, Leon felt a little strange.

"Thank you!" Lyon responded.

He began to clean the house and put away the herbs he had prepared to reduce the little girl's fever.

The old woman on the side, who had nothing to do, also came forward to help.

"Lyon, are you Lady Visenna's husband?" the old woman suddenly asked.

Leon shook his head and said, “No, I was one of the people she rescued, just like you.

I was injured and unconscious, and it was Ms. Visenna who brought me back. Otherwise, I would have died in the wilderness, and my body would have been eaten clean by hungry wolves."

"So that's how it is." The old woman sighed a little regretfully, and she slowly said, "Lady Visenna is a very good and kind lady. She has been here for ten years and has saved many people.

People in our village and some nearby villages respect her very much, but everyone has one regret, that is, Ms. Visenna is always alone and has no husband.

You know, if a woman doesn't have a husband, her life will be very difficult and she won't be able to do many things.

Ms. Visenna is a doctor and a druid. I know she is different from us ordinary people.

But isn't she still a woman?

In our village alone, there are many people who admire Lady Visenna, but I don’t think they are worthy!

How can a vulgar and stupid person like him be worthy of Lady Visenna?

them……"

The old woman began to babble, as if she had endless things to say, and she kept telling Leon.

Leon listened quietly at the side, occasionally responding and occasionally complaining with the old woman about the horrible weather.

This was a conversation skill he learned from observation. Even if there was no common topic, he would just listen first, and then make a few comments along the lines of what the other person was saying, and the topic could be continued.

He doesn't need to say much, the other party will treat you as a loyal listener and take the initiative to find topics.

From the old woman's chattering, Lyon got a lot of information, including the situation in this area.

“There used to be quite a few people here, but I can’t remember exactly whether it was a hundred or two hundred years ago. I wasn’t born at that time, and even my mother wasn’t born yet.

Look over there, there is a mountain range called the El Hares Mountains. "The old woman stood outside the door and pointed at the mountains in the distance.

At this moment, Leon was chopping wood. He stopped what he was doing and turned to head towards the mountains in the distance.

It's not too far from here. If the weather is good, you can get there in one day by riding a horse.

"What happened over there?" Leon asked after letting out a breath.

The old woman seemed to be waiting for this sentence, and she excitedly talked about the rumors she had heard.

"Over there, in a mountain range divided in two by the Eret River, there stands a castle called Styga.

The Eret River flows right below the castle, and a stone corridor spans the Eret River, connecting the castle to the mountain road opposite the castle.

Leon was a little surprised that Styga Castle was right there!

He had heard about this place from Stregobor. It was said to be the birthplace of the witchers of the Cat School.

"It can't be such a coincidence?" he muttered to himself.

Leon pretended to ask casually: "Why would the owner of the castle abandon it? Nobles generally don't give up their territory, right?

Did something major happen?"

In most cases, a castle means that there are nobles living there, and the area within a certain range around the castle is their territory.

The nobles collected taxes from the people in their territories and also enjoyed the right to mine minerals within their territories.

These are their main sources of income, and it is also these incomes that support the nobles' living standards which are far higher than those of ordinary people.

The fiefs of the nobles can be inherited. Unless there is a major change, no noble would be willing to give up his or her fiefdom.

"Yes!" The old woman felt satisfied when she saw that her story had aroused Leon's interest.

She revealed everything she knew: "Something did happen, but you are wrong about one thing. That place is not the fief of any nobleman. It is said that the castle belongs to a wizard.

Only the power of a wizard could build a castle on a cliff."

"Sure enough, it's there." Leon understood and knew that Styga was the origin of the Cat School.

However, it was not built by wizards. Wizards can use magic, but building a house is not something that can be accomplished by magic, let alone building a castle on a cliff and a corridor across the cliff.

This should be the masterpiece of elves or dwarves, and only they have such construction technology.

The old woman didn’t know what Leon was thinking, so she just continued, “It is said that the wizards in the castle were conducting some evil experiments, which were hidden well, but were discovered by the Emperor of Nilfgaard.

In order to demonstrate the strength of the empire and the prestige of the emperor, the emperor of Nilfgaard personally led a group of soldiers to attack Styga Castle.

They killed the wizard inside and destroyed the evil castle.

It is said that on that day, the fire illuminated half the sky, the collapse of the castle caused an earthquake, and the blood of the wizards dyed the Eret River red.

It is also for this reason that more and more people have moved away, resulting in only a few small villages left here now.

According to hunters, there are still ghosts of wizards crying in the ruins of Styga Castle, and some people even saw the ghosts of dead wizards wandering outside the castle ruins. "

Leon was skeptical about what the old woman said.

After all, what she knew was passed down from her ancestors, and the real situation had long since changed through word of mouth.

What's more, the old woman's ancestors were ordinary people and might not have seen the real scene.

"But... the Nilfgaardian king's army has definitely appeared. This cannot be a mistake. After all, the villagers can see such a large army.

As for the flames and earthquakes… they all seem to be the power of magic. The collapse of the castle cannot cause an earthquake.” Leon thought to himself.

He tried hard to find useful information from the old woman's words, which is an ability that every demon hunter possesses.

After all, when a demon hunter accepts a commission, the client will distort or exaggerate the facts.

If the demon hunter does not judge the authenticity of the information independently and completely believes them, it is likely to cause irreparable losses or even cost his life.

Leon thought: "Stiga... my injury has healed, I can go and see..."